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A battle at sea opened up the distance between the Victory and the Jenny, the Jenny covered the five merchant ships and fought and retreated, and by the time the black pirates retreated, the Jenny frigate was more than ten nautical miles away from the Victory.

Successfully repelling the pirate attack, the frigate Jenny organized a convoy of five merchant ships to meet the Victory, but it was not known that the danger was really approaching at this time.

The number of personnel and firepower configuration of the Jenny is not as good as that of the Victory as the flagship, and without the cover of the Victory, the Jenny is a fat duck in the eyes of Hou Taiyuan, attracting him to take it down.

"Li Han, you lead two small boats to intercept the merchant ships, and the rest of the people listen to my command and take down the warships in front." At the sound of Hou Taiyuan's order, the three small and one large four pirate ships immediately set sail and headed straight for the Anne and the five merchant ships.

Hou Taiyuan and his gang of pirates have been entrenched in the Caribbean for four years and have rich combat experience, taking advantage of the slack of the Anne to quickly approach each other, and in a short time, the two pirate ships will meet the hull of the Anne.

Captain Jeanne, who was attacked by pirates again, was shocked and hurriedly commanded the sailors to meet him.

The collision between the pirate ship and the Jenny made the Chinese pirates on board shake a little, and Hou Taiyuan held on to the reins of the ship, and jumped onto the deck of the Anne with the help of the impetus of the collision between the two ships.

The sailors on the Anne had not been able to stabilize themselves after the impact of the pirate ship, when they found a tall man with a yellow scarf on his head jumping onto the ship.

Hou Taiyuan kicked down the two sailors who stepped forward to stop him, and then drew the broadsword behind his back and slashed at the sailors who attacked from the side.

"Shoot." More and more pirates are boarding the ship, and the situation is very unfavorable for the sailors on board, the captain of the Jenny shouted anxiously.

After a round of shooting, it took a certain amount of time for the sailors to reload their bullets, but Hou Tae-won did not give them this opportunity.

Hearing a loud order from a bearded officer in front, Hou Taiyuan immediately aimed at him, clenched his broadsword with both hands, and quickly slashed and killed the two sailors who were blocking in front of the bearded captain.

The captain of the Jenny was killed, and the sailors on board who were at a disadvantage suddenly had no intention of resisting, and laid down their arms and surrendered.

The Chinese pirates settled the battle cleanly before the Victory arrived for reinforcements, and the angry Medellin on the Victory stomped his feet.

"Major, quickly order the warships to meet the enemy and rescue the captured ships." By the time the Victory arrived in the warring seas, the Jenny and the two merchant ships had been taken over by Chinese pirates.

That's why Manuel is so anxious.

"No, now the situation has changed, the pirates are stronger than us, and if they rush forward, I'm afraid we will also be planted in it." Medellín got angry and sensed a hint of conspiracy.

"I suspect that the pirates in front of me were in league with them, and they first feinted to separate us from the Jenny, and then took advantage of our absence to take the Jenny and the merchant ship." Medellín analyzed.

Manuel cared about whether he could complete the mission, but he was more concerned about his own life, and if he was killed by pirates for rescuing the Chinese laborers on two merchant ships, it would be a bit more than worth the loss.

"So what do we do now?"

"Gather the remaining merchant ships and evacuate this sea area immediately." Medellín fears that the pirates in ambush are not the only ones in front of him, so he decisively decides to prevent possible dangers.

Hui and the remaining three merchant ships, under the watchful eye of the Chinese pirates, quickly evacuated the Victory.

"General, I thought there would be a fierce battle, but I didn't expect them to run away."

"Maybe they thought we were in league with Babu, and they ran away ahead of time for fear of an ambush." Hou Taiyuan speculated.

"It's a pity that the other three merchant ships were not captured, otherwise we could have rescued more Chinese laborers." Wang Youtian said.

"Our ability is limited, and it's good to be able to save two boats of brothers." Hou Taiyuan patted Wang Youtian on the shoulder.

