The 563rd round: Wise retreat from a strong enemy
Sky Wolf said coldly, "Good deeds? Xu Hai, your ancestral home is in Huizhou, so naturally you don't have to worry about Japanese robbers going to burn your hometown and dig up your ancestral graves, but is the same for the people along the coast? In order to be greedy for his own selfish desires, he did not hesitate to sell his soul to become a lackey of the Shimazu clan, do you dare to say that you don't know that the Shimazu family wants not money, but to enter the Central Plains? ”
Xu Hai's face changed greatly, and he stepped forward: "How do you know this?" ”
The Heavenly Wolf became more and more aware in his heart, and he laughed: "Xu Hai, do you think Yan Shifan doesn't know your intentions?" He knows everything you do, you can't hide it from him, the reason why Yan Shifan is willing to cooperate with me is also because he hopes that I can stop the ambition of the Shimazu family to invade the Central Plains, he really wants to make money, but he also doesn't want the Central Plains to change hands and become a slave to the Shimazu clan!"
Mao Haifeng screamed strangely, and said in Oriental dialect: "Lao Xu, what are you talking about, do this guy, and then we quickly withdraw and finish it!"
Xu Hai's hand was raised, and he also replied in Oriental dialect: "No, things have changed, I have to ask this person clearly." ”
Nobuyuki Kamizumi said coldly: "Mr. Xu, this person is very cunning, I think he is sowing discord and delaying time. ”
These people communicated in Oriental dialect, obviously thinking that the wolf did not understand the language, but they didn't expect that the wolf had already heard it clearly, and sneered in his heart, but there was a confused expression on his face, and he shouted: "What are you muttering!" Are you going to prepare to fight, Lao Tzu has been waiting impatiently!"
Xu Hai changed back to Chinese: "Wait, what did you just say, what did Yan Shifan tell you?" ”
The Celestial Wolf sneered, "Why should I sue you, don't you want to take my life? ”
Xu Hai changed his smiling face: "Sky wolf." Actually, I know that you Jinyi Wei don't want foreign enemies to invade, and we told the old shipowner that this is what we mean, didn't you say it yourself just now? We let those Oriental swordsmen die without saving them, because we don't want the Shimazu clan to really invade the Ming Dynasty, if there are many wars and people are displaced, how can we do business and make money? ”
Sky Wolf's face changed slightly, and he pretended to be quite surprised: "Is this true?" ”
Xu Hai nodded: "If we lie to you, we will kill you directly." Do you still need to talk nonsense here for so long? ”
The Celestial Wolf glanced back at the bottom of the ridge, and the fierce battle continued, but the Japanese swordsmen were already surrounded. All of them are fighting the trapped beasts, and the defeat is decided. He said to Xu Hai: "What, you still want to cooperate with our Jinyiwei?" ”
Xu Haizheng said: "Yes, although Yan Shifan gave us good conditions. is far more generous than Hu Zongxian's. But I always feel that it is not very credible, that Hu Zongxian just wants us to stop attacking coastal towns, but Yan Shifan told us that we can persuade the emperor to open the sea ban, Heavenly Wolf, will you believe it if you change me? ”
Tian Wolf sneered in his heart, it seems that this Xu Hai and Yan Shifan are also intriguing, Yan Shifan will not show his hole cards the first time, and he wants to collude with the Japanese Kou. thought that all the foreign aid had been revealed, and Xu Hai did not know the power of the Yan Party. I didn't know the huge cost of maintaining the operation of such a huge corrupt bureaucracy, let alone Yan Shifan's incorrigible greed.
But the Heavenly Wolf nodded: "It is impossible for our Jinyi Guard to fully trust Yan Shifan, he told us that he is only temporarily cooperating with you, and the purpose is to prevent you from causing trouble in the southeast at this time." In fact, it is similar to our Hu Butang's meaning, except that he wants to make a little money by himself by trading privately. ”
Xu Hai laughed: "I have long known that Yan Shifan can't be so selfless, Heavenly Wolf, in fact, whether it is Yan Shifan or Hu Zongxian, they are willing to open the sea ban with us, even your emperor, sooner or later will open the sea ban, Heavenly Wolf, you Jinyiwei will only act according to the emperor's wishes, and when the time comes, he will cooperate with us to do business, can you still stop it?" ”
The wolf held back the anger in his heart, he suddenly thought of Hu Zongxian's big plan, now is by no means the time to kill these three widows, at least, before the division of the widows, this kind of thing can not be done, Xu Hai and others The promise is by no means reliable, this time in Yiwu did not succeed, and all the Oriental swordsmen were damaged, out of the need to give an explanation to the Shimazu clan, they will also retaliate in the coastal area, only by letting Wang Zhi and Xu Hai fight with the Guangdong pirates at this time, it is possible to save the coastal people from fire and water.
