Under Liu Pei's order, his not huge, but already sophisticated war machine slowly moved. the transfer camp of the soldiers; Maintenance of the maintenance of the ship. The entire Jiaozhou Bay was filled with an excited pre-war atmosphere. Anyone with a little heart can know that war is about to start!

In the days that followed, squadrons of ships sailed to the depths of the sea under the control of sailors. They will stir up a bloody storm on the sea! The pirates and maritime merchants, as powerful as they were, were also vulnerable to a properly trained army. So it is foreseeable that the pirates at sea will suffer heavy losses.

In a short period of time, Liu Pei and Zheng Zhilong received battle reports almost at the same time. In just over a month, more than two dozen boats were looted. Many of these ships, after seeing Liu Pei's skull flag, wisely lowered their sails and gave up resistance. Because they are facing a fleet, and they will never win!

If the looted ships were all from neutral factions, Liu Pei's men did not embarrass them. Just robbed the ship of gold, silver and jewelry, and forced them to throw all their goods into the sea! Then tell them that all this was triggered by Zheng Zhilong. And make things clear before and after. So none of the plundered maritime merchants didn't scold Zheng Zhilong! After all, it was Zheng Zhilong who broke the rules first, and the result was even more on them.

As for those ships directly under Zheng Zhilong and the pirates loyal to Zheng Zhilong, they didn't have so much luck! They were slaughtered even when they gave up their resistance! Ships were also burned. Only by drawing lots were the three lucky ones who were thrown into the dinghy and left to their fate. Fortunately, the waterway was relatively busy, and most of these people were rescued.

Seven other boats have gone missing at sea and their whereabouts are unknown. One of these seven boats is Zheng Zhilong's boat. There is no doubt that it was the Second Fleet that scared the hands!

Zheng Zhilong, who received the news, was so angry that he was thunderous! scolded Liu Pei for not talking about the rules of the sea, and was ruthless to those who surrendered! But the people next to me felt in their hearts, if you hadn't forced people hard, where would things have come to this point? If you don't let people do business, of course they will retaliate!

Just when Zheng Zhilong was scolding, many maritime merchants sent people or came to the door in person. They felt that after all, it was Zheng Zhilong who caused such a big trouble because he didn't follow the rules first, so someone always had to compensate for their losses! Since you can't find Liu Pei, you have to find Zheng Zhilong.

You must know that anyone who can find Zheng Zhilong here is not an ordinary maritime businessman. That's all the heroism of one side! Unlike small maritime merchants who only have one or two ships, these people represent the power of one side! If Zheng Zhilong doesn't handle it well, the collapse of order at sea is just around the corner. At that time, he Zheng Zhilong will no longer be a leader, but just the leader of an ordinary force.

I have to say that Zheng Zhilong is still quite diplomatic. He tried his best to appease them, promising to compensate them for some of their losses. But it must be after Liu Pei has been completely defeated. As for those small maritime merchants who only had a few ships or one or two ships, Zheng Zhilong also put down his face and went to talk in person. This temporarily stabilized these people.

At the same time, Zheng Zhilong also stopped trading, and completely sent all the ships and personnel under his control to the sea to search for Liu Pei's ships. But where is it so easy to find a few ships on the vast sea? Especially when they deliberately dodge.

These sailors under Liu Pei brought the essence of guerrilla warfare into full play. Constantly changing positions to disguise their tracks. At the same time, they also have telescopes that are far ahead of their time. They can spot their opponents almost out of sight and decide whether to attack or retreat. So after more than a month of searching, Zheng Zhilong found nothing.

At the same time, more than a dozen ships at sea were plundered! Although most of the ships and personnel were saved, all the goods were thrown into the sea, and the maritime merchants suffered heavy losses! Even those maritime merchants who were not plundered were also panicked. Many maritime merchants simply stopped trading as a precaution against being plundered.

At this time, after more than three months of repeated fighting, both sides have losses. Liu Pei's side suffered very little loss. Because he didn't lose ships, just quite a few sailors. However, after the Great War, his sailors are also maturing rapidly.

