Pirates are a general term for maritime bandits active in coastal areas of Southeast Asia.
Before Chen Zuyi appeared, pirates in Southeast Asia were already very rampant and even robbed ships traveling to and from Southeast Asia for business.
From the South China Sea of the Ming Dynasty in the east to the Indian Ocean in the west, the entire range runs through the entire Southeast Asian sea.
But most of these pirates fight on their own, and each pirate occupies an island and dominates the island.
They will also annex each other. After all, without one group of pirates, there will be less competition. Not only can they rob more merchant ships, but they can also take all the wealth of that group of pirates as their own.
However, pirates are ultimately a group of thieves who do not have a long-term vision and do not pay attention to the ethics of the world. When their interests are immediate, they will immediately draw their swords against each other without caring who the other party is.
Even if it is one's dearest relatives and friends, he will kill him if he is told to kill him.
Therefore, although the number of pirates in Southeast Asia is large, they are ultimately scattered and not a cause for concern.
Until Chen Zuyi came out from Chaoshan, Guangdong and emerged from the sea, he integrated the pirates in the South China Sea area in just a few years.
Later, they marched into Southeast Asia and recovered all the pirate forces in the Southeast Asia, and their power expanded rapidly.
Since then, a super huge force has appeared in the coastal areas of Southeast Asia, the pirate group under Chen Zuyi.
After becoming powerful, Chen Zuyi not only robbed passing merchant ships, but also robbed small surrounding countries, making all countries in Southeast Asia fearful.
However, Chen Zuyi's power expanded too fast, and most of his men were pirates who surrendered.
There are many factions of these pirates. Although they still obey Chen Zuyi's words, that is because Chen Zuyi is powerful and can always lead them to victory and plunder everywhere.
Following Chen Zuyi can make a lot of money, so these pirates are naturally willing to follow Chen Zuyi and obey Chen Zuyi's orders.
Now that the pirates are desperately trying to capture Fuzhou City, Chen Zuyi wants to prevent the pirates from entering the city to plunder, which makes his pirates resentful.
After all, blocking someone's way of making money is like killing one's parents.
In addition, Chen Zuyi had promised before the war to capture Fuzhou and massacre the city in three days.
The pirates gathered together because of Chen Zuyi's faith. If Chen Zuyi destroyed the character he had set up, then his army of 100,000 people would probably fall apart immediately.
The pirates who had previously entered the city returned satisfied. They were not in any danger, but instead they had plundered a lot of money.
If Chen Zuyi stops the pirates now. I'm afraid it will immediately arouse the resentment of the pirates, and even eventually cause the pirates under his command to mutiny.
Chen Zuyi finally got out of the way and stayed outside the city with his confidants.
When the pirates behind them saw that there was no one to stop them, they shouted loudly and rushed towards the city regardless.
At this time, what could be more exciting than looting?
Isn't it just for this moment to go to sea and become a pirate, to enjoy the pleasure of plundering their wealth?
Although Chen Zuyi had already issued a warning, the pirates who came out of the city first had confirmed that there was no danger in the city at all.
Some are just endless wealth, waiting for you and others to plunder.
When pirates entered the city, the whole city of Fuzhou seemed to be boiling. Excited pirates were everywhere, breaking down doors and entering houses to plunder.
Chen Zuyi stood outside the city and watched coldly, motionless. He firmly believed that there was an ambush inside the city, otherwise Deng Yu would not have given up the city wall so easily.
He didn't move, and the trusted pirates behind him naturally didn't dare to move either. They all looked jealously at their fellow pirates rushing into the city.
Chen Zuyi just waited quietly, waiting for the moment when the ambush appeared in the city, and then led his people to rescue the ambushed pirates and turn the tide.
But a quarter of an hour passed, and Chen Zuyi still didn't receive any news of the enemy's appearance.
More and more pirates are returning from the city with loads of gold, silver, silk, food, and other strategic materials. They have all been robbed by these pirates, piled up outside the city, and then returned to the city to plunder again.
Chen Zuyi's eyes were puzzled. Could it be that he really expected it wrong?
They were filled with shock and doubt, and all the pirates under his command looked at Chen Zuyi.
After all, it feels too uncomfortable to watch others plunder and make money while you can only stand and watch.
Chen Zuyi also noticed the change in the attitude of his men behind him, but Chen Zuyi decided to wait and see for a while, after all, there must be a monster when something goes wrong.
Chen Zuyi's gloomy temperament made him never afraid to speculate on the other party with the greatest malice.
