"If I knew this was the case, I should have taken advantage of the enemy's formation just now to go out and kill first!" Ma Ling sighed hatefully. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Of course, he just sighed verbally, if he really wants to open the city gate to fight, it is estimated that few people in the city dare to take this head. The Han army outside the city was all equipped with muskets, and their weapons were far higher than those of the Ming army in Shipu, and it was definitely the Ming army that suffered a hard fight in the front. There were only a few hundred people under Ma Ling, and they didn't dare to toss at all, so they could only watch as the Haihan army outside the city set up an artillery position without hurry.

Ma Ling's current anxiety is not how to defeat the enemy forces outside the city, but how to stop this battle from breaking out as soon as possible. Seeing the posture of the enemy troops outside the city, he had long lost his previous composure.

"Let Zhang Qian hurry up and see me. "The only way Ma Ling can think of now is to quickly find someone to go out of the city to negotiate with the Haihan army. And among his cronies, it seems that there is only one person who can be used.

Zhang Qian is an old talent who can't get a meritorious name, he is in his forties, and he has no illusion of joining the army, and he is currently working as a military Chinese book in Shipu. Zhang Qian's wife and Ma Ling's wife are cousins, and they have become Ma Ling's cronies by virtue of this relationship, and occasionally play the role of the master's staff to help Ma Ling come up with ideas. Ma Ling didn't trust the hundreds of households under him who were greedy for life and afraid of death, and he wanted to force them to go out of the city to negotiate, maybe the first thing he would do after he went out was to sell himself, so this matter had to be handled by someone who could be relied upon.

Zhang Qian soon came to Ma Ling, he seemed to have expected Ma Ling's purpose of summoning him at this time, and took the initiative to ask for help: "The situation is critical at the moment, why don't you let me go out of the city and talk to the Haihan people." ”

Ma Ling pretended to persuade: "At this time, it is dangerous to go out of the city, Brother Zhang still thinks about how to resist the enemy army attacking the city." ”

Zhang Qian said: "If it can be resolved through peace talks, the lives of hundreds of soldiers in the city may be saved, but once the war starts, the swords and guns will be blind, and the casualties will be difficult to control." If I don't go, when the city is broken, I won't be able to escape, so I might as well try. Since the Haihan people had previously submitted a letter to send someone to the city for an interview, there must be room for it, and it is better to give it a try than to sit and wait for death. ”

Ma Ling originally had the idea of letting Zhang Qian go out of the city for peace talks, but since Zhang Qian took the initiative himself, he saved the trouble of persuasion. Regardless of whether Zhang Qian's courage was true or not, Ma Ling was grateful at this time, after all, it was impossible for him to leave the hundreds of people in the city to go out to negotiate with the enemy army in person.

After the two agreed on some details, Ma Ling asked the soldiers to open the city gate and send Zhang Qian out of the city. However, in order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, Zhang Qian rejected the offer to bring a few soldiers with him and went out alone.

"Zhang Qian is really a righteous man!" Ma Ling sighed while deciding to be kind to this brother-in-law in the future and try to get him a formal establishment in the army. Of course, only if you survive the current difficulties.

Of course, Zhang Qian was not as brave as he showed, and after the fleet of the Haihan people entered Shipu Port, he had a premonition that something would happen to Shipu's side. After the other party concentrated the fleet on the shore and sent people ashore to submit the letter, Zhang Qian was even more sure that the defenders of Shipu had little chance of winning. Although he is a clerk and is not an expert in military affairs, he can at least see that the Haihan fleet is not a good thing, nor is it beyond the reach of Chang Guowei's sailors. Ma Ling ordered the city to be closed and fortified, hoping to wear out the patience of the enemy army, but Zhang Qian thought that the other party probably would not let Shipu be under their noses like this. Sure enough, soon the Haihan army sent infantry to land, and even the artillery was unloaded to the shore.

When Ma Ling sent someone to pass on him, Zhang Qian knew that he had to carry this pot by himself, because Ma Ling's subordinates were all martial artists, and they couldn't negotiate at all. Even if he doesn't want to go, Ma Ling will still force him to go, rather than making everyone look bad, it is better to take the initiative to apply. In this way, at least it can gain a good reputation, if the negotiations fail and are captured and killed by the Haihan, it is better than dying silently in the chaos of the army.

