Ruan Jin couldn't help but sigh as he saw the two ships gradually fall into the distance due to damaged sails. At this time, if you lose the ability to sail quickly, you can only wait for death.

But he could not stop to rescue the sailors on board, for there were still thirteen boats waiting to escape with him.

"What time is it?" He asked, irritating, turning his head.

The adjutant general on the side hurriedly said: "Back to the general, it's time soon." ”

Ruan Jin frowned and looked at the patrol ship that had fallen far behind. This was the first centipede clipper to pass him, and although he didn't find his whereabouts when he came, it became a desperate ghost when he retreated.

He had planned to take advantage of the darkness to quickly bypass Xiapan to avoid the captives, but he was stared at by the patrol ship and left marks along the way.

After sailing out a short distance, the sky had begun to get brighter, and Ruan Jin saw several masts shaking on the northwest side from a distance, and regarded their height as a warship of thousands and five or six hundred.

He was thinking about how to dodge when he heard the sentry on the mast strike the mast hard, and then shouted and drew it. Then another herald arrived and said, "General, there is a large group of warships heading south......

"Due south?" Ruan Jin was stunned for a moment, and reported according to the Wu Yuanzhou line that the warship from Fujian was in the east, and he retreated to the southeast.

Wait a minute! He suddenly had a spirit, and Wucaoyu, where the Zhejiang Sailor was stationed, was not just due south! Don't...... It's Wu Yuanzhou, no, it must be the people around him who leaked the news.

He was in a hurry, and there were still four or five hundred sailors, people, and family members on Wucaoyu, which was the last seed of the Zhejiang sailor.

But at the moment, he is also a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it is difficult to protect himself, although there are thousands of ants in his heart, but there is nothing he can do.

After only a few moments, an officer pointed to the rear and said urgently: "Enemy ship!" Enemy ships are catching up! ”

Ruan Jin knew that the ships he was carrying were all injured, and although they did not capsize, they still affected the navigation to some extent.

As soon as he pulled the helmsman away, he personally operated the ship, and shouted to the lieutenant general: "Order, all the ships are scattered and go away, and one can live!" At the end, he added, "Don't go south." ”

"Subordinate...... Yes, sir. ”

As the general order came out, the only remaining warships of the Zhejiang Navy Division were divided into five teams and plunged into the vast sea.

……

"Well, there's a mountain on that island up ahead." Murong Yi put away the binoculars and took out the charts for comparison, then nodded, "This should be the next mountain." ”

"My lord, I wonder if I can meet two more thieves?" The adjutant on the side said with a smile, "Yesterday's sentinel boat seemed to be violent, but I didn't think it would be even beaten, and the soldiers didn't like it!" ”

Murong Yi shook his head and said, "The chief priest strictly ordered, let us return to the lower Panshan, I'm afraid it will be difficult to have a chance." ”

Since yesterday's Jianyu sentinel ship detected the Daming Naval Division, Zheng Chenggong ordered some small warships to disperse some small warships in addition to the daily patrol ships to drive away the enemy sentinels.

The seventy-ton Galen warship led by Murong Yi, which was converted from a merchant ship, was one of them. They were also lucky, and less than three hours after they came out, they encountered a Qing army sentry boat.

There was no suspense in the result, and the "Dingyuan Hou Banchao", armed with four six-pounder guns and two four-pounder guns, sank the enemy ship in only half an hour. In fact, the enemy ship was about to flee after the first round of shelling, but its speed was far less than that of the Banchao, which was equipped with soft sails, and finally more than 30 guns were killed in the belly of the fish.

Murong Yi picked up a bamboo pen and wrote on Haizhi, "There is no enemy ship to the east of Xiapan Mountain", and then as the hull of the ship began to turn, he raised his binoculars and looked west for the last time.

It was this glance that made the corners of his mouth hook up with a smile, so he turned to the adjutant and said, "Don't go." Turn the rudder and give the order to prepare for battle. ”

"Yes!"

As the rapid drums sounded, the sailors on the Banchao rushed out of the cabin. The sail-handling man quickly climbed the mast or stood under the sail, while the gunner stripped his gunsuit and began to reload the gunpowder. At the same time, the sentry on the mast also saw the "enemy ship" without a flag in the distance, and said in a loud voice: "The enemy ship is due west, three miles away!" ”

Not long after, the "enemy ship" also spotted the Ban Chao by the dawn and hurriedly turned south and fled. But the Ban Chao quickly filled the sails, and it was still a northerly wind, and in a tailwind it was more than twice as fast as the unflagged ship.

After only one meal, Ban Chao chased after the "enemy ship" 400 paces, first fired a warning cannon shot, and then a sailor with a loud voice stood on the bow of the ship and shouted: "I am the Great Ming Sailor!" Ling'er and others gather their sails and beg to surrender, otherwise they will be sunk immediately! ”

On the ship, an officer was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly looked at the strange-looking warship behind him, and then noticed the blue flag on the mast, and the sail and cannon on the right side of the flag.

"This ...... It seems to be a Fujian sailor?! He was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered the sails to be lowered, and reported to the ship behind him.

Murong Yi was a little disappointed - the first time he sailed alone, he killed two enemy ships enough for him to blow for a lifetime. But at the moment, he can't fire, although King Lu still sets up his own prison country, but anyway, everyone is a Ming Dynasty and is building a prisoner with the emperor.

He was about to give the order to turn around, but he heard the people on the Zhejiang warship shouting for help. He frowned, keeping him on guard, and picked up the man from the boat.

"You mean that the Zhejiang Sailor was just scattered by Jianyu?"

Murong Yi carefully looked at the ship with a telescope, and there were indeed several damages, as if they were injured by the cannon. He stared at the officer of the Zhejiang Navy Division again and asked, "So the Jianyu Navy Division is close to the left?" ”

"Yes! Be! They're heading to the Grassless Island! General Nguyen is a few miles away, I don't know where the Guishui Division Brigade is now? ”

"Twenty miles away." Murong Yi asked again, "What is the intention of the captive boat to go to Wucaoyu?" ”

"Hey, my sailor is here ......"

Murong Yi immediately said, "I'm going to tell Lord Admiral like this. When he saw that the man seemed to be about to return to his ship, he hurriedly grabbed him, "Your ship is too slow, just stay here." You go with me. ”

……

Although the damage to Ruan Jin's boat was not serious, it still had some impact on the speed. In addition, he only had half of the sailors on board, and he could not reach the top speed.

After another section, three Qing boats had come up from both sides. Immediately, the sentinel ships of the Zhejiang Navy Division desperately approached the enemy ships, trying to cover the evacuation of the main general.

The cannon of the bow of the enemy ship behind him had already begun to roar, but fortunately it was far away, and the shells only landed fifty or sixty paces from the stern.

If this continues, it will be a matter of time before the enemy catches up.

Ruan Jin turned around suddenly, drew his sword and shouted: "He's *mother*!" Death has to pull a cushion, brothers, fight! ”