Li Guozhu's boat is not big, but it is like a blade breaking through the waves, faster than Jiaoyu, and in the blink of an eye, it has sailed in front of Yan Siqi and others.

"Big brother, Liniang's new friend is a gambler, and he was collected for debts and sold us for silver. Now the government's anti-Japanese army is chasing after you, let's go! ”

Li Guo's assistant danced loudly and announced.

Li Niang is one of Yan Siqi's subordinates who arranged in the secret post of Yuegang, a few days ago, when Zheng Haizhu looked for it according to Shi Yuelan's explanation, he saw the woman who was always sitting at the door and mending clothes.

Yan Siqi, who was standing at the bow of the ship, listened to Li Guozhu's words, his face changed, and he ordered the sailors without hesitation: "Anchor!" ”

As soon as the words fell, he realized again, what should Zheng Haizhu do.

Before he could think about it, there was a great chaos on the tidal flats not far away, and the women and children who had returned from the sea fled in a hurry.

The sergeant of Mingce rode his horse and shouted: "Catch the Japanese Invaders, the Imperial Court Arrest the Japanese Invaders!" ”

Li Guozhu hurriedly said: "Big brother, let's go, my brothers and I will drag them down." ”

Yan Siqi said sharply: "What are you going to go, do it with them!" ”

He was not impulsive, but he couldn't let Li Dan's eldest son take the enemy alone.

However, at this moment, Li Guozhu showed a different calmness from the past, and said loudly across the side of the boat: "Big brother, don't be anxious, the boat brought by the younger brother has crossbows and bird guns, and we are a wave-breaking boat, sailing fast ......."

He didn't say a word "fast", but only heard a "whoosh", and the sergeant who rushed to the front on the tidal flat shot hard, but fortunately the head was missed, and the copper arrow fell into the sea.

Li Guozhu immediately raised his voice and beckoned to the sailors on the other two boats that came with him: "Block them for the eldest brother's ship first, and release the arrows first!" The bird gun is also filled with medicine. ”

immediately turned around and roared: "Big brother is stunned to die?" If you can't meet it in the sea, we will see you directly in Penghu. ”

Yan Siqi had come to talk to Zheng Haizhu today, and because he was pretending to be a fisherman and docking, he could not arouse the suspicion of other boatmen at the ferry, so he and the sailors were all left on the big boats outside, and he and the sailors only carried swords with them.

Now seeing that Li Guozhu is quite orderly in lining up and releasing arrows, if he continues to stay, he will not only drag down the brothers, but also may lose the face of Young Master Li in front of everyone.

Yan Siqi did not delay any longer, and ordered Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Haizhu to get into the small cabin, take the helm himself, and then turned his head to look up at the bamboo sail that had been quickly raised by the sailors, carefully judged the direction of the wind, avoided the reef, and sailed out of the port.

As soon as he sailed out of the range of the copper arrows on the tidal flats, Zheng Haizhu drilled out of the cabin and only heard a few "booms", but when he saw that Li Guozhu and the others had already set up their bird guns, they suppressed the sergeants who rushed to reinforcements and tried to escape as soon as possible.

But it backfired.

Not long after the firearms and arrows stopped, just as Li Guozhu's fleet was approaching Yan Siqi's ship, a few more fires suddenly flashed on the sea, followed by the same rumbling sound as Fang Cai.

Zheng Zhilong exclaimed: "It won't be a ship that patrols the sea lane." ”

Yan Siqi handed over the rudder to his subordinates, turned around, and raised the binoculars.

Twilight had fallen, and the sea was so dark that only the shadows of the ships could be seen.

Yan Siqi put down the binoculars and said in a deep voice: "Guozhu They have set up a triangular formation, it should be against the official ship." It was too dark to see clearly, but I heard the sound, and the official ship was also firecracked, and there were no small cannons. ”

The young man Zheng Zhilong also seemed to be quite familiar with firearms, and his tone was a little calmer: "It's good if there are no guns, Brother Guozhu's boat is small and runs fast, and the bird gun and the big fire gun will soon have nothing to do with them." ”

Yan Siqi said "um", looked up at the half-moon rising in the east, and stretched out his hand and said with great certainty: "God help me, the northeast wind has become the northwest wind, if it has been this wind direction, we will be near Penghu Island in the middle of the night." ”

In a few moments, the sea of war in the distance became quiet.

