Gu San Mazi had also heard of Song Youliang and knew that this person was not easy to mess with, so he also reorganized the soldiers and horses and ships early, preparing to deal with Song Youliang's crusade. As soon as the two sides met in the open sea east of Chongming Island, the Chongming pirates were first frightened.

"Oh my god, is this a boat?"

"It's so big, it feels like I've moved a hill~"

Gu San Mazi also felt that his scalp was numb, but in order not to lose morale, he was still standing on his flagship, a fortune ship, holding a steel knife and pointing forward, "Brothers, kill!" ”

This time, Song Youliang's flagship Dingyuan did not rush to the front, but Gan Hui served as the commander. Gan Hui took full advantage of his ships in tonnage, speed, and artillery, and divided the entire fleet into left and right wings, cruising around the pirate ship cluster.

Gu San Mazi is not as good as the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the warships are all small and medium-sized ships, not to mention, the firearms on the ships are even less pitiful, only a few small Franc cannons. After a tentative attack, Gan Hui simply commanded the two-wing warships and rushed directly into the pirate ship cluster. The guns on both sides fired in unison, muskets, crossbows, and fire bricks were fired together, and the huge hull of the ship was followed by a direct smash into some small boats.

The pirates did not show weakness, and flocked to the battleship from all directions like moths to a flame, firing Franc planes at close range from a position of more than 100 meters, and some brave people projected rockets, hooks, and darts into the guns of the battleships

The battle lasted for two hours, and Gu San Mazi was sunk by at least thirty ships, and Song Youliang's battleships were also damaged to varying degrees.

Gu San Mazi's back was full of cold sweat, the officers and soldiers had strong ships and guns, although there were many of their own ships, but as long as they were hit, there was nothing that would not be smashed, and if they continued to fight like this, they would lose all their old capital. What to do? It seems that this Lord Song is really angry and wants to kill himself. Why don't I go to Fujian to join Zheng Zhilong? Many thoughts and thoughts flashed through Gu San Mazi's mind

At this moment, Gu San Mazi suddenly saw that the big ships of the officers and soldiers began to stop shelling, slowly retreated, and began to disengage from his own fleet. So, if Gu San Mazi was amnesty, he hurriedly withdrew his troops and returned to Nansha Water Village. Song Youliang's fleet left a large force to continue to monitor Gu Sanmazi's movements, and he led the Yuan into the mouth of the Yangtze River and sailed straight to Huangtian Port in Jiangyin before dropping anchor.

As soon as Song Youliang came ashore, he immediately sent someone to send a message to the Jiangyin magistrate, who did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly led a group of officials of all sizes to greet him at the gate of Jiangyin County.

Song Youliang and Jiangyin County casually exchanged a few polite words at the gate of the city, and then said: "This official is in military affairs, and the county magistrate has appreciated the hospitality of the banquet, and now I want to borrow someone from the lord for use." ”

"Who?" Jiangyin magistrate asked busily

"Yan Yingyuan, the envoy of your county." Song Youliang replied

"Yan Yingyuan?" Jiangyin Zhixian was taken aback, and then replied calmly: "Lord Haojiao learned that the surname of the small county is Chen Mingmingyu, and Yan Yingyuan is the former history of our county and has resigned. ”

"I've left my job." Song Youliang was stunned, according to historical records, Yan Yingyuan only took up the post of Jiangyin envoy this year, and he came to him specially to find him, but he didn't expect Yan Yingyuan to have resigned.

