Late Ming sea owl

Chapter 197 Everyone has their own agenda
"Tell them to come in." Zheng Zhilong put down the letter of surrender in his hand and sat upright behind the desk of the deputy military commander's office signing the custody room.

"Master!" Li Kuiqi, Liu Xiang and other leaders quickly walked into the room and saluted Zheng Zhilong with clasped fists.

"Everyone, please sit down." Zheng Zhilong gestured to everyone to sit down. After everyone sat down, he continued, "Have all the leaders read the surrender letter? Do you have any comments?"

"This bird surnamed Lin has his tail raised to the sky, but it's no wonder. We are huddled in the city now, and those who don't know think it's a woman leading the army. How can he not be arrogant?" Li Kuiqi came up. It's a strange situation. Ever since Zheng Zhilong handed over Zhong Bin's remnant to Liu Xiangtong, the conflict between the two has almost become public.

"In your opinion, what should we do?" Zheng Zhilong replied calmly without any emotion or anger on his face.

"Now that all the brothers are in the city, please give the master the order immediately to assemble the whole army and rush out of the city and chop off the head of that bird Qianhu." Li Kuiqi repeated the old tune.

In the past few days, he had been clamoring for Zheng Zhilong to go out of the city to meet the enemy, and then Zheng Zhilong would ask him, Li, to fight as a vanguard. Of course Li Kuiqi didn't want to do it. He was not afraid of Lin Hai, but mainly wanted to preserve his strength. In the end, it often ended up being nothing.

"Xiang Lao, what do you think?" Zheng Zhilong did not use this trick this time, and asked Liu Xiang's opinion instead.

"Master, Liu feels that the top priority is to exchange the captured brothers back." Liu Xiang has been very honest these two days and has carried out Zheng Zhilong's instructions very well. However, when Zheng and Li had a dispute, he It is to remain silent.

"We must change, but how to change is also a problem." Zheng Zhilong replied slowly. He actually did not want to exchange prisoners. These prisoners were all under Zhong Bin and Liu Xiang. They would only strengthen Liu Xiang's strength when they came back. .

Li Kuiqi once again connoted Zheng Zhilong, and then said righteously: "In my opinion, if we just insist on changing everything, then Lin will definitely give in in the end."

Seeing that the two big bosses had reached an agreement, all the little leaders agreed, but Liu Xiang sat there silently and didn't know what he was thinking.

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Xiang stood up and said loudly: "Master, Liu is willing to go."

Moreover, he also wanted to keep Zhang Daniu in his hands, which might come in handy in the future. However, since Lin Hai has publicly expressed his willingness to exchange prisoners, no one dares to say no now. This is a matter of public outrage. The pirate community has always been democratic. If the big brother does not respect democracy, he will be forced to do so by rebellion. .

Li Kuiqi's look in his eyes made no trace, but Zheng Zhilong, who had always been meticulous, saw it and immediately knew that Huang San was Li Kuiqi's man, so he immediately made the decision: "In that case, let's invite Brother Huang to go to the enemy camp for a walk. "

It's a pity that Huang San has a fatal clue in Li Kuiqi's hands. Once it is shaken out, he will no longer be able to gain a foothold in this pirate gang and will only die.

"I understand, brother." Huang San was very moved when he heard this. Although he didn't know who the prisoners in Lin Hai's hands were, it goes without saying that there must be many of Zhong Bin's subordinates among them, and maybe they were friends with Huang San. Very shallow.

Huang San even considered simply running away, but his wife and children were in Yingang, so he couldn't bear to leave. In the end, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk to the enemy camp.

Li Kuiqi also echoed: "What the boss is saying is that Leader Liu is so famous that everyone at sea knows about it? If the man named Lin detains Leader Liu, won't we have nothing to talk about?"

"That makes sense, that makes sense..." Zheng Zhilong heard that Li Kuiqi also wanted to mess up the matter, so he nodded frequently.

After everyone came out of the pledge room, Liu Xiang said to Huang San: "If the man surnamed Lin insists on exchanging one for one, you can tell him that the extra brother Liu is willing to redeem it with silver. One brother is ten taels of silver. This is Qian Liu is out."

That afternoon, Huang San was ordered to leave Tongshan City and walk to Lin Haijun's camp. He was worried all the way, fearing that he would be chopped down when he arrived.

The Ming Dynasty was never trustworthy towards thieves and bandits. God knows if the Qianhu surnamed Lin came here to earn an envoy and kill them for fun.

Just listen to Zheng Zhilong say: "We only have about a hundred prisoners in our hands, but the man named Lin has hundreds of our brothers in his hands. If he proposes to exchange them one by one, will we agree or not?"

