On the rippling blue sea, two fleets sailed one behind the other.
The flags hung by the two fleets were exactly the same, but the atmosphere between them was very strange.
There was a fleet ahead of them that looked like about a dozen warships, but most of them were in tatters and looked very poor.
But the fleet at the rear was numerous, and each warship was very huge, looking like a giant sea beast.
Although the two were twenty nautical miles apart in the sea, they kept the same speed and headed towards the coast of Daming together.
The fleet in the front tried their best to wave flags, trying to ask the fleet in the rear about their intentions, but the fleet in the rear kept silent and made no response.
These two fleets were the Shanghu County fleet led by Li Jin and the Japanese pirate fleet.
When he met the Japanese pirate fleet, Li Jin had no intention of taking action directly after meeting him.
After all, the fleet in front of me looks really poor. There are only a dozen pitiful small fishing boats, and there don't seem to be many people on board.
Li Jin naturally looked down upon such people. He had been following these Japanese pirates, so he naturally had his own plans.
But after the Japanese pirate fleet noticed Li Jin's fleet behind them, they almost wet their pants on the spot. Their Japanese pirate leader simply let the ship run away with full sail.
After all, there are no so-called friends on the sea.
In an era where Japanese pirates and pirates are rampant, would the two parties exchange information on the recent market conditions when they meet?
Naturally, the two guys fought directly.
Between Japanese pirates and Japanese pirates, between Japanese pirates and pirates, and between merchants and Japanese pirates, the three groups love and kill each other.
Before the government troops intervened in this struggle, the sea had always been disorderly, cruel and bloody.
Of course, their roles do not always remain the same. After many Japanese pirates return to their own countries, they will transform into merchants and trade with the people of their own countries.
Sold all the items he plundered from the sea to launder his money.
On the Japanese islands, there are many so-called maritime merchants, who are actually doing business without capital.
When you go to sea, you only need to bring people and good guys, and you will come back with a full load after you go out.
As more and more people taste the benefits of plundering, naturally more and more Japanese ronin will join this ranks.
This also caused more and more Japanese pirates to gather in the Ming Dynasty, until a hundred years later, they were wiped out by the emergence of the Ming God of War.
But that was a hundred years later, and Japanese pirates are still rampant today.
In the past, they were just foreign merchants who plundered and traveled at sea. However, as the number of Japanese pirates increased, the number of foreign merchants became smaller and smaller.
These people are no longer satisfied with plundering on the ocean. They are now more inclined to go deep into the land of the Ming Dynasty and rob the wealthy people in the south of the Ming Dynasty.
The group of Japanese pirates Li Jin encountered this time were planning to take a boat to the Wenzhou area, sneak into the interior of Wenzhou, and plunder.
But I didn't expect to meet a colleague like Li Jin halfway.
On the sea, the most dangerous thing is to encounter a peer who is stronger than yourself. He will not hesitate to attack and annex yourself.
Just like big fish eating small fish, the Japanese pirates on the sea basically all have someone behind them and have formed a stable sphere of influence.
As long as we don't cross the line, there won't be any conflicts.
But this is just a general situation. Pirates and pirates are all a group of extremely vicious people who are not bound by rules. There will always be people who continue to challenge the so-called rules.
Now, in the eyes of the leader of this small group of Japanese pirates, Li Jin is the kind of person who doesn't follow the rules, and he is a powerful person.
When facing such people, there is only one way, and that is to run as quickly as possible, as far away as possible, and never try to reason with them.
But after half a day of frantic escape, the Japanese pirate leader discovered a terrible fact. No matter how they ran, the fleet behind them was constantly approaching.
This was completely beyond the Japanese pirates' cognition. The ship was obviously so big, why could it run so fast?
Shouldn't the smaller the ship, the faster? Is such a huge warship really not afraid of sinking if it runs so fast?
Of course Li Jin is not afraid, his ship has been specially modified.
The sails on it alone are more than twice as many as those of ordinary ships, and the mast of the largest main sail is more than thirty meters high.
Directly connected to the bottom keel position from above, the power generated by the sail can be completely and efficiently transmitted to the hull.
This is the reason why Li Jin's fleet ran so fast, and if Li Jin hadn't deliberately controlled the speed, he might have collided with the Japanese pirate fleet ahead.
Li Jin deliberately slowed down and slowly followed the Japanese pirates, as if fishing, not in a hurry, but with ease.
