Mingshi

Chapter 658
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"Understood, Patriarch!"

"Okay, you take them away!"

"Yes, master!"

Liang Botao gave a deep salute to Luo Xin, then called out to his brothers and escorted the pirates onto the ship.Soon, thirty or so ships sailed out to sea, left the shore, and disappeared into the night.

Luo Xin looked at the disappearing Fan Ying, and withdrew his gaze.He turned his head and saw the four hundred Southeast soldiers cleaning the battlefield, so he walked towards them.Then shouted:
"Come here!"

The four hundred soldiers immediately stopped what they were doing. In fact, they were very curious about why Luo Xin and the eight hundred veterans escorted the Japanese pirates away. In the war, there were no casualties on my own side, but nearly [-] Japanese pirates were killed. This credit is so great that they all seem to be dreaming. Up to now, they still can't believe this fact.

So, as soon as they heard Luo Xin calling them, they immediately got up and surrounded him, looking at Luo Xin adoringly.Luo Xin glanced at the 400 people in front of him, and said in a concentrated voice:
"You have to remember, I will lead you 400 people tonight, remember! Only you 400 people defeated nearly [-] Japanese pirates. You have never seen those [-] northern veterans, understand?"

The four hundred soldiers stood there stunned, and Luo Xin sipped again: "Do you understand?"

"Understood!" The four hundred soldiers responded in unison, but the voice was full of bewilderment.

"That is to say!" Luo Xin's voice paused for a moment, and continued: "This great achievement was made by 400 of you, understand?"

The spirit of the 800 soldiers was refreshed. At this moment, they thought, if there were no 400 soldiers, wouldn't it be their 800 who made this great achievement?Without those [-] people fighting for merit?Thinking of this, he immediately responded loudly:
"understand!"

"You have to remember that there were more than 1 Japanese pirates, and we killed nearly [-] of them in the end. The remaining [-] people fled in boats, understand?"

"understand!"

This time the voice of the answer is even louder. What is the origin of the 800 people, and what is the relationship with them?
Where did those 800 people go and what does it have to do with them?
Only these military exploits have anything to do with them.And at this time, they worshiped Luo Xin to the extreme, so it was natural that Luo Xin would do whatever he said.

Looking at the expressions of these soldiers in front of him, Luo Xin was extremely satisfied.And in fact, he is not afraid that these soldiers will tell the truth. At that time, he will not admit it. If you have the ability, you can show evidence and let those 800 people come forward to testify?And Luo Xin also believes that these 800 people will basically not speak out to the other 800 people. On the one hand, once they speak out, they will offend Luo Xin. Is Luo Xin so easy to offend?

On the other hand, if you say it, doesn't it mean that they didn't kill the Japanese pirates?There are still 800 people who are the real heroes who killed the Japanese pirates. Isn't this an initiative to let people come to claim the credit?Doesn't this weaken their heroic image? Can 400 people kill Japanese pirates and 200 people kill Japanese pirates, get the same benefits and honors?

No one is a fool, so Luo Xin is very relieved.

Moreover……

Didn't he still have a way to refuse to admit it?

Seeing that the four hundred soldiers understood what he meant, Luo Xin eased his tone and said:

"Everyone, Paoze, you have to figure out one thing. Such a great contribution cannot be eaten by 400 of you. If you are too greedy, not only will you not get the credit, but you may also risk your life."

Those 400 people were stunned. They had seen too many dirty things in the army.Many soldiers who made great contributions were eventually taken away by their superiors, and those who resisted did not end well, and were even sent out to perform missions and never returned.

"I will give this credit to Lord Butang. That is to say, in this battle, I, Luo Xin, did not appear here at all. I have been in the Shibosi Yamen in Hangzhou. It was Lord Butang who led the army to win the battle. I won this victory. Of course, there is a condition for me to give up this credit, that is, the Lord Ministry must not treat you badly. Remember the first merit, I think you will not only be promoted three levels in a row."

The four hundred soldiers were stunned, then became excited, even more moved.

For them, Master Luo gave such a great contribution to Hu Zongxian, just to prevent Hu Zongxian from completely kicking them away.

"My lord!" The four hundred soldiers shouted excitedly.

Luo Xin waved his hand and said: "I don't need these credits, but you do. So, I can not have these credits, but you can't."

"Thank you sir!"

