After a few days of rest, the Jufeng and the Conch set off with seven small and medium-sized brigs and twenty assault boats, with a total of 5,000 sailors and hundreds of boatmen, and Zhang Manfan sailed towards Quanzhou.

At the time of departure, in order to ensure the confidentiality of the trip, no one came to see them off, but the night before in the line, Feng Jingting invited a few naval generals to dinner, and the banquet was earnestly entrusted, and wished a triumphant return. He also instructed Xu Hai to take good care of Guo Wenying and ensure her safety.

Xu Hai always felt that the prince was thinking too much, how could Guo Wenying be as squeamish as he imagined, with her cleverness, even if he died, she might not die. has been in the northwest for so many years, there are so many generals, and the only one who has not been injured is her. Look at others again, which one is not scarred and scarred, it is really salty and eats radish and worries lightly. Although he thought so in his heart, he didn't dare to show it on his face, so he took the order, turned around and commanded the people to carry all kinds of things used by the command onto the ship.

Guo Wenying looked at the things Xu Mao had prepared for herself, and there were two big boxes in large and small bags, even the urinal was put in. She suddenly felt a headache, she didn't go out to travel, what were she going to do so well?

Xu Mao kept a smile on his face, no matter how she complained, he refused to move things down, only said that the prince ordered that if she was made to suffer a little, he would screw his head off.

Guo Wenying had no choice but to let someone move the two boxes into his cabin. Secretly thinking, when did Feng Jingting become such a mother-in-law?

The soldiers carried food and fresh water onto the ships one after another, and the Kyoho and Conch finally set sail.

The journey was smooth, and within two days they arrived at the waters of Quanzhou, and seeing that they could see the coastline of Quanzhou, Guo Wenying ordered to lower the cover of the cannon cabin and raised the flag of the Spaniards.

This flag was made by her after she went ashore last time, the sea navigation is dangerous, and the court is forbidden to the sea, so it is not good for them to expose their identities too early. I simply made this flag, which can be pretended to be a Spanish fleet. Even if it is discovered by the Jiang Taiping naval army stationed near Quanzhou, it can be deceived for a while.

Sure enough, the fleet walked to Quanzhou Bay, and a military ship with the flag of the Nanling Army came to this side, they thought that these were two cargo ships at first, and they did not attack immediately, but only wanted to take the side for inspection.

By the time they got close enough to see that there were more than a dozen gun bays on the side of the Giant Peak, it was too late.

Guo Wenying ordered the cover to be lifted, and the cannon was fired, and the rumbling cannon was loud, and the people on the deck killed a lot of shotguns. The boat tried to turn its rudder and escape, but the soldiers fixed it with a clap rod, struck it back and forth, and sank in the middle of the sea in a short time.

The first battle was won, and the sailors on board were very excited. Guo Wenying observed the movement in the direction of Quanzhou with clairvoyance, and ordered the ship to speed up and rush to Shiqing. The boat was wrecked here, presumably the Quanzhou Water Camp will get the news soon to see what is going on, and they must not reveal any whereabouts at this time.

After a day and a half of travel, the boat finally got rid of the pursuit of Quanzhou Shuiying and arrived at Shiqing. After some searching, I also saw the legendary Qinghe Island.

Qinghe Island is far away from Shiqing, and the island is not very big, and it is not as big as Shuangyu Island that I saw some time ago.

The whole island looked quiet, with no flags and not many docked ships, and it was impossible to tell if there were any Japanese pirates on the island.

Guo Wenying sent two brigs with three assault boats to approach the waterfront and sneak to the island quietly in the night.

These sailors were the best at night swimming, led by Captain Guo Da, who used silk ropes to communicate in the dark, and led 17 people to avoid the sentry posts on the island and hide in the mountains and forests on the island.

In the middle of the night, Guo Da and his people ran barefoot on the island, which looked small, but the space above it was much larger than expected, and they passed through two streams of water, a pile of rocks and a small bush of wild roses. When they were wading through the water, they found that there were people on the island, and the distance was too close, so in order to prevent the sound of running from being heard by the other party, their group never wore shoes.

He pulled two sailors, one of whom was the captain, and said in a low voice, "Go and see who those people and what flags?"

Soon after a sailor went, he came back and reported, "Purple on one side, blue on all sides with white edges." I can't tell who it is, it's not the Southern Qi army. ”

After a while, another sailor captain ran back and shouted, "Lord Captain, four sentry posts, more than a thousand people...... Hurry up!"

Guo Da grabbed him, "You lead the team to the beach, try not to make a sound." Leave ten large muskets, and I'll have to delay them a bit. ”

The sailor commander nodded and ran towards the forest, and the firecrackers who followed behind gathered without saying a word, some followed him, and some stayed to follow Xu Da.

In less than a bag of cigarettes, Wu Chang had already taken the people out of the forest and came out in a small boat.

When they returned to the big ship, Guo Wenying put down the clairvoyant mirror and asked them what was going on.

Wu Chang said everything that happened before and after, but there were about a thousand people on the island, and it was too dark, so he was not sure if it was a Japanese robber. He also said that Captain Guo Da was still on the island.

Guo Wenying frowned, if she didn't come back at this time, what would it be good if she startled the snake? I had the intention to ask someone to go into the water to save her, but after all, the action of a large number of people was too big, so I could only observe the situation for the time being.

After waiting for a while, I saw Guo Da come back with seven or eight people, he was holding a Japanese knife in his hand, and a lot of blood was splashed all over his body, obviously in a head-on conflict with the Japanese Kou.

Guo Da climbed onto the big boat and saluted Guo Wenying, "My lord, they are all Japanese robbers, and more than a thousand people are Japanese robbers, and they are well-armed. The sword was taken out of their hands. ”

Guo Wenying took the Japanese knife in her hand and looked at it carefully, the Japanese knife was different from the knife in the Central Plains, the shape was unique, and it was very sharp, much brighter than the knife she forged with fine iron. I heard that this kind of knife is not easy to maintain, and it must be soaked in oil every two days, and I don't know if it is the body. However, the knife was faintly glowing with blue light, which was obviously smeared with poison.

She asked, "But someone was wounded? was he wounded by a sword?"

Guo Dadao: "One is dead, and two are slightly injured. ”

She instructed, "Go and call the military doctor to take a look, I heard that the poison on the Japanese knife is very powerful, see if you can cure it." ”

Guo Da responded and went to the barracks.

At this time, Xu Hai had already come over from the Conch on a sampan and asked Guo Wenying, "Do you want to attack?"

Guo Wenying shook his head, although Guo Da and the others went to the island to investigate, but because they were wearing fishermen's clothes, the Japanese Kou must have expected that they were here to encircle and suppress.

When the situation is still unclear, it is necessary to take a long-term view, and rashly attack may damage the men and horses. He ordered the ship to withdraw ten nautical miles away, and sent small boats to monitor the island.

At present, the people she sent to Quanzhou have not returned, so let's wait and talk about it first.

The fleet of the Kyoho and the Conch was in the night, all the way south, and just after five or six nautical miles, they suddenly saw a dhow floating on the sea, with a dim lamp hanging on the ship, and a faint girl like a person jumping around as if asking for help.