Outside Jingjiang City, the five-masted treasure ship pressed steadily on the river's surface.
Hu Junye no longer held up the thousand-mile mirror but stood with his hands behind his back on the stern tower, silently watching as the Salt Gang stormed into Jingjiang County, trapping the pirates inside the city.
The Wang Family's Store Manager paced anxiously on the deck: "What should we do? What should we do!"
Hu Junye remained calm and asked casually, "Hu Yue, where do these people come from? Are they other Anti-Japanese Army under Lü Kejian's command?"
A middle-aged man on the deck cupped his hands and replied, "Reporting to the lord, these people are not the Anti-Japanese Army; they resemble mountain bandits from the Green Forest."
The Wang Family's Store Manager said anxiously: "How can mountain bandits gather so many people? This must be a force of several thousand, right?"
