Erdet Ninghai, commander of the Lushun Fleet of the Great Qing Navy, has been unable to sleep and eat these days since the Japanese army sent troops, and has been caught in a trilemma.

The secret envoy of the Southern Ming Dynasty was the first to come to him and persuade him to lead the fleet to submit to the Ming Dynasty. Immediately afterwards, the Japanese envoy also came to him, telling him to stay in the harbor and not move, and when the time came, he directly surrendered to the imperial army. Now, Emperor Guangwu has also come to the Holy Decree. The emperor sank all the fleets in the harbor, and he wanted to sink all the cruisers at the mouth of Arthur Bay, completely blocking the port of Arthur, and then led the fleet personnel back to the customs by train.

Just when Ninghai received the holy decree and was hesitating, the Qincha from Beijing also arrived. With a battalion of 300 Janissaries, the minister got off the train and went straight to the headquarters of the Lushun fleet, surrounded the headquarters at once, and sent a company of Praetorian Guards to look at the whole family in Ninghai in Lushun City.

"Alas...... What's ...... difficult" Ning Hai held on to the railing of the balcony of the headquarters, looked at the warships in the bay in the distance, and shook his head, "Why don't you want to lead the fleet out of this harbor now." When the time comes, no matter which side you go to, it will be far better than staying in this pool of stagnant water. But now there is a dilemma...... The first is that the imperial court has now sent a messenger to look at the commander's wife and children, and the commander is slightly wrong, and my family's lives are difficult to protect! The second is, even if this commander really surrenders to your country, what future will he have in the future? In my opinion, in addition to getting a reward from your country, I am afraid that I can only be a public servant! ”

A Qing Navy captain behind him smiled slightly, bowed down and said:

"Your Excellency the General is really worried. What kind of envoy did the emperor of your country send to surround the general's residence with hundreds of people, does your Excellency really take them seriously? …… The general's fleet had tens of thousands of officers and men, enough to control the entire Arthur Peninsula. Although the imperial court sent hundreds of people to surround the general's mansion, why weren't they themselves under siege? Isn't their own lives in the hands of the generals?

“…… Hehe, the soldiers of the imperial court seem to have watched the general's mansion since yesterday, right? For more than a day, although the general received orders, he did not follow orders, but just dragged them out. Didn't the imperial court also treat the general's family as well? He didn't even dare to come and force the general. If it is as expected, the general and the imperial court must have a tacit understanding with each other, right? Lord Qincha just watched the general's mansion, did not disobey the emperor's order, and did not anger the general, and also provided the general with an excuse, so that the general would have enough reason to delay in front of the Japanese and Ming families, so that he could wait for the price to sell, right? ”

Ning Hai didn't turn his head, still holding on to the railing, coughed twice, and sneered:

"Mr. Ikeda, look at what you said. No matter how Qincha is, I am a foreign general, how can I have a tacit understanding with Lord Qincha. Besides, the family of Lord Qincha is still in Beijing. ”

Mr. Ikeda, who was dressed in the uniform of a captain in the Qing Navy, smiled:

"That's why he didn't look forward to the general as soon as he arrived in Lushun! That's why he pretended to lead troops to surround the general's mansion and show it to the Beijing court. Although the family of Lord Qincha is in Beijing, he himself is in Lushun. What a person cares about most is his own life after all, right? The general should also see clearly, the general trend of the Qing Dynasty has gone, and even a minister does not want to accompany it to the funeral. Don't...... Does the general still want to guard it and die for it? ”

Ning Hai sighed and said:

"Alas...... Even if we don't talk about the first difficulty, what about the second one? If I surrender to Nanming, because I am of the same language and species, Nanming may reappoint me and give me a position in the navy...... But if I surrender to your country, I have all the skills, but I can't even speak or write, and I won't be able to learn a language from scratch at this age. Isn't that a lifetime of inactivity? ”

Mr. Ikeda smiled:

"Your Excellency General, think about it, even if you surrender to Nanming, can Nanming really give you a position in the navy? The general looked at the Qing army generals who surrendered to Nanming before, didn't Nanming give a sum of money and a Ming passport, and there was no follow-up? Which one was arranged for reuse in the Ming army? Besides, you are a Manchu, and Nanming is the court of the Han people, and they have a deep blood feud with the Manchus. Although the Manchus who are now waiting to be surrendered are very good, and they seem to be treated the same as the Han people, there is an old Chinese saying that 'the rabbit dies and the dog cooks, and the bird hides the bow'.

