On the side of the government, after all the three groups of Japanese pirates were exterminated, the Su Qi commander changed to a small boat with a shallow draft, carefully rowed through the reef area, and began to land on the island.

"Mingsha Island is the territory of the Japanese invaders, everyone should be very cautious, do not take it lightly, maybe there are ambushes or traps on the island. As soon as you find the trace of the thief leader Gao Shishu, report it to me immediately, and pay attention to the ones who need to be caught alive."

These officers and soldiers have experienced a hundred battles, and they don't need to be reminded by Su Qi to know what to do, so they paid attention to it at the moment, did not let go of a corner, and started a carpet search on Mingsha Island.

After Gu Yunji followed the footsteps of the officers and soldiers who were searching, he observed the traces left by the Japanese robbers around him, he casually picked up a jade teacup on the table, looked at it for a while, and said, "Looking at the fineness of the craftsmanship, this teacup must be worth a lot of money, and it seems that it was in a hurry to leave without taking away such a valuable thing."

Su Qi snorted coldly: "It's better not to take it away, a group of bandits who kill people and oversell goods, and they are also worthy of such a good thing?" This time, the extermination of the Japanese government has consumed a huge amount, and it is just used as our military expenses."

The landing on the island did not end until midnight, and after some careful searching, no trace of the Japanese was found, and of course, no trace of Gao Shishu was found.

Shen Baiyi frowned: "It's really strange, we have carefully searched for the previous three groups of widows, and there is no Gao Shishu among them, if he is not hidden on Mingsha Island, where else can he be?" Could it be that he escaped?"

Gu Yunji's mood was slightly gloomy: "It's not that this is not impossible, although the three groups of Japanese robbers were successfully wiped out by us, but at the same time, our encirclement was also broken up by them, and the encirclement in the south and east of Mingsha Island was the weakest, and Gao Shishu was very likely to take the opportunity to escape."

Su Qi slapped the table and said angrily: "Gao Shishu is the leader of the bandits named by His Majesty to take down, the government has been entangled with the widows under him for so long, I don't know how much suffering he has suffered, not to mention the countless people who have been ruined by him, if he is allowed to escape, then it will be okay!"

"Notify all the sentinels in the southeast sea area, and set up interception teams along the line, it is bound to catch Gao Shishu! Another 2,000 officers and soldiers will be transferred, and the rest will stay on Mingsha Island, and I will personally lead people to chase them, so I don't believe that I can't catch others!"

"Newspaper—"

At this time, the herald hurriedly came and reported to Su Qiyu: "General, the front sentinel has reported that several unknown ships were found in the northeast sea an hour ago, and the direction is from Mingsha Island, there are about 300 people, do you want to chase them?"

"Of course you have to chase! Since he came from Mingsha Island, who else could it be if it wasn't Gao Shishu!" Su Qi's spirits lifted and he was about to go out.

"Wait!" Gu Yunji hurriedly stopped him, "Gao Shishu is cunning, it's hard to guarantee that there is no backhand, what if it's a trap? Not to mention that this is news from an hour ago, the sentinel in front is almost thirty miles away from Mingsha Island, and it is only now that we are chasing it, how can we catch up?"

Su Qi quickly figured this out, and gradually calmed down: "Yun Ji has a point, the distance of dozens of miles, if you chase it now, you will definitely not be able to catch up, and it is easy to change if you pursue it rashly...... It's just that we really have to let Gao Shishu go like this?"

Gu Yunji said: "The sum of the first three groups of Japanese robbers is almost six thousand, which is just the same as the original number of Japanese robbers under Gao Shishu, and the Japanese in Mingsha Island have actually been wiped out by us. Although it is a pity that he didn't catch Gao Shishu, what he took away was nothing more than some remnants of the defeated army, and he couldn't make the climate."

"If it costs a lot of troops and material resources to hunt down Gao Shishu, it really doesn't outweigh the losses, the immediate priority is to count the remaining materials on Mingsha Island as soon as possible, and send a message to the imperial court, you must know that Senior Brother Mei and they are still waiting for our news on the shore."

"I don't understand something." Shen Baiyi held his chin and muttered, "Gao Shishu started as a pirate, and he only became a widow later, even if he is desperate and wants to escape, he should flee to Nanyang. Why do you want to go to the Northeast Sea when you are gathering strength and waiting for a comeback?"

"Most of them, whether they are pirates or pirates, are active along the southeast coast, and there are many caravans coming and going here, and the sea trade is prosperous, which is profitable for them. But there is nothing in the Northeast Sea, and seeing that the weather is about to get colder, the further north you go, the more difficult it becomes, what is Gao Shishu's plan?"

Shen Baiyi said this, and Su Qi also

Realizing the key point, he began to review the previous situation: "The Japanese broke through into three groups, one to the southwest, one to the northwest, and one from the east to the northeast."

"In the process of blocking the Japanese invaders, the officers and soldiers transferred ships from all sides, and the encirclement became loose, and the sea defense in the southern part of Mingsha Island was the weakest, and Gao Shishu probably escaped by boat from here. He walked from the south, and finally went around to the northeast, which shows that he has a clear purpose, where exactly does he want to go?"

"Northeast, Northeast......" Gu Yunji muttered, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed, "Could it be...... He wants to go to Dongying?"

"Dongying? Then it's no wonder......" Shen Baiyi and Su Qimao suddenly opened, "Many of Gao Shishu's subordinates are wandering warriors from Dongying, and in desperation, he is indeed very likely to flee to Dongying."

Shen Baiyi said: "Dongying has been in civil strife for many years, and now it is still fighting, if Gao Shishu really goes to Dongying, it will be difficult for us to intervene. However, fortunately, the imperial court is about to send the second prince to Dongying to help his young lord calm down the civil strife, so it is better to inform the central government of this matter as soon as possible, so that His Majesty can make up his mind."

It was still a matter of the morning when the ambush was laid in the port of Ningbo, but it was already late at night after the complete elimination of the Japanese invaders, and the people who had been tired for a day were extremely tired, and after a simple agreement, they went to rest and prepared to deal with the follow-up matters the next day.

The next day, Gu Yunji sent news to Mei Feng and others early in the morning and reported the battle situation.

Mingsha Island is the hometown of the Japanese robbers, and the materials and money cannot be counted in a while, so Gu Yunji and the others must stay on the island. Fortunately, the two places are not far apart, in order to avoid inconvenient communication, Meifeng simply took a boat to Mingsha Island.

"Yunji!"

As soon as Xu Shuhua, who came with him, saw Gu Yunji, where could he still take care of his dignified appearance, he trotted into his arms, his eyes were full of worry: "Are you okay?" Are there any injuries? Does it hurt?"

Gu Yunji smiled and comforted: "I'm fine, I'm fine, you see, my arms and legs are all there, and no one is missing."

Although naval warfare is different from land warfare, Gu Yunji is a civilian official after all, and his body is not as strong as that of a military attaché, so it would be a shame if something went wrong. Xu Shuhua was frightened for a day and a night, and when he saw him standing in front of him with all his beards and tails, his heart slowly fell back to reality.

Xiao Biesheng was newly married, and the two were hugging each other warmly, when they suddenly heard Shen Baiyi's voice in the distance behind them:

「…… Master Gu, Mrs. Xu, who are you?"