Zhao Sandao untied the chains on his body, found his knife and his belongings, turned over and jumped into the resident beside him. The sound was not loud, and the master did not hear it. He squatted in the corner of the wall, listening to the movement outside, ready to run away at any time.

The sound of fighting just now only attracted the barking of dogs from nearby families. After staying for half a quarter of an hour and confirming that there were no ambushes, Zhao Sandao returned to Gu Rong's residence. Soon, seven or eight people came to the alley where the fighting was fought, picked up the bodies and picked up the weapons, eliminated the traces on the ground, and disappeared into the night.

"So, Gu Sanmazi has guessed what I have done with the government?" After hearing Zhao Sandao's description, Gu Rong frowned.

"It should be, otherwise I wouldn't have sent someone to arrest me. Leader Gu doesn't have to worry. Lu Sizhi and several people disappeared. Even if Gu Sanmazi guessed it, there was no evidence. You don't know what you said." Zhao Sandao advised.

Gu Rong nodded slightly. If Gu Sanmazi really had any evidence, he probably had brought the leaders to denounce him. Gu Rong asked: "Then am I doing nothing?"

"Of course not. The first major event is to send someone to tell us the shopkeeper about Gu Sanmazi's attack plan." Zhao Sandao said.

"He has guessed my identity and must know that the news will be revealed and he will definitely not implement the plan again." Gu Rong was quite puzzled.

Zhao Sandao laughed: "You underestimate Gu Sanmazi too much. He is not a simple pirate. Although he is a private salt dealer, he is an ambitious person. He has said this. If he doesn't do it because of some things that make things happen, wouldn't it hurt his prestige? Besides, Gu Sanmazi has six big ships and more than twenty small ships, plus a few willing to follow him, there are at least fifty ships and two thousand people. So many people are making trouble, is it just a traitor?"

After hearing this, Gu Rong remembered Gu Sanmazi's past behavior and felt that Zhao Sandao's words were reasonable. He nodded slightly: "You are right, Gu Sanmazi is very likely to use the trick."

"Yes, we can do this too. As long as Gu Sanmazi fails, you can join forces with a few leaders and kill him. The pirates of Chongming will respect you. You can test everyone. If most of them are willing, you can lead them to surrender to the court. If they don't want to, you pretend to fight to the death with the court and send these pirates to the gun of the shopkeeper."

Gu Rong's face was shocked. He saw Zhao Sandao in a daze and said, "Brother Zhao, I really regret having a rift with you back then. If I knew you were so talented, I would definitely not treat you like that."

Zhao Sandao smiled slightly, without saying much, but said in his heart: "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have surrendered to Gu Sanmazi, and I wouldn't have had the chance to serve in the club."

Chongming.

Huang Binqing sat in the tent, holding a candlestick in his hand and looked at the map carefully. The text on the map was very clear under the light. Huang Binqing was a little strange. He looked at the white candle and said casually: "This candle is good, brighter than the ones used in the past."

The person serving Huang Binqing's personal soldiers said, "What the general said is that this candle was sent by the shopkeeper Li Da. I heard that it was made of oil from a huge sea beast. Not only was it brighter than ordinary candles, and it didn't taste even though it tasted. I heard that in Nanjing, such a pair of candles could not be bought without a single 7 or 8 taels."

Huang Binqing's face changed slightly, and she still held the candle aside, and a darkness suddenly appeared in the tent: "It's Li Mingxun again, a merchant, but his hands are stretched out so long!"

Speaking of which, Huang Binqing was also from a family of generals and hereditary families. In his early years, he pacified the bandits in Sichuan and Jiangxi. He fought against the Dutch under Shen Youlong's command and made several contributions. Later, he entered the Fujian Governor Biao Camp. Logically, he should have a great journey, but unfortunately his jurisdiction was in Fujian, which was already the world of the Zheng family. Huang Binqing had difficulty in achieving his ambitions. This time, Chongming suppressed the bandits, Chen Youlong recommended Huang Binqing and became a general of Zhoushan. However, when he came from Fujian, it was a geese that plucked the feathers. In addition to the hundreds of personal soldiers around him, even the boats and people were detained by Zheng Zhilong. When he arrived in Zhoushan, he finally gathered more than a dozen ships and went north to Chongming to participate in the war.