"Now that they are fighting against the Manchus, they need to unite all the forces that can be united. However, once the Manchu Qing Dynasty is eliminated and the world is peaceful, the Southern Ming Dynasty will inevitably set off a wave of liquidating the Manchu blood debts...... Generals can see today's Germany. Hehe, at that time, will the situation of the Manchus in the Ming Dynasty be better than the situation of the Jews in Germany today? The Jews were only scavenged for a few more dollars and then persecuted like that. And what will happen if the Manchus kill so many Han people?

"But on the other hand, Japan, on the other hand, has been friends with the Qing Dynasty for 300 years, and the Yamato nation and the Manchu people have no problem. Wouldn't the general's family living in Japan and living in the Yamato nation be more reassuring than the whole family living in the Ming Dynasty and among the Han people? ”

Ning Hai held on to the railing and pondered. After a while, he turned around and smiled:

"Of course, I will take into account what Mr. Ikeda said. However, I would like to thank Mr. Ikeda for worrying about my safety. Since no matter which side I surrender, all I can get is money, so even if I surrender to Daming, I may not have to live in Daming after taking the money. I can find a place nearby first...... For example, Nanyang Singapore or something...... Let's settle down and see what the situation is going on in the country. If it's as bad as my husband guessed, then I won't go back. With money, where is it not a public apartment? Hehehe...... I don't have to worry about that.

"It's just...... Mr. Bu said that the price offered by Nanming now is much higher than that of your country. If your country is able to prescribe ...... It doesn't take much, at 1.5 times the price of Nanming, I will no longer see the people on Nanming's side, and I will wait for the imperial army wholeheartedly in this Port Arthur. ”

Mr. Ikeda gave him a slight look of contempt, and after a moment of silence, he smiled patiently:

"Dare to ask what Nanming's latest bid is?"

Ning Hai's face flushed slightly, and he said:

"Nanming promised to give me a one-time $650,000, and then he was made a viscount, and there was an annuity of 50,000 Mingyang every year. Mr. Ikeda, if you can get $10,000,000, give me the same title and annuity......

As soon as he raised his hand, he pointed to the tall and short warships in the harbor in the distance, and said:

"Then, these warships in the harbor are all Japanese."

Mr. Ikeda sneered and said lightly:

"Do you know why Nanming is willing to be so tall?"

Ning Hai glanced at him:

"Why?"

"Because you can't drive the warship into Nanming's harbor at all. Our Japanese Navy has completely controlled the Yellow Sea, Your Excellency, if you really want to earn the 650,000 in the Southern Ming Dynasty, you must have the consciousness to lead the fleet out of Arthur Bay and fight to the death with our Japanese fleet at sea. …… What do you think...... Your Excellency, do you have this awareness? ”

Ning Hai stared at him coldly, didn't speak, and snorted.

Mr. Ikeda continued to sneer:

"If you don't have this kind of awareness, then I advise the general to accept the 2o US dollars from the imperial army and try to be stable."

