At this time, I was at the stern of the ship. When I heard the shouts of the ship's boss, I hurriedly cheered up and went to the fifth floor to look around. Sure enough, I found a medium-sized ship in the southeast direction.

Since there is no reference at sea, it is impossible to accurately estimate the distance between the two. A rough visual estimate is at least a hundred miles away.

The boss of the ship had listened to everyone's conversations before and knew what kind of situation they were facing. This time he suddenly discovered the ship and couldn't help but feel nervous and panicked. "Master, what should I do?"

At this time, he was looking at the ship in the distance. When he snatched the ship from the dock last night, he clearly remembered that in addition to the one he snatched and the two that were set on fire, there were other ships parked on the dock, but he was not sure what was ahead.

Did this ship also dock at the dock last night?

Hearing the captain of the ship shout, he lowered his head and looked down, "Have we entered the route recorded on the maritime map?"

"Just merged into a safe route." The boss of the ship replied.

While talking to the boss of the ship, Datou and the others heard the sound and looked to the southeast in the direction they were looking at, and soon discovered the ship.

Datou was not at the scene when they robbed the boat last night, so he looked at Yang Kai and others, "Do you remember if there was such a boat on the dock last night?"

Yang Kai and Yu Yi were not sure, so they did not answer immediately. Shi Xuanming shook his head and said, "There are a few ships similar in size to this one, but they are all the same, so there is no way to be sure whether they are the same ship."

After Shi Xuanming finished speaking, Yang Kai said in a deep voice, "Now that the two countries are at odds, the freight must have stopped a long time ago. This route leads to Japan, so it is very likely that it is a Japanese pirate."

Datou jumped up and turned over to the roof, "I'll go over and take a look."

"Don't worry, wait a moment." He waved his hand.

"Our ship is big," Big Head said. "If we can see them, they can definitely see us."

Still no answer.

"My lord, look," Datou raised his hand and pointed south, "is that little black dot a homing pigeon?"

Following the direction pointed by Big Head, he looked towards the southern sky and found a small flying bird. He had the cultivation of purple energy and could see farther than Big Head. After a closer look, he discovered that the flying bird was indeed a homing pigeon.

"It's a homing pigeon." He nodded.

Hearing the words, Datou immediately made a gesture to Miss Bai beside him, "Go and catch..."

Before Datou could finish speaking, he waved his hand to stop him, "Don't worry, let me think about it."

"My lord, please hurry up and make up your mind," Datou urged anxiously, "It's still too late to intercept it now. Once it flies far away, it will be difficult to catch it."

This time, I didn’t think about it secretly in my heart, but sorted it out by talking to myself.

The clue is, "Their release of homing pigeons means that they are not sure of capturing us and want to call in reinforcements. Everything has pros and cons. If we stop the homing pigeons, the good thing is that the Japanese pirates can't bring in any more reinforcements, but the bad thing is that the Japanese pirates on the shore don't know that we are serious.

We have sailed into this route, and our purpose is to lure them back to Japan and let the Japanese pirates on the shore know that we are here, and they will definitely swarm in and chase them. In this way, our purpose will be achieved.

.But if the homing pigeons are released, a large number of Japanese pirates will come later, and we cannot change our route at will at sea, let alone abandon our mounts, so how to escape next is a big problem."

"Should we arrest him or not?" Datou asked eagerly.

At this time, I had already made a decision in my heart, but I didn't speak immediately.

Da Tou didn't understand why. He saw the homing pigeon flying farther and farther, and became more and more anxious. "My lord, please make up your mind quickly. Miss Bai is still young and is not very good at catching. Even if you let it catch it, it may not be able to catch it."

"Let him catch it, but don't let him catch it," he finally said. "We have to lure the Japanese pirates to the sea, and we can't let the people on the boat in front know that we deliberately let go of the homing pigeon."

Hearing the words, Datou suddenly understood, and immediately ordered Miss Bai to take off and arrest her.

The Japanese pirates knew that they had a golden eagle on their side, so they ordered Miss Bai to fly up, so that the Japanese pirates could see it and be more convinced that everyone on their side was on the boat.

The fact is as Datou expected. Although Miss Bai is huge and flies fast, she is not yet an adult and has not yet mastered the hunting skills. She was quickly thrown away by the carrier pigeon and finally returned disappointed.

This is exactly the result we want to see. Whether it is a person or a mount, they all need a process of growth. No one can reach the top in one step.

After letting go of the carrier pigeon, they turned their attention to the ship ahead again. After discovering their own traces, the Japanese pirates not only did not slow down, but instead raised their sails to speed up, widening the distance between them.

Datou also noticed that the enemy ship was raising its sails and accelerating, "Your Majesty, there shouldn't be many experts on that ship, otherwise they wouldn't be able to keep a distance from us."

Before answering, Yang Kai on the fourth deck said, "It may be that he is deliberately showing weakness to lure us to catch up."

After pondering, he said to the boss, "Take the tung oil and go over to find out the details of your opponent. Pay attention to safety and don't fly too low."

Da Tou nodded in agreement, stepped down lightly, and went with Yang Kai and others to move the tung oil and set up the fire.

