Li Xiao's cannon sound was the signal, and Man Gui and Ao Canghai on both sides immediately outflanked him. Bullets were fired from almost all directions, and the shields could withstand them for a while at a distance. All of them had to huddle behind their shields to survive, and some fierce men wanted to rush out with their iron armor. But as soon as he left the protection of the big shield, the iron armor would be smashed into pieces.

No matter how brave you are, you will end up falling to the ground like a rag doll.

People cowered behind the big shield, and naturally people were crowded, and people were next to people. The mortar shells whizzed and fell, shrapnel flew and sparks flew everywhere. Deadly orange flowers bloomed in the crowd, blood fluttering and stumps flying.

Huang Taiji, who was standing at the bow of the boat, closed his eyes in pain, and now he also understood that this was a trap. Ao Bai is reminding him with his life, this is a trap, don't send people to die again.

"Withdraw!" Now, Huang Taiji knows that this time it is a defeat. In a fierce battle all night, Zhengbai lost at least 1,000 people. These people are the essence of the white flag, and when they return to Liaoyang, they will definitely be ridiculed by Amin Mang Gurtai. Because just a month ago, Huang Taiji also laughed at them like this.

"Lord Belle! Ao Bai is still on the island. ”

"Send someone up, I am willing to pay 10,000 taels of silver in exchange for a life." Huang Taiji hesitated, but decided to make a final effort. Ao Bai is the most capable person under the Zhengbai flag, and if he can save it, he will save it.

Someone rowed a dinghy and sailed to Phi Koh with a white flag!

At dawn, ships could finally be seen on the sea. Li Xiu took Liu Lao Liu and set up the only warship on Phi Island to go to sea. Seeing a small sampan with a white flag, Li Xiu did not give the order to sink it. The most important thing now is to sink the troop carriers at sea, and this time there are a lot of Tartars. There were as many as seven or eight troop carriers, eight hundred people on board, and several thousand.

Li Xiu was really a little afraid, if it wasn't for the big brother's alarm bell ringing in time tonight. Once these people successfully land on the island, the people on Phi Island will have to play even if they have ten lives!

"Kill the biggest ship first!" Li Xiu immediately stared at Huang Taiji's boat! The reason is that this ship wears the most and is exceptionally eye-catching at sea!

The ships were equipped with trebuchets brought from the shore, and the wooden ships looked sturdy. But if you are really hit by a bomb thrown by a trebuchet, it will definitely end up with debris flying around.

Just approaching the Tartar warship, suddenly the Tartar warship flashed with a puff of green smoke. Liu Lao Liu was still stunned, and was grabbed by Li Xiao and pressed to the ground. The wood on the slipway was blown up by bullets. "Crackling" splashed, and several unsuspecting sailors were knocked down.

"Turn the rudder! Turn the rudder! Fight back! Li Xiu roared loudly.

If he had slowed down just now, neither he nor Liu Lao Liu would have survived.

Liu Lao Liu was lying on the ground in fear, he was busy transporting things on the water these days. I have never participated in any battles at all, and I used to drive a merchant fishing boat, and I have no combat experience. Now that I have encountered a naval battle, I am so scared that I can't get up.

This old guy doesn't seem to be useful, and Li Xiu can only command the battle by himself. While letting the ship turn the rudder, let the trebuchet return fire.

The trebuchet immediately launched when it heard the order, and in the hurry, the accuracy was already poor, and the fact that this was the sea, and the warship was jolting with the waves, which affected the accuracy even more. Three trebuchets fired a salvo, and only one shell hit the target. However, because of the distance, the shell did not smash into the warship, but was bounced off the hull. The bomb fell into the water and went out in an instant. I couldn't even hear a sound!

The warship urgently filled the rudder and drew an arc in front of Huang Taiji's boat.

Again, a platoon of guns came at the boat, this time closer. Seven or eight people carrying the shells on the deck were immediately knocked down, and the round bombs filled the wheels of the deck and finally fell into the sea.

Thankfully, this is a warship, and it's made of hardwood. Otherwise, if it was a ship made of pine, the casualties would be even greater under such a blow.

"Second master! Let's get out! Liu Lao Liu trembled and lay on the deck and didn't dare to get up, and his crotch was wet for a long time.

"Bastard, I'll throw you down." Li Xiu roared like a lion.

