"Trouble? Do you mean the pirate ship thing? Xu Mo smiled slightly, it seemed that Alexander's official movements were faster than expected.

There were more than 200 pirates on the armed merchant ships, more than half of whom had died in the pyramids. In the tavern inn on the docks, there were about twenty pirates on the shift, and more than fifty on board. Under the siege of more than three hundred Viking sailors, the entire battle lasted less than twenty minutes.

Although Frango's affairs delayed for some time, it only took more than half an hour for them to return to the Vasa. In such a short time, the Arabs reacted, indicating that the official forces in Alexandria did not intend to tolerate their violent actions.

"It has nothing to do with your attack on that pirate ship!" Raphael replied with a bitter face, "In fact, as soon as I entered the city, I was seized by the soldiers of the Doge's palace of Alexandria, and they were preparing to attack the Venetian pirate ship and the Vasa. It was because of what you just did that they considered letting us go! ”

"Oh? Sit down and tell me more! Xu Mo raised his eyebrows in surprise, things didn't seem to be as simple as he imagined.

"I just got the news that four pirate ships have attacked Tripoli!" Raphael's face turned grim and he said solemnly, "They shelled the Tripoli dock and sent almost the entire Ottoman second privateer fleet to the bottom of the sea!" ”

Raphael...... You mean, the Vasa's operation in the Mediterranean some time ago caused Tripoli to suffer this retaliatory shelling, so the Ottomans considered it our responsibility? Xu Mo propped his chin and said with a sneer, "The Ottoman Empire is really in decline, and after losing the battle, he is actually angry with the people who helped them!" ”

"It's not just shelling!" Rafael said with an unusually ugly face, "The four pirate ships gathered more than 1,500 armed sailors and went ashore to attack the city of Tripoli. After the breach, the city was not only plundered on a large scale, but also set fire to the city, massacring and burning nearly 5,000 Muslim civilians. Now half of Tripoli is in ruins! ”

"What?" Xu Mo stood up from his chair in shock, his eyes widened, and he asked in disbelief, "Raphael, are you kidding me!" A gang of pirates going ashore to attack the city? Also breached Tripoli? It was the capital of the Libyan province of the Ottoman Empire! ”

Raphael looked at Xu Mo and said calmly: "Originally, I didn't believe it, but this news was told to me by the governor of Alexandria!" Alfred, do you feel the need for him to lie to me? ”

"Shhh Xu Mo couldn't help but gasp, only to feel a stream of heat rushing straight to his head, and a ball of blood red floated on his fair face.

"That's 5,000 Muslim civilians, not 5,000 pigs!" Raphael shook his head a little uncomfortably, "I know a lot of them!" The Castello Chamber of Commerce is very popular in Tripoli! ”

"They also consider the crew of the Vasa to be friends, even brothers! If it is because of our actions that these civilians died in this revenge, we cannot escape the blame! Xu Mo fell silent, when the Vasa was in Tripoli, they were also warmly entertained by these Muslims, and it would be absolutely deceptive to say that they did not feel sad at all.

"Do you know the identities of these pirates?" A flame flashed in Xu Mo's eyes, and he asked coldly.

"The governor of Alexandria suspects that they are Spaniards, which is why he is angry with the Vasa and the Castello Chamber of Commerce!" Raphael frowned and said, "However, I don't feel like they're Spaniards......"

"If it weren't for the Spaniards' revenge on the Vasa, I can't think of any other reason for these pirates to attack the city!" Xu Mo laughed self-deprecatingly, he still had some doubts about the authenticity of the news, "Raphael, do you have any other ideas?" ”

"Hmm!" Raphael nodded lightly and said hesitantly, "Although the territory of the Ottoman Empire is large, they have no overseas territories and do not care about maritime hegemony beyond the Mediterranean. Therefore, apart from the Hayreddin brothers, their rulers actually do not know very well about the struggle for sea power in other seas of the world! ”

"What do you mean......" Xu Mo seemed to think of something, but the clues in his mind were still very scattered and not very clear.

"I've always felt that the style of these pirates is very similar to that of a famous admiral. It's just that in my impression, this person should still be in prison! Raphael said with some uncertainty.

"Who is it?" A cold light flashed in Xu Mo's eyes.

"Henry Morgan, King of the Caribbean of England!" Raphael said solemnly, "Since Columbra opened the prelude to the Great Voyage, there have been countless excellent naval admirals in the world for more than two hundred years. But there are very few admirals capable of capturing a fortified city, and I know only two of the famous admirals still alive who have this ability, and one of them is Henry Morgan! ”

"Henry Morgan?" Xu Mo muttered softly, and after a while, he raised his head and asked, "Raphael, can you introduce this to me...... Henry Morgan? ”

"You don't even know Henry Morgan?" Raphael's eyes widened and he looked at Xu Mo with a strange expression.

"Hehe, hehehe!" Xu Mo smirked a few times and touched his nose in embarrassment.

