Ming Dynasty: I, Zhu Yunwen, started by resurrecting my grandmother.

"There are no outsiders here, so you can say whatever comes to mind," Chang Yuchun said.

Zhao Sili straightened his clothes: "Chen Zuyi originally had a stronghold in the Malacca area. He was able to start small and grow it into a force of tens of thousands of men."

He must have some exceptional qualities.

We cannot assume that pirates were all simple-minded people.

Chen Zuyi was a major headache for the late emperor. He offered a reward of 500,000 taels of silver for his capture, but to no avail.

It is clear that he is very cunning.

He was like a wolf, both ferocious and cunning.

Their advantage lies in their warships, and I've heard they also have cannons and monsters.

If we fight them head-on, we probably won't gain any advantage.

Everyone nodded in agreement after hearing Zhao Sili's words.

Zhu Yunwen stood up and said, "Grandfather, great-father, I am a junior in front of you, so let me first share my thoughts."

After Zhu Yunwen expressed his idea, everyone agreed.

Chang Yuchun immediately slapped his thigh and said, "Okay, let's do it this way."

Donglai, Haikou.

The large ship that Chen Zuyi was on.

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Chen Zuyi was gathering everyone to discuss countermeasures.

Chen Shiliang retorted indignantly, "What's so great about Tiexian?"

Why don't we lead our troops directly to attack Jinan and take it?

Upon hearing this, Chen Zuyi glared at him and said, "You little rascal, how come you're getting more and more muddleheaded?"

War requires strategy, but was Jinan so easy to conquer?

Zhu Di had hundreds of thousands of mercenaries, yet he couldn't defeat Tie Xian. How could we possibly take Jinan?

Jinan was different from other cities. Under Tie Xian's management, Jinan had strong defenses, well-trained soldiers, and ample supplies. Moreover, the enemy had cannons; how could they possibly fight it head-on?

Chen Shiliang, with a look of resentment in his eyes, said, referring to the boxing incident: "Are we just going to let it go after we suffered a loss at his hands?"

I can't swallow this insult!

Just then, a pirate ran up to Chen Zuyi and reported, "Boss, an old man says he wants to come and join us!"

"An old man?" Chen Zuyi asked, a look of doubt on his face. "What does he do?"

He said he was a fisherman here, but there weren't many fish left to catch, so he came to rely on us.

Chen Shiliang said impatiently, "We don't have the mood to recruit a pirate right now. Just drive him away!"

Chen Zuyi waved his hand and said, "No, you're wrong. We can't let him block the path of the worthy. There are talented people among our pirates. This person dared to come to us alone, so he must have something special. Let's meet him and talk about it."

So Chen Zuyi ordered the pirate, "Bring him to the cabin so I can see him!"

"Yes, sir!" the pirate replied, turning and leaving.

Not long after, he brought an old man.

The old man was tall, with a slender waist and broad back.

With a composed and leisurely demeanor, but without expression, the old man bowed and said in a low, hoarse voice, "Wu Da greets the leader!"

Chen Zuyi sized him up and asked, "Where are you from? What do you do?"

"Oh, I'm a fisherman from around here."

However, fishing is not so easy now.

Therefore, I am considering joining the leader's ranks, and I humbly request that the leader accept me.

Chen Shiliang was somewhat displeased with his words: "Old man, what do you mean by that? Are you saying we're stealing your money-making opportunities?"

"No, no, no, I didn't mean that," the old man quickly explained.

Chen Zuyi glared at Chen Shiliang.

Chen Shiliang shrank back in fright.

"Our doors are open to the public, but we do not accept cowards, good-for-nothings, or timid individuals."

"If you want to join us, that's fine. But let's do it our old way and you have to give us a pledge of allegiance," Chen Zuyi said calmly.

"May I ask what you mean by the 'pledge of allegiance' you speak of, leader?"

At this point, Chen Shiliang became impatient and said to him, "Old man, how come you don't even understand this rule?"

Still want to be a pirate?

"A pledge of allegiance means that you are asked to kill someone and bring back their head."

Upon hearing this, Wu Dayi understood: "So that's how it is. That makes sense."

Chen Shiliang said to him, "If you can't bring a certificate of loyalty by this time tomorrow, then you are unqualified and will have to go back to where you came from."

Furthermore, I can tell you that you have to hand over your fishing boat to us, or else we'll take your head.

Wu Da thought to himself, "Chen Shiliang is a real bastard! I came here to join the gang, and you actually want my head!"

