Although Lu Kang, the servants from Beijing, did not know much about the situation at sea, the sailors and subordinates recruited by Lu Kang were all veterans who had been walking on the sea all year round.

These men had a great deal of experience at sea, so when the sailor observed through his clairvoyant mirror the ships coming towards them in the distance, he almost immediately judged that the comer was not good.

I could only hear the sailor shouting: "No, everyone stay on guard, there are ships approaching." ”

Soon the news reached Lu Kang's ears, and Lu Kang, who was thinking about returning to Beijing and offering what he had gained, suddenly learned that their fleet might be targeted, and his expression couldn't help but change.

Receiving a clairvoyant mirror from his subordinates, Lu Kang looked at it, and suddenly found that there were more than a dozen large and small ships around him that were rapidly approaching them.

Lu Kang's brows suddenly furrowed, although he had also heard that the sea was not safe, but Lu Kang stayed in the palace all the year round, although he did not dare to say that it was the safest place in the world, but not many people dared to provoke them, who served the Son of Heaven.

Therefore, even though Lu Kang knew that there might be pirates on the sea, he never thought that he would be targeted by pirates one day.

He represents the Ming royal family, and he has the support of the entire Ming Dynasty behind him, how can anyone dare to fight their idea.

An old sailor looked at Lu Kang with a somewhat ugly expression and said: "Lord Lu, how can this be good, these pirates are all extremely vicious, if they are allowed to approach, I am afraid that we will not be able to escape." ”

Although Lu Kang said that he looked a little nervous, he was not too flustered, in Lu Kang's opinion, no matter how bold these pirates were, if he played his signboard, he would definitely be able to suppress these pirates.

Taking a deep breath, Lu Kang glanced at the old sailor and said, "Order someone to raise the banner and tell the other party that we are the Ming Royal Caravan, representing the Great Tomorrow, let them retreat quickly." ”

As the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire, the prestige of the Ming Dynasty can be said to be a deterrent to the Quartet, so Lu Kang is very confident, and he doesn't believe that these pirates dare to attack them.

The old sailor, however, had a worried look on his face, but he was well-informed and knew the temperament of many pirates at sea.

And the identity of Lu Kang and his party, they also know something, otherwise, they would not be able to leave their old club and follow Lu Kang and his party.

After all, the identity of Lu Kang and his party is too advantageous, at least a considerable number of pirates at sea will definitely be afraid if they know Lu Kang's identity.

But that is only relative to some pirates, but for some pirates, the identity of Lu Kang and his party may not have any effect, such as those vicious pirates.

The pirates infested in this sea area can be roughly divided into three types, one is the pirates composed of the pure Ming people, the other is the pirates composed of pure Japanese pirates, and the third is the pirates mixed with the Ming people.

And the most dangerous of them are the pirates composed of pure pirates, who not only have no scruples about attacking the caravans of the Ming Dynasty, but also some of the merchant ships of the East.

It can be said that any maritime merchant who is targeted by these pirates, no matter what his identity, will not let him stop, unless he can rely on enough strength to repel him.

Now Lu Kang is trying to deter these pirates with his identity, and the old sailors can only pray silently, hoping that what they encounter this time is not those vicious pirates. Otherwise, with the men on their ships, they are not the match for these pirates.

Lu Kang was anxious to return to Daming with this harvest, so he only brought a very small number of guards on these big ships, but left a large number of guards on the remaining dozen big ships.

If it weren't for that, there would be hundreds of guards on more than a dozen big ships, and if there were hundreds of well-equipped guards, even in the face of those ferocious wouldn't be without the strength to fight, but now, the guards on several big ships added up to less than a hundred, and they were not several times their pirate opponents.

Of course, no matter how worried he was, the old sailor still ordered the flag-bearers on several large ships to wave their flags to the pirate ships that were rushing towards them.

In the vast sea, it is naturally not so easy to convey the message, so some flags have appeared.

