"Your Excellency, shall we come closer?" Adjutant Ma Sheng asked. Zhu Yuan nodded and shouted loudly, "Turn the rudder fifteen degrees to the right and maintain the speed." "Yes."

The mighty general slowly shifted its direction and sailed towards the unknown fleet at a steady speed, and now it was blowing the southwest wind, and Zhu Yuan and they were in the upper wind.

As the distance approached, the naked eye could also see the small black dots in the distance of the sponge, and the unknown fleet also found Zhu Yuan and them. The lookout saw the panic of the crew on the deck of the opposing fleet in the telescope, and called a person to point to Zhu Yuan's side. It didn't take long for the fleet to change direction, but Zhu Yuan was in the upper hand, and the speed of the ships was much faster than them, and the distance between the two sides was slowly approaching.

Both sides followed the direction of the wind and sailed in the northeast direction, and after half an hour, Zhu Yuan had already caught up with them, less than five hundred meters apart, and in the telescope, the other party's facial expressions were very clear.

This fleet seems to be loaded with a lot of things, resulting in a very deep draft, and since it is an ordinary lucky ship, Zhu Yuan can know how many things are on board at a glance. Interestingly, although the other party threw some things into the sea, it was not much, and the speed of the boat, which was originally very slow, did not rise much.

In this era, there is no universal flag, so if you want to come forward to talk, you have to rely on shouting, and when you enter a distance of two or three hundred meters, you can hear it clearly. Zhu Yuan sent a man to stand at the bow of the boat and shouted, "Stop the boat, stop the boat." Otherwise, we will attack. ”

When the steward on the other deck heard this, he did not immediately stop the ship, but continued to sail. Zhu Yuan's face sank and said, "Solid shells, fire a warning shot." ”

Immediately after the order was given, the three men in charge of the bow gun began to reload the ammunition. It is worth mentioning that there is a cement bucket next to the bow gun, which contains the gunpowder required for the bow gun, which is divided into packs according to the different amounts. This can effectively reduce the explosion caused by gunpowder encountering high temperature and flame during battle. The vat was so thick that it was rare for a cannon of this era to blow it through.

The three of them adjusted the firing angle on the gun carriage, lit the line of fire, and with a loud "bang", the cannon fired, the shell flew out of the barrel, and the rapid movement and air friction produced a special sound, but the sound was very short, and before I had time to listen carefully, I heard a small boat in the distance make a "kalakala" sound, it turned out that the stern of the ship was pierced, and then a terrible scream sounded. If it was in battle, Zhu Yuan would be very happy, but now it is not a battle, but a warning. Zhu Yuan wanted to hit the nearby sea area, let the other party know that there were sharp long-range weapons here, and not try to escape. It's just that I didn't expect the mighty general to live up to its resounding name, and the first shot hit. Zhu Yuan's face turned black on the spot, in terms of all the gun positions of the ship, the bow gun can be said to be the most bumpy, which affects the hit force very much, this can be hit, and the other party can only be blamed for bad luck.

There was silence on the deck on Zhu Yuan's side, everyone looked at each other, very speechless, and the people on the three ships heard a loud noise, and then the building of a ship was hit hard between the lightning and flint, not only was it pierced, but also the speed of the cannonballs flying out was too fast, and the violent friction caused a fire on the side of the broken wooden planks of the ship's building. They had never seen this scene before, some people knelt on the deck and kowtowed to the east, thinking that the dragon king who lived in the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea was angry and sent a disaster, and some people reacted and began to run to the ship building to extinguish the fire, after all, the ship is made of wood, if the flames are not extinguished in time, the ship will not be protected at that time, and their lives will be in danger.

At this time, the steward of the fleet finally became honest and gave orders to his men, so the shouts of "stop the ship" were heard incessantly, and the sails were put away, and the anchor was dropped, and slowly came to a standstill. And Zhu Yuan also slowly moved to the side of the largest ship in the fleet, ready to set up a board and board the other party's ship.

It sounds very simple, but it is still difficult to do, the two ships can not be too far away and not too close, the mighty general almost collided with the other party's ship, and finally under the emergency adjustment, the distance between the two ships is not more than thirty centimeters, and you can even use the board, just jump on it. The other party's boat was basically an experienced old sailor, and seeing the performance of the rookie on Zhu Yuan's side, the nervousness and fear just now couldn't help but relax a little.

After a while, the sailors on Zhu Yuan's ship began to board the other party's fortune ship one after another. There were more than fifty people in total, and these were all soldiers who were in charge of deck warfare. Seeing the soldier holding a strange firebolt without an arquebus, the crew of the opposing fleet just watched quietly, with curiosity and wariness in their eyes. There were even some people who put their hands on the handle of the knife on their waists, ready to fire at any time. These people are all dressed in the Ming Dynasty, although the clothes and ornaments of North Korea imitate the Ming Dynasty, but there are also some subtle differences, it should be from the Ming Dynasty. The fleet did not fly a flag, but even if it did, it was difficult to determine the identity because both North and Japan used Chinese characters for official documents.

Zhu Yuan was the last to come up, and when he saw his distinctive military uniform, he knew that he was the commander. Seeing Zhu Yuan on the boat, the other party immediately walked over a middle-aged man, not tall, with a smile on his face, perhaps he often walks on the sea, his skin is very dark, and the whole person looks old.

