"Newspaper~"

"Dashuai, good news, good news~"

When Chen Kan was about to give the order for the whole army to set sail, he suddenly saw a small boat heading towards the treasure ship at a very fast speed, and he shouted loudly from afar that there was good news.

Chen Kan was stunned.

The guards beside him and Song Qing and other generals were also stunned.

What will be the good news at this time?

Do you still need to guess?

The cruising ship flew fast enough to take off, and in a short time two men with ecstatic expressions climbed the ladder up to the deck.

"Report, big handsome, good news, the thunderstorm has dissipated."

Chen Kan was ecstatic in an instant.

"Is that true?"

"It's really handsome, the last general watched the thunderstorm dissipate from a distance on the sea, and that sea became calm."

The soldiers who reported the news were also overjoyed, which meant that they were able to bring back the bones of the dead brothers.

Song Qing, Tan Cong, and the generals were all a little incredulous.

The fleet was about to be pulled out, and the thunderstorm just stopped, is there such a coincidence in the world?

"Aren't the dead brothers having spirits in heaven and don't want their bones buried at the bottom of the sea?"

Song Qing suddenly asked himself, which immediately attracted everyone's sideways.

"I'm afraid, that's right."

Song Qing used one sentence to raise the height of the matter to the level of ghosts and gods, and suddenly made a group of generals look at each other.

Chen Kan was the first to come back to his senses, pulled his neck and shouted: "Order, the fleet will be divided into ten lucky ships and thirty cruisers, and turn around in a net, with an interval of 300 zhang between the front and rear, and a hundred zhang between the left and right, and go back to salvage the bones of the brothers." ”

After Chen Kan gave the order, the whole person was already rushing towards the boat ladder like an arrow from the string.

To salvage the bones of the dead soldiers, Chen Kan will definitely go in person.

Looking at Chen Kan far away, Song Qing, as a deputy general, had no choice but to take over the deployment of the fleet.

Chen Kan went, so there was no need for him to go.

The military system of the Ming Dynasty, which is the main and secondary system, itself is based on the military supervision system in the pre-Song Dynasty, and it is also to deal with this situation.

Ten fortune ships and thirty cruisers turned around on the spot above the sea, and the scene was extremely spectacular.

For the sake of more than 100 dead soldiers and so many ships, in the entire Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that only Chen Kan, a master who does not play according to the routine, can do it.

If you change to any other general, you will definitely choose to return to the north without looking back.

Although Chen Kan has been almost assimilated by Daming's environment and thinking over the years, deep in his heart, he still has a little pity and respect for life.

Chen Kan led the search and rescue fleet back into the thunderstorm area.

Now this sea is exactly the same as the information reported by the scouts, the sea is calm, and the sky is clear overhead.

It's hard to imagine that before today, it was a zone of thunderstorms that stretched for hundreds of miles, with lightning raging under dark clouds and torrential winds and torrential waves.

It's simply two different extremes.

The sea is like that.

You have no idea when she's going to get angry or when she's going to calm down.

It came without warning, and it went without warning.

Perhaps Chen Kan's luck was better, as soon as he entered the sea area of the thunderstorm area, the fortune boat that Chen Kan was on found a corpse floating in the distance.

Commanding the soldiers to fish up the corpse with a net, Chen Kan couldn't help but feel a little heartache.

When the corpse is soaked in seawater, it only takes a day for it to stink and swell, and the identity of the deceased can only be identified by the identification plate.

More than a hundred corpses were scattered across the sea for hundreds of miles, and the chances of recovering them all were very slim.

Chen Kan could only order the fleet to patrol the sea for a round trip, and get back what could be found, and if it couldn't be found, there was no way.

When it was dark, the data collected from each ship made Chen Kan's mood extremely bad.

Forty ships salvaged for a whole day, and sixteen bodies were found, which means that more than a hundred people are still missing.

After a long silence, Chen Kan decided to let the fleet dock first and rest overnight, and continue the search along the coast tomorrow.

