Wang Xu's southward fleet increased the speed of sailing, and the number of seafarers stepping on the water wheel in the ship was doubled, which was a burden for the seafarers and was not conducive to long-distance sailing.

But Fan Tong said that because of the temporary decision to return to the mainland, he made a big circle, and the guide missed several supply points on the original shipping route, and if he did not speed up, the reserves of fresh water would be insufficient, and there would be no fresh vegetables and meat to eat, and if there was any accident, there would be no room for maneuver.

Of course, this is understandable, and in order to reach the farther supply point as soon as possible, the speed is accelerated, but this makes Izumi, who wants to ambush him, vomit blood.

The well-arranged ambush was inexplicably avoided, and the reason could not even be found, and it was scattered and tracked, but there was not even a shadow, the vast sea, the pursuit was too difficult, and finally found the clues that should be deliberately left behind, but the speed of the other party was far beyond the norm.

Almost every day, he roared angrily at the pirates, forcing them to move as fast as they could, and the whole fleet was full of complaints.

One afternoon a few days later, he finally ushered in spring.

"Leader Hequan, our forward clipper found the fleet, judging from the number and shape of the ships, it should be where Wang Xu is."

Izumi's face changed instantly, he took a deep breath, and almost held back a sentence from between his teeth: "I finally caught up!" ”

He walked around the deck, turned around several times, seemed to be thinking, and then resolutely said: "Quick, order two ships to inform several other passers-by, surround Wang Xu's fleet, and let him die in the sea." ”

"No!"

Just when Hequan was preparing to besiege and kill, Wang Xu, Zhang He, and Fan Tong were also rewarded by the seafarers almost at the same time.

"Bandits? How did they end up in this sea? That's a problem. Fan Tong's eyes widened, his face full of consternation.

"Can we get through it?" Wang Xu frowned. He is only interested in how to solve problems. Why did the other party come. I don't want to know at all.

Zhang He was very calm, and said confidently: "If it is a voyage, there is nothing that can be done by his subordinates, but if it is engaged, his guards are the elite of the elite, and they can fight against a hundred. ”

"General Zhang's soldiers are elite. But if you don't have enough experience in naval combat, I'm afraid you'll suffer! Fan Tong shook his head and took over: "Besides, we don't know the situation of the other party now, and what we see is not necessarily all the enemy, maybe there are more ships coming from afar, according to the opinion of the contemptible people, it is better to leave here at full speed, if it is besieged, it is difficult to say." ”

"Well, I don't know what the enemy is. Retreat is indeed the best option. Wang Xu nodded, then waved his hand and said, "Then go full speed ahead!" ”

"Kick! Step on! Step on! ”

Both in the cabin and on deck. Everywhere there was a dense sound of heavy footsteps, and the guards gathered to the edge of the ship, bows and arrows, and various ballistas and small trebuchets were in place, ready to strike.

The seafarers do not need to fight, their task is mainly to control the ship, at this moment in the power cabin, all the pedals have begun to turn, and the water wheels on both sides of the ship are all beating the water at the fastest speed.

The speed of the fleet soon reached an astonishing increase.

"Speed up the pursuit!"

Izumi saw the change in front of him from a distance, and his face was cold, and his fists were clenched.

A race begins.

Half a day later, a new fleet was added to the eastern seas, which was another group of men and horses who had arrived after receiving an order from Izumi.

But Fan Tong has a lot of experience, and he also has a very good grasp of the way of action of these bandits, and he flexibly commands and deploys, so that the fleet always keeps moving forward at this extremely high speed, so that the other party cannot be surrounded at all, but has a tendency to pull the distance farther and farther.

Izumi was sullen and asked, "Sato, where are the people to the west?" Why haven't you been around for most of the day? ”

"Izumi-kun, don't worry, it should be almost there."

"Coming soon?" Hequan snorted disdainfully: "Now I can't even see the shadow, how can I do it quickly?" Your samurai are getting better and better. ”

Sato's face changed, and he said with some dissatisfaction: "Izumi, please don't insult my samurai, they are all the best." ”

"Perhaps!" Izumi said lightly.

