Master From the King's Fort Chapter 109

There were twelve pirates who surrendered. They had been entrenched in Zhejiang Sea for many years and none of them were Shen Yue's subordinates.

In the 13th year of the Hongzhi reign, Shen Yue killed the previous bandit leader, seized his ships, occupied his islands, and appointed himself the leader of a thousand people. Afterwards, he used tough measures to intimidate his bandits and used them all for his own benefit.

In the 13th year of the Hongzhi reign, after clearing up internal turmoil, he began to expand his power outward, instigating his pirates to rob passing ships and loot villages on the shore. His notoriety spread throughout Zhejiang Sea and to places such as Fu'ning Prefecture.

As their strength grew, nearby small bandits either surrendered to them or were broken up and annexed. They were too tough to swallow and were all sunk into the sea. They set fire to the places where they had camped, and killed everyone, not even a chicken or a dog.

In the 15th year of Hongzhi, Shen Yue's tentacles extended to Ningbo Prefecture, where he met Xu Guangtou and Xie Shiliu on a narrow road, and a conflict was inevitable.