And Zheng Zhilong's side is different. In the case of Liu Pei's fleet fighting more and less, they lost more than a dozen merchant ships in a row. The losses of ships and personnel were enormous! Even if they followed Liu Pei's example to form a fleet and set sail, they still couldn't catch their opponents. Under the advantages of one and the other, the morale is not decent.

And Liu Pei's sailors were demoralized! Even knowing that the other party was luring the enemy, they still ate the bait and sailed away. This made Zheng Zhilong furious, but he was helpless.

And the attitude of those maritime merchants has also changed at this time. Most maritime merchants tend to do business well. So Zheng Zhilong is very dissatisfied with breaking the rules! Especially when he has such a big advantage, still having nothing to do with Liu Pei makes them even more dissatisfied. So they made it clear to Zheng Zhilong that they didn't want to participate in the fight between him and Liu Pei anymore. It's just that what makes those neutral maritime merchants scratch their heads is, how to pass the news to Liu Pei? Because until now, no one knows where Liu Pei's lair is?

However, there were still a small number of maritime merchants who suffered losses or people who were close to Zheng Zhilong, who resolutely supported Zheng Zhilong, and vowed to catch and kill Liu Pei to relieve the hatred in their hearts.

Zheng Zhilong is worthy of being a hero on the sea! He quickly integrated this part of the force and began to start a chase with Liu Pei on the sea.

Zheng Zhilong's thinking is correct. He tried to overwhelm Liu Pei's small fleet with numerical superiority. He also made an agreement with the neutral maritime merchants that if they encountered Liu Pei, they would inform the sea area where Liu Pei's fleet was located.

But he soon tasted the bitter fruit! Because Liu Pei sent a fleet of three ships and one team! Zheng Zhilong sent a single ship, once it encounters it, it will be difficult to escape! So after losing a few ships, Zheng Zhilong also merged his fleet and allied ships to form a fleet of three, and sent out in groups to search around the seaside.

At the same time, he also sent several fleets to the open sea to try to find Liu Pei's lair. In the impression of Zheng Zhilong and his allies, all the pirate lairs were at sea. Liu Pei's lair has not been found, which can only mean that the island where his lair is located is very hidden, or it is further away in the open sea. This also explains why Liu Pei occupies the new island. Because the new island is closer to the shipping route. There was trade and robbery in favor of the sea.

Zheng Zhilong also mobilized the merchants on land who specialized in supplying maritime merchants, as well as the owners of the stolen goods to provide Liu Pei's news. Once the pirates have plundered, their goods will definitely go through the hands of the den owner. When they were engaged in the transportation trade, they had to buy goods through merchants. As long as Liu Pei makes a move, Zheng Zhilong is sure to get the relevant news.

But the strange thing is that Zheng Zhilong's measures have no effect at all! This made Zheng Zhilong and his allies very puzzled! Because they could never have imagined that Liu Pei was the first pirate ever to place his lair in the territory of Daming! Jiaozhou Bay is where Liu Pei's real nest is!

Moreover, the residents and businessmen here more or less have direct interests with Liu Pei, or they are simply dependent on Liu Pei to live, and do not coincide with Zheng Zhilong's circle. So no matter how hard Zheng Zhilong tried to find it, it was impossible for him to find Liu Pei's lair.

As for Zheng Zhilong, it is even more useless to find news from suppliers! Because Liu Pei had stopped all business activities and concentrated on fighting Zheng Zhilong. As for shipments, Liu Peike has never gone through ordinary shipping methods. The place where he ships is a department store.

And Liu Pei is precisely the largest shareholder of the department store! Therefore, the people who partnered with Liu Pei would definitely not betray Liu Pei's news, so no matter how hard Zheng Zhilong tried to collect clues, he was busy in vain in the end.

But Zheng Zhilong and Liu Pei's situation is different. Liu Pei is backed by the profits generated by Shandong Yanlu and department stores, as well as perfumes, and he can abandon everything to concentrate on fighting.