About fifty miles away from the sea where the Ming army fought against Pattaya, another hundred warships were quietly anchored on the back of a deserted island. Unlike the more than a hundred warships pieced together in Pattaya, this fleet seemed much more regular. They even painted their warships with a unified color like the Ming fleet.

This is naturally the most powerful country in this sea area, the fleet of Manila. Now they are like poisonous snakes, hiding on the side and peeking. Once they seize the opportunity, they will rush forward with lightning speed and seize their own fruit of victory.

As Chen Ci guessed, the commander of the fleet that came out of Manila was not Umberla, but Manila's national prime minister Luo Yishui.

Just as Pattaya made a bet on the national fortune this time, Luo Yishui also knew that once he took action this time, he would have turned against the Ming people. Therefore, he could not allow a Ming people fleet to break out. As soon as the war broke out, he would even block out the outward passage of this sea area and cut off the news, so that the Ming people would not be able to obtain any news here in a short period of time.

He needs time to integrate this sea area.

How could he be assured to let Umberla command such a war that concerns the life and death of Manila? Until now, Luo Yishui still believes that the possibility of both sides losing money in this naval battle would be greater. The Ming people were too arrogant, and Ning Zeyuan was too crazy. If he led one or two fleets to arrive here, the situation would be completely different.

The battle between the two sides will not end in a short period of time. Pattaya gathered more than a hundred large and small ships, and Ning Zeyuan also pieced together dozens of warships. Considering the strong combat effectiveness of the Taiping, this should be a even-match battle.

Evenly matched is exactly what Luo Yishui wants to see most. If one side is too strong and the other side is too weak, then he will have no chance to make profits. This is also the reason why he sent the pirates under his control to Pattaya.

The sky is clear, the sun is shining brightly, and the breeze is gentle. This is the best weather for naval battles! Luo Yishui, who was sitting in the mountains and watching the tiger fight, lying comfortably on a recliner with his eyes closed, enjoying the gentle massage of the sun and sea breeze, waiting for good news to come from ahead.

Once the war has tendency to come to an end, the pirates who are under their control in private will send warships to report to them. At that time, it is the opportunity to attack.

I didn't notice that a goshawk was lingering for several times above my head and then left again.

Above the sea, a fast ship appeared alone in the sight of the Manila fleet.

Luo Yishui, who was sleeping, received a report and opened his eyes in confusion and walked to the side of the ship. It shouldn't be, why did the result come out so quickly? In his estimate, this naval battle may have to be played for one or two days before the outcome can be truly decided. Why did the news come out so quickly?

The Clippers were getting closer and closer, but Luo Yishui's face slowly sank.

The ship was here, but it was not the ship he was hoping for to deliver the letter, because this clutch was a standard Ming army clutch, and on the bow, a man sat cross-legged on the bow.

That's Chen Ci.

Luo Yishui was shocked and suspicious. Chen Ci didn't know that he would lead the crowd to come this time. The location where he was stationed was a secret, but why could he find this place directly?

The Clippers quickly moved forward and soon arrived in front of the fleet. Chen Ci raised his head and looked at Luo Yishui, who was also staring at him from a warship not far away. He pulled the corner of his mouth and showed a bitter smile.

After a while, Chen Ci boarded Luo Yishui's battleship and stood in front of Luo Yishui.

"How is it?" Luo Yishui said nothing else. The two of them have been working together for more than ten years. They know that what extra words they said at this time are all more harmful to each other. It is better to open the door and directly enter the most substantial part of the problem.

"It's over!" Chen Ci seemed extremely tired, not physically but mentally. First, today's battle process had a great impact on him. Second, Luo Yishui violated the matter he had discussed with him in advance and appeared on the side of the battlefield, which made him feel very tired.

"Speed ​​victory? Ming army?" Luo Yishui showed an incredible look in his eyes. Because the Clippers who sent Chen Ci were from Ming people, to be strict, they were Zhou Yangfan's subordinates. He even saw that the sailors of the Clippers were still greeting his subordinates loudly. Zhou Yangfan has been stationed in Manila for many years. His subordinates and the Manila navy often held some military exercises together and even joined forces to clear pirates, and were not unfamiliar with each other.

