Chapter 808: Encounter with Pirates

The so-called concern is chaotic, although Gao Zhenfu is shrewd for half his life, he also has a leaf of obscurity. After Zhao Bingqian said that he would personally escort the silver, he suddenly became a thief, if Zhao Bingqian and Zheng Hongkui really met, after the two communicated, the more than 20,000 taels of silver he intercepted from it would have to be exposed, and then where would these two give him good fruit to eat? So much so that he didn't think about it when he lost his soul and why Zhao Bingqian's attitude changed so much.

Gao Zhenfu didn't know how he came out of the political envoy's yamen, and he didn't wake up until he was on the street, he must stop Zhao Bingqian, and he must let him dispel the idea of going to see Zheng Hongkui in person, as for what to do? After thinking about it, I still can't do anything.

He suddenly found that there was no turning ground from Zhao Bingqian, and then he slapped his head suddenly, why did he keep turning his mind on Zhao Bingqian? Why did you forget that there is an even more stupid Zheng Hongkui. After making up his mind, Gao Zhenfu decided to rush to the dock immediately to ask to see Zheng Hongkui.

Zheng Hongkui was satisfied after getting 108,000 taels of silver, but he never expected that this trip would make the usual money in the past year, such an opportunity is rare. He felt that the additional 50,000 taels before seemed to be a bit small, so he secretly decided that he couldn't be so cheap Zhao Bingqian, if he didn't squeeze this old guy clean, he didn't know when he would have this chance to make a fortune next time.

With a thought, Zheng Hongkui decided to wait only for tomorrow to receive 50,000 taels of silver, and then add 100,000 taels. Who knew that just when his dream was being fragrant, Gao Zhenfu rushed to see him in a hurry. Now Zheng Hongkui has swept away the bad impression of him before, and when he heard that it was the messenger of scattered wealth, he immediately smiled, and scolded his own soldiers: "Hurry up, please come in, please come in!" ”

After a while, Gao Zhenfu rolled into the cabin with a crawling voice and a crying voice.

"Junmen, Junmen, you have to be the master of the lower officials!"

This posture obviously exceeded Zheng Hongkui's expectations, according to the expected progress, shouldn't he come in to report good news? Why do you still let yourself make decisions for him? Is it possible to get back the money that I have ever received before? It's impossible.

"Tell me, what's going on?"

Gao Zhenfu couldn't stop crying, he couldn't stop for a long time, Zheng Hongkui was annoyed by crying, slapped the table and scolded: "Cry!" Cry! Cry! Crying birds? What a man, pretending to be a girl? ”

The loud sound produced by the slap on the table had an immediate effect, and Gao Zhenfu's cry was immediately swallowed back into his stomach in fright, and then said intermittently: "The lower official conveyed the request of the military gate for 50,000 taels of silver, then Zhao Bingqian suddenly went crazy, first ordered someone to beat the lower official, and then scolded, scolded ......" At this point, Gao Zhenfu deliberately hesitated, but touched Zheng Hongkui's head anxiously, urging: "Say it quickly, say it quickly!" What is the scolding? How can you say that the money is given or not? ”

"Zhao Bingqian's scolding is ugly, and the officials don't dare to say it......"

Zheng Hongkui scolded: "A few words of scolding don't hurt or itch, I'm afraid of a bird, hurry up!" He didn't care what others scolded him, what he really cared about was whether the 50,000 taels of silver had been lost. If the 50,000 taels of silver can't reach his hands, then the next 100,000 taels of silver will be impossible to talk about, and he will lose 150,000 taels of silver at this time. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel sad.

"Zhao Bingqian scolded, scolded the military gate for being despicable and shameless, and said, and said that he didn't want money, he wanted a life, and he had to put the 100,000 taels of silver that he had mortgaged before, and he wanted to ......go back."

"His turtle son is a shameless man!" Zheng Hongkui was completely enraged, of course, it was not Zhao Bingqian who scolded him for being a shameless man, but not only was the next 150,000 taels of silver gone, but the old man also had to go back the 100,000 taels that he had swallowed in his stomach, which was really unbearable!

"Someone!"

With a shout of rage, several generals immediately pushed the hatch in.

"Mark it in! Please command! ”

This response made Zheng Hongkui sober up a lot, and the words that he was about to blurt out were swallowed back into his stomach raw. According to his original intention, he wanted to raise troops to go to Hangzhou City to teach Zhao Bingqian a lesson, but some of these generals around him were arranged by the eldest brother, and the eldest brother who was greedy for a few taels of silver might turn his eyes shut. If you openly attack the provincial government of the imperial court, I am afraid that the eldest brother will not be able to spare himself.

"You guys are so good to protect this high lifter, all, all go down!"

Zheng Hongkui's reaction disappointed Gao Zhenfu, and then a deep fear rose. He never thought that this seemingly reckless and greedy fool actually chose to settle the matter at a critical moment, if the two met tomorrow, his deeds would be revealed to the world, and then it would really be over.

"Military Gate, Military Gate ......"

