Chapter 68: Counterinsurgency (II)
General Hou stumbled up the hill, and after a while he came to a small forest, put two fingers into his mouth and blew hard, and a sharp whistle was heard.
There was a lot of jubilation in the forest, and a large group of monkeys jumped down from the trees, about five or six hundred. A large strong brown monkey stepped out of the group and looked at its owner expectantly.
General Hou took out a pitiful peach from his sleeve and said kindly: "Golden Retriever, this time I have made a great contribution and rewarded you with a peach, you must do a good job for me in the future, you know?" ”
The golden retriever nodded with both hands, snatched the peach and devoured it, and the other monkeys drooled at it.
Tie Ta secretly laughed, this guy is too stingy, like this Mao Tao Wudang Mountain is everywhere, those golden monkeys will not look at it. He had an idea in his heart and quietly returned the same way.
As soon as the sky was slightly bright, Tieta asked Zheng He to bring a thousand sailors out of the camp with him, and Zheng He didn't ask more, he believed that Tieta must have his own reasons for doing this.
Three miles west of the camp is a meadow, and the tower instructed the sailors to dig a trap five zhang long and wide, and more than one zhang deep. A thousand sailors started working together, and in less than an hour they dug up. The tower also told them to stick sharpened bamboo into the pit and cover it with leaf turf.
"Isn't it suffocating?" Eiffel Tower asked.
"Not really! I know you're going to tell me sooner or later. "Zheng He is very confident.
"Those who know me, Zheng Heye!" "In the evening," said the tower, "you will put the fruits that the king of Champa has sent on them, and I will bring the monkeys here, and when they fall into the pit, we will sit and die." ”
"What a brilliant plan." Zheng He clapped his hands and praised, "Originally, I also planned to lead the army to smash the Yellow Dragon and capture the thief alive, since there is such a fun game now, let them live for another half a day." ”
Before you know it, it's night again, a crescent moon hangs in the night sky, and the earth is hazy. The tower carried two large bulging pockets on its back and ran towards the camp of the Annan army, and those few secret posts showed no mercy to their subordinates today, and pulled them out cleanly. When he arrived at the woods where the monkeys lived, he took out a red apple from his pocket, sat on the ground and ate it with relish.
The smell of the fruit attracted all the monkeys in the tree, and they stared greedily at the apples in the hands of the tower, and some of them were still ready to move, but they did not dare to come up and grab them when they saw that they were so strong.
While smacking and eating, the tower couldn't stop praising it: "It's so sweet, it's delicious!" He threw the half-eaten apple on the ground and picked up another dragon fruit.
The golden retriever was the fastest, pounced on it and grabbed the apple in his hand. "It's so sweet! It's definitely the best apple I've ever eaten in my life. It swallowed the fruit with the core into its belly, licked and licked ten fingers, and then stared at the dragon fruit in the hand of the iron tower, looking unfinished, and now the gluttonous worms in the stomach have hooked out, what can be done!
Tie Ta solved the dragon fruit with three times and five by two, stretched out his tongue to lick the juice from the corner of his mouth, and asked with a smile: "Little monkey, is it delicious?" ”
"Good...... Delicious. The Golden Retriever swallowed his saliva and stammered, "Brother Buffalo, can you give me a little more?" ”
"No problem." "In the morning, I passed by a fruit grove, and it was full of fragrant and sweet fruits, so I picked a lot of them, and I will give them to you to eat!" Just make a friend. With a slight lift of the bag mouth downward, all kinds of fruits rushed out.
"Haha! It's the New Year. The golden retriever shouted excitedly, and all the monkeys pounced on it and grabbed it, but unfortunately there were more monkeys and fewer fruits, where was there enough to share! The strong ones can still grab one and a half, and some of the little monkeys haven't even touched the peel, so they scratch their ears and cheeks in a hurry.
"I'm going to leave when you're full, and I'm going to take some home for my younger brothers and sisters to eat!" The tower picked up the pocket on the ground and turned to leave.
