The Shanghai Gang's decision to attack Zhoushan and attack the Dongyang headquarters of the Sea Gang was not a temporary idea. This is a consensus reached by the top management of the Shanghai Gang after some in-depth discussions. In the view of the top management of the Shanghai Gang, there are several favorable conditions for this attack.

Judging from the external situation, first, the Hangzhou Martial Arts Conference was a tiger, and the Shaolin Temple, which had a suppressive attitude towards the Shanghai Gang, suffered heavy losses, and they went north in a hurry, and there was no longer the strength to interfere in the life-and-death duel between the Shanghai Gang and the Dongyang Headquarters of the Sea Gang. Instead, the Cold Ice Sect was successfully opened in the south of the Yangtze River, and the situation of one mountain in Hangzhou City intolerable to two tigers has become extremely obvious. Even if Xiang Wan, the head of the Southern Department of the Sun Moon Divine Sect, didn't remember the friendship between her and Shangguan Hongyang, it was impossible for her to take the risk of leaving Hangzhou to help the Oriental Headquarters at sea.

And in terms of the comparison of the strength of the two sides. After the establishment of the Shanghai Gang, after some integration, its strength increased greatly. The main and deputy gang leaders Shangguan Hongyang and Dong Mingzhu, and the hall masters Koizumi Qianjia, Koizumi Shenxiu, Du Jiande, Liu Yun and others all have at least quasi-first-class skills. And Koizumi Nobushige, Kou Mingyuan, Wang Cuiqiao and other privy councillors are also superb in martial arts. On the other hand, on the side of the Toyo Headquarters of the Sea Gang, only Fukuda Kiyoshi and Komatsu Taro are feared, among the young generation, the "Seven Musketeers of Hokkaido" was heavily damaged by Shangguan Hongyang, and Nie Guihao defected because of his relationship with Koizumi Chika. In terms of middle and high-level combat power, the Shanghai Gang has an absolute advantage over the Songjiang Headquarters of the Sea Gang.

Not only that, after the Shanghai Gang was announced, it attracted the attention of many people in the rivers and lakes just by virtue of the name promoted by Shangguan. Recently, many people have come to vote. Even Song Guoshou, because of the great pressure from the Dongyang Headquarters of the Sea Gang, also left Moganshan and joined the Shanghai Gang. However, Song Guoshou did not officially join the Shanghai Gang, but participated in the medical treatment of the Shanghai Gang as a VIP. But in any case, with the great help of Song Guoshou, it marks that the Shanghai Gang has initially gained a firm foothold in Jiangnan Wulin.

But the above situation can only be regarded as the Shanghai Gang has some relative advantages over the Oriental Headquarters of the Sea Gang. What really made the top management of the Shanghai Gang decide to do it were two other main reasons. The first is that Liu Shouyou, the commander of Jinyiwei, heard that Jinyiwei Zhejiang Qianhu suffered heavy losses in the confrontation with the Dongyang headquarters of the Sea Gang, which made him feel very angry. Although Lord Liu Shouyou said that he would not go south in person, he made Kangqing Qianhu, who was guarding the Qianhu in Songjiang, receive a new order from the Ministry of War, that is, to eliminate the Dongyang Headquarters of the Sea Gang within a limited time and solve the problem of the Japanese in the Yangtze River Delta.

Kangqing's subordinates had a total of more than 1,000 men and horses, and their bodies were strong, and there were only 3,500 people who could charge into battle, so how could they afford such a big mission? In desperation, Kangqing had no choice but to turn to the Shanghai Gang for advice, hoping that the two sides would join hands to deal with the Dongyang Headquarters of the Sea Gang. The Shanghai Gang was already inseparable from the Toyo Headquarters, and it joined forces with the Songjiang Garrison Thousand Households to crack down on the Japanese Bandits, which was more conducive to the Shanghai Gang's whitewashing identity. The whole gang is naturally welcome to Kangqing's proposal of thousands of households.

Another major reason comes from the surrender of Nie Guihao, the new elder of the Toyo Headquarters. In addition to Nie Guihao's good skills, he also provided the Shanghai Gang with the details of the Zhoushan base of the Oriental Headquarters of the Shanghai Gang, including the composition of personnel, internal contradictions, and precautions, and so on. In addition, according to what he said, there are some of his henchmen in the Zhoushan base. When the Shanghai Gang attacks with all its might, these henchmen of his will create a riot at the Zhoushan base, echoing the main force of the Shanghai Gang from afar, attacking inside and outside.