Big first class

When everyone was busy, they returned to the first deck and came to the boss of the ship. "We definitely can't catch them with the sail alone. If we add the boatman to row with all his strength, can we catch them?"

"It should be possible." The ship boss nodded.

After nodding, he said no more.

Not long after, Miss Bai flew up with the big head and the oil jar, flying towards the enemy ship in the distance.

No matter how fast the ship ran, it could not be faster than the birds. It didn't take long for Miss Bai to fly over the enemy ship. You could see that the big head dropped the burning oil jar, but I don't know whether it was thrown incorrectly or was thrown down.

The Japanese pirates were put out in time, and the oil altar they threw down did not ignite the enemy ships.

Miss Bai turned around and headed west, and the big boat everyone was riding in quickly headed east. After a while, Miss Bai flapped her wings and flew back, jumping down with her big head, "They are Japanese pirates, but they are very cunning. They seemed to have guessed that we would burn the boat and wet it in advance.

Off the deck.”

He didn't ask if there were purple energy masters on board, because he had not seen purple energy appear on the enemy's ship before, which meant that the other party did not use spiritual energy. He could not see the opponent's complexion, and Datou naturally could not confirm it visually.

At this time, everyone gathered on the first deck, and the ship's boss stood nervously aside, waiting for orders from others.

"I asked the boss of the ship just now, if we accelerate with all our strength, we can catch up with them, tell us." He said.

Everyone naturally knew what they wanted to say, but Datou was the first to speak, "I still feel that there are no experts on the ship. Their carrier pigeon has been released and the message has been sent back. Let's catch up and burn their ship.

Then go back before their reinforcements arrive and let them chase eastward."

Although Datou often quarrels with Shi Xuanming, when it comes to business matters, the two of them have quite the same opinions. After Datou said this, Shi Xuanming nodded immediately, "It makes sense, I second your opinion."

"Since they dare to catch up, they must have someone to rely on. They can't be just minions," Yang Kai said. "They are definitely not our opponents in a head-on confrontation, but this does not mean that they are unable to burn our ship."

"I agree with Yang Kai's statement," Yu Yi nodded sternly, "Although their ship is small, there must be a lot of Japanese pirates on board. Once they start taking action, they will definitely set fire to each other separately. It will be difficult for the five of us to stop them all.

."

After a brief pause, Yu Yi said again, "We will definitely win if we really fight, but we may not be able to save our ship. This is what I am most worried about. We only have this ship. If it is damaged,

, there is no way out.”

What Yang Kai and Yu Yi said did make sense. Da Tou did not stick to his point of view, but looked for another way, "Can you

Send us to their ship?"

Yu Yi shook his head, "No, because I haven't observed the ship at close range. I have to see clearly what's going on on the ship before I can use the Right Eyes Dharma Cang."

After everyone expressed their thoughts, they turned to look at the boat boss who was waiting on the side, "Let the boatman row with all his strength and catch up."

The boss of the boat nodded in response, then shouted loudly, ordering the boatman to go down to the cabin and speed up the oars.

Everyone didn't know the specific plan, so they all turned to look at him, waiting for him to speak.

Said, "I can activate pure Yin spiritual energy to generate ice floes, hover on the sea surface, and after approaching the enemy ship, the big head rides Miss Bai to board the enemy ship. I will directly board the ship on the waves, and all three of you will stay to guard the ship.

, to prevent the enemy from boarding and destroying the ship."

Although Yang Kai and the other three didn't say anything, the expressions on their faces clearly showed that they didn't quite understand the distribution of troops.

Seeing this, he could only explain, "After catching up, our ship always kept a distance of more than ten miles from theirs. Jushan's cultivation level can fly over two miles at a time, and Dongyuan's cultivation level can fly over five miles at a time.

, and the Taixuan cultivation base can only fly eight miles at most. They don't have the ability to walk on the waves like me, and they will fall into the water after the spiritual energy they mentioned is exhausted, so ten miles is a relatively safe distance."

He paused briefly at this point, then continued, "Simply keeping a distance cannot be foolproof. We also have to beware of them sending people to dive for sneak attacks. Except for the five of us, no one on the ship knows martial arts, and the ship is so big.

, we must leave three people for guarding. Datou and I can come and go freely, and Datou's movement skills are also very mysterious. After boarding the enemy's ship, we will not fight the enemy head-on, but only destroy their ship.

"

After hearing the explanation, everyone's doubts disappeared and they nodded.

At this time, our own ship had begun to accelerate, and all the boatmen were rowing together. With the favorable wind, the ship cut through the waves and headed east quickly.

After sensing our own acceleration, the enemy ships also began to accelerate. Their ships were smaller and faster than our own ships. In addition, their ships carried less cargo and had a shallower draft. After acceleration, their speeds were also lower.

Very amazing.

Although both sides were accelerating, the distance between them was still slowly closing. After half an hour, the distance between the two ships was less than fifty miles.

Just as He and Datou were packing up their things and preparing to take action, the ship in front suddenly turned to the left and deviated from the course.

Seeing this situation, the captain of the ship hurriedly looked over, "Master, what should I do?"
Chapter completed!