Under Zhu Yuan's eyes, the soldiers of the land and water battalion got out of the way and let the man walk to Zhu Yuan's side. The man bowed his hand and greeted warmly, "It turned out to be the official of the Tianjin Water and Land Battalion, the little one's surname is Ji, Fame and Lidong, and he is the steward of these three ships, and I don't know the name of the general." ”

Zhu Yuan casually arched his hand and said, "This official is the Chinese army of the water and land battalion, Zhu Yuan." Where are you going and what are you going to do? ”

Ji Lidong made a surprised expression, "It turns out that it is still a national surname, disrespectful and disrespectful." The younger one is to wait for the lord's family to visit relatives in North Korea. When I was far away, I thought I had encountered a Japanese coward, so I ordered the ship to sail, and I hope the general will forgive me. ”

Zhu Yuan's face was calm: "Oh? Visiting relatives? Let's check what's in the cabin. Hearing Zhu Yuan's words, Ji Lidong's face froze, and then he looked at the soldiers around him and only a few people paid attention to this, so he took two steps forward, grabbed Zhu Yuan's hand, stuffed a few pieces of paper, and said haha, "General Zhu, we are sending some gifts to relatives for the master, and there are no prohibited items, what is there to check?" “

Zhu Yuan glanced at the paper in his hand, it turned out that there were two silver tickets each of five hundred taels, a total of one thousand taels, which was not a small amount. Zhu Yuan sneered, "I don't dare to accept this thing, you better take it back." As for the ship, it is still to be checked. “

Ji Lidong's face was a little gloomy, "General Zhu, this is a little inappropriate." The Ming Dynasty's patrol and anti-smuggling are to be done by inspection. Aren't your Tianjin water and land battalions prepared? Judging from the small, it's better to pretend that you haven't seen it, and this matter is in the past. My family is the Liu family in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are also people in the court who are officials, so it is not good to look good when it makes a big face. “

Zhu Yuan came to be interested: "Oh? Are you from the Jiangnan Liu family? Is it the one in Hangzhou? A few days ago, we also went to the land and water camp to raid the house, and said that it was not caught yet, so I didn't catch a big fish. Also, you may not know about our land and water battalions, and our main task is to prepare for the Japanese, but patrolling and anti-smuggling is also within our control, so you don't have to worry about me. "When the water and land battalion was established, Zhu Houwei always emphasized, so the Caiwei water and land battalion asked for a task of patrolling and arresting smuggling, but it was never completed.

Ji Lidong's face darkened, and he immediately defended, "General, you heard it wrong, it's Liu, the Liu of the Han Dynasty, not the Liu of Yangliu." Zhu Yuan suddenly looked pity, "Alas, it seems that my luck is not very good." As for the Liu family or the Cao family, we don't care, now we just need to search the boat, be vigilant, don't think carefully. We have fought Tartars in the north of our land and water camp, killed pirates in the east, and bandits and bandits have not known how much they have cleaned up, so we carefully calculated the points. ”

After speaking, Ji Lidong, whose face turned black, shouted, "Search for me." Rebels, kill. A killing word suddenly made the hearts of most people on this ship feel cold, not all of them are domestic slaves of the Liu family, most of them are long-term workers, and it is not worth it to earn so little money and lose their lives. The soldiers of the land and water battalion immediately began to walk into the cabin, and Ji Lidong was still silent, bowing his head and thinking about something. There were two young offspring on the ship, who should be the sons of the family, and they were very loyal to the Liu family, and when they saw that the people of the land and water battalion were about to walk to the cabin, they immediately shouted in their mouths, drew their knives and slashed at the soldiers. In Jiangnan, whether the officers and soldiers are in the water camp or on land, they have seen both of them, and they have no worries at all. I thought that as long as I watched a few, as soon as the morale of my side came, and I would do it with myself, then the officers and soldiers would not be able to withstand it, and maybe they could grab a big ship. In the vast sea, who knows if there is one less boat?

It's a pity that their ideas didn't come true. "Bang bang" A few gunshots rang out, and a few bursts of white mist floated out of the land and water camp. Then there were two "knocks", and the two fell to the ground, and the red blood slowly spread down the deck. The people of the Liu family were stunned, obviously they didn't see Mars, but the other party shot, and between the lightning and flint, the two people who did it didn't have time to scream and lay down, looking at this situation, they should have received a lunch.

At this moment, Ji Lidong, who was thinking, finally came back to his senses, looked at the two people who had fallen, and then shouted angrily, "Let them check." Turning his head, he stared at Zhu Yuandao fiercely, "General Zhu's feelings today, my Liu family has written it down." Another day will be rewarded. Zhu Yuan shrugged his shoulders a little cynically at this time, looking indifferent, "Whatever you want." Zhu Houwei sometimes does this action, and Zhu Yuan also learned it.

After about half an hour, the subordinates of the water and land battalion reported to Zhu Yuan, "My lord, the cabin is filled with porcelain, cloth and silk, but the largest number is medicinal herbs. Zhu Yuan nodded, and then said, "Okay, hurry up and check the other two." ”

turned his head to look at Ji Lidong, but he didn't find it, it turned out that he returned to the cabin and didn't come out.

"Bang bang" sometimes two gunshots, then some murmur. Zhu Yuan looked at his general and shouted, "What's the matter?" Ma Sheng walked to the side of the ship and said quickly, "My lord, I saw on the General just now that someone threw two boxes into the sea. When throwing the third box, the subordinate ordered the gun to be fired. Zhu Yuan nodded and said, "Very good, hurry up and check that ship." ”

Not long after, the soldiers on the ship shouted, "My lord, it's iron, and it's all swords, bows, and arrows." At this time, Ji Lidong also came out of the cabin, his face expressionless.

Zhu Yuan shouted loudly, "Control the three ships and return immediately." ”