661 pie in the sky

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The following day, the Zheng family's warship, which was guarding the southern seas, never found any trace of the four big ships of the red-haired ghost who had escaped.

The four red-haired ghost ships led by Bruce seemed to have disappeared, and they were never found by the Zheng family fleet.

A day later, more than a dozen nautical miles north of the Penghu Islands, four large warships with scars quickly headed north along the Ryukyu Strait.

This is exactly what the Zheng family fleet searched for, and Bruce led the four big ships that escaped.

"Bard, you've made a meritorious service again this time."

At this time, Bruce looked tired, looked at the red-haired ghost officer in front of him, and said.

"If you hadn't found a hidden route through the Penghu archipelago on this side of the islands, if we continued to go south, we would definitely be discovered by the Zheng family's fleet.

Moreover, if the commander's prediction is correct, the Zheng family must still be on the southern sea, leaving a lot of warships, enough to keep us. ”

"Commander Xie praised, this is also the route that I found out last time I led the fleet to wander around the Penghu Islands for half a month, and it is also the route that the Zheng family's fleet often takes."

Bard smiled and replied.

"General, where are we going now?"

"Where else can I go, of course, by going north around the island of Ryukyu and returning to Batavia."

Bruce said angrily, and at the same time he was a little disheartened.

In fact, the destruction of the Far Eastern Fleet under him this time hit him hard.

And he knew that even if he returned to Batavia this time, he would not end up there, and would most likely be removed from his post by the East India Company.

After all, as the commander of the fleet, he will bear the greatest price for the destruction of the fleet.

"As a result, I am afraid that the stronghold that Governor Paul has worked so hard to build over the years will not be able to be kept." Bud also said with regret.

"Hmph, Commander Ben regrets it now, I knew that I might as well not lead the fleet to support Paul's guy, I didn't expect the Zheng family to be so strong."

At this time, Bruce really regretted it, and he was still full of confidence when he came.

He believed that with the Far Eastern Fleet in his hands, it was enough to hang the sailors of any country in the Eastern world at this time.

After all, with the strength of the Far Eastern Fleet, even in the Western world at this time, it is absolutely first-class.

Obviously, Bruce, like Colonel Henry, also regarded the Ming side as the Nanyang countries, and now he has tasted the bitterness.

"By the way, I remember that we still have two castles in the north of the Ryukyus, which were the territory of the Spaniards before."

Suddenly, Bruce asked Bard.

"Commander, the two castles on the north shore you are talking about are Fort Anthony (the name of the Red-Haired Devil after the renovation) and the city of San Salva.

Among them, the city of San Salva is only a remnant, and in a few months, it has been occupied by the Zheng family.

Fort Antony, when Governor Paul repaired it, was second only to the city of Geranza, and even higher than the city of Promanza, and now it seems that it is still in our hands.

And I remember, Colonel Henry should have been there now. ”

Bud explained to Bruce that Bud knew better than Bruce.

"Well, that's great, we can go to Henry's Fort Anthony for two days to refresh fresh water and food, treat the wounded, and then set off for Batavia."

After Bruce listened to Bud's words, his face also showed joy, and he said.

It's a pity that what Bruce didn't know was that the Fort Anthony they were talking about at this time had fallen into the hands of the White Dragon Army.

And what they don't know is that they are dead ends when they go south, and they are actually dead ends when they go north, but they will die at the hands of different people.

"Report, unknown fleet found in the north, unknown number!"

At this time, the red-haired ghost outside suddenly rushed into the command room and reported in a panic.

"What? How can there be a fleet in the north? Whose fleet? Bruce was also stunned by the news.

"Could it be that the Zheng family has arranged a warship here in advance? How many fleets do they have! Bud next to him exclaimed.

"Impossible!"

Bruce yelled in disbelief, then grabbed his glasses and rushed out of the command room to the deck.

"This ......"

When Bruce raised his glasses and looked north, there was a scene on the sea level in the distance, which made his hands tremble and his eyes tremble.

Just a few nautical miles to the north, a large fleet was gradually revealed, sailing at full speed towards the south.

At this time, the opposing fleet had obviously discovered them, and was sending a team of clippers from the fleet to outflank them left and right.

"Quick, quick, let the helmsman turn." Bruce snorted desperately.

"Commander, it's too late." Bud next to him smiled bitterly and said.

