Late Ming sea owl

Chapter 198: Flirting from both sides
"Yes, yes, I will definitely bring General Lin's words to me." Huang San nodded and bowed, hoping that Lin Hai would let him go quickly.

"Send this yellow-headed leader out of camp." Lin Hai ordered Viper and pulled out a command arrow.

"Yes! General!" Viper immediately ordered, bowed to the commander's case and took the command arrow with both hands.

"Let's go, I'll take you out of the camp." Viper came to Huang San's side and said.

Huang San followed Viper out of the Chinese military tent. After all, he was getting older, and his mind immediately became much brighter after the personal danger was removed. When Viper wasn't paying attention, Huang San glanced around, secretly observed the camp, and roughly counted the number of tents inside.

After returning to Tongshan City, Zheng Zhilong called Huang San to the signing room again. Li Kuiqi and Liu Xiang also rushed over immediately after hearing the news.

"How about it? Is that Lin willing to agree to the conditions proposed by Leader Li?" Zheng Zhilong sat behind the desk and asked straight to the point.

"No, when the thief heard that we wanted to exchange all the prisoners, he immediately became furious, saying that the boss was ignorant and dared to make conditions with him..."

Before Huang San finished speaking, Liu Xiang interrupted from the side: "Huang San, did you say that Liu is willing to pay a ransom, ten taels of silver per person?"

Only then did Zheng Zhilong and Li Kuiqi realize that Liu Xiang had actually changed the negotiation principles agreed upon by the leaders without authorization, but no one could blame him for this, so he spoke out without any scruples.

Zheng Zhilong felt something was wrong, but Liu Xiang was present and he didn't ask any more questions. However, he heard Li Kuiqi slap the armrest of the seat: "Too arrogant!"

Li Kuiqi and Liu Xiang both sent people to observe the interrogation of the prisoners. They were also aware of this situation. Li Kuiqi then said: "It seems that Lin only brought the Ministry of War to Dongshan Island." , which means that the total strength is only more than 1,700 people, and 500 of them are auxiliary soldiers, so the number of soldiers capable of fighting is only about 1,200 people."

Huang San then recounted what he saw and heard along the way, except that the process in the military tent in Lin Haizhong was fictional. After hearing this, Zheng Zhilong sighed repeatedly: "This man is indeed rigorous in running the army, and he is also full of tricks. We are waiting for him." Why rush to attack when you have a fortified city? It is better to hold on to the city!"

Huang San replied: "At most three thousand, I estimate it is only about two thousand."

After Zeng Wulao died in the battle, Zheng Zhilong withdrew all the garrisons and sentries outside the city and did not send out any more sentries. Now everything can only be guessed.

Zheng Zhilong said nothing after hearing this. This situation was almost consistent with the results of his interrogation of the Huiyou Company prisoners. However, he was not sure whether Lin Hai sent some sailors ashore to fight. Now it seems that he did not.

"Leader Huang, you only went to his military camp once, how can you know the strength of his troops, but don't make false claims." Zheng Zhilong glared at Huang San with a rather unkind tone.

Seeing Liu Xiang, Zheng Zhilong was still dubious, and then said: "Mr. Xiang, you have been to Japan. Lin Hai is now a famous person in Nagasaki. If you ask anyone in Japan, you will know that what I said is true."

"It's hard to say." Zheng Zhilong shook his head after hearing this, "Maybe he deliberately set up a small camp to induce us to send envoys to his military camp in the name of exchanging prisoners, and deliberately showed weakness to lure us out of the city. Say no. Well, there are thousands of soldiers hiding in his small camp, and there may be Fujian officers and soldiers ambushing outside..."

"This is not all bragging. I think his fleet only costs more than a hundred thousand taels of silver." Zheng Zhilong praised Huang San just right, and he continued, "This guy spent all his time in Japan last year. The goods sold for millions of taels of silver are not bad at all if they are said to be gold and silver."

"Mr. Xiang, you don't know something. This guy robbed the imperial envoy to Korea last year. After that, he framed it on the head of Dengzhou Shuiyouying guard Yuan Jin. He also said that he colluded with Hongyi. Is that true? Ridiculous."

Huang Sandao: "He said he would come to attack the city early the day after tomorrow. Let the master wash his neck and wait."

Zheng Zhilong asked again: "What else did the man named Lin say?"

"Master, this man surnamed Lin really despises us. Please use all the troops to capture this guy and see what kind of person he is. He dares to be so arrogant." Li Kuiqi stood up and said loudly.

