Riding the north wind, Li Peilin's fleet arrived at the sea outside Hongji Port overnight.

Looking out from the cabin, Li Peilin vaguely saw dozens of large and small ships moored in the sea off Hongji Port. The pierced mast, the bullet-riddled hull, the sail that was burned so hard that almost only the skeleton remained, and the blood-soaked deck made people feel miserable at a glance. Around these ships, several Hurricane ships were on duty, acting as escorts.

"My lord, that's the ship of Master Zhang!" Li Peilin had sharp eyes around him, and he had already seen the three-headed tiger of hell made of gold and silver on the wind ship.

Countless old and infirm women and children were picked up from these boats and transported to the port of Hongji, and from time to time stretchers and wounded people were carefully transported from the boats, and medical officers in white uniforms watched their passports.

There were also carpenters and boatmen on deck, using planks to repair parts of the ship that had been damaged by shells.

What happened?

The big and small people of Li Peilin's fleet all drew a question mark in their hearts.

"Flag Slogan! Ask the docks, is there anything unusual these days? Captain Mai Chaodong couldn't hold back a little, and shouted loudly to the flag soldiers.

The flag soldier waved the small flag in his hand and waved the flag to the oncoming pilot boat, and the opposite side also responded with the flag.

"Captain, reply that in the past few days, everything has been fine in the docks and Ha Jing City, and the world is peaceful!"

With a full stomach full of doubts, the people returned to Ha Jing.

Li Peilin took his own carriage and went straight to the gate of Li Shouhan's general's mansion.

In the square outside the gate where Li Shouhan obviously exceeded the control, there were more than 100 people sitting or lying down, their faces blown red by the sea breeze, and some squinted eyes, all of which showed that these people were men begging for a living at sea. However, from the momentum brought out of the face between the eyebrows, as well as the hilt and musket held tightly in his hand, it can be determined that these people are by no means good.

In the signing room, Zhang Xiaohu and his two elder brothers had stopped their grief.

"Brother Zong, it's just the right time for you to come back," Li Shouhan waved his hand and motioned for Li Peilin to sit down, "These two are Zhang Xiaohu's third and fourth brothers, bring their subordinates to join me, you and the people in the household go to settle down, food, clothing, and accommodation, in addition, let Wang Tingqi bring more people and give them a good physical examination, they have been adrift at sea for many days, and their physical condition is not very good." Don't catch any more diseases. ”

Zhang Xiaohu's two elder brothers, the third brother Zhang Xiaoqi and the fourth brother Zhang Xiaobiao, were dressed in linen clothes, and they followed Li Peilin to settle the old and young people, leaving Zhang Xiaohu and Li Shouhan to talk in the signing room.

That night, Li Shouhan, Li Peilin, Fu Bo and others discussed secretly again in the signing room.

Shouhan has received a report from the Han Yuan Firm's Business Information Office and the General's Mansion Statistics Office, those old people who went to Guangxi Governor's Yamen were trapped in the inn, Liao Sanye wanted to find a short time several times, but fortunately they were found in time and saved. A group of old people are living in fear.

"My lord, in my opinion, at this time, we should send competent personnel to the provincial capital to pick up all the village elders, so as to calm their hearts, and then slowly figure it out."

"Well, in a few days it will be Chinese New Year's Eve, or tomorrow, I will ask Fubo to go and pick everyone back, and I will ask Fubo to tell them, our own affairs, or do it ourselves!" Ask for others, not for yourself! ”

Fauber nodded yes.

"First, Fu Bo is an old man in the house, highly respected, and second, you are old and virtuous, and these old men are exactly, exactly," Shouhan couldn't find the right words to describe for a while.

Have a common language? Doesn't seem quite righteous. However, there seems to be no other word.

"Haha! It's all a group of old and immortal people. Fauber was quite refreshed, and made fun of himself.

"Fubo, you are only about fifty, it is the prime of life, and I still want to borrow you. In the future, my son will depend on you for his teaching. Shouhan's words are half of the words of the situation, and half of them are from the heart.

After saying this, the corners of Fu Bo's eyes were a little moist, and it was extremely rare for a retainer and a lord to be in such a situation. Li Peilin was also quite pleased on the side, the lord can be so affectionate and righteous, and treat the old ministers, the future and situation are what these old ministers can imagine.

