Yangshan Island is the mouth of the Qiantang River and is the closest big island to Xiuzhou.

Yangshan Island has an excellent deep-water harbor. Yangshan Island is, of course, part of the Zhoushan Islands, but because it is too close to Xiuzhou, in the early years, when Xiuzhou was still part of Suzhou Prefecture, Suzhou sailors came to suppress it several times, wanting to bring Yangshan Island under its rule.

However, later the Lin'an Wu clan occupied the area, and Xiuzhou was also carved out of Suzhou. Naturally, there are people behind this.

The leader of the pirates entrenched on Yangshan Island was secretly attached to the An Wu clan because of his surname Su, so he called himself the Flying Mouse. On this Yangshan Island, there is not only one pirate of the Flying Mouse, but several other pirates, the background power is not as good as the Flying Mouse, that is, sometimes they have to help the Flying Rat and drink the soup.

The Flying Mouse built a simple port on this Yangshan Island, and there was a village, gathering thousands of people, sailors and soldiers and other young and strong enough to have seven or eight hundred people, not counting small boats and boats, there were more than 30 large and small ships suitable for sea voyages, which was actually the largest vassal force of the Lin'an Wu clan in addition to its own trading fleet. However, merchant ships continued to come and go, and at this time there were only about a dozen large and small sea ships in the port.

Today, another batch of porcelain and silk products came from Hangzhou, and after seven or eight small boats arrived at the port, they first had to unload the goods from the small boats, sort them out, and then load them onto the sea ships, and then go to Japan or Liao. The main purpose of this operation is to save various taxes, and in addition, it can also well cover up the number of sea vessels that the Wu family really owns, so as not to worry the royal family.

The Flying Rats were on the dock and the shopkeeper who led the team was noisy, when he saw wolf smoke rising from the high ground on the island.

At this time, on the sea, Han Shi was rushing towards Yangshan Port with five thousand-stone ships and one eight-stone ship.

Yes, Zhang Qiao went to sea again. On the one hand, since the Song and Tang dynasties, it was difficult for the sailors of the Ning State Army to play a role, especially the large warships, which were very likely to be consumed by the Yangtze River, but it was better to use small boats to guard the Shuiyang River. On the other hand, it is the training of sailors, and only when they often go out on tasks on the ocean can they be regarded as real training, otherwise they will not produce much training value if they carefully sail up and down the Shuiyang River.

On the East China Sea, Li Congyi's order was very clear, Han Shi had to be responsible for the survival and development of the Taihu Lake villages, and needed to run trade routes, while Zhang Qiao and Zhao Kai were armed to protect them, and they only needed to do smuggling by the way.

After the last time he went to sea to fight, Li Congyi promulgated the system of military merit and the system of combat allowances, and also issued commemorative medals for military merits to the soldiers who performed bravely in the last battle, cashed out the pensions of the wounded and wounded soldiers, and arranged for those who were injured and disabled and could not continue to serve in the army to work in various companies. And the soldier who became the first soldier in the world to undergo laparotomy due to a piercing wound in the abdomen miraculously survived, and after touring the various camps to show his horrific wounds and surgical experiences, he was assigned to the Security Division.

These made the soldiers enthusiastically ask for battle, and when they heard that they were going to sea, they cheered, and they really rejoiced when they heard the war.

Li Congyi originally thought that he would occupy another place around Shengshan Island and have a foothold. But Qian Hailu thought about it a lot, so he had to adjust the plan. The reason for this is that small islands like Butterfly Island are fine for small groups of pirates, but for ocean commerce to be useful, it is necessary to have a suitable harbor.

For example, in the small bay of Butterfly Island, if you want to build a wharf suitable for loading and unloading large sea ships, you need to build a large number of buildings, otherwise the big ships cannot dock, and small boats need to be connected, which is extremely uneconomical.

Therefore, Qian Hailu's intention is to grab a good port.

At that time, the Taihu Lake villages wanted to rob the good port of the Tian clan in Mingzhou, and it was very likely that they would be besieged by the five major maritime merchants.

