On the morning of the second day after receiving Liu Xiang's news, Zheng Zhilong's fleet found Liu Xiang's fleet in the waters near Zhao'an County. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The sails of Liu Xiang's fleet could already be seen from the mast of the warship, but it still took time, even a long time, to catch up. Therefore, the commanders of both sides still had time to plan the battle.

Liu Xiang's plan is simple, just run hard. In terms of the current state of Liu Xiang's fleet, as well as their low morale in the basement, and the fact that there are much fewer than Zheng Zhilong's fleet, any plan to fight Zheng Zhilong's fleet is just a suicide plan. Of course, Zheng Zhilong's fleet is in better condition and faster, but if it can hold out until dark and not be caught up, then Liu Xiang's fleet is not without hope of escaping temporarily.

Of course, theoretically there is a better way, that is, to send some ships and let them stay to contain Zheng Zhilong and cover the main force to escape, but at this time, the ships that stay behind will definitely have only a dead end. Liu Xiang's fleet is actually an alliance, an alliance of pirates who have been crushed by Zheng Zhilong over the years. Those allies in the alliance will never be willing to sacrifice for others, and Liu Xiang himself, the main reason why he can become the leader of the alliance is not because he has the strongest power in his hands, if he is allowed to sacrifice for others, after the sacrifice, even if he runs out, does this alliance leader still have his share?

Therefore, the plan of leaving some ships to contain Zheng Zhilong, at least in Liu Xiang's place, will not work. However, there is still a workaround, that is, Liu Xiang may not need to run faster than Zheng Zhilong, as long as he can run faster than those of his allies. As the leader of the alliance, Liu Xiang has the most resources in the alliance, so after the first battle of Liuluowan, he repaired the ships or something, and Liu Xiang's descendants got the most materials, so among these ships now, Liu Xiang's descendants are in the best state, and there is no one. Therefore, if everyone spreads their legs and runs, it is naturally other people's boats that lag behind.

In fact, Liu Xiang did just that. His fleet picked up, and then more and more ships fell behind. Li Guozhu and his ships also began to slowly fall behind.

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"We drop the sails!" Li Guozhu said calmly to Uncle Wang beside him.

"Okay, drop the sails!" Uncle Wang shouted. So Li Guozhu's ship lowered its sails first, and the ships that followed next to Li Guozhu also lowered their sails after seeing Li Guozhu drop their sails.

When a ship lowers its sails, it is incapacitated, and in a naval battle, when a ship lowers its sails, it means that it is about to surrender.

"Li Guozhu! Li Guozhu: What is this going to do! Seeing Li Guozhu's fleet collectively fall sail and surrender, Liu Xiang couldn't help but scold, "This pig! Did he think that if he surrendered, Zheng Zhilong would let him go? Zheng Zhilong will cut off his head as a night pot! ”

However, scolding and scolding, Liu Xiang still figured out in less than a minute, Zheng Zhilong probably wouldn't do anything to Li Guozhu. As for the person who said that after surrendering, he would definitely be cut off by Zheng Zhilong as a night pot, I am afraid that there is only one person in his fleet, and that is him Liu Xiang. Of course, it is precisely because of this that Liu Xiang became more and more angry. He even had an urge to stop running away, turn his head, and kill Li Guozhu before Zheng Zhilong's fleet arrived. However, the idea only swirled in his head, and it was immediately rejected. What are you kidding, turn your head and hit Li Guozhu, then you will definitely be caught up by Zheng Zhilong, and then it is not certain whether Li Guozhu will die, he Liu Xiang is definitely dead. And if he stayed, wouldn't the other pirates be able to take advantage of his sacrifice and escape? While these unconscionable guys are rejoicing, maybe they will laugh at him Liu Xiang for being a fool, right?

Therefore, in addition to scolding, Liu Xiang did not make more moves.

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"Big brother, look! The ships ahead have all fallen sail, are they going to surrender? Zheng Zhibao put down the telescope in his hand and said to Zheng Zhilong, who was standing on the side.

"Ah Leopard, who did you say was this sail?" Zheng Zhilong asked with a smile.

"I don't know who it is." Zheng Zhibao shook his head vigorously, "But I know it's not who, it's definitely not Liu Xiang." ”

"Of course it's not Liu Xiang. I guess it's Li Guozhu. Zheng Zhilong smiled and said, "Because among the characters on Liu Xiang's side, only Li Guozhu and I will definitely not kill." Li Guozhu probably figured this out, and was discouraged about the future of following Liu Xiang, so he was like this. ”

"Li Guozhu? That boy, brother? Zheng Zhibao said in surprise, "Is he so smart?" ”

"Li Guozhu is not stupid, how can the son of Boss Li Dan be stupid? In the past, it was just that the habit of being a gentleman was too strong, and he was arrogant, and he always wanted to compete for the boss. He has been bleeding all these years, so he should be smarter. Zheng Zhilong said lightly.

"Let Zhifeng lead people to surrender, and let him be polite to Li Guozhu. After all, Boss Li was very good to me back then. Zheng Zhilong said.

