Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 454
Lin Yi was very happy. He didn't have a deep impression of Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian before crossing. Compared with historical celebrities such as Zheng Chenggong and Shi Lang, these two brothers seemed bleak.

However, they are all surnamed Zheng, as long as they can really make Shi Lang surrender, they will be meritorious ministers. As for the crimes they committed before, they can redeem their merits and forget the past.

Even people like Li Zicheng and others who have sinned so heinously can be forgiven, and let their subordinates and relatives work for the Ming Dynasty and be driven by themselves, let alone Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian?

As the saying goes, a thousand troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find.

There is of course a reason why Ji Dong repeatedly moved Shi Lang to him. Shi Lang is a well-known historical general.His united front ability and personal bravery Lin Yi also saw it with his own eyes. Even Zheng Zhilong made his son-in-law Lang Gan the deputy general. Regret?
To deal with special people, special things have to be handled specially. Just like Li Yan was accepted back then, Lin Yi also went through all kinds of troubles. There is also Li Dingguo, a famous historical general. Up to now, Lin Yi has not taken him under his command.

But Ji Dong was not discouraged at all, because he knew that the more incompetent everything is, the more precious it is, and the more he conquers such a general, the more challenging and fulfilling he will be, the kind who begs for mercy as soon as he is captured, and is persuaded by others. Just surrender, not to mention that this kind of people are all traitors and traitors, and they are not very promising after all.Because his stance is not firm enough, like Penghao, the wind can shake them and vacillate them. How can such a person be expected to take on big responsibilities and accomplish great things?

Therefore, even though Shi Lang hurt many soldiers of the Ming army and refused to surrender, Lin Yi was not angry at all, so he was shot and killed.On the contrary, I feel that this general has both talents and morals, and he is loyal.He just needed such a loyal general. The Ming Dynasty lacked such loyal generals. Of course, it is impossible to subdue such a general without paying a certain price. Back then, Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang three times.

Therefore, Lin Qian immediately ordered someone to untie the two brothers Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian, and the two were knelt down on the ground again, thanking Lin Yilong for his kindness.

However, to be honest, Lin Yi has a little disdain for the two of them in his heart. Don't look at them kneeling down respectfully, kowtowing and bowing to him, and expressing their gratitude and loyalty in this way. Shi Lang is here. , even lower the price of setting off the two of them.

But red flowers must be backed by green leaves. It is impossible for everyone to be like Shi Lang, Li Dingguo, and Li Yan. In addition, these two generals can be regarded as talents for him now. Of course, Lin Yi does not expect them to lead troops to fight.With such conduct, Lin Yi really felt a little worried if he really handed over thousands of troops to them, unless there was no one around him as a last resort.

Now Ji Dong's mind is still on Shi Lang.

Therefore, Lin Yi said: "You two generals don't need to be too polite, I would like to hear what tricks you have to make Shi Lang abandon the dark side and turn to the Ming, so that I can finally be loyal to Ming Dynasty."

Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian heard Lin Yi's question, looked at each other, and nodded knowingly.

"My lord, please come here."

Seeing that these two still had some secret things to say to him, Ji Dong poked his head over.

At this time, Xiao Ying Zhezhe, Su Moer and other generals beside Ji Dong, including Chen Mingyu, all raised their vigilance and clenched the sharp blade in their hands to prevent accidents at any time.

Especially Su Mo'er's two beautiful and vigilant eyes stared at the words and deeds of the two brothers, and the silver needles in her hands were ready. If they found that they dared to harm the adults, they would immediately let the two die without a place to bury .

Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian were in Lin Yi's ears, whispering for a while.Some of the people who were close to Ji Dong heard half of the ear, and some couldn't hear anything at all.

"Oh?" Of course Lin Yi heard it clearly, he was startled, "This material can be used," but then he looked at the two generals in confusion. Cong Zi?

Although Congzi is not his own son, he is also the blood of the Zheng family. In terms of blood relationship, he is much closer than a godson. After all, blood is thicker than water.

But in order to please me, Lin Yi, and force Shi Lang to surrender, the two of them came up with such a method. Isn't this tantamount to poaching his father Zheng Zhilong's corner?

