Chapter 775: Killing Blood

On November 23, the army finally set out from Shahe. Unlike Zheng He's treasure ships and the flat-bottomed boats on the canal before, these boats were not neat, requisitioned civilian ships, repaired ships, and recently logged ships from the Zhouqiao Battalion...... But no matter what, the large number of ships parked on the river still showed a lot of deterrent power.

Zhang Yue and Shi An and Chen Yong got on the boat of the commander Chen Hua together, compared with other boats, this two-story boat looks like it is some years old, and traces of repair and paint can be seen in many places. After the boat opened, the first day was safe, and on the second day, seeing Chen Hua accompanying Zhang Yue around the boat every inch, Peng Shisan, who was following behind, sighed coldly: "At the beginning, I arrived in Qinghua Mansion with the British Duke on this ship. I can't imagine that I will take this ship again in my lifetime. ”

Chen Hua couldn't help but take a closer look at Peng Shisan, and then smiled: "Presumably this is the warrior who made a fair deal with Britain back then?" There are some similarities between today and in the past...... Dare to ask Lord Zhang, if the army is defeated this time, the British Legion will hang up the seal and go to the expedition? ”

As soon as the words came out, there was a sudden silence on the side of the ship.

Although it is a winter month, the winter in Jiaonan is not as good as that in the north, there are still lush trees on both sides of the river, boats on the river, the sound of water is bursting, and there are water birds fishing from time to time. But the sergeants on hundreds of ships peeked at most once, and even those who itched their hands did not do it. On the contrary, some of the officers on the ship, after arranging affairs, would look at the bow of the ship for a while, and sigh at the silence at this time.

When he heard Chen Hua say this, Zhang Yue happened to see a waterfowl plunging into the water, and when it fluttered its wings and flew again, there was a live fish on its sharp beak. He didn't answer Chen Hua's words, and said to Peng 13 without looking back: "Old Peng, try your archery skills!" ”

Peng 13 followed Zhang Yue for more years, and his mind was connected, and when he heard this, he raised his hand to shoot the arrow on the bow, only to hear a light sound of the bowstring, and the waterfowl that had just worked hard to catch food was hit by the arrow, and the fish in his mouth was spit out at once, and then he flapped his wings twice weakly, and plunged into the water. However, after a while, it surfaced and swam away with its wounds. At this moment, Chen Hua next to Zhang Yue couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then reluctantly praised the good magic arrow.

For this insincere compliment, Zhang Yue naturally would not be mistaken, and immediately smiled slightly: "Commander Chen thinks that this arrow is menacing, but it is nothing more than that?" There is an old saying in the Central Plains, the sandpiper and the clam compete with each other, and the fisherman profits. However, to be a fisherman, you also have to have the ability to be a fisherman, just like Lao Peng just now, an arrow hit the bird, but unfortunately not only lost the fish, but even the bird ran away with injuries. Unfortunately, this is not a social fero, and if it attracts an overwhelming number of its kind, it will be a big problem. ”

Sensing that Zhang Yue seemed to be making an analogy, Chen Hua became much more cautious, and reluctantly smiled and did not answer.

And Zhang Yue had already made up his mind to take the medicine to the end, and said softly: "There is one thing that Commander Chen probably doesn't know yet, there has been a Shenwei ship to Haidong Mansion before, and sent a secret letter from Gonggong Zheng. The so-called Chen Tianbao, a descendant of the Chen family, is just a puppet held out by Zhancheng. It's a good idea to be a small country in Champa, but it's not qualified! ”

Chen Hua is in his early thirties, with a brown complexion, and a little short, but he is very strong. The sentence just now attracted such a sudden arrow, and then Zhang Yue's words, he looked very unnatural, and when he heard the last sentence, his eyes changed suddenly. However, the more he remained silent, the more talkative Zhang became, from Mu Sheng, who was about to march from Mengzi County, Yunnan, to Baoding Bo Liangming, who was about to lead reinforcements into the country, and finally added the last sentence lightly.

"Commander Chen just asked the British Prince, in fact, the British Commander had mentioned it in a letter before. He has made friends four times and set Jiaolu three times, from the Hu father and son to Chen Jianding, Chen Jikuo's uncle and nephew, and then to those Yu Kou, all of them have been flattened in one fell swoop, and now that he is older, he wants to follow the example of Mu's Yongzhen Yunnan and invite himself to Jiaolu to retire, after all, the climate in Jiaozhou is good, and it is much better than the dry and cold in the north. ”

As soon as these words came out, Chen Hua suddenly gasped. His father served under Zhang Fu back then, and I don't know how many times he muttered to him about that famous general - he was not smiling on weekdays, he talked and laughed during wartime, and he was generous to the people, but he was a hot hand for the enemy, and he had witnessed the Jingguan built of thousands of corpses outside the city of Jiaozhou more than ten years ago, and he still can't forget it.