Thinking of this, the heavenly wolf's expression also soothed: "Mr. Xu really understands people, we are loyal in brocade clothes, only the emperor, now the emperor is in the way of face, and he can't open the sea ban openly, but Hu Zongxian's meaning is the closest to his thoughts, as long as you don't cause trouble and don't attack coastal towns anymore, then we will gradually relax the sea ban, at least you can do business in private, Hu Zongxian also knows that your business is now big, and there are many people to support under your subordinates, so it's not okay to not let you eat." ”
Xu Hai shook his head: "But neither Hu Zongxian nor Yan Shifan dare to say that they will ban trade with us now, tell you honestly, this time we have such an accident here, and we are also giving you a little warning, that is, to sue you, our patience is also limited, don't just say beautiful words, but nothing substantial." ”
"Hu Zongxian and Yan Shifan have both said that the ministers of the other faction in the DPRK always talk about our attacks on coastal towns, saying that we are stubborn bandits and cannot be associated, this time we will not attack the coastal areas, and instead do this vote in such a poor and remote place, which has already given you enough face, if you still delay time and delay in agreeing to our conditions, we can only continue to attack coastal towns."
Sky Wolf laughed: "Mr. Xu is so forgetful, if you really tear your face, don't you need our help to start a war with Chen Sipan and Xiao Xian?" ”
Xu Hai's face changed greatly: "What, you even know about this?" ”
Sky Wolf's expression became cold: "Don't forget, we are Jinyi Guard, Hu Zongxian does not dare to hide anything from us in this matter, this matter has been sent to the Beijing Division as soon as possible, if the emperor agrees, then we will send troops to help you eliminate these Guangdong pirates, these pirates have also been looting at sea for many years." If you can destroy them smoothly, won't you get much better than robbing some coastal towns? ”
Nobuyuki Kamiizumi suddenly spoke: "It's different, robbing coastal villages and towns can take people away. Money is not the only purpose of our actions. ”
Sky Wolf's heart moved, it seems that the goal of Nobuyuki Kamiizumi is not the same as Xu Hai, in addition to money, he also wants population, which is very likely to be the meaning of those Japanese lords. So the wolf replied coldly, "After destroying the pirates, some of them will be taken prisoner to you. Is there still a shortage of population? ”
Nobuyuki Kamiizumi shouted, "No, there are no women or children there, that's what we want." ”
Xu Hai didn't seem to be very happy with Nobuyuki Kamiizumi's actions. In Japanese, he interrupted: "Ueizumi-kun, we'll settle our matter later, if it doesn't work, I'll buy you a woman and a child." There is a lot of this kind of business in Nanyang. defeated the surname Chen, are you still afraid of buying it? ”
Nobuyuki Kamizumi didn't speak, and Xu Hai turned to continue to say to the Heavenly Wolf: "Okay, I'll just wait for your news, remember, don't make us wait too long." With that, all three turned around and prepared to leave.
The wolf's heart is considered to be a stone that fell to the ground, and today it is one against three. Without help, the situation is extremely unfavorable. It is not easy to rely on the army to surrender without a fight, and he will find a way to defeat each of these Japanese robbers in the future, but he suddenly thought of something and said: "Wait a minute, that Shi Wenliu, don't you care?" ”
Xu Hai turned around and hooked the corners of his mouth: "This guy is also worthy of cooperating with us?" If it weren't for Yan Shifan asking us to take care of him, and I was really interested in Yiwu here, I wouldn't have bothered to say anything to him. If you want to catch him, it's still too late, this fat man is slow. ”
Sky Wolf nodded: "Don't you care about these subordinates of yours, aren't you afraid that they will survive and betray you?" ”
Xu Hai shook his head, and said as he turned around and left, "No, these Oriental samurai will not leave their lives to the enemy. Besides, you Yiwu people will not stay alive. ”
The wolf turned his head to look, only to see that the more than 200 widows are now standing less than ten, and they are also covered in blood, back to back, trapped beasts are still fighting, the people of Yiwu still have thousands of people, around these dozen widows, there are hundreds of people's corpses and wounded people are carried back by women and children, a large open space outside the circle of people, more than 200 corpses of the widows are being thrown together, some villagers who are still not relieved of their hatred are holding hunting forks and sticks in their hands are desperately greeting these corpses.
