Of course, Boss Zhu, who was already dead, would not have any more ideas, and after listening to Song Qing's report, Gao Qiao Nan said with a smile: "These thieves are much easier to deal with than I expected, since they have their own postures and jump into the pit, then we can't say anything if we don't say hello." Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Gao Qiao Nan was quite interested, and after finishing speaking, he patted Song Qing on the shoulder and said, "Good job! If I can wipe out all the thieves of the Yueqing Boat Gang this time, I will personally guarantee that your two brothers will be free." If you feel that you can't stay in Wenzhou, I can let you settle down somewhere else and start all over again. ”

"Thank you Jun Ye for taking care of you, the villain should do his best!" Song Qing hurriedly bowed and responded. He ventured to Yueqing Bay to be a lobbyist, initially just so that he could get out, but later added the life of his brother Song Xian, and now even his own future has to be put on this matter. I heard that working under the hands of the Haihan people earns a lot of money and lives a stable life, which should be much better than being a pirate in Yueqing and doing this knife and blood licking business.

"Tomorrow you can have a good rest, and early the day after tomorrow, I will send a boat to send you to meet with the people of the Yueqing Boat Gang." After Takahashi finished speaking, he prepared to leave.

Song Qing gritted his teeth and said boldly: "Master Jun, before you start, can you let the villain meet with his family first?"

Takahashi Nan hesitated slightly, nodded and said, "Okay, let you two brothers meet tonight." Remember, don't play any tricks with me!"

"Don't dare, don't dare!" Song Qing replied repeatedly.

That night, Takahashi Nan really sent someone to bring Song Xian out of a temporary cell on a troop transport ship and escorted him to meet Song Qing. After the two brothers met, they were also very happy, their group of pirates were killed by the Haihan Army when they were at sea, but the two brothers survived unharmed, and Song Qing even won a chance to get out safely, which was really lucky.

However, after Song Xian was captured, except for a brief interrogation, he was held in the cargo hold at the bottom of the ship for the rest of the time, and he did not know what was happening outside, let alone what the armed force that captured them came from. After Song Qing told him what he had seen and heard in the past two days, Song Xian understood the current environment he was in.

"Big brother, I heard that this Haihan people destroyed Eighteen Zhi last year, and their combat power is very strong, but they have always been active in Fuguang Province, why did they come to Wenzhou?" Song Xian's mind was more meticulous, and he immediately noticed Song Qing's negligence.

Song Qing thought for a while, and responded to Song Xiandao: "This Haihan people seem to have a deep hatred with the Yueqing Boat Gang, and they want to wipe it out. ”

"Big brother, are they really just here to deal with the Yueqing Boat Gang, and they need to use dozens of warships?" Song Xian disagreed: "Although the strength of the Yueqing Boat Gang is above us, it is just that there are many people and many ships, how can we fight against the gunboats of the Haihan people? You have also seen the battle the day before yesterday, and you don't even have a chance to jump into the gang." And the Haihan warship is extremely fast, and it can't escape if it is bitten. With such a huge disparity in combat strength, why did Haihan need to use thousands of troops to rush from Fujian to Wenzhou to fight?"

Song Qing thought about it, when the Wenzhou government sent troops to encircle and suppress the Yueqing Boat Gang, they did not send so many troops, and the Haihan people had no station in Zhejiang, if they just wanted to deal with the Yueqing Boat Gang, why did they need to work so hard, and seven or eight warships were enough to complete this task. But he thought about it, but he didn't figure out why Haihan did this.

"Big brother, if the Haihan people want to deal with the Yueqing Boat Gang, I'm afraid it's only one of the purposes of their trip, in addition to this, there are bigger goals. Song Xian made a very bold inference.

Song Qing blinked and said, "Could it be that they want to attack Wenzhou?"

Song Xian shook his head and said, "The Haihan people have always been friendly with the Ming Dynasty, so it is unlikely that they will do such a thing. Besides, they have an excellent foundation in Fuguang and Fuguang provinces, even if they want to rebel, it should be in the south, so why do they have to come to Zhejiang, a place where they are not familiar with people, to start an incident?"

Song Qing thought about it for a while, and it was reasonable: "Even if they can capture some places in Wenzhou, as long as they don't directly attack Wenzhou City, it will be difficult to get much supplies locally, and they still have to rely on transportation from Fujian." At that time, as long as the Fujian government gets a little stuck in their back road, this matter will not be able to continue!"