And Qian Hailu's idea is to start from the five major maritime merchants and show the fangs of Qiantang Maritime Trade.

Although Han Shi was the commander-in-chief, the naval battle was handed over to Zhang Qiao, and the landing attack was handed over to Zhao Kai, and he was only responsible for coordinating in the center.

Zhang Qiao didn't want to fight a naval battle with the other party. Qian Hailu's order was very clear, it was better to capture the Wu merchant ships, including the pirate ships, and to expel them if they couldn't, so as to prevent the Wu clan from tearing their faces in Lin'an. As for the nest of the pirates, the Flying Rats, they naturally want to occupy the magpie's nest.

The reaction of the flying rat was not slow, while the people were arrayed at the dock, and on the other hand, they looked at the enemy situation from a high place, and when they saw the opponent's formation, they knew that the port was difficult to protect. At that moment, he and Wu led the team to shopkeeper and said: "The enemy army is large, our army is unprepared, and it may be difficult to win the naval battle, but the port cannot be lost, I intend to stick to the camp and wait for reinforcements." What does Shopkeeper Wu think? ”

The meaning of the flying rat is to give up the naval battle, only to make the sea ships escape, and gather the main force in the port camp, as long as the camp can be held, and wait until a few days later the Wu clan organizes reinforcements, and the enemy army can only retreat. And if you lose a lot of money in the naval battle, you will most likely lose this good port, and even if you recapture it in the future, I am afraid that it will not be the territory of the Flying Mouse.

Shopkeeper Wu listened to this, and his face was a little uncertain. The pirate's ships were large, and there were not many goods loaded at this time, so it was very likely that he would escape, but the fleet he brought over was all small boats, and they were full of goods, so he was afraid that he would not be able to escape. In this way, his position is afraid that it will be difficult to protect.

The Flying Rats are both merchants and pirates at sea, and once they make decisions, they will not care about others. Immediately, he ordered the ship to raise its sails and escape from the harbor. The shopkeeper Wu had no choice but to run back to the dock and lead the team to escape outside the harbor.

The Flying Mouse preferred the enemy ships to attack the small merchant ships full of goods, but he didn't expect that his three big ships had just rushed out of the harbor, and before the speed could be raised, they were blocked by the other party. The Flying Rats put their main combat power in the camp, and there were not enough soldiers on the ships. Zhang Qiao stared at these three sea ships in a one-on-one way, and three hundred steps away, more than a dozen lizard crossbows shot the opponent's sails full of holes, and when they reached one hundred and fifty steps, they were covered with a wave of crossbow arrows, and the opponent had almost no power to fight back.

In addition to firing crossbow arrows, the Lizard Crossbow can also fire stone projectiles, and of course, it can also fire iron hooks. Within 100 paces, you can shoot directly with a crossbow, then shoot with an archer, and then use a lizard crossbow to fire an iron claw hook to hook the enemy ship, and then jump to capture the ship.

It is not clear from a distance, but it is also clear that his three big ships are in danger. Seeing the other party's tactics, the flying rat was also a little confused for a while. It's not like this ship is coming, just to rob a few of his own ships, right? If you know that you are behind the Wu family, this group of pirates is like this, you are not afraid of the Wu family's retaliation, and there will be no day of peace in this Zhoushan sea?

More than 20 small and medium-sized sea ships rushed in, and the remaining three large ships led by Han Shi only went around in a circle, intercepting the next few merchant ships with the most loading and the slowest moving. The unlucky shopkeeper Wu was left behind, and in the face of the oppression of the thousand-stone ship, he could only be captured.

After capturing a thousand-stone ship and two eight-hundred-stone ships, Zhang Qiao was also quite excited. At this time, he returned the command to Han Shi and helped Zhao Kai land in front of the enemy and destroy the enemy's camp. Yangshan Port is a natural deep port, and the large ships of a thousand stones can also berth directly, so the flying rats do not dare to guard the wharf.

But seeing that the other party moved several strangely shaped bed crossbows off the ship, he was also desperate at the moment.

