Su Dingfang's choice of this place was very clever, hiding behind a large island and reef, and more than 20 warships quietly anchored here under the cover of night.

It was such a hidden place, and even if a patrol ship was sent from Hateruma Island, it might not be possible to find it, because their patrol area was not so far away, and it was just a matter of patrolling near the offshore water.

But now as soon as the whistle of the steam battleship is sounded, it will naturally be heard by the people on the island, after all, they are not deaf, are they?

"Whew!"

As soon as the whistle sounded, the island reacted immediately, and the sound was most easily conveyed on the empty sea.

"What's the situation?"

In a dense forest on the edge of Hateruma Island, there is a military camp dyed dark green.

The main tent of the barracks was brightly lit, and a middle-aged man wearing a white liner who was sleeping suddenly woke up with a surprised expression.

"Someone, someone......" The man suddenly shouted.

"General!"

Two soldiers wrapped in black iron armor hurriedly walked in from outside the tent and saluted the man.

"What's going on outside, and where is Fang Cai's voice coming from?" The general asked as he got up and dressed.

"Back to the general's words, Fang Cai's voice should come from the sea, as for what it is, the last general doesn't know!"

The man standing on the right looked down and thought about it, as if he thought that such an answer would not satisfy the general, and added:

"But the last general has sent a message to the patrol team, asking them to go to that area of the sea to investigate carefully, I believe that news will come back soon!"

"Hmmm! In recent days, the Okinawa forces have allied with the Tang Dynasty, you must search carefully, and you must not relax your vigilance at all, Your Highness must not have an accident with us, understand? ”

The general rubbed his eyebrows, and there was a solemnity in his voice.

"No!"

The two soldiers did not dare to slack off. Then he turned and walked out of the main tent.

……

It was already five o'clock in the morning, and the dark clouds in the sky had become thicker, and when they heard the order from the main tent, the soldiers on the warships in charge of patrolling had to yawn and curse in their mouths to go out to sea to patrol.

By the time the three patrol ships were sailing towards the southwest sea, they had just turned around the reef when a large black shadow appeared in front of them.

It was a shadow that covered the sky as dark clouds obscured the moonlight. So they didn't see exactly what this shadow was.

When the sea stirred over the shadow, making a surging crashing sound, it was found that the shadow was already close at hand.

"That's ...... Ships, fleets, is an enemy attack, an enemy attack! ”

It wasn't until the huge shadow was only a few feet away from a few patrol ships that the soldiers on the patrol ships realized that it was actually a huge fleet.

Suffered!

This startled all the soldiers on the patrol ship, and they immediately shouted in a panic. At the same time, they are preparing to light the ship's beacon fire to alert the garrison on Hateruma Island.

"Put a crossbow arrow on Ben and shoot!"

When dealing with enemies, Liu Renliang has always been ruthless. So he himself arranged for the soldiers to send the bow of the ship, with crossbow arrows in their hands, and fired at the three patrol boats below.

The three unfortunate patrol ships were only a few feet away from his Li Yuanba's warship. So before the soldiers could light the beacon fire on the patrol boat, a dense field of sharp arrows rained down on their heads.

It's too late, it's too soon, but in the blink of an eye. Powerful crossbow arrows have already shot patrol ships to the ground like hedgehogs.

As for the soldiers on the patrol boat, they were even more killed and wounded, and in the end, they were turned into sugar gourds by a brass Shenwei cannonball released by Liu Renliang, so that these three patrol ships were gloriously laid off before they had time to make contributions.

Although the three patrol ships that discovered Li Yuanba's warship did not have time to spread the news of the enemy attack, in the end, a Shenwei cannon released by Liu Renliang still transmitted the sound to Hateruma Island.

"This, why does this sound so familiar...... Looks like I've heard it somewhere! ”

In the main tent of the barracks, the general frowned, as if he was thinking about something, but he couldn't figure out what was going on even if he thought about it.

After a long time, his face suddenly changed and became quite ugly.

"Damn, it's Shenwuwei, it's the Shenwuwei of Datang, how can they appear here?"

Obviously, the general was recalling the naval battle that took place outside Guangyang City a few days ago, and the scene was really miserable.

"Come on, go to the city to report to His Highness, let him make plans early!"

The general was like a rabbit in a hurry at the moment, his face was flushed, and he roared loudly.

"Yes, yes!"

The guards of the tent heard the anxiety in the general's words, so they did not enter the tent, but hurried out of the tent.

"Someone, with the general's order, go to the port and transfer all the warships to me!"

The general calmed down a little, then slapped the table and began to dispatch troops, "Go to the Tiger Ben Army camp, transfer five thousand Tiger Ben soldiers to the city, and protect the safety of His Highness!" ”

"No!"

The two soldiers in charge of the herald had already heard the news, hurriedly received the general's order, and rushed out of the big tent in two directions.

The general walked out of the big tent, looked up at the dark clouds as black as ink, and whispered: "I hope I can escape this catastrophe!"

……

On the southwest side of Hateruma Island, that is, in the direction of the reef, Liu Renliang's fleet was still gliding in the direction of the coast unhurriedly, and it didn't look like a hurry.

"Lord Wang, is our speed so slow, is it a little too slow?"

On the battleship, Li Sanduo couldn't help but start complaining.

In fact, after Liu Renliang made a move, Li Yuanba asked them to slow down the speed of their advance, and in the later days, even the wooden battleships behind them were faster than the steel battleships.

"You know what?" Zhao Sanpao glanced at Li Sanduo and continued: "The prince is doing this to startle the snake, if that Yang Jian is smart enough, he must know that his army is not our opponent, and he will definitely find an opportunity to run away when the time comes."

"Not bad!" Li Yuanba clapped his hands and said: "The topography of Bozhaojian Island is very special, if you want to escape from the island, as long as it appears on the sea, it will be locked by us, and at that time, with the speed of the battleship under our feet, it will be easy to catch up with Yang Jun, who has run away!" (To be continued.) )