He couldn't help but smile and said: "That's the prince of the British Prince, how can the emperor be willing to let him go?" ”

"Just like Commander Chen said, if he loses this time, the emperor will naturally let him go." Zhang Yue glanced at Chen Hua with a smile, and said lightly, "It's just a joke, the momentum of this rebellion is far inferior to the original Hu father and son and Chen Jianding's uncle and nephew, and it is not as good as Li Li, a wealthy family in the Blue Mountains." If the army advances by land and water, there will definitely be some gains. Besides, Gonggong Zheng has already taken the Shenwei ship to occupy the city, cutting off this way of backup, and the thieves are lone soldiers, and they will naturally be able to wipe out in one fell swoop when the time comes! ”

Peng Shisan stood behind Zhang Yue and looked at Chen Hua with interest. The people of Annam have always been aggressive, and even when the Chen dynasty ruled this place, I heard that there were many rebellions in the country, and the same was true after the establishment of the Jiao Lu Bu Political Division. According to the information he received, even if this sailor general did not have the intention of joining the rebels, he may have other ambitions. And now that he shot such an arrow, followed by Zhang Yue and said these words that seemed to intimidate and persuade, this time this person was probably going to beat a drum in his heart.

Although the river boat was far more stable than the sea boat, after standing on the side of the ship for a while and talking a few words of nonsensical gossip, Zhang Yue excused himself to be a little seasick, and went back to the cabin accompanied by Peng Shisan and others.

Looking at Zhang Yue's steady steps, thinking of the thoughtful and neutral words just now, Chen Hua didn't know that this was just an excuse, and stood in place for a while, then turned around and strode back to his cabin. At the door of the cabin, there were still four sturdy guards.

"Keep watching, don't let anyone in!"

When he entered the cabin, he saw a man dressed as a soldier smiling and greeting him. He was usually very polite to him, but he didn't show any smile this time, and he was even more disgusted in his heart, so he just nodded lightly, and put down the messenger who had made his heart flutter, and sat down on the chair in the center. Seeing that the other party stepped forward to remind him again, saying that now that things have been arranged, whether to do it as agreed tomorrow, he was drinking water and put the kettle back casually and looked at the other party coldly.

"You said before that your master agreed, as long as I lead the army in one fell swoop, I will be the prime minister of Annan in the future?"

"That's right, why is General Chen still suspicious of my words? All this was said by the king himself, and there was not a single lie. ”

"The king? I want to ask, it is not that the Ming people did not visit the descendants of the Chen family back then, even Chen Jianding's uncle and nephew did not come out to respond, why did he come out such an orthodox person now? In addition, after so many years, where did these many loyal people follow, where did they get the money to buy weapons to recruit soldiers, and where did they come from to serve as officers to lead the army? ”

Chen Hua had always been courteous before, but when he suddenly slammed such a call on his head, the person was suddenly a little stunned. With a roll of his eyes, he didn't dare to answer directly, and his face was full of flattering smiles: "Fourth brother, now that the king has occupied the general trend, what is there to say about the past?" You should always know what power our prime minister of Annan has, it is much better than being a small commander in the Ming army! Besides, the king is the orthodox of the Chen family, and everyone has already recognized it......"

"Admit it? That group of people didn't get any benefits from the Ming people, of course, as long as they claimed to be descendants of the Chen family, those who were willing to take the lead would admit it! Descendants of the Chen family...... You and I are both descendants of the Chen family, why should he be a king? ”

"Fourth brother, you ...... You can't go back! Besides, after all, our bloodline is far away, and no one will be convinced even if we are kings......"

"What a repentance, what a bloodline! You call me the fourth brother, but don't forget, the two of us are also relatives who can't beat the eight poles! Don't think that you can hide those things from others, that Zheng He has now led the fleet to Zhancheng to ask for guilt! That's not all, even if he wins the Ming army again this time, that Zhang Fu, the British public Zhang Fu who kills people like cutting vegetables, he may invite himself to Jiaolu to guard the town, and no one will have a way to live at that time! Moreover, Chen Tianbao is not as good as the original Hu family father and son, let alone Chen Jianding, Chen Jikuo, and even Li Li. That Zhang Yue has already found out, and he must have found out......"

The furious Chen Hua said that his face became more and more hideous, and seeing that the other party was still persuading without giving up, he suddenly pulled out the sword at his waist and stabbed it straight through like crazy. The messenger was so frightened that he retreated, and finally fell to his knees and cried out for mercy. However, the man barely screamed twice before he stopped abruptly, and when he took his last breath, his face was still full of disbelief.