"Then can the magistrate tell me where Yan Yingyuan went?" ”

"This ......" Jiangyin Zhixian hesitated for a moment before saying: "Yan Dianshi was cut off during his time in this county, and he was originally promoted to the lord of Yingde County in Shaozhou, as for whether he is in Yingde County now, or on the way to Yingde County, it is not known to the small county." ”

"No~ you're lying." Song Youliang said to Jiangyin Zhixian with a smile: "If Yan Yingyuan really went to Shaozhou to serve as the county magistrate, why should you hide what you say?" Song Youliang's gaze was like a bayonet at Jiangyin Zhixian

"Small county~ How dare a small county deceive the military gate~" Jiangyin Zhixian stubbornly held on, "If you don't believe in the military gate, you can ask other officials~"

"Yes, yes, Yan Yingyuan is indeed not in Jiangyin County." Other officials, big and small, echoed in unison

"Hmph~~ Guan Yunbao, Zhang Feixiong, the two of you are a soldier and go to the foot of Silicon Mountain~~ Drinking horses!" Song Youliang made a face

"Order~" Guan Yunbao and Zhang Feixiong responded loudly, Song Youliang came by boat, where is there a horse to drink? Guan Yunbao and Zhang Feixiong didn't care, they pulled down the two knights in the honor guard who greeted Song Youliang, and then took ten soldiers, let the two knights who were pulled off their horses by themselves be guides, and went straight to the foot of Silicon Mountain

"It's a big village." Not long after, Guan Yunbao and Zhang Feixiong were already standing at the foot of Silicon Mountain outside Jiangyin City, a vast area of green bricks and green tiles built by the mountain, standing outside the courtyard. If a classic history can build such a large village, if it is not born in a wealthy family, it is a means, otherwise even if it is corruption and bribery, it is impossible to accumulate such family wealth.

Guan Yunbao thought to himself, it seems that this Yan Yingyuan is not a good bird, and he doesn't know why the adults came to Jiangyin to find him.

"Jingle Bell"

"Bell~"

"Zheng Zheng~"

Guan Yunbao stood outside the door, only to hear the sound of weapons colliding inside, he and Zhang Feixiong glanced at each other, and a hint of surprise flashed in their eyes.

"Open the door, open the door~" A soldier had already pulled the knocker and knocked on the door, and the door creaked open, revealing a sturdy young man, who asked in an unkind tone: "Why are you yelling, who are you looking for?" The young man looked in the direction of Guan Yunbao and Zhang Feixiong, his face changed, and he shouted: "Come on, there are officers and soldiers who want to trouble Brother Yan." ”

"Whoa." In an instant, dozens of strong men with various weapons rushed out of the courtyard, and surrounded Guan, Zhang and ten soldiers in a sturdy manner, surrounded by so many people with weapons.

Guan Yunbao and others also drew knives in their hands, and Zhang Feixiong explained: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, we are under the command of Song Youliang, the chief soldier of Dengzhou, and we came to find Lord Yan to go to the county seat to discuss matters." ”

"Deliberations?" A young man said, "Look at them, I'll go and ask Brother Yan to come over." ”

It didn't take long for a middle-aged man with a strong body, eyebrows straight, and a red face and long beard to come to the door, looked at the more than ten officers and soldiers gathered in the middle, and his face sank: "What are you doing here, put away all your weapons." ”

"Brother Yan, these two are doglegs surnamed Song, they must have arrested you, and they can't be let go."

"yes, we can't let them go."

"Even if we risk our lives, we must also try our best to protect Brother Yan!"

Guan Yunbao and Zhang Feixiong wondered, why were these people so nervous and so reluctant as soon as they heard that they were Song Junmen's subordinates? Guan Yunbao shouted: "Don't get me wrong, we have sent a military order from Song Junmen to invite Lord Yan." ”

Yan Yingyuan looked at Guan Yunbao and Zhang Feixiong with sharp eyes, he was a classic history, just a petty official who had not entered the stream, how could a dignified general soldier want to see him so much, Yan Yingyuan was uneasy in his heart, could it be that he and Gu San Mazi secretly communicated with each other.

Yan Yingyuan and Gu San Mazi can be said to be ignorant, after Yan Yingyuan retreated from the enemy with three arrows, Gu San Mazi sent someone to send a message to see Yan Yingyuan, and invited Yan Yingyuan to talk on the boat, everyone thought it was Gu San Mazi's trick, and strongly persuaded Yan Yingyuan not to be fooled, Yan Yingyuan still tried his best to defy public opinion and boarded Gu Sanmazi's big ship alone.

