In the mansion, Xu Hai listened to his subordinates' nagging with a frown, but two months later, the Yiwu soldiers were no longer there. How could it be so difficult to fight in Kuaiji, Shanyin?

However, Xu Hai did not intend to conquer Kuaiji in Shanyin. His first goal was not Liu Xian who was stationed in Yuyao, but Wu Baipeng from Xiaoshan. Liu Xian was just the second goal.

Once Wu Baipeng leads his army to support Shanyin, Xu Hai will be able to set off immediately and go to Qian Qingjiangxi not far from Sanjiang. To cut off the Xixing Canal, you will definitely defeat Wu Baipeng.

Although Xu Hai didn't know that the two thousand soldiers under Wu Baipeng were already the main force to protect Hangzhou, he knew that once Wu Baipeng was defeated and attacked Hangzhou with the momentum, he could arrange it calmly and find fighter jets to defeat reinforcements one by one... Ren Huan was defeated a few years ago, and thousands of officers and soldiers were defeated outside Suzhou City, and Ren Huan was only exempted from his own life.

Yes, Xu Hai chose Shaoxing, which was expected by Hu Zongxian, Qian Yuan and Qian Rui, but what they did not expect was that Xu Hai chose Hangzhou after Shaoxing.

However, he was lucky. Before the war, Yue Puhe and Liu Xian exchanged their garrisons. The former firmly defended Shanyin Kuaiji, while Wu Baipeng carefully released the scouts and did not lead the army to attack... If Xiaoshan is lost, there is almost no obstacle in Qiantang County, the capital of Hangzhou behind.

This was a coincidence. In the wrong entry and exit, Xu Hai's eyes turned to the east. Only then did he stare at Liu Xian who was stationed in Yuyao.

As long as Liu Xian can be defeated, Shaoxing Prefecture will have almost no troops to curb his strength in the short term... Of course, this only exists in Xu Hai's imagination.

Xu Hai was unwilling to attack the city... The battle of Chongde a few years ago made Xu Hai fearful of the attacking city, and he was more willing to defeat the enemy in the field.

"Okay, needless to say, Wu Dahu!" Xu Hai looked at a bare-headed man, "You go and attack Shangyu, stop playing with flowers, just attack... Xu Huancheng!"

Wu Dahu shouted excitedly, even if he only had one day, he could make a lot of money.

Seeing Wu Dahu hurried out, Xu Hai snorted. Once Shangyu was broken, reinforcements from all over the country would definitely come, and the nearest one was Yuyao.

After staying in this town for several days, Xu Hai was itchy all over. Seeing that the weather was good, he turned over and went outside the town. Most of the Japanese pirates still lived outside the town.

The main force of the Japanese pirates under Xu Hai is in a state of degeneration.

It is not an exaggeration to say that they are just bandits, but they are brave and good at fighting, platooning and knowing how to advance and retreat. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are an army. In fact, this is much stronger than the troops of the Southeast Guard.

But it is said that an army has many flaws. The most typical example is that Japanese pirates never put forward the banner, but Xu Hai has been in the banner since the 32nd year of Jiajing.

The army had the first flag. Without the flag representing the chief general, the soldiers would be panicked... A hundred years ago, Zhu Di was defeated in the Battle of Baigou River, but the flag representing the chief general of the southern army was blown down by the wind, so Zhu Di could turn defeat into victory.

The Japanese pirates went ashore not to kill officials and rebel, but to plunder people and property. This led to the Japanese pirates easily dispersed into small shares. Xu Hai annexed many Japanese pirates, eliminating the weak and strong to start a war with Wang Zhi for more than a year. This allowed him to train a Japanese pirate who was almost elite and also gave him a strong control over his direct subordinates.

This caused great trouble to Wang Yi, but he was lucky and brought Zhou Ji, who sent a secret letter.

Wang Yi and his party went north from Cao'e River, abandoned their boats and entered Kuaiji Mountain halfway, passed by not far from Shanyin County, and bypassed the Japanese pirates entrenched in Shangyu and Lianghu.

Wang Yi was originally a border army who was not taken away at night and was best at spying on military information. Shaoxing Prefecture was densely packed with mountains and rivers, making it easier to hide. However, the more northwards, the more Japanese pirates there were, and he could hardly continue moving forward twenty miles away from Sanjiangsou.

After looking at the dozen Japanese pirates chasing him, Wang Yi sneered and turned around, took off the longbow on his back, took two arrows with his right hand, and held one in his mouth.

"Swoosh and thin!"

