Liu Xiang looked at the village caught in the raging fire, his face filled with ferocity, killing, destruction, death... It seemed that all of this would make him feel extremely excited and endlessly content, as if he was the master of this world.

"Brother Xiang, it's time for us to leave." Li Husan said. It was already dawn, and in a little while, it would be dawn. It was agreed that everyone would evacuate in the middle of the night. But the pirates were procrastinating, and they would make trouble from time to time.

There was some trouble, killing people, humiliating women, hiding property, and setting fires indiscriminately. In addition, Zhang Yijie arranged for Liu Xiang and the two women to toss around for half the night, and no one dared to urge them. Therefore, it was not until this moment that the final evacuation began.

"Let's go!" Liu Xiang turned around and was about to ride on a plundered donkey, but his waist flashed and he staggered. Li Husan quickly stepped forward to support him.

"Xiang Lao! Xiang Lao..." At this time, Kang Yongzu trotted over from a distance.

"What's the matter?" Liu Xiang steadied himself and held the donkey's reins.

"Brother Xiang!... Cao Xiong and those Shandong people have gone too far!" Kang Yongzu said breathlessly, "At night, Cao Xiong and the others detained eight or nine of my brothers for no reason, and they even humiliated and beat them.

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"Huh?" Liu Xiang looked at Kang Yongzu in surprise, "Did you provoke them?"

"Brother Xiang, how could I provoke him for no reason!" Kang Yongzu said, "One of the Dingkou kidnapped last night ran away on the road. The brothers went after him, but the piglet escaped to Cao Xiong and the others.

...Not only did they not help lock up the piglet, they also beat up my brothers who chased me and humiliated me."

"Oh..." Liu Xiang frowned. Cao Xiong and his gang had joined less than two years ago. They had strong military force and many firearms. He tried his best to recruit help, and at the same time, he was also the target of his efforts to guard against. Because they have always been on their own.

He is somewhat incompatible with Liu Xiang and his group of professional pirates.

"...Azu, do you think Cao Xiong is dissatisfied with us because we don't let him lead people to attack the village?" Liu Xiang asked, touching his chin.

"Ah?" Kang Yongzu was stunned. Boss, I am complaining to Cao Xiong for bullying my subordinates, but you want to ask me if he is dissatisfied with you?

"Cao Xiong and the others didn't get any benefits from going ashore this time. Instead, they wanted to guard our retreat. Are the people who beat you demonstrating against me?" Liu Xiang smiled.

"Brother Xiang..." Kang Yongzu was a little confused, "Cao Xiong dares to demonstrate to you, I will lead my brothers to kill him!"

"Fire fight? There are five to six hundred people in this family, and they are all capable of fighting!...How many brothers are you prepared to die to fight them?" Liu Xiang shook his head and said.

"Then..." Kang Yongzu also said that as Cao Xiong and others were former Dengzhou rebels, not to mention their sharp firearms, even if they fought hard in battle, it was not something that their pirates could easily defeat.

"Ahu, go and pick out two boxes of jewelry to send to Cao Xiong! ... Well, choose a few more women to send as well." Liu Xiang turned sideways and ordered Li Husan.

Li Husan hesitated for a moment, but said nothing and accepted the promise.

"Brother Xiang..." Kang Yongzu looked at Liu Xiang, somewhat dissatisfied.

"Azu, we are all brothers, don't let the small lose the big!" Liu Xiang patted Kang Yongzu on the shoulder, "We are still very weak now and need to rely on each other. We can't fight with each other... Don't worry, brother will never do it in the future.

It will make you suffer all the time. After all, we have been old brothers for many years." After saying that, he got on the donkey and headed towards the dock in the distance.

On the fourth day of April, Liu Xiang, a giant sea pirate with more than 50 boats, invaded Chaozhangpu, destroyed Dongli Town, plundered the countryside, destroyed 120 houses, and invaded more than 300 villagers, including dozens of women, carrying countless belongings.

The next day, I fled to the sea and headed south.

"Brother, if we all come out like this, what if we fail to stop Liu Xiang and let him run away instead, or if he directly comes to harass Zhangxia?"

In the dark night, off the coast of Xiamen, Fujian, a huge fleet was meandering on the vast ocean. There were more than 100 large and small ships, of which about 40 were more than 400 tons to more than 900 tons.

armed merchant ship, equipped with 15-25 red cannons. This most powerful force in China and even Southeast Asian waters belongs to the Zheng Zhilong brothers, who have risen rapidly in the past ten years.

Since the Jiajing years, maritime tycoons have emerged. Especially during the Tianqi years, natural and man-made disasters have continued on the mainland. Some offshore merchants and even fishermen have gone to sea to act as pirates. Small armed groups are not counted. Those who can be called "giant pirates" have been in the past.

Li Dan, Yan Siqi, followed by Zheng Zhilong, Yang Liu (Yang Lu), Yang Qi (Yang Ce), Wednesday, Li Kuiqi, Zhong Bin, Liu Xiang and so on.

