The two sea ships that came slowly at sea were the two sentinel ships sent by Shimazu Tsukihisa, the warships were not big, but they were highly mobile and fast, so they could be used to escape immediately after discovering the Yan fleet.

The two ships together numbered no more than seventy or eighty people, and on each ship stood a tall flagpole with a large flag fluttering on it, on which was a large gourd painted with gold.

The style of the two ships is very different from that of the Central Plains ships, although the Japanese are barren and backward, but the style of the ships is also beautiful, and on the sides of the two ships, every arm's length there are small flags with golden gourds painted on them, and every three steps away, a Japanese samurai stands like a stone statue, holding a spear in his left hand and holding the handle of a sword hanging from his waist with his right hand.

Their armor is also very different from that of the Central Plains samurai, compared to the armor made of copper and iron sheets of the Central Plains samurai, the copper and iron pieces on the armor of the Japanese samurai are very small, mainly made of bamboo strips, but the helmets of these samurai are very tight, protecting the entire head tightly, and even some of them protect their faces, leaving only their eyes and mouths.

What's even more strange is that these warriors all have a small flag on their backs, high above their heads, rattling in the sea breeze, and golden gourds painted on them.

The two ships are still worn, and when they look at the past, they are full of large and small flags, which is quite imposing.

Under the moonlight, the two Japanese ships slowly moved forward, and the Japanese warriors on the watchtower naturally did not have the binoculars that Han Mo's fleet had, so they could only send a crew with excellent vision to keep an eye on the movements on the sea on the watchtower.

The two ships wandered in this sea area, just because they knew very well that this was the only way for the Yan merchant ships to go to the South Seas, but after the last battle, the Yan caravan returned with a feather, and they were afraid that they would not dare to come over again in the short term.

In the cabin, a stubby leader over forty years old sat cross-legged on a cushion with his armor hanging aside, and behind him sat two armored warriors cross-legged on his knees, motionless.

The bandit had no hair on the front of his forehead, and after the half-moon-shaped baldness, he wore a very strange bun, which was at a forty-five degree angle to the bald head, which was very different from the hair bun of the Central Plains.

At this time, the bandit leader was holding a wine plate, Yaxing was full of sake, and in front of him was performing the Noh music of the Unomaru country, which was a very strange dance, two dancers in strange costumes danced strange materials like a machine in the not spacious ** cabin, but there was a chatter like a resentful spirit in the mouth, so that the cabin was shrouded in an eerie atmosphere.

It's just that the bandit leader of the wine watched it with relish, and even shook his head, obviously very satisfied with being able to enjoy such a show in this environment.

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Just as the bandit leader's interest was high, suddenly a soldier quickly entered the cabin, knelt down on one knee, and muttered a call.

The bandit leader's face changed suddenly, he threw the wine saucer in his hand on the ground, suddenly got up, opened his arms, the two warriors behind him quickly took off the armor, and put on the armor for the bandit leader very skillfully, and when the armor on his body was put on, a samurai carefully took the helmet, which was an extremely strange helmet, with two large and long antlers erected on it, and when he was dressed neatly, the bandit leader covered by this armor was also majestic, and he strode out of the cabin and came to the deck.

On the deck, the Japanese warriors were already waiting solemnly, a warrior approached, and reported to the bandit leader again, the antlered bandit leader walked quickly to the bow of the ship, looked ahead, only to see a few black shadows faintly appearing on the sea under the moonlight, and the black shadow was slowly approaching this side.

The leader of the bandits looked at it carefully for a moment, and suddenly looked surprised, and turned his head to shout, and the crew on the tower immediately waved their flags, and for a time the ship was full of people, and there was a roar from the bilge.

Soon, the two ships had already turned around and were ready to evacuate.

Their duty is to find out the news of the Yan fleet at sea, once encountered, they must evacuate as quickly as possible, and return the main force of the Japanese army, although they are only facing the merchant ships of the Yan Kingdom, but the previous few encounters, but also let them realize that this merchant fleet is not an ordinary businessman, their crews are brave and good at fighting, so with the strength of two ships of less than 100 people, these two exploration ships will never dare to face the Yan merchant fleet head-on.

But they were confident of escaping the pursuit of the merchant fleet.

They already know very well the speed of the merchant ships of the Yan Kingdom, although most of the Japanese ships are not as fast as the merchant ships, but the two exploration ships sent out, if they paddle forward with manpower, then they are definitely in the upper hand in terms of speed, and it is precisely because of this that they will be honored to get this task of sentinel detection.

At this time, the south wind was in full swing, and the bandits knew that they could not retreat south, and if they pulled up the sails, the sails of the merchant ships would be much larger than their own, and they would not necessarily be the opponents of the merchant ships in terms of speed.