But Li Jin's leisurely attitude made Lan Yu next to him intolerable.
Although Lan Yu was a lot more honest after being shocked by Li Jin just now, it was really frustrating for Lan Yu to see her enemy right in front of her eyes but not being able to rush forward and kill him.
"Li Jin, when shall we take action?"
"The distance is so close now, and our speed is so fast. We can completely wipe out the opponent, so why are we still dawdling?"
"The sun is going to set soon. If these people are allowed to run away under the cover of night, what will happen then?"
Lan Yu looked worriedly at the setting sun in the distance, and was very dissatisfied with Li Jin's inaction.
Li Jin squinted his eyes slightly, half of the orange-red sun had already sunk into the sea.
Standing on the sea and seeing the sunset between the sea and the sky, Li Jin just felt that this scene should be recited a poem:
"The sunset is infinitely beautiful, but it's almost dusk."
Lan Yu rolled her eyes at Li Jin angrily, and was about to continue speaking, but was interrupted by Li Jin:
"Show the flag immediately and ask the opponent's fleet to surrender, otherwise we will kill without mercy!"
Lan Yu looked at Li Jin in astonishment, with a mentally retarded look on his face, and said:
"Is this your plan?"
"After struggling for a long time, you actually want to ask the other party to surrender?"
"They are Japanese pirates, pirates, people with their heads in their waistbands. How could they surrender?"
"And it will be dark soon. As long as we persist for more than half an hour, these ships can escape by relying on the darkness."
Lan Yu originally thought that Li Jin had some clever plan, or had other agendas, so she took a long-term view to catch the big fish.
As a result, after wandering around for a day, I didn’t see any big fish, and the bait was about to run away.
Sailing at night is very dangerous. After all, Li Jin and the others are not familiar with the nearest sea route.
Once it hits a rock at night, the entire ship will be destroyed.
These Japanese pirates have been traversing the sea for so many years, and of course they know this terrain well.
As long as they used the cover of night, these ships would definitely be able to escape Li Jin's pursuit, but in the end they would only gain nothing.
This made Lan Yu despise Li Jin very much. He felt that Li Jin's behavior was purely mentally retarded.
The enemy can neither surrender nor sit still and wait for death. The next best way is for the fleet to advance at full speed, then use full firepower to annihilate the opponent before the sun sets.
"We'd better hurry up and annihilate all the opponents!"
Lan Yu once again gave his opinion, hoping to immediately adopt this suggestion that seemed to be the most reasonable at present.
However, Li Jin still shook his head in denial and said:
"Why are you so anxious? The other party hasn't replied yet. Maybe they see how powerful we are and finally choose to surrender?"
"you..."
Lan Yu was so angry that he couldn't speak. He really wanted to dig out Li Jin's brain and see what was in it?
Unless the other party is as mentally retarded as Li Jin, he will raise his hands and surrender!
While the two were talking, the other party's semaphore also responded:
"It's okay to surrender, but there are still family members on the island, so I really can't rest assured."
"Please wait for one day until you receive your family members, and then surrender together."
Lan Yu felt that the other party treated her as an idiot and asked her to wait for one day before surrendering with her family?
This is simply an insult to their own intelligence. Let alone surrender, if these people find an island and hide in it, where will they go to find it?
"Li Jin, send troops quickly to destroy these people!!!"
Lan Yu was so anxious that she wanted to yell out, but was stopped by Li Jin in an understatement:
"Marquis Yongchang, don't be so impatient. Didn't you see that the other party is ready to surrender?"
"As long as we follow them, they will surrender in a day. We can surrender so many Japanese pirates without using a single soldier or a single shot. Why not?"
Lan Yu felt that she was going crazy, and Li Jin seemed to be possessed by an evil spirit, and his IQ dropped rapidly.
Seeing the sun setting faster and faster, and the moon even appearing in the sky in advance, Lan Yu said anxiously:
"The opponent is stalling for time. Stop stalling. Before the sun has completely set, quickly destroy the opponent!!"
Li Jin seemed to be awakened by Lan Yu and suddenly realized:
"I see, these Japanese pirates really deserve to die. They don't show any credibility at all, they only know how to sneak attack and deceive!"
Although he said this, Li Jin never issued an order for the entire army to attack. Instead, he held a monocular and looked at the fleet not far ahead, and murmured:
"What a cunning little fish!"
