Chapter 332: The Pirate Runs Away

Zhao Zizhong chatted with Taiqin as he walked, followed by Tian Renfeng, who was holding a map of Penghu Island and looking around from time to time.

Everyone walked for more than half an hour and came to the middle of the farmland. Zhao Zizhong found that the rice fields had been harvested, and some scattered straw had been scattered in the fields.

Taichen bent down and grabbed a handful of dirt, then carefully pulled the soil grains.

He said solemnly: "The land here is very barren! It seems that the harvest should be small. ”

At this time, a guard ran over from the front, saluted Zhao Zizhong, and then said loudly: "Report to the chief, a village has been found in front, Boris asks you, should we attack it?" ”

Zhao Zizhong shook his head: "Don't attack yet, when our follow-up troops arrive, I'll take a look at the situation and make a decision." ”

The guard turned and walked away, and Taichen said:

"Mr. Zhao, let's try to persuade the pirates to surrender, don't hurt more lives."

Zhao Zi nodded emphatically and said, "I think it's okay, let's go and persuade you to surrender first." ”

So the two men continued to advance with their troops, and after more than twenty minutes, they came to the outside of a village.

The hoplites were on standby to prevent pirates from rushing out of the village.

The front row of the mandarin duck formation behind is a large shield, which closely covers the guards.

Boris, Du Dalei, and Zhai Xiaoshan came over one after another, and Du Dalei shouted:

"Boss, let's go inside, there are a lot of people in there, I saw them all just now. When they saw us, they all hid, and no one dared to come out. These pirates are just fragile dogs, and we're going to be able to defeat them easily. ”

Zhao Zizhong shook his head and said, "Boris, you send ten hoplites to protect Master Taiqin, and then step forward to shout." Let the people in the village come out and surrender, or we will set fire to them. ”

Boris agreed, turned and left. Tai Qin hurriedly said: "Master Zhao, you can't just set fire to it!" There must be quite a few people in the village. ”

Zhao Zizhong said happily: "Master, don't worry, I'm just scaring and scaring them, and I will never kill innocents indiscriminately." Go and talk to the people in the village and try to persuade them to come out and surrender. ”

Taechen nodded, and walked slowly towards the village.

Ten hoplites surrounded Taichen in the middle, shields in hand, and slowly advanced towards the village.

Zhao Zizhong said to Zhai Xiaoshan: "Xiaoshan, you send someone to take two* and put them on top of the straw pile at the entrance of the village. Then let the guards guard there, and as long as I put a flag here, let them set fire to the straw pile. ”

Zhai Xiaoshan agreed to come down and went to arrange.

Du Dalei leaned over and asked, "Boss, if you don't burn the village, what kind of haystack are you burning for?" That's too unpleasant, isn't it? ”

Zhao Zi glared at him again: "You, a militant, haven't you fought with pirates, are you itching in your heart?" ”

Cheng Sangou next to him hurriedly said: "Yes, we have been preparing for such a long time, and we haven't even seen the shadow of a pirate, of course everyone is in a hurry!" ”

Zhao Zi slapped Cheng Sangou in the face: "You kid doesn't respect the military order, and he went out without authorization, and I haven't settled accounts with you yet." You go back to the boat right now, go with Hu Yidao as a companion, and the two of them copy the "Historical Records" together. ”

Zhao Zizhong called the two guards and asked them to take Cheng Sangou back to the ship.

Cheng Sangou hurriedly distinguished: "Mr. Zhao, I was wronged!" Du Dalei didn't obey the military order, why was he okay? ”

Du Dalei shrugged, spread his hands and said, "Hehe, how is Lao Tzu, I still need to report to you kid?" Now that you're deflated, hurry back and obediently copy the "Historical Records". If Lao Tzu is in a good mood, he will send you something delicious in the evening. Now get out of here, hahaha! ”

Cheng Sangou still wanted to struggle, but was gagged by the guards and quickly dragged away. This kid is not honest, and he keeps kicking and beating in the hands of the guards. Later, he was given a few beats by two guards before he quieted down.

Du Dalei shouted: "Yes, beat him hard!" This kid just doesn't clean up. ”

Zhao Zizhong shook his head and stayed away from this second goods.

At this time, Tai Qin, escorted by heavy infantry, had already walked a few dozen meters away from the entrance of the village.

The hoplites stopped and began to shout to the village:

"Listen to the pirates in the village, we have come from Qishan Island to take revenge. Come out and surrender at once, or we'll burn down the village and kill all the chickens and dogs inside!" ”

The guards shouted several times, but there was still no movement inside.

Zhao Zizhong said to the banner soldiers: "Send a signal and let Zhai Xiaoshan set fire." ”

Soon, a raging fire broke out on the straw pile at the entrance of the village, turning the sky red.

The hoplites protected Taichen for some distance back, dodging the heat from the straw piles. After a while, the fire gradually became smaller, and an old man came out of the entrance of the village, walking slowly towards the heavily armored infantry on crutches.

The hoplite looked at the old man vigilantly and raised the weapon in his hand.

