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

Suzhou military camp.

After returning home, Wang Yuemin recounted her meeting with Chen Zuyi to everyone.

Chang Yuchun, Tie Xuan, and Zhao Sili were all very surprised.

Based on Wang Yuemin's account, it can be confirmed that Zhu Di was not insane.

Moreover, Zhu Di secretly sent Yao Guangxiao to collude with Chen Zuyi to launch a pincer attack on Jinan.

Zhu Yunwen, holding the document with both hands, said, "Lord Tie, in that case, you are in danger."

Tie Xuan also had some worries in his heart, because before he came, he had Sheng Yong stationed in Jinan and told him how to deal with Zhu Di.

However, he did not expect that Zhu Di would send Yao Guangxiao to join forces with Chen Zuyi.

Chang Yuchun also found it very troublesome; normally,

He led his troops directly to attack.

However, the situation is different now; Zhao Ling'er is in someone else's hands.

If we push her too far, wouldn't we be putting Zhao Ling'er in a dangerous situation?

Zhu Yunwen looked worried: "If Chen Zuyi and Zhu Di reach an agreement and join forces to attack Jinan, the situation in Jinan will be extremely critical."

However, we cannot engage Chen Zuyi in a direct confrontation now. Only after rescuing Zhao Ling'er can we have a final showdown with them.

Everyone understood what Zhu Yunwen meant, and they were all at a loss.

Wang Yuemin suggested, "I am more familiar with the situation on the pirate side."

I think it would be better if I went and replaced Zhao Ling'er back.

I'll be their hostage.

Everyone who heard this expressed their opposition.

Zhu Yunwen shook his head: "You brought Zhao Ling'er back, but you've already dragged yourself into this mess. What was the point?"

Wang Yuemin smiled and said, "On the surface, these two things seem to be the same, but they are actually different."

Zhao Ling'er doesn't know martial arts, so how easy is it for her to escape from the bandit's den?

But things were different when I went.

Everyone saw that Wang Yuemin insisted on his own ideas, and that his method was indeed feasible.

Ultimately, everyone agreed.

So Wang Yuemin went to the pirates alone again.

He offered to exchange himself for Zhao Ning'er from Chen Zuyi.

Chen Zuyi hesitated.

He asked Yao Guangxiao.

Upon hearing this, Yao Guangxiao was overjoyed: "If we can do this, then we will be on good terms with Beiyuan. If we can successfully unite with Beiyuan, then the three of us will be even stronger together."

"Once Jinan is captured, it's only a matter of time before we march on the capital."

Upon hearing Yao Guangxiao's words, Chen Zuyi immediately expressed his agreement.

Therefore, Chen Zuyi ordered Chen Shiliang to release Zhao Ling'er.

Zhao Ning'er was still wondering what these pirates were up to.

Why did they arrest me one minute and release me the next? Have they lost their minds?

Later, she learned that it was Wang Yuemin who had replaced her.

This deeply moved Zhao Ling'er.

He never expected that this girl from Beiyuan would be so righteous. It seems that his previous misunderstanding of her was unnecessary.

Zhao Ling'er returned to the Suzhou military camp and met Zhu Yunwen.

She suddenly threw herself into Zhu Yunwen's arms.

Zhu Yunwen gently patted her back: "In the end, it's all my fault. I made you angry, otherwise you wouldn't have stormed off."

"Don't say that. It's all my fault. I shouldn't have misunderstood you and the princess. The princess is a good person. I owe her a lot this time."

"If she hadn't gone to the pirates to replace me, how could Chen Zuyi have released me?"

Seeing his daughter return, Zhao Sili felt much more at ease.

Chang Yuchun stroked his beard and said, "Yun Tong, although Ling'er has returned, that princess is still in the hands of the pirates. We can't just stand by and watch her suffer."

Zhu Yunwen smiled slightly: "I think she should be fine."

Let's now discuss how to wage war against Chen Zuyi.

night.

Shanlai Haikou.

Chen Zuyi's large ship.

Yao Guangxiao said to Chen Zuyi, "Since the princess of Beiyuan is with you, why don't we invite her out and discuss it further to see if we can cooperate with Beiyuan?"

Chen Zuyi nodded in agreement, and then he asked Chen Shiliang to take Wang Yuemin away.

However, when Chen Shiliang arrived at Wang Yuemin's cabin, she was nowhere to be found.

There was only a broken rope on the ground.

Chen Shiliang was shocked and puzzled. Wang Yuemin was clearly locked in this cabin and her arms were tied up, so how could the rope have broken?

