Yu Ren did not travel with Xu Xinsu this time, he was left by Xu Xinsu on Nansha Island to assist Xu Hai in presiding over the last battle with the officers and soldiers that was coming this time. Because Xu Xinsu knows that although Xu Hai is old and sophisticated, this kind of thing is like learning piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, which requires a certain talent.

Xu Hai belongs to the kind of people who have no military talent. Yu Ren, on the other hand, showed a talent for war from an early age, always defeating the enemy in ways that others did not expect. The most representative is the sneak attack on Chen Qianshan.

Xu Xinsu knew very well that after his trip, the officers and soldiers would inevitably come out. And in order to repel this offensive of officers and soldiers, it is not possible to use ordinary means. Xu Xinsu thought about it for a long time, and felt that none of these brothers around him could take on this heavy responsibility. He could only pin all his hopes on Yu Ren.

As Xu Xinsu expected, as soon as he arrived in Suzhou, he was placed under house arrest by Xiong Wencan's men. And Xiong Wencan has actually arrived on Chongming Island at this time.

He had to personally command his men to complete this anti-bandit operation. In Xiong Wencan's view, these pirates are nothing more than a rabble. Therefore, although Yu Zhigao failed to capture the island in the first battle, he did not feel that they were much at stake. Therefore, he sent Yu Shigao from Fujian and Shen Yourong from Zhejiang back respectively. He believes that it will not be long before they can capture Nansha Island.

At this time, Yu Ren asked Sun Sheng to make peace with him and proposed a plan to recruit him. Xiong Wencan originally disagreed, but later he accepted Huang Yuanji's suggestion and planned to transfer Xu Xinsu out of his lair first, and then attack the island.

In Xiong Wencan's mind, as soon as Xu Xinsu left the island, these pirates would be leaderless, and it would be easier to exterminate them.

Therefore, after Xiong Wencan was convinced that Xu Xinsu had arrived in Suzhou, he immediately recruited five generals of his navy to discuss attacking the island.

The next day, Xiong Wencan personally supervised the division and led his 10,000 naval troops to launch a full-scale attack on Nansha Island. In this attack, Xiong Wencan had already planned in advance, and the officers and men launched an attack in three directions at the same time. Although the defense of Nansha Island was thorough, Xiong Wencan believed that if he dispatched all the warships, there would be no reason why he could not attack them.

The artillery on Spratly Island is still as fierce as the previous one. The officers and men did not show weakness, and they lined up the warships and fired cannons at the sea on the island. The two sides fought fiercely for half a day, and the officers and men suffered a lot of losses on their warships, and even Xiong Wencan's flagship was also hit by artillery, but fortunately there was not much damage.

Seeing his warships being sunk one by one, Xiong Wencan's heart began to sway. At this moment, someone suddenly came to report that a dozen enemy warships had escaped from the west.

Xiong Wencan was overjoyed when he heard it. "It seems that they can't bear it. Don't chase them yet, tell them, give me all the strength to attack the island. ”

The herald was ordered to go. After a while, another battle report came. "The artillery fire on the island has stopped, and news has come from the west that a dozen more boats have gone out to sea."

This time, Xiong Wencan no longer sat idly by, "Pass the order, let the west road chase the enemy at full speed, and there is no need to attack the island again." If my guess is correct, the bandits are afraid to flee. ”

After giving the order, Xiong Wencan ordered the sailors from the other two directions to land on the island.

At this time, the artillery fire on Nansha Island had stopped, and no one was resisting the officers and soldiers anymore, because no one was visible at all. Xiong Wencan landed on Nansha Island with 3,000 men under his command, and soon joined up with 3,000 men from the other direction. However, at this time, the entire Nansha Island was empty. There are all kinds of daily necessities and furnishings in the house, as if they have just gone out to work.

Xiong Wencan walked into Xu Xinsu's courtyard. Seeing that the design of the courtyard is very much the taste of Jiangnan garden, I can't help laughing. He said to the three generals who had just arrived, "It seems that this Xu Xinsu is really a talent. Governed this small Nansha desert island into this appearance, I don't know which prosperous Jiangnan town I thought it was in!

This place, I came once more than twenty years ago. At that time, it was still a barren village, with only a small village and a dozen fishermen living there. I didn't expect it to be like this in just 20 years. It's not easy, it's not easy! ”

After speaking, Xiong Wencan was about to enter the house, but one of his generals hurriedly stepped forward to stop him. "My lord is still sitting in the courtyard for the time being. The brothers hadn't checked the room yet, and it wasn't too late for the adults to go in after they had done so. ”

Xiong Wencan didn't insist. So someone moved a big rattan chair over, and Xiong Wencan sat down in the courtyard.

