After the pirates on Baisha Island were eliminated, Zhao Dagui and the other officers of the security regiment suddenly discovered a terrible fact, that is, it seemed that they were invincible along the entire southeast coast.

Well, or more accurately, as long as the British don't shoot, they are invincible on the southeast coast.

No armed force, whether pirates or Qing sailors, was capable of resisting a mere 800-man security regiment on its own.

After the battle on Baisha Island, Zhao Dagui led the security team to continue to sweep up the pirates, and found out which pirate strongholds were in the waters near Dinghai from various channels, and then led troops to exterminate them, but it turned out that it was simply overwhelming.

At this time, there were only 50 to 200 pirates each, and the tonnage of the ships rarely exceeded 100 tons, and the ships were equipped with two or three old guns, which were much inferior to the artillery of the Qing army, and there was basically no threat to Western ships.

The tactics of the security regiment to exterminate the pirates were extremely simple, that is, to block the port with large ships to prevent people from running to the open ocean, and then send infantry and artillery to land, and then charge after a burst of bombardment, and then the pirates were almost frightened, and when the infantry charged in front of them, they would have already thrown down their weapons and surrendered on their knees.

Zhao Dagui eliminated many pirates one after another, but he didn't encounter a single decent resistance, and even maintained zero casualties.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the security team has been picking up soft persimmons and pinching them, like Peach Blossom Island, there are masters stationed in it, and the large number of pirates with more than 300 people is all avoided, and only attacks those small groups of enemies with more than 200 people.

Although Zhao Dagui complained many times that the intensity of the battle was too low, the effect on the security regiment was still very obvious after many actual battles, and the soldiers who were afraid of the battle gradually matured, no longer afraid of the battle, but all of them were eager to try.

Of course, from Zhao Dagui's point of view, the current state of the security regiment is far from the strong army he expected, and it is still far from the British Navy.

It was also at this time that the reputation of Zhao Dagui and Zhao Daguan really spread in the rivers and lakes, and the people in the entire southeast coast knew that such a luxurious figure was a strongman who could never be provoked.

However, just when Zhao Dagui was in all directions, Major Stark, who had been in Hong Kong, suddenly went north to Dinghai, bringing a piece of disappointing news.

"Samuel is dead. Seeing Zhao Dagui, Stark sighed and said.

"Who is Samuel?" Zhao Dagui was stunned and couldn't help asking.

"The one who came into contact with the pirates and asked them to burn down your silk reeling factory, I mentioned it to you in chapter 146, did you forget?"

"Oh, it turned out to be that rammer, who died a good death. But what's the point of you going all the way to tell me about this, you don't suspect that I sent someone to kill him, right?"

Stark stared at Zhao Dagui like a cannibal, and finally shook his head: "Naturally not." Samuel was killed in the street in Hong Kong, and it has nothing to do with you. ”

At this moment, it was Zhao Dagui's turn to feel strange: "There are such things, that person simply ate the gall of a bear's heart and a leopard, but what does this matter have to do with me?"

"The man you should know, or at least have something to do with you, is the pirate leader who went to burn down your silk reeling factory last time. Stark shook his head.

"Hmm, what?" Zhao Dagui looked at Stark in surprise.

Stark successfully aroused Zhao Dagui's curiosity, and then he told what happened with satisfaction.

It turned out that Samuel died very unlucky, the previous pirate leader went to the silk reeling factory to burn the factory, but instead entered the ambush of the Fuwei Dart Bureau, suffered heavy losses, lost dozens of martial arts subordinates, and he himself was seriously injured, and returned to Peach Blossom Island to recuperate for a long time before recovering.

After the leader recovered, he was furious in his heart, thinking that it was the wrong information given by the British that allowed him to fall into an ambush and lose his subordinates, and even suspected that the British deliberately set up a situation to consume his strength.

In the end, the leader infiltrated Hong Kong and asked Samuel about intelligence, but Samuel naturally denied that there was a problem on his side, and accused the leader of not being able to talk big and not even do a little thing.

These two people, one is a grandmaster-level warrior, the leader of the pirates on one side, and the other is a captain officer of the British army, neither of them is a character who easily retreats, they meet and talk in a secret place, and the more they talk, the more stiff they become, and finally the pirate leader is on fire for a while, and he kills Samuel easily.

Don't look at Samuel as a British officer, his marksmanship is not bad, but that's just relative to ordinary people, compared to a grandmaster-level master, he is not much stronger than an ant.

The pirate leader was also a wonderful man, and after killing Samuel, he knew that he had offended the British, so he did not stop doing anything, and before the British found out that Samuel had been killed, he infiltrated the governor's palace of Derbey that night, and then stole a large amount of valuable things.

The next day, by the time the British reacted, the pirate leader had already run away.

"Sure enough, the master is in the people. When Zhao Dagui heard Stark's words, he didn't know how to evaluate it, and asked, "In that case, why did you come to me?

"It's a little awkward to say. Stark's face suddenly turned red: "Some time ago, we did send the navy to exterminate this group of pirates, but unfortunately something happened in the middle. ”

If something happens, what else can happen, Zhao Dagui's heart can't help but be full of questions.

Stark then hesitated to tell the story.

It turned out that after discovering that their officers had been killed and the Governor's Palace had been ransacked, the British immediately sent two warships north to Peach Blossom Island to exterminate this daring pirate.

As a result, to everyone's expectations, the British Navy, which had always been omnipotent, capsized in the gutter and was defeated by this group of pirates, and in turn lost a lot of troops and had to return to Hong Kong in disgrace.

"And such a thing?" Zhao Dagui was stunned this time.

Zhao Dagui used troops during this time, and his own understanding of military affairs has also improved, and he also understands that he doesn't look at the seven warships in his security regiment, but if he really wants to confront the British navy head-on, I am afraid that the other party can easily defeat his seven patchwork warships by dispatching two light warships.

Since the pirates on Peach Blossom Island can defeat two British warships, they can naturally defeat their own security group, how can this not surprise Zhao Dagui.

During this time, he had always felt good about himself, thinking that his own security regiment was the strongest in the entire southeast coast, but he didn't expect that it didn't seem to be the case.

"We're just not cautious enough to fall for pirates, and if we engage seriously, we'll definitely win the battle with the British Navy. Stark said lightly: "This pirate has some hidden strength that has made us suffer a little, but it doesn't mean that they really have any great power.

I'm here today to ask you to help us wipe out this group of pirates. ”