Fortunately, the Portuguese beautiful boy was very concerned and did not continue to ask, and briefly introduced some of Henry Morgan's deeds to Xu Mo.

In fact, when Henry was in the Caribbean, he once used more than a dozen small ships and 900 pirates to storm Panama City, an important city in Spain, and turned the whole city into hell. And he did this kind of thing more than once, Panama, Venezuela, Cuba, the Spanish colonial cities of the entire Caribbean Sea suffered greatly.

"That'...... Is there another one? After learning that Henry Morgan was the admiral of the navy in England, Xu Mo actually believed Raphael in his heart, but for the sake of insurance, he still asked more.

"The other one is Hayreddin the Redbeard, who has also attacked Spanish cities!" Raphael smiled bitterly and spread his hands, "I heard from the mouth of Governor Alexandria that Suleiman the Magnificent heard the news of Tripoli, and his condition has worsened again!" The Ottoman crown prince was furious and ordered Hareddin to lead the First Privateer Fleet to set off at once to hunt down all pirate ships that might commit this crime, and the Vasa was also on this blacklist! ”

Xu Mo couldn't laugh or cry, the Spanish city was actually targeted by the two pirate kings one after another. In this way, the Spanish table was full of cups, no wonder the Ottoman Empire was the first to suspect them.

Tripoli is the lair of Hayreddin, and after hearing the news, the invincible pirate king of the Mediterranean will probably go crazy. All ships or people involved in this matter will probably become the target of Highreddin. Redbeard was not going to be merciful enough to spare the Swedish warship just because the Vasa had sunk a few Spanish merchant ships.

"The Castello Chamber of Commerce has been doing business in Alexandria and Tripoli, and the governors of both cities have a good relationship with us, so I will be specially informed!" Raphael sighed lightly, "But they know that the Vasa is just a Swedish warship borrowed from the name of Castello. If it weren't for the spontaneous attack on the Venice pirates, I'm afraid they would attack the Vassa together! ”

"And now?" Xu Mo frowned slightly.

"Now they have me to inform you that you must leave the harbor within half an hour, or else they will sink the Vasa with fortress shelling!" Raphael was a little nervous when he said this, and said with a sad face, "I'm also going to leave Alexandria quickly, that bearded Hayreddin is easy to turn his face and not recognize people, I don't want to fight him at sea!" ”

"Raphael, wait!" Xu Mo stopped the Portuguese boy before he went out, "Did Governor Alexander tell you the whereabouts of those pirate ships?" ”

"They don't know that Tripoli's second privateer fleet is close to being wiped out, and no ship dares to go out to sea to pursue those four pirate ships!" Raphael paused as he spoke, and then said softly, "However, a friend of mine in Marseille told me a month ago that a giant battleship of England had been in Marseille for a long time!" ”

Looking at Raphael who pushed the door and left, Xu Mo's eyes flashed, and he muttered to himself: "Marseille, it's a French port again!" Could it be that the Temple of the Gods was helped by Henry Morgan? No, the probability is not greater than 1 in 10,000! Or...... Could it be those two people? ”

Xu Mo shook his head with a headache and called Barron, "Inform Tieli Column, as well as the Golden Elephant and the captured armed merchant ship, to lift anchor and go to sea immediately!" ”

"Admiral, shall we go to sea now? The ship's replenishment is only halfway through! Tie Lilie soon came to the captain's room and asked with some confusion.

"Tielilie, we can't stay in Alexandria any longer!" Xu Mo sighed and recounted the matter of Tripoli, "As for the material and ammunition, the Golden Elephant and the captured armed merchant ship can provide us with supplies!" ”

The Golden Elephant arrived in Alexandria much earlier than the Vasa, and was already ready for supplies. As for the armed merchant ship of the assassination, when it decided to assassinate Caterina and Xu Mo, it had already completed preparations to go to sea in advance. Only the replenishment of the Vasa has not yet been completed, and only half of the material ammunition is left on board.

Shen Mo's Golden Elephant added more than 300 Viking sailors from Stockholm, and the successive naval battles in the past few months, plus the sailors who died in the pyramids, left a total of 600 Viking sailors on the two ships.

So far, more than 200 Swedish naval officers have died in the battle, and with the exception of the Vaasa, which is fully manned, the Golden Elephant and the armed merchant ship each have only about 50 crew members. At best, it can only maintain normal navigation, without any naval combat capabilities.

The most critical thing is that the North African port can no longer continue to serve as a supply port for the Vaasa, and even if there are supplies for the other two ships, I am afraid that the Vaasa's combat mission in the Mediterranean has reached its limit. At most one or two more high-intensity naval battles, they will have to return to Stockholm.

"Tripoli......" Tie Lilie was stunned for a moment, and asked a little distractedly, "Admiral, where are we going next?" ”

"Let's go...... Marseilles! Xu Mo narrowed his eyes slightly, hiding the fierce murderous intent in his eyes.

"Okay!" Tie Lilie turned to leave, and when he was about to go out, he paused and said without looking back, "Admiral, don't let them go!" ”