The wolf sighed in his heart, these Yiwu people are really fierce and fierce, even the officials and bandits dare not fight against the Japanese robbers, they were actually beaten to death by these people, if the people everywhere have half the courage of the people here, how can the small Japanese robbers, dozens of hundreds of people can run rampant in the southeast, Qi Jiguang is here to select people to train the army, it is really right.
Just thinking about it, I saw that the remaining more than ten Japanese robbers suddenly threw away the long knife in their hands, pulled out the ribs (short knives) around their waists, and knelt on the ground, the Yiwu people who surrounded them thought that these people were going to surrender, and they were waiting to step forward, but they all inserted the ribs into their stomachs, and then desperately pulled them, and their intestines flowed out, and these widows also fell to the ground in pain, seeing that they were not alive.
The wolf was silent, this scene was previously told to him by Yanagi Yuba, this is called seppuku, it is a set of standard practices for the Japanese samurai to break off after the defeat, because the Japanese believe that the soul of the person is in the stomach, cutting the stomach can quickly let the soul leave the body, so as not to stay on the corpse and become a resentful spirit, and in front of the enemy, such a way of death can also gain the respect of the opponent, originally this kind of seppuku was limited to high-level samurai, and later these low-end ronins also did the same, just in order to alleviate the pain of the seppuku, It is often necessary for a person to cut off the head in the back, which is called Jiejiao.
It's just that these widows are collectively seppuku, and naturally no one will make a mistake for him, Chen Dacheng watched these people rolling around on the ground, miserable, sighed, and ordered his subordinates to go up, stick under them, and beat all these people to death, which can be regarded as saving them the pain of not dying quickly.
Sky Wolf saw that the overall situation over there had been decided, and when he turned his head again, Xu Hai and the others had already walked out of a hundred steps away, and only Xu Hai's voice was heard from a distance: "Sky Wolf, I hope that the person who will deliver the letter next time can be you!" ”
The corners of the wolf's mouth hooked, but he said in his heart: "Don't worry, it will definitely be mine." ”
He turned around and chased in the direction where Shi Wenliu had fled, and Xu Hai and the others delayed Xiao Banzhuxiang's efforts. But the big fat man Shi Wenliu also burst out with amazing energy when he fled for his life, and at this moment, he had already fled to the camp at the mouth of the valley, and the figures had turned into a few small black dots. Only Shi Wenliu's purple fat figure is particularly eye-catching.
The wolf was also afraid that Shi Wenliu had horses left in the camp, and if he was allowed to get on the horse and flee for his life, it would be troublesome to chase after him. He also quickened his pace, and his light work was ten percent, and he rushed towards Shi Wenliu like a meteor.
Getting closer and closer to Shi Wenliu and the others, Sky Wolf could see that Shi Wenliu had also significantly increased his speed, and now he could see it clearly. The four guards were running with Shi Wenliu on their shoulders, and it was obvious that he also felt his own hot pursuit. And not far from him, five or six guards had already pulled out a dozen horses. Sure enough, he came prepared and reserved a way out!
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of tight drums in the camp, followed by a burst of shouts. Thousands of heavily armed officers emerged from the tents. A big "Qi" character handsome flag was also planted, under the handsome flag, Qi Jiguang, who was in a robe and big armor, was majestic, riding a high-headed horse, under the sunlight, the armor of the whole body was shining, like a god descending to earth.