Since Zhang Qian has figured out the worst outcome, he is not so scared after leaving the city, and he also knows that if he behaves in a cowering manner, it will not only lose face of Daming, but more importantly, the opponent will see that he is weak-hearted, and this negotiation and conditions cannot be discussed. Although Zhang Qian believed that the ideal outcome was that the other party was willing to negotiate peace, he had to at least be correct for the Ming army to have a little room for bargaining.

"Now that I want to negotiate, I really don't shed tears when I don't see the coffin!" Takahashi Minami put down the binoculars in his hand and said with some disdain.

As soon as the gate of Shipu City opened, Takahashi Minami had already received a report, he thought that the Ming army in the city would dare to go out of the city to fight, but as soon as he saw the city, he let a person out, obviously planning to talk about the conditions for peace. This did not surprise the Haihan side, but the Ming army was so cowardly that Takahashi Minami was also faintly disappointed.

Xu Yu, who had just landed on the shore, was a little relieved, if he could avoid tearing his face with the Zhejiang Ming army, it would be better to avoid it as much as possible. After all, his subordinates have also been paid for a few years, and if they want to do something to the Ming Army in Zhejiang, they will feel awkward because of their identity. Of course, he will definitely not come forward to negotiate such a thing, and leave it to the Haihan people to deal with it.

Qian Tiandun and Shi Diwen briefly discussed a few words, but decided to let Shi Diwen come forward to deal with the envoy of the Ming army - at this time, the fleet had already cleared the area east of Shipu Port, and there was Xu Yuzhuo's auxiliary command, so the navy did not need him to keep an eye on it personally. However, the army's position outside Shipu has not yet been deployed, and if the negotiations break down and need to be started, Qian Tiandun may need to command it on the spot.

Zhang Qian went all the way to the outside of the Haihan position, and several scouts who had gone out came to interrogate him with muskets. Zhang Qian was honest and clear, and after the Haihan soldiers came forward to search him, they took him into the Haihan position.

Zhang Qian saw that the Haihan soldiers were all dressed in gray cloth military uniforms, almost no one wore armor, not even helmets, but to say that they were poor, basically everyone had a musket in their hands, which was far better than the equipment of three to fifty percent of the musketeers in the Ming army. Moreover, there are so many artillery pieces in this Haihan army, I am afraid that the number has already surpassed the entire Ming garrison of Changguowei.

Zhang moved to the Chinese army, and saw that the Haihan army that had just landed was assembling here, and hundreds of Haihan soldiers silently and neatly quickly formed a queue with the officer's orders, ready to go to the front line. Even if Zhang Qian didn't understand military affairs, he could feel the murderous aura on these soldiers, which was definitely not something that the Ming army in Shipu could have.

"The villain Shipu Wei Office clerk Zhang Qian, I have seen all the heroes!" After Zhang Qian was led into the tent of the headquarters, he hurriedly introduced himself.

"We are not some green forest heroes, I am Shi Diwen, the supreme commander of the Haihan East China Sea Fleet. What you see outside is the men and horses of our East China Sea Fleet. Shi Diwen introduced himself unhurriedly.

Zhang Qianxin said that this fleet is the "East China Sea Fleet", so there should also be a "South China Sea Fleet", similar to a fleet of this size, the entire Ningbo Mansion...... No, it may be that the entire naval division of Zhejiang will not be able to come up with a fleet of equal combat power. The strength of the Haihan people at sea is indeed as strong as rumored, although I have not seen the situation of the Haihan people fighting at sea, but I think that the Fujian sailors respect the Haihan so much, it should not be bad.

"It's the villain who lost his words. Zhang Qian apologized while thinking about how to call the officer of the Haihan people, calling him an adult and a military master, it must be unruly, and it seems that the atmosphere of the green forest is too heavy, and in the end he can only call him with a smile: "Shida shopkeeper, this place is the boundary of the Ming Dynasty, and it seems that your fleet is blocked in Shipu Port like this, which seems to be a bit ...... Not very friendly. ”

Shi Diwen said in his heart that this is not just not very friendly, it is already a situation where war may start at any time. However, since the envoy of the Ming army is here, it will take a little time for the deployment outside, so he doesn't mind taking a moment to listen to what the envoy has to say.

