Late Ming sea owl

Chapter 199: Inspiring Generals

The next morning, when the sky in the east was just white, more than a dozen soldiers from the Army Department wearing iron armor and hanging from their waists came to the gate of Tongshan City. They took out their combined bows from their bow bags, bent their bows and set arrows to shoot the fifty insults. Zheng Zhilong's letter was shot into the city.

A pirate who was guarding the city wall was the first to pick up the letter. This man was illiterate. When he opened it, he was attracted by the erotic pictures on it, and his eyes suddenly widened.

"Brothers, come and see, what is this painting?"

"Let me take a look, oh - erotic paintings, this thing is also called a secret play picture... This little lady is very good at painting, she is so coquettish and slutty!"

"What little lady? This is a rabbit man. Look at what he said..."

"Hey - there really is a little thing. It's thin and short. No wonder I didn't see it before."

"Fourth Elder, you are literate, look what is written on this painting?"

"Let's take a look, Zheng Zhilong's picture of a female crouching... oh - this picture is of our master!"

"Hey, then this painting is the old captain?"

"Go and invite Old Master Du to me." Zheng Zhilong estimates that there will be many leaders coming to ask for a fight today. If Lin Hai does something like this, there will be great resistance if he continues to resist all opinions, so he urgently needs to invite him. Du Ning came to come up with ideas.

"It is bearable, but what is unbearable!" Zheng Zhilong's face had turned the color of pig liver, his chest heaved several times, and he almost ordered a decisive battle out of the city, but in the end he endured it.

"Master, don't you hear that the Emperor of the Han Dynasty was surrounded by Bai Deng, and the Marquis of Huaiyin was humiliated..."

This time, Old Master Du did not come late. It turned out that the old pervert had also seen the erotic picture. Not only did he see it, he also hid one in his sleeve, intending to take it back to Penghu and slowly observe and appreciate it.

There was a stabbing sound, and Zheng Zhilong, who was stabbed in the foot, tore the letter in half at once, and then stabbed, stabbed, stabbed at a high frequency... and finally there was a crisp bang, and the porcelain on the table was The cup was smashed to pieces.

"That's the only plan for now." Zheng Zhilong nodded slowly after hearing this. Du Ning's plan was just to give him a step to step down, but it was better than no steps to step down.

But Zheng Zhilong said again: "Except for the leaders of Zhi Peng and Zhi Wan, if there are other leaders who ask for an audience, just say that I am discussing matters with informants from the Fujian government and ask them to wait."

"Go and ask the two heads of the family, Zhi Peng and Zhi Wan, to come and see me." Zheng Zhilong ordered his cronies, planning to ask his clan brothers and clan brothers to sing a double act with him.

He was worried that Zheng Zhilong couldn't stand this cowardice, and when he was excited, he ordered to go out of the city to meet the enemy, so he took the initiative to come over and give advice. As a result, he happened to run into Zheng Zhilong's close confidants.

"The great master is worthy of being a dragon and a phoenix among men, with great magnanimity." Old Master Du finally felt relieved after hearing Zheng Zhilong's statement. After thinking for a moment, he continued, "Why don't the great master pretend to attack, and then arrange for a few trusted leaders to desperately persuade him? In the end, let's just let Li Kuiqi fight alone."

"Okay, okay, old master, please don't drop your book bag here. Zheng will not act out of emotion." Zheng Zhilong waved his hand impatiently, "Junior is just worried that the leaders of his subordinates will gather together to ask for a fight. It is difficult to go against the will of the people. I don't know what clever suggestions I can make. Taught me?"

When Zheng Zhilong heard the words "crotch humiliation", his expression finally returned to normal and he began to feel ashamed and angry again.

"Yes, the boss." The confidant nodded in agreement.

Master Du realized that he had made a mistake and hurriedly changed his words: "Don't you hear that King Wen was in charge of Zhou Yi, and Zhong Nie was in charge of Spring and Autumn..."

Zheng Zhilong got the letter and unfolded it. His face, as delicate as a woman's, immediately turned red. It looked a bit like the spring-faced Lord Rabbit - Mo Yu specially used red flower cakes to color it.

Less than half an hour later, the letter reached Zheng Zhilong. He hadn't been sleeping well at night recently, and he had gotten up late in the morning. This day, he was knocked on the door and called by his close confidant again.

A moment later, Zheng Zhipeng and Zheng Zhiwan came hand in hand. The two were brothers from the same country. Among them, Zheng Zhiwan was not yet in his prime. He was young and vigorous, and was not as timid as he was in the Nanming Dynasty.

"Master, that guy surnamed Lin has bullied people too much. Why don't you order the entire army to leave the city and capture that guy's bones and raise his ashes?" Zheng Zhiwan was obviously very angry by the letter, as if he was the one being scolded. Same, he yelled at the top of his lungs as soon as he entered the door.

"Brother, what do you mean?" Zheng Zhilong ignored his clan brother and asked his clan brother for his opinion. "All subordinates obey the boss." Zheng Zhipeng was more calm, but he couldn't help but added, "It's just that Lin is too arrogant. If his arrogance is not dampened, it will be difficult for my subordinates to swallow this." Tone.”

After hearing this, Zheng Zhilong sighed helplessly and had to persuade him earnestly. Zheng Zhiwan was still angry, and finally agreed to perform the double act only after his brother's stern warning.

That morning, a group of passionate leaders came to propose a decisive battle to Zheng Zhilong, but this time neither Li Kuiqi nor Liu Xiang came. Zheng Zhilong took the opportunity to play a double act with his clan brothers.