If you fall into the sea normally, your first instinct must be to find a way to swim ashore instead of staying where you are and waiting for rescue.

Along the coast of the Malay Peninsula, you may even meet living people.

Early the next morning, Chen Kan ordered the flag to be the unit, leaving only the sailors who controlled the ship, and all the others disembarked and searched along the shore of the island.

Including himself is no exception.

However, Chen Kan still didn't plan to enter the rainforest, the rainforest was too dangerous, and the torches lined up on the shore formed a long line, seeing such a scene, if there were living people, he would naturally come forward to join them.

A group of people marched along the coast, shouting the names of the missing soldiers in Da Ming dialect as they went.

Chen Kan walked in the middle of the crowd, and the further he went, the heavier his mood became.

Because they had searched more than ten miles in advance, the sky was already bright.

But apart from a few pieces of tattered armor, not a single living person was found, not even a corpse.

At noon, a rocky mountain blocked everyone's way, and there were many cavities eroded by the sea on the rocky mountain, densely packed like honeycombs.

Li Lan, who led the team, looked a little ugly, and the smooth cliff blocked everyone's way, which also meant that their search and rescue process was over.

"Go and report to the commander, the road ahead is blocked, and I can't continue to search."

The soldiers under his command received the order, and after nodding in response, they turned around and trotted towards Chen Kan's team.

Li Lan just wanted to sit down on a raised rock and rest for a while, when his nose twitched, and he suddenly smelled a smell of blood.

"What is this?"

"The smell of blood!"

"There is a situation, everyone is on alert~"

Li Lan shouted, and the soldiers of the Ming army who followed him immediately became vigilant.

"Second brother, take a few people with me to have a look."

Li Lan ordered with a solemn face, and the soldier he called the second brother was a little puzzled, because he didn't smell any blood.

"Boss, you can't be too mentally stressed and take the smell of the sea breeze as blood, right?"

"No, I can still tell the smell of blood and the smell of the sea breeze."

Li Lan's face became even more solemn, as an old pawn, he was sure that he would not smell the wrong person's blood.

It stands to reason that the smell of blood is likely to be the smell of the missing brother who was washed up on the shore by the sea and was injured.

But for some reason, he always felt a little bad in his heart.

After listening to Li Lan's judgment, although he was puzzled, he still began to point out.

In a short time, a dozen brothers were named.

"Boss, where did the smell of blood come from?"

Li Lan got up and didn't say much, but took the dozen or so people to look in the direction where the smell of blood came from.

It was a hidden cave, hidden behind a pile of rubble that was hard to find.

The closer you get to the cavity, the stronger the smell of blood.

Now Li Lan called the second child, and the man finally determined that this was the smell of blood, not the smell of the sea breeze.

"Anyone?"

Li Lan stood at the entrance of the cave and shouted, and in the next second, a figure passed through another cave above the cave, and the speed of the figure was very fast, and Li Lan barely had time to see the person's appearance clearly, and the person jumped into the sea with a thud.

"Is it a woman?"

The second child quickly rushed to the beach with people, but the figure had disappeared into the sea, and there was no trace at all.

"Where did the woman come from in this barren mountain and wilderness?"

Li Lan's brows furrowed, and the uneasiness in her heart became even stronger.

Seeing that the figure had disappeared into the sea, the second child retreated with someone and asked, "Boss, shall I take someone in to have a look?" ”

"Let's go together, be careful, don't be any mandrill spirit."

Li Lan responded, took the lead in drawing out his long knife and stepped into the cave, and the soldiers who followed him also subconsciously raised their firearms.

Mandrill spirits, that's no joke.

The cavity of the cave was a little dim, and as soon as I entered the entrance of the cave, a strong smell of blood came to my face.

A group of Ming soldiers couldn't help frowning, with such a heavy smell of blood, how many injuries did that person have.

The cave is not big, after all, it is only corroded by seawater, and naturally it cannot be how deep, but there is a rock in the cave cavity, and there is a hole above the rock, which is the hole that connects the upper layer and the lower layer.

