Zheng Zhiyuan said confidently: "It doesn't matter, even if the pirates are all back, with my nephew and nephew, I will definitely guarantee the safety of my little uncle."

Ye Yunyang shook his head: "I'm not worried about safety, but I'm worried that Liu Yu will beat the pirates too badly, and then ruin my big thing." Don't say so much, let's hurry up and board the ship and chase after the surnamed Liu. ”

Liu Yu thought that the purpose of his trip was really to capture the prisoners, such a good opportunity to perform, of course, he had to sharpen his head and rush up.

If nothing else, the pirates will run around like dogs, because the difference in strength between the two sides is too great, don't look at the garrison only dispatched thirty capital ships, and the comprehensive strength is more than double that of the pirates.

Ye Yunyang couldn't understand a question, obviously they could defend the island, why did the pirates choose to go to sea on the ship, this is taking the initiative to show their weaknesses to the enemy, it's too unwise, right?

Time was pressing, and he didn't have time to think about it, so the three of them boarded the reconnaissance ship as fast as they could, and then gave the order to lift the anchor.

"What's the situation now?" Ye Yunyang asked.

The captain of the reconnaissance ship replied: "Two quarters of an hour ago, the reconnaissance ship sent a report to the flagship that it had found dozens of pirate ships twenty miles to the east, large and small, and the commander felt that the fighters could not be lost, so he ordered all the capital ships to anchor and pursue. ”

Ye Yunyang looked around, and there was no trace of a ship within his sight.

Zheng Zhiyuan said: "I can't see it either, they should have gone far." ”

Ye Yunyang ordered the captain: "Chase as fast as possible, be sure to catch up with the fleet." ”

The captain nodded, "Yes." ”

At the captain's command, all the sails were deployed, and the speed of the ship began to increase, but the sound of squeaking followed one after another.

This broken ship!

Chen Shilai went around to check, and the results were worrying, he found at least a dozen serious damage to the hull, and if it wasn't for the captain patting his chest and saying that there was no problem, he felt that the ship would disintegrate at any time.

After sailing eastward for more than three hours, there was still no shadow of the fleet.

Zheng Zhiyuan began to question the captain: "Are you sure the fleet is heading to the east?"

The captain nodded: "Yes, the flag was waved to me when the flagship set off, and they did go east." ”

Ye Yunyang frowned: "Senior nephew, what's wrong?"

Zheng Zhiyuan replied: "There are indeed a few ships over there, it seems that they should be pirate ships, and there are no ships of ours." ”

"It's right to have a pirate ship, otherwise the Lord General wouldn't have led the fleet here, let's look for it again, and we will definitely find it." The captain swore by it.

Zheng Zhiyuan glared at him and said in a cold voice: "The pirate ship is coming towards us, and they don't look like they have ever moved with the garrison, let me ask you again, did Liu Yu really lead the fleet here?"

Without waiting for the captain to answer, Chen Shilai's exclamation was heard first: "Look, Childe, there are also several pirate ships in the north, and there are also in the south, and there are also in the south!"

Ye Yunyang looked around, and more than a dozen pirate ships came from the east, north, and man, although they were far away, they could clearly see the other party's skull flag.

Ye Yun raised his eyebrows and said, "If I'm not mistaken, we also have a pirate ship coming over behind us." ”

"What, you mean we're surrounded?" Chen Shilai was surprised.

Zheng Zhiyuan grabbed the captain by the collar, made his feet hang in the air, and asked: "The national division gave you one last chance, what is going on? You answer honestly, I will spare your life, otherwise I will throw you down to feed the fish." ”

The captain quibbled: "I really don't know anything, I just do things according to General Liu's orders." ”

"If you don't see the coffin, you won't shed tears!" Zheng Zhiyuan turned around and walked to the side of the ship, stretched out his hand to send the captain overboard, and said in a cold voice: "Give you three seconds to think about it, if you still refuse to tell the truth, I will let go." ”

Looking at the deep sea under his feet, the captain was frightened, and said in a loud voice: "It really doesn't matter about my business, it was General Liu who asked me to do this, he led the fleet to the west, hid behind the island, and asked me to take you to the east." ”

Zheng Zhiyuan's face tightened, and he asked again: "What about the purpose, what kind of conspiracy are you going to do?"

The captain shook his head: "Then I really don't know, General Liu didn't say ......"

Zheng Zhiyuan was about to let go, but the captain hurriedly said: "I will explain everything, General Liu asked me and the crew to take the opportunity to jump into the water, and someone will naturally save us at that time...... As for you, he didn't say it, probably to let you fend for yourself at sea!"

Zheng Zhiyuan shook his hand casually, and the captain fell on the deck, grinning in pain.

Ye Yunyang said in a deep voice: "Obviously, this is a conspiracy, why there is no one on the island, it is because Liu Yu sent someone to deliver the letter in advance." ”

Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at Chen Shilai, and then said: "As you suspect, why some reconnaissance ships have never appeared since they set off, and their task is to come and inform the pirates and let them hurry up and go to sea." ”

Chen Shilai didn't understand: "Why did Liu Yu do this?"

Ye Yunyang sneered, the reason was very simple, in order to leave an empty island, he calculated that Ye Yunyang would go to the island to check, and also thought of a strategy to deal with it, and finally only sent a reconnaissance ship to him.

After the three of them landed on the island, Liu Yu immediately ordered the fleet to set sail and hide behind the island in the shortest possible time, creating the illusion that they were going to the east to pursue the pirates, and tricked Ye Yunyang and the three of them into boarding the reconnaissance ship and going to the east.

To the east, the pirate ship had been waiting for a long time, waiting for the scout ship to appear and then encircle.

Let the pirates destroy Ye Yunyang, this is a good strategy.