This man's name is Huang San. He is nearly forty years old. He has been working at sea for twenty years and has become a small leader by virtue of his qualifications. He was originally Zhong Bin's confidant, but now he is under Liu Xiangtong's command, but secretly he listens to Li Kuiqi.

As he spoke, he winked at a man of medium build behind Liu Xiang. The man hesitated for a long time, and finally stood up and said, "Master, Huang, please order me."

"What does the boss mean by this?" Liu Xiang didn't react for a moment.

Zheng Zhilong didn't expect Liu Xiang to be so brave. He was lost for a moment before shaking his head and saying: "That's not appropriate, that's not appropriate. Mr. Xiang is a general of our army. How can he be in danger alone?"

"Since all the brothers agree, we will follow the opinions put forward by Leader Li." Zheng Zhilong said, "Then, who among you is willing to go to the enemy camp for a while."

"Stop! Who is that?" Not long after Huang San left the city, he was blocked by the ambushes sent by Lin Hai.

"How can that person surnamed Lin have the final say? Since he took the initiative to replace someone, we must have someone very close to him. Maybe he is his godson, or a close friend, or both. My son is a good friend."

Five warriors holding different weapons were arranged in front of him. The wolf warrior was in the middle, and there was a spearman on the left and right. On the left and right of the spearman were the boring and palladium hand and the sword player. They were exactly the same formation of Xiaosancai.

The person speaking was Xiao Zhou, who was holding a sword on the far left. He was also transferred from the Security Department to the Army Department a few months ago. His position was still the corps commander. Like Lu Tiedan, he was under Ruan Jin's Third Bureau.

"Jun, Lord Jun, I am the envoy sent from Tongshan City." Huang San replied quickly.

"Throw your knife on the ground." Xiao Zhou did not continue to cross-examine, but asked Huang San to disarm.

When an ambush soldier encounters an enemy envoy or his own sentry, he is not allowed to ask any questions. The sentry is not allowed to tell anyone about the military information he has heard unless it is really necessary for his comrades to pass on the military information. Go directly to the commander-in-chief, and those who violate the rules will be beheaded for the crime of leaking military aircraft.

"This..." Huang San hesitated for a moment, but seeing the opponent's formation, it didn't make any difference whether he had a knife or not, so he obediently took off the knife from his waist and threw it on the ground.

Xiao Zhou put down the long card in his hand and walked up to Huang San and searched Huang San carefully to make sure that there were no flags, cannons or rockets to convey information, and then he said to Huang San: "Come over."

"Yes, yes!" Huang San quickly left the five ambushing soldiers and walked forward.

There was only one thought in his mind: No wonder Zhong and Zeng Wulao died in the hands of this Qianhu named Lin. This group of Zhejiang soldiers were fucking different from the Fujian and Guangdong officers and soldiers.

Along the way, he was stopped by several waves of ambushes and searched as usual. As he got closer and closer to the enemy camp, Huang San became more and more surprised. The heavily defended Muzha Camp in front of him completely overturned his understanding of the military camp - this was not a military camp, it was clearly his mother's city.

In fact, this is just because Huang San has too little knowledge. Mucha Camp did not have the highest defense level among ancient military camps. The most exaggerated one was called City Camp. It was actually a city, but the walls were lower. Outside the camp There are even peripheral early warning facilities such as Yandun.

When we arrived ten feet in front of the camp gate, the guard outside the camp shouted loudly from a distance: "Who is coming?"

"Envoy Zheng Zhilong." Huang San had already learned his lesson and quickly stopped and answered.

"Come closer and wait at the door." The guard shouted again.

Another gatekeeper in the camp turned and walked deeper into the camp. Huang San probably went to report to the general. He followed the instructions and came to the camp gate, only to be searched again.

After waiting for about two cups of tea, a soldier with cold eyes came to the camp gate holding an order arrow and shouted: "Open the door if ordered."

After the guard checked that the arrows were correct, he opened the camp door and let Huang San in.

Viper led Huang San to Lin Hai's military tent, and saw a man with a lion patch embroidered on his chest sitting behind the handsome desk. He knew that this was the legendary Lin Hai with thousands of households in Zhoushan, Zhejiang.

I heard that this man was also a military attache who had been working in the sea for a long time. It turned out that he was so young that he might not be a few years older than Zheng Zhilong.

Huang San sighed silently in his heart. He, Old Huang, had been in the sea for half his life and he had become like a bird. Why are these prodigals named Zheng and Lin so awesome? It's so irritating that people are more popular than others. !
"You are the envoy sent by Zheng Zhilong, what is your name?" Lin Hai raised his head and looked at Huang San.

Perhaps because he was frightened by the ambushes and Muzha camp, Huang San felt that Lin Hai was a bit arrogant with just one look in his eyes. Moreover, he was already worried that he might be beheaded, so he quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "Come back to General Lin Hai." If so, the villain’s name is Huang San.”

