In fact, it proved that Tang Ming's worries were not wrong at all, Fei Xin hurried back not long after he went out, his dark face was full of disbelief, and as soon as he entered the door, he said to Tang Ming in a loud voice: "Master Qiqi, the vigilantes came to report, saying that they had seen the number of enemy ships, and there were more than a hundred large and small ships in the front and back. And we have already made our identity clear, but the other party still ignores it and is still approaching us, and its bad intentions are obvious. Fei Xin implored the Hou Ye to give the order to enter the battle state. ”

Fei Xin felt very scared at the moment, but fortunately he was not arrogant enough to ignore Hou Ye's advice, and he defended himself from the beginning. Otherwise, you'll encounter so many enemies that it's too late to react.

Tang Ming didn't turn around to look at Fei Xin, he was still looking at the sea outside the window, and as far as the eye could see, he could already see ships with sails, densely rushing towards his fleet. The presence of so many ships and pirates at the same time is a clear sign that they have been ambushed.

"Who did you offend to set up such a big battle to ambush yourself, and it seems that the situation is going to swallow this fleet completely? A fierce battle is inevitable. Tang Ming closed his eyes and clenched his fists.

When his eyes opened again, Tang Ming coldly ordered Fei Xin: "Prepare to fight!" ”

"Subordinates obey!" From Tang Ming's cold words, Fei Xin had already heard his intentions, and after replying loudly, he walked out of the command room and prepared to face the battle with firm steps.

With so many pirates arriving at the same time, Fei Xin naturally knew that this was not easy. Since he followed Zheng He's side, he had sailed more than a hundred times, and he had never seen such a large pirate. And their fleet has just left the interior of the Ming Dynasty, and these pirates will not come sooner or later, but they will appear in this place where there is no village in front of the village and no store in the back.

It was obvious that they were ambushed here early in the morning, waiting for them to send them to the door. This was premeditated, and the enemy must have known the strength of his fleet early on. In this way, it is very likely that he will capsize in the gutter and plant a big heel here.

Tang Ming's trip this time was not like Zheng He's every time he went to sea, he mainly transported materials and personnel this time. In addition to the necessary sailors, there are less than a thousand real combatants in the fleet, although these people are elites, but after all, their hands are difficult to defeat many fists, and there are more ants that can bite and kill elephants, not to mention that the other party is not ants, or pirates who beg for a living at sea all year round, and none of them are good at all.

These are exactly what Tang Ming is worried about, the people carried on the fleet are landlubbers nine times out of ten, and they can't even swim. On the first day of going to sea, I encountered a bit of wind and waves, and all of them were seasick and dizzy, and even now, most of the people on the ship have not recovered.

Wanting them to be able to join the fight is nothing short of fantastical. A worried look hung on Tang Ming's face, he had always been calm, but at this moment, he couldn't help but feel nervous.

Under the command of Fei Xin, the flotilla had begun to lower its sails, and the speed of its advance was slowly lowering, and the ships that served as escorts began to put the live ammunition muzzles equipped with long-range firing capabilities to the outside. Synthesize an encirclement and protect all the ships in the center of the circle.

Except for Tang Ming's command ship, which was left in the middle, the other two treasure ships were distributed one in front of the other, ready to support the weaker defenses at any time.

The fleet's maneuverability and reaction speed made Tang Ming, who didn't understand naval warfare, very satisfied, and the fleet did not have any chaos when it changed its formation so quickly. It can be seen that Zheng He has put a lot of effort into these aspects.

Compared with Tang Ming's fleet, which entered the battle state in an orderly manner, the pirate ships that were about to enter the range of live ammunition artillery were much more messy. Among them, when the formation was transformed into a combined encirclement, there was a lot of chaos.

Fei Xin didn't know when he had returned to Tang Ming's side, looking at the chaos of those pirate ships, he not only sneered: "These pirates seem to have only gathered together temporarily, although they have a unified command, but their reaction ability is uneven, and even more so they don't seem to follow the command at all, they just sail by instinct, these people are not to worry, a group of rabble!" ”

"Hmm!"

Tang Ming nodded and agreed with Fei Xin's remarks, in terms of command and reaction ability alone, those pirates on the other side were indeed a rabble. But Tang Ming cared more about the identity of the other party, who was going to put him to death?

"Brother Fei, can you see who the other party is from these pirate ships?" Staring at the pirate ship in front of him, Tang Ming suddenly asked Fei Xin behind him.

Fei Xin stared at the distance for a moment, shook his head and replied: "The pirate ships ahead are uneven, and most of them are old sea ships, and most of them do not fly the flag that symbolizes status. However, the 30 or so ships flying the Yuanri flag in front of them must be Japanese robbers. ”

Without waiting for Tang Ming to speak, Fei Xin continued: "But the subordinates are very strange, who can gather these pirates who usually go alone. And obviously they still want to fight a tough naval battle with us, usually these pirates are in a hurry to flee when they encounter my Ming fleet, who is willing to give them what benefits, so that these pirates who have never suffered losses are not afraid of their own strength damage, and risk death to fight this war? ”

Tang Ming couldn't respond to Fei Xin about this question, because he didn't know either, and at this moment he could be said to be the most eager person to figure out the reason. If the pirates were coming at him, then Don really needed to know who had such a hatred for him.

There was an enemy with such great power hidden in the dark, if Tang Ming couldn't know who it was, it was estimated that he wouldn't even be able to sleep peacefully in the future.

In fact, Tang Ming had suspected two or three people in his heart, but in the end, he denied them one by one. Li Xing, Tang Ming was sure that it wasn't him, and even if he wanted to kill himself, there was no need to go to such great lengths. Besides, he Li Xing definitely doesn't have such a great ability, he just became the commander of the East Factory, and he is too late to be busy building the East Factory, where does he have time to take care of himself.

On this sea, he Tang Ming didn't offend anyone? Even in Nanjing, he has always been relatively low-key, and he has never had a deep grudge against anyone, but judging from the fact that this person is such a big hand as soon as he makes a move, it seems that this person is not simple.

"Princes and ministers." Tang Ming shook his head and denied this idea again, he didn't even know what those princes and ministers looked like, let alone what hatred there would be.