However, Huang Binqing was not loving his uncle when he participated in this anti-thief suppression. At the time of the Jinshan Guard Army, the theoretically commanding the suppression of Su Song’s military affairs did not appear at all. The military affairs of Su Song’s militia presided over Gu Yanwu, Huang Binqing was not only a tourist at the Zhejiang guest army, but also did not have much say even if he had the highest rank in the military affairs.

What Huang Binqing couldn't receive was the fleet belonging to Li Mingxun that he saw in Jinshanwei. The masts were like forests and sails covered the sun. Both military power and morale were far superior to his own side. The Ming Dynasty's royal army was not as powerful as a sea merchant, and Huang Binqing had always been upset.

At the military discussion, everyone discussed the strategy, and Li Mingxun proposed the most correct plan, which was to let the militia and the navy cooperate, first consolidate the Chongming county town, then clear the surrounding sandbanks, use land to control the sea, force the pirates into the nest, and then go to a total of them. If they win, the pirates should flee overseas. At that time, the Tenglong Trading Company's gunboats will block it. If they fail, they can gather the pirates, collect strength, and annihilate them in one fell swoop.

Huang Binqing rejected this tactic similar to squeezing toothpaste on the spot. In addition to being jealous, he also considered the combat power of each army. Susong militia had seen it, which was much better than the coastal garrison troops, but it was far from the elite. If the formation was set up and the pirates fought a dignified position, they would naturally win, but if they were dispersed and cleared, they would not have such combat power. As for Li Mingxun's proposal to join the war in the land, everyone refused.

In the end, everyone chose Huang Binqing's tactics. Zhoushan Navy was stationed in Chongming and Tenglong Trading Fleet was stationed in Jinshan. The two blocked Chongming Island from the two main channels, north and south, isolated from the inside and outside, and then looked for opportunities to fight. The militia also fought in Chongming and slowly advanced towards Nansha where the pirates were located. This strategy was more stable and easier to implement without unified command. However, shortly after Huang Binqing entered Chongming, Li Mingxun sent news that the Chongming pirates were going to sneak attack Zhoushan Navy.

"Don't be angry, but Li Mingxun is rampant, but the news sent is real. The young man just went to the militia to inquire. The militia was loose on the outside and tight on the inside, so he was already on guard." The personal soldier said, lowering his voice: "The young man also found out that the inner person among the pirates was developed by General Caojiang's guerrilla warrior Qi. He told Li Mingxun that these two people had already been in contact, and they thought that Qi Dazhi had won many benefits from Li Mingxun."

Huang Binqing had no doubt about this. The blockade had not yet begun. As a local snake, Qi Dazhi handed over the local coastal patrol and the old helmsman of the Japanese preparation agency to Li Mingxun so that he could sail freely on the main channel. He blocked the northern channel with a complex terrain on the north, but he did not receive any support. He paid for some fishermen who were familiar with the route.

Huang Binqing smiled coldly: "Hmph, I knew it would be like this. Since the militia is loose on the outside and tight on the inside, we are like this. I want to see if the pirates in Chongming dare to come!"

In February of the 15th year of Chongzhen, lightning broke through the gray sky, illuminating the gloomy river surface, revealing more than 30 sea boats on the river surface. The spring rain was drizzling, and the cold rain hit the dilapidated deck. Everyone knew that the weather was bad today, but the pirates liked a bad emperor, because the worse the weather, the more complicated the situation, the smaller the advantage of the officers and soldiers.

For this bad weather, Gu Sanmazi advanced the attack two days. Under the north wind, the water in the distance was surging, and the waves of foam were blowing against the ships on the sea. Gu Sanmazi stood at the bow of the ships and beat the ports in the distance. People there had seen their fleets and shouted with drums and drums.

"Big leader, there are only six large ships in the port, and the rest are small ships. It seems that the government army has received news in advance." A confidant said in a low voice.

Gu Sanmazi laughed: "I had expected this to be the case long ago, and I had already made preparations. Wouldn't we just come half of the boat?"

My confidant knew that Gu Sanmazi had already made arrangements, so he said, "The villain will lead the team to attack and lure the ambush ships of the government army out!"

Gu Sanmazi nodded and shook his head again: "Don't panic, wait a moment, and then attack when the tide is right."

Seeing that several subordinates didn't understand, Gu Sanmazi said, "We are now facing the wind and rushing in by the wind. After a while, the enemy ship will come out, and we will turn to the wind and smoothly. The wind is strong today. If we don't take advantage of the tide, we will probably be caught up. It's hard to say at that time."