At the beginning of his tenure, Haikou Gu San Mazi led hundreds of warships to invade Huangtian Port, but Yan Yingyuan led his troops to refuse, and fired three arrows in a row, all of which fell in response. Haikou was terrified and did not dare to commit it again. During his tenure, he pacified the salt thieves, pacified the civil unrest, and the political discipline was prominent, and the people of Jiangyin were grateful for his kindness and painted a portrait of him in social studies. At that time, not long after Yan Yingyuan arrived in Jiangyin, Gu San Mazi had hundreds of bare boats, although most of them were small boats, but there were more than 2,000 people, Jiangyin County actually could not resist Gu Sanmazi's plunder, Yan Yingyuan also knew this, so he was not allowed to accept Gu Sanmazi's invitation to board the ship.

For Yan Yingyuan to dare to board the ship alone, Gu San Mazi is also very admirable, not long after the two talked, Gu San Mazi proposed that the two of them worship as brothers, Yan Yingyuan is an official, Gu San Mazi is a thief, the official and the thief are not separated, but Yan Yingyuan still agreed after much consideration, compared to the general Haikou, Gu San Mazi has a good reputation, and rarely hurts people when robbing money, Yan Yingyuan is not an old-fashioned person, and making friends with Gu San Mazi not only solves the threat of Jiangyin County, but also has Gu San Mazi as a helper, not to mention other bandits, Yan Yingyuan was able to quickly pacify the place, and Gu San Mazi contributed a lot to it.

Every time he went to sea, Gu San Mazi also folded one percent of the goods to Yan Yingyuan as a dry stock, and Yan Yingyuan delayed it several times before accepting it all, and quickly became rich. Of course, Yan Yingyuan is also a deep officialdom, and this money is not swallowed by himself alone, everyone in the county, from the county magistrate to the government officials, has a share. Everyone knows where the money comes from, but they all receive it with peace of mind. Since Jiajing, the Daming sea ban policy is in vain, coastal sailors go ashore for business, go to the sea for thieves, Gu San Mazi is not all dependent on robbery for a living, sometimes also visit merchants, but there was no suitable foothold before, after befriending Yan Yingyuan, Gu San Mazi has Jiangyin as a foothold, the interests of maritime merchants alone are enough, and slowly stop robbing and transform into a specialized maritime businessman, Jiangyin City because of Gu San Mazi's large purchase of goods, the people have benefited, and Yan Yingyuan is more respected.

After a long time, Yan Yingyuan began to persuade Gu San Mazi to completely stop and stop robbing merchant ships. Gu San Mazi also agreed, but said that he wanted to do another vote, as a commemoration of his official end to his pirate career. Who knows, the last time Gu San Mazi robbed was one of Song Youliang's money bags, the merchant ships of the Wenzhou and Ningbo merchant gangs.

Now the basket can be poked bigger

Therefore, as soon as the magistrate of Jiangyin heard that Song Youliang was looking for Yan Yingyuan, he thought that Song Youliang was coming to ask someone for the crime, so he hurriedly helped Yan Yingyuan make up a lie. Yan Yingyuan's caretaker was also mostly Gu Sanmazi's subordinates, and when he heard that it was a "subordinate of the Song Army", he also thought that the officers and soldiers had come to arrest Yan Yingyuan. Even Yan Yingyuan himself thought that Song Youliang had come to Xingshi to ask for guilt

"Jiangyin County and Dengzhou Town complement each other, I don't know if Song Junmen wants to see the little officials, do you have any instructions?" Yan Yingyuan said coldly

Guan Yunbao replied: "My family's military family intends to recruit An Gu San Mazi, and I know that the envoy has dealt with him, so I want to ask the envoy to be a lobbyist." ”