Therefore, the two Japanese ships were maneuvered, turned their bows, and retreated to the east, while the leader of the antlers immediately turned to the stern, and when he saw that he had distanced himself from the merchant ships behind, he immediately burst out laughing, full of pride.

He turned around and gave a few words, and some of his subordinates took the order and left.

At this moment, I suddenly saw that in the night sky in the north direction, it suddenly lit up, as if a meteor crossed the sky, but this time the "meteor" that appeared was obviously not one, but several "meteors" rose into the air, and the "meteors" that appeared at the same time were like dazzling gems inlaid in the black sky.

The head of the antlers frowned, suddenly his expression changed, as if he realized something, and clenched the handle of the knife on his waist, and at this moment, from the bow of the ship, there was a sudden exclamation, the bandits on the lookout pointed to the east and shouted loudly, the head of the antlers was shocked, and led a group of people to quickly run to the bow, only to see that the bow had gathered more than a dozen people, all of them were panicked, the head of the antlers squeezed through the crowd and stepped forward, looking eastward, this look did not matter, only to see two sea ships also appeared from the east, One was a Yan merchant ship that the bandits were more familiar with, while the other was more than twice as large as the merchant ship, like a hill on the sea, and was quickly blocking this side.

Such a huge warship was something that the bandits had never seen before, and the oncoming sense of domineering and oppression made the bandits stunned for a while.

They used to think that those merchant ships of the Yan Kingdom were already not small, but today when they saw the oncoming giant warships, they realized what it means to have a sky outside the sky, and compared with the other party's warships, their own warships are like the difference between dwarfs and giants.

And by the moonlight, the bandits could even clearly see that the ship's first shot was cold and cold, like a bronze eagle rushing towards it to tear itself apart.

It is conceivable that once the bow of the other party's ship arrives, its own ship will definitely be shattered.

Everyone panicked, and they had already guessed that this time they were afraid that they had fallen into the trap of the Yan people.

At this critical moment, the Antlers Bandit fully demonstrated his name as the "Bandit Leader", he shouted loudly, and the samurai on the ship remained calm, and even drew the scimitar at his waist and pointed to the north, shouting loudly.

He is really not stupid, now there is a strong enemy in front of him and there are pursuers behind him, there is no way in front and back, he can only break through on both sides of the flanks, and go south, although it is fast to go downwind, but the other party will be faster, it will not take a moment to be chased by the other party, at this time, it is still a line of life to the north, at this time it is late at night, if you flee to the north and get rid of the Yan fleet, then you can completely detour and return and meet with the main fleet.

It's just that the antlers general forgot for a moment that the fire that sent out the signal just now was precisely from the north, and at this tense moment, although he kept his identity and tried his best to calm down, he still forgot about this fatal factor.

As for his men, they were already in disarray, and they did what the leader of the antlers commanded, and with a command, the two ships immediately turned northward, and the sailors in the bilge, knowing that their lives were at stake, rowed with all their might, and at this time they were eager to turn into a fish and burrow into the sea to escape this fate.

The ambush ships on the southeast and west sides of Yan Kingdom received a signal from the north, and they had already set out at full speed, like three giant sharks on the sea, pounced on the prey that had been drilled into the bag.

The leader of the Antlers watched the pursuers behind him from the stern of the ship, terrified, and prayed only for their Amaterasu Okami to show mercy and let them survive this ordeal.

He already had a faint feeling that it would be difficult to get rid of the pursuing ships tonight.

At this moment, he heard a frightened cry from the bow of the ship, and the ship was full of shouts, which made the leader of the antlers frightened, and he didn't have to think about it to know that there must have been an enemy ship on the north side.

He was running towards the bow of the ship, suddenly heard a "boom" sound, and heard a scream, in horror, but saw a huge rock suddenly appear in the air, the huge stone with a fierce momentum, as if falling from the sky, "bang" and smashed on the side of the ship, the two warriors on the side of the ship were immediately smashed into flesh by the boulder, and the deck was also smashed through a hole.

"Yaga!" Although the antlers bandit leader's dress was majestic, but his movements were embarrassed at this time, holding the side of the ship, the hull of the ship swayed, and the boulder still flew over in an endless stream, just a moment, there were more than a dozen boulders hit the ship, the top of the cabin was smashed into a large pit, the boulder was no coincidence, but the two Noh dancers who were resting in the cabin were smashed into flesh, and the mast was broken by the boulder, and after the thick and long mast fell, it fell down heavily, crushing the two samurai, and they couldn't live.

In the face of the attack of the boulder, the bandits on the two ships cried and screamed, but there was no power to fight back, they could only run around, dodging the boulder, but the boulder came as soon as it was said, and some people were still looking for a place to hide, and a boulder fell down on their heads, and suddenly became smashed into meat sauce.