Chapter 189: The Unexpected Collective Allegiance of the Spanish Officers!
At this moment, the smile on He Lin's face finally dispelled the dark clouds of Fang Cai. "The two generals are out of the horse, and there is a good chance of winning with a certain one."
"It is our duty to serve the court, how can I be the opponent of the king of the Heavenly Dynasty." After Wang Shouli saw Liang Pengfei's eyes, he seemed to have a little more confidence, since Liang Pengfei felt that there was no problem, then there should be no problem, at least, Liang Pengfei was the master who cleaned up Zheng Lianchang's lair and could get out of the whole body, with such a ruthless person by his side, life safety can always be guaranteed.
"I said Brother Liang, this time we hit a big luck, but I don't know if this time it was good luck or bad luck. Damn, help that Ruan Wenyue guard for a month...... Who knows if the Fujian sailors and the birdmen will be able to arrive in time for a month? Sitting in Wang Shouli's tent, Wang Shouli poured a sip of herbal tea and spat angrily.
"Brother, don't worry, anyway, since this matter has been spread on our heads, it is not okay not to take it, otherwise, a crime of cowardice can kill the two of us directly." Liang Pengfei made a gesture of chopping his neck. In Wang Shouli's camp, the two of them didn't have so many scruples. "However, this is indeed an opportunity, Brother Wang, how great a merit is to pacify a country? If the two of us can keep it for a month, it will be the first achievement, not to mention the others, I'm afraid it's no problem to get a knighthood. ”
Hearing Liang Pengfei's words, Wang Shouli couldn't help but be moved, he was a member of the Han Army, but his ancestors didn't have much military merit, so he could only be a small soldier in his generation. For the knighthood, he couldn't think of it before, but now, when the official to the chief soldier heard such a temptation from Liang Pengfei again, his heart was indeed moved.
"However, as far as our town of soldiers and horses, do you think we can really withstand the Nanruan Naval Division led by Zheng Lianchang?" Wang Shouli wanted to be promoted and make a fortune, but he knew that his surname was more important.
Liang Pengfei rubbed his eyebrows, the source of his confidence was naturally the strength of the old Liang family, but these must not be moved to the table. "With our town alone, if it's only a month, there shouldn't be any big problem, brother, have you forgotten, then Cam Ranh Bay is still in the hands of that Ruan Wenyue, we are in Suihe, which is equivalent to the rear, now although Cam Ranh City is under the enemy, but the reinforcements and materials from Suihe to Cam Ranh have not been cut off, maybe, after a month, we are all idle and fade out, so Nan Ruan has not had time to come to Suihe to take a stroll on the sea."
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Wang Shouli nodded, Liang Pengfei's reason is also reasonable, although the situation of Ruan Wenyue now looks dangerous, but it also allows Ruan Wenyue to shrink his forces together, which can form an effective defense, and the route of sending reinforcements between various places has also been shortened a lot, in this situation, Ruan Wenyue has been promised by the Qing Dynasty, and under the stubborn resistance, it is really difficult for Nan Ruan to clean him up.
"Maybe fame depends on life to earn, isn't it just to keep Suihe for a month?" Wang Shouli patted his thigh, with a ruthless look on his face.
"Brother, take this opportunity, we can also make more requests to increase our chances of saving our lives, for example, our warships, artillery, ordnance or something......" Liang Pengfei's evil eyes were full of shrewdness and calculation.
Hearing Liang Pengfei's whisper, Wang Shouli was stunned for a moment, and then gave Liang Pengfei a thumbs up. "Gao, Brother Xian's move is high, exactly, I am a town in Humen, deep behind enemy lines, and the enemy is on my back, if I don't have all the ordnance and firearms, how can I guard the moon?"
Wang Shouli did not ask Liang Pengfei to go with him, but went to find He Lin by himself, and Liang Pengfei went directly back to the naval divisions of Xin'an Camp and Nantou Camp, and held a very special meeting in his flagship cabin. That night, a few inconspicuous boats quietly left the sailor's station and quietly headed east and south.
The sky was dark, the light of the sun was completely obscured by the heavy rolling clouds, and the wild wind was roaring, blowing the sails on all sides. "Ah, the sea, the howling wind, wild and so amorous, it pierced through the sky, puffed up the sails, like the towering bust in the thin shirt, ah......" Liang Pengfei, who was dissatisfied with the desire and almost caused the sperm to go to his brain, opened his arms and faced the wind loudly.
Fernando, who had just boarded Liang Pengfei's flagship, suddenly stared into a polygon, the corners of his mouth were slanted, and he didn't even notice that the Bible he had been holding in his hand slipped out of his hand, and his expression was reminiscent of a disabled cerebral palsy patient.
