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Chapter 1388 Enemy Traces

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    Because the Dongzhong Station was attacked by pirates, Li Dayin moved the inspection fleet out of Songjiang Camp and stationed it in Zhoushan, which guarded the north-south waterway.

    ????????? Eleven sea-going ships with a cost of 500 tons, two sea-going ships with a cost of 300 tons, and fifty small and medium-sized ships with a cost of less than 200 tons. After supplementation, there are 180 monks and more than 2,500 fleet officers and soldiers.

    A fleet of this size should be considered the largest fleet assembled by the Ming Dynasty in the past hundred years. Although it cannot fight against the East China Sea Island Lord Alliance, which is characterized as a pirate, it can play a certain deterrent effect if used properly.

    On the seventh day of May, the fleet once again headed toward the northeastern sea to Shengsi Island to further expand the scope of exploration.

    Zhao Ran waited in Jingyang Tower to meet Rong Niang who had returned from the Baochao Department: "Why are you back so late?"

    "Many people gathered at the gate of the Ministry of War Yamen and the Chaotian Palace, demanding that the Taoist Gate and the Ministry of War severely punish the pirates. The roads are blocked and carriages cannot pass."

    "It seems that the people's support can be used."

    "Our Ming Dynasty has not suffered such a loss for many years, and the people are very angry."

    Zhao Ran said with emotion: "Well done to the people, they all support the Taoist sect, and we can't let them down. I plan to send Master and Disciple Gu Kexue to serve in front of Li Dayin's army. What do you think?"

    "It's okay if you think it's okay. Why do you ask me?"

    "The military situation is urgent and I would like to use the Cloud Lily."

    "You want to go too?"

    ¡°I¡¯m not going, I¡¯m just going to let Master Gu Kexue and his apprentice ride on the mist and lily to go there, it will be faster, haha.¡±

    Rong Niang glanced at him: "The main thing is to requisition my Cloud Lily, right? Isn't it enough to just say it plainly? Do you need to beat around the bush?"

    Zhao Ran chuckled and held Rong Niang¡¯s hands tightly: ¡°You understand the righteousness!¡±

    When Gu Kexue¡¯s master and apprentice arrived at Shengsi Island by the mist and lilies, Li Dayin almost thought that Zhao Ran had come in person, and asked: "Zhi Ran is willing to lend this good thing out?"

    Gu Kexue said: "Abbot Zhao said that we will obey the command of the envoy of Li Yuan and ask the envoy of Li Yuan for orders!"

    Li Dayin did not hesitate, and directly called Zhou Keli and Ling Congyun over, asking them to point out the key points of Gu Kexue's master and apprentice to detect the enemy's situation at high altitude.

    Half an hour later, the Infinite Rosette and the Cloud Lily rose into the sky at the same time, and the two flying instruments were dispatched to the north. The Cloud Lily floated and marked the direction after being fifty miles away. The Infinite Rosette used the former as a reference point to extend its exploration range outwards.  Thirty miles away, the two flying instruments formed an eighty-mile long exploration axis, sweeping out a fan on the sea.

    With no harvest for three consecutive days, Li Dayin was waiting for news of the pirates' next robbery.  Emotionally speaking, Li Dayin did not want the tragedy of robbery to happen again, but from a military perspective, he looked forward to the pirates' whereabouts being exposed again.

    On the tenth day of May, he finally received the news that pirates had robbed Clam Harbor.  Clam Port is also in Huai'an Prefecture, but it is further south than Dongzhongsuo and closer to Zhoushan.

    Because the news of the robbery of Dongzhong had spread to the villages and towns along the coast of Huai'an Prefecture, Clam Port was prepared in advance, discovered the pirates' movements earlier, and rushed the people at the dock into the city.  The city gates were closed tightly, and the local garrison stationed in the city came to defend the city and were on tight alert.

    In the end, the pirates only robbed some fishing boats in the dock and retreated without anyone being hurt.

