Not long ago, Zhang Zongyan beat Ah Fu and reported his name. Who would have expected that before he left Jinling City, those remnants of the Divine Dao would send more than a dozen people to hunt him down.

When it comes to the grievances between Zhang Zongyan and Shinto, it is really indescribable. But from one thing, you can see the clues. Shinto was shattered at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the rise of the Shoichi was also at that time, which is very telling.

You must know that the Quanzhen in the north preaches with precepts, and the disciples strictly abide by the precepts, and they also pay attention to the cultivation of themselves, and the involvement with Shinto is not very large. But the southern Zhengyi is good at some magical spells, for example, there is a famous Maoshan faction under the Zhengyi, which is famous for raising ghosts, refining corpses, inviting gods and spells, so Zhengyi mostly uses gods to cast spells, and has a close relationship with Shinto. The two should have been a prosperous relationship, but Shinto was shattered, and it was a mixed wind and water, and it was strange that there was no greasy in it.

The culprit of all this is this Zhang Zongyan. At the beginning, with the help of the power of the imperial court, he ruthlessly pitted the Shinto, and those Shinto powers hated him to the bone. So, as soon as he heard that he was not dead, he sent a dozen masters to kill him.

These dozen or so people are not ordinary warriors, and they all have the distraction of real gods. Although they can't use supernatural spells, their strength is still terrifying. Zhang Zongyan was not stunned one-on-one, but Zhang Zongyan was definitely not an opponent when he went on together, so he could only run away.

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"Your Majesty, we have transferred the sailors of Zhenjiang, Changzhou, and Suzhou, with a total of 5,300 people and more than 800 ships, to blockade the Yangtze River and block the Haikou in Zhenjiang. On the surface of the Yangtze River, the mighty ships covered the entire water surface, and a fortune boat of more than ten zhang was hoisted with a huge flag and the word "Ming" written on it.

Zhu Houzhao wore a cloak and listened to the governor of the Chinese military beside him reporting the situation to him. However, it is obvious that Zhu Houzhao's face is not very good, and he looks a little pale.

He was a northerner and rarely took a boat, especially into the Yangtze River. The waves that rolled back and forth made his head dizzy. Although his subordinates repeatedly advised him to go down and rest, he resolutely refused to leave.

"There are about two hundred and fifty people in total, and they are all small eagle boats, and they are extremely fast. It is also equipped with a large number of firearms, which is extremely difficult. That Tongzhi told Zhu Houzhao the information he had obtained.

"Why do these pirates have firearms? and have such a huge number?" Zhu Houzhao's brows furrowed, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, swords and crossbow firearms have been banned, and the firearms of the imperial court can hardly be lost outside, so where did the firearms of these pirates come from?

"This ......" the Chinese military governor's office was asked, for a long time, although the sailors from all over the Ming Dynasty have actively encircled and suppressed the Haikou and the Japanese, but the results have always been very small, and their understanding of the Haikou is extremely limited.

"Forget it, order the ships to move forward, slowly shorten the encirclement, and don't miss a single one. Zhu Houzhao was very unwell at the moment, and he didn't want to pursue this problem, so he waved his hand and asked people to hurry up and prepare for the attack.

To tell the truth, although Zhu Houzhao was the emperor this time and made things happen, the people under his hands only became emperors on a whim and did not take it too seriously. After all, their opponents were only more than 200 people, and the disparity in strength between the two sides was so great that even if they relied on the number of people, they would be killed by piling up.

What's more, their side not only relies on numbers, but also ships and firearms, and in the face of these pirates, it is absolutely crushing.

Just when a group of Daming sailors were slowly shrinking the encirclement, on a river not far from Zhenjiang, dozens of small boats were swaying up and down in the river.

This is the Haikou who the Ming Sailor wants to encircle and suppress, they are actually people from the Ming Dynasty, not the Japanese. Some of them are wanted criminals, and some of them are beggars and boilers, all of whom are used to struggling on the line of death, with ruthless methods and decisive hearts, even if they are surrounded by a large army, they are still not afraid.

"Bald boss, those Ming soldiers are here, we've been waiting for three days. A young man reclining on the boat, one foot soaked in the water, said in a somewhat coarse manner.

"yes, it's coming. "The bald boss of the young man's mouth is a man in his thirties, with a bare head and dark and rough skin, who looks like a master who has been fighting at sea all the year round.

This person's name is Liu Guangtou, he is a famous Haikou on the sea, the number of his subordinates adds up to more than 1,000, there are more than 1,000 small and medium-sized ships of all kinds, and those small countries in the south and southeast of the Ming Dynasty basically want to change color when they hear the name Liu Guangtou.

Although Liu Guangtou was born in the Ming Dynasty, his roots were in the Wa Kingdom, and he directly occupied an island in the Wa Kingdom, forcing the locals to collect sulfur for him by force, which was used to make gunpowder.

As for Zhu Houzhao's doubts, why did Haikou have so many firearms. In fact, the world beyond the sea is magnificent. In the far west, there are some blond, blue-eyed Fanbang countries, and their firearms have developed extremely maturely. As a coward, he inevitably had to deal with these people, and naturally learned how to make gunpowder and firearms.

And the Wa kingdom was extremely rich in sulfur, and the number of firearms he possessed was naturally extremely staggering.

"They're approaching!" Just as Liu Guangtou and the people around him were saying this, suddenly, a Haikou stood up, looked at the flag that appeared faintly in the distance, and roared loudly.

"Very good, brothers, get ready to work!" Liu Guangtou sneered and stood up directly. His size was quite high, and when he stood up, the whole ship couldn't stop shaking.

At his command, all the pirates tore off the oiled paper covering their ships, revealing very tight oiled paper packets, each of which had a lead attached to it. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is gunpowder.

There were a total of 52 ships on which the Haikou were ridden, and each ship contained nearly 100 catties of gunpowder, which added up to more than 5,000 catties. With so much gunpowder, I'm afraid that even the strong city walls will be blown apart.

"There is one person left on each boat, and the rest are in the water!" Liu Guangtou roared, and the Haikou on the boat jumped into the water, and each person who remained on the boat took out a thick plank, put it on his head, and quickly prostrate down.

The river went down the river, and the twelve eagle boats also slowly followed the current, heading east.

Thanks to the 500 coins reward from Banyan's classmates who didn't dare to touch it, it was big