Daming pirates

Chapter 28 Praying Mantis Catching Cicadas 2

The area around Bengang occupied by Yan Siqi is undoubtedly a very good place. It is not under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, but it is very close to Fujian and Guangxi. You can advance, attack, retreat or defend. If you can fight, you can make a profit.

If he can't defeat him, he can sneak back to Taiyuan Island. Being able to take over this place is a very good choice for him.

But the trouble is that this is Yan Siqi's territory. Yan Siqi is his nominal eldest brother. They have a bond of friendship. The world has always been taboo against the following. Even if he is strong, if he kills Yan Siqi

If he takes this place instead, it will damage his reputation in the future and will definitely be looked down upon by many people.

In this way, if he wants to develop and grow in the future, he will definitely be despised by others, and some of his subordinates may also be cold-blooded towards him. If not, someone will follow his example and turn around to deal with him.

That's why Zheng Yiguan acted relatively restrained and never dared to break up with Yan Siqi, maintaining the relationship between the two parties on the surface.

But he also knew that Yan Siqi and him would never be able to return to the previous relationship. Both parties now had a big grudge in their hearts. It was only a matter of time before they turned against each other. Sooner or later, he would have to fight with him.

Yan Siqi turned his face.

Now Yan Siqi suddenly got hooked up with Yu Xiaotian and secretly purchased cannons from Yu Xiaotian. Even if you think about it with your buttocks, you can understand why Yan Siqi suddenly spent a lot of money to buy these guns.

Yan Siqi must have secretly improved his strength and acquired the ability to fight against him. He may even kill him before he does.

After learning the news, Zheng Yiguan suddenly felt very nervous. He was quite aware of Yu Xiaotian's strength. Big bosses like Mr. Chu Cai had fallen into Yu Xiaotian's hands. This made him feel very uneasy about Xiaotian's strength.

He has a clear understanding of his strength. During this time, he has been collecting information about Sea Wolf. He has learned that Sea Wolf can cast its own cannons, and most of the cannons it casts are in the shape of Western-style cannons owned by the Taixi people. They are powerful and have a long range.

Far and high precision.

This is also the reason why after his strength increased greatly, he would rather fight for territory with Mr. Chu Cai than dare to easily go to Xinghua Prefecture or Fuzhou Prefecture. It was because he was very afraid of Sea Wolf and did not dare to easily provoke Yu Xiao.

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Now that Yu Xiaotian wants to sell Yan Siqi a large number of cannons, it is a threat to him. He does not want Yan Siqi to suddenly become stronger now. This is not in line with his interests.

Although Zheng Yiguan is not that old, he has been in the arena for a long time. Of course, he understands that fast hands are slower than slow ones, so he does not allow such a situation to threaten his status and survival.

So he immediately summoned his cronies and began to discuss how to solve this problem. When Zheng Mang and others heard this, many people said that they should strike first, fall out with Yan Siqi, kill Yan Siqi, and directly kill Yan Siqi.

The territory was seized, and those who were willing to follow Zheng Yiguan in the future were kept, while those who were unwilling to follow Zheng Yiguan were directly killed and brought down.

This method seems feasible, but for Zheng Yiguan, it is not realistic because although Yan Siqi is not as strong as him, he has a high prestige. His brothers are very loyal to him and have a group of die-hard fans, and Yan Siqi is very powerful.

It's not as weak as most people think.

If he takes action brazenly, he must summon all the forces from all over. This cannot be done in a short while, and such a big movement will definitely not be hidden from Yan Siqi. Yan Siqi has already improved his attitude towards him.

In order to take precautions, from the fact that he secretly bought cannons without telling Zheng Yiguan, it can be seen that Yan Siqi intends to use these things to deal with him in the future.

Moreover, Yan Siqi has also stepped up his vigilance during this period, gathered his close men, and stayed in Bengang and did not go out much. Here in Bengang, Yan Siqi's strength is not weaker than that of Zheng Yiguan here, and is even stronger than that of Zheng Yiguan here.

He is very powerful, so once Yan Siqi realizes that Zheng Yiguan is about to make a move, he might choose to strike first. When they fight, it is not certain who will win.

So it is unrealistic to take action now to kill Yan Siqi. In a short period of time, he will not be able to mobilize such a large force to have a showdown with Yan Siqi.

But just watching Yan Siqi transport so much money to Nanyue Island, hand it over to Yu Xiaotian, and buy the cannon, Zheng Yiguan felt too unwilling to accept it, so he discussed it with his subordinates and finally came up with a solution.

That is to intercept the ships sent by Yan Siqi to deliver the silver. Anyway, the sea is very big. As long as they do it cleanly and quickly, block these ships, kill everyone on board, and steal the silver, then it will be

Yan Siqi suspected that he did it, and there was no evidence. Once Yan Siqi wanted to fall out with him, he would find an opportunity. At that time, he would concentrate all his efforts and kill Yan Siqi in the name of Yan Siqi killing his brothers. Then he could justifiably kill Yan Siqi.

This Bengang area is in his pocket.

This method is a cruel move, and it can kill two birds with one stone. It not only steals money, but also may force Yan Siqi to turn against him first.