They saw the man just now, apparently from here another hole had been drilled.

A group of people walked behind the rocks, and when they saw the scene behind the rocks, a group of big men were suddenly frightened.

"Hey, this and this, that woman was a man-eating mandrill just now?"

The second child said a sentence tremblingly, and Li Lan suddenly shook his head solemnly and denied: "No, that's a person, she's eating people." ”

Yes, now lying in front of a group of Ming soldiers is a corpse that has been gnawed to pieces.

Two arms fell off, two thighs were gnawed away, Sensen's skeleton was exposed, and the blood still flowing under his body indicated that the body had just died.

The eyeballs widened, and they looked like they were dead.

The most important thing is that the corpse is still wearing the costume of the Ming army.

Li Lan squatted down with a gloomy face and examined the corpse, and finally found an identity plate on the corpse's neck.

The name on the nameplate indicates his identity, one of more than 100 Ming soldiers who disappeared in the thunderstorm.

"There are marks of being hit by a blunt object on the back of his head, but the wound is not deep, not fatal, if I guess correctly, he should have been blown to the shore by the wind and waves, and was attacked by someone when he was looking for shelter from the cave, but the real cause of death was eaten alive."

Lifting the corpse and closing his eyes, Li Lan stood up and slowly said the cause of death of this Ming army soldier.

After listening to Li Lan's speculation, the faces of the group of soldiers surrounding the corpse suddenly turned ugly, they were all veterans who had survived a hundred battles, how could they not know how painful it was for people to be eaten alive and eaten to death?

What kind of hatred does this person have for the Ming army, and he would choose such an extreme way to retaliate?

Yes, that person is taking revenge on the Ming army, and it can only be revenge.

Because there is no shortage of food by the sea.

The seafood left behind at low tide is enough for a person to survive for a long time, and there is no need to choose to eat human flesh to survive.

Unless this person has a deep hatred for the Ming army, and even so deep that he even spares his hand for a sneak attack, he must wait for the Ming soldiers to come to their senses, eat his flesh and drink his blood.

They are all veteran oilers, and it is not difficult to deduce the truth based on the condition of the corpse.

Li Lan said with a gloomy face: "Tell the Marquis." ”

As soon as the second child turned around and trotted out of the hole, Li Lan led people to begin to collect the bones of this Ming army soldier.

......

......

After a while, Chen Kan got the news and took his guards to the side of the rocky mountain.

Li Lan had already led someone to get the body out of the hole and placed it on the beach.

Looking at the unrecognizable corpse, Chen Kan's expression was the same as Li Lan's, gloomy as if he was about to rain down nine days of thunder.

"Woman, cannibalistic ......"

"When will the soldiers of my Ming army be able to become other people's rations?"

Chen Kan gritted his teeth and asked this question, causing a group of soldiers to tremble.

"Pass my general's order, the soldiers will be divided into two routes, all the way to patrol the sea, all the way to search the coast, and dig three feet into the ground to find this person for me."

As soon as Chen Kan gave the order, the soldiers on the shore began to act quickly.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty can die in battle, they can die of old age, they can die of illness, but they must not be bitten to death.

This is not only provoking Daming, but also provoking them.

dismissed the soldiers under his command, and Chen Kan waited in place under the escort of his personal guards.

After finding a big rock and sitting down, Chen Kan began to wait boringly.

At noon, Zhang Dong lit a fire and grilled a few fish for Chen Kan's lunch.

Every time Chen Kan eats, something like this happens, Chen Kan can't still be in the mood to eat.

"Master Hou, let's eat a little bit."

Zhang Dong comforted softly, Chen Kan shook his head and asked after refusing: "Zhang Dong, what do you say that people will hate me so much?" ”

Zhang shook his head and said honestly: "Our Ming fleet came to Nanyang all the way, I don't know how many people were frightened, the city of Malacca was razed to the ground, the treasure house of Sumatra was emptied, the former lord was expelled, there are too many people who hate my Daming, and my subordinates are not sure." ”

Chen Kan bowed slightly, and didn't ask any more.