At this time, in order to leave as soon as possible, their warships were sailing at full speed to the north, and the fleet that suddenly appeared in the north was heading south.

The two sides were moving opposite each other, and with their speeds, they would soon be within range of each other's artillery fire, and a large ship like the 'Sea Trailblazer' would take a long time to complete the turn.

At this time, the number of warships in this fleet on the northern sea has exceeded forty or fifty.

With the artillery fire of these warships alone, if they were to concentrate their fire, they would be able to send all four of their warships to the bottom of the sea in a short time.

"How so?" Bruce also understood this, and at this time, his eyes were desperate, and he yelled unwillingly.

"Commander, this doesn't seem to be the Zheng family's fleet." At this time, there was a red-haired ghost general next to him, reminding Bruce and saying.

"Huh?"

Bruce then raised his glasses again and looked north, only to see that on the opponent's warship, in addition to the same Ming flag, there was also a white flying dragon flag, the 'Lu' character handsome flag.

"It's really not the Zheng family's fleet? So who is this fleet? Also from the Ming Kingdom?

Didn't Paul say that this Ming country has no other fleets of scale except for the Zheng family's fleet, he dared to lie to Lao Tzu. ”

Bruce was confused and angry at this time, and yelled angrily.

That's right, the fleet that appeared here was the naval fleet of the White Dragon Army led by Lu Yuan from Tamsui Port.

What Lu Yuan didn't expect was that they would encounter such four red-haired ghost ships head-on on the way, and at this time, the two batches of clippers of the White Dragon Army had approached the 'Sea Pioneer' from the left and right directions.

Boom Boom!

Moreover, at this time, several warships of the Luyuan Fleet also fired several shells at the left and right sides of the "Sea Pioneer".

The shells fell into the sea, making a huge splash, and not a single shell hit their ship.

This is Lu Yuan warning Bruce to surrender immediately, and the red-haired ghost can understand the meaning of these cannons even if he is stupid.

"Commander, no matter who the other party is, as long as it's not the Zheng family, let's surrender!"

At this moment, Bard was also desperate, in the current situation, it was impossible for them to fight such a huge fleet as the other party, and they couldn't escape, only by surrendering could they live.

After Bud's words were finished, many red-haired ghost soldiers around him all looked at Bruce with blank eyes, and they didn't want to fight anymore.

These red-haired ghosts don't want to die either, and this fleet is not from the Zheng family, compared to falling into the hands of the Zheng family, Bruce feels that it will be a better fate to fall into the hands of such a new fleet.

If it falls into the hands of the Zheng family, how can they kill so many people from the Zheng family!

"Hey, forget it, let people raise the white flag, we surrender, I hope the other party is not hostile to us, and can let us go."

In the end, Bruce also sighed deeply and said to the red-haired ghost soldiers next to him.

At this time, Lu Yuan stood on the bridge of the flagship ship of the new three-masted gunboat 'Hanyi', and clearly saw the red-haired ghosts in front of him lowering their flags and raising the white flag.

"Hey, look at our luck, we actually met four red-haired ghost warships halfway through, this is really pie in the sky!"

At this time, Lu Yuan was in a very good mood, which was equivalent to picking up four big ships for nothing!

"Yes, general, and look at these four red-haired ghost warships, all of them are large warships, and the largest one is almost on par with our 'Han Yi', if you get it, you will make a lot of money."

Hong Zhen next to him was also smiling with a smile on his face at this time, and said to Lu Yuan.

"These four are flying the flag of the red-haired ghosts, but how can such four large warships of the red-haired ghosts appear here?

And looking at the situation of so much damage on their warship, it is obvious that they have just gone through a fierce battle, could it be that the fleet of the red-haired ghost has already fought a decisive battle with the Zheng family's fleet?

If this is the case, these four red-haired ghost warships may have fled for their lives when they went north, which means that the red-haired ghost fleet has been defeated by the Zheng family's fleet. ”

Hong Zhen said as he made inferences, and soon he came to such a conclusion that shocked everyone around him.

"Guess what, get on the boat and catch a few red-haired ghosts, and everything will be clear." Lu Yuan said with a smile.

In this way, just when Bruce was glad that he was able to escape, he fell into the hands of the White Dragon Navy fleet led by Lu Yuan.

"General, guess who we caught?" Soon, Lu Hai came excitedly and reported to Lu Yuan.

