Zhu Liye, who came out of the Salt Merchants Association, came to the dock with his guards, and looked at the batch of salt boats detained by the officers and soldiers, and he really felt a feeling of dripping blood in his heart. Because a large part of it is the salt goods taken out by his Zhu family. Now he has been seized with salt on the boat, and he will inevitably be punished when he returns to his family.

It's just that he knows in his heart that others can pay money to atone for his sins this time, but he can't do it. It's not that he doesn't understand the meaning of ruining wealth and eliminating disaster. But it is very clear that the father of the family has always had to bring in money from outside. If you want him to get money out of his pocket, it's almost impossible to get to the sky. In addition, the Zhu family has been running Mingzhou for many years, and even the new prefect has to visit the head of the Zhu family, which makes the Zhu family a local emperor in Mingzhou.

Every time the family encountered a crisis, the Zhu family would quickly evacuate Mingzhou and flee to the islands they operated in the open sea. Sit and watch the turmoil in Mingzhou, and when the situation calms down, the imperial court needs to pardon the Zhu family to appease the civil unrest. The Zhu family returned to Mingzhou as heroes and continued to become the well-deserved emperor of Mingzhou.

This scheming and means made the Zhu family have a kind of arrogance that is not afraid of everything from top to small. Coupled with the fact that his family operates a base off the coast of Minzhou, to a large extent, they have a way out of self-preservation. Even if things are beyond their control, with the connections and wealth they have accumulated over the years, they can quickly make a comeback in other places as long as the limelight passes.

It is with this kind of confidence that Zhu Liye knows that others will accept this kind of coercion, and his family will never accept this threat. If the prince really knows the salt tax that their salt merchant association has evaded all these years. Then it is impossible for him not to know that the illicit salt smuggled by his Zhu family over the years alone can almost equal to 30% of the total amount of salt smuggled by the Salt Merchants Association.

If you want to pay all these salt taxes, with the character of the father who slammed the door, it is better to kill him with a knife. Therefore, Zhu Liye knew very well that even if he wanted to propose to destroy the wealth and eliminate the disaster, the father of the head of the family would choose to run away more often. Wait until the limelight passes, and then borrow a name to return to Mingzhou and continue their Zhu family's supremacy in Mingzhou.

It's just that what he doesn't know is that the underground forces that he thinks he hides well are almost transparent in the eyes of Zhao Xiaoxi, who is different from other princes. As a secret matter that almost all the officials and families in Mingzhou know, how could the cloth pavilion established in Mingzhou not investigate it clearly?

When Zhu Liye left Hangzhou by boat, Zhao Xiaoxi also led the members of the military department into the reorganized Hangcheng naval camp. These officers and men who had just experienced turmoil were instructed to sail and leave the station. Tell these newly promoted generals of the navy who have not been cleaned up that if they want to atone for their sins or sit on the temporarily promoted official positions, everything depends on this operation.

As for what the action was, Zhao Xiaoxi did not tell them, only told them to drive towards the waters in the direction of Mingzhou. The speed of its voyage even exceeded that of Zhu Liye, who returned to Mingzhou by merchant ship. When Zhu Liye arrived in Mingzhou in the evening of the afternoon, the naval army led by Zhao Xiaoxi had already arrived at the coast of Mingzhou to stand by.

When there were no fishing boats and merchant ships on the nearby sea, looking at the starry sky and moonlight, Zhao Xiaoxi ordered the officers and soldiers of the navy, who rarely sailed at night, to immediately set off for the Zhu family to set up a secret overseas base. He must rush to get rid of this Zhu family's base before the Zhu family transfers, so that the Zhu family can completely dispel their past delusions.

Although it was somewhat difficult to sail at night, under the leadership of Zhao Xiaoxi, the warships of the navy still approached the vicinity of the island hidden by the Zhu family slowly and smoothly. When Zhao Xiaoxi saw the little lights coming from the island in front of him, he knew that they were not far from the Zhu family's secret base, and began to order these warships to sail to the other side of the island to avoid the other party's surveillance.

When he was already not far from the island in front of the island, Zhao Xiaoxi told the officers and soldiers of the navy that all the warships were on standby here. He led the members of the military department to launch a surprise attack on the island, the pirates raised by the Zhu family. When chaos arose on the island, they immediately captured the island's docks, captured the island from the front, and prevented any small boats from leaving the island to leak the news.

After explaining all this, Zhao Xiaoxi led twenty members of the military department who were familiar with the nature of the water to leave the naval ship they were riding on with weapons, and quickly approached the island in front of them under the light of the stars and moonlight.

As for these naval warships, there are also many members of the military army on standby to prevent these naval forces from betraying and fleeing. Although this is unlikely, Cho Hyo-seok must be prepared for it. Not putting himself in danger is the code of conduct that he must abide by when carrying out combat missions in his past and present lives.

