Chapter 743: Blocking the news
Jiang Xin still pretended to be an honest man, and said without thinking:
"However, there is a huge disparity in strength, and this official estimates that the 'Red Banner Army' deliberately let go of some of our brothers, so that what happened in Seoul can be made public through their mouths.
Doing so is equivalent to telling all the Han and Korean people on the side of the Great Qing Kingdom that as long as they choose to surrender, they will definitely be pardoned. ”
These words were actually a test of Kong Youde and Zhang Hongmo, Yang Huazheng, Duan Xueli, etc., Jiang Xin peeked at the reactions of several people.
Zhang Hongmo and Yang Huazheng were exchanging glances with each other after hearing this, they did not have a trace of loyalty to the Manchus, and they were very happy to learn that surrender could save their lives.
Kong Youde, a traitor, seemed to be a little iron, his face sank when he heard this, and he asked sharply:
"Could it be that Lord Jiang is actually a lobbyist sent by the 'Red Flag Army'? Come to think of it, you fled for hundreds of miles and were unscathed, and it was not deliberately arranged by the 'Red Banner Army' that it could not be explained at all. ”
Jiang Xin didn't panic at all, and said with a very sincere appearance: "Returning to the king, there were more than 1,000 people when the lower officials ran out."
However, the brothers who were injured by the cannons and guns while running and running couldn't hold on and fell behind, so the injuries that ran back were not many, and they didn't reach one percent.
Although there was no vicious battle with the 'Red Banner Army', many of the brothers who ran back fought with the 'Red Banner Army' in the trenches. ”
Kong Youde was not confused, if he didn't figure out this matter, he would give up, and immediately asked his henchmen to bring two or three people in to ask.
Lu Yuanhua hung his arms, his face was swollen like a pig's head, and he was taken by Kong Laosan, the head of Kong Youde's family, and he and the other two injured chief flag officers were brought into Gongshun Wang Xingyuan.
Kong Youde's line is not a temporary building, but a luxurious manor outside the city of a dignitary of the former Joseon State, the architectural style imitates the Jiangnan garden of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also a carved beam and painted building.
When he saw Lu Yuanhua, Kong Youde was somewhat convinced that Lu Yuanhua had fought with the "Red Flag Army".
Lu Yuanhua, who had already prepared a routine and negotiated with Jiang Xin, knew it in his heart, and he was full of spittle, and described the vicious battle that attacked Zhang Cunren Zhang Guan and Li Dai as a melee with the "Red Flag Army".
He didn't emphasize killing, but revolved around a garbled word.
This is the highest level of lying, it is true, but the protagonist is changed, and he does not brag about himself at all, emphasizing that the scuffle that occurred is a last resort, and everyone is running away, and the scene is chaotic.
This kind of narration is very vivid, and it is as immersive as listening to Kong Youde, Zhang Hongmo, Yang Huazheng, etc.
After listening to Lu Yuanhua's story, Kong Youde and others believed that they really ran back, and Jiang Xin's reason was very sufficient, the reason why he came back was that he couldn't afford to stay in Shengjing's three-year-old son.
Zhang Hongmo was more familiar with Jiang Xin's situation, they were all captured in the Battle of Daling River, and they were all alone, and they later married wives and concubines.
Jiang Xin has a wife and children in his hometown, but he must have been implicated because of Jiang Xin's betrayal of Daming, and no one can say whether he can survive or not.
Now Jiang Xin has two concubines, both of whom are from Korea, and one of the concubines gave birth to a big fat boy for him, and they are now living in Shengjing.
Jiang Xin was reluctant to let his son go, so it made sense that he refused to vote.
After inquiring clearly, Lu Yuanhua was promoted to the general manager by Kong Youde on the spot, and it was a real award, and the soldiers under his command were selected from the people who ran back, and Kong Youde arranged three henchmen to supervise the army.
Jiang Xin was the highest official who ran back from Seoul, and Kong Youde wrote the story of Jiang Xin's refusal to betray the Qing Dynasty, and also wrote a song and sent it to Shengjing to ask for Jiang Xin's responsibility for losing his teacher and land.
A few days later, Jiang Xin found out that he had decided to come back and go undercover to do the right thing, because Jiannu raided the homes of all the generals who surrendered to the "Red Banner Army" and cut their men's department at the entrance of the vegetable market
The son of Geng Zhongming, the king of Huaishun, bore the brunt of the attack, and it took three thousand six hundred knives to chop for three days before he died.
Although Jiang Xin knew that the two concubines he had robbed could not have feelings for him, he still had feelings for his babbling son
He pondered in his heart that even if he succeeded in plotting against the Han army and the Goryeo soldiers defected to the "Red Banner Army" this time, he would have to keep a low profile, and asked the general to block the news, so as not to let his son be cut by a thousand knives as much as possible.
Jiang Xin, Lu Yuanhua and others have been active for several months, and they are for their own safety and to be able to complete the task.
will definitely try their best to encourage a large number of Han troops and Goryeo soldiers to defect, and the strength of the people is large, and only by forming a group fight can they confront the men and horses with the white flag.
It's just that the atmosphere of the Pyongyang defense line is weird, Kong Youde's ability is much stronger than Geng Zhongming's, and the food and military supplies are controlled by Duoduo, and the progress of the rebellion is not smooth.
At the end of March, Zheng Zhilong, who was far away in Fujian, was shocked when he received the imperial court's order to send him to Liaohai to participate in the battle to recover Korea, and he realized that the general had made a move.
Then a letter arrived from the adults who had made friends in the capital, and Zheng Zhilong figured out the situation and knew that he was now facing a choice, whether to immediately lead the old department to become pirates again, or obediently send at least fifty warships to Liaodong to let the general swallow it?
Zheng Zhilong, who has money and status, is no longer the decisive giant back then, he began to suffer from gains and losses, and lost his life in history because he surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty in a daze.
Zheng Zhilong built a luxurious mansion in Shijing Town, Nan'an, Quanzhou, Fujian, and purchased a large number of acres.
These questions are not the key, the most important thing is that Zheng Zhilong, who is familiar with naval warfare, has taken a clipper many times to observe the rising Longwu Naval Division in the past two years with a clairvoyant scope, and found that this team is staggeringly powerful, and there are dozens of warships that are not inferior to the Xiyi deck battle ships.
Zheng Zhilong has fought naval battles for half his life, and he has also fought a few battles with the Xiyi deck warship.
Each time, it is based on the absolute quantity advantage to make up for the lack of quality, and there must be brave men under the heavy reward, so that the command can take a small boat to set fire, and take the gangside jump gang to carry out a naval battle.
Although he was able to defeat Xiyi in the end, his own losses were very large, and he was definitely defeated.
Zheng Zhilong and his leaders learned that they had to have more than ten times the number of ships to deal with the Xiyi deck warship, and they could only win by choosing a sea area that was conducive to the siege.
Fortunately, the Daming Sea Frontier is too far away from Xiyi mainland, and the number of Dutch, Francis, and Spanish warships trading and robbing in this sea area is not large, and finding seven or eight ships at one time can be regarded as large-scale, so Zheng Zhilong has a chance to attack them.