Chapter 137: Unbelief
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There were also two or three shouting words that others couldn't understand, Li Meng's attention was suddenly attracted to the past, and when he listened attentively, it was actually Japanese, and he couldn't help laughing, back in this era, killing people is always a bit of a psychological burden, but killing devils, I feel that it is for the heavens, not to mention these beasts that plague the coast. (Qingfeng Chinese Network Literature Reading Network.)
Li Meng waved his hand and said with a smile:
"Drag these few people who don't speak human words out and cut them first!"
As soon as the words fell, several personal guard soldiers had already pounced on them and dragged the three people out directly, and were about to pull them out of the courtyard, when Li Meng opened his mouth to stop him and said:
"Cut right in front of me!!"
The soldiers simply pressed the person to the ground neatly, their knives fell, blood spurted out wildly, and the pirates who were still scolding were all over their faces, and suddenly quieted down, Li Meng said coldly:
"Where are you from? Why singled out Zhongling Shanwei's side? ”
There was silence for a long time before two more pirates shouted:
"Kill our brethren....... you ......"
"These two who opened their mouths were also cut off!"
There were only three people left in the courtyard at once, these three people kept their mouths closed, and their bodies were soaked with the blood of their companions, the weather was so cold, these three pirates didn't know whether it was cold or fear, they trembled violently there, and Li Meng opened his mouth again and asked:
"There's the land. Why come here? ”
"My lord, my lord. (Grandpa of Reading Network, we are from Haizhou and Shijiu, and someone told us that everyone in the Lingshan Guard is now rich, and this New Year is even more fat, come here to do it once, and you don't have to go out until March next year.) (Qingfeng Literature Network.)
"When are your brigades coming?"
"If we don't go back, the side in charge should come up during the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve."
Li Meng interrogated his questions one by one, but these three small boats were not looking for news, but originally looked at the harbor and tidal flats from a distance. Prepare for the terrain, these people feel that they will not encounter any trouble if they go ashore to loot once, but they can make a small fortune themselves.
The pirate leader doesn't care if his subordinates are missing or not, anyway, the team is still around, he has never worried about what resistance he will encounter on the side of the Lingshan Guard, the reason why he didn't come to rob in the past is because this side is too poor and has no value to rob.
You don't need to play any tricks, as long as you scare people, it's easy to ask everything clearly. In the end, Li Meng is extremely hot, and he dares to spend the New Year on the battlefield this year, these damn pirates really don't let people live in peace.
"Cut them all off, throw your heads into the sea, and maybe you can float home!"
After the interrogation, Li Meng said indifferently that he had probably touched some eyebrows now. The pirates of Haizhou, Haizhou is there, and that is the base camp of the two Huai salt merchants.
Li Meng was extremely angry in his heart, even the salt law of the Ming Dynasty is under the control of each province, and the Huai salt marketing of your two Huai salt merchants is the way to smuggle salt, why don't you let others traffick, you have to get rid of it quickly.
The idea came to an end. Li Meng himself laughed, such a huge profit, no one would give up easily, Li Meng suddenly rose, which was equivalent to cutting off a piece of meat on the bodies of these salt merchants. It's normal to attack people three times or twice.
The two Huai salt merchants in Jining Prefecture could only honestly sell salt to Dongchang Mansion and Jinan Prefecture. (Qingfeng Chinese Online Literature Reading Network can only be sold in Fucheng and prefecture counties, and Li Meng's threat is real.) The destruction of goods is a small matter, and if the head is gone, it is a big thing.
However, what Li Meng can do is limited to this, after all, the Lianghuai salt merchants are deep-rooted, almost one hundred and fifty years of accumulation, and the connections and financial resources are incomparable, and in any case, Li Meng is currently only a garrison of the Jiaozhou battalion, and there are several prefectures separated from the Lianghuai area, and his hand is really not reachable.
Ignoring the hard persuasion of several veterans, Li Meng only brought 600 people to wait at the Qianhusuo on Xuejia Island, and left 200 people nearby as a reserve.
Although the military order cannot be violated, this is the most important Spring Festival of the year, but it has been disturbed by these pirates, both officers and soldiers, they are quite dissatisfied in their hearts, and these bastard pirates are too bad to pick the time to rob.
Chen Liuzi and Wang Hai each led three hundred people at the intersection where the salt field turned, Li Meng was not ready to go to the battlefield in person, but just took the guards to watch from the nearby high ground, and unexpectedly, Ma Yuxing, ** and a few old military households who didn't recognize him followed.