Chen Ci looked at Luo Yishui and slowly said, "It's not only a quick victory, but also a complete victory. The Ming army was led by the Taiping, and six warships participated in the battle. More than 100 warships in Pattaya lost nearly half. The rest had no way to heaven and no way to enter the ground. They were surrounded by six Ming warships, and finally had to fall sails and anchor and surrender to the Ming army."

Luo Yishui blinked his eyes, as if he was listening to the biggest joke in the world. Six warships surrounded dozens or hundreds of warships, and in the end they forced their opponents to surrender. Is he listening to the myth?

But Chen Ci has never been a person with a sense of humor, he is the most stern soldier.

"What's going on?" Luo Yishui's voice was filled with an extremely heavy look.

"The real speed of the steam-powered warship is far beyond your imagination." Chen Ci said slowly: "In the entire battle, Pattaya warships never successfully approached about two miles of the Ming army's warships. They could only watch the Ming army attack them. Beke is also a famous general. I watched him use all his skills and show everything an excellent general could do, but it was useless in front of enemies that were stronger than he imagined. Prime Minister, I watched him struggle desperately for his own eyes, and I felt that kind of mood."

Luo Yishui widened his eyes, "About two miles, how could it be about two miles?"

"It's more than two miles?" Chen Ci looked sad. "The main gun on the Taiping ship was five miles away from the Pattaya fleet. After one shot, a main warship was sunk. Two miles were the range of their side guns."

"What cannon is so powerful?" Luo Yishui said in horror.

"I don't know." Chen Ci sighed, "But I saw their power, just above the Taiping. In addition to the head and tail of the ship, each equipped with a giant cannon with a range of five miles, the entire ship is also equipped with more than 140 port guns. Don't launch a death attack. More than ten warships, after being surrounded by six and a half Ming ships, a volley was gone."

Luo Yishui took two steps back, fell to the chair behind him, held his head with both hands, rubbed his head fiercely, and then suddenly raised his head.

"How do you know I'm here?"

"I don't know, it was Ning Zeyuan who told me. He said, "You are in this direction, about fifty miles away from them. Then he asked the fast ship to send me back and asked me to ask the prime minister what he intended?" Chen Ci shook his head.

"What do you mean? What do you mean? Of course, I came to help him fight." Luo Yishui said with a slutty smile. "Old Chen, do we have no hope?"

Chen Ci shook his head slowly: "Prince of the Kingdom, can you and I compare to Umbela in naval battles? Can Umbela be better than Beko? Even though our combat power is stronger than Pattaya, can we fight this way? Beko has committed suicide." He turned around and looked in the direction of the battlefield. "At the speed of the Ming ship I observed, it will take at most half an hour to get here from the battlefield. Prime Minister, if they want to attack us, it will be in a flash, and our fate will not be much better than Beko."

Luo Yishui turned around several circles on the deck in a scorch: "Old Chen, you said, if we go to help Ning Zeyuan at this time, will he believe us and let us participate? Since Pattaya no longer exists, we can't just watch it like this, and we can't get anything? The battle at sea is over, but the battle on land is not yet."

Seeing Luo Yishui still thinking about getting a share of the pie in this struggle, Chen Ci shook his head and said, "Prime Minister, don't think about it. This time, the matter has nothing to do with us. What we have to do now is to quickly bring this fleet back and bring it back to Manila. I am worried that Ning Zeyuan will be very fierce and will rush to get rid of the weeds and destroy us on the sea."

Luo Yishui's body shook slightly.

"You mean, we won't get anything?"

"I can't get anything. What the Prime Minister wants to calculate next is probably how much we have to pay." Chen Ci said: "Ning Zeyuan has already made the kings of those island countries go crazy. In the following days, these island countries will take out the last bit of strength they can take to participate in this battle to conquer Pattaya. This is a gluttonous feast in Guafei Pattaya, but it has nothing to do with us."

"What does Ning Zeyuan want?" Luo Yishui was silent for a while and asked dejectedly.

"What he wants now is Umbella's head." Chen Ci glanced at another battleship in the distance, which was Umbella's flagship. "The rest, I'm afraid the Pattaya incident will be over."

Luo Yishui's face turned red, "He is trying to cut off one of our strong arms at the sea."

"When a man kills a knife, I'm a fish." Chen Ci sighed: "What else can I do? The Prime Minister, let's do it. This time, if the requirements of the Ming people are not met, we may have ruined our efforts for more than ten years."
Chapter completed!