"Who, could it be that the commander of the fleet who caught the red-haired ghost was still captured?" Lu Yuan said casually.

"General Yingming, I really let you say, the largest warship in front of you is the red-haired ghost's fleet flagship 'Sea Trailblazer'.

Our soldiers had just boarded the ship and captured hundreds of red-haired ghosts, including their fleet commander, an old devil.

And Hong Zhen's previous guess was correct, these four red-haired ghost fleets were really the red-haired ghost fleets that fled north after they were defeated by the Zheng family's fleet. ”

Lu Hai said with a smile on his face.

"The red-haired ghost's fleet was defeated by the Zheng family's fleet so quickly? The Zheng family is moving so fast! ”

Compared to the fleet commander who captured a red-haired ghost, Lu Yuan was more concerned about the fact that the Zheng family had already defeated the red-haired ghost's fleet at this time.

"So that means that at this time, the Zheng family has already taken the Dayuan area on the south coast of the Ryukyus?" The smile on Lu Yuan's face disappeared and he asked Lu Hai.

This is not a small deviation from what Lu Yuan expected before, Lu Yuan originally thought that it would take at least a month for the Zheng family to defeat the red-haired ghost of the Ryukyu master.

And now, less than half a month has passed, and the red-haired ghost has been defeated?

"According to the old devil's confession, the Zheng family did occupy their port in the vicinity of Ryukyu Dayuan a few days ago and laid a fort.

However, at this time, there was still a red-haired ghost in a fortified castle, making the last stubborn resistance, but the Zheng family had basically replaced the red-haired ghost and controlled the entire Ryukyu region. ”

Lu Hai continued.

"Unexpectedly, we are still late, it seems that Zheng Zhilong will no longer preserve his strength after knowing that our fleet is coming, defeat the red-haired ghost strongly, and seize the Dayuan region, worried that we will interfere!"

"Then general, are we still going to the senior now?"

"Go, of course we have to go, since we are all here, let's have a showdown with the Zheng family, in the future, Ryukyu will not be the Ryukyu of the Zheng family, we want to go north, and leave it to them in the south."

This time the general went to make an agreement with Zheng Zhilong, the East China Sea was shared, and the Ryukyus were equally divided, which was also what the lord meant. ”

"But, will Zheng Zhilong agree?" Lu Hai said worriedly.

"Don't worry, he will agree, unless he Zheng family has the ability, after defeating the red-haired ghost, he can still maintain his own strength, and he has the confidence to defeat our fleet again.

Otherwise, he Zheng Zhilong will have to compromise, of course, we can also give the Zheng family some rewards for this.

For example, the red-haired ghost fortified city that helped them fight and resisted.

In exchange for this, the Zheng family withdrew their soldiers from the ruined city on Jicoop Duliao Island on the north coast of the Ryukyus, and let our men station.

To put it bluntly, we are here to negotiate with the Zheng family, not to fight.

So you let the generals below, don't always come to ask for battle. ”

After hearing Lu Yuan's words, both Lu Hai and Hong Zhen laughed.

I thought in my heart: Do you have such a way to negotiate with others, with a fleet, this is obviously forcing others!

Lu Yuan also understood that he forced the Zheng family this time, and the two sides re-established new rules, relying on the fleet behind them.

According to Li Zixiao's instructions, this time Lu Yuan must not really break out into a decisive battle with the Zheng family fleet, because it is not yet time, and even Li Zixiao is still thinking about adopting Zheng Zhilong in the future!

At this time, if Lu Yuan and Zheng Zhilong are allowed to fight, whether the White Dragon Army naval fleet can win or not, maybe it will be Li Zixiao's own strength that will be lost in the future.

And in the same way, Li Zixiao also concluded that Zheng Zhilong would not rashly break out a decisive battle with them, unless Zheng Zhilong was confused.

"Command the fleet, continue south, and target the port of Ryukyu Oto."

Immediately, after capturing the four big ships of the red-haired ghost, the White Dragon Army fleet was immediately incorporated into its own fleet, and then Lu Yuan gave the order to continue southward.

"Let's go, let's go meet the commander of the red-haired ghost's fleet, listen to him talk about the battle with the Zheng family's fleet, and learn about some of the losses of the Zheng family's fleet."

Then, Lu Yuan went to see Bruce, wanting to get the latest Zheng family information from him.

(End of chapter)