However, since the imperial court recruited Zheng Zhilong, the maritime forces have begun a new round of reshuffle. At this time, the largest maritime forces in Southeast Asia and even offshore China still belong to the Dutch. They conquered local areas in Southeast Asian islands such as Kalimantan and Brahman.

The natives established a colonial power and developed the spice trade. After that, they also invaded Taiwan, established colonial agencies, and monopolized part of the overseas trade with the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, Zheng Zhilong first took the initiative to reach an agreement with the Dutch East India Company, and the two parties coexisted peacefully and mutually

No attack. After that, the two sides entered a period of peace. Zheng Zhilong used this time to free up his hands to help the court wipe out his old maritime brothers, further expand his sphere of influence, and most of the pirates were subdued by him. Finally,

Only Liu Xiang and a few other pirate gangs are left at large on the sea.

Seeing that Zheng Zhilong was gradually monopolizing maritime trade from China's coast to Japan and part of Southeast Asia, which greatly damaged the commercial interests of the Dutch East India Company, it broke the peace period with Zheng Zhilong that had only lasted five years.

In the sixth year of Chongzhen (1633), the Dutch attacked Xiamen on the pretext of asking the Ming Dynasty to allow the opening of the market, and sank many Ming Dynasty ships, including the ships of the Zheng Zhilong Group. Zheng Zhilong was very angry about this and decided to go to war with the Dutch.

On October 22, 1633, the decisive battle began at Liaoluo Bay between the coalition forces of the Dutch East India Company and the pirate Liu Xiang and Zheng Zhilong's army.

At that time, Zheng Zhilong's firearms were at the same level as the Dutch's firearms, especially the cannons, and were not lagging behind. In terms of the number of ships, the Dutch had more ships than Zheng Zhilong and had an advantage. In this case, whose naval battle tactics were better

Whoever wins the war will win the war. Zheng Zhilong first used the main warship firepower to cover the small cargo ships and attack the opponent's warships. As a result, this "wolf pack tactic" was very effective. Then he hooked the Dutch warships with iron hooks and burned them with fire. Here

In a great sea battle, the coalition forces of the Netherlands and Liu Xiang were defeated. More than a hundred Dutch soldiers were captured alive, thousands died or were burned to death, five battleships were burned, one battleship was captured, and more than fifty

The boat was burned. Liu Xiang, who was with the Dutch, also fled. The people in Zhangxia rejoiced, "This victory has been the first in Fujian and Guangdong for decades since the emergence of the Red Barbarians."

At this moment, Zheng Zhilong and his brothers, carrying more than a hundred large and small warships, and more than 4,000 sailors, gunners, gunners and other combat personnel, set off from Zhangxia and headed towards Chaoshan and Haifeng.

In the cabin of the largest ship in the fleet, which resembles a Hongyi Galen armed ship, the hasty-tempered second brother Zheng Zhihu walked around the cabin impatiently.

"Second brother, please be patient." The fifth child, Zheng Zhibao, glanced at Zheng Zhilong, who was sitting upright with his eyes closed, "The elder brother's arrangement must be correct! Let's just listen to the elder brother."

"Yes! Second brother, please stop turning around. It's only been two days since we went to sea. The detailed work arranged by the elder brother has been reported. Liu Xiang has already been dispatched. He will probably go to the Guangdong Sea." Zheng Zhihu, the third child, said

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Zheng Zhimang (Zheng Zhilong's younger brother) looked at Zheng Zhilong, then at Zheng Zhihu, then simply shut up and stared at the ship's deck on the other side, lost in thought.

The cabin became quiet for a moment, and Zheng Zhihu stared at his elder brother with wide eyes.

Zheng Zhilong, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, has lived on land for a long time in recent years and has a rosy complexion. In addition, he has been promoted from the Five Tigers guerrilla general to the deputy commander-in-chief and deputy governor of Zhangxia. He is full of official power. Moreover, at the age of thirty-one, he is powerful.

Serving Fujian and Guangdong and giving orders to Southeast Asia can be rightly said to be full of ambition.

"Hmph, you want to sneak attack on me in Zhangxia?" Zheng Zhilong opened his eyes and snorted coldly, "Does Liu Xiang have the courage?"

"Tian Weiyang!" Zheng Zhilong said, "Not far ahead is Tian Weiyang. Let's stop that thief Liu Xiang right there!" After saying that, he looked at the brothers in the cabin and said, "When the time comes, surround them all.

, no one should be let go!... Completely settle the grudge between me and this sworn brother!"

"Why in Tianweiyang?" Zheng Zhihu was stunned.

Zheng Zhilong smiled and said nothing.

"Brother, have you arranged a job at Liu Xiang's place?" Zheng Zhihu seemed a little awakened.

"Liu Xiang, the lost dog!" Zheng Zhilong stood up from the chair, "Not everyone is as ignorant of current affairs as him... Huh, do you think that with the protection of the red-haired ghost, you can go against me? Even his master, I

You dare to hit him with a stick, let alone..., he is just a lost dog?"
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