▁artist ▁X u ▁Wei , ▁the ▁in k ▁mak er ▁Lu o ▁Long wen ▁( 羅 龍 文 ), ▁and ▁the ▁cart ograph er ▁Zh eng ▁Ru oc eng ▁( <0xE9> <0x84> <0xAD> 若 <0xE6> <0x9B> <0xBE> ), ▁who ▁helped ▁to ▁advise ▁him ▁in ▁diplom acy ▁and ▁strategy . ▁ ▁When ▁X u ▁H ai ▁came ▁ash ore ▁and ▁laid ▁sie ge ▁to ▁the ▁cities ▁of ▁Z he ji ang ▁along ▁with ▁his ▁fellow ▁S ats uma ▁pir ates ▁Chen ▁D ong ▁( 陳 東 ) ▁and ▁Ye ▁Ma ▁( 葉 麻 ), ▁Hu ▁Z ong x ian ▁and ▁his ▁m uf u ▁decided ▁that ▁they ▁did ▁not ▁have ▁the ▁ade qu ate ▁numbers ▁to ▁decis ively ▁defeat ▁the ▁inv aders , ▁since ▁the ▁main ▁M ing ▁arm ies ▁were ▁in ▁the ▁northern ▁front ier ▁and ▁M iao ▁rein for c ements ▁were ▁forth coming . ▁Instead , ▁they ▁manip ulated ▁X u ▁H ai ▁with ▁a ▁gener ous ▁offer ▁of ▁surrender . ▁Through out ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁the ▁campaign , ▁Hu ▁Z ong x ian ▁kept ▁friendly ▁contacts ▁with ▁X u ▁H ai , ▁slowly ▁turning ▁him ▁from ▁his ▁pir ate ▁al lies ▁by ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁b rib es , ▁de cept ive ▁promises ▁of ▁official ▁status ▁and ▁ships ▁to ▁sail ▁back ▁to ▁Japan , ▁and ▁false ▁warnings ▁of ▁mut iny ▁among ▁X u ' s ▁ranks . ▁He ▁also ▁made ▁use ▁of ▁existing ▁inter person al ▁fe ud s ▁among ▁X u ▁H ai , ▁Chen ▁D ong , ▁and