"I roughly counted the number of tents in his military camp. I estimate that there are only about two hundred, certainly less than three hundred. Most of them are small tents. It is estimated that a dozen or so people can only hold up to the sky." Huang San said and then said, "Everything Huang said is true. If there is even half a lie, the discipline heaven will thunder."

"Leader Li, don't be anxious. Since that man named Lin is coming to attack the city, he should come and attack. Mr. Zheng is waiting for him here." Zheng Zhilong replied to Li Kuiqi, and then said to Huang San, "Leader Huang, you I went to the military camp named Lin, how do you feel about his soldiers?"

"Why didn't you say it? I said it when I came up, but the guy still yelled and cursed, saying that he was treating General Lin as a beggar. He also boasted that he had no shortage of gold and silver..."

"This guy is so bold. He robbed the imperial envoy and dared to become an official of the imperial court." Liu Xiang was shocked when he heard this. What Zheng Zhilong said completely refreshed his understanding of Lin Hai.

Zheng Zhilong had been saying that there might be Yu Zigao's army behind Lin Hai, so he insisted on holding on. Li Kuiqi and Liu Xiang hesitated after hearing this.

At this time, Li Kuiqi suddenly asked: "Huang San, let me ask you, how many people does Lin Hai have?"

"A million taels, how can he get so much money for a thousand households?" Liu Xiang obviously didn't believe it, with a suspicious look in his eyes.

After coming out of the detention room of the Deputy General Soldier on Fujian South Road, Li Kuiqi found an opportunity to talk to Huang San alone. He asked directly: "What happened when you went to the military camp named Lin this time? That guy really didn't want to talk. About prisoner exchange?”

"No, no, he is very sincere about this." Huang San shook his head quickly, "I said that on purpose in front of the boss, just to mess up the matter."

"Hmph, you thought that pretty boy named Zheng wanted to hear the truth. Let me tell you, only Liu Xiang was kept in the dark about this matter." Li Kuiqi patted Huang San on the shoulder as he spoke, "You did it right. Yes, Mr. Li will not treat you badly."

"Yes, yes, Chief Li has always taken good care of me, Huang San." Huang San had a smile on his face, but he couldn't help scolding his mother in his heart. Li Kuiqi had been pinching him for several years, and he didn't know how to help him behind his back. He had done so many shady things but never got any actual benefits. Li Kuiqi had him pinched to death.

"According to what you said, Lin really wanted to exchange prisoners, and was not using this as a pretext to engage in a trick to lure the enemy." Li Kuiqi continued, "In other words, he may have only brought a thousand people with him. Island, this guy won two games by luck, he is indeed a bit crazy." Huang San's heart moved when he heard this: "What? Does Leader Li want to pick the camp named Lin alone?"

"I think about it, but I'm afraid that guy really has an ambush..." Li Kuiqi usually loves to play tricks and conspiracies, so he is also very suspicious. He has more than one person like Huang San, and Leader Li's actual strength is actually more than what he appears to be.

Zheng Zhilong has built up his prestige bit by bit by winning consecutive games in Fujian and Guangdong provinces. This is what Li Kuiqi sees. If he is really sure that he can defeat Lin Hai, even if it is a small victory, he will be able to show his face and quickly increase his prestige in the gang.

After all, both Zeng Wulao and Zhong Bin died at the hands of Lin Hai. In the eyes of this group of pirates, the weight of this Qianhu from Zhejiang Province was no less than that of the general soldier of a province. Moreover, Zheng Zhilong passively avoided the war and everyone saw it. In my eyes...

Li Kuiqi thought about it secretly for a while, and then said: "You said that the camp he set up was very strong, and he also sent several groups of ambushes?"

"That's true." Huang San didn't dare to lie on this matter. If Li Kuiqi really went out of the city to steal a camp, and was not beaten to death by Lin Hai, he would not be able to reap the benefits when he came back.

"Looking at this posture, he probably doesn't have many troops." Li Kuiqi was still thinking about it, and he never thought of sending a small force to test it out first.

"I think so too. The big boss talks about ambushes all the time. That's just to make excuses for him to passively avoid the war." Huang San finally took the opportunity to add fuel to the flames, "Think about it, Chief Li, if that thief surnamed Lin... If you really want to lure us out of the city for an ambush, why don't you build a shabby stronghold? This is obviously a guilty conscience on the part of the young soldier."

"It makes sense, what you said makes sense..." Li Kuiqi murmured to himself thoughtfully, and talked to Huang San for a while before leaving.

"Mom, please protect Li Kuiqi from being beaten to death by Lin Hai..." After Li Kuiqi left, Huang San also returned to his residence. When passing by the Tianfei Temple in the city, he offered Mazu a stick of incense.

