Liu Xiang sighed secretly, he knew that low morale could not be boosted by a few words. He didn't have time to deal with these problems at www.biquge.info moment, the attack had failed, the Dutch had already torn their faces, and besides, it wasn't too early, Daystar had already appeared in the East, and now he had to flee with the pirates at once, or to put it more pretendly, they had to turn in immediately.

Fortunately, the pirates still had a consensus on this point, so they kept a good order for the time being, and the Dutch did not dare to go out of the castle in the dark night to pursue. So, before the sun came out, the pirates finally drove their ships to the open sea. The Dutch ships had suffered heavy losses in previous battles, and most of them had returned to Batavia, so there were no pursuers on the sea at present. However, this did not make the pirates feel easy, because there were even more formidable opponents on this sea, the power of their former colleague, former brother and leader, Zheng Zhilong. Zheng Zhilong has set up a lot of eyeliner in the nearby villages, and deployed a lot of clippers on the sea in this area to spy on the Dutch and Liu Xiang, and the movement last night was so big, it is unlikely that Zheng Zhilong's people did not notice. Now it's up to Zheng Zhilong to react and how far the pirates can run before Zheng Zhilong reacts.

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Zheng Zhilong received the news about Liu Xiang and their escape, and it was still the morning of the next day before Liu Xiang and them went to sea, which still relied on the fastest way to pass the book from flying pigeons. In the days when there was no radio, the spread of news was frighteningly slow.

The news brought by the carrier pigeon was quite brief, only Liu Xiang attacked the city of Relan at night, and fled to the sea overnight after the defeat. As for more detailed information, the spies could not find out in such a short period of time.

Zheng Zhilong gathered several of his younger brothers together and handed them this information to circulate.

"Big brother, Liu Xianglao is finished this time!" After reading the information, Zheng Zhihu laughed. The rest of the brothers were also quite relaxed.

"Big brother, it's rare to have such a chance to win, why don't we call Ah Sen and let him see for himself how this naval battle was fought." Zheng Zhibao also said happily.

"Big brother, what Ah Leopard said makes sense, I see that Ah Sen tells me the stories of the war in ancient books on weekdays, some places are very reasonable, and some places are obviously nonsense by people who don't know how to do it, I think our family's foundation is on the sea after all, even if Ah Sen goes to be a civil official in the future, he still has to really understand this sea thing. We will definitely win this naval battle, but we can really bring Asen with us and let him see for a long time. When Zheng Zhihu heard this, he immediately jumped up to show his support.

"Big brother, I also think it's feasible." Zheng Zhifeng also agreed.

Zheng Zhilong looked at his brothers, and thought about Liu Xiang's current state, he felt that as long as he didn't die in the naval battle and let Zheng Sen jump to the gang, there would be no danger. As for letting a child like Zheng Sen jump to the gang, he is not crazy, how can he do such a thing?

"Well, Zhifeng, you go and get Asen, and I'll talk to him." Zheng Zhilong finally said this.

"Okay, big brother." Zheng Zhifeng answered and went out, and brought Zheng Sen in after a while.

"Asen, I've called you here because we just got a tip. Your uncles want to test your eyes on how you look. Well, the secret report is here, you can take a look for yourself, and then tell me, do you think we can catch up with Liu Xiang? After Zheng Sen finished saluting him, Zheng Zhilong said to Zheng Sen with a smile.

"Got it." Zheng Sen replied, and then took the secret report from Zheng Zhilong's hand, and after looking at it, his face was filled with joy.

"Congratulations to Daddy, Liu Xiang is no longer worried." Zheng Sen bowed to Zheng Zhilong.

"Okay, okay, don't be so polite." Zheng Zhilong smiled, "Why do you say that." ”

"Daddy, that Liu Xiang's subordinates are mostly people from all walks of life in the three mountains and five mountains, but Liu Xiang has the most people, so he barely managed to sit in the position of the leader of the alliance. This kind of alliance, if it wins one after another, can still be maintained, and if it fails, people from all walks of life are prone to dissent. For a period of time, Liu Xiang has suffered defeats in the hands of his father, and I am afraid that the army's morale has long been unstable. This time he fought with the Dutch, and then fled overnight, and it seems that he must have suffered a great loss. The problem of unstable morale in the army is becoming more and more serious. At this time, as long as our army catches up, it will definitely be able to break it. Then even if Liu Xiang was lucky enough to run away, there would be no more boats and a few people left. He took refuge in the Netherlands, and Spain was a mortal enemy, but now he has offended the Netherlands, and there is no place for him. Zheng Sen swallowed slowly, but replied quite methodically.

"That's right, but only after we can catch up and destroy his fleet. The sea is vast, this Liu Xiang has been running for a day, how can we catch up with him? Zheng Zhilong continued to ask with a smile on his face.

"Daddy, Liu Xiang and the Dutch merged, and then came out in a hurry, which has always suffered a big loss. He came out in such a hurry, I am afraid that the supplies on the ship may not be sufficient. The child took a boat from Japan to his home, and along the way, he also paid attention to the amount of food and fresh water consumed on the ship. If a ship does not have sufficient supplies in advance, it can only choose the route where it may get these things on the way. In this way, it is not difficult to deduce the direction in which Liu Xiang went. Zheng Sen seemed to have completely thought about it at this time, and his answer became more and more calm, and Zheng Zhilong was overjoyed. Zheng Zhihu also shouted: "Big nephew, well said!" Hehe, it really deserves to be the seed of our Zheng family, big brother, Ah Sen has a little experience, I'm afraid that who else on this sea can be the opponent of our Zheng family? ”

"Asen, the line is known, if you can't catch up, it's in vain. Do you think we can catch up with Liu Xiang? Zheng Zhilong asked again.

