Chongzhen suddenly disappeared overnight, and even his nearly 20,000 soldiers didn't know where he went. Except for Wu Chengen, there were less than a hundred personal guards who disappeared with him.

When King Fu's old subordinates led a large army to Xiangyang City, all that awaited them was an empty city, without any soldiers to defend it.

After more than a dozen generals searched Xiangyang City, they did not find any trace of Chongzhen, and everyone immediately panicked. You must know that among the conditions that King Fu promised them, there is one that is indispensable, that is, Chongzhen's head, if you can't get Chongzhen's head, King Fu will definitely not let them get their wish.

In a panic, all the generals immediately sent troops to launch a large-scale search throughout Huguang, and then ordered someone to convey the news to King Fu. Knowing that Chongzhen had disappeared, King Fu was very unwilling, but in order to avoid another war in Huguang or being preempted by others, King Fu still agreed to those old subordinates to take them in.

In this way, the tense situation in Huguang was calmed, but the search for Chongzhen's traces still did not stop. Not only Huguang is searching, but even Sichuan, King Fu has also given orders and rewards, and there is a momentum that he will not give up if he does not kill Chongzhen.

After Mao Wenlong learned of this unexpected situation, he just smiled and didn't pay attention to it. Now Chongzhen is no longer worried, and King Fu is busy with his life, so he doesn't need to worry about it at all.

However, Anton Wei's Lihui sent another letter to Mao Wenlong, saying that there was an accident at sea, and most of the assembled pirates refused to obey the orders after learning that they were going to deal with the Japanese pirates.

Mao Wenlong was very puzzled by such a thing, and after thinking deeply, he thought that he would go and meet the pirates in person, and hear why they would not unite against the pirates. Mao Wenlong set off on the same day, sat in a hot air balloon, and went to Andongwei under the escort of Haoda and several personal guards.

At this moment, Anton Wei is very lively, the dock is full of large and small pirate ships, and the entire northern pirate group is under the leadership of the Jiaolong Pirate Group, gathered in Anton Wei. Since Jiao Long returned to Mao Wenlong, with the help of Anton Wei's navy, he has been prosperous in the entire northern sea area for a while.

In less than three months, it has grown into an out-and-out number one pirate group, and during this time, it has also subdued more than a dozen small pirate groups, and no one can match it for a while. However, Jiao Long failed to unify the pirate groups in the entire northern seas.

After the rest of the pirate group saw the strength of the Jiaolong pirate group, they immediately realized the danger, so several large pirate groups joined forces to fight against the Jiaolong pirate group. So at present, there are only two largest pirate groups left in the northern seas.

Seeing that he would not be able to defeat the other forces for a while, Jiao Long thought of uniting together to fight against the Japanese Bandits, so he sent an invitation to invite all the pirates to come to Anton Wei to discuss the matter. Unexpectedly, when the other half of the pirates learned that they were going to deal with the pirates, none of the pirates agreed, and they refused to cooperate.

When Mao Wenlong arrived at Anton Wei, as soon as he entered the hall, he saw that the entire hall was overcrowded, and the big men with raised eyebrows were standing or sitting, talking loudly in the hall.

The movement at the door quickly attracted the attention of a group of pirates, and everyone's eyes were cast on Mao Wenlong, and they were all curious about who the young man who suddenly appeared in front of them was?

I saw that when the three Lihui brothers saw Mao Wenlong coming, they hurriedly stepped forward with Jiao Long to greet them. As soon as everyone arrived in front of Mao Wenlong, they immediately bent down and saluted, shouting in unison: "See the general soldiers." ”

At this time, all the pirates present suddenly came over, and they figured out that the guy in front of them who looked like an ordinary scholar was the famous Mao Wenlong.

After Mao Wenlong and Lihui and others greeted each other, they walked to the main seat of the hall under everyone's guard, Mao Wenlong's eyes patrolled around the faces of everyone in the hall, and then he said loudly: "The contemptible person is Mao Wenlong, it is rare for everyone to come to appreciate their faces today, and I hope you will forgive me for the inconsiderate hospitality." ”

Seeing Mao Wenlong so polite, the pirates present did not show any dissatisfaction, and replied with Mao Wenlong's smiling face one by one.

After Mao Wenlong sat down, he went straight to the point, and he said loudly: "Mao heard that some people are unwilling to fight the Japanese at sea together, I don't know why? ”

The hall was very quiet, and after a long time, I saw a shirtless man with dark skin and said angrily: "The contemptible big bear is the leader of the Xiongfeng Pirate Regiment, and we have nothing to say that we are unwilling to fight against the pirates." But now is not the time, and it would be too arrogant to try to fight the Japanese with only our current strength. ”

"Oh, is there anything hidden in this that I don't know or the inside story that I don't know?" Mao Wenlong looked at the man who called himself Big Bear with a smile on his face.

"The general army doesn't know that the Japanese have always been alone in the sea area of our Ming Dynasty, and no one can match them. This is no accident, after all, our Ming Dynasty is not a matter of one or two years, how many years have people developed and grown at sea, but we can only secretly operate at sea, and everyone has always been fighting their own battles. How can we be the opponents of the Japanese Invaders, not to mention that the Japanese have advanced artillery and foreign guns. "The big bear is like a treasure, and he suddenly made the disparity between the enemy and us clear.

After hearing this, Mao Wenlong looked at Lihui and Jiao Long beside him, and the latter both nodded slightly to Mao Wenlong. Obviously, what Da Xiong said just now is in line with the facts, and he is not alarmist.

Coming to such a result was indeed very unexpected by Mao Wenlong. But he did not believe that the Japanese had such great power at sea. Not to mention anything else, just by virtue of the current Antonwei navy, there are 50,000 soldiers and horses, and the number of warships has reached nearly 100. If you add all the pirates in the hall in front of you, let alone just a few pirates, even if everyone unites to sweep the entire Asian seas, Mao Wenlong doesn't think it's a big problem.

He pondered for a moment, shook his head and denied: "Captain Daxiong has such a long ambition that he can't help but look down on all of us. ”

Da Xiong threw a contemptuous look at Mao Wenlong, and snorted coldly: "Is General Mao confident that he can beat the Japanese Kou? ”

Mao Wenlong sneered: "What's the point of worrying about a mere widow. ”

Da Xiong smiled and said, "Then we might as well make a bet, if the general army can defeat the Japanese Kou we have designated, then we will promise you that it will not matter if we will fight against the Japanese Kou with you in the future." ”

Mao Wenlong's eyes lit up, and he laughed: "A word is a certainty." ”