Actually, he didn't know that Fu Bao had secretly gone underwater beforehand and waited until nightfall.

It slowly crept onto the large ship, found Wang Yuemin, and then opened its mouth and bit through the ropes binding Wang Yuemin.

Then, Wang Yuemin rode Fubao and escaped into the sea.

When Chen Zuyi learned of this, he was furious.

He said to Yao Guangxiao, "No wonder this Northern Yuan princess wanted to exchange for Zhao Ling'er. It turns out this girl is even more cunning than a ghost!"

Yao Guangxiao clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha, it seems this is also the will of Heaven!"

It's time for this humble monk to depart.

Remember, three days from now, we will attack Jinan from both sides.

"Great monk, you can rest assured!"

However, you are not allowed to go back on the terms the King of Yan promised me.

Yao Guang laughed heartily: "When have I ever lied?"

It should be said that Chen Zuyi also greatly admired Yao Guangxiao.

Hearing Yao Guangxiao speak so confidently, he nodded in agreement.

Yao Guangxiao bid farewell to Chen Zuyi and returned to the military camp of Prince Yan, Zhu Di.

When the King of Yan heard that Yao Guangxiao had returned safely, he led his generals out of the tent to welcome him.

Zhu Di, holding Yao Guangxiao's hand, said, "Sidao, you had a hard time meeting Chen Zuyi this time!"

Yao Guangxiao smiled and said, "Thanks to His Majesty's great fortune, this humble monk's journey has been quite smooth."

So he recounted how he reached an agreement with Chen Zuyi.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Di was overjoyed: "In that case, our great undertaking is assured, and Jinan will be captured in no time!"

"Although Tie Xuan is skilled in military tactics, even if Bai Qi were reborn or Lian Po were resurrected, they still couldn't withstand our pincer attack."

Zhu Di was pleased to hear this.

Zhu Di looked at Yao Guangxiao and said, "Then help me devise a plan and see how we should fight this battle."

"I had already made up my mind on the way back."

So he explained his military strategy to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di agreed after hearing this.

Yao Guangxiao sighed: "Actually, there was one more thing that almost came to fruition, but unexpected complications arose."

Zhu Di was taken aback upon hearing this and asked, "What happened?"

"That's Princess Minmin Temur."

I met her at Chen Zuyi's place, but in the end she managed to escape.

If we can bring her back, then we can reconnect with Chaghan Temur.

If Chaghan Temur and his son Wang Baobao are willing to help us, then our great cause can be accomplished!

Zhu Di shook his head and sighed, "That princess from the Northern Yuan has run away, so let her run away."

I've fought with Chaghan Temur for half my life. In the end, do I have to beg them for help?

This is a disgrace I can't afford to lose!

Yao Guangxiao shook his head: "Your Majesty, you are mistaken."

There are no permanent enemies, nor permanent friends, only permanent interests.

During the Three Kingdoms period, when Cao Cao became powerful, Liu Bei and Sun Quan joined forces to resist him, which led to the Battle of Red Cliffs.

When Liu Bei occupied Jingzhou, then entered Shu and seized Yizhou, and then took Hanzhong, he had a million soldiers.

Cao Cao and Sun Quan then joined forces to oppose Liu Bei.

After Sun Quan won the Battle of Red Cliffs, he immediately seized Jingzhou, expanding his power to the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River.

He also defeated Liu Bei in the Battle of Yiling.

At that time, Liu Bei and Cao Cao became nervous again and decided to unite against Sun Quan.

Therefore, Your Majesty, you don't need to have such concerns. We are just using Bei Yuan and Chen Zuyi.

When the king becomes emperor in the future, he will deal with them all.

After Yao Guangxiao's explanation, Zhu Di laughed heartily: "What you said makes sense. It seems that my thinking is out of touch with the times."

If I can capture Tie Xuan this time, I will have him executed by slow slicing to vent my hatred.

Three days later, on the evening of the same day.

As expected, Chen Zuyi led a large number of pirates ashore and headed straight for Jinan City.

Halfway there,

Chen Shiliang asked Chen Zuyi, "Father, do you think that monk's words are reliable?"

Chen Zuyi laughed heartily: "Yao Guangxiao is no ordinary person. He is a man of his word in front of Zhu Di. It should be said that his words carry some weight, and he should be able to keep his word in the future."

Chen Shiliang was a little worried: "Although Yao Guangxiao said that, he didn't go through any formalities with you."

"If we help him capture Jinan and then help him take the capital, and then he reneges on his promise, wouldn't we be at a loss?"

