At this time, Cai Qian had already paid homage to Mount Putuo, and went all the way south to the cabin. He heard that some members of the gang had seen the Guanyin Buddha statue on the mountain in person, and said that it had been sunny and sunny these past few days, and it seemed that it was indeed the blessing of the Bodhisattva. Cai Qian

I didn’t believe in the power of these gods and Buddhas, but for a moment, everyone’s moods stabilized, and they felt comfortable in their hearts. They found a cigar that they had snatched from a foreign ship two years ago, and lit it up.

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"Cai Qian, why do you still smoke? You have been smoking these foreign cigarettes for a year and they are almost gone. I see this year, it will not be so easy to go to Guangdong to find another box of cigarettes." It seems that on one side,

Grandma Lu also found the strong tobacco smell of Cai Qian's cigar pungent and couldn't help complaining to him.

"Mom, you don't know something. This kind of cigarette is different from ordinary tobacco. It is the best cigarette in the West. Look at how thick this smoke is. Thickness is what makes it strong!" After Cai Qian said this, he also burst into laughter.

"Boss, our people have returned from that village. Shaoxing is indeed not as good as Ningbo and Taizhou. I think Baojia is really vulnerable. But I don't think this village is rich either. How many days will the brothers be able to use this little money?" Cai Lin

Talking about the looting of Linhai Village on the side, it seems that the culprit who raided Linhai Village and made Su Jiumei homeless was Cai Lin.

"Oil and water? How many days can it be used? We can't stay in Zhejiang for too long this year. Our focus right now should be Lu'ermen. Cai Lin, tell them later and work faster. Don't let Li Changgeng find out later.

We caught up." But after arranging the retreat, Cai Qian showed a strange smile again, and continued to say to Cai Lin: "Also, when you went to the shore this time, didn't you bring back a dozen people?

Is there anything inside that looks pretty good?"

"Cai Qian, what do you mean?" Lu Lao said angrily.

"Mom, there are no women there." Cai Qian still looked indifferent.

"In this way, it seems that... there are a few young people, and I think the boss can like them." Cai Lin said.

"That's right. After you told them about going south, you picked out those few and sent them to the cabin below. Hehe... It seems that it has been a while since I played 'turn the tables' with these young people." Cai Qian smiled grimly.

road.

"Okay, I'll do it right now!" Cai Lin responded and left. But after a moment, he ran back again and said to Cai Qian with a hint of panic: "Boss, the situation is not good. The people in the back team said,

On the sea to the north, seven or eight large ships have appeared, and they look like Li Changgeng."

"Li Changgeng, his grandmother's..." Cai Qian couldn't help but feel a little anxious when he heard that Li Changgeng was pursuing so fast, and hurriedly walked out with Cai Lin. Immediately, Cai Lian ordered the fleet to turn around.

Formation, he moved his main ship to the rear group, and saw more than ten sails standing on the northern sea level. Except for the warships in Dinghai Town, no one could organize these many ships to go south together.

"Okay, it seems that Li Changgeng also wants to compete with me. How many large ships can his Dinghai Town Ningbo Mansion ship out at a time? He wants to compete with me just here. Does Li Changgeng have the strength?" Cai Cai

Qian said contemptuously: "Quickly, tell everyone to remove the disguise on the ship. If the officers and soldiers continue to approach, we will open fire!"

"Yes!" Cai Lin hurriedly sent the order, and all of a sudden Cai Qian's fleet removed their merchant ship disguises, took out the cannons hidden under the ships, and stepped forward one after another, ready to fire at any time.

All this was clearly seen by Li Changgeng through the telescope.

"Sir Tijun, it seems that what is in front of us is indeed a pirate. Let's follow the original plan and fire once we enter the range?" The person asking the question was Huang Xiangxin, the new commander-in-chief of Dinghai Town.

"Yes, let's send the signal with the signal and fire the artillery in two teams. We must make sure that Cai Qian has no time to load the gunpowder! The thieves are moving like this and want to pretend that they have not left the merchant ship. We just take this opportunity to pre-emptively strike!" Li Changgeng seemed to have already made a decision.

Developed a battle plan.

