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351 Sea Battle
There are several types of pirate robbery.

The first is organized and thoughtful robbery. Generally, they will choose to let some pirates pretend to be ordinary people to inquire about the reality of the merchant ship after the merchant ship enters the port.

If it is discovered that the strength of the merchant ship is not strong, or there is a large amount of gold and silver treasure on the merchant ship, the pirates will make an assessment before choosing to take action.

If the opponent is powerful or has a strong background, they will not attack.

There are also many methods of this kind of pirate robbery. Sometimes it is to find out the route clearly, and then ambush on the route.

Sometimes it is to send ships to follow and then intercept them at sea.

The second type of pirates are ordinary pirates. They don't go to the port to inquire about the situation. They usually just try their luck on the waterway.

If you encounter a powerful caravan, just ignore it.

The third type of pirates is the most powerful. They were originally normal merchant ships, and they were also engaged in maritime trade business, but if they encountered weaker merchant ships at sea, they would immediately become pirates, and then kill and rob.

The most famous pirates like this are Li Dan, Yan Siqi, Zheng Zhilong, and so on.

On the sea at this time, the fleets of the two sides sailed towards each other, but the distance between the two sides was at least ten miles away, and it would take some time to meet each other.
"Turn left to avoid."

Soon Chen Guangping issued an order.

He was going to bypass the opposing fleet at some distance.

Following Chen Guangping's order, the fleet of more than a dozen merchant ships began to turn left.

"The opposite side turned right? What do you mean? Is it a pirate?"

However, soon, everyone discovered that the fleet of more than a hundred ships on the opposite side turned right, just blocking the way of the fleet led by Chen Guangping.

At this time, the distance between the two sides had shortened to about seven or eight miles.

"All boats steer starboard."

Chen Guangping issued another order, and soon, the fleet began to turn right.

"Turn left on the opposite side."

However, soon, everyone discovered that not long after the fleet turned right, the opposite fleet actually started to turn left, as if trying to block the fleet.

"All the boats continued to turn right and turned around, keeping distance, let's go back to North Korea."

As the leader of the fleet, Chen Guangping issued another order.

Whether it is a merchant ship or a pirate on the other side, it is impossible for him to let his fleet come into direct contact with the opposite side.

According to the rules of the sea, when two fleets meet, they cannot approach the opposing fleet, because only malicious people or pirates would do that.

When two powerful merchant ships met on the vast sea, they would pass by at a certain distance unless one party called for help. Now that the opposing fleet is doing this, it has already shown strong malice.

So Chen Guangping immediately decided to return to the North Korean port.

North Korea is a vassal state of Ming Dynasty and has troops stationed there. If the opponent is a pirate, they should not dare to chase into the port.

"They are chasing after them with full sails. They are not good people."

Soon, everyone saw that after their own fleet turned around, all the ships in the following fleet had set up their full sails.

There are also some fast boats chasing towards Chen Guangping's fleet at high speed.

Although the other party did not fly the pirate flag, under such circumstances, the other party can already be identified as a pirate.

"It seems that this fleet should be the one from Tianjin."

At this time, a middle-aged man said to the others on one of the largest ships in the fleet of hundreds of ships.

"It should be. According to intelligence, they have a total of [-] large ships, which will sail along the coast of North Korea to the Hirado Domain of Japan." A young man replied.

"Grandma's, it's more than 200 million taels of silver, and it's about to be delivered this time." A big black man bared his teeth and said loudly.

"Those southerners are really insidious. They didn't dare to do it themselves, so they told us the news and wanted us to do it."

"Hmph, it's not that they don't want to see northern merchants intervene in maritime trade." One person said.

"Hey, what the heck, there are so many silver goods, just grab the fucker."

"I heard that these merchant ships were organized by the nobles in the palace. If we rob them, will we cause trouble?" When the matter came to an end, some people were worried.

"What are you afraid of? I, Li Dan, have been in this business for so many years, and I have never been afraid of anyone." The middle-aged man said.

"I heard that the emperor's treasury is poor and there are no rats. It's not as rich as a businessman surnamed in the south of the Yangtze River. This time organizing such a large fleet, I guess it's a waste of time?" Someone said in a mocking tone.

"Is your news outdated? I heard that the emperor is very rich. He has an eunuch named Zhou Qingfeng who is very good at making money. He can earn him several million taels of silver a year. He is called the God of Wealth by the people in the capital. said another.

"Whether he is the God of Wealth or not, he will rob his mother today."

"Hey, look, there are three big ships turning around and coming towards us."

At this moment, many people discovered that in the fleeing fleet ahead, three ships had left the fleet, and then turned around and came back.

"It is estimated that they are here to negotiate, or they want to hold us back. Let Liu Haigou's dozen ships entangle them, and the other ships will continue to chase them. We must keep all the ships." Li Dan, the leader of the pirates, gave an order.

At this time, Chen Guangping's fleet.

"Sir, will Li Guan take care of them and be okay?"

Looking at the three big ships turning around and leaving, someone asked the fleet leader Chen Guangping worriedly.

"It should be fine. Tianjin, Luoyang and Chang'an are both fast, and they can run away even if they can't win. Their mission is to harass and delay the enemy's pursuit." Chen Guangping said to the crowd.

It's just that when he spoke, he didn't even have the confidence.

Although he knew that several ships were equipped with artillery, he did not know the power of the artillery.

What's more, maybe the opponent's ship is also equipped with artillery.

On the Tianjin, Wei Zhongxian looked at the fleets of both sides that were getting closer and closer, and his expression was full of fighting spirit.

"Take charge, Boss Chen said, let us harass and delay the enemy, there is no need to go all out." Someone said to Wei Zhongxian.

"Our family knows this, just watch how our family hangs and beats them." Wei Zhongxian replied lightly.

As time goes by, the two fleets are getting closer and closer, 3000 meters, 2000 meters, 1000 meters...

Soon, the distance between the two sides was only 500 meters.

"Turn right, keep your T-head, and give our family a hard time beating them sons of a bitch..."

Following Wei Zhongxian's order, Tianjin, Luoyang, and Chang'an began to turn their rudders, drew a circle, and aimed sideways at the pirate fleet.

"No, the opponent has artillery."

Seeing three large ships facing each other, some people immediately saw that the other side had artillery.

"What are you afraid of? It's so far away. I don't believe it can hit us." One person said.

In this era, it was the Hongyi cannon used by European warships. The effective range of the five-degree elevation angle was only 500 meters, and the maximum range was only about 500 meters.

If two European fleets went to war, on the swaying sea, both sides would have to get close to within 200 meters to fire their artillery to be lethal.

Li Dan didn't believe that the three big ships in front of him could have red cannons.

But then, with a rumbling sound of artillery fire, and looking at the trajectory of the artillery shells flying from a distance, he was stunned with shock.

(End of this chapter)