These two people are not fools, they can be the commander in chief of the armed forces.The eyes are also very observant. Just looking at Lin Yi's eyes, you can tell that the two brothers couldn't help blushing and hurriedly explained to Lin You: "Master Jian Guo, originally we are close relatives, and family ugliness should not be publicized. Don't be afraid of adults' jokes. As far as this matter is concerned, we are very dissatisfied with our father, oh no, our uncle Zheng Zhilong. If people are killed, they are killed. Inevitable showdown, since it is so, why bother to cover it up? Both of us brothers complained about Shi Lang, but as junior courtiers, we can only dare to be angry and dare not speak out. But it is different now, thanks to Lord Jian Guo for not giving up, we can pardon We are still able to reuse us for our sins, we are grateful, and we don’t care about anything if we serve the adults and Daming.”

The two of them would also say that they were heroes who killed their relatives.

Of course Ji Dong didn't want to listen to his self-perfect interpretations. At this time, he was thinking about Shi Lang's question, whether Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian's strategy is feasible, and can it achieve its goal?

After thinking about it.Ji Dong's eyes suddenly lit up, and motioned for the two people to come over.

These two cheerfully looked like pugs, obediently, and stuck their heads over.Ji Dong whispered something in their ears.

Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian immediately gave a thumbs up when they heard this, and said slightly, "Your Excellency is really a benevolent person, and you are thoughtful, so this move is sure to be foolproof, so act immediately according to your respect."

The soldiers of the Ming army present saw that their Lord Lin and these two surrendered generals, you whispered in a while, and I whispered in a while, what is this for?Neither happy, but dare not ask.

After the plan was finalized, Zheng Cai was left behind. After Zheng Lian packed up his things, he brought more than 100 generals to pretend to be his followers. The hundred generals were of course selected from Linqian's Jinyiwei.

This Jinyiwei team has the intention of helping Zheng Lian, and more importantly, monitoring him.Zheng Zhenglian understood all these things, and the other one let him handle this matter alone, leaving his own brother Zheng Cai behind to persuade Shi Lang to surrender.

This is only on the surface, in fact Zheng Cai is already Lin Yi's hostage, if Zheng Lian wants to play tricks, Lin Yi will definitely take his elder brother first.

Zheng Lian knew it in his heart, pretended to be confused, and said in his heart that Mr. Jianguo really worried too much, and our two brothers sincerely surrendered this time.In all fairness, Uncle Zheng Zhilong can be the King of Nan'an Bonan'an.However, they want to completely break with Daming, fight against each other, and become the emperor of the Great Southern Empire.It's just a laugh.His strength can't deal with Da Ming at all, and we will definitely not end well if we follow him.

From the battle of Zhenjiang to the battle of Jiangyin, in just over a month, our 10 troops included the main force of the navy.It has disappeared, how capable are Shi Fu and Shi Lang's uncle and nephew?But they were defeated one after another, and both were captured. The 10 army was wiped out.

Master Jian Guo's impotence and good water are naval formations, who can defeat him?

And now it's not just the battle here that's lost.Guangxi, Guizhou, a large part of Hunan, and a part of Jiangxi are all lost.The southern army was defeated one after another, and the Ming army was aggressive.The situation is very clear.

People go to high places, and water flows to low places. Those who are in charge of current affairs are heroes.Forgive us for being sorry for your uncle who is both talented and talented.

Zheng Lian's thinking made people imitate Shi Lang's handwriting.Wrote a letter, this letter was addressed to Shi Lang's father, Shi Daxuan.

Zheng Lian took this letter and more than 100 personal followers, beat Ma Rufei and left Jiangyin.

Before leaving, Zheng Lian came to see Lin Yi to bid farewell, and Lin Yi told him again, "Be careful on the way, there will only be 10 days for the round trip, because the battle of Jiangyin will spread quickly, and if this time limit is exceeded, the consequences will not be necessary." Will tell me more."

The consequences Ji Dong mentioned are of course meaningful, not only referring to the failure of Zheng Lian's trip this time, but also the matter of the two of them.

Zheng Lian once again vowed his loyalty, and then bid farewell to Lin Yi and her brother Zheng Cai, and left with more than 100 relatives...

After sending off Zheng Lian.Zheng Cai was accompanied by Chen Mingyu and others, and led them to the camp where Shi Lang was imprisoned.

Let the irrelevant idlers wait outside, and Zheng Cai went in alone.

At this moment, Shi Lang didn't say a word.Face inward with eyes closed.It seems to be a dead-hearted person, neither eating nor drinking, not saying a word.Who wants to go, who wants to come.Everything has nothing to do with him.He is a prisoner, a dying man, and his heart is as still as water.

