Chapter 2281: Advancing in Relation

"Keep the speed!"

It was late at night, and Fang Xing was still awake. Xin Laoqi got a chair out, and he sat on the bow of the boat, with a charcoal pot at his feet, with fish grilled on it.

This was an unknown fish, very big. When it was caught during the day, it took more than ten sergeants to pull the rope and hold the fork. It took a while to catch it.

There was a small dish of mustard in front of Fang Xing. Grilled fish was dipped in mustard. This was his attempt today.

The sound of the sea breeze blowing the sails kept coming, and two lanterns were hung on the side, illuminating the bow of the ship.

This was a warship. Starting from the afternoon, Fang Xing took Fu Xian and others to the warship, and then the atmosphere suddenly became intense.

The tension was inevitable, but after Fang Xingxing asked someone to set up a barbecue grill on the bow of the boat, the atmosphere gradually became much more relaxed.

"Tender."

Fang Xing feels that the current seafood should not be contaminated, so there is no need to be too worried.

The juice was locked in the fish meat. Fang Xing dipped it in mustard, took a bite, and then swallowed it quickly.

"Cough cough cough!"

Fang Xing's coughing sound could be heard far away, and then he smiled and said, "This thing is powerful!"

Hong Bao was not in the mood to eat grilled fish. He sat under the lantern and looked at the sea chart, constantly calculating the place and time when the two sides might encounter each other.

Fu Xian was taking a nap. From now on until they encounter the enemy, the three of them must take turns sleeping.

Fang Xing ate the fish and said, "That's almost it. As long as they are still ambitious, it will be in these few days."

Hong Bao did not raise his head and said: "The enemy is clear and we are hidden. This is our advantage. It just depends on Lin Zheng's response. If we scare them all away, then this trip will be in vain."

"casual!"

Fang Xing patted the fish scraps on his hands and said, "If they retreat, they will be destroying their own morale. Think about it, the Ming army can scare you away with just three warships, what else can you do? "

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"We're taking a risk by sailing through the night. It's a crazy risk!"

"Yes."

Facing Lisbon's criticism, Smith's brow remained determined.

"What are we looking for?"

Frank's general said with some dissatisfaction: "They are just a small fleet. Do we have to catch up and kill them all? Regardless of whether we can catch up, even if we get our wish, is it worth it?"

The Lisbon general sneered: "There is no way we can catch up! Their three warships with firearms are blocking us there. Do our clippers dare to go? If we go, we will die!"

Smith still refused to compromise and said: "I bet they will slow down at night."

"You want to raid them?"

Lisbon's general covered his forehead and said: "You are really a madman, so you'd better pray that we find them at night, otherwise their firearms will cause us heavy losses."

"Are you going to silence me?"

Frank's generals didn't have much sailing experience at all. The whole country had been thinking about the war with Plantagenet, and they didn't have any maritime strategy, so they couldn't keep up with their thinking.

Smith held the silver cup and closed his eyes slightly to feel the bumps.

"Yes, since the war has begun, we must silence ourselves, otherwise it will attract Ming's revenge..."

The Lisbon general gave General Frank a look, and then sneered: "It's not about silence, but you want to see where the Ming Dynasty is, and how far it is, so that Plantagenet can formulate a strategy against the Ming Dynasty. …”

"Yes! There shouldn't have been a war at that time. Not only did that idiot start a war, but he also outflanked us from both sides. This was the hostility of Ciguoguo, a hostility that will be hard to explain in the future. Smith, it's time to call that idiot back!"

"Why?"

Smith took a sip of wine, looked sideways at General Lisbon instead of General Frank, and said, "Do you want the right to command the fleet?"

General Lisbon said angrily: "Now we are discussing the issue of war with Ming Dynasty. Who will command the war with Ming Dynasty? That is not something you and I can decide, idiot!"

Smith's face has a touch of blue,

General Lisbon became even more angry. He stood up and said: "Maybe Ming's small fleet is here to check. God knows if there is a big fleet behind. Smith, I said at that time not to send that idiot who despises Ming. You If you don’t listen, what should you do now?”

Smith stared at him and said coldly: "The sea is so big, everything belongs to the Ming Dynasty? If they had been weak at all before, the Ming Dynasty would think that we were afraid of them. What would be the result?"

He drank wine slowly and spoke slowly: "Mingren will force us to go back, and then we will fall into a situation with no way out again, and then..."

He looked at Frank's generals and said contemptuously: "Then we will start a war again. Is this what you want to see?"

There was silence for a while, and the crew's vulgar yelling and cursing came from outside.

The risk of sailing under full sail at night was too great, and the whole fleet was grumbling.

The lookout post is desperately looking around and must be replaced every hour.

Most of the lookout posts who were replaced were confused, their eyes were blurred, and they needed help to move around.

"sleep!"

Smith drained the wine in his glass, stood up, burped, and staggered into the cabin.

Later, snoring came from inside, and Lisbon and Frank's generals outside looked at each other.

"what should we do?"

In the darkness, the two walked to the side of the ship.

"What I am most worried about now is whether the Ming people's small fleet is intentional or a routine inspection. If they are specifically targeting us, then..."

"Then we should go back immediately. Smith, that idiot, always thinks that the three countries can defeat the Ming people at sea, but that is just his dream. Lisbon will never pay the price for this!"

"But the war has started now!"

"Yes, but we can call it a misunderstanding, right?"

"It's difficult. Our delegation has returned to the country after many hardships. He said that there are tough military people in the Ming people. They don't like us and even think we are from the wild world. Ha! Wild world, arrogant Ming people!"

The Frankish general said sarcastically: "In fact, we hope that the Ming people will set foot on the land. Yes, then we will put them in trouble and finally defeat them, and then... this world is ours."

"But you didn't inform everyone of this news!"

"Yes, this is the news that came with the supply ship yesterday, and there is another news..."

"We can't move forward anymore. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has some doubts. He hopes to withdraw before angering the Ming people, and then the three countries will discuss and each occupy some places. "

"What a good place!"

Even in the dark, the eyes of General Lisbon still flashed.

"There is land there that can produce bread, there are herds of bison, there are natives, there are minerals, that is ours!"

"Yes, so we shouldn't provoke the Ming people."

"We can explain that we came out, and then... I remember that the Ming army launched the attack first, we were just defending, and we didn't know their identity..."

"Yes, if we add that we continued to move forward, just to find the Ming army to explain the misunderstanding, wouldn't it be better?"

"Yes, yes, yes, you have to add this..."

"....."

The temperature in the early morning was good, the two sat on the side of the boat and chatted, and gradually fell asleep leaning against each other.

"The Ming people are just ahead!"

A sharp shout awakened countless people's dreams...