As the Folangjiman's warship fled the battlefield, the naval battle lost its suspense.

Even though the Ming Dynasty fleet was surrounded by three sides, the emergence of suicide-style clutches made the Japanese pirates unable to defend themselves, and the battlefield was one-sided. The remaining time was completely controlled by the Ming sea ships and the battle situation was regained.

The surrounding waters were very lively that night. Wherever the Ming Dynasty ships went, the bandits who fell into the water moved closer to the ships regardless of their own. This was their only hope for survival. Even being a prisoner was better than drowning.

As for the fleeing Japanese pirate ships, they could not escape far away. The fireworks that kept rising up the sky illuminated the sea. The Ming warships rushed over and greeted them with cannons. After a series of beatings, the pirate ships successively raised white flags and surrendered. Those who were ignorant of each other were all sunk. In the end, only a few ships escaped, but it was still difficult for them to have a way out, because their back road, Jiushan Island had been captured by the imperial soldiers and could only migrate to a farther island. In the south, there were sea ships from local garrisons forming an interception network, just waiting for them to fall into the trap.

It was not until midnight that Chen Xi came out of the cabin. At this time, his command ship was extremely lively. Some generals who had completed the combat mission returned to the Ming army's ship formation. They took a small boat to the command ship, waiting to report the results of the battle with Chen Xi.

When Chen Xi left the cabin door, Hu Songyue was talking to Lin Heng about his gains in this battle. This time he caught or caught more than 3,000 prisoners, and the ships he commanded were almost unable to accommodate them.

"grown ups!"

After seeing Chen Xi come out, these generals all became serious, and their eyes were filled with admiration for Chen Xi.

"Um."

Chen Xi nodded slightly, not asking these people about the results of the battle.

Hu Song jumped over and wanted to say something, but Chen Xi raised his hand and stepped back. Then Chen Xi looked at the dim sea in the distance and asked, "Have you completed the tasks you have taken?"

Lin Heng came over to report: "The battlefield has been basically cleaned up, but there are still thieves and thieves fleeing to the east and south. The night is confused and it is difficult to catch up. Now the ships we sent out have come back one after another."

Chen Xi nodded: "It's good to win. To combat the Japanese pirates, we can't rely on us alone, but also on the soldiers of the coastal guards. We are only responsible for eliminating the main force of the Japanese pirates, and leave the rest to them."

Hu Songyue asked hurriedly: "Sir, will those fish that have escaped the net not chase? There are still huge safety hazards after they escape... Where can the local garrison troops have combat effectiveness? Even if it is peaceful for a while, in a few years, will it be rekindled?"

Chen Xi glanced at Hu Songyue: "Do we have so much energy to chase after you? Your Majesty has arrived in the new city, our mission has been successfully completed, it's time to go back."

Hu Songyue became the target of public criticism for a moment, and felt a little ashamed and bowed his head and said nothing.

Just at this moment, someone came to the big ship, and this time he brought a prisoner.

This prisoner can be said to be an old acquaintance of Chen Xi. He was the unlucky Guijiang Liwei who almost died at the hands of Hashimoto and escaped after the defeat in the war. He fled on a small boat and was still captured.

"Sir, the thief has been captured."

The person who escorted Jiang Liwei over was Yun Liu.

In Yunliu's opinion, Jiang Liwei can be regarded as the culprit. In the information she obtained, Jiang Liwei has a very high status among the Japanese pirates. At this time, it is impossible to determine who the bandit leader is. It just happened to catch Jiang Liwei to make up for the number, which is considered to boost the morale of the army.

Jiang Liwei fell into the water when she was captured, and then was beaten by soldiers for trying to break free and escape. If Yun Liu had not been recognized by many people, Jiang Liwei might have been thrown into the sea to feed the fish.

For ordinary soldiers, they have no patience. Whenever they encounter unhonest bandits, they will throw them back into the sea. When they encounter those who are not speaking Chinese, they will also suffer such treatment. However, some people will still gain people, after all, the number of people is considered military achievements.

Jiang Liwei no longer had the pride he had at the beginning. At this moment, the person was almost slumped on the ground, venting more and getting less breathing. Chen Xi glanced at him and waved his hand: "Go down first, wait until you go back to interrogate."

