The blue sky is cloudless, and a fleet of more than 100 ships is sailing on the vast sea, nearly half of this fleet is cargo ships for transportation purposes with deep drafts, and only the two ends of the fleet are pointed clippers and multi-masted sailing ships used for combat, which are the fleets led by Liu Xiang to take refuge in the Ming court.

Liu Xiang's ship is a Daifuku ship at the front of the fleet, this Daifuku ship is not only the largest in the fleet, but also equipped with three guns in the bow and stern, it is the most powerful one in the entire fleet, and it is also the flagship of the entire fleet.

Today's Liu Xiang is wearing a light gray short body with a leather armor on the outside, a pair of loose trousers on the bottom, a pair of straw sandals on her feet, a waist knife and a double-eyed firearm hanging from her waist, and a ponytail she ties.

On Liu Xiang's side, there were more than a dozen leaders, and Uncle Qin, who was most trusted by Liu Xiang, stood on Liu Xiang's left hand side and asked with some concern: "Big boss, do you think that Jiang Ningbo will really make you the deputy commander of the Fujian Navy?" ”

"Yes!" Liu Xiang said with certainty: "Jiang Ningbo personally promised me, and I also believe in Jiang Ningbo!" ”

Seeing Liu Xiang's sworn look, the man with a scarred face and a lion's nose standing on the right was a little unhappy for some reason, but at this time he couldn't say anything, and Li Hu, who was standing on the other side with a scar on his face, said with some suspicion: "Big boss, it's not that I'm too talkative, I just think that you have to keep a few eyes on when dealing with officials, otherwise it will be troublesome to suffer a loss." ”

Before Liu Xiang could speak, the lion's nose glared at him and reprimanded, "Li Hu...... You shut up Lao Tzu, you are too bold, you dare to question even the decision of the big boss, and there are no rules! ”

"Yes!" Li Hu, who was reprimanded, lowered his head and stopped talking.

Uncle Qin squinted his eyes and looked at the two of them but did not speak, and the leaders on the side looked at each other a few times and no one said a word, not everyone agreed with Liu Xiang leading everyone to join Jiang Ningbo this time, after all, he was used to being a free pirate, and suddenly turned into an officer and soldier who had to be controlled, such a change is not something that everyone can bear, Liu Xiang only relied on her prestige and some of the hardcore subordinates who supported her to suppress the different opinions of the people below,

It's just that although the opinions are suppressed, the most difficult thing to guess since ancient times is the hearts of the people, even with Liu Xiang's prestige, it is difficult to twist everyone's hearts into a rope.

The young man with a lion's nose who reprimanded the scar-faced Li Hu just now is named Liu Yizhou, he is bold and extremely brave in battle, he rushes to the front line every time, and is very respected by Liu Xiang and the support of some pirates, and has faintly become the second big force in the Liu Xiang group in addition to Liu Xiang.

This time Liu Xiang wanted to defect to Yang Feng was his most opposed, but for some reason, Liu Yizhou would not directly refute Liu Xiang, but let his subordinate Li Hu come forward, and he was beating the side drum on the side, just like just now, which can not only show his existence but also faintly hit Liu Xiang's prestige, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Liu Xiang was also faintly aware of Liu Yizhou's purpose, but she couldn't say anything yet, after all, it was only Li Hu who spoke out, and on the surface, Liu Yizhou also came forward to reprimand Li Hu, so people couldn't find fault at all.

Uncle Qin on the side looked at Liu Yizhou with a cold gaze, Uncle Qin had never seen anything like it for more than 20 years at sea, Liu Yizhou's wishful thinking in his heart he didn't have to think of it, it was nothing more than thinking that he was now fledgling and wanted to take Liu Xiang's position, but so far he was not sure that he would overturn Liu Xiang to the ground and sit in the position of the big boss, so he used this method to constantly hit Liu Xiang's prestige and plan for the future.

Just when everyone was silent, the lookout on the mast suddenly shouted: "Great boss, there are ships ahead, they are coming towards us, so fast!" ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, could it be that the news was leaked out and Zheng Zhilong knew about it, so he sent a fleet to intercept it?

Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but panic a little, you must know that although they have more than a hundred ships, nearly half of them are unarmed transport ships, which are not only full of their families, but also extremely slow, if they are stopped by Zheng Zhilong's warship, they will definitely not be able to escape.

Liu Xiang took a deep breath and immediately said loudly: "Uncle Qin! ”

"In!" Uncle Qin, who was on the side, responded loudly and stood up and said to Liu Xiang: "Please give the master's orders!" ”

"Uncle Qin, you immediately lead the left guard to meet us head-on, and you must not let the ship in front of you get close to our transport ship!"

"Understood!" Uncle Qin answered loudly, and strode to the side, preparing to take a small boat to his own car to command the battle.

