Liang En's huge fleet immediately attracted the attention of the city of Malacca, and as the flag waved and the horn sounded, the whole city was on alert.

Quite a few men with weapons scrambled out of the room and rushed up the towers or stood behind the walls, while several heavy crossbows and trebuchets that had been covered began to reload the projectiles.

At the same time, a 30-right, seven-colored tassel with a mast hanging from the whole boat, the whole ship was a golden galleys, rowing out of the already chaotic harbor, while several crew members stood in the bow and waved the white flag at the fleet.

"Are the people here in Malacca going to negotiate?"

After watching the small boat dock on a fast warship on the periphery, and then the fast warship carrying several emissaries dressed in splendid clothes docked on the flagship, Liang En suddenly felt that this war might not be able to be fought.

The rest of the boat also saw this, and their faces showed expressions of regret and happiness. It's a pity that they can't get enough military merit after coming all the way, but fortunately, if they don't fight, everyone should be able to go home safely this time.

However, less than ten minutes after everyone relaxed, Liang En felt a sudden burst of spiritual energy from the direction of the flagship, and then a humanoid black shadow crashed through the deck and flew into the sky, exploding into a flesh and blood firework in the sky.

Before the shattered flesh had fallen, a whirlwind of flames enveloped the mass of ominous black-green mist that was constantly emitting outwards, completely destroying the potentially contaminated flesh.

"Looks like they've chosen war." Seeing the change in the direction of the flagship, Liang En immediately ordered to prepare for battle according to the prior order, and then directed the militia to load ammunition and shoot at the galleys that were trying to escape not far away.

"Bang bang—" After a shot rang out, the paddlers who were exposed to their positions without cover fell in one piece, and the power difference on either side of the boat caused the fleeing boat to take a sharp turn in the sea.

Unlike the ancient Roman or Norse boats, this boat did not have any defenses for oarsmen on its sides. Even for the center of gravity, only railings were used on the sides, and not boat boards.

This design allows the boat to be lower, with a lower centre of gravity, less drag, greater stability and faster travel. But it also leaves the boat's oarsmen exposed, so it is extremely vulnerable to musket volleys.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, several sailboats lowered themselves into the water and rocked, and soon approached the galleys, which had basically lost power after two rounds of bullets, and then began to throw various weapons with the help of the difference in altitude between the lucky boats and the galleys.

Soon, the remnants of the ship were wiped out, and Liang was the first to jump onto the galleys, and together with the rest of his comrades on board, successfully captured it.

"This is the ship of the Lord of Malacca, right?" Liang muttered quietly as he looked at the ornate teak-made vessel carved with various reliefs and affixed with gold leaf and nailed gold and silver plates.

Judging by the appearance of the captured ship, it is believed to be a Lanka galleys common in Southeast Asia, but it is easy to tell from the gilding, decoration and elaborate carvings on the ship that it was probably a sailing ship used by rulers.

"It should be that when the captives were interrogated before, the captives mentioned that their king would inspect them on this great ship, and this is the only golden ship in the whole country."

As soon as Liang En's words fell, a soldier in leather armor next to him introduced him to the ship, and then the soldier bowed to Liang En.

"In Xia Li Yun, the deputy of Songjiang Thousand Households, I have seen Master Liang."

"Do you know me?" Looking at the other party's unfamiliar face, Liang En frowned, because he could feel that the other party's eyes were full of gratitude when he looked at him, but he was sure that he had never seen the other party.

"I've seen you from afar." After realizing that he was indeed a little too excited just now, this Li Deputy Qianhu quickly introduced the whole thing.

It turned out that he had also participated in the final battle against the attacking pirates, and in that battle, his lieutenant, who was also his cousin, had suffered in a battle with the cavalry in order to save him

Seriously wounded, a large hole was cut in the abdomen by the cavalry with a knife.

If it was in the past, unless such a wound was lucky enough to be rescued by a cultivator using some kind of supernatural power, it would be a dead end.

But this time, the group of first responders trained by Liang En before the war and the medicine prepared in advance saved the cousin of the deputy thousand households, allowing the young man to live and saving the only child of the deputy thousand household uncles.

That's why the other party is full of gratitude to Liang En.

While the two men were briefly communicating, the others repaired the captured boat with ropes and planks, dragged it behind a large boat, and then drove towards the shore as ordered.

Since it took a lot of time to fight and collect loot, the order in which Liang En's ships landed was naturally arranged at the back of the fleet.

As they approached the coast, they were blocked by the ships in front of them, and they could not see the direction of the beach at all, and could only hear some shouts, roars, and the occasional explosion.

The unknown situation at the front made Liang a little uneasy, and he had the impression that it was very dangerous to land on those fortified beaches.

From the mythical Troy to the bloody beaches of Omaha in World War II, the landing side always pays a terrible price on the fortified beaches.

The reality was not what Liang had imagined, and when Liang and his boat approached the shoreline, they found that they had set up a camp on the shoreline and built a temporary dock.

The process of Liang En's landing was more like an outing, and he was already on the beach without even getting his shoes wet.

Judging from the situation on the beach, the other party did set up some defenses on this beach, which is only more than 1,000 meters from the city, but all of them have been cleaned up.

Since Liang En was not only commanding artillery, but also shouldering the position of the highest military medical officer of the expeditionary force in this expedition, he got a lot of information when he organized the establishment of a temporary military hospital, which allowed him to piece together what had just happened.

According to several officers who had been on the flagship, the Malacca side sent people to the flagship under the pretext of negotiation, and with the help of negotiations, they let down their guard and identify the target, and then carried out the assassination.

It's a pity that these assassins are oversimplifying the problem. They didn't expect that these high-ranking officers were not low in terms of cultivation level, and even the general soldier of Ping An had a cultivation close to that of a great grandmaster as a martial cultivator.

After a short and fierce battle, the Assassins were swept away, and even the toxins that the Assassins had hidden in their flesh and blood in an attempt to inflict lethal wounds after death were incinerated by a Southern Frontier Fire Phoenix Sect practitioner who accompanied the army.

There is no doubt that the Malacca side did not intend to settle the problem peacefully, but tried to use the despicable means of assassination to prevent Liang En from seeking justice.

As a result, there is only one option left to solve the problem - war.