The monkeys were in a hurry, and they rushed in front of him, shouting, "I haven't eaten enough, but I still want to eat." ”
"I didn't even touch the peel, so I wasn't allowed to leave."
Looking at this group of poor subordinates, the golden retriever felt very uncomfortable, and he didn't eat enough after eating three of them, so they were even more embarrassed. "Brother Buffalo, where did you pick these fruits? Can you take us with you? It smiled flatteringly.
"No way!" The tower flatly refused, "So many of you are going, then I'll eat a fart!" ”
"I swear I'll only eat one per person and leave when I'm done." After the golden retriever patted his chest and promised, he immediately patted his ass again, "Brother Buffalo, I know at a glance that you are a good person, and you will never be able to do things that refuse people thousands of miles away, please take us there!" ”
The tower hesitated for a moment, and said reluctantly, "Okay then! Who called me a good friend with you? Remember, you can only eat one per person, otherwise don't blame me for turning my face. ”
"Okay, okay, let's talk." The golden retriever agreed with a serious face, but he was secretly smiling in his heart, "Although this buffalo is big, its head is not very bright, who here doesn't know that our Annan monkey is untrustworthy and insatiable!" It looked at the tower with a weak face, and pretended to be calm, and he must not let this buffalo know what he had just thought, otherwise it would be terrible for him to regret it.
Although the monkeys have been trained to have a little bit of discipline, firstly, the temptation of fruits is too great, and secondly, General Hou has not arranged any tasks for them in the past few days, so all the monkeys are dispatched, shouting and jubilant.
The tower got angry and complained, "Tell them to be quiet, don't make such a loud noise." If the group of war horses hears about it, it will be troublesome, and they will definitely follow, and you can't rob people if you don't want to be thin. ”
The Golden Retriever said proudly: "Don't worry, we are all specially trained, and no one will notice when we are traveling at night." ”
The tower led the way in front, and the monkeys crept behind, and sure enough, they moved quickly and quietly, no wonder they were attacked by them last night.
The secret outposts of the Annan army had been cleared, and the road was unimpeded, and soon they reached the pit. I saw that the grass was full of dragon fruits, peaches, apples, bananas, and some fruits that I saw for the first time, and I didn't know what their names were. The monkeys were very happy, even the New Year did not have so many delicious foods, today you have to let go of your belly and eat a big meal, but the monkey king did not give an order, no one dared to act rashly.
This guy is really suspicious, Tie Ta scolded in his heart, but with a sincere smile on his face, "This is what I picked in the morning, because I can't take so much, so I stored it here, fortunately no one stole it, otherwise you would have run in vain." He swaggered up and picked up a banana and ate it, throwing the peel back and smashing it right on the golden retriever's face.
The golden retriever hesitated in his heart while holding the banana peel, he had been to this forest once or twice before, and he didn't seem to see any fruit at that time, could it be that there was a deception?
The monkeys looked at the golden retriever anxiously, and they were all indignant in their hearts: "I usually blow myself up to the sky and not afraid of the earth, but in fact, I am a coward." ”
Lao Tzu wants to see how long you can endure, Tie Ta stuffed most of the bananas into his mouth, grabbed two peaches in his left hand, and held a few apples in his right hand, hurrying for fear that someone would grab it with him.
The golden retriever finally couldn't help it anymore and screamed, "Let's eat." ”
It's finally ready to eat! The monkeys rushed up to the fruit, only to hear the sound of "plop" and "plop" one after another, and the monkeys fell into the pit like dumplings, and the screams were endless.
"Sure enough, there is a fraud!" Seeing that the situation was not good, the golden retriever turned around and wanted to escape.
Tie Ta sneered: "Lao Tzu acted so hard, in order to lure you into the bait, if you escape, then don't I work in vain?" Reaching out and pushing lightly, the golden retriever flipped a few times in the air and fell into the pit.
