"I, I say!" Lin Heshui's question became the last straw that broke the camel's back, and Wang Dacheng raised his head in despair: "You must be the one who speaks!" ”

Once the psychological defense line was broken, Wang Dacheng's psychology underwent a subtle change, from denying it in every possible way to trying to make meritorious service and atone for his crimes, saving himself and even the entire family from the fate of extinction, he not only answered all the questions asked by Lin Heshui, but also revealed a lot of information that he did not ask. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 After a meal, Lin Heshui nodded with satisfaction: "Come on, untie the rope for this Wang brother, and then call a doctor to apply golden medicine to him!" ”

"Thank you, sir!" As soon as he untied the rope, Wang Dacheng lay on the ground and kowtowed to Lin Heshui twice, as if it was not the man in front of him who had just ordered his two fingers to be cut off. Lin Heshui nodded reservedly: "Get up, I will tell General Du what you said just now, you can rest here for a while and eat something!" After that, Lin Heshui walked out of the door and said in a deep voice to the guards outside the door: "The person inside must be strictly monitored, and there must be no mistakes!" ”

When Lin Heshui came to Dugu's residence, he saw that it was brightly lit, and Silva and Yoshida Okiji were also there, and the three of them were gathered around the table, saying something with serious expressions. Du Gu happened to be facing the door and saw Lin Heshui coming in: "Mr. Lin, you are back, how are you?" Did the guy surnamed Wang recruit? ”

"Well, cut off his two little fingers and it's done!" Lin Heshui said with a smile: "Sure enough, the fleet of the Long Arm Cape has something to do with this guy." ”

"It's about him!" Du Gu stood up suddenly: "Damn, when I take the old thing surnamed Wang, I must kill him alive!" Where is that fleet? ”

"It's Zheng Zhilong's!" Lin Heshui walked to the round table and sat down: "That Wang Donglu was originally a sea owner, he worked under Zheng Zhilong for many years, and when he was old and tired of his life at sea, he became a big landowner on the side of the big man, and by the way, he also made a stake for Zheng Zhilong." When he saw us coming, he had a plan in his heart, and felt that it was an opportunity, so he took our unstable foothold and sent his eldest son to take a boat to Anping. When Zheng Zhilong learned about it, he sent his subordinate Anping to garrison Zheng Cai and led 3,000 people, wanting to find an opportunity to eat the big man! ”

"That's right!" Du Gu clapped his hands and said: "The guards of the beacon tower have fled back, according to him, most of the boats are lucky boats, there are no red-haired plywood boats, I still think about which way it is a cow ghost snake god!" It turned out to be this guy! Speaking of this, he sneered: "But this Zheng Zhilong is so trusting, he actually sent 3,000 people to rob the big man!" ”

"There's nothing strange about that!" Yoshida Okiji said at this time: "Presumably, when the messenger set off, our follow-up fleet had not yet arrived, and he didn't know that we still had backup, and our first team was only more than 1,000 people, and he had three times the strength, and Wang Donglu was the internal response, but it was not far away!" ”

"Mr. Yoshida is right, it should be so!" Du Gu tapped his palm and asked, "Mr. Yoshida, what do you think we should do?" ”

"I think it's time for a quick fix!" Yoshida Okiji said in a low voice: "In the past month or so, we have attacked several times, but we have all been repelled by the Dutch, their defense is very strong, and we will definitely not be able to take it in a short time." The Dutch have a limited number of troops, no ships, and no strength to come out and attack us! The local Han people are also very tame and provide a large number of people and food! But if they knew that Zheng Zhilong's army had arrived, the situation would be completely different, the Dutch might join forces with Zheng Zhilong to deal with us, and many of the local Han Chinese were immigrants from southern Fujian, and they were inextricably linked with Zheng Zhilong, and they were likely to fall to Zheng Zhilong's side, and if it dragged on, the situation was likely to become unfavorable to us. ”

"What about Major Silva?" Dugu turned his head and asked Silva.

