▁he ▁was ▁summar ily ▁be head ed . ▁ ▁As ▁pac ification - mind ed ▁officials ▁had ▁fe ared , ▁Wang ▁Z hi ' s ▁follow ers ▁gave ▁up ▁hope ▁for ▁peace ful ▁trade ▁and ▁went ▁back ▁to ▁their ▁violent ▁ways . ▁Fe eling ▁bet rayed ▁after ▁Wang ▁Z hi ▁was ▁app reh ended , ▁Wang ▁Z hi ' s ▁god son ▁Ma o ▁Ha if eng ▁made ▁Zh ous han ▁Island ▁his ▁base ▁and ▁launched ▁ra ids ▁on ▁Z he ji ang ▁and ▁F uj ian . ▁Hu ▁Z ong x ian ▁made ▁a ▁concert ed ▁effort ▁to ▁dis l odge ▁Ma o ▁from ▁Zh ous han ▁in ▁March ▁ 1 5 5 8 , ▁conver ging ▁on ▁the ▁island ▁from ▁six ▁directions ▁with ▁the ▁gener als ▁Yu ▁Day ou ▁and ▁Q i ▁J igu ang , ▁but ▁failed ▁and ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁retre at . ▁He ▁temper ed ▁the ▁rising ▁criticism ▁against ▁him ▁by ▁bl aming ▁Yu ▁and ▁Q i , ▁while ▁sending ▁Be ij ing ▁a ▁white ▁de er , ▁an ▁aus p icious ▁T ao ist ▁symbol , ▁to ▁the ▁em peror ' s ▁great ▁delight . ▁The ▁pir ates ▁eventually ▁abandoned ▁Zh ous han ▁in ▁December ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁year ▁ow ing ▁to ▁the ▁heavy ▁military ▁presence ▁there , ▁and ▁scattered ▁south ▁to ▁F uj ian ▁which ▁became ▁their ▁new ▁area ▁of ▁operation . ▁In ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 1 5 5 9 , ▁the ▁remaining ▁pir ate ▁bands ▁in ▁the ▁Yang t ze ▁River ▁D elta ▁were