Zhang Qian pondered and continued: "I heard that Haihan has always been friendly with my Ming Dynasty, and there are many righteous deeds in Fuguang Province to assist the government in exterminating bandits, why did he do such an illegal thing when he arrived in Zhejiang? ”

Although it is said that he is here to negotiate peace, this Daming's face cannot be lost casually, and those who should be reserved should be reserved first. Zhang Qian estimated that maybe the people of this Haihan were afraid of the majesty of the Great Tomorrow Kingdom, so they really withdrew from the army, which was also a good deed. Of course, it was just a good wish, and it was immediately shattered.

"It's right that we are friendly with the Ming Dynasty, and we are happy to solve the troubles caused by the land and water bandits for the local government, but this also requires the local government to cooperate with us. Shi Diwen responded: "I heard that piracy has been rampant in the waters near Ningbo Mansion for many years, and the government has been unable to solve the problem of banditry.

Zhang Qian scolded in his heart and said that the people of Zhejiang don't care about your affairs if they endure hardship, who wants you to come all the way to take care of this idle matter, but he said with a smile on his face: "The kindness of everyone Haihan is really admirable to the villain." It's just that the use of troops in Zhejiang requires the permission of the imperial court, the permission of adults at all levels in Zhejiang, and the time and place of action before entering the defense areas of each guard. Otherwise, it will cause misunderstandings and conflicts, and it will not end well. ”

"According to your rules, I'm afraid that we won't be able to enter Zhejiang in ten or eight years, right?" Shi Diwen said with a smile: "I think it's better to follow our way, you go back and let the Ming army in the city lay down their arms and go out of the city to accept our control." Let's save some ammunition, you can save your lives, and everyone won't have to hurt your peace. ”

Zhang Qian was so uncontrollable that the expression on his face was almost uncontrollable when he heard this, although he knew that the actions of these Haihan people were not good, but when he heard the commander of the other party say it so bluntly, as a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, he still felt that his face was hot. Zhang Qian retorted: "This is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and you need to follow the rules of the Ming Dynasty!"

Shi Diwen said: "Oh? Do the pirates of the East China Sea abide by the laws of the Ming Dynasty? Do you Shipu soldiers do your duty to defend the Ming Dynasty? The rules must be enforced by someone to enforce the rules, just written on paper, who can you scare? The thousands of Haihan soldiers outside this tent can maintain the rules of our Haihan, what do you use to maintain your rules?"

"Having said that, but what is the difference between your actions and the pirates of the East China Sea?" Of course, Zhang Qian would not agree with Shi Diwen's statement, and continued to argue: "What you have done at this time can be regarded as an invasion, and the villain should advise Shi Da to be the shopkeeper and not to be an open enemy of my Ming Dynasty!"

Shi Diwen said: "Enemies with the Ming Dynasty? This is just your idea, if I order the destruction of Shipu now, what do you think will be the consequences?"

Shi Diwen looked at Zhang Qian's eyes and said unhurriedly: "After receiving the news, the Zhejiang Dusi may be in chaos for a day or two, and send Ming troops from other places to intercept us. After eating a few defeats in a row, the big guys will find that they can't gnaw on our hard bone, and if they don't want to be reprimanded by the court, they can only cover up this matter and not report it to the top. As for these unlucky ghosts in Shipu, they will probably set up a name for themselves, such as being shipwrecked while patrolling at sea, or dying while killing pirates, in short, to give you a reasonable reason to disappear. At that time, there will be an envoy of Chang Guowei or a higher-level official to negotiate with us, and the tone will be much more polite than you are now. Eventually, they will come to us in exchange for some terms of exchange for stability in the coastal areas. Victims like you, no one will talk about it again after the matter is over. ”

"No...... No......" Although Zhang Qian refused to believe Shi Diwen's rhetoric, he felt that it seemed to make sense, would the mercenary bigwigs above really regard the lives of these people in Shipu as more important than their official careers?

"You people, even if you can earn some silver for the adults, can you compare to the benefits we can bring?" Shi Diwen saw that Zhang Qianfang was in chaos, and continued to hit the railroad while it was hot: "Even if you all die here, no one will care in the future, and there will not even be an exact cause of death, and the court will not recognize your sacrifice, because this will be a huge shame for the Ming Dynasty." ”

Shi Diwen raised his hand and pointed at Zhang Qian: "You and the Ming army in Shipu, even if you continue to fight, it is meaningless, think about your family, if you all die, who will support them? In the current situation, I suggest that you survive first and then think about other things." I will give you an hour to think about it, and when you return to the city, you will persuade the thousand households in the city. Remember, there's only one hour, and if you don't want to cooperate with us when the time comes, then you're sorry!"