Ning Hai held his breath and said lightly:

"Mr. Ikeda, the commander has not yet surrendered to your country, and he has already felt the unstoppable arrogance of your country. If this commander really arrives in your country, I'm afraid that he won't be ridden on the head! ”

Mr. Ikeda took a deep breath, changed his smiling face, bowed deeply to Ning Hai, and said with a smile:

"Huh...... Don't be angry, General, I was just joking with the General, and I didn't mean anything else. Alas...... I just want to persuade the general, although the bid of the Ming Kingdom is high, it is a flash in the pan, and the general wants to get it but has to risk his life, and the success rate is minimal...... Although the bid of my Great Japan is much lower than that of the Ming Kingdom, it is real, and the general does not even need to raise his hand, as long as he sits here and waits, he can get his hand. General, how to choose, is it still a problem? ”

Ning Hai also took a deep breath, waved his hand and sighed:

"Alright, sir, let's go and rest first. Let me think about it again. ”

Mr. Ikeda did not press, bowed again, and smiled:

"Okay, let's go and wait for the next one. It's just that...... Now our Imperial Japanese Army is pointing directly at southern Liaoning, and it will soon go south to Lushun. Time left for the general to think about it...... Not much. ”

After saying that, he turned around and walked away.

……

Ning Hai looked at the fleet in the harbor, pondered for a while, and then turned his head and shouted to his henchman adjutant:

"Sanbao, please invite Mr. Li and Mr. Xu to come."

"Huh!"

After a while, two Qing captains came out of the fleet guest house, followed by two Qing soldiers.

One of the two Qing army captains is Li Zhien from Dongchang, and the other is Xu Xiangde, who just joined at noon. The two walked to a car under the surveillance of the two Qing soldiers, and were about to get in the car to go to the headquarters, when Li Zhien suddenly turned his head and whispered to Xu Xiangde:

"Brother Xu, look over there, the one who came out of that car is the Japanese secret envoy."

"Oh? How do you know? ”

"Hmph, that guy's name is Shigeru Ikeda, and he used to be a spy in Nanjing, and he was blacklisted in Dongchang. Later, we didn't touch him, and Japan probably knew that he was exposed, so we transferred him back. In the past few days at the headquarters, we have met three or four times, and we all pretended not to know each other. In fact, they both know each other. ”

A soldier pulls the car door:

"Two chiefs, please get in the car."

"Oops!" Xu Xiangde shouted and patted his head, "It's broken, it's broken, I have to go back first." ”

Li Zhien was stunned:

"Brother Xu forgot something?"

Xu Xiangde shook his head and sighed:

"Photo...... I didn't take the photo. I have to hurry back and get it, this is for Lord Ning's purpose. ”

Li Zhien frowned and said strangely:

"Photos?"

But when he saw Xu Xiangde's eyes quietly giving him, he changed his smiling face and said with a smile:

"Oh, yes, go get it. Do you want to wait for you? ”

Xu Xiangde shook his head and said:

"No need, Commander, wait, you guys go first. I've got a lot of stuff there, I'm afraid I'll have to rummage through it for a while. It's not far from the headquarters, I'll just walk there later. ”

"Oh," Li Zhien said with a smile, "Then two brothers, send me to the commander first." ”

The two Qing soldiers looked at each other and were very embarrassed. As explained above, these two people must be kept an eye on, and they can't leave people around them. A Qing soldier says:

"That's it, I'll accompany Chief Xu to get the photo. Later, I can find another car for Chief Xu. ”

Xu Xiangde glanced at him, nodded and smiled:

"Then this brother will have a hard trip."

As he spoke, one Qing soldier drove Li Zhien to the headquarters, and the other Qing soldier followed Xu Xiangde back to the guest house.

……

Xu Xiangde entered the room, closed the door, and then punched him with a backhand, hitting the Qing soldier behind him in the neck, knocking him unconscious on the spot. Then Xu Xiangde opened the curtain and looked down, and saw that the Japanese secret envoy was also accompanied by a Qing soldier and walked into another small building of the guest house.

Xu Xiangde pulled out the pistol of the Qing soldier on the ground and stuck it in his waist. Then run downstairs, across the yard, into another small building.

As soon as he reached the second floor, he saw a soldier sitting in the hallway. Xu Xiangde knew that like his Ming envoy, the Japanese envoy was also followed by a Qing soldier at all times. In this way, the Japanese envoy Shigeru Ikeda is on the second floor.

