On the surface of the East China Sea, the weather was exceptionally clear.
The sea is sparkling, and under the sunlight, the waves are shining all over the sky.
Through the clear sea, you can even see the blue seabed and small fish swimming around.
The breeze blows, and layers of thin ripples appear on the sea surface, like an oil painting. The ripples reflect sunlight and change into many colors, like colorful gems scattered in the ocean.
Occasionally, a few seagulls fly over, looking particularly light in the blue sky and white clouds.
Suddenly, a huge fleet broke into this sea area, breaking this rare calm.
There are about thirty ships in this fleet, and each ship is larger than an ordinary warship.
The giant ship in the center is even more gigantic, like a wild sea beast, cruising slowly on the sea, looking extremely terrifying.
The upper and lower decks on the left and right sides of these ships were lined with black gun ports, which was very scary.
The flags on the ships were fluttering, and the central position of the flags was embroidered with clear characters. The dragons and phoenixes were dancing, and they were extremely domineering.
It was the fleet led by Li Jin.
At this time, Li Jin had been cruising on the East China Sea for three days, but he was told that the boat was stolen, and not even a human figure was seen. This made Lan Yu very angry.
"Li Jin, what are you doing wandering around here?"
Lan Yu was really bored staying on the deck. There was no one around, so she could only vent her anger to Li Jin.
Li Jin, however, remained calm and calmly looked at the sea in the distance, as if the enemy was right in front of him.
"Don't worry, it's coming soon."
"It's like this again. Every time I ask you, you always say it's soon."
Lan Yu's hair suddenly exploded and she said angrily:
"This is already the seventh time. What's so fast?"
"If this continues, those Japanese pirates will go to rob the people of Ming Dynasty again. How long do you want to wait?"
Li Jin looked up at Lan Yu and said softly:
"See those birds over there?"
Hearing this, Lan Yu turned around and saw a few seagulls circling nearby in the distance far ahead.
"I saw it, but so what? We are not here to play with birds."
"If you continue like this, I will go back. You can play here by yourself!"
"ignorance!"
Li Jin shook his head and said:
"Fortunately, the emperor didn't let you lead the army on the expedition, otherwise I'm afraid this whole boat of people would be buried with you!"
"you..."
Lan Yu's face turned red instantly, and Li Jin's words were like a knife, piercing Lan Yu's heart.
Li Jin ignored Lan Yu's rage and said calmly:
"Seagulls don't appear at sea for no reason. They only appear in ports or near fleets."
"There is no village, no shop, thousands of miles of sea, and no island. What do you mean by the presence of these seagulls there?"
"It means there is a sea ship passing by!"
Lan Yu replied subconsciously, and then Lan Yu's whole body became excited.
Now that the Ming Dynasty has issued a sea ban, coupled with the rampant Japanese pirates in the southeastern coastal areas, no people will go to sea at this time.
Then the only ones who appear here are Japanese pirates.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack!!"
As soon as Lan Yu finished speaking, the sentry on the security platform on the ship's mast blew his whistle frantically and shouted loudly to the people below.
"To the southeast, the fleet is heading southeast!"
Lan Yu jumped up excitedly and shouted:
"Quick, catch up, I'm going to tear them alive!"
After calling for a long time, he found that no one was listening to his command at all, and everyone looked at Li Jin.
Lan Yu reacted this time and looked at Li Jin angrily, wanting Li Jin to give the order quickly.
Li Jin narrowed his eyes slightly, and then shouted loudly:
"Inform the entire army to raise the skull and crossbones flag, furl the sails, and follow them slowly without alerting the enemy."
After Li Jin issued the order, the flags were quickly conveyed to each ship, and the flags on the ship were all put away.
A flag with a black background and a pattern of white bones, instead of the Ming Dynasty's flag, slowly rose above the flagship.
"Everyone is in position and ready for battle."
The generals at all levels around Li Jin all dispersed in a rush and rushed towards the posts where they had trained countless times before.
Only a few messengers and Lan Yu remained with Li Jin.
Lan Yu watched Li Jin giving orders with jealousy, especially Li Jin's strategy of slowly following up, which puzzled Lan Yu.
"Li Jin, what are you doing?"
"At this time, we should follow up at full speed and annihilate all these people."
"You are marching so slowly, you are really wasting your chance."
"If you let the enemy escape, I will see how you will explain to the emperor then!"
Lan Yu was furious and yelled in front of Li Jin. Ever since he boarded the warship, Lan Yu had been suppressed by Li Jin, which dealt a huge blow to Lan Yu's self-esteem.
It was as if Li Jin felt uncomfortable if he didn't find trouble for a day. He used this method to balance his heart.
In the past, Li Jin could comfort Lan Yu with kind words, but now that it is a wartime situation, Li Jin does not intend to coddle Lan Yu anymore.
"shut up!"
Li Jin's face was stern, his brows were furrowed, his eyes were full of anger and determination, and he shouted angrily:
"Lanyu, I can still let you go in normal times, but now it is a wartime situation, and the whole army can only have one voice."
"That's my order. You can question it, but you must carry it out, otherwise I will be the first to sacrifice my flag to you!"
"If you have any objections, let's talk about it after the war. During the war, I don't want to hear any other voices."
"Do you understand it?"
Li Jin became powerful, wrapped the blue jade in it, and held the hilt of Shang Fang's sword tightly with his right hand, looking murderous.
Sapphire's face instantly turned into the color of pig liver, then from pig liver color to cyan, and then from green to black, as if changing her face.
Being scolded by Li Jin in public made Lan Yu so depressed that she almost vomited blood.
Just as he was about to roar a few times to vent his depression, he saw the murderous look in Li Jin's eyes slowly gathering.
Lan Yu has been on the battlefield for so many years, so he is naturally very sensitive to murderous intent.
The moment she felt Li Jin's murderous intent, Lan Yu even suspected that she was delusional.
After all, as the Marquis of Yongchang and the uncle of the current Crown Prince, he simply did not believe that Li Jin dared to kill him.
But the increasingly murderous aura in Li Jin made Lan Yu have no choice but to believe that Li Jin really dared to take action.
Qiangzi swallowed, and Lan Yu swallowed the words that came to her lips without saying another word.
A good man never suffers immediate losses. Even a reckless man like Lan Yu knows how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.
After all, if it was really Tietouwa, he would not be able to become the most dazzling general in the post-Hongwu era.
It is even less possible to survive to the end in a tragic war.
Li Jin saw Lan Yu's lowered head and gently released the hilt of the sword in his hand.
Lan Yu is a thorn, Li Jin naturally knows it, but Lan Yu is also a strong fighter, there is no doubt about this, otherwise Li Jin would not have brought Lan Yu with him.
It's just that Li Jin can't always give in to Lan Yu just because he's fierce. For Li Jin, Lan Yu is just the icing on the cake, not the foundation of his army at all.
The foundation of this army is himself, Li Jin, not Lan Yu.
If Lan Yu dares to challenge his authority again, maybe Li Jin will really use Lan Yu to scare the monkeys.
Fortunately, Lan Yu is temporarily timid now, and the next step is to deal with the Japanese pirates wholeheartedly.
The reason why Li Jin asked his fleet to follow the Japanese pirate fleet was naturally because he had a bigger conspiracy.
It’s not time to destroy them now!