    "Three ships, one search for three hundred materials, two ships for one hundred materials, this is why they dare not attack the city wall of Clam Port." Gu Kexue reported to Li Dayin.  He was sent to Clam Harbor to understand the situation, and was shocked by the bold actions of the pirates. Three small and medium-sized ships dared to rob a dock in a county town in broad daylight, which showed how arrogant the other party was, and how weak the Ming Dynasty's coastal defense was.  .

    Who made Ming Dynasty always regard enemies in the West as its primary threat?  This is what it is like without coastal defense. Wind leaks from all directions, and the enemy can attack wherever they want. There is no way to defend against it.

    Of course, these pirates are not extremely arrogant. At least they know how to grab and run away. Otherwise, they will be blocked by Taoist monks on the shore and die without knowing how.

    Hearing the number of three ships, Li Dayin was a little moved, and discussed with the people below: "I want to eat these ships, firstly to punish the murderer severely, and secondly to boost the morale of our army."

    Someone asked: "If we attack north, will we be ambushed? What if this is a way for the pirates to lure the enemy deeper?"

    Li Dayin said: "We have been stationed at the Songjiang Camp a long time ago. We have been vigilant for fifty to one hundred miles every day. We have basically guarded the north and south waterways. Such a large fleet of pirates wants to sneak past us.  In the past, it was very difficult, and it would be good to just pass a few small boats sporadically. So I guess that the main force of Wutong's thieves is still in the south."

    The sea is vast, the direction is difficult to discern, and the celestial phenomena are unpredictable, so the boat's route is always based onThe island sign is one stop at a time. If there is land as a reference, it will be safer. Generally, it will not be more than a hundred miles away from the land.

    Zhou Keli and Ling Congyun used the infinite rosette to sweep a distance of more than fifty miles every day, and the sight could even reach seventy or eighty miles. This range was actually equivalent to covering the waterway from south to north.

    In particular, the Island Owners Alliance has a very large force of ships. It is said that there are thousands of ships. It would take a whole day to find a ship group of this size appearing and then disappearing right under your nose.

    Unless they sail at night.  However, with thousands of ships sailing at night, this operation is too difficult and extremely dangerous.

    This is why Li Dayin judged that the main force of Taoist Wutong was still south of Zhoushan.

    Of course, he was not indifferent to opinions. He immediately said that while the fleet was searching north, it would move the Infinite Rosette twenty miles forward to provide the fleet with sufficient early warning.

    The only worry is that if the pirates use the strategy of seducing the east and attacking the west, they will definitely not dare to divide their troops for the first time. After the fleet moves north, if the Yangtze River mouth is released, the pirates will take advantage of the opportunity and invade.  Yingtian.

    He told Zhao Ran about his worries about the flying talisman, and Zhao Ran replied: "It is up to the fleet to decide whether to go north to clean up. But what you are worried about is really unnecessary. Under any circumstances, the pirates will definitely not dare to go up the river, otherwise it will become a disaster."  If he really dares to enter the river, he will not be able to leave the sea!"

    Li Dayin suddenly woke up and immediately sent an order. At the beginning of the next day at Mao hour, the fleet headed north.

    That night, Zhao Ran stood blankly in front of the big table in Jingyang Tower, staring at the sea chart without saying a word, and said nothing for a long time.

    Rong Niang handed over a bowl of elixir soup, forced him to drink it, and asked: "Don't worry too much. Didn't you say it was just a few boats that missed the Zhoushan channel? Could it be possible that we will lose the battle?"

    Zhao Ran said: "It's not that I'm afraid of losing. If I really encounter those small boats, there's no chance I'll lose. I'm looking at where these enemy ships are. I'm afraid I won't be able to find these three ships. We need them too much."  A victory.¡±

    Rong Niang pointed to Zhoushan and asked, "What if the pirates take over Zhoushan?"

    Zhao Ran said: "If he dares to occupy space, he is seeking death."

    Rong Niang asked again: "Then what if we neither occupy any space nor enter the Yangtze River Estuary, but chase after Li Dayin and outflank him?"

    Zhao Ran said: "Yunmiao Lily is staying in Zhoushan, specializing in exploring the waterway. Once the main force of the pirates is found, he will inspect the fleet and eat those few ships, and then go to Denglai."

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