If it weren't for Liu Laoliu's two years of teaching him the ability to steer a boat, Li Xiu would really throw Liu Laoliu into the sea. The eldest brother said that when the two armies were at war. As a general, you must be ruthless, not only to the enemy, but also to yourself.

However, the current situation made Li Xiu scratch his head a little, the power of the trebuchet had to be closer, so that the iron bomb could be smashed into the warship in order to be effective. But as long as he gets close, there will be a platoon of guns on the opposite side.

These platoon guns are certainly not as powerful as the flintlock pistols that use Mini bullets on Phi Dao. But the target of your own ship is so big, it's too easy to hit it.

"Damn the Wakos!" can't be relied on, and you can't beat people from a long distance. Now Li Xiu regretted very much that he did not bring a team of musketeers on the ship.

Li Xiao on the top of the mountain also saw this scene, and now he regrets why he sold all those artillery guns to the North Koreans. If there is a cannon at this time, it is definitely a big killer. As for those broken ships of the Japanese Bandits, two cannons can be blasted into slag.

Now that the sun had risen more than a foot high, he could clearly see the warships on the sea. From the style of these warships, you can tell that they are flat-headed ships of the Wa Kingdom.

"Big boss, the second master seems to be in trouble. If this stalemate continues, it will not be good for the second master! Ai Husheng stood beside Li Xiao, looked at the situation on the sea, and reminded Li Xiao.

"Blow the trumpet and let the second child come back. Lao Ai, go and see what the envoy sent by the Tartars has to say. ”

"I'm not even thirty years old, not too old!" Ai Husheng was very dissatisfied with the title of Lao Ai, and he was still young, and he shouted that he was old.

"I'm not even twenty years old, do you want me to call you Ai Ye? Hurry down and see what the Tartars are up to. ”

Li Xiao was very worried about the rise of Ao Canghai killing. Kill the Tartar Messenger on the sampan!

"Alright! You're the boss, whatever you want to call it! Ai Husheng muttered and led a few people down the mountain, today is the first time to negotiate on behalf of Phi Dao, but you have to fight hard.

"Second master! Listen to the sound of the trumpet, and let us go back. Hearing the horn sound on the island, Liu Laoliu seemed to hear the sound of immortals, excited like a child.

"Humph! Back to Hong Kong! Li Xiu snorted dissatisfiedly, but still obeyed the eldest brother's order.

was a little farther away from the enemy ship, and Liu Lao Liu came back to his senses. looked at Li Xiu embarrassedly, and wanted to lean over and say something, but he didn't dare to see Li Xiu's stinky face. It looked like a kid who had done something wrong!

Ai Husheng led people to the dock, and a guy in his thirties with a mustache stepped off the sampan. He arched his hand at Ai Husheng and said in stiff Chinese: "In the lower Sony, the white flag is solid. I don't know what to call the in-person position? ”

"It turned out to be Mr. Sony, a staff member under the seat of Lord Mao of Shimoi Hushengpi Island. I wonder what Mr. Sony is here for? Ai Husheng also arched his hand at Sony and replied in Manchu.

Diplomacy is like that, even if the two sides are still fighting bloody battles on the battlefield. But on this occasion, everyone still maintains a hypocritical politeness. The essence of diplomacy is, in fact, to use the most civilized language and say the most shameless words.

"Mr. Ai can speak Manchu, that's great. You Han people have a saying, it is called Heaven has the virtue of a good life. Now that our people on the beach have been surrounded by you, now they can only cower and survive. Can you let Master Mao order them to be released, our Lord Belle is willing to pay seven thousand taels of silver to redeem them. ”

"Seven thousand taels? Are you coming to me for business? Ai Husheng didn't expect that the Tartars would actually pay for ransom.

"That's right! seven thousand taels of silver, buy them to return safely. Sonny pointed to the turtle cowering under the cliff and said to the others.

Here are dead spots for mortars, and there are stones that can be used as barriers. Bullets hit the stones, and the debris flew around, but they couldn't do anything to them. Li Xiaozheng ordered people to carry mortars down the mountain, as long as the mortars were in place, they would die. That's the good thing about curved artillery, even if you hide in your grandmother's crotch, it can blow you to pieces.

"Seven thousand taels? That's a lot of money! But Phi Dao is not short of this money! Ai Husheng looked up at the sky, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the artillery detachment was carrying the mortar down the mountain.