At this moment of conversation, because they were facing south, they did not see a light clipper coming from the west, and after a while, someone hurried over, and shouted from afar: "Chief, the big thing is not good!" ”

"What's so flustered?" Izumi asked sharply.

"Our fleet to the west is engaged in a fierce battle with other fleets."

"Fierce battles?" Sato looked puzzled, looked at Izumi, and asked strangely, "Where is the fleet?" How is the combat power? ”

"It should be from the Central Plains Cao Army." Someone came back and forth.

"Bastard!" Hequan almost spurted out a mouthful of blood directly, Rao couldn't help but scold with his composure: "A group of rice buckets, the Cao army has no water army, and when they go to sea, they must come to find Wang Xu, and the purpose is the same as ours, how can they fight with them?" Didn't you take the initiative to shout? ”

"Shouted!" The person who came was full of helplessness, shook his head and said: "The high leader shouted at the beginning, and when he learned that it was a warship of the Cao army temporarily going to sea, he immediately expressed his attitude, but the general who didn't think about the other party said......"

"Say what?"

"Say ......" is a little difficult to say.

"Tell the truth!" Izumi's eyes glared angrily, murderous.

"Said that he wanted to destroy the foreign invaders first, and said that the bandits entered the territory of the Han Dynasty without permission, and they should be killed!"

"Fool! Very foolish! Izumi was furious and walked around in anger. How's the battle going? ”

"The strength is equal, although the soldiers of the other side are not good at naval warfare, but they are extremely elite, the commander does not know who it is, but he must have been to sea many times, and the people in charge of driving the boat should be some fishermen, and they are relatively skilled in controlling the boat." Someone came back and forth.

Izumi almost exploded his lungs in anger, and turned to look at Sato: "This is the combat power of your Excellency's samurai?" A rabble, fishermen can't cope? ”

Sato's face was also a little unpleasant, but instead of answering his question, he asked, "How many people are there on the other side?" ”

"More than twice as many as us, at least two thousand." The person who came said affirmatively, then looked at Izumi and Sato, and said helplessly: "Not only is there a large number of people, but the other party is even more fearless of death, and they are desperate with us, but they are not suitable for naval battles, they will definitely not be able to fight, and they will retreat sooner or later, but it will bring us heavy losses." ”

"Forget it, don't care, after they are defeated, come over immediately!" Hequan also has no good way, and pursues Wang Xu as the first in his heart.

Unexpectedly, Sato suddenly spoke, shook his head and said: "Izumi-kun, that is a contemptible compatriot samurai, it is impossible for a contemptible person to know that the casualties are very large, but not to rescue, let them die in vain, not to mention that they are also your compatriots, don't forget, you are from the same city as us." ”

"Sato!" Izumi was murderous: "You are too much." ”

"No matter what your Excellency says, the contemptible people will also rush with their own samurai, and when they have repelled the enemy army, they will come again."

"Rush?" Izumi was so angry that his face was full of anger: "If Your Excellency takes away your three big ships and samurai, then how can we chase them?" Don't forget, you're getting paid enough. ”

"I'm sorry!" Sato closed his legs and bowed heavily: "The reward can be reduced, but the samurai's life cannot be lost in vain, rest assured, the contemptible is a person of credibility, and when the enemy is repulsed, he will immediately catch up." ”

"You ......" Izumi looked at Sato, who had resolutely left, and was so angry that he couldn't speak, and when he boarded another ship on a small clipper, the murderous aura in his eyes was already full of it. Sato, wait to kill Wang Xu, see how I clean you up. ”

This qiē did not stop Hequan's determination to kill Wang Xu, although he only had his five warships and more than 1,000 people left, he still pursued without hesitation.

Because he understands that only by killing Wang Xu will Yuan Xi fulfill that promise, give him money and materials, so that he can really have enough strength to return to Yamatai, find a suitable island, and re-establish his own city-state, and even look forward to one day developing and defeating Queen Himiko, which is his dream.

"Chase! Stay in formation and chase at full speed! ”

ps: The last two days have been very busy, there are fewer updates, and it will break out in two days, everyone's forgiveness! (To be continued......)