Since those people wanted to escape, even if they knew that Han Du would catch up by sea, they had to follow the mature sea route.
Early the next morning, Jiang Ming rushed to Han Du with a tired look on his face.
Han Du boarded the warship with the chart, and without any hesitation, he chased the people in the direction of their escape. Han Du pursued all the way. Although the warship was definitely faster than the Fu ship, due to this
The sea route had to pass through several large islands. Handu had to send people to explore around the islands before continuing the pursuit.
If we don't investigate, what if those people hide somewhere on the island, wait until Han Du chases them, and then turn around and run back, wouldn't that mean they get rid of Han Du?
Han Du would rather go slow and explore these islands thoroughly, step by step until those people are cornered.
But as a result, Han Du was wasted too much time. Han Du followed the sea route eastward to check the past, and along the way he could find all kinds of domestic garbage left by those people on the sea. Based on this, Han Du
Then you know that the direction you are following is correct.
More than ten days later, Jiang Ming suddenly came to report.
"Uncle, we found them."
"Where?" After chasing them for more than ten days, they finally caught their traces, and Han Du couldn't wait.
Jiang Ming stood next to Han Du and pointed forward to the right, "On the edge of the island in that direction, Wang Dou found traces of the lucky ship."
If a lucky ship is found in a place like this, there is no doubt that it is those people.
Han Du held up the telescope and took a look. Because there were clouds and fog around the island, Han Du couldn't see clearly.
"Drive over."
As the fleet approaches, the island gradually appears in everyone's field of vision. But is the island a little too big? A thin black line on the sea level extends infinitely to the left and right.
Even Jiang Ming and others, who are used to seeing islands, couldn't help but be stunned and said in a daze: "This, is this an island? Is it too big?"
After hearing Jiang Ming's words, Han Du suddenly came to his senses and recalled a certain big island, his face darkened involuntarily.
Turning around and taking out the map and sextant, Han Du faced the sun and began to calculate. After the calculation results were obtained, Han Du's face not only did not improve at all, but became even more gloomy.
Zhang Chao saw Han Du walking out of the cabin with a bad expression, and said quickly: "Uncle, all the blessing ships are parked on the beach in front. There are nineteen ships in total, and there are quite a few of them. They are definitely those people."
"Uncle, what's wrong?" Jiang Ming saw that Han Du's expression was wrong. After working hard for more than ten days, he finally caught up with those people. Logically speaking, the uncle should be happy, but why did he look gloomy instead?
Han Du took a deep breath and said, "Let's go over and have a look. I hope it's not what Uncle Ben thought."
Jiang Ming and Zhang Chao looked at each other and saw that Han Du was unwilling to say anything. They did not dare to ask any more questions, so they had to follow Han Du to the bow of the ship.
As the warships approached the seaside, everyone discovered that all the lucky ships were stranded on the beach, motionless.
Han Du saw that there was no one on board the lucky boat. He pondered for a moment and said, "Let's go down and have a look."
Zhang Chao immediately nodded and mobilized hundreds of people to follow Han Du ashore in small boats. Since Han Du was attacked by the Javanese, both Jiang Ming and Zhang Chao
, they didn’t dare to let Han Du take dozens of people off the ship again.
When Han Du and others came to the beach, soldiers immediately went to inspect the lucky boat. After a while, the soldiers came back and reported, "Uncle, there is no one in the boat, not even the cargo. Moreover, the young men also discovered that,
All these lucky ships were scuttled."
After hearing this, Han Du seemed to be a little surprised, but also seemed to be expecting it.
"They were all scuttled? Are they crazy?" Zhang Chao asked in disbelief. He fully understood how important ships are on the sea.
"They could escape even if they had a boat. If they scuttled the boat and retreated to the island, wouldn't they be certain to die?" Jiang Ming also didn't understand why these people would do such a suicidal act.
Han Du's face was as gloomy as water, and he sneered and said: "That's not necessarily the case. If it were an ordinary island, they would be digging their own graves. But if they retreat to this island, that's not necessarily the case."
Seeing that the two of them were puzzled, Han Du continued to explain: "When you came here just now, you already discovered that this island is amazingly big. But I want to tell you that this island is far larger than you imagined. In other words, this island is huge.