Wang Youtian nodded in understanding. ……

Feilong Island, the lair of Chinese pirates, Hou Taiyuan and others, who returned from victory, drank bitterly in the simple wooden houses on the island.

"General, this time we have captured two merchant ships, a warship, forty-two guns, and some food supplies." In addition to being the person in charge of inquiring about intelligence, Wang Youtian is also the chief housekeeper on Feilong Island.

He reported the materials captured in this battle to Hou Taiyuan.

"With one warship and two merchant ships, our strength has more than doubled."

"Yes, there are six hundred and seventeen Chinese laborers on the two merchant ships, and with their joining, our number can reach a thousand." Wang Youtian said.

"A thousand people, I think when I was under King Sen, there were also a thousand people under him." Hou Taiyuan recalled.

"The brothers of the kingdom of heaven are dead and wounded, and the rest are either sold to work as laborers or are hiding everywhere." The demise of the country that they fought for in the past is an indelible pain in the hearts of the remnants of the Taiping army, and they will inadvertently recall the past in their spare time.

"Let's not talk about these sad things, after dinner, let's go to interrogate the captured captives and find out what they are buying Chinese laborers for." Hou Tai Yuan Road. ……

There were more than two dozen Peruvians on the captured merchant ship, and from them, Hou Taiyuan learned of Li Mingyuan's uprising.

"What? Chinese workers revolted and occupied southern Peru? Hou Taiyuan stood up in disbelief and said.

"Don't dare to deceive the chief, the Chinese workers occupied southern Peru and released all the Chinese laborers, resulting in a shortage of domestic labor, so we went to Cuba to buy Chinese laborers to fill the labor gap." The Peruvians who were interrogated did not know about the deal between Pedro and Li Mingyuan, so they said what they had heard on the surface.

"Li Mingyuan?" Wang Youtian repeated the name suspiciously, but there was no impression in his mind.

"His Royal Highness's son is called Li Mingyuan, I don't know if they are alone?" In the later period of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, there were a lot of princes who were divided, and there were even more sons of the kings, so Hou Taiyuan was not very familiar with Li Mingyuan.

"The Chinese workers of the rebellion call their leader Shizi, who should be the same person you are talking about." Some of the Peruvians who were selected to trade Chinese laborers this time knew Chinese, and after understanding Hou Taiyuan's words, the Peruvians who were interrogated took the initiative to reply.

"I remember that the prince was only sixteen years old, how could he lead the Chinese workers to succeed in the uprising?" Hou Taiyuan still couldn't believe it.

"General, whether the one who occupies southern Peru is the prince or not, he is still a member of our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and we should contact our Taiping brothers in Peru to find out what is going on there." Wang Yongtian interjected.

"Brother Nagata reminded me that I forgot about my business when I was excited." Hou Taiyuan said with a smile.

The success of the uprising of more than 100,000 Chinese workers in Peru gave Hou Taiyuan hope for the rebuilding of the kingdom of heaven.

excitedly circled around the table, and said excitedly, "Li Han, Arita , tomorrow we will set off immediately and rush to southern Peru to support the Heavenly Brothers in their fight against the enemy." ”

"General, no, there is no sea route from here to Peru, and we can't cross it at all."

The Panama Canal was not opened, and it was almost impossible for Chinese pirates to be prepared to go from the Caribbean to Peru by bypassing the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean.

Hou Taiyuan realized his gaffe and asked Wang Youtian, "Arita, how do you say to go to Peru?" ”

"It's impossible to rush all of them to help the Heavenly Brothers in Peru, so I suggest sending some of them to contact them and then decide what to do next."

Although Hou Taiyuan wanted to help the Taiping army in southern Peru fight, he could not lead all the Chinese pirates to leave, so he ordered, "Li Han, you lead thirty brothers, set off early tomorrow morning and set off for southern Peru." ”

"Yes"......