However, Wu Da thought this in his heart, but didn't say it out loud.

"Can!"

It was the third watch of the night.

Most of the pirates were already asleep.

A pirate was keeping watch on the shore.

Wu Da, carrying a jug of wine and a roasted pig's leg, approached the pirate.

"You've worked hard."

The pirate looked Wu Da up and down: "Aren't you Wu Da?"

"Weren't you supposed to be joining us today?"

"Yes, yes, you know me?"

"To be honest, there aren't many people who come to join us on their own initiative, so your arrival today has caused quite a stir."

How is it?

Have you received your pledge of allegiance?

"Not yet! Where should I go to kill someone? And who should I kill?" Wu Da looked very troubled.

As Wu Da spoke, he handed the wine and meat in his hand to the pirate.

The pirate was starving, and seeing wine and meat, he was naturally delighted.

The pirate took the jug of wine, unscrewed the lid, and drank it down. Then, while gnawing on a pig's trotter, he said, "Isn't that whatever you want?"

"Go out onto the main road and wait. As soon as someone comes, kill them—male, female, young, or old—and bring their head back!"

"I have to have a reason for killing someone, I can't just kill for no reason."

"Looks like you've never been a pirate. In our line of work, we don't care about reasons or what's appropriate or inappropriate. We don't care who it is, we just kill whoever we want." The pirate said this as if it were perfectly natural and justified.

This reminded Wu Da of the Liangshan heroes back in the day, when Lin Chong wanted to join the group, he also had to present a "pledge of allegiance."

However, Lin Chong waited and waited, but still felt it wasn't quite right.

I can't bring myself to harm the elderly, weak, and women.

In the end, however, he was confronted by Yang Zhi, the Thousand-Faced Beast!

The two fought for dozens of rounds without a clear winner.

Wu Da asked the pirate, "Then what kind of person do you think I should kill?"

The pirate, lacking common sense, said, "If you really can't find a suitable one, just kill someone like me!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Dayi sneered and shouted "Fall!" Sure enough, the pirate fell to the ground.

It turns out that the pirate wasn't a very good drinker.

"You told me to do this, so don't blame me!" Wu Da took off the pirate's waist knife, slashed twice, and killed the pirate. Then, he chopped off the pirate's head, disfiguring him, and threw the body into the sea.

the next morning.

Wu Da brought the pirate's head to see Chen Zuyi.

When Chen Zuyi saw that the old man in front of him had actually killed someone, he was a little surprised and thought to himself that the old man was ruthless.

He nodded slightly: "Alright, I'll take you!"

"Thank you, leader!"

Chen Zuyi looked at him and praised, "I didn't realize you had such extraordinary courage!"

"You flatter me, boss. I'm just forced into this situation by life."

Chen Zuyi looked sharply at Wu Da and asked, "Who was this person you killed?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Dayi's heart skipped a beat. He wondered if the man had already discovered that he had killed pirates.

He felt a little flustered inside, but it wasn't showing on his face.

Wu Da steadied himself: "After I left here, I went to the main road and waited until evening. Finally, a middle-aged man who was alone came to me!"

I rushed forward and, without saying a word, killed him.

"Good, ruthless enough, a real man," Chen Zuyi gave a thumbs up.

"We are currently at war with the imperial army. Do you have any good strategies?"

Wu Da humbly replied, "I'm just a fisherman with limited knowledge, so what I say may not be correct."

"It's okay, tell me what you think, it's okay even if you're wrong."

"I've heard some news."

"What news?"

"The imperial court is sending a batch of disaster relief grain to Jinan," Wu Da said in a low voice.

"Oh, is that so?" Chen Zuyi's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"Yes, isn't this a gift from heaven?"

There's a saying: "If you don't take what Heaven gives you, you'll suffer the consequences!"

Moreover, this shipment of grain must pass through a place called Panlong Ridge. If we set up an ambush there beforehand, we can wipe them out when the imperial grain transport team passes through.

"Then, seize all of that grain," Wu Da suggested.

Upon hearing this, Chen Zuyi burst into laughter: "Isn't your plan quite good?"

Since ancient times, there has been no more ruthless strategy than cutting off food supplies. We don’t lack gold and silver treasures now, but we lack food!

"We have so many brothers, and we need to eat every day."

Chen Shiliang was also excited: "Father, is this a good idea? What if we fall into someone else's trap?"

Chen Zuyi disagreed: "Sometimes you're too bold, and sometimes you're too timid when you should be bold."