Gao Zhenfu also wanted to continue to persuade Zheng Hongkui, but Zheng Hongkui was no longer interested in talking to him, so he only waved his hand and signaled several generals to hurry up and stay with him to "take care"! At this time, he had already moved another thought, thinking that Gao Zhenfu would offend Zhao Bingqian a lot, and when they met tomorrow morning, they would dispose of this person and give it to Zhao Bingqian, which would also be the next step.

But soon he remembered the 150,000 taels of silver that he had lost before he could get it, and grinned in distress. So, in order to comfort himself, he went down to the cabin to see the 100,000 taels of silver that had been received, so as to relieve his depressed and depressed mood.

The silver boxes were opened one by one, and the white and silver stacks of the boxes were neatly placed, shining with the light of the torches.

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"Ninety-nine!"

Tagawaemon silently recited a number, and there was only one last step left before the hundred people were killed. Their losses outside of Xiaoshan County met with fierce resistance, and even in Shanyin County there was no such level of fighting. Because San'in Prefecture had secretly opened the city gate at night, they were almost victorious without a fight, and Tagawa Emon was also difficult to kill because of this, after all, slaughtering unarmed people was no different from killing pigs and dogs in his opinion, and it was not suitable for the blood of a hundred people to be beheaded alive.

In the end, under Xiaoshan Castle, Tagawa Emon proudly opened the killing ring, but to his regret, one of the double katana swords was accidentally broken in the battle, so now he can only carefully dance the only remaining knife, and dare not make contact with the heavy Yanling knife of the Ming army.

It was only at this moment that Tagawaemon found that his katana was not suitable for this kind of large-scale continuous combat, because the katana was too light and sharp, and it was naturally easy to cut through the flesh and skin, but once it encountered the heavy weapons such as the Ming army's Yanling knife and mace, as long as there was contact with each other, three or four out of ten would collapse or break.

Tagawa Emon looked at it, and there was no shadow of the Ming army on the battle array, and in the end, the hundredth had no goal, which couldn't help but make him crazy. However, the last wave of Ming army sneak attacks ended here, and when the Ming army found that the combat effectiveness of the Japanese was far superior to its own, it decisively adopted an extremely conservative defensive strategy. After all, the Japanese lacked large-scale siege equipment, and as long as they held on to the city walls, they believed that they would soon wait for reinforcements.

There was also Neiying in Xiaoshan County, but they couldn't wait for Neiying to open the city for two days, thinking that they had failed. At this time, Tagawa Emon received a military order from above, and everyone approached the mouth of the Qiantang River. This meant that they had given up their attack on Xiaoshan, and Tagawaemon was extremely frustrated, knowing that his goal of killing 100 men would be difficult to achieve in a short period of time.

But no matter how unwilling he was, Tagawa Emon didn't have the intention of staying alone to complete the beheading of a hundred people. He could only hang his head and mingle with the retreating people and horses towards the seaside. Suddenly, there was a sound of fighting ahead, and it turned out that the Japanese who were walking in the front encountered a small group of Ming troops, and then a battle broke out.

This made Tagawaemon very excited, and he pulled out the katana at his waist and spiked forward through the crowd. At this time, he regretted that if he was at the forefront at this time, he only needed to slash a hundred people, and it would be done.

Many of the Wako looked at Tagawaemon with strange glances, as if they were seeing a madman or a fool. Now everyone wants to hide, is this person kicked in the head by a donkey, and he is rushing forward. Despite this, when Tagawaemon rushed to the front, the last Ming soldier fell to the ground with a sword, and the rest scattered, and he once again missed the hundreds.

After walking about ten miles, he could already hear the sound of the sea, and Tagawa Emon knew that he had reached the beach. According to the plan, their ships would cruise along the seashore, and if they were spotted, they would gather a fleet to load the samurai who had returned from battle.

At the same time, Wallace was calm, holding a telescope and staring at the sea not far away.

"Prepare to fire!"

Although it was dark, the light of the fire of the opposing fleet pointed out a clear goal for them, and the miscellaneous flags in the fleet confirmed that this was a roaring group of pirates. This was the first time Wallace had shown his command ability in front of Li Xin, so he was extremely conscientious. Despite the difficulties of naval warfare in the dark, he did not want to give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

According to rough estimates, most of the other side are merchant ships of less than 100 tons, and their combat effectiveness is completely unmatched with the fleet under his command. It's just that what makes him a little puzzled is that the other party has obviously discovered his fleet, why they still look like they are in good time, and they don't have the slightest intention of avoiding the fire and retreating.

Boom Boom!

The first salvo was a natural correction, but the effect was also extremely obvious, the opponent was obviously frightened, and the lights on the sea began to gradually become scattered.

Wallace held the binoculars in both hands, and a sneer condensed into the corners of his mouth after observing the scene.

"Raise the sails and go full throttle!"

The sails of these small ships are too small, and the speed is generally not as fast as the galleons of the Pingbo fleet, as long as they are close enough, sooner or later these pirate ships will be wiped out one by one!