Lin Hai was a little confused at the time. Why did the messenger kowtow when he came? What kind of negotiation is this? Why did Zheng Zhilong send such a coward here?

How did he know that this guy was not the candidate selected by Zheng Zhilong at all? The reason why Huang San was sent as the envoy was purely the result of Zheng, Li, and Liu's own motives.

Lin Hai simply did not ask the envoy to get up, and asked like a prisoner: "How many people are there in Tongshan City now?"

"There are now more than 14,000 people in the city, and another 5,000 people are on the boat." Huang San did not dare to lie, and directly told the truth.

"How many people are there in Zheng Zhilong's direct army? How many leaders are there under him, and how many subordinates do each have?" Lin Hai continued to interrogate. He had already arranged the interrogation of the prisoners, and he had a general idea of ​​these issues.

"Reporting to the general, there are about 8,000 people in Zheng Zhilong's direct army. The top leaders are now Li Kuiqi and Liu Xiang. Li Kuiqi has more than 4,000 people and Liu Xiang has 3,000." Huang San still knew everything. There’s so much to say.

"How dare you! You dare to deceive me!" Lin Hai slapped Shuai An suddenly and stood up suddenly, "Left and right, push him out with me and kill him!"

"Your Majesty, I obey!" Viper yelled and walked quickly towards Huang San with two of his soldiers.

"You are wronged! Everything you said is the truth!" Huang San quickly started kowtowing again.

Lin Hai waved his hand towards Viper, indicating that he would hold off on taking action, and then asked: "I would like to ask you, Liu Xiang's troops only have more than three thousand people, and they were defeated by me a few days ago. There were hundreds of prisoners, but where are there still 3,000 people now?"

"Because after Zhong Bin died in the battle, Zheng Zhilong handed over his remaining troops to Liu Xiangtong. Xiao Xiao was originally Zhong Bin's subordinate, but now he also belongs to Liu Xiang. Everything he said is true, and not a single word is deception. General Lin!" Huang San kowtowed as if holding a candle.

Only then did Lin Hai know that Zhong Bin had died in the battle. He then asked: "Zheng Zhilong sent you here to ask for surrender?"

Huang San originally wanted to say yes, but when he realized that he didn't have a letter of surrender on him, he kowtowed and was speechless.

"There is no need to kowtow anymore. If you tell the truth, I will protect you and keep you alive." Lin Hai sat back on the chair again, "But if there is even half a lie, I will not spare you."

"Yes, General Lin." Huang San quickly stopped kowtowing and still stuck his buttocks out and put his forehead to the ground, "Young one, I'm here to talk about the exchange of prisoners."

"This matter, there is no rush..." Lin Hai decided to consume all the information on this person first, picked up the kettle and took a sip of water before continuing, "Now that I personally lead the army to the city, what exactly is Zheng Zhilong going to do? Fight or defend? What are the attitudes of Li Kuiqi and Liu Xiang?"

"Zheng Zhilong wanted to hold on to the city. Li Kuiqi often said that he would send all his troops out of the city to meet the enemy, but he did not want to stroke General Lin's beard alone. Liu Xiang didn't know. He didn't say anything..." Huang Sanyuan Like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube, he told everything he knew about the situation.

Lin Hai interrogated Huang San for more than half an hour. After extracting all the information, Lin Hai changed his face to a kind face and said to Huang San: "Stand up and speak. What does Zheng Zhilong mean by exchanging prisoners?"

"He didn't say anything about this. He just asked me to ask General Lin what he meant, and then he would send someone to discuss it in detail." Huang San didn't dare to get up, and still kept his forehead on the ground. Fortunately, he didn't Look up, otherwise Lin Hai will see through this single lie.

"In that case, you should go back first. Tell Zheng Zhilong that I want to exchange the prisoners for one, and the remaining people will be redeemed with money. If he is sincere, please send someone to negotiate tomorrow, otherwise the day after tomorrow will be over. This general is about to start attacking the city."

Lin Hai said and added: "Let him send someone who can make the decision this time. Stop sending messages back and forth. I don't have the patience."

"Yes! Yes! Resign, little one!" Upon hearing this, Huang San felt as if he had been granted amnesty. He kowtowed three more times and then stood up like a spring.

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly heard Lin Hai say again: "Wait a minute!"

Huang San stopped in excitement and asked with a smile on his face: "General Lin, do you have any other instructions?"

"Are you considered Liu Xiang's subordinate now?" Lin Hai said with a smile, "Please give him a message for me. Lin's uncle's name is Shi Bi, and he was his brother when he was under Li Zhongguo at the Pearl River Estuary. If he intends to surrender, he can send someone to negotiate terms at any time."

(End of this chapter)