General Hong said: "It's almost enough. We have entered the reef and are far beyond the enemy's gunfire range. If we go further, there will be no escort, and we will also hit the reef."

Qiu Wuhen nodded and said, "Order to go down."

The messenger sent the order, and the three ships anchored among the rocks.

At this time, he let go of General Hong, inserted the dagger back, clasped his fists and said, "If you offend the general, you will still be in charge of the rest of the battle."

"What are you fighting for? I'm afraid I don't dare to come in."

"We'll have to wait until they know this is a coastal reef, but before knowing this, I guess there's still something to watch. Let's go to the deck."

Tie Anchor stared at all this with his mouth open. At this time, he wiped off a cold sweat and said to Qiu Wuhen with a trembling voice: "Master Qiu, our ship has not sunk."

"It seems like this. We were lucky. We ran to the middle of the rocks and didn't sink."

In fact, these reefs are quite far apart. It’s just that there is such a reef. If you want to avoid it, it doesn’t mean that you will definitely hit the reef if you pass by it. There are many shipping routes on the sea, and as long as there are rocks, you must avoid them.

, especially this kind of patchwork of rocks.

The soldiers on the watchtower laughed loudly, pointed to the back and said: "The Japanese pirate's ship must have hit the rocks, the hull has tilted and entered the water."

The Japanese pirate ships could basically see the appearance of the ship and surrounded it, trying to surround the Ming army's ship. They didn't know there was a reef in this area, so they rushed forward at full speed. As a result, one of the ships behind them had already hit it.

The reef began to sink, and ships on both sides were still outflanking it, but no reef was found. Several more ships hit the reef, which aroused the vigilance of the Japanese pirates. They immediately issued an alarm and the other fleets stopped quickly.

Dare to trespass again, and a boat starts to retreat.

The boats of these Japanese pirates were all unusually large, not as good as those of the Ming army. The boats were smaller, so it was easier to avoid the rocks located in deeper places.

However, the army looked for a place without rocks and began to encircle them. When they formed an encirclement, they found that three Ming army ships were just in the middle of the rocks. They did not dare to enter from any direction. They had already lost four battleships and one battleship.

They hit the rocks and were left there. The remaining three ships broke through their hulls and sank. Seeing the warships sinking, other fleets quickly put down their boats to rescue them, and the Japanese pirates also transferred from the small boats to other ships, but

More than half of the Japanese pirates in one ship had no time to move away, so they were dragged into the depths of the sea along with the ship.

So a stalemate formed. The Japanese pirates surrounded the Ming army and did not dare to enter. The Ming army stayed there and did not dare to go out. Qiu Wuhen was thinking about what Yao Hulu said based on the records at the time. This would be a huge storm.

It is estimated to cover thousands of miles. Once such a storm occurs, these Japanese pirates will die without a burial place. What about the Ming army? How did these three ships escape in this storm?

He said to the medicine gourd: "The storm will come in three days. How can we escape?"

Yao Hulu said: "On the nautical chart marked at the end of the 18th century, there is a small island about fifty nautical miles away from here. You can sail there to land on the island to avoid wind and rain. There happens to be a river on the island, and you can sail along the river.

The boat goes in and stops by the river, so that it can avoid the wind and waves."

Qiu Wuhen was overjoyed and said: "Why don't you get nautical charts from the late 18th century or nautical charts from the 19th or 20th century?"

"All the information I have is only up to the end of the 18th century, and nothing after that."

"This is an ancient information system. There is no modern information system at all. What are you doing?"

"There are some in modern times, but they were gone by the end of the 17th and 18th centuries."

However, navigation was very mature at the end of the 18th century, and many islands had been marked. The positioning system at that time was already very accurate, and the markings should be very accurate.

Qiu Wuhen immediately asked the medicine gourd again: "Please give me the specific location."

"I will guide you to that small island when the time comes. Printing out the chart will not be a good idea."

Qiu Wuhen also felt that if he printed out a nautical chart from the end of the 18th century, these people would definitely be surprised. You can draw flowers, birds, mountains and water, but if you draw a nautical chart, what the hell?

How do you know? It would be weird if you didn't think of him as a monster.

With the help of the medicinal gourd, Qiu Wuhen calmed down and said: "Let's eat and drink, let's consume it slowly with him first. It doesn't matter to us if we just consume it like this, we have prepared enough for half a year on the ship.

Food. I’m afraid they’ll be hungry if they can’t grab anything, so don’t be afraid, the consumption will also consume them.”

Tie Ao can only think about this until now. He wants to force the Japanese pirates to escape and withdraw, but there is no other way.

The leader of the team, Tie Anchor, said: "Mr. Qiu, we haven't had a drink together since we went to sea! I'm in a good mood today. Let's set up a banquet and let's just sit on the deck and watch the Japanese pirates who can't do anything to us. How cool it will be.

ah!"

