Since those people wanted to escape, even if they knew that Han Du would catch up by sea, they had to follow the mature sea route.
Early the next morning, Jiang Ming looked in front of Han Du with a tired look on his face.
Han Du boarded the warship with the chart, and without any hesitation, he chased the people in the direction of their escape. Han Du pursued all the way. Although the warship was definitely faster than the Fu ship, it had to pass through several large islands on this sea road. Han Du also had to send people to explore around the island before continuing the pursuit.
If we don't investigate, what if those people hide somewhere on the island, wait until Han Du chases them, and then turn around and run away, wouldn't that mean they get rid of Han Du?
Han Du would rather go slow and explore these islands clearly, step by step until those people are cornered.
But this way, Han Du wasted too much time. Han Du followed the sea route eastward to check the past, and along the way he could find all kinds of domestic garbage left by those people on the sea. Based on this, Han Du knew that the direction he was following was correct.
More than ten days later, Jiang Ming suddenly came to report.
"Uncle, we found them."
"Where are they?" After chasing them for more than ten days, they finally caught their traces, and Han Du couldn't wait.
Jiang Ming stood next to Han Du and pointed forward to the right, "On the edge of the island in that direction, Wang Dou found traces of the lucky ship."
There is no doubt that those people are the ones who found a lucky boat in a place like this.
Han Du held up the telescope and took a look. Because there were clouds and fog around the island, Han Du couldn't see clearly.
"Drive over."
As the fleet approaches, the island gradually appears in everyone's sight. But is this island too big? A slender black line on the sea level extends infinitely to the left and right.
Even Jiang Ming and others who were used to seeing islands couldn't help but be stunned and said, "This, is this an island? Is it too big?"
After hearing Jiang Ming's words, Han Du suddenly came to his senses and recalled a certain big island, his face darkened involuntarily.
Turning around and going back to the cabin, he took out a map and sextant, and started to calculate towards the sun. After the calculation results were calculated, Han Du's face not only did not improve at all, but became even more gloomy.
Zhang Chao saw Han Du walking out of the cabin with a bad expression, and said quickly: "Uncle, all the blessing ships are parked on the beach in front. There are nineteen ships in total, and there are quite a few of them. I am sure they are those people."
"Uncle, what's wrong?" Jiang Ming saw that Han Du's face was wrong. After working hard for more than ten days, I finally caught up with those people. Logically speaking, my uncle should be happy, but why did he look gloomy instead?
Han Du took a deep breath and said, "Let's go over and have a look. I hope it's not what Uncle Ben thought."
Jiang Ming and Zhang Chao looked at each other and saw that Han Du was unwilling to say anything. They did not dare to ask any more questions and had no choice but to follow Han Du to the bow of the ship.
As the warship approached the seaside, everyone discovered that all the lucky ships were stranded on the beach, motionless.
Han Du saw that there was not even a single figure on the lucky boat. He pondered for a moment and said, "Let's go down and have a look."
Zhang Chao nodded immediately and mobilized hundreds of people to follow Han Du ashore in small boats. Since Han Du was attacked by the Javanese, neither Jiang Ming nor Zhang Chao dared to let Han Du disembark with dozens of people.
Han Du and others came to the beach, and soldiers immediately went to Fuchuan to investigate. After a while, the soldiers came back and reported, "Uncle, there is no one in the boat, not even the cargo. Moreover, the young men also discovered that all these lucky boats have been scuttled."
After hearing this, Han Du seemed to be a little surprised, but also seemed to be expecting it.
"They were all scuttled? Are they crazy?" Zhang Chao asked in disbelief. He fully understands how important a ship is on the sea.
"They can escape even if they have a boat. If they scuttle the boat and retreat to the island, then they will definitely die?" Jiang Ming also didn't understand why these people would do such a suicidal act.
Han Du's face was as gloomy as water, and he sneered and said: "That's not necessarily the case. If it were an ordinary island, they would be digging their own graves. But if they retreat to this island, that's not necessarily the case."
Seeing that the two of them were puzzled, Han Du continued to explain: "When you came here just now, you already discovered how big this island is. But I want to tell you that this island is far bigger than you imagined. In other words, this island is huge. It’s just not an island, but a piece of land, a whole continent.”
Jiang Ming and Zhang Chao were stunned when they heard this. They never thought that there was a continent on the sea.
"This continent is even larger than the Ming Dynasty in terms of land area. If you say they are the only ones who are here, how can we find them?"
"The reason why they abandoned the ship and went ashore is probably because they knew that their ship speed was not as fast as ours. If they continued to stay in the sea, sooner or later we would catch up with them. But it is different when they enter here. Our speed will not be faster than theirs." Quick. As long as they set off a few days in advance, it will be difficult for us to catch up. If they have been here in advance and are prepared here, then if we want to find them, it will be like finding a needle in a haystack."
The place is bigger than Ming Dynasty? How to find this? Even if they follow the traces left by those people, as long as they divide their troops into several groups, they can lead them into the ditch.
"Then...Uncle, what should we do now?" Jiang Ming asked in a seductive voice.
Han Du pondered for a moment, going in to look for them would definitely be a task with half the effort, but it was impossible to let them go.
After thinking for a while, Han Du said: "Although this continent is vast, it is not without its shortcomings. That is, except for the direction facing Java, all other parties are boundless seas. It is not easy for them to cross. Therefore, Bember guesses they'll be hiding on this continent."
"In this way, I asked Yu Dushu to send people to keep an eye on this place. They will be trapped on the continent for the time being. After I ask the emperor for instructions, I will think of a way. If it doesn't work, moving a hundred thousand people here and making a move step by step can always be done. Find them."
Jiang Ming and Zhang Chao couldn't help but nodded secretly after hearing this. This can only be the case now. They can't spend all their time looking for a needle in a haystack, right?
Han Du raised his head and glanced at the lucky boats stranded on the beach, and suddenly ordered: "Burn all these boats, let's go back."
"yes."
Those people thought the ship was scuttled because they just didn't want to take advantage of Han Du and prevent Han Du from pulling away. When those people need it, they can slowly repair it and get more than a dozen blessing ships.
But Han Du did something even more extreme, burning them to ashes with a fire, completely cutting off the hope of those people.
