The sea was full of water, shining in the setting sun, the waves jumped like naughty children, and the water was full of golden light.

"Whoosh", a burst of rapid water sounds, broke the tranquility of the sea, and a black shadow swam quickly towards the wave-breaking boat.

"It's big brother, row over!" Yukiko Yanagi exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly urged, and she immediately turned over and jumped into the sea to meet the exhausted Yanagi Senbei.

The wave-breaking boat hurriedly rowed seven or eight feet to the right front, and picked up the two brothers and sisters.

Yanagi Shibei was helped onto the deck of the Breaking Wave Boat, and he knelt on one knee, gasping for breath quickly, "Hurry up, go back to the headquarters!" ”。

Zhang Shouren was about to continue to ask about Dugu Xiaotian's whereabouts, "Boom! With a loud bang, a cannonball struck, setting off a huge wave ten feet away from the wave-breaking boat, and the wave-breaking boat was jolting.

"Left full, lower the sails, paddle at full speed!" Zhang Shouren burst into the oars compartment with a burst of applause.

Yukiko Yanagi didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly rushed into the oar compartment to assist in rowing with all her might. Yagyu Shibei took a deep breath, ignored the still blood-stained wounds on his body, and rushed into the oars compartment.

The wave-breaking boat turned its bow and glided out of the sea at an astonishing speed.

"Boom!" "Boom! Two more shells struck, bursting ten zhang to the left and rear of the boat, setting off a huge wave.

A gunboat, more than a dozen feet long, dark and heavy, appeared two nautical miles away from the wave-breaking boat. The sails on the ship fluttered and chased after the wavebreaker.

On the bow of the boat stood an old man with blond hair and deep wrinkles on his face, who was using the clairvoyant mirror in his hand to watch the boat breaking the waves speeding on the sea. Beside him stood two burly Portuguese men, none other than the ship's first mate, Andre, and second mate, Richmond.

"Captain Hammon, this small boat is rowed by manpower, and it is much faster than our gunboats, but the physical strength of the boatmen is limited, and at most in half an hour, their speed will be reduced!" André said respectfully in Chinese.

"Richmond, raise the flag and let the Saint and the Mahatma outflank from both flanks and surround the ship on three sides with our Sacred Sword." Captain Harmon put down the clairvoyant mirror and commanded. "Order the gunners, not to aim at the boat, to bombard 200 yards in front of the boat, affecting their speed!"

"Yes, Captain!" Richmond hurried down to make arrangements.

"Captain, a reconnaissance boat, as for such a big deal?" Andrei said disapprovingly.

"Andre, this operation is related to our great strategy of occupying the Dongying colony, there can be no mistakes, all the people on the boat must be killed!" Captain Harmon said coldly.

"Yes!" Andrei hurriedly gave a military salute. Harmon snorted coldly, "In another quarter of an hour, release our ten shock boats and quickly surround the reconnaissance boats ahead." ”

"Boom!" A series of several shells bombarded the front of the wave-breaking boat, and the waves on the sea were turbulent, which brought great resistance to the forward movement of the wave-breaking boat. But the wavebreaker was only a little slower, and it was still speeding on the surface of the sea at a very alarming speed.

In the blink of an eye, two quarters of an hour later, the three battleships lowered more than 30 shock boats and surrounded the wavebreaker from three sides, and the sailors on the storming boat slid their oars with all their might, and chased after the wavebreaker.

Another quarter of an hour passed, "Smack! Captain Harmon slapped the clairvoyant mirror in his hand angrily and roared angrily: "Why hasn't the speed of this reconnaissance boat dropped, it's still so fast, what kind of monster is rowing!" ”

Andrei was surprised: "Is this the legendary Oriental warrior?" Physical strength and endurance are much stronger than those of our sailors. The nearest assault boat was still fifty feet away from the reconnaissance boat, and the distance was getting bigger and bigger. ”

Captain Harmon said dejectedly: "I can't catch up, order the assault boat to retreat, and we will immediately leave this sea area and move to the No. 3 stronghold." ”

"Woo!" A horn sounded on the sea, the assault boats returned to the gunboats, and the three gunboats slowly disappeared over the horizon.

The boats had traveled another two or three miles, and when they saw that the gunboats and assault boats had disappeared, they slowly slowed down.

