Pampering the sea

Xin Yue walked into the cabin quickly and tried to steer the helm, but the ships over there had already rushed over very quickly. It turned out that there were more than one official ship, and the five or six-year-old ships came along with the wind and surrounded Xin Yue's way.

They did not try to fire guns or other rude behavior. These official ships are still friendly. On the larger ship, a bunch of white flags was raised, which means that they can negotiate peacefully.

Xin Yue frowned slightly, looking cautiously at the few people who boarded her boat.

A dozen or so people knelt down on the deck with a plop, kowtowed and said, "Admiral Xin, please return to court."

Xin Yue raised his eyebrows lightly, and a look of surprise flashed through his eyes: "What are you doing?"

One of the leaders, Xin Yue, recognized that he was Fushun’s chief executive, Xu Yuan. He replied loudly: “Now the land of China is fighting endlessly, and there are golden soldiers from the north trying to overthrow the rule of Da Ming. The foreign invasion is even more serious. They have invaded the coast several times, occupied the Eastern Domain, and used this as a base to try to erode the rule of our dynasty step by step. The people in the coastal areas are in dire straits, and the Japanese pirates took advantage of the situation to invade, and even dared to openly hijack our official ship. Our rule is in jeopardy, Admiral Xin!"

It should have been expected that in the Ming Dynasty, the treasury was short of money and corrupt officials were in power. No matter how ambitious Zhu Yan was, he was at the end of his strength and could not sustain it. Moreover, when the foreign invaders emerged, he foolishly eliminated them. Chu Zhiling completely pulled out the excellent guards of the South Gate of China with his own hands. You must know that although Chu Zhiling is extremely powerful, even when he was in the limelight, he never thought about getting rid of Zhu Yan and replacing him.

The situation became serious all of a sudden, and Xin Yue could faintly smell the smoke of gunfire from afar. She frowned and asked, as if thinking of something:

"Where's Governor Yan?"

"Governor Yan..." Xu Yuan hesitated for a moment, but still said with great pain, "Governor Yan became sick from overwork and has been bedridden for more than three months..."

"What did you say?" Xin Yue stepped forward excitedly, "Is he so sick?"

"Yes, Governor Yan has been exhausted all day long and has already fallen ill, but he still insists on deploying troops. Just five days ago, he vomited a basin of blood. When we came out, he was unconscious." Xu Xu Yuan said, his eyes turned red.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Xin Yue asked excitedly with his lips trembling slightly, his face pale.

"Governor Yan said that we can't let us bother you... He said that he has always been very guilty of you, and he can't let you do things you don't like anymore. If we can't go on, we will not dare to disobey Governor Yan's order of."

"What is he guilty of?" Xin Yue raised his eyebrows.

"Governor Yan said that if he hadn't wanted to marry you, Chu Zhiling would not have come here, he and his confidantes would not have lost you because of Admiral Xin, and Admiral Xin would not have been depressed all the time. "

"Idiot!" Xin Yue didn't know where the anger came from, and kicked towards the railing of the boat, "Has his brain been eaten by dogs? How could it be his fault!"

"Where is Yan Zhan now?" Xin Yue tried to calm down and asked in a deep voice.

Ten days later, on the Southeast Sea.

A battle came to an end temporarily, and it was unclear who would win and who would lose. The remaining artillery fire lingered on the sea, the tattered sails floated on the water, and the sky was gray, as if heavy rain would come at any time.

The soldiers of the imperial court retreated to the stronghold of Cobalt Island, and the Dutch army retreated to the Zeranje Castle in the Eastern Domain.

A two-masted sailboat, led by several soldiers, avoided the mine placement site and came quickly from the northerly direction.

The woman on board was wearing a dark blue sailor uniform, with thick armor on her shoulders, with a pattern of bauhinia flowers on the armor, which was the admiral's uniform of Ming Dynasty.

"Who is that?" Some soldiers speculated.

"Isn't that... Isn't that Admiral Xin!"

The soldiers were in an uproar, overjoyed, as if seeing a great savior: "Admiral Xin is back!"

Under the leadership of the crowd, the woman walked quickly into an ancient mansion. Behind her, a soldier hugged a child who looked like two years old. Perhaps because the person hugging her was a stranger, the child seemed unhappy. On the child's shoulder, there is a jumping little witch mouse.

"Yan Zhan!"

Xin Yue walked into the room where Yan Zhan was, but only saw a thin and pale man. After not seeing him for so long, Yan Zhan became very haggard. In just over a year, he already seemed to be several years old. .

Realizing something, the man on the bed slowly opened his eyes. His eyes were as clear as before, and a pale smile appeared on the corner of his mouth:

"You are here, Xin Yue."

"Yan Zhan..." Xin Yue walked over and held his skinny hand, his eyes were red, "How did you become like this?"

"Why are you here?" Yan Zhan thought of something, frowned, the original joy of seeing Xin Yue turned into worry, "Don't worry about me, really, I'm fine..."

Before he finished speaking, a mouthful of blood escaped from the corner of his mouth, and then flowed more and more, wet his entire chin and the front of his chest.

His whole face was pale, Xin Yue frowned distressedly, and directly wiped the blood on his face with her sleeve, and then her eyes became more and more red, and the blood didn't wipe away, she directly hugged Yan Zhan into her arms, firmly He said calmly, "Yan Zhan, I'm here, so you don't have to work so hard. You should rest well and take good care of yourself."

"Report!" A soldier broke in suddenly and knelt on the ground, "The frontline patrol ship sent a message that a fleet appeared [-] nautical miles ahead. After observation, it was a joint force of pirates and the Dutch army. It was determined that the size of the opponent's fleet was an Ilis." Gunboat, use the flying wing formation to move towards the cruiser fleet in front of me."

Xin Yue stepped forward, walked up to the high watchtower on Cobalt Island, picked up the binoculars to observe the sea surface in the distance, and finally gave orders in a deep voice: "Send 10 blessing boats and 6 eagle boats to reinforce, the fleet Slow down, half-sail down, meet the enemy in a half-moon formation, the Fuchuan is on both sides of the wings of the Eagle Ship in the middle, and all ships are fighting in unison, ready to bombard."

"Yes, Admiral!" A dozen or so standard bearers said loudly.

"Why lower the sails half way? Now that the wind is on our side, the horizontal sails should all be erected, so that the enemy fleet formation can be broken up at full speed, and then divided and surrounded. Isn't it better?"

The person who spoke was a strong man with a height of seven feet. This person is a descendant of the famous anti-Japanese general in the Zhongming period. He is now the deputy admiral of the Imperial Navy. It is a very villainous role to run against Xin Yue in private under the name of "Chicken Sichen".

"I really don't know who your ancestors' brains have been passed on to?" Xin Yue crossed his chest, with a trace of disdain in his delicate and tired eyes, and sneered.