Seeing Li Meng sitting on the hill bag, surrounded by a thick canvas for half a circle, just to block the cold wind, and there were also a few charcoal stoves burning over there, and halfway through, they could smell the fragrance of the casserole on the charcoal stove, and several veterans shook their heads slightly when they looked at each other.
Ma Yuxing first said with a smile:
"Master Li, don't be surprised, our elder brother always thinks that six hundred soldiers are a bit too big to deal with four hundred pirates, and now there are no ships in sight on the sea, and it is still too late to send fast horses to Fengmeng Town to transfer."
Although his position is higher than that of these veterans, he can be regarded as an elder, and they are all parents and relatives of his subordinate colleagues, Li Meng didn't dare to be too big, stood up and hugged his fists and said with a smile:
"It's such a cold weather, the old man doesn't want to catch the cold, come over and drink a few glasses of hot wine to warm up."
** has a deep friendship with Li Meng, and his voice is also very loud, he is not polite, and shouted directly in the back:
"I said Master Li, Lao Zhang said a word by virtue of his age, you can't take it lightly when you march and fight, if your six hundred people are broken up by others, you will lose your full salary for that month!"
Yueyue's full of silver almost became a laughing stock for these generals in Shandong, and while speaking, several old soldiers walked in, and Li Meng hurriedly beckoned his own soldiers to move their seats and pour wine. Ma Yuxing's introduction to Li Mengyi, these five veterans are all old brothers who fought Bailian and Shandong Quelling Chaos with Su Chen, the commander of the guard, and although Ji is older this year, he is generally a personal soldier next to the commander, or a hundred households below, etc., to put it bluntly, they are all at ease for the elderly.
These people also know some of the methods of the battle camp barracks, no matter what, they have carried knives and guns on the battlefield, and the local people feel that Li Meng is also their own children, and they are always worried that the Jiaozhou battalion will suffer losses here, and if they lose manpower, they are all their own children.
Li Meng listened with a smile, but didn't say anything, just picked up a cup of hot rice wine and said with a smile:
"If the six hundred people below can't even defeat these four hundred pirates, then I don't have to train as a soldier in the Jiaozhou battalion, wouldn't it be better for me to go to Jiangnan to be a rich man."
Several veterans drank hot wine, and in a sheltered place, they were warmed by the charcoal stove, and their spirits were also much higher, and another veteran stood up, first clenched his fists, and said:
"Master Li, a young man, naturally understands the things of these battle formations, but I am not afraid of you being surprised, my lord, you are a soldier, everyone has practiced, but you are not well trained, you really want to fight a tough battle, I am afraid that I can't control the troops, and the big guys will disperse."
Li Meng paid attention to this, leaned over and picked up the wine jug and poured a glass for the old soldier, and said politely:
"Could you please talk about it in detail?"
"Our Ming method is to raise relatives with seventy percent of silver, and three percent of silver to raise soldiers, if you really fight, charge into battle, and the guards are all these relatives and soldiers, although there are few people, they may serve you desperately, you are now raising a soldier like this, everyone treats them equally, I am afraid that I can't control it at a critical time!"
Li Meng sighed lightly, although he had a smile on his face, but he didn't think so, what the old army said was exactly the method of training the various military leaders of the Ming Dynasty, but there was nothing to boast about the effect.
Looking at Li Meng's expression, these old people knew that the other party would definitely not listen to their advice, and they looked at each other helplessly, and only after half a sound did they speak:
"Master Li, if you don't think it's good to open your mouth, our elder brother can go to Commander Su's side to intercede, let's go out to the people on your side, it's no problem to mobilize another thousand young people, it's safer after all!
These veterans are all living well because of Li Meng's private salt trading, and Ma Yuxing's son has achieved that position, they definitely don't want Li Meng to suffer an inexplicable failure, this is a relationship of both glory and loss.
Li Meng didn't answer their words, just looked into the distance and smiled:
"The ship is coming!"
Six big ships, originally thought that this ship would be like those modern film and television dramas, slowly appearing from the sea level, quite imposing, in fact, these ships are all traveling along the coastline, not on the front of Li Meng, but on the side, so it didn't take too long for the ship to stop on the sea near Yantian and began to put down the boat, and you can see the pirates on the boat entering the boat one after another.
Going ashore like this, there were only about sixty people each time, Li Meng was a little puzzled, thinking that he had caught more than 20 spies on the other side, and the other party had no suspicion at all?
Or these pirates are arrogant to a certain extent, or they think that only those on their own ships can be regarded as companions, in fact, the latter Li Meng really did not guess wrong, there are so-called backbones and cannon fodder in the pirates, as long as these backbones are still there, no one cares about the going and staying of the cannon fodder. (89 Literature Network Literature)
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