This is a gift from God—grain and horses. How can we refuse it?

Wu Da gave a thumbs up: "Boss, you're absolutely right. Opportunity knocks but once."

Chen Shiliang thought for a moment and said, "To be on the safe side, I will lead a force to raid the grain."

"Father, you lead the main force to provide cover from behind, just in case!"

Chen Zuyi nodded: "That works too."

morning.

After breakfast, Chen Shiliang and Wu Da led the pirates on their way.

On the way, Chen Shiliang inquired in detail from Wu Da about the imperial court's grain transport.

He asked repeatedly, but couldn't find out what was wrong.

at dusk,

Chen Shiliang led 2000 pirates to the entrance of Pangu Ridge.

He reined in his horse, looked up at the surrounding terrain, and saw that the terrain was high on both sides and low in the middle, with a road that he could pass through.

One of his pirates asked him, "Young leader, why have we stopped?"

Chen Shiliang looked around and said, "I think there might be a problem with the terrain here. If the Ming army is lying in ambush here, how should we deal with it?"

Wu Da pointed to the birds on the hilltop and said, "Look, there are still birds there, which means there's no ambush here."

If there had been an ambush, the birds would have fled long ago.

Chen Shiliang thought he made sense, so he led his thieves to continue forward.

After all the pirates had entered Panlong Ridge, Chen Shiliang turned around and looked around, but Wu Da was nowhere to be seen.

He ordered his men to search everywhere, but they could not find Wu Da.

"Wu Da is over there!" one of the pirates pointed upwards.

Just then, someone shouted from halfway up the hillside: "Chen Shiliang, you've fallen into their trap! Why don't you dismount and surrender? What are you waiting for?"

Chen Shiliang looked up in the direction of the sound and saw that the person standing on the hillside was not Wu Da, but who else could it be?

He was also confused and asked Wu Da, "What are you doing? Why did you get up there?"

Wu Da laughed heartily: "You've already fallen into the Ming army's ambush without even realizing it."

Wu Dafei was someone else; he was Zhu Yunwen.

With a cannon blast, the hillsides on both sides were covered with banners. Chang Yuchun was on the left and Zhao Sili was on the right, their dark arrows aimed at the pirates.

They had prepared a large number of rolling logs and stones in advance.

Chang Yuchun ordered: "Release them!"

In an instant, arrows rained down, and rolling logs and rocks also came crashing down.

Then look at those pirates, they're in a terrible state. Some were shot to death by arrows, and others were crushed to death by rolling logs and thunderstones!

Seeing the situation was dire, Chen Shiliang shouted, "Retreat!"

But where to retreat to?

The escape route behind them had been blocked by stones.

Chen Shiliang was also hit by an arrow in his left arm.

At this moment, many pirates shielded him.

Chen Shiliang cursed inwardly, "You bastard Wu Da, so you're a spy for the Ming army. I never thought I'd be caught off guard."

It seemed the Ming army was about to wipe out Chen Shiliang and his men.

Just then, Chen Zuyi arrived with his main force.

Chen Zuyi was shocked when he learned the news.

However, they were blocked outside Panlong Ridge. The road had been blocked by stones by the Ming army, and it was not easy to move those stones in such a hurry.

At this moment, Chen Zuyi also became anxious.

He then summoned a giant, two-headed serpent monster.

The snake had two heads, was over twenty zhang long, and was entirely blackish-brown.

The snake's eyes resembled those of a lantern, gleaming with a fierce light.

The snake's forked tongue is so long that its mouth could swallow an elephant whole. Its sharp fangs are exposed, making it look terrifying. In front of it, a person is like an ant.

The snake coiled its tail around the stone blocking the road, lifting it into the air.

The stones hurled heavy casualties at the Ming soldiers on the hillside.

Immediately afterwards, the snake opened its two heads, its blood-spitting maws gushing forth, and began to tear at the Ming soldiers.

Moments later, dozens of soldiers had been swallowed by the two-headed snake.

Upon seeing that the battle was hopeless, Zhu Yunwen and Chang Yuchun quickly withdrew.

And so, Chen Shiliang and his companions were rescued once again.

Chen Shiliang saw Chen Zuyi kneeling on the ground and said, "Father, I almost didn't get to see you again."

That Wu Da wasn't Wu Da at all; he was a spy for the Ming army.

I advised you not to take him in, but you wouldn't listen.

Chen Zuyi sighed, "I never expected there to be such a person among the Ming army. I truly underestimated you. How is your injury?"