It’s just not an island, but a piece of land, a whole continent.”
Jiang Ming and Zhang Chao were stunned when they heard this. They never thought that there was a continent on the sea.
"This continent is even larger than the Ming Dynasty in terms of land area. If you say they are the only ones who are here, how are we going to find them?"
"The reason why they abandoned the ship and went ashore is probably because they knew that their ship speed was not as fast as ours. If they continued to stay in the sea, sooner or later we would catch up with them. But it is different when they enter here. Our speed will not be faster than theirs."
Quick. As long as they set off a few days in advance, it will be difficult for us to catch up. If they have been here in advance and are prepared here, then if we want to find them, it will be like looking for a needle in a haystack."
The place is bigger than the Ming Dynasty? How to find it? Even if you follow the traces left by those people, as long as they divide their troops into several routes, they can lead you and others into the ditch.
"Uncle, what should we do now?" Jiang Ming asked in a seductive voice.
Han Du pondered for a moment, going in to look for them would definitely be a task with half the effort, but it was impossible to let them go.
After thinking for a while, Han Du said: "Although this continent is vast, it is not without its shortcomings. That is, except for the direction facing Java, all other parties are boundless seas. It is not easy for them to cross. Therefore,
Bember guesses they'll be hiding on this continent."
"In this way, I asked Yu Dushu to send people to keep an eye on this place. They will be trapped on the continent for the time being. After I ask the emperor for instructions, I will think of a way. If it doesn't work, I can move a hundred thousand people here and work step by step.
Find them."
After hearing this, Jiang Ming and Zhang Chao couldn't help but nod secretly. Now this situation can only be like this. They can't waste their time looking for a needle in a haystack, right?
Han Du raised his head and glanced at the lucky boats stranded on the beach, and suddenly ordered: "Burn all these boats, let's go back."
"yes."
Those people scuttled the ship just because they didn't want to take advantage of Handu so that Handu couldn't pull it away. When those people needed it, they could slowly repair it and get more than a dozen lucky ships.
But Han Du did something even more extreme. He burned it to ashes with a fire, completely cutting off the hope of those people. Since those people wanted to escape, even if they knew that Han Du would catch up along the sea route, they could not.
Do not follow the established sea route.
Early the next morning, Jiang Ming rushed to Han Du with a tired look on his face.
Han Du boarded the warship with the chart, and without any hesitation, he chased the people in the direction of their escape. Han Du pursued all the way. Although the warship was definitely faster than the Fu ship, due to this
The sea route had to pass through several large islands. Handu had to send people to explore around the islands before continuing the pursuit.
If we don't investigate, what if those people hide somewhere on the island, wait until Han Du chases them, and then turn around and run back, wouldn't that mean they get rid of Han Du?
Han Du would rather go slow and explore these islands thoroughly, step by step until those people are cornered.
But as a result, Han Du was wasted too much time. Han Du followed the sea route eastward to check the past, and along the way he could find all kinds of domestic garbage left by those people on the sea. Based on this, Han Du
Then you know that the direction you are following is correct.
More than ten days later, Jiang Ming suddenly came to report.
"Uncle, we found them."
"Where?" After chasing them for more than ten days, they finally caught their traces, and Han Du couldn't wait.
Jiang Ming stood next to Han Du and pointed forward to the right, "On the edge of the island in that direction, Wang Dou found traces of the lucky ship."
If a lucky ship is found in a place like this, there is no doubt that it is those people.
Han Du held up the telescope and took a look. Because there were clouds and fog around the island, Han Du couldn't see clearly.
"Drive over."
As the fleet approaches, the island gradually appears in everyone's field of vision. But is the island a little too big? A thin black line on the sea level extends infinitely to the left and right.
Even Jiang Ming and others, who are used to seeing islands, couldn't help but be stunned and said in a daze: "This, is this an island? Is it too big?"
After hearing Jiang Ming's words, Han Du suddenly came to his senses and recalled a certain big island, his face darkened involuntarily.
Turning around and taking out the map and sextant, Han Du faced the sun and began to calculate. After the calculation results were obtained, Han Du's face not only did not improve at all, but became even more gloomy.