Several subordinates suddenly realized and praised them, but Gu Sanmazi ordered his subordinates to slightly adjust the bow and sail, and continued to approach Chongming Port with the help of the wind. It was already dawn, the rain gradually became less, the visibility on the sea surface increased, and the tide had reached its peak.

"It's time, let's take your own boats and rush in, burn the enemy ships, and never land on the shore. Once you hear my signal, retreat immediately." Gu Sanmazi ordered.

In the reed marsh, Huang Binqing carefully observed the situation downstream. Because the sun rose from the east, it was difficult for him to see clearly the situation on the water. It was not until thick smoke rose in the port and the sound of shouting for killing came that Huang Binqing ordered an attack.

The eight warships, three of which were blessed and five gallops, rushed to the pirate fleet that was chasing the harbor at full speed, and the fleet went downstream at an extremely fast speed. The gallops rushed forward, threw out hook ropes and long poles, and grabbed several pirate ships that wanted to escape. The blessed ship immediately followed with the height advantage of its tall size, fired shells and leads on the deck, smashing the ships into pieces.

During the fierce battle, the pirate ship had turned, lowered the sails, and fled along the current while the tide was ebbing. The paddles flew over the water, and there were pirate ships running everywhere.

"Catch up, chase after, destroy all these pirates, let them see how powerful our Zhoushan Navy." The officers on the sailboat whipped the back of the slurry with a whip and urged them to speed up. In the face of the wind, the sailboat lowered the sail and charged forward, but the lucky boat could not keep up for a while.

The pirates ran wildly, and the Zhoushan Navy chased after him. More than a dozen warships rushed out of the port. Both sides had no formations. They set up a messy formation on the wide Yangtze River water. Guns and cannons were shooting aimlessly. Huang Binqing stood at the stern of the Fu Ship, shouting loudly. The drummer beside him hammered the cowhide drum, and the rumbling sound spread out. Just when Huang Binqing thought victory was in sight, a rocket suddenly soared into the sky from the enemy ship. After the explosion, a ball of fire appeared in the dim air. In the Chongming Sansha to the west, there was also a rocket exploded in the air. Huang Binqing immediately felt something was wrong.

Suddenly, a scream came from the lower deck. Huang Binqing looked in the direction of the sailor's fingers. Dozens of ships appeared in the waterway between sandbanks behind him. The front was less than half a mile away from the Fu Ship fleet, and a huge flame suddenly rose from the small boats.

"Fireship, pay attention to avoiding, Folang machine cannon, and sink the fireship quickly." Huang Binqing shouted loudly, but it was useless. His fleet was no longer in an array, and he needed to turn after facing the side, but the time was not enough, so it was a mess.

Boom!

A fire ship hit the lucky ship after the fall. The fire ignited the sails and rigged. There were sailors jumping into the sea everywhere. More fire ships and pirate ships attacked the fleet. They occupied the upstream and had advantages in speed and agility. The escaped pirate ships also chose to stop and respond. The galleys could not hide and were mixed with more than twenty pirate ships.

Gu Sanmazi climbed onto Hengheng on the main mast and looked at the battlefield behind him. He saw the fireboat attacking four enemy ships, and a large number of ships were also besieging the imperial ships. He thought that the situation was already in his hands. He took off the hat on his head and shouted: "Brothers, grab your energy and destroy this official army. When I go back, I invite you to drink!"

Just as Gu Sanmazi wanted to greet his subordinates cheering, a thick sound of conch suddenly came from the upstream position, whimpering, a low voice spread on the water between Chongming and northern Jiangsu. In the surging waves, the white sails rose on the west side, and the sharp bow split the drowsy sea surface and rushed to the battlefield.

The slender and elegant hull, the straight and towering mast, and the slanted sails that look like shark fins all mark the identity of this fleet - the Tenglong Trading Fleet!

This is a fleet of sloops, led by the Egret, followed by five warships including Raven and Seagull. With the command of the captain, the sailors and the Marines on the deck were all busy. The mezzanines lined up on the side of the ship, while the sailors fixed debris, tied small boats, and sprinkled sand and soil that absorbed blood. The fire control officer directed the gunners to distribute gunpowder and shells, and there were also controllers on the side of the circumference gun.
Chapter completed!