"I also agree with Mr. Yoshida that it should be resolved quickly. I have one more concern, the Dutch messenger has been gone for more than a month, and if all goes well, reinforcements from Batavia will be back at the end of next month. The Dutch have a strong sea force, Zheng Zhilong has abundant human resources, and can also have the support of the local Han Chinese, if they unite, we will lose all the gains we have made! ”

"It seems that the hero sees the same thing!" Du Gu laughed: "Pass the order, cook immediately, let the soldiers eat a full meal, set off after dawn, kill him without leaving a piece of armor!" ”

"Master Du!" Lin Heshui stood up and stopped Du Gu, who was about to go out: "I don't know if I should say a sentence or not?" ”

"Mr. Lin, what you said is too outward, we people are in this place where birds don't, what else should we not talk about, just say it!"

"Thank you, Lord Du! That Zheng Zhilong has been crisscrossing the sea for more than ten years, and it must have its own uniqueness, the long-arm cape is one or two hours away from the Dayuan Sea Road, but the land route is almost a day faster, and the road is rugged and narrow, and the road is mostly thorny and reckless on both sides of the road, and there are many lives and haunts——"

"Mr. Lin, are you worried that Zheng Cai's gang will set up an ambush?"

"Hmm!" Lin Heshui nodded: "If you come to this wild place, won't you set up more sentry and be on guard?" When we come from a long journey, can we bring more baggage, isn't it a change of host? Even if you can defeat Zheng Cai, he can go by boat, what can you do with him? ”

"Mr. Lin is right, I heard Yoshihiko Yamada say that the roads here are indeed very poor, there are large areas of grass and trees on both sides of the road, whether it is the Dutch or the Han Chinese, they all regard taking the land route as a daunting way, and if you are not careful, you will be attacked by Shengfan."

"Then Mr. Lin, what do you think should be done?"

"Rather than people to me, I should do to people! I learned from Wang Dacheng's mouth that one of the purposes of Zheng Cai's photograph was to let Wang Donglu lead the local Han people to rise up, and the inside and outside should be caught off guard. In that case, why don't we try to lure them against me, and then wait for us halfway? ”

"Well, what Mr. Lin said is right, if it can be like this, I can give them a good look with just two hundred fine horses on hand!" Du Gu said with a smile, he brought the more than 200 cavalry with the commander this time, ready to let the Dutch see the impact of the iron cavalry, but what he never expected was that the Dutch would be beaten up in a mess after a battle, and the other party hid in the city of Geranza without sticking out, and the cavalry he had spent a lot of effort to transport were not used at all, which made him quite depressed. If you can really attract that Zheng Cai, you only need to choose a flat place halfway, and more than 200 iron horsemen will rush over, and it will be no problem to beat these pirates who have come ashore.

"Mr. Lin, then Zheng Cai should also know that the land route is difficult and dangerous, why not take the sea route?" Yoshida asked.

"They should also know about the situation in Dayuangang, there are a total of two waterways that can enter the bay, and they can't enter under the heavy artillery fire, and the long-arm cape is already the closest anchorage to here. We can send someone to Zheng Cai and tell him that Wang Donglu is ready to stop, just waiting for them to come and join the outside! ”

Du Gu, Silva, and Yoshida Okiji glanced at each other, and they all felt that this plan was good, Du Gu turned his head and said to Lin Heshui: "In this case, the matter of inducing Zheng Cai to come will be handed over to you, Mr. Yoshida, you command your men to guard the fort that controls the waterway on the sandbar at the end of the northern line, Major Silva, you prepare the "Queen Mary" and the "Santiago", as soon as we win the battle on land, you will kill it by sea and prevent it from going back!" ”

"Yes!" Yoshida bowed his head respectfully, while Silva stood up, picked up his hat and put it on, nodded to Dugu and Lin Heshui, and walked out of the house.