Kumamoto Taro is the leader of this group of pirates, with a pigtail on his head, a mustache, and a scar that winds and rugged like an earthworm crawls over his face, but the wound is very terrifying.

Kumamoto Taro squinted his eyes and sneered at one of his subordinates: "What do the flags of the Ming Sea Ships in front of you mean?" ”

I heard that the subordinate showed a somewhat solemn expression and said to Kumamoto Taro: "My lord, we are lucky to have encountered a big fish, this fleet is actually the fleet formed by the Ming Emperor, and it is revealing its identity to us at this moment!" ”

Kumamoto Taro was slightly stunned, and said with a little surprise on his face: "It turned out to be the Aketo Imperial Fleet, no wonder it is such a big deal, there are more than a dozen large merchant ships at a time, it seems that we really caught a big fish this time!" ”

As he spoke, Taro Kumamoto's face showed a bit of surprise and excitement.

This would cause the subordinate to say to Kumamoto Taro, "My lord, the Akito is ordering us to retreat immediately, or we will face the wrath of the Ming Imperial Family." ”

"Hahaha, the anger of the Ming royal family? We're pirates, when do we need to be afraid of Daming! Besides, on this vast sea, as long as we kill all these people, who will know that we did it! ”

As he spoke, Taro Kumamoto's eyes flashed with murderous intent and said, "Raise the flag and let the Aketo fleet stop, otherwise, don't blame us for being polite." ”

On the big ship, when the old sailor Chen Wu informed Lu Kang of the flag played by the pirates, Lu Kang couldn't help but scold angrily: "What a big dog guts, even the Ming royal fleet dares to plunder, are they eating the bear's heart and leopard guts?" ”

Lu Kang scolded angrily, while Chen Wu said to Lu Kang with a bitter face: "My lord, these pirates are only afraid of being Japanese pirates, who have always been fierce and act unscrupulously, so they will not have any scruples at all." ”

His eyebrows jumped, and Lu Kang said with a little surprise on his face: "Wakou? ”

Chen Wu nodded and said, "Only the pirates would be so crazy, otherwise, these pirates would never have replied to us so quickly." ”

Lu Kang, who had realized that it was difficult to deter these pirates with his identity, was also a little nervous, and looked at Chen Wudao with a worried face: "Chen Wu, you are a veteran at sea, how should we deal with this situation?" ”

Chen Wu gritted his teeth and said to Lu Kang: "My lord, these widows will not be reasonable, with the temperament of these people, as long as they fall into their hands, I am afraid that none of the people on the ship will survive." ”

Lu Kang looked worried, and only listened to Chen Wudao: "So the villain is bold, and he also asks the adults to give an order, and several big ships will scatter and flee for their lives, while these pirates have not completely surrounded us, if they can escape, one will be one." ”

Lu Kang was slightly stunned when he heard this, but he quickly made a decision, although Chen Wu's proposal was a bit pessimistic, but he had to admit that there was only one way at the moment.

Because most of the guards he carried were left behind in Dongying, even if he stopped to fight with these would-be wouldn't be the opponents of these experienced wouldn't be the opponents of these experienced wouldn't be able to escape.

Taking a deep breath, a chill flashed in Lu Kang's eyes, and he immediately conveyed the order to disperse and flee.

The large ships that had been gathered together quickly dispersed, and at the same time a dozen small boats, which were not large but could accommodate a dozen people, were also lowered.

The dozen or so small boats scattered and fled faster than the larger ships.

Lu Kang was on one of the small boats at the moment, according to Chen Wu's proposal, Lu Kang finally chose to abandon the big ship, because with Chen Wu's experience, this place is still nearly a day's journey from the Ming Dynasty, and the Japanese Kou's sea ship is extremely light, the speed is far beyond the big ship they are on, I am afraid that it will not take an hour or two to be caught up by the Japanese Invaders, if you don't give up the big ship, then you can only be caught up by the Japanese Invaders.