After wiping the blood stains on the placket of the dead man's clothes, Chen Hua took a deep breath, and the sword in his hand clanged and fell to the ground. He hadn't killed many people since he joined the army, not to mention that the person in front of him was related to him, so he was naturally even more uncomfortable. Moreover, if a person is killed, he can destroy the corpse by throwing it into the water, but that only solves the problem of one end, his impulse, Chen Tianbao's end is completely finished, and how much is left to be remedied!

You know, he had dealt with a few of his henchmen at first, what would they think at this time? Moreover, wouldn't it be too embarrassing to completely give up the calculation based on only a few words from Zhang Yue?

Thinking of this, he immediately threw away his sword without hesitation, went to the wall to the side and took down the broadsword that he rarely used, turned around and swung it at the corpse with a cold face, and cut off the head that was not blind. As soon as he picked up the bloody head and endured the strong smell of blood, he strode forward and opened the hatch, glanced at the four people outside the door lightly, and then called one of them to give a few orders.

When Chen Hua didn't say a word and turned around and left with his head still dripping with blood, the four of them immediately separated one person into the room to clean up, but they just helped the fallen tables and chairs, and as for the blood stains and headless corpses, they didn't touch them at all. The other hurried down to the deck, and with a gesture called a few able-bodied sergeants, went straight down to the lower cabins.

In addition to Zhang Yue, there are also Shi An and Chen Yong in the cabin at the stern. Previously, Li Qing had reminded the two of them to take a different boat from Zhang Yue, but Shi An and Chen Yong met to discuss, thinking that the two of them were small civil officials of the Nanjing Military Department, and they would take the boat separately, and if something happened, it would be Shen Jiang's life, so it would be better to be with Zhang Yue. There are a lot of people here, even if something really happens, there is still a chance to capture the thief and capture the king first. When Zhang Yue went out just now, he left the two of them in the cabin, so when Zhang Yue came back, Chen Yong immediately stepped forward anxiously to ask.

"Don't worry, since you've reminded me before, I've made a lot of proper arrangements."

"But sure? The boat is on the river, and if there is a slight mistake, it will be a big deal! ”

"Master Chen, how can there be a foolproof thing in the world, five points can be done, seven points must be, as for if the success rate can be ninety, it is even more one-in-a-million." Zhang Yue saw that Chen Yong was about to say more, but Shi An on the side lightly bumped him with his elbow, and immediately smiled again, "I heard Li Shangshu say that Master Chen's ability to talk about things is very exquisite, and now that he is on the boat, there is nothing else to do, why don't we come to the next game?" ”

It's no wonder that Chen Yong is so anxious, he is the sixth Jinshi in the second class in the thirteenth year of Yongle, and he once selected Shu Jishi, but the experience of Beijing officials is even worse than that of foreign officials, although he is Zhang Yue's predecessor, but he is still only a master. Now he simply retreats to the second best, not seeking official luck, but only seeking to be able to do something.

Hearing Zhang Yue say that he wanted to play chess, he couldn't help but be stunned, until Shi An next to him reminded him again, and he reluctantly sat down. He was originally from Qiantang, and his poetry and writing are excellent, but his chess skills are indeed Jiangnan national players. It's just that at this time, he had something in his heart, and after a black-and-white fight, he was killed by Zhang Yue, who had mediocre chess skills, and lost a big loss.

"Brother Chen, you let me do this!" Zhang Yue, who was distracted and used for two purposes, saw Peng Shisan sneaking out of the door with people, and the expression on his face was much more relaxed, because he smiled at Chen Yong, "Even if you think about it again, those troubles are still there, so it's better to calm down by playing chess." ”

Shi An, who had been sitting next to him watching the battle, had already tasted some tastes, and immediately hinted at two sentences. Hearing the word meditation, Chen Yong instantly remembered the words of the teacher who taught him to play chess before, and immediately closed his eyes and concentrated for a moment, and then took the lead again. Not long after a game of chess was played, there was a commotion outside, and then the hatch was pushed open, followed by Chen Hua, who was covered in blood and carrying a human head.

Civil officials pay attention to killing people without seeing blood, although they may not have done anything to put people to death in the officialdom and personnel, but there are very few opportunities to really see dead people, not to mention that Shi Chen and the others are still far from the high-level. Fortunately, they have seen blood in several large and small battles before entering Jiaozhou, and after entering the Jiaozhou Mansion, they have seen many wounded, and they can still maintain it at this moment.

However, when the dead man's head was thrown on the ground at once, and then rolled a few times, and the dead eyes were just facing him, Chen Yongshi still bounced up from the chair at once.