Chapter 242, The Australian Sea (7)
"Where did you cowards come from? How dare you attack my Da Yue Kingdom! If you repent, let me go immediately, plead guilty to the king, and immediately withdraw from our Dayue land, maybe you can save your life, otherwise, as soon as my Dayue Heavenly Soldiers arrive, you will definitely let the clowns who jump off the beam disappear! Although he had already run away from his helmet, lost his armor, and was tied up like a dumpling by two vicious pirates, Wu Wenyong still scolded Gan Hui standing in front of him in a condescending tone. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
An interpreter translated his words to Gan Hui.
"Your Majesty?" Gan Hui sneered, "You're talking about that Zheng Jie, right?" ”
"Daring fanatic!" Wu Wenyong shouted, "How dare you call the king famous!" What a barbarian who doesn't know how to be polite! Obviously, this Wu Wenyong understands Chinese.
"Zheng Jie, this thief, bullying the king and stealing the authority of the country, is a chaotic minister and thief! What etiquette do you deserve to talk about, you rebellious and shameless man? I've never seen anyone so brazen! Gan Hui sneered.
"You madman...... "Wu Wen's courageous beard shook and trembled, "The king's ancestors sought to quell the rebellion and re-settle the world, and the first emperor was tired of domestic affairs." It is the intention of the Duke of Zhou to assist him as the king, how can you wait for you to talk nonsense. ”
"When King Cheng became an adult, Duke Zhou returned to King Cheng. The Zheng family has been in power for four generations, when will it return to the king? Gan Hui sneered again, "I have heard that there is merit for being a minister, the king rewards merit with gold and silver, rewards merit with officials, rewards merit with sub-seals, and unheard of merit with national authority." People seek the authority of the country, why are they not chaotic ministers and thieves? ”
"You are the people of King Nguyen in the south?" Wu Wenyong knew that Zheng Zhu's regime was indeed a little unjust. Entangled on this issue, he will definitely not have the upper hand, and in addition, if this Haikou can say such a thing, it is obviously not a real Haikou who is just afraid that it is really related to the Ruan family in the south.
"King Ruan is an ally of my Australia, and this official is sent by the chairman of the Australian Senate and the prime minister of the Government Council, Ma Qian, to come here to ask for peace and other rebellious ministers and thieves, and to make a big difference!" Gan Hui said proudly.
What kind of Australian country, and what is President Wen, Prime Minister Ma, or something, it is naturally Zheng Sen's new vest. In fact, in this era, it is really not Zheng Sen's unique skill to open the vest or something, and many foreign businessmen often open the vest indiscriminately, one moment is Spain, one time is the Netherlands, and another is England. If you are a little bolder, you will even make up a country to pay tribute as an emissary. Even when I was in the Qing Dynasty, there were a lot of such tricks. As a result, later, a certain Qingliu minister of the Qing Dynasty even came to the conclusion that "there are France, America, and so on in the world, in fact, those English people always come to the Celestial Empire to take advantage, and they are embarrassed to take advantage of themselves, so they make up these names to deceive people."
"I've never heard of Australia! If you dare to invade my Dayue country, there will definitely be no good end! Wu Wenyong refused to weaken his momentum.
"The general of the defeated army, what are you blowing? Hold on! Gan Hui waved his hand.
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Wu Xuanyi's boat had already left the enemy some distance away, and while urging the sailors to row quickly, he often looked behind: those pirates were really vicious, and three more fireboats had been broken to pieces during this time. Fortunately, the sailors had all jumped into the water before that, and now the pirates obviously didn't care about catching the sailors who fell into the water. These sailors had a chance to swim to the other side of the river and escape for their lives.
"I should be able to escape." Wu Xuanyi thought so in his heart, but he didn't notice that on the bank of the river, several piles of branches were suddenly removed, revealing four cannons.
The accuracy of the Marines' five-pounder guns was far higher than that of the Furlong guns on the river warships, and the power was much greater. Moreover, in order to run faster, Wu Xuanyi's boat ran tangentially when it turned on the river, which also made his boat very close to the river bank on this side. The distance is only a few tens of meters.
With four guns, it was a bit of a waste to shoot a boat at a distance of tens of meters, so Yu Xin assigned a target to each gun, and there was only one cannon that was really aimed at Wu Xuanyi's ship.
It's just that these cannons appeared too suddenly, the distance was too close, and Wu Xuanyi was completely unprepared. Of course, even if prepared, at such a distance, it takes a miracle to avoid shelling.
Therefore, Wu Xuanyi's boat was naturally hit. Although his ship was now free of those dangerous ignitions, the power of the shells of the Marines' five-pounder guns was not comparable to that of the three-pounder Furlong cannons on the river warships. What's more, the ships used as fireships are originally not very sturdy, as light and cheap as possible, and such consumables cannot withstand the blow. As a result, after receiving a shell, the whole thing was broken into two.
