On the opposite side, a large small black line appeared at the end of the line of sight between the sea and the sky, gradually getting bigger, gradually clearer, several clippers on the left and right wings arrived first, seeing this fleet intending to intercept from a distance, the two clippers hesitated, depending on whether they couldn't believe it, or to observe whether there was an ambush around, they seemed very cautious.

After a long hesitation, the two clippers turned around and returned, and the other jumped far away from the interceptor fleet and detoured to the side to look for clues.

This fleet is composed of the aborigines of Changhuan Island, commanded by Tie Niu and two other old men surnamed Ye who are experienced in naval warfare.

The scout boat didn't notice anything wrong in the vicinity, so it couldn't help but approach slowly, and sent a flag asking about the identity and intention of the other party.

Although Tie Niu's character is wooden and not good at communicating, his style is absolutely tough and resolute, and his answer is only one word, war.

Liusang's reconnaissance clippers didn't talk nonsense, they immediately retreated, and sent the news back to the fleet commander, in their opinion, the leaders of these militia-like Dongsheng fleets must have something wrong with their heads, just their dozen ships, under normal circumstances, it's okay to deal with some pirates who don't enter the stream, but they are facing the powerful invincible fleet of the Liusang Empire, and they are looking for death by doing this, and there is no other result.

Soon, the commander of the fleet, Jiro Kusamoto, got the news that as the commander of the navy, he had enough wisdom and clear insight, but even after that, he couldn't figure out what these people were going to do for a while, and repeatedly made sure that there were no ambushes from the other side in the surrounding waters, so Jiro Kusamoto cautiously ordered the fleet to slow down its advance, send more reconnaissance clippers to check farther away, and then expand the map to observe the nearby sea areas and the position they are in.

After a long time, Jiro Kumoto raised his head, his brows furrowed even tighter, he saw from the chart that there were often large whirlpools in the area of dozens of miles behind him, and some of the ships that had been ryusang in the past were destroyed by these whirlpools, so there was such a detailed record.

Mu Ye, who had been standing respectfully beside Herboto Jiro, put down the telescope in his hand at this time and said, "General Herboto, I have seen those ships, if I am not mistaken, they should be from Long Roundabout." ”

Herboto Jiro asked suspiciously, "Long roundabout?" Didn't you say that Cai Ning, the leader there, had already agreed to cooperate with us? And already in action? ”

Mu Ye was also puzzled, but still explained: "The situation on Changhuan Island is a little complicated, Cai Ning, originally a pirate from the eastern seas, and then hid in Changhuan Island when he encountered trouble, there is a pirate gang on the island that calls himself Hengsha, they seem to be very unfriendly to our Liusang Empire, they were still very peaceful with Cai Ning's suppression before, and now Cai Ning took his people to Nanzhou, these people may be." ”

Herb said with interest: "These people just came out and died? ”

Mu Ye had followed the herb for many years, and knew that this sentence was not a joke or ridicule, so he hurriedly stood up and bowed his head and saluted: "This is just the humble opinion of the lower official, and please ask the general to decide." ”

At this time, the fleet of the Liusang Empire had stopped, and compared with the Hengsha pirate Yaoyao on the opposite side, the one hundred and twenty large ships were a little out of contrast with the dozen ships on the opposite side. Jiro Kusakamoto pondered for a moment and said, "When the reconnaissance clipper comes back, if there is no problem, Mu Ye, I will give you ten heavy battleships, can you end the battle in half an hour?" ”

Mu Ye raised his head with his chest straight, saluted a military salute, and said categorically: "I will definitely complete the task." Jiro Kusamoto nodded in satisfaction, turned his head to look at the fearless fleet opposite, and somehow, he felt something bad in his heart.

Not long after, the reconnaissance clipper came back to report that no ships were found within a dozen miles nearby, and Herboto Jiro pondered for a moment and said to Mu Ye: "The first battle belongs to you, I hope you don't let me down and don't embarrass the empire." ”

Mu Ye was overjoyed, and after saluting, he left the flagship and returned to his warship. Mu Ye came out with ten heavy warships, the same lined up, it seemed that he was going to fight with the opposite ship one-on-one, Herbamoto Jiro didn't feel anything wrong when he saw this, in his opinion, this is the most correct choice, such a tactic, in order to give full play to the advantages of heavy warships, to minimize the damage, otherwise in a group battle, if the other party concentrates firepower to attack a target, it will inevitably cause quite serious losses to their own side, if he is in command, the same protection chooses this tactic.

Another general, dressed as dark and skinny as a monkey spirit, withdrew his jealous gaze and respectfully asked, "General, what are we going to do next?" ”

Herb's eyes sharpened and glanced at the person who spoke, and said with a smile: "Inoshi, how many times have I said, be calm, and don't affect your mood for the things in front of you." "Inoshi's salute, but he was a little unconvinced in his heart, unconvinced why General Herb would let Mu Ye fight, instead of himself, this is the first battle.

Herboto Jiro smiled faintly: "You don't have to be envious, these are just unpopular opponents, the real battle is in Nanzhou, where a heroic warrior like you can play." Hearing what herbs said, Inoshita's heart was settled, and his eyes were full of anticipation and bloodthirstiness.

Herb continued: "It's okay to leave it to Mu Ye here, let's move on, and we must arrive within the estimated time." ”

In response, the well received the order and instructed the herald to convey the meaning of the herb, and then asked in a low voice: "General, what should that Cai Ning do?" Is it really necessary to give him so many ships and booty? ”

Jiro Kumoto turned to look at Inoshita: "Inoshita, you have followed me for more than ten years, right?" ”

Inouchi replied respectfully: "It's been thirteen years, General." ”

Jiro Kusamoto nodded, looked at the sea in the distance and said with emotion: "When you first joined the navy, you were still an ordinary soldier at that time, and thirteen years have passed in a blink of an eye, and you have changed from a soldier to a general. ”

Insuba said gratefully, "Thanks to the general's support." ”

Jiro Kumoto waved his hand and said: "You can't say that, if you don't have the ability, even if I help again, it's useless, today's achievements belong to you, you have made countless contributions to the empire, this is what you deserve." I'm old, this is the last time I will go out with my army, and when our Liudong Holy Empire is destroyed, and we Liusang get the land we deserve, it will be the time for me to retire, and then the navy will be handed over to you, I hope you can cooperate with Mu Ye sincerely to develop the imperial navy into a stronger one. ”

Hearing this, Inoshita's heart pounded, taking over the navy, that is, becoming the commander of the imperial navy, this day he has been looking forward to for a long time, but the body of Jiro Kusamoto is tough, I thought that this day was far away, but I didn't expect it to be so close.