These countries in Nanyang basically have reasons to hate the Ming Dynasty, but there is no way to lock on a clear target.

However, Chen Kan had some guesses in his heart.

It's just that he doesn't understand, how did that woman survive the endless artillery fire?

Song Qing came back and said that he had blown that woman's boat to pieces, in the true sense of the word.

After a long silence, Chen Kan got up from the bluestone and walked to a row of corpses salvaged from the sea.

There were seventeen in all, of which sixteen were fished from the sea and one was found in the cavity.

Looking at the unrecognizable corpse, Chen Kan couldn't help but be stunned.

According to Li Lan, the corpse's blood was still flowing when they arrived, and the corpse was still warm.

In other words, if they had come a little earlier, he would have lived.

At this moment, Chen Kan couldn't help but regret it slightly.

Why did you have to rest last night?

If he had searched directly in the night, he might not have died, and he would have become one of the miracles of escaping at sea.

After a moment of froze, Chen Kan and his guards began to carry firewood from the rainforest.

Most of these corpses have begun to stink, and in this part of Nanyang, once the corpses are left for a long time, they are easy to breed all kinds of bacteria, and if they are not burned in time, it is likely to cause epidemics.

A fire has become the destination of these soldiers who have fought for the Ming Dynasty for many years.

The fire burned all afternoon.

They are all Pao Ze brothers, and it doesn't matter which pile of ashes it is, find a big clay pot and bring it back to Daming, and everyone can still continue to be brothers in the next life.

In the evening, the tide begins to push and the moon rises in the sky.

The search team on the road gradually began to return, but everyone had a mournful expression on their faces.

Nothing!

In this regard, Chen Kan is not surprised, there are too many places to hide in the rainforest, just a rock crevice, a big tree, or even a dense grass.

What's more, the woman jumped into the sea, and no one knows which direction she will swim from.

On the way, Li Lan, who led the team from one hundred households, knelt down in front of Chen Kan with a look on his face, and blamed himself: "Dashuai, my subordinates failed to find any trace of that woman, and I ask Dashuai to punish him." ”

Chen Kan shook his head and said expressionlessly: "I don't blame you, get up." ”

Li Lan was still a little embarrassed, and sighed secretly: "I knew that this was the case, when the woman jumped into the sea, the last general should have led someone to chase into the sea." ”

Chen Kan was noncommittal, just watched a row of fires on the sea gradually come to the shore.

The tide of the sea is low, and the ships cannot sail to the shore, and the only way to pick them up is a nimble cruiser.

The one who led the fleet to search the sea was another hundred households Liu Ting.

got off the cruiser and trotted towards Chen Kan, Liu Ting also looked depressed.

"The marshal, the last general will be entrusted by the marshal, and please ask the marshal to surrender."

"Alright, let's go back."

Chen Kan waved his hand and slowly walked towards the cruiser.

There was no trace of the woman on land, and even more so on the sea.

And the fleet has wasted enough time in this sea area, and no matter how much Chen Kan hates it in his heart, he can't continue to waste time here.

The flotilla continued to set sail.

Only this time, the interest of all the soldiers was very low.

Everyone also tacitly agreed not to talk about the cause of death of the Ming army soldier, which is really difficult to say.

At dawn, the search and rescue fleet merged into the fleet.

As soon as he returned to the ship, Chen Kan lay back in his room and began to catch up on sleep, not even bothering to hand over to Song Qing.

Song Qing was a little confused, looking at the back of Chen Kan, who was lacking in interest, and even the soldiers who came back with Chen Kan had a mournful expression, and couldn't help but pull Zhang Dong who wanted to leave.

"What's the matter, after the big marshal went out, how did it look like he had lost a battle?"

Zhang Dong paused and told Song Qing about the soldiers of the Ming army who had become a woman's rations.

After saying that, he did not stop, but stepped out of the cabin, ready to sleep for a long time.

Song Qing stayed on the deck alone, and after being stunned for a while, his face suddenly became ugly.

