Liu Hongsheng stood beside Yu Zigao. "Sir, in my opinion, we might as well chase the group in the south first. You see, although the fleets in the northeast are obviously fewer, the ships are all warships. It will be not easy to take down these pirates.

But the fleets in the south are very complicated, slow and large in number. Such a team will definitely be easy to fight. Why not send the ship to defeat the pirates in the south first, and then concentrate on fighting the group in the east."

Yu Zigao looked at the sea and said, "Okay. But I don't understand, these pirates are obviously one, but why do they go in two directions?"

"It is not difficult to understand with the view of a humble position. I heard that after Xu Xinsu's death, the people of the Xu family had already been in a mess to compete for the position of the boss. Xu Hai was one of them. Apart from Xu Hai, there were two other factions. One was led by Yu Ren, and the other was led by Xu Keming, son of Xu Xinsu."

"Yu Ren!" Yu Zigao muttered, "I have the same name as Ren'er from my elder brother's family." Speaking of this, Yu Zigao sighed. "Do you know what kind of origin is this Yu Ren?"

"I heard that he was originally a businessman in Songjiang Prefecture. I don't know how he colluded with Xu Xinsu. Although he was young, he was deeply trusted by Xu Xinsu and had a very important position in the Xu family. What's more important is that his father-in-law is still the leader of Japanese Chinese businessmen. He is the backstage of the Li pirates we attacked last year." Liu Hongsheng obviously put a lot of effort into this bandit suppression.

"No wonder. It seems that the person who goes northeast must be Yu Ren. The person who goes south must be Xu Keming. OK, order the team to go south at full speed. Today I will capture Xu Keming alive and present it to the court."

Liu Hongsheng bowed and took the order.

Yu Zigao was still standing on the watchtower and did not go down. Seeing Liu Hongsheng sending thirty cliffs to pursue the pirates south, Yu Zigao was relieved. He was very confident that his thirty cliffs could definitely catch up with these pirate ships.

I don’t know why, although I knew that Yu Ren could not be his cousin, Yu Zigao was still unwilling to fight him.

Shortly after their clutches set off, the sea suddenly changed. The dozen warships that had originally fled northeast suddenly turned and met their clutches.

At this time, Liu Hongsheng had also returned to Yu Zigao's side.

"grown ups."

"Didn't you say they were split? Why would Yu Ren come back to save them?"

"I don't understand this," said Liu Hongsheng. "But, my news is absolutely not wrong. I got the news from a confidant next to Xu Hai. He saw them quarreling on Nansha Island with his own eyes. It is said that he almost started to get his sword.

As for why Yu Ren came back to save Xu Keming, Bei Zhi really couldn't figure it out."

Yu Zigao glared at Liu Hongsheng, "Let's ignore the news of you. Since Yu Ren is going back to the air to fight us, that's right. You go and send an order, let the big ships be in front and the fast ships be in the back, line up on the sea. Defeat them first, the remaining pirates are not worth worrying."

Liu Hongsheng quickly went down to pass the order. Yu Zigao looked at the seventeen warships lined up in front of him, and his eyes showed a hint of excitement. These seventeen large ships were the strongest opponents he had encountered since he led his troops. Judging from the equipment of these pirates, they still have considerable strength.

Although these seventeen ships are commercial and war dual-purpose ships, the artillery fire on the ship is not weak at all; on each ship, there are no less than fifty cannons of Xiao Folang.

Although the opponent's fleet was very strong in combat, Yu Zigao didn't take them seriously yet. Because compared with the nearly 100 warships he brought, the combat effectiveness of these pirates was not worth mentioning, especially his five large lucky ships. If you only fight, you don't need other ships. Just these five large lucky ships, Yu Zigao believes that you can solve the opponent's seventeen warships. Therefore, he believes that as long as his fleet encircles these pirates, they can be wiped out in less than two hours.

Fighting with your own fleet, these pirates simply hit stones with eggs.