After abandoning the big ship, although the ability of the small boat to resist the wind and waves at sea is a little worse, but if the wind and waves are calm, the speed is much faster than that of the big ship, as long as the luck is not bad, it may not be able to escape the pursuit of these robbers.

Of course, these pirates are not so easy to get rid of, after all, these pirates are also experienced, and they came from all sides early, obviously prepared, so whether they can escape from the encirclement that has not yet been completely completed depends on their luck.

It's just a cup of tea, through the clairvoyant mirror, Lu Kang clearly saw that a big ship was caught up by the Japanese boat, and then those murderous Japanese were climbing towards the big ship, although everyone on the big ship was desperately resisting, but after all, it was not the opponent of these Japanese invaders, and they were boarded by the Japanese on the big ship, and soon all the people on the ship were cut off and hung high on the mast.

Lu Kang clenched the clairvoyant mirror in his hand, his eyes showed a little frightened, after seeing the ferocity of these Japanese robbers with his own eyes, Lu Kang really realized that if he really fell into the hands of these Japanese robbers, no matter what their identity was, he was afraid that he would only be cut off by someone.

Several guards on the boat, including several attendants, are rowing desperately, and at this time, only desperately escape can there be hope of survival, otherwise once they are caught up by the Japanese invaders, there is only a dead end.

Kumamoto Taro himself sat on a small ship, but on this ship it was armed with two guns.

Standing in front of the cannon, Kumamoto Taro squinted his eyes with a bit of banter, and his gaze fell on a small boat a hundred feet away in front of him.

On this small boat, several attendants and several guards were rowing desperately.

After Lu Kang ordered everyone to flee for their lives, these attendants dispersed, not only as simple as escaping, but also shouldering the mission of bringing the news back.

The merchant ship that represents the face of the royal family was attacked and plundered by the Japanese and even killed, this kind of thing can be big or small, at least with Lu Kang's understanding of today's son, this matter is absolutely impossible to stop like this, so Lu Kang has already ordered everyone, but if anyone can or escape back to the Ming Dynasty, this matter must be reported to the son of tomorrow.

I saw Kumamoto Taro wave the katana in his hand, and the next moment I heard a bang, and then I saw a solid bullet flying out.

A wave splashed on the surface of the sea, almost grazing the small boat in front of them, and the splash fell on everyone, only making everyone's hearts a little cool.

It was really the accuracy of the cannonball that it almost smashed directly on their ship, if such a big iron lump was smashed down, not to mention whether it would kill people, but the boat they were riding was definitely smashed on the spot, once they lost the boat that fled for their lives, in this vast sea, even if these wouldn't deal with them, I'm afraid no one would survive.

After dozens of breaths, there was another roar behind him, followed by another splash in the stern of the boat.

On the boat behind him, Kumamoto Taro yelled at the gunner, and the next moment, I saw a solid bullet accurately smashed on the boat, and immediately saw that the boat was smashed, and more than a dozen people on board were injured by the flying sawdust and fell into the sea.

After a few hours, several large ships fell into the hands of the Japanese invaders, and more than half of a dozen small ships were caught up and sunk.

At this moment, Lu Kang's face was gloomy, and behind them, a Japanese ship was biting them tightly, looking around, within a radius of several miles, there was no other scene at all except for an ocean.

Lu Kang's heart gradually let go, although it is still bitten by the Japanese robbers, but at least there is only one, and the distance between the two sides has not been shortened too much, which means that they have the hope of escaping.

Chen Wu looked solemn, looking back at the Japanese ship chasing them from time to time.

Noticing Chen Wu's expression, Lu Kang was puzzled: "Chen Wu, you frequently look at that Japanese ship, is there something wrong?" ”

Chen Wu's face was a little pale, and he said in a trembling voice to Lu Kang: "My lord, with the experience of the villain, it is impossible for this Japanese ship chasing us to be so slow, the villain is suspicious ......."