The guards who were carrying Shi Wenliu were so frightened that their legs were weak, and their hands were loose. Shi Wenliu, who was like a meat ball, fell to the ground all of a sudden, and the screams like killing pigs could even be heard by the heavenly wolf, who was more than a mile away. Immediately afterwards, there was a deafening roar from the officers and soldiers: "General Qi is here, don't descend quickly!" ”
Shi Wenliu's guards have also followed Shi Wenliu to the north and south for many years, seeing that the wind makes the rudder get used to it, when they see this style, how can they fight to the death for Shi Wenliu, and they all knelt on the ground one by one, kowtowing like pounding garlic.
As soon as the wolf saw Qi Jiguang appear, a stone in his heart finally fell to the ground, yesterday he and Qi Jiguang had an agreement, Qi Jiguang led the army to ambush, be sure to capture Shi Wenliu, considering that Shi Wenliu has the possibility of breaking through with the Japanese robbers, so Qi Jiguang took the main force with him, and only sent a few hundred officers and soldiers to disguise themselves as Yiwu people. However, the heavenly wolf didn't know where Qi Jiguang would be ambushed, and the expressions of those officials and soldiers during the battle of the plains in front of him made his heart start to beat drums, and it was only now that he was completely relieved.
Shi Wenliu got up from the ground with a disgraced face, straightened his hat, and shouted: "Qi Jiguang, I am Shi Wenliu, a merchant who provides silk and raw silk to the imperial court, don't you know me?" ”
Qi Jiguang said coldly: "Shi Wenliu, since the general has been waiting for you here for a long time, he naturally knows who you are, and the imperial court asked you to supply silk and raw silk, and also allowed you to collude with the Japanese and slaughter the people?" ”
The beads of sweat on Shi Wenliu's forehead began to bubble out, his face flushed, and he argued forcefully: "I, I was ordered by Lord Zheng and Lord He to come here to open mines, and the Diao people here are not subject to Wang Hua, so I hired some people to clean them up, Qi Jiguang, did you not even listen to the orders of the political envoy of Zhejiang Province?" ”
Qi Jiguang laughed: "This general is under the military order of Hu Butang, the governor of Zhejiang, to come here to arrest the thieves of Tongyi, I called you to come to the camp yesterday, but you are late, no wonder I met you in this way today, if you have anything to defend, tell the judge yourself!" ”
Shi Wenliuyi stomped his feet: "Trial me? Uncle has money, some has relationships, I want to see which one dares to judge me! ”
A cold voice without any emotion drilled into Shi Wenliu's ears: "Oh, Jinyi Wei interrogated you, are you also dead?" ”
When Shi Wenliu heard this, the blood in his whole body seemed to be about to coagulate, and his teeth began to fight, he turned around slowly, only to see a tall and burly white-faced man, standing behind him, his eyes were like electricity, full of murderous energy, and in his hand, he was holding a gold medal, on which were written the words "Jinyi pro-army commander and envoy".
Shi Wenliu was so frightened that his urine flowed out this time, and he fell to the ground with a "plop": "Big, my lord, the grass people, the grass people are not guilty, the grass people are all the meaning of Lord Zheng and Lord He, you must ...... it"
The wolf didn't bother to listen to this dead fat man defend himself here, and said coldly: "You are guilty or not, we will naturally ask clearly, but not now, not here." General Qi, I have worked hard for you, and I also took the trouble to borrow a few of your personal soldiers and escort this person back. ”
Qi Jiguang nodded, and with a wave of his hand, the twenty personal guards around him swarmed up, tied up Na Shi Wenliuhua, and then carried him to a carriage that had been prepared long ago like a fat pig, ready to go.
This is what Tianluo and Qi Jiguang discussed last night, just in case, Tianluo will follow this carriage all the way, Tianluo showed a smile on his face, and arched his hand at Qi Jiguang: "General Qi, this time it's really thanks to you, fortunately, things are going very smoothly." ”
Qi Jiguang's brows furrowed: "Let's take a step to speak." He dismounted, and walked off into the distance.
The wolf also had something to say to Qi Jiguang, and he might not have a chance to talk after returning to the camp, he followed, until he walked more than 100 steps away, Qi Jiguang turned around and sighed: "I also saw the battle in front, it really disappointed me, I thought that I had trained for a few more months, and this time I opened a heavy reward, which can make the sergeants have a little courage, but I didn't expect them to still have this virtue, it seems that the Shaoxing soldiers are not available." (To be continued......)