Yan Siqi raised the telescope again.

It was pitch black in the mirror.

Today's Ming Dynasty, due to the opening of the moon port and Macao trade, the woes have become a history, but the pirates caught in the sea patrol can still repay the merits with the pirates.

If the official ships had the upper hand, they would surely arrest the ship, and even in the dark of night, the torches would be bright and noisy in that direction.

Therefore, Yan Siqi was finally relieved, and the distance was silent, which could only show that the official ship could no longer catch up with the small boat, and the feather returned home.

Yan Siqi sat on the edge of the cable, took a sip of wine and said, "Brother Guozhu may arrive in Penghu before us." ”

The boss's final words dispelled the tense and oppressive atmosphere, and the sailors who did not steer or watch the sails also put on blankets to protect themselves from the cold, leaned on the side of the ship, and chatted with each other.

Yan Siqi entered the cabin and took out his robe and handed it to Zheng Haizhu.

Seeing that she took it without saying a word, wrapped it slowly around her body, and then remained silent, Yan Siqi thought that she was in a panic.

"Ah Zhu, I didn't expect to be in danger suddenly," Yan Siqi said gently, "Just now, I really can't let you go ashore." ”

Zheng Zhilong also added softly on the side: "Yes, Sister Azhu, even if you pretend that you are a woman who was robbed by pirates, you take advantage of the chaos to jump into the sea and flee to the shore, you are easy to be injured by arrows." ”

Zheng Haizhu raised her head and sneered.

It turned out that they thought they were depressed that they were going to go to the open sea with the ship for some reason.

Zheng Haizhu said: "You think too much, how can I be angry." I'm just thinking about how to find a rhetoric and talk to the weaving bureau when I go back if there is any delay on this trip. Brother Yiguan's reason is good, I was robbed by pirates. ”

Yan Siqi was relieved and said with a smile: "The first is still talking about Taiwan, since they have all arrived in Penghu, why don't you go to Bengang in Taiwan this time?" ”

"Wow." Zheng Zhilong excitedly agreed.

Zheng Haizhu also responded, "Yes, I want to go too", but there is still another string in her heart.

In fact, she unconsciously maintained a solemn complexion, because she was indeed contemplating.

She always felt that something was wrong with today's events.

……

"Sister Azhu, Penghu is almost here."

Zheng Haizhu was alone in the cabin, and as soon as she started to nap in the misty lake, Zheng Zhilong came in to call her.

Zheng Haizhu sat up straight and woke up.

She couldn't help but sigh, the Penghu Islands are really close to the mainland, this is still an ancient wind boat, and it will arrive in three or four hours.

She walked out of the cabin, Yan Siqi was standing under the torch, looking at the star-pulling board while asking the helmsman to fine-tune the direction.

"Brother Yan, I heard that there are dozens of islands in Penghu, which one does our big boat stop?"

"Stopping on a small island in the southwest of Huayu," Yan Siqi said, "it's hidden and uninhabited, and the imperial navy won't go there." ”

Zheng Haizhu nodded.

In the last years of Wanli, the Penghu Islands were indeed still under the control of the Ming Empire, and the army patrolling the sea channel often had to patrol.

Historically, it was not until the early years of the Apocalypse that the Dutch occupied the main island of Penghu with strong ships and cannons, built fortresses, and the Ming Empire officially sent troops to fight the Dutch and regain control of Penghu and the surrounding waterways. But the Dutch took the opportunity to move east to occupy Taiwan.

At this moment, Zheng Haizhu also walked under the torch and stood beside Yan Siqi, trying to keep his eyes open and look at the vast night sea.

Her mood couldn't help but be excited.

After all, in the modern era of later generations, she has never seen the Penghu Islands, and she has never seen this beautiful island that has belonged to China since ancient times.

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