Zhang Chao saw Han Du walking out of the cabin with a bad expression, and said quickly: "Uncle, all the blessing ships are parked on the beach in front. There are nineteen ships in total, and there are quite a few of them. They are definitely those people."
"Uncle, what's wrong?" Jiang Ming saw that Han Du's expression was wrong. After working hard for more than ten days, he finally caught up with those people. Logically speaking, the uncle should be happy, but why did he look gloomy instead?
Han Du took a deep breath and said, "Let's go over and have a look. I hope it's not what Uncle Ben thought."
Jiang Ming and Zhang Chao looked at each other and saw that Han Du was unwilling to say anything. They did not dare to ask any more questions, so they had to follow Han Du to the bow of the ship.
As the warships approached the seaside, everyone discovered that all the lucky ships were stranded on the beach, motionless.
Han Du saw that there was no one on board the lucky boat. He pondered for a moment and said, "Let's go down and have a look."
Zhang Chao immediately nodded and mobilized hundreds of people to follow Han Du ashore in small boats. Since Han Du was attacked by the Javanese, both Jiang Ming and Zhang Chao
, they didn’t dare to let Han Du take dozens of people off the ship again.
When Han Du and others came to the beach, soldiers immediately went to inspect the lucky boat. After a while, the soldiers came back and reported, "Uncle, there is no one in the boat, not even the cargo. Moreover, the young men also discovered that,
All these lucky ships were scuttled."
After hearing this, Han Du seemed to be a little surprised, but also seemed to be expecting it.
"They were all scuttled? Are they crazy?" Zhang Chao asked in disbelief. He fully understood how important ships are on the sea.
"They could escape even if they had a boat. If they scuttled the boat and retreated to the island, wouldn't they be certain to die?" Jiang Ming also didn't understand why these people would do such a suicidal act.
Han Du's face was as gloomy as water, and he sneered and said: "That's not necessarily the case. If it were an ordinary island, they would be digging their own graves. But if they retreat to this island, that's not necessarily the case."
Seeing that the two of them were puzzled, Han Du continued to explain: "When you came here just now, you already discovered that this island is amazingly big. But I want to tell you that this island is far larger than you imagined. In other words, this island is huge.
It’s just not an island, but a piece of land, a whole continent.”
Jiang Ming and Zhang Chao were stunned when they heard this. They never thought that there was a continent on the sea.
"This continent is even larger than the Ming Dynasty in terms of land area. If you say they are the only ones who are here, how are we going to find them?"
"The reason why they abandoned the ship and went ashore is probably because they knew that their ship speed was not as fast as ours. If they continued to stay in the sea, sooner or later we would catch up with them. But it is different when they enter here. Our speed will not be faster than theirs."
Quick. As long as they set off a few days in advance, it will be difficult for us to catch up. If they have been here in advance and are prepared here, then if we want to find them, it will be like looking for a needle in a haystack."
The place is bigger than the Ming Dynasty? How to find it? Even if you follow the traces left by those people, as long as they divide their troops into several routes, they can lead you and others into the ditch.
"Uncle, what should we do now?" Jiang Ming asked in a seductive voice.
Han Du pondered for a moment, going in to look for them would definitely be a task with half the effort, but it was impossible to let them go.
After thinking for a while, Han Du said: "Although this continent is vast, it is not without its shortcomings. That is, except for the direction facing Java, all other parties are boundless seas. It is not easy for them to cross. Therefore,
Bember guesses they'll be hiding on this continent."
"In this way, I asked Yu Dushu to send people to keep an eye on this place. They will be trapped on the continent for the time being. After I ask the emperor for instructions, I will think of a way. If it doesn't work, I can move a hundred thousand people here and work step by step.
Find them."
After hearing this, Jiang Ming and Zhang Chao couldn't help but nod secretly. Now this situation can only be like this. They can't waste their time looking for a needle in a haystack, right?
Han Du raised his head and glanced at the lucky boats stranded on the beach, and suddenly ordered: "Burn all these boats, let's go back."
"yes."
Those people scuttled the ship just because they didn't want to take advantage of Handu so that Handu couldn't pull it away. When those people needed it, they could slowly repair it and get more than a dozen lucky ships.
But Han Du did something even more extreme, burning them to ashes with a fire, completely cutting off the hope of those people.