"Yes!" Huang Xiangxin immediately went down to deliver the order. Soon, ten warships from the government and army had lined up one after another, just in time before Cai Qian's fleet could reload.

"Bang bang bang bang!" All of a sudden, the government and military warships started attacking one after another!

"Not good!" Cai Qian saw the smoke suddenly rising on the opposite side, and immediately realized that he was a step too slow. But in an instant, he could only hear the "bang bang" sound of other ships around him, and two ships had been hit one after another.

"Keep firing!" Li Changgeng gave the order on his ship. Soon, the gunners of the first team started loading, while the gunners of the second team lit the powder line, and then the "bang bang" sound sounded again!

At this time, Cai Qian's fleet and gun emplacements still had not been completed.

"Bang!" At this moment, Cai Qian suddenly heard a loud noise. It turned out that two ships away on the right, the gunpowder on a ship had been hit by the officers and soldiers. Immediately, there was a huge fire, and the pirates on the ship were also trapped.

It's a mess.

"His grandma has fallen into a trap!" Although Cai Qian was angry, he also knew that at this time his ship was suddenly hit by a cannon. Everyone in the gang panicked and wanted to fight back, but it was impossible. It seems that the plan now is

, only by retreating first and preparing artillery positions while retreating can the counterattack be completed.

"Quick! Turn around! Go south quickly!" Cai Qian was in a hurry and had to choose to retreat first.

It was not until the next day that Cai Qian's fleet escaped Li Changgeng's pursuit and entered the Pishanyang Sea under the jurisdiction of Huangyan Town. Fortunately, Li Changgeng's pursuit did not seem to be fast, and at this time, no official-military battle could be seen in the north.

Boat.

"What happened to the ship that was hit?" Seeing that Cai Qian had escaped Li Changgeng's pursuit, he finally asked Cai Min about the ship.

"Boss, I think it's unreliable. The fire started so fiercely that a large piece of the board was burned," Cai Lin said.

"His grandma's..." Cai Qian seemed to blame herself for rashly starting the war.

"Big boss, it's bad!" At this time, a gang member suddenly ran from the bow of the ship and said to Cai Qian: "There are warships on the sea ahead. It seems that there are about seven or eight ships. Judging from the way they came, it should be

Hu Zhensheng’s unit in Wenzhou Town!”

"What!" Cai Qian knew that although Li Changgeng was not pursuing him closely at this time, he was still behind him, and the seaway in front of him seemed to be blocked by Hu Zhensheng soon. He felt anxious in his heart. Looking at the situation at sea,

I didn't know how to avoid the officers and soldiers for a while.

"Big boss! We... there seems to be a fleet of government troops behind us!" Cai Qian had no plan to deal with Hu Zhensheng here. Another gang member from the rear team over there caught up and said: "Just now

On the northwest sea, there seem to be more than ten large ships raising their sails. It seems that they are from Zhang Cheng's command in Huangyan Town, and they are heading north of us!" This year, the previous Huangyan Commander-in-Chief Yue Xi resigned due to old age, and Zhang Cheng took over.

Cai Qian, the commander-in-chief of Huangyan Town, felt even more annoyed when he heard that the north side was also gradually surrounded by officers and soldiers.

"Big boss! Then... Li Changgeng's ship is here again!" At this time, a gang member was brought over in a small boat on a boat from the rear team. The gang members were already shocked before they boarded Cai Qian's ship.

He shouted: "The Li Changgeng warship seems to have made a circle before, and now...it has reached the sea to the northeast of us!"

"Surrounded on three sides?" Cai Qian gritted his teeth and said, "Have you ever checked whether it is possible to land on land in the west?"

"This..." At first, the gang member seemed to understand the situation, and then he hesitated and said: "Big boss, the younger one just looked at the west coast, it seems... there seems to be some flags, like... like the coast

Xiang Yong. Big boss, this... are we surrounded from all sides? What should we do?" Hearing this, even Lu Lao and Cai Lin were shocked. Everyone knew clearly that once this happens

The encirclement is tightened, and more than twenty large ships can be concentrated on three sides by the officers and soldiers. By then, Cai Qian will be at an absolute disadvantage regardless of the number of people and firepower.