The sailors who were lying in ambush in the forest ran out one after another, throwing the dry wood they were carrying. Zheng He ordered a fire, and the fire in the pit was suddenly monstrous, and a strong smell of burning was everywhere.
"Treat others in the way of others, you burn my grain and grass, and I burn your body." Zheng He laughed.
"The soldiers are very fast, the secret posts of the Annan army have been cleared by me, we attacked overnight, and the rebels have nowhere to escape." The tower made its own proposal.
Zheng He smiled: "The heroes see the same thing, I have been prepared. ”
The sailors have been in a state of combat readiness since the departure of the tower, and the 20,000-strong army led by the tower rushed towards the rebel camp, destroying the withering and decaying along the way without encountering much resistance. The battle came and ended faster, and many of the Annam rebels were swordsmen while they were still asleep.
The iron tower rushed straight towards the golden tent, and a thin bamboo pole rushed over with a knife, it was that General Hou. Iron Tower smiled contemptuously, and stabbed him in the chest, since he liked monkeys so much, send him to the underworld to meet his monkeys.
"Don't kill me, I surrender." A trembling cry for mercy came from behind the tent, and the tower walked over to see that it was the king of Annam, who had not been able to die last night, but now he was like a lost dog, his face was pale, his legs trembled, and the ground was so wet that he was so frightened that he peed his pants.
Dare to rebel even if he is a bag? The tower shook his head disdainfully and grabbed him out like a chicken.
Outside, the corpses of the rebels lay on the ground, and those who survived threw their weapons on the ground, raising their hands and begging for surrender. The tower threw King Annam to the ground, and the sailors went up and tied him with ropes.
Zheng He pointed at the king of Annan and scolded loudly, "You chaotic minister and thief, have you ever thought about the end now?" ”
King Annan cried and said, "Lord Zheng spares my life, I don't dare anymore." ”
"Those who dare to offend me in Huaxia will be punished even if they are far away!" Zheng He yelled, "Someone! ”
Two murderous sailors walked up, "Your Excellency, what do you command?" ”
"Lord Zheng, this is all what Hou Zishi instigated me to do, in fact, I have always been loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and I will be obedient and obedient in the future, and I will always surrender to Huaxia." King Annan knew very well that this was his last chance, and if he didn't fight for it, it would really be over.
Zheng He waved his hand to let the sailors leave, and said coldly: "I will believe you for the time being, I hope you will remember what you just said, if there is a next time, there will be no mercy!" ”
"There won't be a next time, definitely not." King Annan went around the Ghost Gate, and no one knew the preciousness of life better than him.
"As for your ......" Zheng He's eyes swept away, frightening the captives, "Huaxia governs the country with benevolence and virtue, magnanimity, I believe that you are also bewitched by others, I will not pursue it this time." In the future, you have to be honest, if you have different intentions again, even if I don't say it, I think you will know the consequences. "Enwei and Shi, how to deal with them Zheng He is very skillful.
The captives hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him, "Lord Zheng is really discerning, it was the villain surnamed Hou who forced us to do this, and we don't dare to do it again." "That guy is dead anyway, so put the blame on him!
The army was victorious, Zheng He rode his horse and whipped up, and he was full of spirit.
Lord Wang smiled and said, "Lord Zheng, I thought you would escort King Annan to Beijing or put him in prison!" It's so cheap to put him like this. ”
"I have sent the situation here back to the capital, what to do with him, I believe that the emperor will make a wise decision. After this battle, King Annan's strength has been greatly weakened, and if the emperor really wants to ask him for blame, it will only be a gesture. Zheng He's face was calm.
Wonderful! Zheng He's hand played beautifully, and the tower was really admired.
The Daming sailors successfully quelled the rebellion, and the people of Champa applauded, and they were finally no longer oppressed by the king of Annan.
The king of Champa is even more grateful, as the saying goes, it is good to enjoy the shade with the big tree on your back, and we are so lucky to have the big tree in Huaxia to shelter from the wind and rain! Thinking of this, he couldn't help but burst into tears.