For Zhao Xiaoxi, I don't know how many times I did it in my previous life. Compared to his previous life, he was armed with a gun, and now he wears a sword. Compared to his previous life, he was just a rookie of ancient martial arts in the Ming Dynasty, and at this moment, his cultivation has surpassed countless in his previous life. The powerful internal force cultivation has enabled him to exert a sharper infiltration and sneak attack tactic than in his previous life.

Arriving at the shallow waters of the island, Cho Hyo-seok ordered these members of the military department to quickly take off their clothes and wring out the water stains. After putting on the clothes that were still wet but not dripping, he led these specially trained members of the military force through simple sign language to quickly advance to the other side of the island, preparing to carry out an armed surprise attack and create conditions for the forced entry of most of the naval forces behind.

After a period of climbing through the bushes to the island's house of residence, Cho Hyo-seok was in no hurry to attack. Instead, he ordered his members of the military department to start reconnaissance before the battle. Find out the defense forces arranged by the opponent, and finally make a detailed attack route to attack the enemy's lair in one fell swoop.

For these members of the military department who have undergone special training, covert reconnaissance has become a common thing. Soon after they left in secrecy, they brought back the defense situation they had detected. In addition to arranging a lot of pirates with torches to patrol near the island pier, the other side also set up two arrow towers for defense when they entered the camp.

Apart from these two defenses, there are no other defenses in this pirate den built like a barracks. And from the stealth place, Zhao Xiaoxi could clearly hear that the pirates gathered inside at the moment did not seem to be all resting. You can still hear the sound of drinking and punching in the distance, and it seems that these pirates are living a good life.

The first thing to do to get rid of these pirates is to control the pirate ships at the docks. The only pirate patrol of six men in charge of guarding the docks was the one who roamed the docks from time to time with torches. In addition, at the top of the pier, there are four watchers who look up from time to time to check the situation on the sea.

It seems that these pirates also knew very well that if they wanted to break through the camp where the pirates gathered, the only way for the army to come and encircle them was to attack from the front. In front of the pier they built, you can see almost the entire surface of the sea. Once they found that the officers and troops were attacking, they could quickly leave by boat and adopt the method of combined sea and land attacks, so that the officers and men who had cleared them would return in vain.

It's just that this kind of purging is very rare for the Song Dynasty naval army, which is currently only used for coastal defense, and the naval army has rarely gone to the open sea to clear out these pirates who wander around the coastal defense. So much so that the nearly 1,000 pirates gathered here have never encountered any such thing as the imperial court sending troops to the sea to eliminate them since they started this business.

It was precisely because of this understanding that the imperial court did not attach much importance to the army crossing the sea that the Zhu family dared to establish this pirate base on an uninhabited island that was only nearly a thousand nautical miles away from Mingzhou, all of which were led by the dead soldiers of the Zhu family. In order to make this base as stable as a rock, the Zhu family spent a lot of effort to replenish this pirate den with warships and outlaws.

But what they don't know today is that Cho Hyo-seok, who can determine the approximate location of the offshore sea by observing the Big Dipper. Dare to rely on this knowledge of navigation that few people have mastered, and lead these sailors who sailed to the open sea for the first time, and touched this place at night. In terms of numbers alone, these pirates are likely to be more advantageous.

It's just that without the help of warships, these pirates are no match for these army-trained sailors on land. Not to mention, Zhao Xiaoxi, who led the team tonight, and these members of the martial arts who followed, almost all of them were good at blocking ten. As long as the docks are taken and the pirates' ships are controlled, these pirates who stay in the residential area will inevitably be wiped out.

Zhao Xiaoxi, who had not carried out an overnight battle for a long time, only brought ten members of the military department to clear the guards in front of the dock. The remaining ten members of the military department arrived near the opponent's arrow tower, waiting for the opportunity to shoot the opponent's guards at any time. Once you capture the opponent's arrow towers and defensive walls, you can notify the sailors who are waiting for the signal to quickly arrive at reinforcements and break the pirates' old attack with one blow.

When Zhao Xiaoxi arrived at the dock very carefully, he looked at the six-person patrol team in front of him, and it would basically take a long time to go around the place where the boat was bound. After the tour, most of them sat in the leeward part of the pier and chatted. As for the observation tower, which is a little distance from the pier, the four watchers are even more lazy.

With such a lax defensive vigilance, when encountering a special operations master like Zhao Xiaoxi, the end is almost fatal. Cho Hyo-seok, who gave the order in sign language, quickly divided the ten people into two teams, one led by him to the lookout to deal with the four watchers who lived in two separate places, and the other to deal with the six-man patrol.

Armed with a crossbow, it is almost impossible for them to miss out on the ordinary pirate members without the other party knowing it.

Therefore, when Zhao Hyo-seok made a gesture of attacking, ten members of the martial arts launched a surprise attack one after another. In these docks, the pirates barely had a chance to react, so they were shot at close range by the members of the Martial Arts who were lurking and forcing in, using crossbows. This is also officially announced, the pirate warship is now taken over by Cho Hyo-seok!