In view of all the above favorable conditions, even the most conservative people in the top echelons of the Shanghai Gang were inclined to take this opportunity to cross the ocean and make a bold attack on Zhoushan.

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Jinyi Wei's Qianhu Zuo Han's assistance lifted the spirits of the Shanghai Gang. Shangguan Hongyang, the leader of the Shanghai Gang, personally went down the mountain to greet him. The two reunited after saying goodbye and hugged for a long time, everything was in plain sight.

Last time in Hangzhou, in order to save Zuo Han from the Shaolin Temple, Shangguan Hongyang was broken by the abbot of Guohua and broke a rib. Fortunately, Lei Tianli from the Anxi Dart Bureau escorted him all the way, but nothing went wrong. When he returned to the Shanghai Gang Songjiang headquarters, Shangguan Hongyang's injuries were already half healed. After later treatment, it is basically unhindered. It's just that recently, the top level of the Shanghai Gang has made the decision to attack Zhoushan, and Shangguan Hongyang, as the leader of the gang, is busy with the preparations before the battle between the two sides, and often works until late at night, so his face looks a little tired.

Seeing Shangguan Hongyang recover, Zuo Han was also very happy. Because of his uncle Zuo Xinfo's previous mention, Zuo Han actually did not approve of this action of the Shanghai Gang. But now that the high-level leaders of the Shanghai Gang have launched an offensive mobilization, Zuo Han, as an outsider, is not very suitable to come and pour cold water on the masters of the Shanghai Gang. He could only do his best to cooperate with the actions of the Shanghai Gang.

Zuo Han's support led to some minor adjustments to the Shanghai Gang's offensive plan. The original proposal of Nie Guihao to lead the reserve team was changed to Zuo Hanlai to take charge of the reserve, including more than 200 people under the name of Jinyiwei Zhejiang Qianhu, and hundreds of old and frail soldiers under Kangqing of Songjiang Garrison Qianhu, Song Guoshou followed the army to suppress the formation and was also in charge of medical emergencies. Nie Guohao, together with Kou Mingyuan, Koizumi Qianjia, Du Jiande, Liu Yun and others, led by Kou Mingyuan, acted as a pioneer. Shangguan Hongyang, Wang Cuiqiao, and Koizumi Shenxiu were responsible for the central adjustment, and Koizumi Nobushige, Dong Mingzhu and his wife, and Songjiang garrisoned Qianhu Kangqing, with the elite of Songjiang garrison Qianhu as the main force, and acted as surprise soldiers. All the troops were counted, totaling more than 4,000 people.

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When the Matsue Headquarters of the Sea Gang and the Toyo Headquarters of the Sea Gang broke up, the members of the Matsue Headquarters first went ashore to settle down and expand their business, while the ships responsible for the robbery at sea mainly fell into the hands of those in the Toyo Headquarters. After the formal split between the two sides, the Toyo Headquarters immediately gained the right to control the sea along the Yangtze River estuary, forcing the members of the Songjiang Headquarters to never go to sea again. After the establishment of the Shanghai Gang, it was even more busy with internal integration and shrinking the front, and had no intention of developing maritime strength. This time, the Shanghai Gang needed to cross the ocean and a large number of ships. Fortunately, the commander of Jinyiwei made Liu Shouyou have a plan for this, and asked Xu Huicong, the commander of the Zhejiang Navy Division, to assist. Attacking the headquarters of the Sea Gang and eliminating the Japanese is also one of Xu Huicong's main responsibilities. If you really want to get things done, he will have to give him a credit, and Xu Huicong is of course willing to help.

As early as the end of last month, from the beginning of receiving the order from the Ministry of War, Xu Huicong took active action, transferred a large number of warships, accumulated in the port of Ningbo, and formed a high-pressure situation against the Zhoushan base of the headquarters of the Maritime Gang. At the same time, Xu Huicong also sent people to contact the high-level leaders of the Shanghai Gang frequently, saying that he asked the Zhejiang Navy Division to send a few captains to fight, so that they could get a piece of the pie afterwards. Although Xu Huicong's behavior of not contributing but fighting for merit made the Shanghai Gang executives very disapproving. But considering that the Shanghai Gang took the elimination of the Songjiang headquarters as its top priority, it didn't care whether it was merit or not, and it would not be beneficial to the top management of the Shanghai Gang to get the credit, so he agreed to Xu Huicong's request.

As a result, the 4,000 athletes who rushed to Ningbo Port from the Shanghai Gang Songjiang Headquarters were warmly welcomed by the soldiers of the Zhejiang Navy Division.