At this moment, Zhoushan was surrounded by rain and fog. There were many fires in the islanders and sea merchants gathering places, but the humid air made it difficult for the fire to spread. Only black smoke rose like pillars, and it was not until the sky was blown away by the sea breeze.

On the hillside, Qian Rui, who was condescending with a telescope, looked carefully at the town not far away. It was Wang Zhi's residence and a gathering place for a large number of maritime leaders. The town of thousands of households was quite prosperous in the past, but now it is in a mess.

Wang Zhi convened the sea to discuss matters this morning, but was rebelled by his subordinates... The leader was Wang Yizhi, who was Wang Zhi's direct descendant or Wang Zhi's adopted son.

After capturing Wang Heizi alive from the dock, Qian Rui and Zhou Ze led the military soldiers to attack all the way. Four pirates with more than a hundred people were easily defeated by Zhou Ze.

Qian Rui carefully interrogated the pirates who were captured alive and the fleeing Wang Zhi's direct maritime merchants and boatmen, and had already figured out the inside story of the chaos in Zhoushan.

It has been obvious that Zhang Lian stared at Wang Zhi for a day or two, and it has been obvious that Wang Yizhi, who hit it off with Zhang Lian, has been debating for a day or two.

Zhang Lian made a big fuss in the three provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi and Guangdong, and was strangled by Wu Guifang, Yu Dayou and Qi Jimei, the governors of Guangdong and Guangxi, and was expelled all the way to the beach. In the end, he led the remaining troops to flee to the sea. Yu Dayou was also impeached by Wu Guifang.

But in fact, Zhang Lian had an original relationship with Japanese pirates from Fujian and Guangdong, and it was difficult for Yu Dayou to stop him. Zhang Lian gathered Japanese pirates at the sea to create a powerful pirate.

Zhang Lian is a man who has "always ambition". He cannot be an emperor, but he also wants to be a prince of the sea. If he wants to roam the sea, he naturally has to push the previous prince of the sea down, so he quickly aimed at Wang Zhi.

At the beginning, they were just robbed and killed caravans, such as the fleet of Xu in Huating and the royal fleet led by Tan Qizhi. However, after hearing that the official army was searching for Wang Zhi, Zhang Lian found an opportunity. This was the best opportunity to pull Wang Zhi off.

On June 1, Wang Zhi fled to Zhoushan and convened sea meetings in Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong to discuss matters. Zhang Lian led hundreds of confidants to Zhoushan in batches under the cover of Wang Yizhi.

On June 6, Qian Rui went to Zhenhai and did not return that day.

On the morning of June 7, Wang Zhi summoned the sea to discuss matters. Wang Yizhi and several Fujian and Guangdong sea merchant leaders suddenly assassinated Wang Zhi.

Fortunately, since Xu Hai sent a dead soldier to assassinate him in the 34th year of Jiajing, Wang Zhi has been wearing soft armor to protect him. Xu Bixi, who was on the side, blocked him and stabbed Wang Zhi in the shoulder with a dagger.

But then, there was a bloody storm in the hall, and Xu Bixi was the first to be killed, and Mao Haifeng protected Wang Zhi and escaped from the back door with difficulty.

Wang Zhi took over a total of thirteen adopted sons, five of whom died at the hands of Xu Hai. Two were killed in the battle with the Japanese pirates. The remaining six, Wang Yizhi, rebelled and Mao Haifeng survived. The other four, including Xu Bixi, were killed by Wang Yizhi.

Wang Yizhi in the hall assassinated him. Zhang Lian from the outside led hundreds of pirates to set fire to create chaos, and then concentrated on attacking Wang Zhi's confidant. He cooperated with him inside and outside, and the leader was killed, and Wang Zhi's direct lineage was about to collapse.

The strongest Xu Bixi's troops were expelled all the way, defeated at the south dock, died or surrendered, and the rest fled scattered, leaving Mao Haifeng protecting Wang Zhi and fled to Cengang with hundreds of men.