"Big boss!" Just when Cai Qian heard "surrounded on all sides", another small boat was sent over from the front team's boat. A fat man on the boat was sitting in the middle. He had surrendered to Cai Qian before, and was ordered by Cai Qian at this time.

Zhang Azhi went to fight in the vanguard. Zhang Azhi was also impatient. As soon as the boat approached Cai Qian's big ship, he shouted to Cai Qian: "Hu Zhensheng's boat in front is getting closer and closer. I heard from the brothers in the rear that Zhang Chenghe

Li Changgeng's troops are also approaching. What should we do now, attack Hu Zhensheng with all our strength, or go to the shore first? Big boss, you need to give me instructions?"

"Surrounded on all sides? Haha... Ruan Yuan, Li Changgeng, do you have one?" Cai Qian listened to everyone's report on the battle situation. She was originally very angry, but seeing that she was surrounded by government troops on every side, she gradually became worried.

It faded away. But after this worry, there was actually a trace of a proud sneer.

"Humph, Ruan Yuan, Li Changgeng, you are the one who forced me into this situation today! Do you think you will win by surrounding us on all sides? There will be times when you will regret it! Just look at my last move!" Cai Qian

He smiled and said: "Zhang Azhi, go to the front line right now, wave a white flag at Hu Zhensheng's troops, and tell them that I want to surrender!"

"What?!" Zhang Azhi simply couldn't believe that Cai Qian's so-called last move was actually such a sentence.

"That's right! Zhang Azhi, you heard it right, it's surrender!" Cai Qian sneered: "However, I have a condition here. You tell Hu Zhensheng's troops not to fire artillery, and then tell them that we have always made a living in the Minhai.

Yude, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, has always been tolerant and generous, and has prestige in the Fujian Sea. Therefore, although I am willing to surrender, I only want to submit to Governor Yude! You ask him to send people to Fuzhou quickly and tell Yude about my situation here.

Governor De, let’s call off our troops and make a truce at the same time! After that, you’ll just have to wait and see!”

"Big boss, aren't you kidding me? I have worked so hard for you these past few years, how can I just get this word of surrender?" Zhang Azhi said to Cai Qian while boarding Cai Qian's ship: "I used to work hard for you.

It was because I couldn't stand Zhuang Youmei's weakness and incompetence that I followed Hou Qitian out. Why did you come to your place? You seem to be domineering on the surface, but you are a softie in your heart! Back then, I took Hou Qitian's brothers to join you.

I’m considered blind!”

"Zhang Azhi, you know nothing! I tell you, this is a big game of chess. In the end, I will only win, not lose!" Cai Qian said to Zhang Azhi: "If you don't believe me, you first

Surrender with me. If after three months I really become an official of the imperial court, then you can go your own way and I will never stop you! But if after three months you find that I did the right thing, then from now on

How about you just play forward for me honestly?"

"Chief Zhang, don't you underestimate Cai Qian's plan this time?" At this time, even the always tough Grandma Lu actually stood by Cai Qian.

"Boss Zhang, if you can't even believe what the big boss says, then you might as well leave now. The big boss has already discussed with us and won't stop you today. But if one day you feel that you are on the wrong path, think about it.

If you come back again, you won't be able to be the leader here." Cai Lin also looked confident. Seeing that Cai Qian and the other three were so determined to surrender, Zhang Azhi couldn't help but hesitate in his heart.

"This... okay, I will believe you once. But I also agreed, it will only be three months. If after three months, you still insist on being a court eagle dog, don't blame me for turning against me!" After that,

Zhang Azhi simply returned to his boat and went to the front team to make arrangements for the surrender one by one.

Sure enough, facing Cai Qian's words of "surrender to Yude", Hu Zhensheng didn't know what to do for a while. After all, Yude was the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and he could nominally regulate himself. So, when Zhang Azhi made it clear about the surrender, Hu Zhensheng also

He had no choice but to stop his warships at sea and confront Cai Qian, but he did not dare to fire another cannon.

Soon, Li Changgeng and Zhang Cheng also stopped their march. But after all, Li Changgeng thought carefully. Although he was temporarily not allowed to fire due to Cai Qian's surrender, he still scattered his warships beside Cai Qian's fleet to maintain it.
Chapter completed!