After seeing Uncle Qin leave, Liu Xiang's eyes turned to the side and said, "Liu Yizhou! ”

"In!"

Liu Yizhou also stood up.

"Liu Yizhou, you lead the right guard to go around to the back of the ship in front, and fight back and forth with the left guard, even if you die, you must not let our transport ship be hurt in the slightest."

"Yes!"

Liu Yizhou replied helplessly, he was a smart man, and naturally knew that if it was really Zheng Zhilong's gang who came, the other party must have made all the preparations, and he was afraid that he would be prepared to pay heavy casualties for this trip. But he couldn't refuse, at this time, if he dared to say half a word, he would be the enemy of all his brothers.

Just when Liu Yizhou was so depressed that he couldn't do it, the lookout on the mast sent another message, "The big boss, it's not Zheng Zhilong's people who came, the sun and moon flag was hanging on the bow of the ship, they are the Ming army!" ”

"Ming Army?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard it, does the Ming army still have a sailor? Of course, it is not nothing, for example, there is still an inland river division in Nanjing, but the few broken ships of this navy division can only stop the merchant ships on the Yangtze River to collect some protection fees, and if you really want to run to the sea with high winds and waves, I am afraid that you will have to turn into the sea if you encounter a slightly bigger wind and waves, so what is going on with the fleet of the Ming army in front?

"Could it be that this is a trap of Jiang Ningbo, is he trying to encircle and annihilate his people in the maritime merchants?"

Liu Xiang felt a sigh in her heart, and a worst thought came to her mind, but then she thought about it, and this thought was quickly thrown behind her, if Yang Feng really wanted to clean them up, there would be no need to be so troublesome at all, as long as they waited until their fleet docked, thousands of officers and soldiers surrounded them together, and if the Jiangning army wanted to encircle and annihilate them with its strong combat effectiveness, I am afraid that there would be no need to blow it at all.

"How many boats are coming?" Liu Xiang asked again.

The lookout replied, "Three...... They came three ships! ”

Hearing this, everyone breathed a long sigh of relief, if it was only three ships, then these Ming troops must have no malicious intentions, they should have come to meet them.

More than twenty minutes later, Liu Xiang's fleet made peace with the Ming army that had come to meet them. It's just that when they saw these three Ming warships, everyone was taken aback again.

Uncle Qin, who had returned to the period, looked at the three oncoming warships and said in surprise, "This ...... What the hell is going on? Aren't the warships of the Ming army always dominated by iron cangships and fortune ships, how do you look at these three warships like the warships of the Franc machine and the Spaniards, and why are these warships so big? ”

Liu Xiang also frowned slightly, his small mouth was slightly open and his white teeth were exposed, the Ming army sailors actually used the Franc machine and the Spanish warship, what is going on? And look at the appearance of the three warships is not small, the largest ship led by is at least a 4000 material ship, this is too terrible, as far as Liu Xiang knows, the entire Ming Dynasty and even the South Seas, 4000 material ships are extremely rare, where did Daming get this big ship?

Countless questions surged in Liu Xiang's heart, but now was not the time to say this, when the three Ming warships approached, the lookout on the mast reported loudly with an excited tone: "The big boss, the fleet of the Ming army sent a flag, and Lord Lu Guangbiao, the commander of the Fujian Navy, came to greet us in person, let us follow us into the port!" ”

"Good!" Liu Xiang said crisply: "Send the flag immediately, and say that we will obey the order." ”

"Yes!"

After receiving the flag from Liu Xiang's fleet, the three warships of the Daming Naval Division drew a graceful arc in unison, turned their bows and sailed towards the way they came.

Looking at the three Ming warships that were opening the way in front, Liu Yizhou's eyes made contact with Li Hu and several leaders next to him, and everyone noticed that there were depressed expressions on each other's faces.

Originally, they thought that although Jiang Ningbo rebuilt the Fujian Naval Division, this was not an overnight thing, there was no four or five years, and it was undoubtedly a fool's dream to rebuild the Naval Division, at least it was not a simple matter to build a fleet, during this time, the Ming Imperial Court had no available fleet except for them, so that they could bargain with that Jiang Ningbo with the strength they had in their hands, but they never thought that as soon as the two sides met, the other party gave themselves a dismount. The other party is clearly telling them that the sailors of the Ming court still exist, and the warships of the court are more advanced and larger than theirs.

Liu Yizhou can see this problem, Liu Xiang and Uncle Qin can naturally see it, but in Liu Xiang's opinion, there is nothing wrong with Ming Jun's actions, if she is Yang Feng, she will also show the family background in her hand for people to see, don't think that Lao Tzu can't play without you, Lao Tzu not only has a boat, but also better than yours.

In the different moods of everyone, the fleet led by Liu Xiang followed the warships of the Ming army and finally came to the port of Xiamen......