"Lord," Li Peilin officially changed his title, "What happened to the Zhang family?" Such a tragic battle? ”

"Alas! It is also the misfortune of the Zhang family! ”

On the same day, after Zhang Xiaohu voted for Li Shouhan, he sent one of his shipowners, Luo Abing, back to report to his father and the families of a group of cadres. As a result, he was intercepted by the boss of the Zhang family on the way, and learned that his successor opponent, the sixth brother, did not die, but on the contrary, he also got a bigger and stronger backer.

While handling the cargo on Luo Ah Ping's ship, the boss of the Zhang family came into contact with the Portuguese in Macau.

"The Francois are divided into two countries, Spain and Portugal, and there is an emperor, but this emperor is a Spaniard, and the Portuguese have always been dissatisfied and want to stand on their own. Not long ago they learned that we had broken through Luzon and thought it was a good time to deplete the strength of the Spaniards in the East. However, their own power was insufficient, so they hit it off with Boss Zhang, who was bent on sitting on the throne of the big boss. ”

In the naval battle between Zhang Xiaohu and Zuo Xiaopeng, the ships, sailors, and soldiers of the Zhang family lost Yan zhòng. However, from the perspective of the internal faction mountain, the losses are all Zhang Xiaohu and his father's descendants, as well as some ship owners who are closer to their father and son. And Boss Zhang's mountain is mainly himself, his two younger brothers, and several other small boat owners.

In the past, the Zhang family was able to suppress the mountains because Zhang Baoshan had the strength, but now, his ships and manpower have suffered great losses, and Boss Zhang's power has begun to rise.

After receiving 20 artillery pieces, 400 muskets, 100 barrels of gunpowder, two Spanish warships, and 5,000 gold coins of material and financial support, Boss Zhang decided to take the throne!

On the seventeenth day of the lunar month, Boss Zhang held a banquet in his village and invited the heads of the village, his old father, and his brothers to drink.

There is no cheesy cup smashing as a number, and Boss Zhang's heart is more ruthless than anyone else.

At the climax of the banquet, he got up and left the table, and his cronies made an excuse to go for a convenience or two. In the banquet, this kind of behavior is also normal, and others don't care. The rest of the people continued to drink and sing.

"Boss, we're ready!" The fifth elder of the Zhang family with 200 musketeers was on standby in the secret room to assemble.

"Alright! The old man is unkind, eccentric, and bent on leaving the position to the sixth son! Don't blame me for being ruthless! Do it! ”

At the sound of the order, fifty musketeers went straight to the hall where the big boss and the ship's owners were feasting, and the rest went to deal with the bodyguards, escorts, and the like.

"Bang, bang, bang!" The muskets roared, and the projectiles flew sideways, far more powerful in terms of killing effect than the axe hand. Soon, the banquet hall was covered with blood.

After inspecting the dead bodies in the banquet hall, the boss of the Zhang family sent his descendants to send troops everywhere to capture and eliminate Zhang Baoshan's middle-level leaders, and accept the shipowner's subordinates and property.

For a time, the entire pirate lair was full of cries, shouts, moans, and screams, one after another, and the flames soared into the sky.

However, after repeatedly inspecting the corpses in the banquet hall, Boss Zhang suddenly found that there was no third brother Zhang Xiaoqi and fourth brother Zhang Xiaobiao in the corpses.

It was a fluke that these two people were able to escape, and when Boss Zhang left the table under the excuse of convenience, these two really wanted to go for convenience. came out of the place of reincarnation of the five grains, but the two were fascinated by a few beautiful maids in Boss Zhang's village, and they couldn't pull out their steps for a while, and began to laugh. After a few curses, the ballroom burst into flames.

These two, naval warfare, land warfare, plundering, management, and so on, are all rare, but there is only one escape, which is one of the best among the sons of the Zhang family. Seeing that the situation was not good, they immediately drew their swords and killed several maids who had seen them in front of them, and then, piling the corpses together, stacking them into a stepping foot, the two of them walked over the wall.

It can be seen that the military elements of the two are general. I can't even jump off the wall when I run for my life!

As soon as your feet hit the ground, you will run wildly! fled to the beach, recruited his descendants, hoisted the sail and untied the anchor, and fled.

By dawn, the boss of the Zhang family found that his two precious brothers had fled, not only did he escape, but also caused more than a dozen other small boat owners' subordinates to follow him to the sea and escape, causing a lot of losses to his men and horses. He couldn't help but be furious, so he ordered his cronies to board the Spanish warship and set sail to pursue him.

After tracking all the way, he finally found that Zhang Laosan and Zhang Laosi's fleet was fleeing west in a hurry, so while speeding up to catch up, he sent someone to send a letter to Zhang Laoda, asking for reinforcements to come.

