Chapter 154: The Crowd Gathers
"Congratulations to the owner of the village!"
"Congratulations, thank you, the owner of the village!"
"The owner of Di Zhai on Dongtou Island congratulates the owner of Xie Zhai, congratulatory gift: thirty dragon's eye pearls!"
"The owner of Dongqing Xu Island congratulates the owner of the village, the gift...
"The lord of Wuqiu Zhai Village congratulates the owner of the village, and the congratulatory gift..."
"Shangchuan Prefecture Sun Island Lord Congratulations to the Lord of the Village, congratulatory gift...
"The lord of Zhoudao in Qizhou congratulates the lord of the village, and the congratulatory gift...
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On this day, there is a big banquet on Tongpan Island, in the name of Xie Huaizhong's birthday, invite the heroes of Fujian Road, Liangzhejiang Road, Guangnan Road and other places to come to the banquet, among which the pirates who are begging for a living at sea are the mainstay.
But when the guests gathered, there was no trace of the birthday star, and things were a little abnormal, so the heroes were talking in low voices, not knowing what was going on.
"Heaven wants to destroy my copper cottage!" Just as the heroes were discussing, Xie Huaizhong was wearing a plain suit, with a white cloth wrapped around his head, as if wearing filial piety, turned out of the back hall, and cried as he walked.
"On this happy day, why is Lord Xie Zhai like this?" The lord of Xu Island, who came from Dongqi Island on Liangzhe Road, had always been good friends with Xie Huaizhong, so he asked in surprise.
"Hundreds of brothers have been killed and injured in my copper cottage, how can the old man be happy? The old man is for the dead brother Dai Xiaoye today! Xie Huaizhong's eyes were closed, he tried to squeeze out a few tears, and he cried again.
Seeing this, the people in Tongshanzhai also cried together.
"Hey, hey, Brother Xie, all the heroes, don't be busy crying yet." Seeing this, the Lord of Xu Island hurriedly said to Xie Huaizhong and the others: "Today, you invited me to come to Tongshanzhai to celebrate the birthday of the Lord of Xie Zhai, but you came out like this... What the hell is going on here? Why were hundreds of brothers killed and wounded? You have to let the brothers know why, right? β
The lord of Xu Island was a little angry in his heart, and the Tongshan Cottage was called Xie Huaizhong's birthday celebration, but people also came, and the gift was given, but he didn't get a cup of birthday wine to drink, but listened to them cry.
The pirates live a life of licking blood at the tip of a knife, and it is common to kill and injure some people and horses, although it is relatively rare to kill and injure hundreds of people, but it is a matter of your copper cottage, what does it have to do with them?
"Island Master Xu, here's the thing." Fei Jingyang, the second master of Tongshanzhai, replied: "The four boats of my Tongshanzhai were doing some business at sea, and they met the officials and soldiers of Quanzhou, and lost a few boats. β
"Encounter with the Quanzhou official army at sea? Is it the official boat master? When did Quanzhou have a boat master? βοΌ Wen Yan asked in surprise.
"It was just built in Quanzhou last year, and it was called the 'Black Flag Military Boat Division'," Fei Jingyang nodded.
"Only at the end of last year? How many boats can the officer-army boat division that only existed last year have? How is it your opponent of the copper cottage? Hehe, Leader Fei laughed, didn't your copper cottage crisscross the sea for more than ten years, and rarely meet opponents? βοΌ Shaking his head and laughing.
There are more than 300 large and small ships in Tongshanzhai, and the most important thing is that Tongshanzhai can also build its own ship, which is relatively rare among all pirates, so Tongshanzhai is the largest coastal force in the southeast of the Song Dynasty.
Tongshanzhai celebrated the birthday of the owner Xie Huaizhong this time, so as to invite the pirates everywhere to come, and the pirates everywhere did not dare not sell this face.
However, at this time, when the Haikou everywhere heard that hundreds of people had been killed and injured in Tongshanzhai, they were quite gloating in their hearts.
"The warships of the government are unusually tall and strong, and the firepower is fierce, and the new army in Quanzhou is completely different from the previous Song army, it is extremely tenacious, and it will not retreat in a fight to the death, so we will be defeated." Xie Huaizhong's younger brother, Xie Huaiyi, the eighth leader of Tongshanzhai, said after taking a few steps forward.
Xie Huaiyi usually does not go to sea to plunder, but on the same day, he learned that several Goryeo merchant ships were about to pass near Tongpan Island, so he took a few ships to plunder on a whim.
At that time, the sharp naval weapons of the Song army and the Song officers and soldiers shouted fierce battles and did not retreat in bloody battles, which also left a deep impression on Xie Huaiyi, and he still has lingering palpitations.
"Hehe, the second leader didn't say that he defeated the Song army, why did he come from your mouth but lose?"
"You 'rolling sea rats' also have times when they are deflated?"
"Brother, look at what you said, how could Tongshanzhai be defeated?"
"Hahahaha!"
What Xie Huaiyi said was the truth, and what Fei Jingyang said to win the Song army was just forcibly adding light to his own face, maybe he was beaten by the Song army's Quanzhou Zhoushi, and all the heroes said secretly in their hearts.
"Han Bird Monkey, what you say is a fart, my copper cottage is defeated, and Liang'er and others are also generally defeated, I'm afraid that when the time comes, the killing will rise up, and they will disperse. . . ." Xie Huaiyi was furious when he heard this, and scolded loudly.
"Haha, we are waiting for the temple to be a small Bodhisattva, and it is not a shame to be defeated by officers and soldiers, but your copper cottage is a big temple, with hundreds of boats and thousands of people and horses, but it was defeated at the door of your own house.
