Just when Guo Jia was scolding Gan Ning for running away, Gan Ning was almost arriving at the Strait of Malacca, an important passage between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
Of course, at this time, there was no such thing as the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, but for the time being, the two sea areas were called that way.
After Gan Ning organized his troops, he rushed towards his destination almost day and night. It was completely different from what Jia Xu had imagined. Gan Ning knew very well what he might encounter, and he also knew that the difficulty level would increase as he took action.
rises with the passage of time.
However, this could not stop Gan Ning's determination to go to the Strait of Malacca. In Gan Ning's view, this battle was very necessary. No matter how great the risk was, it was still necessary to continue.
Gan Ning was very lucky to not encounter any large-scale disastrous weather along the way, and traveled to a place dozens of miles away from the Strait of Malacca without any danger. From this distance, he could clearly see the land on both sides.
"Apart from the fact that the weather is a bit hot, everything else is actually pretty good." Tai Shici said while standing on the deck, looking at the mainland in the distance.
"It's indeed very good." Gan Ning showed a rare serious expression. Unlike Taishi Ci who had not thought about it carefully, Gan Ning knew very well that it was very possible for Kushan to leave some ships to station here.
"Xingba, you don't look as careless as before." Taishi Ci said with a smile.
"Let's get to the shore first. It's still dozens of miles away. Brother Guan, take some of the crossbows and soldiers to the shore first. Ziyi, lead most of the ships into the river first and lie in wait. I'll go test it out and see if there's anything there.
Ambush." Gan Ning said with a solemn expression.
"That's fine." Tai Shici nodded.
The small boat dispatched before had already walked along the coastline for a while, and was very lucky. There was a river that could be used for boating into the ocean. Although I had just arrived here, I was not familiar with the hydrology and reefs of this river, but I was willing to
Ning decided to enter the river first.
"Are we going ashore now?" Guan Hai asked in confusion. He hadn't encountered any enemies yet, and it was still dozens of miles away. Why did he have to go ashore first?
"Stand on the shore, be prepared to attack, and let me see if I can lure the opponent out." Gan Ning seemed to have determined that Kushan's navy was stationed in the Strait of Malacca.
"If that's the case, that's no problem." Guan Hai said solemnly.
Gan Ning slowly let the troop transport ships dock as close as possible, and then lowered the boats one by one, allowing Guan Hai and his men to successfully land on the boats.
Maybe the Yanzhou people were really not suitable to be sailors. Although they had been trained for many years, they couldn't help but cheer when they landed on a boat for such a long time.
"Ziyi, you lead most of the navy into the river, but you must be prepared to rush out to rescue me at any time. My intuition tells me that there may be a large number of Kushan navy ambushing there." Gan Ning smiled and said to Taishi.
Ci said.
Gan Ning, who was under great psychological pressure before taking action, completely regained his composure the moment after taking action, and smiled at Tai Shi Ci arrogantly.
"It's so dangerous, so why don't you let me go? The skills of your navy commander are far better than mine, and they may be able to do a better job, but luring the enemy, I can do this." Taishi Ci thought for a while and then gave Gan
Ning suggested.
"No." Gan Ning patted Tai Shici on the shoulder, "I am the only one under my lord who can be called a navy general, and I think you have this potential. If I don't give you a chance, you will never be able to
Let potential become reality.”
Taishi Ci suddenly woke up at this moment and looked at Gan Ning in disbelief, "You, you..."
"Don't worry, it will definitely be me, Gan Ning, who wins." Gan Ning said with a smile, but this smile did nothing to dispel Tai Shici's worries.
Gan Ning had no intention of hiding it at this time. The Gan family was not a parallel importer family, and he, Gan Ning, was not the head of a second-rate importer family. His second-rate appearance could not hide his exquisite heart, except for his amazing bravery.
, his wisdom is enough to match his force.
"Ziyi, if you don't want me to die, you should try your best to come up with a commander who can match your bravery. Guishan only had a partial army, but we lost hundreds of troops, and this time, the opponent will be stronger."
Gan Ning patted Tai Shici on the shoulder and said with a chuckle.
After saying that, he ignored Tai Shici at all and Gan Ning jumped directly from the ship to Xu Sheng's car. This ship was a newly launched custom-made ship. It was carefully built by the Lu family for Xu Sheng, but now it has been requisitioned by Gan Ning.
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"Everyone enter the river." After Gan Ning left with the two high-speed boats, Taishi Ci said in a dry voice, but under this voice, Taishi Ci's determined eyes appeared.
[Gan Xingba, I am here to play with you. Isn’t it Kushan? Commanding is also an art. I have experienced water battles so many times. Why should I be afraid?] Taishi Ci looked at the people heading towards the Strait of Malacca.
Gan Ning became cruel.
"Wen Xiang, don't go too fast, pretend to be a merchant ship." Gan Ning patted Xu Sheng on the shoulder and said, he could see Xu Sheng's nervousness.
Xu Sheng took a deep breath and slowly gave the order to slow down. Unlike Gan Ning's guess, Xu Sheng had a natural sensitivity to danger, and the closer he got, the more dangerous he felt.
"Just keep this speed. Your ship is loaded with too much armaments, so it has a very deep draft. It looks like a fully loaded merchant ship. And I believe that with the pride of an empire, they will not doubt our intentions." Gan Ning
His eyes were as calm as water, and he had now entered the state.
"Okay." Xu Sheng tried his best to calm his mind, but stiffness still appeared in Xu Sheng's body from time to time.
"We'll be here soon. It seems that Kuishang is more confident than we thought." Gan Ning looked at a small dot that appeared on the sea level, then masts and ships appeared, and finally the entire water village appeared in Gan Ning's eyes.
This time the ship stopped suddenly.
"But that's right, for an empire that dominates all directions, why should it be secretive when it goes to a certain place." Gan Ning suddenly grinned and said to himself.
"Director, are we going to march there like this?" Xu Sheng, who was about to explode, asked.
"No, we have discovered them, so they must have discovered us, so turn around, be tough and don't turn too fast." Gan Ning calmly gave the order.
"Left full rudder." Xu Sheng gave the order to the helmsman, and the whole ship slowly turned more than thirty degrees. Then he made adjustments and turned more than thirty degrees again. After several consecutive adjustments, Xu Sheng's big ship
Finally completed the U-turn.
But at this time, just as Gan Ning had estimated, a large ship with a bull's head in the Kushan navy was already rushing towards them.