At this moment, a familiar voice sounded from behind, "General, I'm here to greet you from Zheng Cai."

These words were really shocking, Shi Lang's body shook, and he turned around in a jerk.

Because Zheng Cai is his lieutenant general, this is Zheng Zhilong's follower, Shi Lang knows that their navy has been wiped out, but what happened to the more than 2 horses in Jiangyin County, he still doesn't know, but he has one A premonition that bad luck is more than good luck.

Maybe Zheng Cai and Zheng Geng both died for their country, maybe the two brothers have already broken out of the siege by virtue of their own bravery, and asked His Majesty King Zheng to call for reinforcements. One soldier and one soldier?
Now Shi Lang was hoping that His Majesty King Zheng would send elite troops to defeat Lin Yi and rescue him and his uncle Shi Fu, but he also felt that this was a bit extravagant.

But at this moment, a familiar voice sounded, and he turned around to see that it was Zheng Cai.

"It's you?" Shi Lang's shock was no small matter.He thought Brother Zheng Cai would either die or run away, but it was too unexpected that Zheng Cai appeared in front of him with a happy face, no doubt it was snowing in June, untied or tied, could it be that he was wrong, but how could it be?Could it be that he...

"The general didn't expect that." Zheng Cai smiled and came to Shi Lang.He asked the soldiers outside to bring over a chair, and he sat down first.

Zheng Cai began to speak, "We have already surrendered to Ming Dynasty. The general is a sensible person. After all, the father, Zheng Zhilong, will never achieve great things. The Ming Dynasty has lasted for nearly 300 years. Guozuo is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. How can anyone shake it Shaken? Those who know the current affairs are heroes, and they should surrender quickly. Thank you Lord Lin for not being able to bear it. He has let go of the past and can reuse us. Where can we find such a good thing? ~ Stop being obsessed, we will be together from now on Wouldn’t it be beautiful to be loyal to Lin Yi, the supervisor of the country, and to Da Ming?…”

Zheng Cai really has a bit of eloquence, open the chat box, present the facts, reason, quote the scriptures, and speak clearly and frothyly.

But Shi Lang didn't seem to know him, what was behind was simply going in one ear and out the other, and he didn't hear what he said clearly at all.As for the previous paragraph, Shi Lang's eyes were stunned.

This is Zheng Zhilong's congzi, who is also a son, second only to Zheng Damu.When he was defeated, he rebelled.Whoever surrenders should not surrender, and he has to persuade himself to surrender.This is really ulterior motives, and the truth is in people's minds!

Zheng Caicai misunderstood Shi Lang's surprise and daze, and he also thought that Shi Lang was listening in a daze, and his persuasion ability was quite good.These words have already moved him, so he has to work harder.So he speaks with more emotion and devotion.

"Shut up!" Shi Lang finally couldn't help shouting, and Zheng Cai stopped abruptly, shaking her body.

"General, why don't you understand? The current Daming is no longer comparable to the previous Daming. Lord Jian Guo is the new king of Daming, and sooner or later he will ascend the throne. The Great Southern Empire is no different from Daming in terms of strength. ? Don’t expect those Portuguese, Dutch, and Japanese, don’t look at the hype they said, no one has sent a single soldier until now..."

Shi Lang couldn't bear it anymore and said furiously: "I told you to shut up, so as not to dirty my ears. There are many heroes in the Zheng family, and His Majesty the King of Zheng is leading the way, with millions of soldiers and thousands of generals. How can there be such a weak bone like you? Poor His Majesty King Zheng also named you a deputy general, you are really blind."

Shi Lang scolded Zheng Cai for being bloody, but Zheng Cai still took the trouble to tremble here.

But then Shi Lang stopped talking again, he felt that he had nothing to say to Zheng Cai, and he simply dismissed Niu Danqin.Even ashamed to be with him.Zheng Zhilong's famous name, what a prestige he was in Dongyang and Nanyang at the age of 18.Why did the Zheng family have such an unfilial grandson, I, Shi Lang, blush for him.

If it wasn't for this defeat, they really wouldn't be able to tell that Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian were such good guys!
So Shi Lang didn't speak anymore, let Zheng Cai's hype talk, closed his eyes, gave Zheng Cai his back, and then focused on nothing else, closed his eyes and rested his mind as if he fell asleep.

Zheng Cai saw that he was going to die.