"Yes, sir."

Then Yun Liu took the people away with him.

After Jiang Liwei was escorted, the ships led by Li Pin also came back, and the number of prisoners escorted on these ships was greater.

Chen Xi went to the side of the boat to check the situation. Hu Songyue followed Shen Xi and asked, "Sir, the thief leader has been caught now? Do you want to kill him and establish his authority?"

Chen Xi said angrily: "How do you teach me how to do it?"

Hu Songyue said embarrassedly: "There are too many thieves captured in this battle, and I don't know who the leader of the thief is. Only so many thieves know who is in charge of the family. It's better to kill them. If you finish them all... In short, these people have murder cases on their hands, and it's better to die."

Chen Xi ignored Hu Songyue. At this time, the big ship was approaching, and Li Pin and others also came over in a small boat to report military information to Chen Xi.

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The waves of reports and results were sorted out, and it lasted until the second half of the night.

Although Chen Xi took a break for a while in the middle of the night, he was a little sleepy after handling the matter for a long time. Yun Liu was by his side and took the initiative to share the burden for him.

After all the generals from all sides came to see each other and confirmed that all the problems on the battlefield were resolved, Chen Xi finally let go of all his worries.

Chen Xi issued an order, and the fleet was still docking in place for the time being, and could not completely clean the battlefield at night. After checking at dawn, it would set sail to the nearby port.

"Sir, I didn't expect this battle to end so easily. We can go back and report to His Majesty earlier." Chen Xi finally saw the general return to the cabin, and Yun Liu said behind Shen Xi.

Chen Xidao: "It is not necessarily a good thing to go back early."

Yunliu didn't understand what Chen Xi said, and asked curiously: "Who is willing to continue leading the army to the Nanpinggang?"

Chen Xi shook his head: "The Japanese pirates have come to an end here. However, without the excuse of suppressing the Japanese, the existence of the new city will be criticized by too many people. In fact, it is not a good deed, and I may have to go back to the capital."

Yunliu probably understood that Chen Xi didn't want to go back to Beijing, and seemed to have other plans, or Chen Xi simply wanted to stay in the new city.

Just at this moment, a guard at the door came in and reported: "Sir, I have captured a lot of thieves, some of which are Japanese, and it seems that there are thieves in it. Should I be escorted to interrogate?"

Chen Xidao: "Let's talk about it when you get on the shore, take care of people. Send the order and set off tomorrow morning."

"Yes, sir."

The guards took the order and left.

When Chen Xi turned around, he saw Yun Liu dazed and asked, "What's wrong?"

Yun Liu came to her senses, her face turned red, and she lowered her head shyly: "It's okay, sir, I'm thinking about something, I don't know what to do after returning to the new city..."

Chen Xi didn't say something, but Yun Liu couldn't understand it. The two maintained a tacit understanding. Chen Xi stopped asking. Now he was going to meet that old friend and prepare for the return trip tomorrow.

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Chen Xi took Yun Liu to the stern of the command ship. Jiang Liwei was tied to the wooden pillar on the deck, and she looked very depressed and lost her soul.

Under the reflection of the torch, Chen Xi led people forward. Jiang Liwei's eyes had a little more spirit, but it was completely different from the heroic posture that Jiang Liwei revealed when Chen Xi first met.

At this time, Jiang Liwei was more like a stray dog.

Chen Xi looked at Jiang Liwei, but Jiang Liwei looked at Chen Xi without any courage. Finally, he said in a weak tone: "If you want to kill and cut, you will be punished."

Chen Xi shook his head slightly: "I want to kill you and won't wait until today... You are very interesting. Every time you do things you don't do, you always stay with the losers. I don't know if they are unlucky or you have implicated them... I come to see you today, and there is something to ask for advice."

Jiang Liwei asked disdainfully: "It's useless to ask. I told you, will you let me go?"

Chen Xi said: "Do you think I want to ask you about the rebellion of King Ning? How can you hide such a thing from me? You are not intending to surrender to the enemy in the Japanese pirate formation, but just act on orders... You are always ambitious and willing to die like this?"

Jiang Liwei looked at Chen Xi, but he didn't expect the other party to tell him about the rebellion of King Ning.