Although Song Xian was skeptical, all the information he knew came from his brother's dictation, and all the inferences came from his brain, plus his own vision was also limited, where did he think that the goal of the Haihan people was not just Wenzhou at all, but to control the key areas of the entire Zhejiang coastline. Of course, even if Takahashi Nan told them this answer, the Song brothers might not be able to believe it, after all, such a big idea was really incomprehensible to those of them whose range of activities was only a hundred miles around Yueqing.

The two brothers discussed, but they still couldn't understand what the purpose of the Haihan people was. However, there is one thing they agree on, if they want to save their lives, they must take advantage of this opportunity now. It's just that this matter can only be done by Song Qing alone, and Song Xian can only repeatedly tell his brother to be careful in everything.

The next day, Takahashi Nan brought Song Qing up separately and taught him how to contact the Yueqing Boat Gang during the next day's operation, and how to lead them into the encirclement preset by the coalition forces. Song Qing knew that it was a matter of life and death, and he didn't dare to be careless, and remembered every word of what Takahashi Nan said. In the afternoon, Qian Tiandun also took time to meet with Song Qing and explained his true identity to him.

"Sure enough, it's a Haihan person!" Song Qing finally confirmed his previous guess when he heard that the commander of Haihan had revealed his identity by himself. However, Qian Tiandun did not explain to him the purpose of Haihan's trip, but only encouraged him to complete the task well, and asked people to take out a hundred taels of silver and reward him on the spot - of course, this silver must be placed here by Haihan people first, and can only be taken away after tomorrow's affairs are over.

Although one hundred taels of silver is not a large amount, it is a reassuring pill for Song Qing, and the high-ranking officials of Haihan have all come out to express their attitude, so he does not have to worry about becoming a prisoner again after the war. But in the future, this piracy business will definitely not be able to continue.

The next day, Takahashi Minami asked the more intact one of the two pirate ships captured a few days ago to be cleaned up, and all the sailors on board were replaced with soldiers of the Haihan Militia Regiment, and then Song Qing was put on the ship. Song Qing saw this ship full of pirates dressed as Haihan soldiers, and his heart calmed down. If he went alone, he was still a little worried that he would be directly detained by the Yueqing Boat Gang, but with Haihan people with him, he was much more relieved.

Song Qing watched from the deck as these Haihan soldiers piled the rifles wrapped in oilcloth on both sides of the ship, and finally carried two small cannons onto the ship, one on the left and right sides of the ship, which was covered with oilcloth. Song Qing didn't dare to lean over to take a closer look, but looking at this posture, the Haihan people were obviously ready to make a move, and they began to be inexplicably nervous at the moment.

"You don't have to be nervous, when the time comes to enter the encirclement, our ship will accelerate out of the battlefield and will not participate in the battle. Bring these weapons on board, just in case. Seeing Song Qing's nervous expression, the captain came over to comfort him and said: "There is no need to be nervous about this kind of small scene, when we fought Eighteen Zhi in Fujian last year, hundreds of ships participated in the battle, and it was not the same as the pirates who fought obediently." ”

It's not that this captain is troublesome, but Qian Tiandun and others specially told him to pay attention to Song Qing's emotions, if Song Qing behaves too nervously when he contacts the Yueqing Boat Gang, it may lead to the loss of his previous achievements.

Song Qing hugged his fists and responded: "Yes, yes, thank you for mentioning it." I think that the boat gang and bandits would never have expected this to happen, and when the time comes, they will definitely succeed if they are not prepared. ”

After Song Qing's ship sailed out, the various Haihan troops also began to prepare for departure, but they were much closer to the preset battle area than their opponents, so they would also set off from Dongtou Island later.

Speaking of the Yueqing Boat Gang, the three masters decided to do this deal almost without any hesitation. One hundred thousand taels of silver is by no means a small amount for the Yueqing Boat Gang, even if it is only a part of it, it will basically catch up with their one-year harvest. As for how to discuss the division with Zhu Shanhai afterwards, the Zheng brothers and Nantie are not in a hurry, if Zhu Shanhai talks well, then it is righteous to leave a few percent to the other party, if Zhu Shanhai must fight for how many levels, then it is impossible to say that there will be a black and black pot.