Han Shi, Zhang Qiao and the others stood in the second-floor cabin of the Thousand Stone Ship, only watching Zhao Kai lead the team to attack the pirate camp on Yangshan Island. Relying on a mountain cliff, the flying rat built the camp next to the cliff, and relied on the stone mountain to form a terraced three-layer fortification, and there was only a passage up the mountain that could barely be walked by three people at the same time. Zhao Kai had no good way, so he could only make a detour from behind the mountain on the one hand, and attack the camp from the front with two companies and some sailors as the main force.

The bed crossbow suppressed, making it almost impossible for the mountain pirates to raise their heads. Under the cover of the rain of arrows from the crossbow, Zhao Kai almost easily broke through the barrier of the two-layer fortifications, but when he reached the third layer of fortifications, due to the height and distance, the crossbow could not be covered, and the pirates poured down with huge trees, stones, bows and arrows, and the Xuanzhou soldiers could not attack, and there was a slight stalemate, and the pirates counterattacked, and they could not stand on the mountain road, and retreated to the foot of the mountain in one breath, losing nearly two squads of personnel.

Zhao Kai was furious. Rearrange the offense at the moment. The flying rat repeated the old trick, but before the Xuanzhou soldiers arrived at the third terrace, more than a dozen people threw out black things, and the oil splashed on the ground, and then the fire was everywhere, burning dozens of pirate ghosts who were about to fight a counterattack and gathered together cried wolf, taking this opportunity, the sword and shield hands were about to rush up.

The pirates in the front row of the third layer of fortifications were not burned, so they threw the wood and stones down again, the Xuanzhou soldiers on one side with a shield on the top, and the crossbowmen under the mountain on the other side came up quickly, standing on the second heavy fortification and firing crossbow arrows, the pirates could not be mortgaged, and Zhao Kai at the foot of the mountain also ordered to blow the trumpet of the charge, and the Xuanzhou soldiers shouted and rushed up. Losing the geographical advantage of the camp, the Xuanzhou soldiers rushed up continuously, and the pirates were not opponents in the camp, and the flying rat did not expect that the mountain gate of the camp, which he thought was like an iron wall, was broken so quickly, and he could only flee behind the mountain at the moment.

The company that Zhao Kai sent out to go around the back mountain was finally unable to catch him. The Flying Rats headed for the nearest small harbor where another nest of pirates was.

Qian Hailu wanted to take possession of Yangshan Island, so naturally he did not allow the flying rats to escape easily. When the flying rat fled to a harbor with dozens of backbones, he saw several six-stone sea ships cruising in the bay from a distance, and then saw a large number of people sitting on the ground on the shore, and there were sword and shield soldiers around him.

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On this day, Qian Weijun was in a small private room in the Hangzhou Hotel, drinking with several fox friends and dogs.

Hearing the door of the box being kicked open, a person's eyes were on fire, and regardless of the persuasion of the hotel waiter behind him, he rushed in and said: "I have something to say to the prince, and no one can go." ”

Everyone looked at Qian Weijun. Qian Weijun smiled: "Second son Wu has a big temper. He waved his hand again, "Let's go, I'll listen to Brother Wu Xian's high arguments." ”

Wu Liangji is the second son of the Wu family in Lin'an, his eldest brother left the official career, and he took over Haimao, and he just took over this piece this year, and there was such a big thing. And Wu Liangji had also mixed with Qian Weijun before, but later the Wu family moved closer to Qian Weizhi, and Wu Liangji slowly stopped interacting with Qian Weijun. Wu Liangji didn't expect that Qian Weijun would give him such a ruthless blow.

"The prince must know what happened on Yangshan Island yesterday afternoon, right?" Wu Liangji restrained his anger and asked.

Qian Weijun sneered: "You still know that I am the son of the world." I don't think Ling Zun seems to know. ”

A basin of cold water poured down, but Wu Liangji didn't expect that Qian Weijun, who was harmless to ordinary people and animals, suddenly showed his fangs towards the Wu family at this time.

Wu Liangji's anger was suddenly extinguished. There are some levels of things that he can't control, but Wu Liangji regrets that he was blinded by lard, and recklessly came to Xingshi to ask for guilt.