After coming out of Tianfei Temple, Huang San remembered what Lin Hai said before asking his soldiers to send him out of the military camp, and secretly wondered in his heart, should he tell Liu Xiang about this?

To be fair, he thought it would be good to follow Liu Xiang to Lin Hai's place to make a living. Liu Xiang was much more loyal than Zheng Zhilong and Li Kuiqi. It was a pity that Huang's wife and children were still in Dongfanjingang.

After much thought, Huang San decided to keep the matter in his stomach until he returned to Yingang in the future. If Liu Xiang was willing to surrender to Lin Hai, he would find a way to take his family and follow Liu Xiang.

"Liu Xiang and Lin Hai's uncle are brothers in the past. Maybe they can become a hundred households if they go there. I, Lao Huang, will be the matchmaker between them. Maybe they can become a general banner!"

Huang San pondered as he walked: "What is the name of his uncle...Shibi, by the way, that's the name. Don't forget it."

In the military camp of Huiyou Company, Shibi sent Zhang Daniu's biological brother Zhang Erniu to inquire about the progress of the prisoner exchange. Lin Hai met him in the Chinese military tent.

After talking about the situation of the envoy Huang San, Lin Hai asked Zhang Erniu: "How is the situation at the Navy Department?"

Zhang Erniu replied: "The wind and waves in the outer sea are still relatively strong. After discussion between Commander Shi and Deputy Commander Mi, only a few ships were left to guard at the entrance of Dongshan Bay. The other warships moved to Maluan Bay to take shelter from the wind."

"Very good!" Lin Hai nodded when he heard this. Maluan Bay is the third bay off the coast of Dongshan Island. The mouth of the bay faces south and can be sheltered from the north wind. The straight-line distance from the entrance of Dongshan Bay is less than ten miles, which is enough. After seeing the alarm signal sent by the sentry ship, they can rush out from the bay at any time to intercept Zheng Zhilong's breakout fleet, if he intends to break out.

"Ask Commander Shi to send someone to buy some grain and fresh vegetables. Zheng Zhilong may be unable to come out of the city. Our army must be prepared for a long-term siege."

Lin Hai did not plan to withdraw his troops easily this time. Even if Zheng Zhilong could not be killed, he wanted to let everyone on both sides understand that Zheng Zhilong was too frightened by Lin Hai to move. This will not only destroy this guy's prestige in the gang, but also improve the self-confidence of our own soldiers.

The belief that you must win is a part of combat effectiveness, and it is a very important part. This belief is largely derived from past achievements. War is often a kind of collective psychological game. The essence of the battle is to see which side can't withstand it psychologically first.

The so-called arrogant soldiers will lose is at the command level. As long as the generals keep their heads clear, arrogant soldiers are often more likely to win. History has proven this countless times. Which ever-victorious army is not arrogant?
The next day, Lin Hai waited in the military camp for a whole day. Zheng Zhilong sent someone to discuss the exchange of prisoners. As a result, no messenger came to visit again until the evening.

It was impossible for Lin Hai to send anyone to urge him, otherwise it would only appear that he was urgent in this matter, thus losing the bargaining chip.

He also didn’t know that the envoy sent by Zheng Zhilong did not tell the truth on both sides, just like Shen Weijing during the Wanli Korean War. It was just that one of the two men was as timid as a mouse, and the other was as bold as a daring one. Both of them were regarded as little people. A strange combination of circumstances affected the course of the war.

"Guoyi, go and tell the Chinese army to learn how to read and write a letter insulting Zheng Zhilong. Just do what I said the day before yesterday and attach a few erotic pictures." Lin Hai called Wu Guoyi and ordered.

After two cups of tea, Wu Guoyi returned to the Chinese army's tent with the written letter. The deputy commander of the Army Department, who had always been unsmiling, actually also snickered: "Chief Commander, I feel that after Zheng thief read this letter, Maybe we will actually go out of the city for a decisive battle."

"Really? Show it to me." Lin Hai took it and read it roughly. The letter he wrote in this short time was actually of a very high level. Not only was the writing style expressive, but the painting style was also realistic. To paraphrase Su Dongpo's famous saying, that is There are paintings within the text, and there are texts within the paintings.

In a word, it is not very harmful, but very insulting.

"What a talent!" Lin Hai chuckled while reading the letter, "Who can read and write this?"

"Mo Yu, it is said that he has a reputation as a scholar and has written several novels for bookstores."

Well... the person who wrote the novel is really not a serious person, he is just a man who steals and prostitutes...

"It's still the same as before. Fifty copies will be copied. Other literate people can be responsible for the text. The pictures have to be done by Mo Yu himself. I think it will be difficult for others to reach his level."

(End of this chapter)