So Zheng Yiguan immediately handed over the matter to his brother Zheng Manglai, who ordered Zheng Mang to sneak out of Bengang overnight, gather a dozen of his ships and capable men outside, and go out on the sea.

Ambush, waiting for Yan Siqi to send out the ship carrying the silver, and then follow them out of this area, and seize the opportunity to capture it in one fell swoop. As for the people on the ship, needless to say, in order to prevent someone from leaking the information in the future, all of them were killed.

The remaining ones were killed and thrown into the sea to feed the fish.

But the only news that Zheng Yiguan didn't find out was that Yan Siqi was already on guard against Zheng Yiguan's move. He sent Chen Xun to secretly go to sea in advance, go to Nanyue Island to find Yu Xiaotian, and asked Yu Xiaotian to send someone to catch him halfway.

Their silver ship escorted them to Nanyue Island.

Zheng Mang quietly recruited a group of ships and men belonging to them outside. Starting yesterday, they gathered in the sea outside Bengang and were on standby. Last night, they first found a remote place to rest, and then brought their men over before dawn.

, lurking in ambush on the sea outside Ben Port, just waiting for the silver ship sent by Yan Siqi to come out.

Sure enough, in the early morning, the three Yan Siqi ships mysteriously loaded heavy boxes and left Ben Port at dawn. After wandering around for a while outside Ben Port, they found nothing unusual and turned around.

The rudder steered in the direction of Nanyue Island.

Since Zheng Mang debuted with Zheng Yiguan, he has always been known as brave and courageous, with excellent martial arts skills. Due to his youth and strength, he is good at using a steel knife and fights with people, often risking his life in sumo wrestling. He is very powerful, so no matter what

Whether he was under Zheng Yiguan or when he was under Li Dan, he was admired by everyone.

Moreover, Zheng Yiguan's subordinates now all regard Zheng Mang as their second boss and are very obedient to his orders. This time, after hearing what Zheng Yiguan asked them to do, these subordinates mobilized by Zheng Mang, one by one,

Everyone is gearing up and exerting all their strength to do a better job.

Even if it's not for Zheng Yiguan, they still have to fight for themselves, because when Zheng Yiguan asked them to come over to handle this matter, he had promised them that as long as they did a good job, they would come up with it this time.

Give them part of the stolen silver.

Speaking of which, 10% is not a lot, but the base is huge! The amount of silver that Yan Siqi transported to Nanyue Island this time was as much as 40,000 taels, and 10% is 4,000 taels. If it is distributed to everyone, it is not a small number.

Each of them can make a small fortune.

The saying that people die for wealth and birds die for food is an eternal saying. The subordinates brought by Zheng Mang had already sharpened their knives and were ready to be ruthless.

When he heard the report from Shangdou that Yan Siqi's three ships had left Bengang and turned around and sailed towards Nanyue Island, Zheng Mang laughed and waved his big hand and said: "Okay! Let them go first! Let's stay far away

Follow them, wait until they are farther away, and we will take action!"

After hearing the order, more than a dozen of Zheng Yiguan's ships immediately began to raise their sails and turn their rudders, and began to move towards Nanyue Island. However, they were not in a hurry to catch up, and they just kept in line with the three Yan Siqi ships.

At a distance beyond the sight of the ship, a small boat was placed at the outermost of their fleet, and the three ships could only be vaguely seen to prevent them from being lost. In this way, Yan Siqi's three silver-carrying ships could not be discovered at all.

Such a fleet was traveling parallel to them on their side, eyeing them eagerly and preparing to attack them.

After sailing for about an hour or two, the ship began to gradually leave the visible range on the shore of Taiyuan Island and entered the deeper waters of the Taiwan Strait, which was no longer on the main channel.

There were no ships, and apart from the blue water, there were only rolling white waves and the occasional silhouette of seabirds in the sky.

Zheng Mang led the fleet to speed up, and rushed to the side and front of Yan Siqi's three ships from the side, seizing the favorable wind direction. If you want to hijack a ship at sea, when the speed of the ships is about the same, the most important thing is to tamper with the wind. Only

Only after seizing a favorable wind direction can it be possible to rob the ship you want to rob. As Zheng Mang has been active at sea for many years, he is naturally very experienced.

After their fleet seized the limelight, they were already in front and side of Yan Siqi's three silver-carrying ships. They were basically ready to take action. If they had enough wind and pounced on them at this time, Yan Siqi's

The three ships had no chance to escape their pursuit.

If it is a straight-line distance from Bengang to Nanyue Island, it is probably three to four hundred miles away. However, sailing ships are no better than ships with engines in later generations. They can sail directly to the destination in a straight line on the sea. When the sailing ship has a favorable wind,

Fortunately, it is winter at this time, and the wind direction on the sea is northwest or more northerly. When sailing from Bengang to Nanyue Island, you basically have to go against the wind.

A sailboat must constantly adjust its sails and rudder on the sea surface and take a zigzag route, so that it can use the wind direction to provide power to the ship so that the ship can travel against the wind. Chinese-style sailboats have certain advantages in this regard, but they bring

The problem is that their voyage range is greatly increased and the ship speed will be slower.

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