"Okay, big brother, I'll arrange a boat to inform Brother Zhifeng immediately." Zheng Zhibao replied.

"Also, let the fleet slow down a little and don't chase too closely." Zheng Zhilong said again.

After giving this order, Zheng Zhilong turned his head and said to Zheng Sen: "Ah Sen, we have already calculated just now, we will definitely be able to catch up with Liu Xiang before sunset, and there will be at least one hour to clean him up." That's enough time for us to destroy him all. But the father is now ordering the fleet to control the speed and not to chase too quickly, do you know why? ”

"The child doesn't know." Zheng Sen replied.

"Ah Sen, do you know why there is a saying of 'poor Kou Mo chasing'?" Zheng Zhilong then asked.

"But you're worried that the enemy will fight the trapped beasts?" Zheng Sen replied.

"Not bad. Ah Sen, do you think, we chased Liu Xiang until the evening today, and then Liu Xiang escaped temporarily, can he really escape? Zheng Zhilong asked again with a smile.

"Daddy, the child understands." Zheng Sen replied with sparkling eyes, "If we catch up in one go, Liu Xiang will have no way to escape, and he will naturally fight us to the death." Although we have obvious advantages, it is impossible to be without losses. And if we give them hope of escaping, they will not have the fighting spirit to run as hard as they can. Some of Liu Xiang's boats are fast and some are slow, and there will be ships that will continue to fall behind. These stragglers are helpless, like stubborn resistance, and they are unlikely to cause much damage to us. After catching up like this for a few days in a row, there are no more boats left around Liu Xiang, and at that time, he just wants to do the battle of trapped beasts, and there is no harm. Anyway, Liu Xiang won't really run away, he can't run. Daddy, I don't know if what the child said is right. ”

"Yes, that's right." Zheng Zhilong touched Zheng Sen's head with great satisfaction and said, "From Fujian to Guangdong, we all have eyeliner along the way, and they didn't grab anything yesterday, so they can't support a long-distance voyage at all." So they still have to rob, and they will constantly expose themselves. With yesterday's Gu Lei's fire, I believe it will be more and more difficult for them to grab things. So they couldn't escape at all, so we slowly followed them, constantly eating the ships they had left behind, and when Liu Xiang was about to approach the South Seas, we killed him all at once. But Asen, this is under the premise that Liu Xiang will definitely not be able to run away, so I did this. Otherwise, it will not be called the poor Kou Mo chasing, but the tiger will be released and returned to the mountain. Do you understand? ”

"Got it." Zheng Sen nodded.

From the morning onwards, Zheng Zhilong's fleet had been tightly biting behind Liu Xiang's fleet, and Liu Xiang's fleet was constantly left behind, and then caught up by Zheng Zhilong, who either immediately dismounted and surrendered, or although stubbornly resisted, they were quickly wiped out by Zheng Zhilong's fleet, which had an overwhelming advantage. Fortunately, each of these ships would slow down the speed of Zheng Zhilong's fleet a little, allowing Liu Xiang to close the distance that had already been a lot closer and pull it away a little more.

It was in this long chase that the sun finally turned westward. Liu Xiang kept looking up at the sun, estimating the time until sunset, while constantly looking back at Zheng Zhilong's fleet, estimating whether they could catch up with him before sunset, and at the same time kept praying to Mazu Niangniang for protection. Although it stands to reason that the last thing that Mazu Niangniang, the protector of seafaring, should not be blessed with is pirates who destroy maritime trade.

The ships around Liu Xiang have also been decreasing in this long period of time, except for Li Guozhu, who took the initiative to surrender, the other pirate ships attached to Liu Xiang are also constantly falling behind, and they are constantly being wiped out by Zheng Zhilong. By nightfall, many of the pirates who had joined had been wiped out because they had fallen behind, and Liu Xiang's fleet was almost four stories less than a few ships. But Zheng Zhilong did not lose even a boat.

Fortunately, the sun is finally going down. Liu Xiang judged that before nightfall, Zheng Zhilong would not be able to catch up with him no matter what. He couldn't help but let out a long breath. As night gradually fell, Zheng Zhilong's fleet gradually disappeared into the night. Liu Xiang knew that just as he couldn't see Zheng Zhilong's fleet now, Zheng Zhilong couldn't see them now. At least for the time being, they got rid of Zheng Zhilong.

"Let's go down, turn east, and then go in a circle north." Liu Xiang ordered. Because he knew that if he continued to run south, with the state of his fleet, he would not be able to get rid of Zheng Zhilong no matter what. If Zheng Zhilong continues to sail south, then he can hope to quickly widen the distance between him and Zheng Zhilong's fleet, and then go north to find a place to grab a good handful, match the food needed for the voyage, and then find a chance to go south. It's just that Zheng Zhilong didn't bring out all the warships. To the north, Zheng Zhilong also maintained a fleet that far surpassed Liu Xiang's in numbers and status. Even if Zheng Zhilong really went south, Liu Xiang was still in danger.