However, he immediately realized something. Some of the Japanese pirates betrayed King Ning, and Chen Xi only learned about the situation that day.

Chen Xi seemed to see through his thoughts and sighed: "But King Ning wants to use the Japanese pirates, it is too naive. I already know the conspiracy with Qian Ning. If you want to use him to assassinate Your Majesty, can you do such a wolfish ambition?"

"Kill me!"

The secrets hidden deep in Jiang Liwei were discovered by Chen Xi. He was a little crazy and suddenly aroused a force, struggling and shouting.

Chen Xi shook his head: "I won't kill you. I said I'll ask you if you have something to do."

Jiang Liwei gritted her teeth: "You know everything, what's there to ask?"

Chen Xi smiled faintly: "I can find out some things, but I may not know some things... I was assassinated many times, and I knew that the person who wanted to kill me was not as simple as Marquis of Shouning, Marquis of Jianchang or King Ning. Do you know who is behind the scenes?"

Jiang Liwei didn't expect Chen Xi to ask such a question, saying, "There are too many people who want you to die!"

Yun Liu next to him also looked at Chen Xi with surprise. It was obvious that she didn't expect that Chen Xi was most concerned about at the moment, and the assassination of Chen Xi did not receive enough attention. The investigation afterwards ended. As the intelligence leader, she was very clear about this.

Chen Xidao: "It seems that if you don't know, then you will have no use value to me!"

After saying that, Chen Xi stopped stopping for a long time and turned around to leave. Jiang Liwei shouted, "Stop!"

Chen Xi did not turn around, and stopped and asked with his back, "Why, what have you remembered?"

Jiang Liwei said: "Do you want to kill me or torture me slowly? Give me a pleasure! The person who wants you to die the most in this world is me. Just think that I did the things I did before, and I only want to die now."

Chen Xi smiled and said, "You should die, it's not my turn to say that you have always wanted to kill me, but unfortunately you don't have a chance. Why not keep you and see if you have a better chance in the future? Your life is from the court and has nothing to do with me! You will be escorted to the shore like other prisoners of war."

"You just want to torture me, you are a devil! Even if I become a ghost, I will not let you go!" At this time, Jiang Liwei could not do anything except say harsh words.

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Back at the cabin, Chen Xi sat there closing his eyes and pondered, and his whole body seemed very quiet.

Yun Liu stood beside him, silent for a long time, and finally couldn't help asking for instructions: "Sir, will you send someone to investigate the previous assassins after you go back?"

Chen Xi looked at Yunliu and shook his head gently: "Do you think I am really resentful of what happened before and ask? I just want to know an answer, but he has already told me."

Yun Liu said: "Sir, who sent someone to assassinate you...is Jiang Guyan, or King Ning? Or is it the relative of Zhang's family?"

Chen Xi stood up and said, "Who is it? I can't tell you in detail, but in fact, there are too many people who want me to die. In the past few years, I have not lost any good reputation, but have attracted many enemies. My existence threatens too many people, and it is not surprising that they want me to die. If His Majesty had no trust in me today, maybe I would have disappeared in the court long ago, and would not have been at the forefront like now."

Yun Liu lowered his head: "For a hero like me, it is impossible for the Chinese civil and military officials in the court to not be suspicious of you, even Your Majesty may..."

"Things are not as simple as you think!"

Chen Xi sighed: "Maybe the person who supports me the most in the world should be suspicious of Your Majesty... My friendship with Your Majesty is not a monarch and minister, and teachers and students are as simple as this. I cannot explain many things to you clearly. For a successful person, if you want to escape unstoppably, the best way is to retreat bravely, but I am not willing to let go of the glory and wealth in front of you."

"Don't you want to change the court? Why do you want to withdraw?" Yun Liu continued to ask.

Chen Xi shook his head again: "What I want to change is not the court, but the world, the times, and a kind of order. However, the current world does not allow me to do this, otherwise it will attract a storm-like attack, which is far from something you and I can bear... But I thought of a solution, but unfortunately I can't tell you for the time being."

Yun Liu suddenly became confused again.

Chen Xi said that she found a method, but said that the world was incompatible and inconsistent. With her ideas, she obviously didn't understand what Chen Xi was going to do, but she vaguely felt that it was related to what Chen Xi said to take her away before.
To be continued...