Chen Zuyi sat upright on his horse: "It seems you've made some progress. However, we're like Zhou Yu beating Huang Gai—one is willing to hit, and the other is willing to be hit. Let's each keep our own accounts."

Our first step is to take Jinan first.

If we can take Jinan, it won't be a loss for us.

Every time we landed from the sea, Tie Xuan would stab us in the back.

Once Jinan, this obstacle, is removed, we will have unimpeded access along the coast.

We will plunder even more wealth and cities; we'll have whatever we want.

Hearing this, Chen Shiliang laughed: "Father, so you had this planned all along."

Chen Zuyi looked smug: "Back in the day, I spent many years in the Malacca area."

How many storms have you weathered to grow from just a few dozen people to your current scale?

If we didn't have some real skills, we would have been acquired by someone else long ago.

"Father, you are incredibly insightful. I think neither Zhu Di nor Yao Guangxiao are a match for you."

"Do you think they'll treat us sincerely? We're all just using each other. In the end, we'll just end up killing each other."

They were walking forward when they arrived at the bottom of the iron pot in the valley.

Why was it named this?

Because this valley is like the bottom of a pot, low in the middle and high on the sides.

Chen Zuyi looked up at the terrain and frowned: "How did we get here?"

Chen Shiliang pointed ahead: "Isn't this the only road to Jinan?"

"If we had known this would happen, we should have taken the main road. The main road is flat and we can walk faster."

I see that the terrain here is dangerous, so let's go around and take the main road.

Do you remember how Zhu Yunwen tricked you into the ambush last time?

As a pirate leader, Chen Zuyi had extensive combat experience, especially in scouting out marching routes in advance.

Today, perhaps because I was in a good mood, I overlooked it.

At this moment, he realized that the terrain at the bottom of the iron pot was treacherous, and there might be Ming army ambushes there.

So he said to his son Chen Shiliang, "Let's take a detour and go along the main road; it'll be safer."

Chen Shiliang remembered how badly he had been harmed by Wu Da, who was actually Zhu Yuntong in disguise, last time.

So he nodded in agreement: "Dad, you're right, let's go around that."

However, at that moment, three cannon shots rang out, and a group of about five hundred people appeared in front of them.

The leader was none other than Zhu Yunwen.

Beside Zhu Yunwen, a female general sat upright on horseback.

Chen Zuyi looked closely by the light of the torch. If the woman was not Minmin Temur, then who was she?

Chen Shiliang also saw it and said to his father, "Look, that's Zhu Yunwen and the princess of the Northern Yuan."

Chen Shiliang was furious. He thought to himself that Zhu Yunwen was like a persistent ghost. He dared to challenge him with such a small force. Wasn't he underestimating him?

Seeing that the enemy was outnumbered, Chen Shiliang asked his father for permission: "Please allow me to lead 3000 men to attack and capture Zhu Yunwen and that woman alive."

Chen Zuyi nodded in agreement: "Then be careful."

"clear!"

So Chen Shiliang led 3000 pirates to charge. Zhu Yunwen saw Chen Shiliang and laughed loudly: "Who do we have here? It's my defeated foe!"

"Now that you see me, why don't you kneel down and surrender?"

"Pah! You wish!"

Today I'll show you what a powerful young master is like!

Zhu Yuntong shook his head and sighed, "It's true that good advice is hard to persuade a damned ghost!"

Let's have a little demonstration today.

There wasn't much to say between the two, and Zhu Yunwen immediately spurred his horse, brandished his spear, and engaged Chen Shiliang in battle.

To be honest, Zhu Yunwen's skills were really not that great.

He's just a paper tiger, only good for scaring people.

After only a few exchanges, Zhu Yunwen shouted, "You are indeed formidable. I am no match for you. Farewell!"

He turned his horse around and led his five hundred men towards the mountaintop.

Chen Shiliang hated Zhu Yuntong so much because he had suffered at Zhu Yuntong's hands before. How could he possibly let go of such a good opportunity?

He raised his weapon and shouted to the pirates behind him, "Brothers, give chase! Make sure you capture Zhu Yunwen and that woman!"

The 3000 men charged forward without a word.

Chen Shiliang wasn't stupid. He ran for a while, then sensed something was wrong and stopped running.

Seeing that he had stopped chasing, Zhu Yunwen turned his horse around and fought him for several more rounds.

This really angered Chen Shiliang. He thought to himself, "Are you trying to provoke me on purpose?"

If we don't catch you today, we'll tear you to pieces!

So he spurred his warhorse and followed Zhu Yunwen in pursuit.

Strangely, as they ran, Zhu Yunwen's 500 men gradually disappeared into the night.