Four hundred soldiers fell to their knees rumbling to the ground. In their hearts, Luo Xin had completely conquered them.No matter what time, as long as Luo Xin yelled, they would immediately gather around Luo Xin.

"Okay, you continue to clean up the battlefield, and no one is allowed to approach here, otherwise there will be no mercy."

"Yes, my lord!"

A smile appeared on Luo Xin's face: "It's time for me to meet Lord Butang."

Water army camp.

Luo Xin led those ten men into the camp, and now there is no one who is more senior than him in the navy camp, and there are not many people left in the navy camp, let alone these people People can beat Luo Xin.

This time Luo Xin came with an open identity, so no one dared to stop Luo Xin, so Luo Xin went straight into the water army camp, sat in the big tent, and told the people left behind in the water army that when Hu Zongxian came back, come inform him.

According to his calculations, Hu Zongxian went to Lang'er Island, and after finding out that he had been cheated, he would return immediately, and he should be back at noon in the next few days.

And it was early morning, and he still had time.Let his men go down to buy a new set of clothes for himself, and he took a bath in the water army camp, ate breakfast, and then fell asleep in the big tent.

"My lord! My lord..."

In his drowsiness, Luo Xin heard someone calling him, opened his eyes, and saw that it was a soldier under him, the soldier saw Luo Xin opened his eyes, and said:

"Master is back."

Luo Xin jumped up all of a sudden, rubbed his face with his hands, strode out of the big tent, saw a navy leader standing outside the door, and asked in a calm voice:
"Master is back?"

"I don't know yet, but I saw the fleet."

Luo Xin didn't pay attention to the leader of the water army anymore, strode outside, raised his eyes to look at the water surface, and saw a dense group of boats approaching the water surface in the distance.Luo Xin narrowed his eyes, feeling relieved, seeing that the flag on the ship belonged to Daming.

The fleet is getting closer and closer, gradually approaching, one ship after another sailed into the camp, on the largest ship, Hu Zongxian walked out of the cabin, stood on the deck, looked at the camp of the water army, his face was very ugly , sighed, and walked down the boat.After taking two steps, there was a sudden pause, and he suddenly turned his head, looked towards the opposite camp, and saw Luo Xin standing there.

"What is he doing here? Is he here to make fun of me? Or...was the Japanese pirates attacking Suzhou and Hangzhou?"

He went to Lang'er Island excitedly this time, but he didn't expect to be in vain. This made him instantly think of what Luo Xin had said to him, saying that the pirates gathering on Lang'er Island was a trap, and the purpose was to attract him. , and then the pirates will attack Suzhou and Hangzhou.This not only made him anxious, he came back in a hurry, but saw Luo Xin standing here. At this time, he no longer knew whether it was pirates attacking Suhang, Luo Xin fled here, or Luo Xin came here to laugh at him.

but……

Does it all matter?
It's just that he failed to mobilize the crowd this time, which is enough for Emperor Jiajing to dismiss him as an official. If he is attacked by Japanese pirates in Suzhou and Hangzhou again, then he will be sentenced to death.

on the pier.

Hu Zongxian got off the boat along the gangplank and came to Luo Xin, unable to tell what was in his heart, he looked at Luo Xin with complicated eyes.He had a feeling in his heart that after Lang'er Island this time, it might be the time when Luo Xin was in charge of the southeast.It is very likely that Emperor Jiajing sent Luo Xin to the southeast just to succeed him.With this thought in mind, I couldn't help feeling a little sad, a little angry, and even a little scared.Before, he dared to give Luo Xin his power, but now he felt a little fear of Luo Xin in his heart, he was afraid that Luo Xin would retaliate against him in turn.

Groups of soldiers got off the boat without a word, passed by Hu Zongxian and Luo Xin, saw Hu Zongxian's expression, and left with their heads down, for fear of offending Hu Zongxian.

A smile spread from Luo Xin's face, and he cupped his hands towards Hu Zongxian and said, "Brother, take a step to speak."

Hu Zongxian's expression changed slightly, then he nodded silently, and the two walked towards the navy tent.Walking into the big tent, there was no one there.At this time, without Hu Zongxian's call, no one dared to come in and touch Hu Zongxian's bad luck.Luo Xin sat on the chair and looked at Hu Zongxian who was sitting opposite. At this time, Hu Zongxian's psychology really collapsed. He could foresee his end, so he didn't even sit on the seat of the big tent subconsciously, but Sitting opposite Luo Xin.Luo Xin said softly:

"Is there no one on Lang'er Island?"