In order to ensure that they can eat this deal steadily, the Yueqing Boat Gang also poured out this time, and more than a dozen boats loaded three or four hundred people went to sea. The two sides had agreed to meet at noon on this day on the sea near Xiaowushan Island at the mouth of Yueqing Bay, but seeing that the time was approaching, the ship that said that it was good to lead the way had not yet appeared, and the Southern Railway was a little anxious.

"This surnamed Song said that he would arrive before noon, why hasn't he appeared yet!" Nantie put his hand on his forehead, and complained while looking at the sea in the distance: "If the time is missed, Lao Tzu will definitely want him to look good!"

"Don't panic, since they took the initiative to ask us, there shouldn't be any changes, and we'll see. Zheng Pingda comforted. However, he didn't have much confidence when he said this, if Zhu Shanhai thought that the lions on the Yueqing Boat Gang were open and unwilling to cooperate and chose to go it alone, then he probably wouldn't have waited for the other party's people today.

After about a stick of incense, a signal was sent back from the ship ahead, saying that Zhu Shanhai's people were coming. Nantie hurriedly ran to the bow of the ship to look, and sure enough, he saw a lucky boat coming from the south, with a Zhu character flag on the mast, which was indeed Zhu Shanhai's person.

"Count Zhu Shanhai, this guy is interesting! When it's over, you can share a sum with him. Nantie scolded and muttered to himself, completely forgetting that the initiator of this matter was not the Yueqing Boat Gang, they just went to help.

After the ship approached, Nantie and the others could already see that it was Song Qing, who had come to negotiate with them two days ago, standing at the bow of the ship, and they were completely relieved. Nantie shouted in a loud voice: "Brother Song, can this business still be done?"

Song Qing replied loudly: "Do it, do it! Just do it as agreed before, your gang's boat will follow behind the villain's boat, and when you get to the place, the villain's flag will be played, and your gang's boat will find a place to hide." ”

Before the Southern Railway could ask a few words, Song Qing's ship in front of him had already begun to turn around and head south. Nantie scolded a few words, but quickly ordered his ships to follow. The two sides had only agreed on how to do it before, but Song Qing never gave a clear answer to when and where to do it. The Yueqing Boat Gang naturally understands that this is the other party's defense against their own black, so now they can only obediently follow the guide boat.

Forty miles south from Yueqing Bay, it is the mouth of the Oujiang River in Wenzhou. The location chosen by Haihan is located twenty miles east of the mouth of the sea. There are two islands in the north and south, one large and one small, called Daemon Island and Xiaomen Island, between the two islands there is a channel about one or two miles wide and about ten miles long, and there are several natural harbors on the coast of Damen Island in the south, which are very easy to hide. The battle plan of the coalition army is to introduce the Yueqing boat gang here, and then send ships to block the two ends, so that you can catch turtles in the urn.

Song Qing led the fleet of the Yueqing Boat Gang all the way south, until they entered the narrow channel between Damen Island and Xiaomen Island, and the Zheng brothers felt that something was wrong - passing through here is the mouth of the Oujiang River, is it possible to block the target at the mouth of the Oujiang River?

The Zheng brothers were about to discuss, when they suddenly heard a cannon sound from the sea in the distance, but after careful identification, it was from behind, and when they looked at the stern of the ship, they were immediately frightened. I saw a dozen sailing ships suddenly pouring out of the sea to the east, the smallest of which was more than twice the size of his own ship, and among them was a large sailing ship shaped like a hill, which was chasing his fleet from behind.

Although I don't know what the origin of this sudden killing fleet is, but it is obviously not a good type, looking at this posture, my own fleet may not be able to fight, and the waters here are narrow, and the small boat melee will also suffer a lot, the Zheng brothers can only order to rush west first, as long as they rush out of this channel, they can choose to flee north or south. At that time, although there are many ships on this side, they may not be able to intercept their own ships at sea.

Nantie looked ahead and saw that Song Qing's boat was also rushing forward, not caring about what happened behind him. Nantie Xindao This Song Qing is really afraid of things, but he doesn't know if this sudden killing fleet has something to do with him. A fleet of this size has never appeared in Wenzhou locally, and the Southern Railway is basically certain that these people are definitely not local forces, nor are they sailors.

When the Yueqing Boat Gang was in doubt, there was also a little sail shadow on the sea in the west, and a fleet sailed out from south to north, just blocking the western exit of the channel. As long as you are not blind, you can see who the two fleets are coming to.