The old man was thin, his face was black and red, and his head was full of gray hair. Dressed in patches of cyan linen, he walked barefoot toward the heavily armored infantry.

Tai Chin bypassed the hoplites in front of him and walked towards the old man.

Two hoplites hurriedly followed, guarding Taichin's left and right.

The old man soon met Tai Chin, and he looked at the two hoplites wrapped like demon gods, with a frightened expression on his face.

Tai Qin comforted with kind words: "Uncle, you don't have to panic, we won't hurt people casually." ”

The old man had a confused expression on his face, obviously not understanding what Tai Qin was saying.

Tai Qin immediately changed the dialect of Fujian and said what he had just said to the old man.

Zhao Zizhong also walked over from behind, followed by Boris and Du Dalei, and then watched Taiqin and the old man wah-wow-wow-la-wah, but they couldn't understand a word.

After about ten minutes, Taiqin ended the conversation with the old man and let the old man go back.

The old man walked slowly towards the entrance of the village, and Du Dalei asked eagerly:

"Monk, what did he tell you? Are the pirates in the village? ”

Tai Qin shook his head and said, "The three donors, the pirates, under the leadership of Lin Xiwang, ran away half a month ago. Before leaving, they robbed the people of the island, the money and the grain that had just been harvested, and also robbed many young women. ”

"Ran away?" The three brothers almost didn't vomit out a mouthful of old blood.

Du Dalei shouted: "Grass grandma's!" Lao Tzu ran so far and took a large group of people to take revenge, these soft eggs actually ran away! I'm so angry! ”

Boris pressed down the thunderous Du Dalei: "You calm down, listen to Master Taiqin first." ”

Tai Qin continued: "According to the old man, when Lin Xiwang returned here with more than a hundred pirates more than a month ago, he was terrified all day long, and he was terrified every day, afraid that we would come to seek revenge.

Later, the pirates below gave him an idea, saying that we would definitely come to take revenge, so he encouraged Lin Xiwang to escape.

Lin Xiwang immediately agreed, and asked the pirates to pack up the looted money, food, and supplies, and immediately start loading the ship.

Before leaving, he sent pirates to ransack the island's inhabitants, killing a dozen men who resisted and capturing some young women.

Now that the island's inhabitants have run out of food, they can only rely on a few fishing boats to go out to sea to catch fish, barely starving to death. ”

Zhao Zizhong immediately said: "Da Lei, you immediately let two hundred guards go back, unload grain, salt, dried vegetables, and whale jerky from the ship, and immediately transport them outside the village, we have to save these residents." ”

Du Dalei agreed, and immediately ordered two hundred guards, told them to take off their leather armor, put down their weapons, and went back lightly.

At this time, a large group of men and women came out of the entrance of the village, including men, women and children, about a few hundred people. When they saw the neat phalanx of the escorts, they all cowered, stopped more than a hundred meters away from the phalanx, and looked at everyone silently.

Boris thought about it and said to Zhai Xiaoshan: "You immediately ask the guards to collect the food they bring with them and send it to the villagers, they must be hungry." ”

Zhai Xiaoshan immediately passed on the order and quickly collected a large pile of food. There are steamed cakes, whale jerky, fruits, dried fish, walnuts and other food.

Tai Qin sighed: "Hey, let's go and talk to them." These people have been hungry for a long time, and they can't be fed right away, because that's going to be a problem. ”

Zhao Zi nodded emphatically and said, "The master is polite, you go and tell them, let them line up, and come up in turn to get food." Give only a little bit to each person to give them a cushion for their stomachs.

After a while, the guards will bring the food, and we will immediately cook porridge for them to drink. ”

Taechin agreed and went to negotiate with the villagers. Zhai Xiaoshan made a look, and several heavy infantry hurriedly followed to protect Taiqin.

Taichin walked over and spoke aloud to the villagers. The crowd suddenly thundered with joy, and many people immediately knelt down and began to kowtow to the phalanx of the escort.

Most of the guards were from homeless backgrounds, and when they looked at these people in ragged clothes and vegetables, they all felt the same and moved their hearts of compassion.

I used to be like these people! If it weren't for Zhao Zizhong's seven brothers taking him in, it is very likely that he would have become a lonely ghost!

Zhai Xiaoshan ordered more than 100 guards and asked them to hold weapons to maintain order, and let the villagers line up to receive food.

A hundred guards armed with knives and guns approached the villagers in an orderly manner.

Some of the villagers were terrified and began to scream. The crowd immediately stirred up, and some people began to run around.

Taichin hurriedly shouted to reassure the villagers.

But some people didn't listen to the command, and still shouted and screamed, making the scene chaotic.

Zhai Xiaoshan gritted his teeth and shouted to the guards: "Go and control them, and if you don't listen to orders, you will beat them hard, as long as no one is killed." ”

When the guards received the order, they immediately rushed forward and began to beat the villagers who were shouting and screaming. After about ten minutes, the guards knocked all the villagers who dared to shout and run to the ground, and quickly brought the situation under control.