With a sigh in his heart, Lu Kang only felt a tightness in his heart, and his face was ugly and he looked at Chen Wudao: "You ...... What do you suspect? ”

Chen Wu smiled bitterly: "The villain suspects that these robbers are playing tricks on us......"

As if to confirm Chen Wu's worries, the speed of the Japanese ship that was originally behind them was slowly accelerating, and the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer.

Lu Kang and the others, who gradually felt a sense of despair in their hearts, could even see the scene on the boat behind them.

More than a dozen hideous-looking Japanese robbers were looking at them with a playful expression, especially the first one, and on the bow of the ship in front of him was a small Jingguan piled up with dozens of bloody heads.

The buns of the Japanese are different from those of the Han people, and Lu Kang and the others can recognize these heads as their companions just by looking at them.

"Damn it......"

One of the guards clenched his fists, his eyes red and his teeth gritted.

You must know that these guards are all from the upper twelve guards, either from Yulin Wei or from Jinyi Wei, all of whom are innocent and loyal to the Son of Heaven.

Soon the Japanese boat caught up with Lu Kang's small boat, only a few feet away between the two sides, only to see Kumamoto Taro stand up, holding a katana in one hand at Lu Kang and the others in a fluent Ming official language: "Mingren, listen well, obediently tie your hands and capture, Lord Ben can give you a happy death!" ”

Lu Kang's eyes shrank, stared at Kumamoto Taro deadly, stepped forward and said: "Looking at Your Excellency's identity, I'm afraid it's not as simple as just a widow, and even my Ming royal caravan dares to plunder, aren't you afraid that my Ming soldiers will set foot in small foreign countries such as Ping'er?" ”

When Kumamoto Taro heard this, he felt as if he had heard something funny, and after laughing, he couldn't help but say with a little disdain: "I am the country of the rising sun, and the emperor is not less than the emperor of the great tomorrow, and I am Fuso He is afraid of waiting for the Ming Dynasty." ”

One of the guards couldn't help but roar and said, "It's so arrogant, you and a small country dare to compare with my Great Tomorrow Dynasty, it's extremely arrogant......"

Kumamoto Taro's eyes flashed with a murderous intrigue, only to hear the sound of fire, and the next moment he saw a blood flower splashing from the guard's chest, only to see the burly man's body shake and fall straight down on the boat.

"Willow Guard!"

Lu Kang exclaimed.

More than a dozen people on the boat were all red-eyed and staring at each other with hatred when they saw that the Yanagi guards were killed by Taro Kumamoto.

"Where are the soldiers of tomorrow? It's not like a lost dog who is hunted down one by one, I Fusang has been blessed by the gods since ancient times, if you dare to come, you don't need to wait for us to make a move, the kamikaze will make you and others die in the belly of the fish, hahaha......"

I saw Kumamoto Taro wave his hand, and suddenly I saw more than a dozen hideous-looking Japanese robbers jumping on the boat one by one with a sinister smile, slashing towards Lu Kang and the others.

Lu Kang leaned on the edge of the cabin, blood bubbling from his chest, and watched a Japanese coward carry a sharp knife to cut off the heads of his dying or seriously injured companions one by one and throw them on the big ship, becoming part of the Jingguan.

Tick, tick, and he saw the wolf walking towards him with a blood-dripping dagger, his face full of hideousness.

At this moment, Lu Kang looked at the widow walking towards him, but there was no slightest wave in his heart, and there was no trace of fear, just looked at the other party calmly, and the only regret in his heart was that he was careless for a while, and he actually caused the caravan to suffer this catastrophe, and at the same time prayed in his heart, praying for God's protection, only hoping that someone could escape, bring the news back to Daming, and give it to tomorrow.

When the cold blade was attached to his neck, Lu Kang shouted hard: "Your Majesty, the chief manager, avenge the slaves and maids......