Wu Xuanyi had a large piece of broken wood stuck in his thigh, which was the result of the shelling just now. The severe pain made Wu Xuanyi almost faint, but the boat shattered, and he naturally fell into the river, and the river rushed away, but it made him sober up. Wu Xuanyi could swim, and if he wasn't injured, he could have swam the entire Red River all the way and come ashore on the opposite side. It's just that now that his leg is injured, he can't swim that far anymore. He had to get ashore as soon as possible, or he would die in the water.
One of Wu Xuanyi's legs couldn't move at all, which made it extremely difficult for him to swim, even if he just had to swim to the bank of the river no more than a few dozen meters away, it made him almost exhausted. But he still swam to the shore and managed to get ashore.
Wu Xuanyi saw several pirates coming towards him, the tips of the short spears in their hands glistening in the sunlight.
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In a newly built walled city at the mouth of the Red River, Wu Wenyong met the leaders of the "Australian pirates".
The person who acted as the "Australian general" this time was Li Guozhu, and now everything has stabilized on Jeju Island, and Li Guozhu also knows that it is best for him not to stay on Jeju Island for a long time. He is a smart person, and naturally knows that his identity is not suitable for serving as the head of a place for a long time, which will only lead to suspicion between him and the Zheng family. So at the end of last year, he wrote to Zheng Sen and Zheng Zhilong, saying that he was really not used to the climate on Jeju Island, and hoped to return to Fujian or Taiwan. And Zheng Zhilong was also very understanding and agreed to his request and asked him to go to Taiwan to assist Zheng Sen. It is said that when he was drinking once, Zheng Zhilong said to his brother: "If Li Guozhu was as smart as he is now, I am afraid that ...... Speaking of which, in fact, Boss Li is an old man, and he has always spoiled him too much, so that he has less experience. ”
Now Li Guozhu has been sent out again to carry out the act of impersonating other forces to do bad things.
Wu Wenyong met Li Guozhu in a specially furnished room. Originally, according to Li Guozhu's intentions, this room should have been made like the hall where a mountain carved a hundred chicken feasts. But it is said that Liu De gave him a plan, so the room was arranged like this:
On the wall in the middle of the room hung two portraits, which were very peculiar, like the way Tessie painted them, but not full-length portraits, nor busts, but only a frontal head. The one on the left looks a little thinner, the one on the right looks a little fatter, and on top of the two heads is a banner with the words "You look at the old man of the courtyard". However, Wu Wenyong soon understood that the order of those words may be different from the normal arrangement, it is not from right to left, but from left to right. And under each avatar, there is also a line of words arranged upside down, and below the avatar on the left is: "Congratulations to the beloved Chairman Wen to suffer without borders", but the word "accept" does not seem to be quite right; The one on the right is a little more normal, and it reads: "May the beloved Duke Ma Du always be healthy." And there are two lines of words hanging on the left and right of the portrait, which are: "Confess leniently, resist strictly." "These two lines of words are hanging on the right and left.
Obviously, such an arrangement is completely out of Zheng Sen's bad taste. However, because Zheng Sen has always been right, sometimes he does something weird, and everyone doesn't care about it. Besides, many of the people involved in this matter have been trading in Vietnam before, and even worked as gun instructors for the Vietnamese, so it is normal for the Vietnamese to be recognized. The so-called "Australian" vest actually can't deceive people. The vest is really just for the sake of bargaining.
Wu Wenyong didn't know Li Guozhu, but he recognized the "Australian Haikou" next to Li Guozhu, the guy named Yu Xin, who had been a gun instructor in his own army, he was definitely a member of the Zheng family of the Ming Kingdom!
"You are not Australians, you are people from Mingguo! What do you want? Wu Wenyong roared angrily.
"General Wu, sit down, don't be angry, let's be calm." Li Guozhu smiled and said, "In addition, you may be mistaken, we are indeed Australians. As for why we're here, you don't know yet? Well, the king of Nguyen in the south has ceded the entire land within a hundred miles of the mouth of the Red River to our country. Therefore, now this Red River Estuary is the sacred territory of our country. I personally express my strong indignation at your acts of aggression. and strongly demand that your country immediately cease all provocative acts and pay a reasonable compensation for the losses caused to us by your previous provocations. ”
"You ......" Wu Wenyong was so angry that he couldn't speak, but his face turned red, if he hadn't been tied, it was estimated that he would probably rush up to Li Guozhu with an old fist.
Li Guozhu said again: "General Wu, in fact, why we came, you and your king should be very clear. Don't be impulsive, don't get angry. When you came in, you already saw our stockade, right? The stockade is getting stronger and stronger, and of course it costs us more money. But we don't worry about that, the money will always be recovered, and the stronger it is, the greater the price you will have to pay if you want to get it back in the future. Isn't it? In general, we Australians are actually very peace-loving, we just want to do business. It's exactly the same as the Zheng family in Fujian. General Wu rests here for a few days, sees and thinks more, and then goes back. ”
"Dog thief! I've never seen anyone so brazen! Wu Wenyong scolded bitterly.