After a while, several other generals took the lead and reported that they had not found a single pirate on the island. Xiong Wencan smiled and said to the generals, "What do I say, these pirates just look fierce, in fact, as long as we can attack the island, they will not dare to refuse to defend the island again."

Ma Bin, Zhang Ji, the two of you each take twenty boats to continue the pursuit. This time, we must deal with all of the bandits. However, you must also remember that Heaven has the virtue of a good life, and although they are bandits, they are also my people of the Ming Dynasty. If they are willing to surrender, they will not kill again. ”

Ma Bin and Zhang Ji agreed, and each led his hands down.

Xiong Wencan took the remaining more than 2,000 people to wait for Ma Bin's news on Nansha Island. Originally, according to Xiong Wencan's meaning, it was to let the brothers live in this ready-made house. But his advisor Huang Yuanji thought that the pirates had withdrawn too simply and completely, and they would not know that they would not be troublesome in the house.

Xiong Wencan listened to Huang Yuanji's advice and asked his brothers not to sleep in the house at night, but to choose a mountain side camp outside.

But these officers and soldiers could not bear to live, and when they saw that there were good houses to live in, they wanted them to live in tents, and everyone was not happy. Besides, there are still a lot of things in those houses, and they haven't found them yet! How can you rest assured that you can live in a tent outside? So a few brave men quietly ran out of the tent after dark and went into the house.

Some people took the lead, and everyone else was unwilling to be a man, so before the first shift, most of the officers and soldiers in the tent ran away.

Seeing this, Huang Yuanji hurriedly went to Xiong Wencan and asked him to quickly let people drive out those who went into the house to sleep. But Xiong Wencan didn't accept Huang Yuanji's suggestion anymore, and just said vaguely, "Since the brothers don't want to live in tents, let them go!" I see that these pirates have long since fled in fright, and what else can they do. ”

Huang Yuanji saw that Xiong Wencan didn't listen to his advice, so he could only sigh and go back to his camp. But he couldn't sleep, and he always felt that something was going to happen tonight.

But the night was calm and nothing happened. When he saw that it was almost five watches, Huang Yuanji breathed a sigh of relief and was falling asleep. Suddenly, I heard someone outside shouting, "It's not good, it's out of the water." ”

When Huang Yuanji heard this, he hurriedly rushed out of the tent. Sure enough, I saw that a fire had burned on the west side of the camp, and the fire was not small.

Huang Yuanji secretly screamed badly, so he ran to Xiong Wencan's tent. He hadn't even run a few steps when he saw fires in several other places. In a few moments, the whole camp was full of fires.

Huang Yuanji rushed to Xiong Wencan's tent, and saw that Xiong Wencan didn't even have time to put on his clothes, so he rushed out, followed only by a dozen cronies.

As soon as he saw Huang Yuanji, Xiong Wencan almost cried, "What should I do, sir?" ”

Huang Yuanji looked at several rows of blue brick houses not far in front. It was only half a mile from there, and the camp was full of fire and chaos, but there was no movement on that side. Huang Yuanji judged that the brothers who had entered the house had already gone to the enemy's path.

"At this moment, there is no other way to think but to take the boat and go." Huang Yuanji said as he hurried to the dock where they parked their boat with dozens of cronies who had gathered together. In order to grab time, Huang Yuanji deliberately picked ten people who ran fast and rushed to the dock first.

By the time they arrived at the dock, the dock was empty, and none of the twenty or thirty warships that had been parked here had long since disappeared.

Huang Yuanji sighed, although he had already thought of this result, he still didn't give up, so he had to take Xiong Wencan here. Because he knew that the only way for them to survive at this time was to escape by boat. He always had a bit of luck hoping to get on board the pirates before they could.

But now, he knew how futile it had been.

"Looks like I'm underestimating these pirates! And among them there will be a superior man. For the sake of today's plan, we can only accept their recruitment conditions. ”

Huang Yuanji did not speak. Xin said, "Now it's not like we won't accept their recruitment conditions." It's a problem of whether they can let go of us. But Huang Yuanji didn't say this, although he has always been relied on by Xiong Wencan, he also knows that Xiong Wencan is a person with an excellent face.

Huang Yuanji was thinking about whether to suggest Xiong Wencan turn back quickly to see if he could gather some of the remaining brothers and fight the pirates to the death. Suddenly, however, someone came to report that two of our warships had been spotted not far ahead.

Xiong Wencan was overjoyed, and at this time, he didn't care if this was an enemy's trap, so he boarded the ship with these men.