The old pirate speaks in a clear manner, not like a reckless man in the countryside, he can accurately grasp the key to Shen Xi's speech, he should have read for a few days, he is a little smart, similar to Zhu Qi. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

But after all, Zhu Qi "abandoned the darkness and turned to the light" when Shen Xi was not developed, and this one was arrested when he brought people to attack the camp, and there is no comparison.

Shen Xi showed a sneer on his face: "What a wrong, since I came to comfort the soldiers of the three armies, why didn't I see the condolences, did I come to offer condolences with a blade?" ”

Shen Xi's tone of voice before was too confusing, and the old pirate only cared about following the meaning of the words, but now after pondering, he found that there were many loopholes, and he couldn't answer for a while.

"Come on, drag the captured pirates out and behead them, raise their heads to sacrifice the flag, men, women and children on the island, not a single one will be left alive!" Shen Xi shouted.

"Huh?"

Shen Xi ordered, and the few pirates who were escorted in suddenly panicked, not to mention that they were about to be beheaded, and the residents of the island would not be left alive, which was very different from the news they had received before.

They clearly heard that the new young governor was brave and resourceful, and he was merciful, and only killed some of the thieves who resisted, and the captives were all treated preferentially.

"The general spares his life!"

The old pirate was already in despair at this time, and usually when the commander of the first army gave the order to kill, it was futile to beg for mercy.

But this time, it seems that the young governor is very talkative. Shen Xi waved his hand, let the knife and axe hand wait aside, and said coldly: "Give this official a reason not to kill you." ”

The old man's face was sad: "The grass people have a handful of old bones, and when the grass falls, it is expected that sooner or later, they will either feed the fish at sea or be killed by the officials and soldiers." However, there are still many innocent people who have fled here on the island, and the grass people are willing to lead the officers and soldiers to help the soldiers take the four cottages on the island without blood. ”

"The grass people are very familiar with every grass and tree on Nanao Island, and they can help the general to make contributions. In exchange for the lives of the women and children on the island, he also begged the general to be merciful and spare their lives! ”

Shen Xi squinted at the old man.

Attacking the camp at night shows that he is a brave and knowledgeable person, this kind of person will help the officers and soldiers for the lives of women and children? It stands to reason that these women and children will not end well if they fall into the hands of the officials and soldiers, and may even suffer more than death.

Don't be a conspiracy, this old man wants to lure the official army into the trap carefully set on the island!

It stands to reason that Shen Xi should not agree to such conditions, but Jing Yue, Zhang Qilin and the others had already looked at Shen Xi with eager eyes, obviously they were very tempted by the old pirate's proposal.

You don't need to work hard or even sweat to wipe out all the robbers on Da'o Island, which is exactly the result that the soldiers of the local guard want to see......

Where in the world is there a pie-in-the-sky good thing?

Ma Jiu used to be a member of the Che Ma Gang, and he was born in the "Green Forest", and the old pirate's words before were reasonable, which aroused his favor, and he immediately stepped forward to ask for instructions: "My lord, you see ......"

If Shen Xi continued to order the killing at this time, it would be against the will of the army and the people, and it would be unwise, and he had no intention of killing, he just wanted to see what hole cards this old pirate could take out in exchange for his life.

Now that the old pirate is willing to help the official army, Shen Xi wants to hear what he has to say, if he just says some nonsense such as secret passages and shortcuts, he is basically sure that there is fraud in it.

"Okay."

Shen Xi nodded in agreement, "This official wants to hear what you say, if you have evil intentions, let alone beheading, you will definitely be crushed and scattered, and you can't even be a ghost!" Leave this person behind, and the rest of the thieves will be bound and imprisoned, and they will be pulled out and beheaded at any time at my order! ”

"Order!"

The soldiers in the big tent were full of spirit, thwarted the bandits' attack on the camp, and then obtained the conditions for victory without a fight, as if military merit was within reach.

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Shen Xi ordered someone to escort the thieves out, leaving only the old pirate alone, Shen Xi said: "You will tell me in detail about the topography of the island and the layout inside and outside the cottage, if you hide it, this official will not spare it!" ”

The old pirate was bound all over, which was extremely inconvenient, and he said with some embarrassment: "General, you look at the grass people like this, and their mouths are clumsy, why don't you let the grass people draw them for you?" ”

Shen Xi was silent, and Jing Yue next to him rushed to say: "My lord, don't worry, there is a lowly rank, and no one dares to make a mistake!" ”

"Boldly Diao Min, this official asked you about the situation on the island, and you dared not to invite you truthfully. Come and beat twenty sticks. Shen Xi didn't want to be led by the nose, so he shouted angrily.

Shen Xi likes to start fighting without interrogation, and has already formed a deep impression in the hearts of officers and soldiers, in the past, even the prefect of Sipin was able to fight correctly, but now he is just an old pirate who is captured and about to be beheaded, and naturally there will be no politeness under his hands.

The twenty sticks "crackled", and although it was not to the point of flesh and blood, it also beat the old pirate bitterly.