Zheng Zhipeng once again explained Yu Zigao's ambush tactics and expressed his determination not to fall into the enemy's plot. Zheng Zhiwan said that he had found someone to do divination, which would help him hold on.

In the end, under the urging of the two brothers, Zheng Zhilong reluctantly agreed not to send troops for the time being. Since the two thorns in Li Kuiqi and Liu Xiang were not present, the double act went smoothly this time, at least in terms of face.

Not long after this group of leaders dispersed, Li Kuiqi suddenly appeared again, bringing another group of small leaders to see Zheng Zhilong. Several of them had dispersed before, and now they followed him.

"Master, Li asked for orders to lead his brothers out of the city for a decisive battle, and asked for the master's permission. Li must capture the thief named Lin alive and wash away this shameful humiliation for the master." Li Kuiqi said " These four words "a great shame and a great humiliation" were spoken very strongly, and he deliberately wanted to humiliate Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Zhilong was overjoyed when he heard this. Now that Zhong Bin is dead, Liu Xiang's troops have also been beaten to half a disability. Although he nominally leads the remnants of Zhong Bin's troops, his strength has been greatly reduced. If Li Kuiqi is further weakened, the gang will be completely under his control.

Moreover, Lin Hai's camp was five miles west of Tongshan City. If Li Kuiqi suffered a disastrous defeat in front of everyone, it would be enough to prove that his strategy of not sticking to it was correct.

By then, everyone under his command will admire his foresight as Master Zheng. Life is more important than face. We all don’t become pirates to gain glory. To put it bluntly, aren’t we just asking for food?

"Leader Li is loyal and loyal, and he is truly a brave general. But the bandit Lin is so cunning and cunning that even Zheng was fooled by his provoking method. Now that I think about it, what Leader Zhipeng said makes sense. Leader Li should stop going his own way." Zheng Zhilong I felt happy in my heart, but I still pretended to dissuade you.

"Even if there is an ambush, I, Mr. Li, will not be afraid. I will just kill his ambush soldiers as well. Please give the order from the head of the family." Li Kuiqi stood up with a decisive look and made a generous speech. He was determined to use this battle to establish his authority. Overwhelm Zheng Zhilong in one fell swoop.

"Boss Li is right!" With Li Kuiqi as the backbone taking the lead, all the little leaders started to boo. These reckless people still like heroes and despise cowardly turtles.

"Leader Li, the combat power of the bandit Lin is very important. Even if there is no ambush, it is not easy to defeat him. You must not underestimate the enemy." Zheng Zhilong still persuaded him earnestly. At this time, the more he persuaded, the better he became. Can show his foresight.

"Li has made up his mind and will never be a coward again. If the boss continues to deny permission, Li will have no choice but to disobey orders." Li Kuiqi held his head high and raised his nostrils as high as the sky.

"We are willing to follow Leader Li out of the city to defeat the enemy." The three young leaders stood up and agreed with Li Kuiqi. Each of these people has several hundred men under their command, which adds up to a total of 1,500 people. Counting Li Kuiqi's own troops, The total number of soldiers was close to 6,000, which was only 2,000 less than Zheng Zhilong's direct troops.

Zheng Zhilong's face was a little ugly. After Li Dan's death, he had brought all the peripheral troops in the gang with less than 300 people into his direct line. Those with more than 300 people were also paid regularly to the boss. Unexpectedly, these people took him The money is still towards Li Kuiqi.

"In that case, please ask Chief Li to go out of the city tomorrow to defeat the enemy. Zheng will personally raid the formation for you on the west city wall." Zheng Zhilong finally stopped pretending and immediately made the decision to let Li Kuiqi go to fight.

The reason why he wanted to go to the west city wall was, firstly, to watch the battle, and secondly, to secure the city gate himself. If Li Kuiqi was defeated and retreated, Zheng Zhilong would refuse to open the city gate for him on the grounds that the enemy might follow the defeated troops into the city, in order to make his losses even heavier.

"Li's got the order!" Li Kuiqi casually raised his hand to Zheng Zhilong, turned around and strode away arrogantly.

That afternoon, Li Kuiqi summoned his leaders, big and small, as well as the three leaders who were willing to follow him into battle, and began mobilizing before the war.

"Brothers, tomorrow's battle is not only to avenge the leaders Chen Zhongji, Yang Tiansheng, Zhong Bin, and Zeng Wulao who died in the battle, but also to avenge the shame of Zheng Da, and it is also a battle to show our dignity! Brothers You must move forward bravely and give me Mr. Li a long face." Li Kuiqi stood in front of everyone with high spirits, as if the highlight of his pirate career was at this moment.

"Brother, don't worry. We will fight to the death to kill the enemy and never embarrass our brother..." All the leaders agreed one after another.

"Li Mou's ugly words are from the front. This battle is only allowed to advance, not retreat. Li Mou personally leads the people to supervise the battle from behind. Anyone who retreats will be killed!" Li Kuiqi continued, "Of course, Li Mou will never I treat my brothers badly, whoever can kill an enemy soldier will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver, and whoever can capture Lin Hai alive or kill the thief general Lin Hai will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver based on his head!"

"Yes, brother!" When the big and small bosses heard this reward, they all became red-eyed. Since ancient times, wealth has attracted people's hearts, and there is no shortage of desperadoes among pirates who dare to risk their lives.

(End of this chapter)