The heroes looked at Xie Huaizhong's face, but they didn't scold Xie Huaiyi, but continued to make fun of Xie Huaiyi and others.
"Eighth brother Hugh is going to talk about it again." Fei Jingyang saw that Xie Huaiyi was still arguing with the other party, so he grabbed Xie Huaiyi, arched his hand and said to the heroes: "Yes, this encounter with the Quanzhou official army at sea is the defeat of my copper cottage, and it was a mess, it is a heavy loss. β
Fei Jingyang made another gesture and continued: "And what I want to say at this moment is that it is true that my Tongshanzhai was defeated by the official army, but this is by no means a matter of my Tongshanzhai family, but involves all the people here. β
"Second leader, what do you mean by that?" The lord of Sun Island from Chuanzhou on Guangnan Road asked expressionlessly.
"Heroes!" Fei Jingyang replied when he heard this: "Quanzhou almost overnight appeared a powerful boat division, as far as I know, this is all Quanzhou's new Zhizhou two years ago, Li Sanjian did it, Quanzhou boat division can defeat my Tongshanzhai boat, then it can also defeat you." β
"This is your copper cottage, what does it have to do with us?" Island Lord Sun asked coldly.
When everyone heard this, they nodded and said yes, Quanzhou Boat Master is fierce, and it is a big deal not to loot on the sea near Quanzhou in the future.
At this time, the Zhuhai Kou everywhere also generally understood the reason why the Tongshanzhai was celebrating Xie Huaizhong's birthday this time, that is, to bring them here and incite them to fight against the Quanzhou government together.
"Island Master Sun, please let me finish my words." Hearing this, Fei Jingyang said patiently: "The Quanzhou Boat Master is currently only in Quanzhou, but who can guarantee that the Quanzhou Boat Master will not leave the Quanzhou boundary?" In addition, Li Sanjian, the governor of Quanzhou, has done many things since he took office, and there is only one thing related to me, that is, Quanzhou has implemented the 'Jinghai Ten Strategies'! β
"'Jinghai Ten Strategies'? What are the 'Ten Strategies of Jinghai'? Island Master Xu asked.
"What are the 'Ten Strategies for Jinghai'?" Fei Jingyang replied with a sneer: "The first strategy of the 'Jinghai Ten Strategies' is to extinguish our eyeliner in the city, the countryside, and the town, and the matter of Waitouao, probably you have also heard about it, right?" The officers and soldiers surrounded Wai Tau Ao a few days ago, and almost wiped out the eyeliner of my Tongshan Cottage in Wai Tou O, arrested more than 400 people, and killed more than 100 of my brothers. β
Speaking of which, Fei Jingyang is Li Sanjian is becoming more and more interested, it was just some hearsay before, Fei Jingyang really wants to meet Li Sanjian and see what kind of person he is?
And Xie Huaizhong, the big leader of the Tongshan Cottage, who had been silent, glanced at Liao Han, the fifth leader, when he heard this.
Liao Han claimed that after being caught by the official army, he took advantage of the unpreparedness of the official army and took the opportunity to escape, and he escaped alone, so what he said was one-sided, who knows what happened to him in the past two days? If he took refuge in the government, wouldn't his return this time be the government's internal response?
Tongpanshan Copper Cottage is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is almost impossible for the government to send troops to break through the Copper Cottage from the outside.
The so-called house thieves are difficult to prevent, this is the truth, Xie Huaizhong secretly said in his heart, this matter must be guarded against.
And Fei Jingyang, the second leader of Tongshanzhai, also means this, and he needs to be careful about this matter.
"The second leader is right, I, Wuqiu, have also been caught with more than a dozen eyeliners, and a few have been killed." The lord of Wuqiu Zhai Village nodded.
"Well, I've also killed a few of them!" Island Lord Xu nodded and said, "What are the rest of the nine strategies?" β
"The second strategy of the 'Jinghai Ten Strategies'... The third policy... Fourth Strategyγγγγγγ So Fei Jingyang told the "Jinghai Ten Strategies" implemented in Quanzhou in detail to the owners of the islands and the owners of the villages.
Everyone gasped when they heard the words, and the "Jinghai Ten Strategies" were all for the bottom of the kettle, and each piece hit the nail on the head, no wonder the survival of Quanzhou Tongshan Cottage was becoming more and more difficult, and it turned out to be related to the "Jinghai Ten Strategies".
"That's amazing!" After listening to this, the Lord of Xu Island said with some comfort: "Fortunately, it is only in Quanzhou to implement the 'Jinghai Ten Strategies', if it is also implemented in other places, we really have no way to live." β
"Lord Xu's words are wrong!" Fei Jingyang shook his head when he heard the words and said: "It is true that Li Sanjian is the governor of Quanzhou at the moment, and it is not false that only Quanzhou implements the 'Jinghai Ten Strategies' at present, but if it is... If the imperial court listens to Li Sanjian's words and implements the 'Jinghai Ten Strategies' everywhere in the southeast, what should we do at this time? Do I have a way to survive at this time? If the dog official Li Sanjian is promoted to an official of the road-level yamen, what should we do? β
"According to Leader Fei's wishes, what should we do?" After thinking about it, this kind of thing is indeed possible, so he asked anxiously.
"This person can't stay, he must be removed!" Fei Jingyang said slowly: "We must concentrate our forces to break through the city of Quanzhou in one fell swoop, kill or capture this dog official, and solve the trouble of our henchmen." β
Attack the city of Quanzhou? Everyone was taken aback when they heard this, and their faces were like earth.
If it had plundered the sea in the past, then the government could turn a blind eye, and attack the city of Quanzhou, that is, raise the flag and rebel, so will the government still turn a blind eye?