"Daddy, our army will be able to catch up with Liu Xiang quickly." Zheng Sen replied with great certainty, "Liu Xiang's subordinates were defeated by our army before, and their ships were damaged, considering the conditions in Taiwan, I am afraid that most of his ships have not been repaired now, and the sailing speed is naturally impossible to be faster than ours." Besides, he must be short of food, maybe even fresh water. Fresh water was fine, and he could find an estuary that could be filled up at a time, but food was difficult, so he had to walk along the coast, relying on trade and raiding along the way to solve the problem. It's just that now he is an enemy of the Ming Dynasty, where to trade? As for looting, it takes a lot of time to reconnoitre, then to send people ashore, to attack, and then to put the looted things on board, and it will also reveal one's own location. Moreover, now that the alarm on the coast has not been lifted, there are guards in various places, and the difficulty of looting has increased greatly, and even if a raid is successful, the income must be very limited, so along the way, Liu Xiang must constantly stop and go ashore to grab things. If our army can't catch up with Liu Xiang in this way, then it is really unreasonable. ”

"That's a good point." Although he was worried about praising the child, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but praise Zheng Sen, "Ah Sen, my father and your uncles plan to catch up immediately and deal with Liu Xiang." Do you dare to accompany your father to see how Liu Xiang is finished? ”

"The child willing!" Zheng Sen was immediately overjoyed. This joy is not pretended, but from the heart, because it means that he finally has the opportunity to participate in the real foundation of the Zheng family - the armed forces at sea.

"In a naval battle, there are no eyes for swords and guns, and arrows and stones are flying wildly, so you are not afraid of danger?" Zheng Zhilong asked again.

"Daddy and uncles are not afraid, how dare the children be afraid?" Zheng Sen immediately replied.

"Alright, you go back and pack your things, and go to sea with us this afternoon!" Zheng Zhilong said with a smile.

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The weather at sea has been surprisingly good these days, and the wind and direction are very suitable, but none of the people in Liu Xiang's fleet have even the slightest look of happiness, because they have already begun to go hungry.

"Zhang Qi, have you caught a fish?" A pirate shouted at Zhang Qi, who was also fishing at the stern of the boat.

"No, not one." Zhang Qi replied quietly, "The fish of dog days are not baited." ”

"Don't you use moldy bait, right?" The pirate replied unconcernedly.

", there is fresh bait, and Lao Tzu has eaten it himself to fill his stomach. The point is that there are few fish in this place, and you have never seen a place where there are many fish, and if you use a fake bait, or even a fake bait, those fish will compete to jump on the boat. Zhang Qidao.

"I don't believe it, how can there be such a stupid fish in the world? Forget it, let's ask Mazu Niangniang to bless you and pull a big fish from the sea. The pirate said.

"There are so many stupid fish in the world, as long as you find the right place, you will never be able to catch them. Unfortunately, there is no one here. Zhang Qi's face was full of regret.

As he was talking, Zhang Qi's fishing rod suddenly trembled.

"There are fish!" The two fishing parties shouted at the same time. I saw that the fishing line was jumping straight, Zhang Qi pulled hard, and one ...... Well, a sardine about the length of a palm was pulled up.

"Hell! It's not enough to stuff your teeth! Zhang Qi complained.

"Hey, don't you have fresh bait now?" The pirate shouted, "Anyway, it's not enough to stuff your teeth, and we're ordered to fish, and we have to share a boatload of fish to eat, so we might as well be bait, maybe we can catch a big one." ”

Zhang Qi thought about it, then hung the sardine on the hook, and then threw it into the sea vigorously, while reciting words in his mouth; "Mazu Niangniang bless, Sihai Longwan bless, fish and fish come to the bait, big or small, ......"

"Eh, Zhang Qi, why didn't you say the boss let us go ashore to grab a handful, wouldn't there be food if we grabbed a handful?"

Zhang Qi ignored him and continued his prayers. His prayers seemed to work, as the line tightened again.

"It's a big guy!" Zhang Qi raised the fishing rod suddenly, and the fishing rod bent into a big bow shape under the tension, which made Zhang Qi very excited - he had finally caught a big fish, and with his hand, Zhang Qi was sure that this was definitely a big fish.

"I'll help you!" The pirate next to him hurriedly threw down the fishing rod in his hand and ran over to help pull it, and then, a great white shark floated up, showing off his teeth to them, and then shook his head slightly, and the fishing rod in Zhang Qi's hand flew out, if it wasn't for the pirate next to him pulling him, Zhang Qi was pulled by this, and he almost fell down.

"Isn't it? I actually caught this thing. The two could only watch as the great white shark confiscated their bait, along with their fishing rods.

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"Let's be patient for two more days, this place is too close to Zheng Zhilong's stronghold, let's go farther and go ashore to grab a handful." In the other boat, Liu Xiang was explaining something to the others.