In this way, on the one hand, he fled like crazy, and on the other hand, he was desperately chasing, and there was a large group of ships following behind, and for a time the sea was like a forest. The white sails were like clouds, obscuring the day.

In the eastern waters of Duyan Island, Boss Zhang's fleet finally caught up with his two younger brothers.

Without saying a word to each other, the artillery greeted each other like hail. Zhang Laosan and the fourth child both understand that their eldest brother can even kill his father, so what are our two younger brothers who are not in harmony with him on weekdays? Let's do it!

However, each other's command ability and technical and tactical level are too different, just like the Chinese team and the German team are facing each other, basically being pressed and beaten by others.

I don't know if it's the luck of the two of them, or if Zhang Baoshan doesn't bless these two precious sons, just when Zhang Lao's fleet is about to surround Zhang Laosan and Zhang Laosi's fleet, Zhang Xiaohu's fleet happened to have just passed Guò Duanyan Island, and the forward ship found that there were two fleets engaged in a naval battle.

The most terrible thing is that the banners of both sides are Zhang Baoshan's gang!

Zhang Xiaohu's heart sank suddenly, could it be that something happened at home? He has lived in a pirate gang since he was a child, and he has seen a lot of infighting, fire, and so on, what happened to his family? He didn't dare to think about it.

"Herald! All ships are ready for battle! Get ready to fire! ”

The three wind ships used their high speed and strong firepower to quickly cut the two sides that were fighting, and the side that was being chased and killed didn't matter, anyway, it was also abused by people with artillery fire, and the side that was chasing was very unhappy.

Soon, both the chasing and the hunted found out who the commander of this fleet was.

"It's Xiaohu! Right! It's Xiaohu! We are saved! ”

"! It's that damn little Liuzi! How did he end up here?! ”

The two sides agreed on Zhang Xiaohu's combat effectiveness and command ability at sea. Even Boss Zhang, who has been scolding his father for being unfair in his heart, thinks that if he sits on the throne of the plate and lets Zhang Xiaohu lead the water division, then the Zhang family gang will have to go to another level.

Viciously glancing at the dense artillery fire on the Hurricane ship, Boss Zhang gritted his teeth and ordered, "Turn the rudder and go back!" ”

The three Zhang Xiaohu brothers met at sea, and Zhang Laosan and Zhang Laosi really saw their relatives! After listening to the cry of the two brothers, Zhang Xiaohu couldn't help but jump like thunder, and he ordered the fleet to pursue.

However, Huang Liancheng was a little more serious, "Lord Tong, now that Brother Ling's department has just gone through a big battle, and it is a long journey, is it better to return to Hongji Port first, temporarily tidy up and rest, and ask the general for instructions, and then send troops?" ”

Looking at the tragic situation of his two waste brothers' subordinates, Zhang Xiaohu knew that if he insisted on avenging his father, these people and the ship would be useless. So, I had to hate and order all the rudders to return to Hongji Port.

Pastor Alfonso, who preached the Lord's gospel in Hongji Port, described the incident in a letter to a distant friend.

"Under the reconnaissance of General Li's seemingly pervasive intelligence system, people finally learned about the situation of the Zhang family's pirate gang in the distance. After learning that they might become the next target of General Lee's powerful sea power, many of the semi-independent gang members chose to leave the Zhang family. Some of them, at the invitation of General Zhang Xiaohu and his two brothers, chose to join General Lee's navy; The other part, a large part of it, is said to occupy more than a third of the strength of the original gang, and to the east, to cooperate with the newly rising pirate operating there, Li Dan, who is said to be our parishioner, and one of his subordinates, named Nikolai Gasbat, is even more powerful. However, many people call him Nikolai Ichiguan. He had been appreciated and valued by his chiefs in his recent battles with various other pirate groups, and the trade routes with Japan were now under his control, and they hoped to gain sufficient economic benefits under his command. ”

"And General Li himself believes that he has obtained at least two thousand skilled sailors, which will temporarily alleviate his strong shipbuilding ability and the contradiction that the sailors are lacking."

"And the current leader of the Zhang family's gang is believed to have been hired by the Portuguese to become an auxiliary part of their maritime power."

"After the Chinese New Year, Zhang Xiaohu, who had been replenished and strengthened, led his fleet to the sea to fight his elder brother, on the grounds that his elder brother had killed his father and several younger brothers in the process of seizing power."

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