Tie Anchor and General Hong also laughed. Now they can only play the piano under the coptis tree and have fun in the misery. What else? If you extend your head and retract your head with a knife, it is also a knife. What does it matter? Immediately ordered a banquet and asked the Ming army to also

Drink to strengthen your courage and calm your mind.

After hearing the general's order to stop the ship for a drink and rest, the officers and soldiers of the three ships went on the deck and sat in groups, drinking and eating while pointing at the Japanese pirate ship and yelling at them.

Of course, Qiu Wuhen and his friends were the only ones having a banquet on the deck at the stern of the ship, and several other ships also called over.

Qiu Wuhen asked someone to fetch the butterfly and cow water tanks and let them eat together here.

Butterfly had witnessed everything, so naturally he praised Qiu Wuhen again, but Qiu Wuhen didn't react at all, because he was really exhausted physically and mentally, so he thought that if Su Jinsong was in front of him, he might be acting awkwardly again.

Shui is also a dish-server. He serves me comfortably, so there is no need for a woman who talks nonsense.

Butterfly happily said to Qiu Wuhen: "Master Qiu, you are really powerful, but how did we escape? I was scared to death just now. The boat just passed by the edge of the reef, and it hit the reef directly if it missed a foot or two.

If we go up, then we will sink to the bottom of the water. The Japanese pirates’ boat must have been frightened as well. You also saw the Japanese pirates’ boat sink just now.”

"Of course I saw it. It was really satisfying to sink three ships. If we had just fought head-on with the opponent, could we have destroyed four enemy ships at once?"

"I guess it's quite embarrassing. They have more than 20 ships and we only have three. And their ships are taller than ours and have more cannons. We have no way to fight against them. I was just thinking about how to deal with it? I didn't expect that we actually

You ran into this pile of rocks. I heard that you asked the guerrilla general to give the order. There are rocks in this area."

Qiu Wuhen was a little strange and asked: "How do you know it was me who gave the order to the guerrilla general?"

"The general said it, you still don't know?"

It turned out that someone just asked the general why he thought there was a reef here and ran here to hide. General Hong did not want to take credit for Qiu Wuhen, so he said it was his suggestion, but did not mention Qiu Wuhen threatening him with a knife.

Regarding his matter, because it is now proven that Qiu Wuhen's idea is right for the time being, this kind of internal strife between senior generals certainly cannot be made known to everyone.

Qiu Wuhen smiled mysteriously and said, "The secret must not be leaked."

Butterfly was reluctant, with a face full of gossip, and leaned closer and whispered: "I often brag with businessmen, but I have never heard them say that there are rocks in this area. How do you know? Don't you know the unknown?

?”

"If I said yes, would you believe it?" Qiu Wuhen smiled lightly.

Butterfly wanted to say more, but the cow-water vat on the side said: "Master, you have been busy for such a long time. Eat something quickly, drink some water, stop talking to this woman, and take a good rest after eating." After that,

He placed a piece of beef for Qiu Wuhen in his bowl, and then brought the tea cup over.

Butterfly said angrily: "What do you mean by the cow water tank? What do you mean by this woman? I have a name, my name is Butterfly."

But the cow water tank looked disdainful and said: "What kind of butterfly? In our hometown, that thing is called a flower thief. Do you know what a flower thief is? Humph, don't think that such a name is nice. Who would name themselves a beast?"

A name that is worse than anything else.”

"you!"

Butterfly stood up angrily and pointed to the perfectly fine cow water tank on the side. Her body could not help but tremble, but she was so angry that she could not speak. This name was indeed given to herself after she came to the Central Plains. She thought it was all

She said that Butterfly is pretty, so she chose this name. She didn't expect that it would become so disgusting in this brat's mouth. She was really angry to death.

"Master Qiu, don't you care about your apprentice?" Butterfly said angrily as he looked at Qiu Wuhen, who was eating vegetables silently.

When Qiu Wuhen heard this, he raised his eyes and glanced at the butterfly, then looked at the cow water tank and said, "Water tank, don't be rude to Butterfly Girl."

However, these words sounded light and airy, as if they had no strength at all, and they seemed to be blown away by the sea breeze after saying them.

But the cow water tank was obedient. When Qiu Wuhen said it, he immediately nodded in agreement and stopped talking. He picked up vegetables for Qiu Wuhen and ate by himself.

Butterfly pouted and stopped talking.

During the banquet, Tie Anchor and General Hong came over to toast. Unexpectedly, Tie Anchor and General Hong also asked the question about butterflies.

First, General Hong asked: "Mr. Qiu, I have calmed down a bit now. I didn't react before. It has been an hour or two now. The Japanese warships in the distance are staring at us. It's really funny. All this

It's all because Mr. Qiu discovered this reef group with a radius of ten miles. We hide here, just like we hide from the birds in the thorns. The eagle wants to catch us, but it can't catch us. This feeling is so refreshing. By the way,
Chapter completed!