The Lieutenant Colonel Juan in the back stumbled directly and hit his head on the mast next to him, covering his head in pain and jumping to his feet. Not far behind, Bai Shusheng and Monk Chen laughed straight down, the young master was so talented that he could even compose a yellow poem with a very Western style even when he saw a typhoon.
"Well, this is a new sonnet that I have just written with a surge of poetic thoughts, does it have the flavor of Schiller's early radical revolutionary spirit?" After Liang Pengfei finished sending the poem, or rather, someone who was so bored that his egg hurt that he was not sick and moaned, he turned his head and asked the Spanish missionary who had just rushed to Liang Pengfei's side from King Crab Island for his opinion.
Hearing such a shameless question, Fernando's eyes almost fell to the ground, and it seemed that it took a long time to think that the air could be breathed and that people could be so shameless. "This, this...... Your Excellency, Dear General, I don't have much research on poetry, so it's really hard to comment, and I'm very sorry. Perhaps, you can ask this person close to me, dear Lieutenant Colonel Juan. ”
"No, no, no, dear monk, I don't have any hobby or interest in poetry, and as a soldier, I devote all my body and soul to making meritorious deeds." Lieutenant Colonel Juan's face was a little pale, and there was a faint foam on the side of his mouth, I don't know if he was full of vomiting after hearing Liang Pengfei's sonnet, but he still resisted the idea of picking up a war knife and fighting Liang Pengfei, the Eastern scum who actually tampered with the beautiful Western sonnets into yellow poems.
He still wanted to return to his distant and longing hometown, but he didn't want his future and life to be ruined in the hands of this insidious and cunning Oriental.
"It's a shame that I thought I had met two soulmates." Liang Pengfei shook his head helplessly, and motioned for the two to follow him into the cabin.
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"It is very pleased that Mr. Fernando has told us what you mean, but there are some questions that my companion and I feel compelled to consult with you directly, so I have come to meet you on behalf of my companions." Sitting in the cabin, the bright candlelight made the cabin seem to have a little more warmth, and Lieutenant Colonel Juan looked at Liang Pengfei, who was smoking a cigar in front of him, and explained his intention.
Liang Pengfei nodded, motioning for the delegate to continue his speech, he was curious, did these greedy Westerners think that the price they offered was not enough? If that's the case, Liang Pengfei will think that he was too polite to these guys before.
"Your Excellency, you know that we are your prisoners of war, although this feeling is very bad, but we admit that your tactical literacy and your subordinates have made us reacquainted with the East. And I, along with my twenty-three colleagues, would like to stay on King of Crabs Island and play under a great player like you, perhaps to the best of our ability. ”
When Liang Pengfei heard this, he didn't react for a long time, and directly stabbed himself with Monk Chen behind him, and Liang Pengfei reflected: "Lieutenant Colonel Juan, I don't like to be joking with me when I am talking about business." ”
"I'm definitely not joking with you, Your Excellency, your charisma and your strength have conquered us, and we consider it our greatest honor to be able to serve under your command." Lieutenant Colonel Juan took off his military hat with some trepidation and expressed his humility to Liang Pengfei.
"Charisma?" Liang Pengfei's teeth almost laughed off, there is no doubt that he has the charm of a male surname, but to say that he has a personality charm, this is completely nonsense, if he really has personality charm, when the tiger body was shocked, why didn't these Spanish officers cry and shout and hug their thighs and shout for the lord?
Lieutenant Colonel Juan admits that he is not a good lobbyist, seeing Liang Pengfei's strange expression and face, it really makes him feel a little embarrassed, fortunately, there is a Spanish compatriot next to him, he decided to do something, at least, he has decided to sell his soul to the Oriental man in front of him, he must work hard to fulfill his obligations.
"This, I think I need to explain it to you......" Fernando leaned into Liang Pengfei's ear and whispered for a while, Liang Pengfei finally understood what was going on.
The reason is very simple, even if they are released by Liang Pengfei and return to Spain, what awaits them will be the trial of the Spanish military tribunal, even if they can escape this fate, but the passionate Spanish people are crazy about worshipping heroes, but they also spit on those losers incomparably, and become the shame of being prisoners of war, which will make them lose their position in the army, and even their reputation will plummet.
The responsibility for defeat must be borne by people, at least in the eyes of ordinary people, the behavior of soldiers is subordinate to the officers, and the victory or defeat of a battle has a lot to do with the command ability of the officers, but those ordinary soldiers will not have any problems.
In the past half a year on King Crab Island, Liang Pengfei's friendliness to the Spaniards, as well as his generosity, made these people find that they had another way to go, that is, to stay in the rich East and continue to work hard for Liang Pengfei, since they can't get honor, but the generous salary is enough for them to live a rich life.
Therefore, after a long period of ideological struggle, these Spanish officers finally unified their way of thinking and decided to swear allegiance to Liang Pengfei, the former pirate and current general, or to work for Liang Pengfei.
(To be continued)