He thought of it too.

There are countless women who hate Daming in the entire Nanyang, but he can only think of one who hates to this extent.

After being silent for a long time, Song Qing ordered to the soldiers: "Call Wu San to see me." ”

Wu San is the Qianhu who followed Song Qing to carry out a secret mission.

The deputy marshal called, Wu San came quickly, but what greeted him was a curse from Song Qing's head and face.

Wu San was stunned.

"Marshal, what mistake did the last general make?"

Looking at Wu San, who looked confused, Song Qing couldn't help but be angry, sealed his collar, and carried him to the back of the ship.

looked left and right, and after confirming that there was no one, he couldn't help but scolded viciously: "You damn it, you can't kill a woman, that Japanese girl is still alive, and she has eaten the flesh and blood of one of our soldiers......"

From Song Qing's swearing, Wu San also gradually spliced together the truth about why he was scolded.

couldn't help but be stunned and said: "No, the boat of the Japanese lady was personally controlled by her subordinates and smashed into pieces, there is no reason for her to be alive......"

......

......

Chen Kan slept on the ship for three days in a row, and it was not until the fleet under his command met a Ming fleet that he stepped out of the deck.

The fleet was a caravan, and it was very large, with hundreds of ships and thousands of sailors.

Originally, the warships of the Ming Dynasty did not allow any civilian ships to approach, but there were exceptions to everything.

This caravan under the banner of the Hengfeng is the exception.

Because of the Hengfeng, it is now nominally Chen Kan's industry.

Since this fleet has something to do with the commander of the army, the generals on the ship can only choose to turn a blind eye.

Chen Kan stood on the deck, watching the fleet of the Hengfeng gradually approach the fleet, and couldn't help but perk up.

It's coming, it's finally here.

Of course, it is impossible for Hengfeng's fleet to approach the Ming warships for no reason, and the Hengfeng fleet is mainly engaged in business on the Luzon side, and although the business on this side of the strait is also done, it is only occasional, after all, the main task of Hengfeng is to open up the route from Luzon to Australia.

The reason why they appeared here this time was, of course, because Chen Kan needed them.

As early as when Chen Kan decided to hand over more than half of the fleet's warships to Zheng He, Chen Kan had already sent people to the sea to find the fleet under the command of Hou Fu.

The purpose is to ensure that the logistics of the army can smoothly support the Daming Navy Division to return to the Ming Dynasty.

The Hengfeng's fleet stopped a few miles away from the Ming battleship, and Chen Kan immediately ordered the heralds to raise the flag.

Not long after, a small boat sailed out of the Hengfeng's fleet.

The boat entered the fleet, the treasure ship lowered the ladder, and two men dressed as merchants climbed onto the treasure ship.

"The villain has seen the head of the house."

The two knelt down in front of Chen Kan, with excitement in their eyes.

This time, Chen Kan took the fleet Yang Wei's extraterritorial affairs, and the whole Nanyang had already spread all over the country.

There are many countries that can't help but change their color when they talk about Malacca.

The head of the family has made such a meritorious achievement, and as the slaves of the Hou Mansion, they are naturally honored.

Chen Kan smiled and helped the two up.

"Lao Liu, Lao Lin, they are all a family, why be so polite."

As soon as Chen Kan helped the two of them up, Zhang Dong brought someone to bring two stools for the two.

As Chen Kan said, they are all a family, and the relationship between prosperity and loss is naturally not so restrained.

"Sit down and talk."

Chen Kan greeted him, and the two of them were not polite, and sat in front of Chen Kan.

Then he took out a list from his arms and handed it to Chen Kan.

"Master Hou, this time the two of us brought 10,000 stone japonica rice, 600 stone milled rice, and soybeans also have 1,000 stones, as well as ......."

Lao Liu spit out a series of names of materials, and with these materials, the more than 15,000 people under Chen Kan's command no longer have to worry about the shortage of food and grass.

Chen Kan glanced at the list and asked with a smile, "The bills have all been reported to the household department, right?" ”