While Chen Zuyi was still thinking, the spies sent into the city to investigate finally returned.
"Report to the general that Deng Yu has retreated to the inner city of Fuzhou, and all the people in the outer city have been transferred to the inner city."
When the spy reported, he had a bulging body, and it was clear from a glance that he had done some side work while investigating the military situation.
Chen Zuyi did not pursue it, but his heart suddenly became enlightened.
No wonder Deng Yu wanted to withdraw. It turned out that he wanted to hide in the inner city and continue to resist.
Chen Zuyi thought he had found the reason, and with the pressure from his subordinates behind him, he immediately stopped blocking him, waved his hand behind him, and shouted:
"Brothers, enter the city!!"
"Ouch!!!"
The pirates made strange noises and were finally able to enter the city to plunder.
Chen Zuyi led his army straight into the city. By the time Chen Zuyi entered the city, all the pirates' army of 100,000 had poured into Fuzhou City, preparing to plunder and massacre the city.
But not long after Chen Zuyi entered the city, fires suddenly broke out in the houses near the city gate, blocking the roads in and out of the city.
Then the entire outer city of Fuzhou City burst into flames.
The fire came very suddenly, and at the same time it was very violent. The flames soared into the sky and engulfed the entire city in flames.
The heat wave that hit us could even melt people.
The moment Chen Zuyi saw the fire, he felt something was wrong, and immediately wanted to take people out of the city.
But the road out of the city has been wrapped in fire. If you want to leave the city, you must go through the sea of fire and narrowly escape death.
Just when Chen Zuyi hesitated, the city was already full of beacon fires. Fires were everywhere, and the entire outer city area was engulfed in flames.
Also swallowed up were the 100,000 pirates who entered the city.
These pirates no longer had the excitement of entering the city, only the despair of facing the sea of fire.
They didn't know where the fire came from.
All they knew was that the fire took less than half a cup of tea from its appearance to its spread.
Looking around, the entire city was ignited by fire, and a hundred thousand pirates were struggling in the sea of fire.
The road ahead is blocked by the inner city, and the road behind is already covered in fire. We are in a dilemma and have no choice but to save ourselves.
On the wall of the inner city of Fuzhou, Deng Yu looked at the fire in the outer city with a stern face, holding a bowl of rice wine in his hand.
Turning his wrist slightly, the rice wine gradually scattered on the ground.
"Brothers, have a good trip!"
Of course, this bowl of wine is not to commemorate those damn pirates, but to commemorate the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who served as death squads.
Everywhere in the outer city was poured with kerosene. As long as the pirates dared to enter the city, they would definitely be burned into roast chicken by the Ming army.
In order to ignite the kerosene, the death squad must be left behind. After the pirates enter the city, they can quickly ignite the kerosene from their hiding place and die together with the pirates.
This is what Xu Da wrote to Deng Yu last night about the plan to burn the city.
It's just that in order to make the fire burn faster, Deng Yu selected hundreds of death squads.
These people lit fire oil in the outer city at the same time, which would definitely spread the fire quickly. The pirates would not have any chance to escape.
In the end, as Deng Yu expected, after being surrounded by a sea of fire at the city gate, it meant that these pirates could only survive passively in the fire in the city.
Fuzhou is close to the seaside, and the sea breeze smelling of fish is constantly raging in Fuzhou city.
The ignited fire, aided by the sea breeze, rushed towards the pirates even more fiercely.
The fire took advantage of the wind, and the wind assisted the power of the fire. For a while, the city of Fuzhou was in flames. Soon after, the Ming army standing on the wall of the inner city smelled a burning smell.
It was the smell of burned pirate corpses, but such a strong burning smell was enough to indicate the number of pirates who had been burned to death.
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At the same time, Fuzhou waters.
Black smoke rose into the sky from the direction of Fuzhou City. Xu Da, who had been waiting at the sea for a long time, knew that the plan had begun when he saw the thick smoke.
Immediately, orders were given, and the entire army was dispatched towards Fuzhou Port to prepare for landing operations.
Xu Da's first target was to station 10,000 troops at the port on Chen Zuyi's orders, responsible for intercepting Chen Zuxiao who had recovered the pirates.
Of course Chen Zuxiao also saw the black smoke rising from Fuzhou City, but without Chen Zuyi's order, he did not dare to leave his post without permission, so he could only send someone to check.
But before the spies came back, someone under his command reported that dozens of large ships had broken into the port, and it looked like they were coming with bad intentions.