Shen Xi said: "The official Liuer and others are not out of kindness, but you have value for the official, if you lose even this value, the official will not be spared!" Let's say, how are the bandit camps in Tai O and Nan Ao Hills arranged inside and outside? ”

The old pirate coughed twice, with a look of arrogance, as if he had not relented after being beaten with twenty military sticks, and choked out: "The general is so arrogant, how can the grass people dare to believe that they will not be killed after revealing the truth?" ”

At this time, even Jing Yue and other generals felt that they couldn't see it, Jing Yue went up and kicked it, and said angrily: "You old turtle egg, don't look at who this is, our Lord Governor has always said one and two is two, when has it not been fulfilled?" If you don't say anything, Lao Tzu will cut you down immediately! ”

"Lord Governor? If you are a big official, you should be called Zhongcheng, and you should be called Junmen in the army, not general......"

The old pirate seems to know the rules of officialdom very well.

This made Shen Xi feel impressed, it stands to reason that even Tongsheng or Xiucai would never know so much about an official title, so there is only one explanation, this old pirate has served in the Yamen.

Shen Xi said: "The identity of the official said that he knows it, so he may explain it truthfully?" ”

The old pirate said: "The grass people are just asking the military to make a promise, to spare the women and children on the island, or to classify them as civil ......"

"Hey, give you a shame, spare their lives is already the Governor is extra kind, and you want to return to the people? Haha, what a joke. If you are truly satisfied, how can the merits of the brothers be counted? ”

Jing Yue didn't care about the lives of women and children, and the focus of his attention was on how many people (in terms of heads) soldiers could kill on the battlefield, how many prisoners they captured, and how many military merits they could get.

The old pirate said-for-tat: "Does this general have to rely on the heads of women and children to make military merits?" ”

"You ......"

One sentence made Jing Yue speechless.

Now the old pirate just wants to return the women and children on the island to the people's register, which is equivalent to leaving incense, Shen Xi said: "How many women and children do you want to save?" ”

The old pirate said: "Two islands, there are almost 1,800 women and children......"

Jing Yue's eyes widened and he asked in surprise, "So many?" ”

Shen Xi felt more and more that this old pirate was not simple, there were more than 400 bandits on Da'o Island before, and it was estimated that women and children were not included, if you add them, it is estimated that the total number must be thousands, but it is impossible that there are more than 1,500 women and children alone, so the only explanation is that this number is the sum of women and children on the two islands.

Shen Xi said: "This official can make a promise, if the bandits in Tai O and Nan Ao abandon their weapons and return to obedience, the first thieves registered in the government will flow 3,000 li, and the rest will wait for three years and flow 1,000 li." Women and children are innocent! There will be no forgiveness for the widows! ”

"Xie Junmen, Xie Junmen!"

The old pirate bowed his head and kept prostrating.

Shen Xi really wanted to see how this old pirate could make the two island bandits disarm and surrender, but if he thought about it carefully, he could actually understand one or two.

After the previous fleet in Tai O Island and Nan Ao Island around the show of power, the island pirates have been frightened after the withdrawal of seven, seven, eight, eight, eight, most of the remaining on the island are old and weak women and children, as for the remaining strong men are left to serve as cannon fodder, it is good to be able to sneak attack the officers and soldiers, but if they can't do it, they can only wait for death, and now it is a great luck to be able to save a life.

The old pirate said: "The military gate is above, and the grass people only want to send a few people to escort the grass people to the gates of the walled cities tomorrow, and the grass people lobby, and the city will open the door to welcome the officers and soldiers inside, and only ask the military gate to fulfill its promise." ”

"Good. This official believes you this time, tomorrow early in the morning, send someone to escort him to the island walled, if the walled city regrets taking advantage of the chaos to cover up and kill, then there will be no people and animals on the island! Shen Xi said with a majestic face.

The old pirate kowtowed again, and Shen Xi ordered someone to escort people out.

Jing Yue sighed, and asked the doubts of the generals present: "My lord, the thief village broke the law so much, the credit ...... How do you calculate it? ”

"The number of people killed and captured today is calculated according to the individual, and the credit obtained after entering the cottage will be divided equally among the officers and men of the three armies." Shen Xi saw that many of the people present had regrets on their faces, obviously these generals in front of him were very conceited, and felt that if they led the troops to attack the village, they would definitely get more credit in the end than evenly distributing the military merits.

Shen Xi added: "This is just the first battle on the sea since going north, and the merits of the war will be evenly divided, so that the soldiers can have a bottom in the merit book, and then the bandits will be leveled, and the soldiers will fight bravely to kill the enemy, and there will be more opportunities to make meritorious contributions!" ”

Shen Xi does have a set of encouraging people's hearts, and the generals who were originally disappointed think about it carefully, this is indeed the case, no matter how much credit is given this time, at least there is a foundation of military merits, and the officers and soldiers have motivation, then desertion will basically not happen, because on the battlefield, there will always be soldiers who have no military merits and are afraid of death are easy to slip away, and everyone is willing to give up the rewards at their fingertips.

Shen Xi's move was beneficial and harmless to boost the morale of the three armed forces.

Jing Yue took the lead, Zhang Qilin, Sun Xinian and other thousands of households helped on the side, and said together: "Everything is at the disposal of Lord Governor!" ”

Shen Xi nodded: "Then all your comrades will go back to the camp to rest first, and tomorrow will send troops, or the soldiers will not be bloody, or there will be no armor left!" We'll see when the time comes! (To be continued.) )