"There is no shortage of these few dollars, that is to say, there is still a lack of money. The price is all over the place, and I am now paying the price. It's better for Mr. Ai to also make a price, these people are all my flag-bearers with a white flag. If they can't go back, their wives and children won't be able to live. Even if you Lord Mao are good, raise your hand and let these people go. You have benefited, and ours will have fewer deaths, and everyone will benefit!

If you have to kill them, even me. The reward given to you by the court of the Ming Dynasty will definitely not be this number. What do you say? ”

"You're wrong! This head of yours alone is worth seven thousand taels. Gushan is really good! Since our Ming Dynasty and you have been at war, it seems that no generals of this level have been killed. ”

"Hehehe! Sony's head didn't expect it to be so valuable......! ”

"You're wrong, life is worth more!"

"Whether it's dead or alive, I'm worth a lot of money. But Mr. Ai has not thought about it, if you block this door of negotiation. How can you maximize the benefits of your Phi Island? Counting on the Ming Court? As far as I know, the Ming Court has not given you anything. Tong Yang's head, Wang Huazhen only gave you a mere 1,000 taels.

If it weren't for going too far tomorrow, I don't think your General Li Xiao would have used Jue Luobai Mountain to exchange things with us. Mr. Ai, are you right? ”

"Hehehe! Mr. Sony is really insightful, not bad. We are all seeking to maximize our own interests, since you said seven thousand taels. I'm also going to be fake, otherwise it will seem that our Phi Dao is insincere. Twelve thousand taels of silver, I can keep them from dying. ”

"Ming Ting gave you a human head for only fifty taels!"

"A man's death is like a lamp going out, and the head of a dead man is worth fifty taels. That's not the price for the living, right? ”

"Ten thousand taels, this is already the limit of the old man."

"Oh! It's okay, I can afford to wait. I just don't know if you can afford to wait, these two or three hundred lives are on the line. If you wait for a long time, I'm afraid you want to spend this 12,000 taels. People are almost dead! Ai Husheng saw that not far away, mortars were already setting up guns.

"I, Sony, have also been on the battlefield, and I have seen people living and dying, and you are ......!"

"Boom!" Before Sony could speak, a mortar shell was already out of the chamber. Sony saw with his own eyes that several soldiers with white flags hiding behind rocks were blown up by cannonballs. The severed limbs and severed arms were scattered all over the ground, and the tragedy of the scene shocked Sony, who had seen the world.

"How? How much longer do you think they'll last? Every time you delay, some of your people will die. Again, people die like lights go out, and people who are blown up to pieces. Even if you had a way to sew them up, they wouldn't survive.

The most important thing in people's lives is money! Worldly goods! Isn't that the truth, Mr. Sony! ”

"You're ......! 11,000 taels, no more. Sony jumped to his feet in a hurry, and more than 300 people couldn't last long if it went on like this.

"Twelve thousand taels!" Ai Husheng saw that Sony's face changed, and he bit the price to death.

"Boom!" While the two were arguing, another cannon shot was fired. Two or three more people were blown out of the rocks, each covered in shrapnel.

"Good! Good! Good! I promise you, hurry up and don't let them fire any more. "Sony's heart is beating when he sees it, if he hangs up, it's all over. He's the pillar of the white flag!

"Mr. Sony, that's right! Go back and report to the bosses, stop the shelling! The two sides negotiated the price, and Ai Husheng immediately asked someone to inform Li Xiao. The price of 12,000 taels of silver has been negotiated, but the final decision is still in Li Xiao's hands. He had to kill these people, not money, and those two people were talking in vain.

Big boss! According to the habits of the Ming Dynasty, shouldn't you be called an adult? Sony's eyes rolled, although Ai Husheng spoke Chinese, Sony still understood. Could it be that the real principal of Phi Dao is not Mao Wenlong?

"Twelve thousand taels of silver?" Li Xiao looked at the people who were cowering under the cliff, and it should be about two or three hundred, and it would definitely not exceed four hundred. If the injured ones are removed, this number should be less.

"Promise them to let that one called Sony shout. Let those people lay down their arms and come out and surrender. Then hand over the money with one hand and hand over the person with the other! After weighing it, Li Xiao decided to ask for silver.

Sony was right, it was impossible for the Ming court to allocate money to Phi Dao. This year, we will recruit troops on a large scale, and we will expand our nitrocellulose factories and gun-making factories. Buying iron ore and coal in North Korea is not very expensive. But it also needs silver, people need money to eat horses and chew everything, and Li Xiao has to bow to reality.