"General, you can look down on our two brothers, but there is one thing that you don't want to vomit. If you want to hide it from you, I feel that my conscience will be disturbed for the rest of my life. Do you want to know the situation of General Shi Xian?"

Zheng Cai's question touched Shi Lang's heart, especially now that Shi Lang is in prison, and he misses his relatives and elders in his hometown more and more, and even more misses his brother on the battlefield thousands of miles away. Could it be Zheng Cai? Know?And seeing what he said, could it be that something happened to my brother?

So Shi Lang suddenly turned around again.

"What happened to Shi Xian?"

Seeing that Shi Lang was so caring, Zheng Cai felt that there was a door in her heart.

"General, if you want to tell the truth about this matter, you must be sad, but if you don't tell this matter, you will be worthy of my uncle Zheng Zhilong, but you will be sorry for General Zheng..."

The more Zheng Cai said this, the more Shi Lang's eyes spit fire.

"Stop fucking nonsense, hurry up and tell me, what happened to my brother Shi Xian?"

If it wasn't for the iron chains on Shi Lang's body, he would have been so anxious to come over and slap his ears.

"Okay, let me say," Zheng Cai gritted her teeth, as if she had made up her mind, "General, General Shi Xian, is he already dead?"

"Ah? What are you going to say?" Shi Lang rushed over and grabbed his collar, as if he was going to eat him.

"The great general is like this..." Zheng Cai told Shi Xianzhi's death without adding any details.This was what the angel officer secretly told him when he came last time, so he kept his mouth shut.

Zheng Caigang was halfway through speaking, when Shi Lang yelled and fainted to the ground.

Zheng Cai hurriedly called for someone, several soldiers rushed over, helped Shi Lang up with all his might, shouting and shouting.Shi Lang just woke up, howled loudly, stamped his feet and beat his chest.

Shi Lang couldn't believe it, their brothers were separated from each other, they were brothers, they were two years apart, they grew up together.Study together and practice sword together.Now another piece joins the army to serve King Zheng.But that Zheng Damu!Zender!

Shi Lang gritted his silver teeth.

Zheng Cai secretly observed the words and expressions, and felt that this move must work.

So he persuaded again with earnestness and earnestness: "The general is so angry that he hurts his body, and the condolences have changed. This matter has long passed. We have never dared to say it for fear that the general will be sad. If we don't say it today, we will feel sorry for the general. The general worked so hard for King Zheng, but their father and son treated the general like this. Even Zheng Cai complained for the general. Do you think the general is worth working for them? Surrender quickly, Da Ming Jian Guolin is a benevolent generation... ..."

"Stop it!" Shi Lang interrupted him abruptly.

"General..." Zheng Cai was not reconciled.

"I told you to stop talking!...Get lost—" Shi Lang roared again, wanting to eat him.

Zheng Cai saw that the surname Shi was really ignorant of current affairs, stubborn and stubborn.It seems that Lord Jian Guo's worries are not superfluous, so we have to wait for Zheng Lian and the others to come back.

Thinking of this, Zheng Cai left the tent.

A few days later, Zheng Lian came back with more than a dozen carts, big and small, but some of them were filled with people, while others were loaded with things.

The convoy came to Jiangyin to see Lin Yi to give orders.Lin Yi was very happy. Zheng Lian was a man of his word.It seemed that it was right to allow the two of them to surrender this time.So I picked it up with Zheng Cai and others.

The car stopped, and many family members got out of the carriage, and then an old man and some female relatives got out of the car.

Through someone's introduction, Lin Yi knew that this was Shi Lang's father, Shi Daxuan, and their relatives.

Lin Yi hurried over and gave them a salute, "The old man has worked hard, Lin Yi, the supervisor of the Ming Dynasty, please go inside and tell."

Shi Daxuan is an honest common man. Now his two sons are promising, but they still live a simple life.

When I heard that it was Lin Yi, the supervisor of the Ming Dynasty, who gave him the gift.His face turned pale with fright.Quickly kowtowed and bowed to Ji Dong, unable to say a word?How could Zheng Lian say such nonsense?Isn't this harming us?

Ji Dong also knew that he was afraid, so he quickly comforted him and treated him with courtesy.Two days later, Shi Daxuan and his family, accompanied by Lin Yi, Zheng Cai, Zheng Lian and others, came to see Shi Lang. Shi Lang was stunned, and then the father and son embraced each other and wept, and finally they all knelt down in front of Lin Yi to plead guilty...

(End of this chapter)