When Yu Zigao was proud, he suddenly found that the seventeen pirate ships on the opposite side began to turn around and flee northeast again. Because he placed his five great blessing ships in front of him, although the two fleets were very close, they could not catch up, and the distance between the two sides was gradually widening. At this time, the fleet that was originally facing south was getting farther and farther away from them.

The pirate's ship is lighter than Yu Zigao's large ship and is naturally faster. Yu Zigao saw that the fat meat that was about to reach his mouth was about to slip away, so he was not willing to let go.

"Quickly, let all the fast ships chase forward, don't let them run away." Yu Zigao said, and asked Liu Hongsheng to send an order, "Leave twenty lucky ships No. 3 to pursue Xu Keming southward."

Yu Zigao's main ship was slower and could only follow the Clippers far away with a large ship. Seeing that fifty Clippers were about to approach the pirate ship. The pirate ship suddenly dispersed in a fan shape. Then, it launched a fierce attack on the Clippers.

Seventeen pirate ships concentrated artillery fire to ten of the Clippers. Although these fifty Clippers counterattacked in time, the number of artillery installed on the Clippers was limited, which poses little threat to the pirate ships. When Yu Zigao saw this, he became anxious. He was too clear about the weaknesses of his clutches. If he fought with these pirates like this, in a short time, all of these fifty Clippers would be reimbursed soon.

"Hurry, go and transfer the twenty-two-no-3 ships that are pursuing Xu Keming." Yu Zigao shouted to Liu Hongsheng. The twenty-two-no-3 ships are currently the only ship that Yu Zigao can chase after Yu Ren's fleet except for small clutches. Yu Zigao saw that his clutch was being eaten by Yu Ren's warship one by one, but he could only watch and could not arrive in time, so he couldn't help but curse.

When Yu Zigao's big ship arrived, his clutch had been sunk by more than ten. When Yu Ren's fleet saw his big ship arrive, it did not fight him, but just turned around and ran away. Before Yu Zigao's artillery could be fired, Yu Ren's pirate ship had once again escaped their entanglement and sailed to the northeast.

Yu Zigao was furious and furious, but there was no way. Although his fleet is much stronger than Yu Ren's, he seemed to be using anti-aircraft cannons to hit mosquitoes, which was not powerful enough.

"Sir, don't worry. I heard that Yu Ren has always been very cunning in wars. Their ship is fast. If we use the Clippers, the firepower is far from their opponents. I guess he will not fight us hard. However, there is no way to deal with these guys." Liu Hongsheng looked at Yu Ren's fleet that had already left them in front of him.

"Oh! What's the best way for you?"

"Although their ships are faster than our big ships, they are slower than our fast ships. We just need to entangle them with the fast ships and let the big ships follow closely. Although they cannot destroy them, they will not get rid of us. Our fleet has sufficient supplies. And there is no supply ship for these seventeen ships. I believe that they will have difficulties in replenishing them. At that time, if we don't have to do anything, they will surrender to us on their own initiative."

After hearing this, Yu Zigao nodded slightly, "What you said makes sense. However, I am not in a hurry to destroy them." After saying that, Yu Zigao narrowed his eyes and glanced at his subordinates.

"My lord means, keep a close eye on them and force them into a hurry. In the end, they will definitely take us into their lair. In this way, can all these pirates be wiped out?"

Yu Zigao glanced at Liu Hongsheng with approval, "It's still Hongsheng who knows me. It's important to know that it's easy for me to really wipe out these pirates in front of me.

However, they were just a side branch among the pirates. Previously, I thought they were really divided into several factions, going their own way, and not taking care of each other. However, you also saw the scene just now. Yu Ren actually returned to the ship to rescue the group of people who were heading south at the risk of being surrounded and annihilated by us. What does this mean? It means that they were not split at all.

In this way, even if we wiped out the pirates of the seventeen ships in front of us, the main body of the Xu pirates is still there. Looking at the direction they headed south, it is likely that they have gone to Dongfan Island. Dongfan Island is close to our Fujian, only one sea away. If we let them go this time and wait for them to gain a firm foothold on Dongfan Island, they will become a major disaster for our Fujian."

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