Chapter 355: Civil Strife
Xu Hai was already very sensitive at this time, and Chen Dong's move deepened his conviction, so Xu Hai's actions were faster: he took the initiative to contact Hu Zongxian, returned a large number of prisoners, and said that he was about to withdraw the army, and the rest of Chen Dong's troops were regarded as a meeting gift to Hu Zongxian. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Of course, Xu Hai also knew that it would not be so easy for him to walk, so he also left his younger brother as a hostage to the Ming army to show his sincerity. Of course, Hu Zongxian gave Xu Hai a sum of money in return.
At this time, many generals thought that they should take the opportunity to eliminate this invading army, but Peng Yue and Hu Zongxian shook their heads at the same time, because they had the same idea: it was impossible to force Xu Hai to surrender immediately at this time, so it was a good start for him to take the initiative to withdraw the army.
Secondly, there are tens of thousands of people who have come to attack this time, the so-called wounded enemy is 1,000, and they have lost 800 themselves, besides, they still have many Japanese ronin with samurai swords, if they really want to wipe out all this group, they must not die on their side?
Peng Yue and Hu Zongxian naturally would not do this kind of loss-making business, what they wanted was infighting between Xu Haiyi's faction, and on their own side, it was best not to spend a single soldier.
Moreover, although Xu Hai brought a lot of people this time, there were still a lot of people in his base camp. The purpose of Peng Yue and Hu Zongxian is to eliminate them all, otherwise there is a chance that those people will go to Wang Zhi to seek refuge, and it will be even more troublesome in the future, so Peng Yue and Hu Zongxian chose to let them go.
When Xu Hai withdrew his troops, Chen Dong's team was abandoned, and he really wanted to sit on the ground and cry, but who knew that the Ming army actually got out of the way and let himself go.
This turmoil has calmed down for the time being, but the impact on Xu Hai's hearts is far from subsided. Although after coming back, Xu Hai and Chen Dong strengthened bilateral ties and said some false words such as friendship and cooperation in the future, but the friendship between the two has absolutely ceased to exist, and this is the result that Peng Yue and Hu Zongxian are looking forward to.
Just when Xu Hai was still thinking hard about what to do in the future, Hu Zongxian's messenger came again, and brought a letter: the letter written by Wang Zhi to Hu Zongxian.
In fact, this letter still has some official nature, because Wang Zhi has no intention of surrendering to Cheng now, but is just deceiving and using Hu Zongxian to deceive and use each other.
But Xu Hai didn't know all this, and when he saw this letter, he really panicked for a while: Is even the old ship owner planning to surrender?
The old shipowner is naturally referring to Wang Zhi, he has too much reputation and influence, if Wang Zhi also plans to surrender to the government, Xu Hai should indeed be shocked, because he is really nothing compared to Wang Zhi, he is really afraid.
Of course, the envoy brought another piece of news: Chen Dong and Ma Ye were ready to surrender to the Ming army by betraying Xu Hai.
But Hu Zongxian considered that Chen Dong had stayed with the Japanese for too long and had done more bad things, and Xu Hai was forced to join the gang, and now his power was greater than theirs, so Hu Zongxian wanted to cooperate with Xu Hai.
Of course, there is a reason why Xu Hai was forced to join the gang, because the reason why he followed the Japanese as a pirate was because his uncle was also engaged in smuggling and transportation, and he also borrowed money from the Japanese, but the business was lost, and he had no money to pay back, so he returned Xu Hai as goods to the Japanese.
To a certain extent, Xu Hai was betrayed by his uncle, which is also a big reason why Xu Hai is suspicious, does not trust others easily, and is ruthless, because this experience is too unforgettable, although he later relied on his own ability to gradually become a leader, but he still can't erase his painful memory.
Well, the envoy has put enough pressure on Xu Hai, and then he will offer his own price: catch Ma Ye and Chen Dong, and then blame Xu Hai for his past affairs, and return his younger brother to him, promising him glory and wealth.
Xu Hai fell into deep thought, he had to think about it, because once he listened to Hu Zongxian's words and arrested Chen Dong and Ma Ye and dedicated them to Hu Zongxian, he really had no way out.
At this time, the envoy Xia Zheng said a key sentence to Xu Hai again: Do you remember Cao Mengde? I'd rather be responsible for others, and let others be responsible for me, do you think that Chen Dong and Ma Ye are good people?
It's too powerful, this sentence is too powerful, Xu Hai remembered all kinds of contradictions between himself and Chen Dong and Ma Ye, and remembered that Chen Dong wanted to gather troops last time, which was not good for him, can this person still believe it?
In addition, at this time, Wang Cuiqiao gave Xu Hai another dose of strengthening: quickly catch Chen Dong and Ma Ye in order to surrender to Hu Zongxian, and then count how bad those two people are, you must know that women provoke right and wrong, which is much more powerful than men.
So Xu Hai finally made up his mind: I'd rather take care of people than take care of me, so I sacrificed those two stupid things!
After careful analysis, Xu Hai felt that among Chen Dong and Ma Ye, Ma Ye was easier to deal with, so he decided to start with him first.
The process was also very simple, Xu Hai set up a Hongmen banquet, and then tied up the drunken hemp leaves and sent them to Hu Zongxian.
Ma Ye, who was sent to Hu Zongxian, was angry and scared, but what he didn't expect was that Hu Zongxian actually untied the rope for him with his own hands and sent him to the VIP seat.
Ma Ye said that he was very confused, what the hell is going on? But he didn't have time to be surprised, because Hu Zongxian, who was smiling, really made his heart full of fear.
But at present, it seems that Hu Zongxian really has no intention of harming Ma Ye, so Ma Ye, who was entertained with delicious food and drink, felt a little more settled.
But soon, Ma Ye knew Hu Zongxian's purpose: he asked him to write a letter to Chen Dong, and Hu Zongxian had already thought about the content of the letter.
The narrative is very simple, that is, he had plotted with Chen Dong before, planning to deal with Xu Hai together, and they had a lot of contact with Hu Zongxian in private, preparing to capture Xu Hai and surrender to Hu Zongxian.
Ma Ye has no choice, and now he is the meat on other people's tables, can he not cooperate? If you don't want others to do anything, you can do it yourself.
And Ma Ye is not stupid, he thinks that Hu Zongxian is going to deal with Xu Hai nine times out of ten, otherwise why would he let himself go? Is it looking for an opportunity for everyone to sit down for a meal and talk about ideals or something? Hu Zongxian is certainly not so boring...
So Ma Ye wrote the letter without hesitation, the recipient was Chen Dong, and the writer was himself, he was about to hate Xu Hai to death now, and wished that Hu Zongxian could avenge himself and solve Xu Hai.
Xu Hai, on the other side, began to hesitate. If you say that you can solve the hemp leaves, you still have a way out, and the power of the hemp leaves is weak.
But if you do this to Chen Dong, it will really go all the way to the dark, you must know that Chen Dong's power is much greater. And over the years, he and Chen Dong have had many conflicts, is it really going to part ways completely this time? You must know that if Hu Zongxian repents at that time, he will die without a place to be buried... (To be continued.) )