Specks knew that the Ming Empire would certainly go and clean up the pirates first, as it had done in Formosa before.

If the Ming Empire had not first taken over Zheng Zhilong and annihilated Liu Xiang and other pirates, they would certainly not have dared to attack Formosa, because they were afraid of being cut off by pirates.

Now, too, he had the pirates build their nests between Malacca and Ceylon in order to make them cannon fodder, and if the Ming Imperial Navy attacked, they would certainly go first to clean up the pirates, because they were equally afraid that the pirates would break their way back.

Waiting is always anxious, he is even a little suspicious, what if the Ming Empire does not know where the nest of the pirates is?

It is impossible, he does not care about the pirates, no matter how the gangs toss, how to recruit people, he does not care, only to ask them to plunder the merchant ships of other countries with great fanfare.

He was so mean, the Portuguese would not send spies into it, the Spaniards would not send spies into it, would not send spies into it?

...

He did not know how long he had been in the office, when the guards suddenly shouted, "Report, Governor, Andaman."

Andaman was the pirate leader he supported, this man was an old East India Company employee and the illegitimate son of an indigenous woman here, who had been in the sea since childhood, and was quite familiar with Malacca to the sea from Ceylon, so he was selected.

Why did the guy come, and why didn’t the surveillance horns come back to the news?

He thought about it, simply sat down behind the desk, calmed down, and then said, "Let him in."

As soon as his words fell, the door was pushed open, and the pirate's head, Andaman, came in with fear and panting, "Governor, it's not good, the navy of the Ming Empire has come."

What is strange about this, the navy of the Ming Empire has come to Malacca, and it is strange that they do not call.

Spex said calmly, “Fan what, look at you scared, you’re okay?”How many ships did they have, and how many ships?”

Andaman was horrified: "A lot, the warship is afraid of thousands of ships, several islands on our side are surrounded by groups, super battleships at least have hundreds, anyway, a dense piece, I ran at a glance at the bad situation, the specific number did not count."

“Ah!”Spex sprang up from his chair in fright and asked eagerly, "You're right, thousands of battleships, hundreds of super battleships, and it's possible that there are so many ships in the Empire, how can they have so many super battleships?"

Andaman panicked and hurriedly: "Really, Governor-General, I have only run out of four water villages in less than ten miles, and they have been pierced by them, and the roar of the gun is the same as thunder, and at least ten thousand guns must fire at the same time to have such a loud noise!"

In less than ten minutes, it would not be less than twenty minutes!

Tens of thousands of guns, not at least 200 super battleships!

It seems that this guy really didn't lie, to understand that the empire does not have so many super battleships can not be so big as the four water stocks can be broken through, it seems that only run away.

This guy is particularly familiar with this side of the sea, and it is easier to take him and escape the Imperial Navy.

Specks thought about it, took his face off, and comforted, "Andaman, don't be afraid, as long as you escape, people are gone, can you recruit again, the ship is gone, you can go to rob again."“How many ships did you get out of?”

Andaman said with a weeping face: "Only three sail-paddle boats, if I hadn't let my men take turns rowing and rowing desperately, I reckoned that I wouldn't have been able to run out."

Three sail paddle boats, that should be about the speed of the fast boat they sent, why has not returned the velocity they sent?

Specks couldn’t help but ask, “Didn’t you meet our vessel on your way back?”

Andaman shook his head in a row, "No, I crossed the ocean from the ocean, and I didn't take the merchant shipping route at all."

No wonder he could run back so quickly, crossing directly across the shoreline more than it was nearer than the shoreline.

This guy is really fierce, the ocean dares to run, from their nests to here can have thousands of miles, to run a little direction, or encounter the storm at sea, they will never come back!

However, this also proves that this guy can't get any more familiar with the sea here, and such a good guide must bring it.

At this point, Spex strode out from behind his desk and patted Andaman on the shoulder, and said, "You'll be fine, when the Navy of the Ming Empire is back, and I'll give you a few more boats, and I'll give you some guns, and I believe that with your ability, you will soon be able to gather tens of thousands of men."But now we must avoid the guise, and the Imperial Navy will be all out, and we will not be able to hold Colombo.”

Andaman nodded his head, then asked, "Where are we going, first back to the continent?"

Specks slowly shook his head: "No, we can't run west, because we can't be sure whether the Empire will withdraw from Ceylon, if they don't withdraw, we will likely be chased by them, because the speed of the Ming Empire's warships is already faster than us, plus we carry too much cargo, the ocean currents and the wind direction are not right, we simply can't run fast, the Ming Empire if it wants to chase us, it is easy to catch up."So we have to run to places they didn't expect, hide, and let them not find us."

Andaman heard the words, and his eyes turned, and then he said, "Mr. Governor, what do you mean, we run south?"“Going to Maldives?”

Specks patted him on the shoulder and said, “Yes, we’re going to the Maldives, are you familiar with that?”

Andaman nodded proudly, "Of course, there is no place for me to know here."

Specks nodded and pointed to the door: "Well, we'll go now, everything is packed, you just have to direct the velocity in front of you."

In this way Spex ran with more than twenty battleships and more than forty armed merchant ships, with all the goods and important documents of the East India Company, leaving only an empty Colombo city, which, of course, had not taken away the natives, not even the artillery on the walls.

About two days later, the densely packed Ming Army warships surrounded the port of Kulenpo, but, surprisingly, there was no Dutch warship or armed merchant ship in the port, and no Dutch flag could be seen on the walls.

Zhang Bin's handsome ship in front, with a telescope to glance around, even with a cool expression, cold: "The Dutch ran, ordered, Fu Guangjun landed directly from the port dock, occupied Colombo City."

What is this?

Schweier was stunned again, and the Dutch ran away, leaving Colombo City without any resistance!