x ian ▁were ▁sent ▁south ▁to ▁scr ut in ize ▁his ▁actions . ▁ ▁For ▁over ▁half ▁a ▁year ▁Hu ▁Z ong x ian ▁could ▁write ▁nothing ▁but ▁reports ▁of ▁military ▁fail ures ▁and ▁the ▁serious ▁loss ▁of ▁life ▁fighting ▁against ▁the ▁pir ates , ▁cit ing ▁the ▁government ▁troops ' ▁poor ▁discipline ▁and ▁leadership . ▁Z hang ▁J ing ▁himself ▁refused ▁to ▁co oper ate ▁with ▁Z ha o ▁W en h ua , ▁and ▁Z ha o ▁W en h ua ▁put ▁his ▁dis ple asure ▁into ▁writing ▁by ▁acc using ▁Z hang ▁J ing ▁in ▁a ▁mem orial ▁of ▁deliber ately ▁delay ing ▁the ▁operation ▁for ▁his ▁own ▁profit . ▁However , ▁soon ▁after ▁Z ha o ▁W en h ua ▁sent ▁out ▁the ▁mem orial , ▁Z hang ▁J ing ▁defeated ▁the ▁pir ates ▁at ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁Wang ji ang j ing ▁( 王 江 <0xE6> <0xB6> <0x87> ) ▁on ▁ 1 0 ▁May ▁ 1 5 5 5 , ▁taking ▁ 1 9 0 0 ▁heads ▁in ▁what ▁became ▁the ▁greatest ▁M ing ▁victory ▁so ▁far ▁in ▁the ▁anti - w ok ou ▁campaign . ▁As ▁it ▁was ▁too ▁late ▁to ▁rec ant ▁his ▁earlier ▁statement , ▁Z ha o ▁W en h ua ▁wrote ▁another ▁mem orial ▁to ▁the ▁throne ▁down play ing ▁Z hang ▁J ing ' s ▁victory ▁while ▁emphas izing ▁Hu ▁Z ong x ian ' s ▁role ▁leading ▁up ▁to ▁Wang ji ang j ing , ▁such ▁as ▁his ▁r use ▁of