Seeing Xu Xiangde, the Qing soldier stood up, first stood upright, and then asked:

"Sir...... Sir, you ......"

Xu Xiangde took out the officer's shelf, took off his hat and patted it, looked around, and asked arrogantly:

"Where is Mr. Ikeda? The Commander wants to see Mr. Ikeda. ”

This Qing soldier heard his accent a little strange, and said suspiciously:

"Sir...... Which Mr. Ikeda? ”

"***, whatever, it's the captain who just came back from the commander. The Commander remembered another thing, and asked me to pick him up and talk about it. ”

"Sir...... The chief had just come from Beijing, and his surname was Liu. ”

Xu Xiangde understood, Commander Ning Hai was also careful enough, and hid the identity of the Japanese envoy so well, for fear that the news would leak out. Does he still want to leave a way out for himself on the side of the court?

He laughed and said:

"Yes, it's that Chief Liu. To tell you the truth, it was not a governor from Beijing, it was a secret envoy from Japan who persuaded us to surrender. Hurry up, which one is he staying in? ”

"Ahh The Qing soldier was taken aback, and then pointed to the room next to him and said, "Zhang...... Zhang Guan, this is the room. ”

Xu Xiangde nodded, walked over, and knocked on the door.

The door opened, and Shigeru Ikeda's face was revealed:

"Your Excellency is ......?"

Xu Xiangde grabbed the Qing soldier and threw him against the door, and when the wooden door opened, the Qing soldier and Ikeda Shigeru both fell to the ground.

Xu Xiangde entered the house and closed the door with his hand. Before the two people on the ground could react, Xu Xiangde grabbed the Qing soldier and punched him in the neck, knocking him unconscious.

Shigeru Ikeda got up and ran to the window, and Xu Xiangde kicked him to the ground.

"**," he grabbed Shigeru Ikeda, and with two big slaps in his hand, he sneered, "Don't pee and take pictures, our Southern Ming and Northern Ming are all Daming's own family affairs, and it's your turn to chew your tongue?" ”

"Ahh Help......"

"Let you scream!"

A black tiger plucked out his heart, and then a knee jerked up, and Shigeru Ikeda's eyes were black, and there was a gold star in front of him, and he fell to the ground with his stomach in his arms.

Xu Xiangde squatted down, pressed his right leg knee against his chest, took out a pistol, stuffed the barrel into his mouth, and said with a cruel smile:

"Don't scream, or I'll kill you now! Did you hear that? ”

Shigeru Ikeda gasped and nodded.

Xu Xiangde pondered how to kill him. Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration and came up with a better idea.

He ripped off the pillow towel on the bed and shoved it into Shigeru Ikeda's mouth.

"Don't spit it out!"

He commanded. At the same time, Xu Xiangde picked up a glass on the bedside table, smashed it on the ground, pinched half of the glass, dangled it in front of Shigeru Ikeda's face, and laughed quietly:

"Our Southern Ming and Northern Ming are all the affairs of Daming's own family, you little Japan came to mix, I should have killed you, but if I killed you, your government may not take it seriously, and will send people to chew your tongue again. I can't say it, I have to leave you alive, let you go back and learn from your government, just say how our Nanming and Beiming are like a family...... Hahaha...... Come on, come on, leave a mark first. ”

Holding the glass scraps, he grabbed one of Ikeda's ears and cut it off.

Immediately, there was a piece of blood on the ground, and Ikeda Shigeru struggled desperately, but he was all suppressed by Xu Xiangde. His screams were drowned in the pillow towel in his mouth.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Xiangde grabbed his other ear and cut it off.

Shigeru Ikeda almost fainted in pain, but Xu Xiangde took his two ears, tore off a sheet, wrapped it, and put it in his pocket.

"Okay, okay," he got up and smiled, "I won't be with you, I'm going to see the commander." Hahaha......"

Then he kicked Shigeru Ikeda so hard that he rolled his eyes. Immediately afterwards, Xu Xiangde pushed open the door with blood on his hands and walked out with a swagger.

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