For Zhang Lian and Wang Yizhi, the most important thing now is to kill Wang Zhi and completely destroy the forces represented by Wang Zhi. Cengang is now fighting in full swing.

And here... the town where thousands of households originally lived was already scorched earth. Not only were the pirates under Zhang Lian's troops robbed and killed everywhere, but also the young and strong men under Wang Zhi who were wandering around.

In the telescope, Qian Rui saw rain and blood mixed in pits of all sizes on the street. Dozens of corpses fell tilted everywhere, and two pirates holding short swords were still touching something on the corpses.

Not wanting to look at it anymore, Qian Rui put down his telescope and looked down.

Under the mountain, hundreds of martial soldiers were scattered into small groups, pursuing pirates who were still killing villagers and robbing property for a quarter of an hour ago.

These military soldiers were either from the Qian family's guards or the elite soldiers under Zhang San and Yang Wen. They all participated in a large number of wars, were experienced and well-equipped. In addition, such as Zhou Ze and Liang Wanning, the grassroots schools that once followed Qi and Mei to Fujian and Jiangxi, fought all the way here, and there was almost no enemy in front of the formation.

Below is Liang Wanning in command. Zhou Ze shook the blood beads on the long sword, waved his hand and let the personal soldiers get away slightly, then turned around and whispered: "Master, this is the fifth batch. If you go inside, you will be afraid that you will encounter a large number of pirates."

Qian Rui thought for a moment, "How are the casualties?"

"Two people were killed in battle, more than ten people were injured, but none of them were seriously injured," he said.

"Can you still fight?"

"Yes." Zhou Ze hesitated for a while and smiled bitterly: "Master, it doesn't matter, but Master must not take risks."

Qian Rui lowered his head and stared at the battle under the mountain bag that was about to end. "Yuan'er should have known everything in Zhoushan at this time. Do you think he will come?"

Zhou Ze was stunned for a moment. After all, he was a father and son. The master was entrusted by the young master to see Wang Zhi. How could he not come?

As if he knew what Zhou Ze was thinking, Qian Rui continued: "Do you think it is the official army that is coming to attack, or is Yuan'er leading the elite troops to the island?"

Zhou Ze thought for a while, "Wang Zhi is not dead, and the government troops are on the island, so it is difficult to justify it. Now the Southeast is watching this matter... With the young master's temperament, I am afraid I will take risks in person."

Qian Rui nodded slightly. His son seemed impulsive and domineering, but in fact he was steady and very sensible, but he liked to go astray in his specific ways.

Pointing to the distance where I couldn't see clearly, Qian Rui sighed: "Now that Wang Zhi is defending, Zhang Lianhui and Wang Yizhi and others lead the crowd to attack continuously. If Wang Zhi dies, everything will be stopped. If Yuan'er leads elite troops to the island, I'm afraid Wang Zhi will also be suspicious."

“So, you can’t stop.”

Qian Rui pointed straight into the distance, "Just use dry food to fill hunger, fill water bags, and march immediately."

“Go forward, keep moving forward.”

Zhou Ze bowed his hand and walked away with great strides. He thought to himself that it was a father and son. From the first time he went to Hangzhou to the wars later, all of them were as sharp as swords and enterprising. Although the master was old, he was exactly the same in his bones.

Zhou Ze naturally understood that the best result was that Qian Rui, Wang Zhi and Mao Haifeng met and defeated Zhang Lian. In this case, everything was easy to say. If Qian Yuan got involved, the taste would change a little.

What Zhou Ze could not imagine was that Qian Rui was thinking of another question.

As long as Wang Zhi is kept from dead, as long as Wang Zhi knows that he comes to help, no matter what the outcome of the battle with Zhang Lian, no matter whether he dies or lives... Qian Yuan, who must have landed on the island today, will definitely gain Wang Zhi's trust.
Chapter completed!