A trace of embarrassment appeared on Hu Zongxian's face: "No."

"The Japanese pirates have come ashore." Luo Xin said softly.

"what?"

Hu Zongxian jumped up with a bang, and his face became pale.If the Japanese pirates landed, even if they did not attack prefectures like Suzhou and Hangzhou, even if they attacked ordinary county towns, Hu Zongxian would not be able to bear it.Because that's what happened when he took the armies with him.In other words, he was tricked into a trap by Japanese pirates, so how could Emperor Jiajing trust him?
He didn't want to hide this moment, with Luo Xin here, could he hide it?

If it was someone else, Hu Zongxian might have killed him.

However, here is Luo Xin.

Luo Xin's identity made him dare not.In this way, once Luo Xin reported the situation here to Emperor Jiajing, let alone continue to control the southeast, he might be killed by Emperor Jiajing.

"Where did the pirates attack?"

Luo Xin shook his head and said, "I don't know, they landed on the Qiantang River, I don't know where their goal is."

"how many people?"

Hu Zongxian's expression became even paler. The Japanese pirates landed on the Qiantang River, and they were attacking either Suzhou or Hangzhou.Of course, it may just be looting in villages and counties, depending on the number of Japanese pirates.If there are few people, then they will just plunder villages and counties. If there are many people, they will probably attack Suzhou or Hangzhou.

"Dozens of boats, probably nearly 5 people."

"5 people..." Hu Zongxian sat on the chair weakly, with despair in his eyes: "When did they... go ashore?"

"Last night."

"Teng!" Hu Zongxian jumped up: "Then why are you still sitting here? Why aren't you defending the city in Hangzhou?"

Speaking of this, I thought that Luo Xin had no soldiers at all, because he took away all the soldiers, and the remaining old, weak, sick and disabled were simply vulnerable.He turned pale and sat down weakly.

"Because I have killed them all." Luo Xin said lightly.

After a while, Hu Zongxian didn't move.When Luo Xin was wondering why Hu Zongxian was so calm, he saw Hu Zongxian jumping up suddenly, approaching Luo Xin with two steps and said:

"What did you say?"

"I said I killed all those Japanese pirates." Luo Xin said with a smile: "Oh, I can't say that, I should have killed less than 3 of them, and the rest of the Japanese pirates escaped. There are too few people, only 400 people."

Hu Zongxian looked at Luo Xin incredulously, and stammered: "You mean... you only used 400 people... to kill nearly 2 Japanese pirates, and drive away more than [-] Japanese pirates?"

"En!" Luo Xin nodded slightly.

"No, don't be kidding."

Luo Xin also stood up and said, "Brother, follow me to have a look."

As Luo Xin spoke, he walked outside.Hu Zongxian's expression changed a few times, and he followed Luo Xin out with big strides.Calling out a group of guards, they followed Luo Xin and galloped towards the Qiantang River.

Qiantang River Bank.

The four hundred soldiers were still cleaning the battlefield when they heard the sound of horseshoes. The soldiers couldn't help but stop, holding their weapons in their hands, and looked up at the sound of horseshoes.

"It's an adult!"

"There is also the Ministry Master!"

Hu Zongxian had already seen the corpses all over the place from a distance, so he came close and jumped off his horse.

"Greetings to Lord Butang." The four hundred soldiers knelt down on the ground.

Hu Zongxian didn't pay attention to them at all, but walked past them quickly, looking at the corpses.Based on his many years of experience in the southeast, he immediately recognized these dead bodies as Japanese pirates, and there were even dozens of real Japanese.

"You... how did you do it?" Hu Zongxian turned his head to look at Luo Xin with a dry mouth.

Luo Xin didn't answer him, but said softly: "Brother, I told you once that I don't want to have any more military achievements in the southeast, so I will give this credit to my brother."

"No way...how does this work?"

Although Hu Zongxian said so in his mouth, his heart was excited. This is definitely a great achievement.With this credit, at the very least, Emperor Jiajing would give him Hu Zongxian some more time, let him slowly lay out the layout, and wipe out Wang Zhi and those real Japanese.

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