"Liangji, since you are here, listen to me." Qian Weijun took the initiative and said, "When Qiantang Sea Trade opened, there was no serious person to congratulate it, so that's it; My little sister worked hard to give ideas to each family and settle accounts or something, but none of them said, so it's okay. However, this prince also heard that there is a recent book in the imperial history that the Mingzhou Navy Division was annihilated, and there may be something strange behind it, and it is recommended that someone strictly investigate. In this regard, this Shizi also fully agreed, and it was not true that the flying rats on Yangshan Island participated in the annihilation of the Mingzhou Sailors. The Son of the Present Man killed him, and the fang had already provided several other hiding places for pirates. ”

Listening to Qian Weijun's words, Wu Liangji's back broke out in a cold sweat, but he was speechless. Although Wu Liangji began to take over Wu Jiahai's trade affairs, there are some things that are not yet in his hands.

Qian Weijun paused: "Brother Liangji, you and I used to talk very happily. Now the Wu family wants to find a greater future, and this son will not stop him. But if someone wants to step on the son of this world to seek wealth, then don't blame me for turning my face and being ruthless. He took an empty cup again and poured wine for Wu Liangji: "After drinking this glass of wine, you can leave." ”

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Occupying Yangshan Island is only the first step, and now the six major maritime merchants of Wuyue are one of them, and the remaining five maritime merchants are all from the eight capital soldiers of Hangzhou back then, and they have a lot to do with the Qian royal family.

But the five major maritime merchants are not monolithic. Now that Qian Hailu and Qian Weijun are friends, Fuchun Sun is no longer willing to stand on Qian Weijun's team, and they have to protect a little bit, so as not to cause a big incident to implicate themselves. The Wu family in Lin'an found a small imperial history and made a book, others didn't know the details, and the five major maritime merchants were watching each other, so the Sun family informed Qian Hailu. Qian Hailu planned this counterattack against the Wu family in Lin'an.

In history, Qian Weizhi has never looked at Qian Weijun as a potential competitor, the reason is that Qian Weijun in history has no political allies and armed forces at all, and it is impossible to threaten Qian Weizhi; Not only that, Qian Weijun usually looks normal, but as soon as he saw Qian Weizhi, he couldn't control his emotions and said some radical things, which made Qian Wei even more dissatisfied, making Qian Wei even more reluctant to give Qian Weijun a chance.

At this time, with Qian Hailu's help, Qian Weijun gradually had some allies, and his perception of Qian Yu also improved slightly. This time, Qian Weijun set up the Qiantang Sea Trade, and Taihu Kou secretly attached to this matter, although no one publicized it, but everyone was not blind, and the Qiantang Sea Trade could not conjure up a big ship by itself.

This time, Qian Weizhi's original intention was to throw stones to ask for directions, and he never thought of startling the snake. Qian Weizhi also regretted it. Qian Weijun occupies the title of the prince, so it is naturally easy to gain support, but Qian Yu currently supports Qian Weizhi, but who knows if Qian Yu will change his mind, or suddenly hang up one day but leave no will?

It's just that I didn't expect Qian Weijun's counterattack to be so sharp and so appropriate. The Lin'an Wu clan did not suffer a big loss, and it was the pirate Flying Rats who occupied Yangshan Island that were destroyed. And Lin'an Wu is not the only Yangshan Port, which makes it possible for Wu to compromise.

And this time it also completely shocked the five maritime merchants. Counting the Tian clan, this Taihu Kou can be said to have annihilated three fleets, and it is really a powerful force in the East China Sea. This power is in the hands of Qian Weijun, which is better than in the hands of others.

The other four maritime merchants decisively remained silent. And the Wu family in Lin'an was silent for three days before they came to Qian Hailu to be the middleman.

Qian Hailu then set up a maritime association, nominally to coordinate various maritime trade matters, but in fact it was a dispute settlement institution in the Zhoushan Islands.

In any case, the East China Sea has temporarily entered a period of calm and mutual profit.