After Wang Dacheng left, Zheng Cai felt that his life was like a year, and he was uncertain. It is said that he has also seen the scene, and the north and south Zhili are different, although Fujian in the Ming Dynasty is not as Mongolian Jurchen as the nine-sided heavy land, but there is another incident, that is, the dispute between the Turks, this kind of conflict between the first people and the later ethnic groups was very fierce at that time, the scale of the fight was often thousands, and the two sides used firearms and crossbows, which was almost no different from the battle in terms of scale. Before Zheng Cai took refuge in Zheng Zhilong, he had participated in this kind of weapon fight in the countryside a few times, of course, at that time he was just an ordinary little boss, with six or seven teenagers, holding bamboo guns and following the brigade to stab him in a mess. After taking refuge in Zheng Zhilong, he rose step by step, and in the mouths of others, he also changed from Zheng Leader, Zheng Cabinet Master, to Zheng Qianzong, Zheng Daren, and now Zheng Shoubei. But in the eyes of some old brothers who have long followed Zheng Zhilong, he is still a young child, and whenever he walks in front of these people, he always hears all kinds of disdainful comments from behind: "When Lao Tzu was dealing with the general and the Japanese in Japan, this kid didn't know where to nurse!" "This foundation was bought by our scars, why can he come from behind?" No matter how disdainful Zheng Cai pretended to be at these comments on the surface, he knew very well in his heart that as long as he didn't make a day of military feats that were enough to shut everyone up, he would not be able to enter the power core of the group. This is the real reason why when Zheng Zhilong learned of this, several old leaders said that they should first confirm whether the Ming army, which claimed to be the commander of the Zhejiang Metropolitan Command, was true before making a decision, but Zheng Cai advocated that troops should be sent immediately. At this time, his mind couldn't help but recall the way he made a generous statement in front of Zheng Zhilong.

"General, although we have been recruited by the imperial court now, the imperial court is just fighting the idea of "using thieves to control thieves", borrowing our strength to pacify other sea lords. If the situation changes, and we have a bad relationship with the imperial court, Taiwan will be our retreat and foundation. A few brothers said that they would go to Zhejiang first to ask if the Ming army was really attacking the Dacheng, and if they replied that it was true, would we just sit back and watch them cut off their own way back? It's better to fight first without doing two things, and then talk about it, and the court will blame it and say that it is unaware, and there is also a prevarication! ”

"I may be thinking too much, if Brother Feilong (Zheng Zhilong's nickname) changes places, he will definitely not be like me now, after all, I am still the Zheng big man who leads a few farmers with bamboo guns in my bones!" When no one is alone, Zheng Cai's face is filled with a wry smile, Zheng Zhilong went out at the age of eighteen to break into the world, three years later he has become a hegemon, a year later after the death of the then big leader Yan Siqi, he united all the sea heroes to worship, known as "Eighteen Zhi", with tens of thousands of people became the most powerful pirate group in the southeast sea at that time, and then repeatedly defeated the encirclement and suppression of the imperial court and other pirates, and when he was twenty-four years old to accept the imperial court's recruitment, he was already a veritable southeast overlord. It only took six years to go from a weak-crowned boy with no foundation to Zheng Zhilong, the overlord of the sea, even compared with the sons of destiny like Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang, Zheng Zhilong's achievements are not inferior, and it is no wonder that Zheng Cai admires him so much.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency!" The voice of his cronies woke Zheng Cai from his reverie, he raised his head and asked angrily, "What's the matter, didn't I say that you are not allowed to disturb me if there is no important matter?" ”

"Yes, but the Courier is back!"

"Why is it so long!" Zheng Cai grunted and combed his hair with his fingers, using this action to regain his composure, he glanced outside, and the first hazy light of dawn just swept through the window: "Where is he?" ”

"I had them taken out for breakfast, are you going to see them now?"

"Yes!" Zheng Cai stood up, only then did he feel that his whole body was sweating, he stopped and ordered his subordinates: "Get some hot water!" "At this time, you must not let others see yourself like this.

After finishing dressing and changing, Zheng Cai came to the place where he was entertaining, he unexpectedly didn't see Wang Dacheng's shadow, not even the two people who went back with him, standing in front of him was a completely unfamiliar face.

"What's going on? What about Wang Dacheng? ”

"Tell my lord, the young master injured his leg on the way back, and the master asked me to pass the message on behalf of the young master!" The man knelt down and kowtowed, took out an item from his arms and presented it with both hands: "This is a token given to me by the young master!" ”

Zheng Cai took the object from his cronies, and looked at it at a fixed glance but an Arab dagger inlaid with rubies, which was indeed given to Wang Dacheng by himself before, his face looked better, and he returned the dagger to the other party: "How did your young master get hurt?" Is it serious? ”

"Back to the adult, the young master accidentally stepped on the crossbow that shot the deer when he was about to get home, and was hit by an arrow in the thigh, but fortunately, the two companions who accompanied him were saved in time and his life was safe!"

"It's good that your life is okay!" Zheng Cai nodded: "He also suffered this arrow for me, after defeating the enemy army this time, I must reward him heavily!" (To be continued.) )