Three long arrows were accurately nailed to the chests of the three Japanese pirates in the front. The Japanese pirates paused, and ten guards lying on both sides rushed out with waist knives. The chopping melons and vegetables cut down the remaining Japanese pirates one by one. Only one of the Japanese pirates who escaped was shot overturned by Wang Yi.

"Leave a living mouth." Wang Yinu nodded and signaled to others to drag the Japanese pirates' bodies into the forest next to him, turned to look at Zhou Ji, "Ask."

The Japanese pirates on the ground raised their heads in horror and stared at Zhou Ji incredibly, "You are...you are..."

Zhou Ji squatted down with a smile, pulled out a towel and wiped off the dirt on the Japanese pirate's mouth, "I remember you... it seems to be Wu Dahu's man?"

"Uh, so, Wu Dahu has already landed." Zhou Ji explained to Wang Yi: "Wu Dahu is Xu Hai's direct descendant and has 700 or 800 people under him."

"Then Xu Hai is nearby too?" Wang Yi took out the map from his arms and took a few glances.

The Japanese pirate's lips trembled constantly. He was very familiar with the person in front of him. He was close to Boss Tan, the most experienced old Japanese in the old Japanese. Boss Tan is famous for being able to steal, and the person in front of him is in charge of the warehouse, and he has also changed his wine twice.

Zhou Ji asked a few questions, but unfortunately the Japanese pirate didn't know anything. Wang Yi pulled out his waist and whispered: "You have been among the Japanese pirates. Can you continue to go north with everyone pretending to be Japanese pirates?"

"No." Zhou Ji smiled bitterly: "Although everyone is not wearing armor, their clothes are the same mold... You should know that many Japanese pirates are not even full of pants and their bodies are tattered, so they can see through it at a glance."

After a moment of silence, Wang Yi shook his head and said, "Xu Hai may be in the north... but if you don't find out clearly, just report it like this. It's still a trivial matter for the young master to punish him. If Xu Hai is not there... it will ruin the overall situation."

Zhou Ji gritted his teeth and suddenly started taking off his clothes. Wang Yi was stunned for a moment and began to take off his clothes.

"Brother Wang, don't go, I'll go alone." Zhou Ji whispered: "Just pick me up, after all, I have a familiar face."

Wang Yi froze, squatted down and began to peel off the ragged clothes from the Japanese pirates' corpse, "Be careful, if you don't have the right thing, run back..."

"Don't worry, I won't go too far. Once I see Xu Hai's banner, I will retreat... I brought a telescope, so I'll send a signal first and stare at it."

After changing into his bloody clothes, he rolled on the ground a few times, and picked up a long knife. Zhou Ji and Wang Yi discussed some details, changed directions and walked towards the northeast.

Although Xu Hai has a strong control over his subordinates and also sent a lot of small groups of Japanese pirates to cover the surroundings, he was not an army after all, and the Japanese pirates below would not ask about their identities and passwords like regular troops... In fact, except for Qi Jiguang, other official troops were just pretending to behave.

What's more, Zhou Ji lived on the main island of Xu Hai's old nest for more than half a year, and was well-known because Tan Wei had good things in his hands. He was not very connected, but he had a very familiar face.

After walking five or six miles, Zhou Ji ran into a Japanese pirate head-on, and the leader even rode a mule.

Before the Japanese pirates could ask, Zhou Ji's eyes lit up and he waved to the leader, "Blind Liu, what good things have you got?"

Blind Liu is not a blind man. His nickname comes from Wang Jiangjing's wrong way in the battle and crashed into Yu Dayou's encirclement. However, he had a good relationship with Tan Wei, and was recruited by Xu Hai almost at the same time, and he had made big mistakes.

"No big or small!" Liu Blind Liu jumped off the mule and cursed: "I haven't even grabbed a single Mao, so the general won't let him do it. Where are you?"

"Not even fart." Zhou Ji spread his hands and pointed to the north, "How far is this place from the General's headquarters?"

"It's not far away." Liu Xiaozi suddenly said in surprise: "No, didn't Old Tan come this time?"

"Boss Tan didn't come, but when you look back, you all have big bags, how can he not be frustrated?" Zhou Ji smiled and said, "I stuffed a few brothers and came here to grab one, followed him to Shanyin, but the result..."

"Hey, the brothers are doing business of licking blood on the knife. Who knows that it will be gone one day... So the general didn't let the action, and the brothers below were angry. There were several villages in a radius of ten miles!"

“Not washed?”

"No, the general is going to play with a big game." Liu Xiaozi muttered a few words, and suddenly saw smoke and dust not far away, "Oh, the general is here."
Chapter completed!