"No, he knows that we have Zheng Guoshi, just a few pirates, can they be opponents?" Chen Shilai asked again.

Ye Yunyang also felt puzzled, and turned his head to look at Zheng Zhiyuan.

Zheng Zhiyuan frowned, and said: "It's not impossible, this is the sea and not the land, if they use long-range attack weapons to sink our ship, even if I have the level of the Golden Body Realm, I will have to be soaked in the sea, there is no fresh water and no food, how long can we last?" We sailed far enough to the east, and it was impossible to swim back to the island." ”

Ye Yunyang nodded: "My nephew's analysis is right, Liu Yu wants us to be buried in the belly of the fish, this strategy is really poisonous." After we die, he can justifiably say that we died at the hands of pirates, and we are completely free from responsibility. ”

More than a hundred miles to the west, Liu Yu sat on the flagship with a leisurely expression, and there were fragrant tea and fruits on the small table next to him, calculating the time, Ye Yunyang and they should have entered the ambush circle of pirates, and he couldn't help but turn up the corners of his mouth.

It was indeed he who sent someone to inform the pirates here in advance, asking the pirates to go to sea in advance, leaving an empty island, and then tricking Ye Yunyang into going to the ambush circle in the east.

After the three of them died in the sea, he would report to the court, saying that Ye Yunyang did not listen to dissuasion and insisted on landing on the island on a reconnaissance ship, but was besieged by treacherous pirates and died.

It was his own death, and it had nothing to do with him, even if the emperor was not angry in his heart, he couldn't do anything with Liu Yu.

In the sea area to the east, seeing that the pirate ship was getting closer and closer, Ye Yunyang ordered: "Turn the rudder to the southeast, let the ship follow the tailwind, and quickly rush out of the pirate encirclement." ”

His strategy is to quickly engage the enemy, before the opponent's long-range weapons can play their maximum effect, the distance between the two sides is compressed, as long as he rushes to the pirate ship two or three hundred meters away, Zheng Zhiyuan can jump onto the opponent's ship and slaughter the pirates cleanly.

Chen Shilai slapped the captain in the face and said angrily: "You didn't hear what Lord Ye said, why don't you hurry up and turn the rudder! If the ship sinks, none of you will want to live." ”

The captain shouted to the helmsman: "Turn the rudder, turn the rudder to the southeast." ”

The helmsman hurriedly turned the rudder, but as soon as he had made half a turn, he was stuck, and he quickly turned in the opposite direction, but he was also stuck.

Squeak...... Boom......

A dull sound came from under the cabin, and the helmsman said with a pale face: "Oh no, the rudder shaft has been broken by someone!"

"What do you mean?" Ye Yunyang asked.

The helmsman spread his hands: "The rudder shaft is broken, which means that we can't control the course, and we are left to drift with the waves." ”

Installing a small device on the rudder shaft can use the power of the water flow to break the rudder shaft, which was also arranged by Liu Yu in advance.

Under the blowing of the sea breeze, the reconnaissance ship began to spin in place, and the pirate ship got closer and closer.

Ye Yunyang smiled bitterly and said, "We underestimated this Liu Yu, he was able to arrange things seamlessly in such a short time. ”

Chen Shilai nodded: "Yes, I knew that this was the case, and I shouldn't have let him go when I was in Wanghai Town." He angrily killed the ** dragon to deceive us into mercy, and at the same time made a deferential appearance to us, causing us to lower our awareness of guarding against him. Who would have thought that he would fight back so quickly and catch us off guard, he wanted to avenge his brother-in-law. ”

On the flagship, ** Long took a sip of fragrant tea, put down the cup and said to himself: "Revenge for my brother-in-law? What is he** Dragon, he is not worthy of it at all, you just want to break your head, and you can't think of the relationship between Ben Jiang and King Wu! Ye Yunyang, you found an excuse to get rid of Wu Guo, causing King Wu to die, you brutally killed my brother Wang, and you are destined to have this catastrophe. ”

On the reconnaissance ship, Ye Yunyang asked Zheng Zhiyuan to cut the cable, and more than a dozen sails fell in response, leaving only three main sails on the main mast, which could ensure that the ship traveled in one direction instead of spinning in place.

No matter which direction you rush, you only need to face a few pirate ships, not be surrounded by all the pirate ships.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but something unfortunate happened again.

Creak...... Squeak...... Boom......

There was another strange noise from the bottom of the boat, and then someone shouted: "Oh no, several planks on the bottom of the ship have cracked, forming a big hole, and the right cabin is seriously leaking." ”

Almost at the same time, Ye Yunyang felt that the hull of the ship was rapidly tilting to the right, and from this, it could be concluded that the hole was not small.

Chen Shilai scolded angrily: "Liu Yu, you bastard, you have done so many hands and feet on the ship. ”

Ye Yunyang took a deep breath and said, "It's useless for you to scold his ancestors for eighteen generations, let's solve the current crisis first." Captain, I ask you, is it possible for us to plug the hole in the bottom of the ship?"

The captain realized that he was stupidly an outcast for Liu Yu, and he could only rely on himself if he wanted to survive, so he stood up and said: "There are special tools on the ship for filling the leaks, but since Liu Yu is secretly doing tricks, he will definitely not leave us a chance to fill the leaks, I can only say try it, I dare not guarantee success." ”

Ye Yunyang waved his hand: "Then hurry up, we all have to die if the ship sinks." ”

The water intake was fast, and in just a few minutes, the waterline of the reconnaissance ship was lowered by one meter.

More than a dozen crew members tried their best to plug the leak, and finally the initial results were achieved, and the pirate ship that rushed to the front was only about a mile left, and the pirate ship began to slowly turn and aim at the reconnaissance ship with a side-spin equipped with long-range attack weapons.

Sou......

A stone projectile was thrown, whistling in this direction.