Chapter 266: The British are going to escape
Pisan was brought into Smith's room, and when he saw Smith, he arched his hand and said, "General Smith, it's a pleasure to meet you." ”
Pisan's English accent sounded lame, and Smith could barely understand it.
Smith asked quietly, "I'm glad to meet you, Leather Chief, I don't know what you have come to me for?" ”
"That's General Smith, I'm here on the orders of our General Zheng. We, General Zheng, are preparing to launch an attack on the official army, so we want to fight with us with your army. General Zheng said that after the deed is completed, he will use five million taels of silver as your reward. ”
Pi San looked relaxed and said in broken English with a smile.
In Pisan's opinion, this errand is very easy, and there is money to be made. As for whether Smith would say yes, he didn't really care. If it weren't for the money, he wouldn't want to come here.
"That's the case, then I don't know what soldiers General Zheng wants us to send troops?" Smith said yes, but he still pretended to ask.
"So, General Smith, you agreed? That was great, and in three days we officially sent our troops. Pi San was also a little surprised by Smith's readily agreed, but he didn't think much about it, so he had five million taels of silver.
"Yes, I agreed, so is there anything else Leader Pi has to say to me?" Smith continued.
"Oh, this is the 500,000 taels of silver tickets that General Zheng gave you as an advance payment." Somewhat reluctantly, Pisan took out a stack of silver tickets from his bosom and gave it to Smith.
He didn't dare to be greedy for ink from it, as long as Smith told Zheng Zhilong, it would be exposed, and Zheng Zhilong was given a chance to clean him up.
"Very good, thank you very much for the generosity of General Zheng. Anything else to say? Leather Chief? Smith accepted the money, but continued to ask.
Pi San thought about it for a while, as if there was nothing more to say.
I wanted to tell Smith the news that Zheng Zhilong said that David was wiped out, but after thinking about it, it was not good for me to say this matter, and it was very likely that I would scare away this group of British Yankees because of my many mouths.
So, when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back, shook his head and said, "No, that's all." ”
But his expression fell in Smith's eyes, but it was a sign of weakness.
Smith's eyes narrowed slightly, nodded and said, "Very good, then I know." Please tell General Zheng that I understand what he means and will act quickly. ”
Pi San didn't hear the implication of this, nodded and said a few casual greetings, and was about to leave.
The smell of these British guys is so strong, and the strong fragrance mixed with the body odor is simply suffocating.
Pi San turned around and walked back, and just took a step, he heard Smith call him from behind: "Pi Chief, please wait." ”
As soon as Pi San turned his head, he saw Smith holding a revolver in his hand at him, and he was stunned: "What are you doing here?" ”
"I hate people who cheat on me the most, so I'm going to send you to hell." Smith said coldly and then pulled the trigger.
It's no surprise that it's so close. The bullet hit Pisan in the forehead and burrowed into his head, causing a red and white, disgusting wound.
Pisan's body stood in place for two seconds, then fell heavily forward to the ground.
Smith fired a few more shots into his back, only to stop until the revolver clicked empty.
Hearing the gunshots, two guards standing guard rushed in from outside, and they were relieved to see that Smith was safe and sound.
"Mr. General, what happened?" The guard asked.
"It's nothing, just kill a damn snake. Get out. Smith said lightly as he put the gun back into his waist.
The two guards looked at each other, stepped back, and closed the door.
"Come out." Smith sat back down behind his desk and exclaimed.
The door to the back room opened, and Zheng Sen walked out of it.
Looking at Pi San's corpse on the ground, a trace of resentment and disdain flashed in his eyes, and then he said to Smith: "General, now that Pi San is dead, what are your plans?" ”
"Zheng, although there is no definite news yet, I believe that there will be no good news from David's side. If David died, there would be no point in me staying here, I would have to be responsible for these boys under my command, and I couldn't let them die in a foreign land. ”
Smith said calmly.
"General Smith, are you preparing to return to England? Don't you want to avenge David and them? You have 20,000 horses in your hands, you have advanced muskets, powerful artillery, and well-trained soldiers, you can't just walk away. Zheng Sen was anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly said loudly.
"No, no, no! Zheng, listen to me, war is not as simple as you think. This is not our country, and the war here has no point for me. If David had been killed, he had fulfilled his loyalty to His Majesty. That's enough, I can't stay here any longer. Smith shook his head.
"But we need your help, you are the ones we invited to deal with the officers and soldiers, you can't just walk away." Zheng Sen was really anxious, and his face turned red.
His father didn't know how much money he spent to invite these Englishmen.
Now that these Brits are cowardly to run, of course he is not happy.
If Zheng Sen knew that the 500,000 taels of silver tickets given by Pi San just now were still given by his father, he would probably be even more angry.
"No, that's not the case. Zheng, I'm glad to know you and your father, but this is your war, not ours. I'm sorry, so be it. Steven, help me drop off. Smith shook his head stubbornly.
He had indeed made up his mind to run away, and no matter what the Zheng family father and son said, they would not stay.
Zheng Sen was sent out by the orderlies, with a helpless face.
He thought about it, left the barracks directly, and rode a fast horse towards Fuzhou City.
He was going to talk to his father about the next steps.
After Zheng Sen left, Smith began to order the soldiers to begin preparations for leaving.
At this time, a large number of people carrying wine and meat, and a group of fireworks women with their heads scratched and posing, ushered in a large number of teams carrying wine and meat in the port outside Fuzhou, and headed towards more than a dozen warships of different sizes moored in the port.
These ships were all carried by the British army, the smaller ones were for escort ships, and the larger ones were transports for troop transport.
The British soldiers who stayed on the warship stood on the deck to watch the excitement at first, but later heard that these people were sent by Zheng Zhilong to comfort them, and they immediately smiled and greeted these people happily.
The army was comfortable on the ground, and they had had enough of keeping them, the sailors, on the ships.
Now that Zheng Zhilong has sent people to Lao Jun, of course they are extremely welcome.