Yagyu Senbei, Zhang Shouren, and Yanagi Yukiko returned to the bow. Yukiko Yanagi hurriedly bandaged the wounds of the Ten Soldiers, and just now when he rowed hard, some of the wounds on the Thousand Guards collapsed, and the blood did not stop at this time.

Zhang Shouren twisted his beard lightly and sighed: "What a powerful formation, fortunately, the sailors we brought this time are all martial arts masters, and their rowing speed and endurance are far better than ordinary sailors, so they escaped from the encirclement." ”

"Senbei, these gunboats don't look like warships in the Dongying area, do you know where these warships are?" Zhang Shouren asked.

Yanagi Senbei gritted his teeth and said angrily: "This is a new type of warship of Portugal, I saw it in some trading ports last year. ”

"Brother, have you found any important information?" Yukiko Yanagi asked eagerly.

Yanagi Senbei's face turned red when he heard this, and he sighed lightly, "Hull Island is likely to be their headquarters, but the guards are very strong, I only broke through two lines of defense, and I encountered the Koga Ninja Patrol, and after a fierce battle, I was forced to flee with injuries." Fortunately, there was a lonely brother on the way to save me, otherwise I would have been buried in the sea. ”

Yanagi Yukiko's face turned pale, and she said worriedly: "How is Dugu Xiaotian?" Will he be able to escape? ”

Yanagi Qianbei was silent for a long time, and said in a deep voice: "With Brother Dugu's water nature and martial arts, it is easy to escape, but I am afraid that he will go to Hull Island alone to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, and the island is really dangerous. There are not only the masters of the Tibetan warriors, but also the elite navy of the Portuguese country. ”

Zhang Shouren smiled slightly, "In this reconnaissance, at least we know that the Portuguese country has sent a regular army to assist in returning to Tibet Wuxiong, which makes our army have a defense, and we can reduce a lot of casualties than being caught off guard." Let's go back to the headquarters to report the news now, at least the 80,000 soldiers and horses in the headquarters will temporarily stand still and wait for Dugu Shaoxia to come back with the letter. ”

Yukiko Yanagi's eyes are flowing and colorful. "Old man, you don't seem to be worried about Dugu Xiaotian's safety at all?" She bit her lip and asked in a low voice.

Zhang Shouren knew that Yanagi Yukiko was quite affectionate to Dugu Xiaotian, and he needed to calm her heart at the moment. He said slowly: "Miss Yanagi has heard of the deeds of the 'East Pole' on the southeast coast in the past two years, right? ”

Hearing the title of 'East Pole', the Yanagi brothers and sisters all showed admiration and yearning. Yanagi Qianbei said happily: "The East Pole, the world's five unique poles, has fought more than ten battles with the Japanese in the East China Sea in the past two years, and has never been defeated, and even killed the great master of Dongying martial arts, Shuiyue Dazong, and I have been friends for a long time. ”

Zhang Shouren laughed, "Above the five uniques, there are also laughing heroes, this matter is well-known in the Central Plains, how can the Liu Sheng brothers and sisters not know." ”

Yagyu Senbei and Yanagi Yukiko looked at each other and were stunned for a long time.

"Miss Xuezi, you haven't seen Dugu Shaoxia go to the battlefield, don't look at him usually gentle and polite to you, that's just because the girl is a big beauty, he has some restraint. On the battlefield, Dugu Xiaotian is an unsolvable nightmare for the enemy. Zhang Shouren teased.

"Could it be that Dugu Shaoxia has a good impression of his sister?" Yagyu Senbei said happily, "After I go back, I will tell my father as soon as possible and marry my sister to him." ”

Yanagi Yukiko's face turned red when she heard this, and she twisted Yanagi Qianbei's ears hard, and said coquettishly: "Look at your urgency!" ”

"Ouch!" Yanagi Senbei exclaimed bitterly, "My brother has more than a dozen wives and concubines, and my father is in a hurry to marry you off, this is not my idea alone." ”

Zhang Shouren smiled silently, the current Dongying is more open than Middle-earth. In the Middle Earth of the Ming Dynasty, most of the children of wealthy families relented after marrying three wives and four concubines. In Dongying, the more women there are, the more they represent the status and strength of men, and Yanagi Senbei is only in his twenties, and he already has more than a dozen wives and concubines, which is common among the upper nobles of Dongying. Dongying women are also proud of marrying powerful men, and they don't care about the status of their wives and concubines.

"Brother, I am very willing, after we go home, you can discuss with your father as soon as possible!" Yanagi Yukiko's face flushed, and she said softly.