Chapter 119: Pirate Mercenaries
"How can there be artillery? …… Quick, give the order to attack the tunli with all your might, the artillery has a long range, and it doesn't play a role if it's close! After being stunned by the sound of several cannons, Ma De hurriedly ordered, thanks to the fact that he had fought against Dorji in Mukden and had excellent psychological quality, otherwise, seeing that these pirates had unimaginable firepower, he would probably have ordered to retreat first.
However, although the order was given, it did not have any effect.
The pirates outside the tun had been almost wiped out, and the cavalry had already divided into a group led by Shaerhuda and rushed towards the tunli, however, after a dense burst of gunfire, with dozens of casualties, the cavalry had to quickly withdraw from Fusongtun, and retreat again, distancing themselves from the enemy.
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"Lord Ma, pirates have muskets...... " Shahrhuda returned to Mader's side with extreme unwillingness, and reported the enemy's military situation to Made.
"I hear you...... How many muskets did they have? Standing outside the range of the artillery, Ma De looked at Fusongtun in front of him viciously, and his originally good mood became extremely bad.
"I don't know, but all of us who entered were blocked, and I guess there must be one or two hundred shots, and besides, they have artillery ......," Sharhuda gasped. If he hadn't run fast just now, I'm afraid he would have been shot, and he would have really capsized in the gutter.
"One or two hundred? Damn...... "When Kangxi went west to conquer Geerdan, the hundreds of thousands of troops were only 3,000 muskets, and I didn't expect that a group of small pirates would have so many firearms now!" Ma De scolded hatefully, turned over and dismounted, and rushed towards Asano Yoshida, who had fainted.
"Papapa......" opened the bow left and right, and incited more than a dozen slaps in a row before waking Asano from his coma.
"Say, Who are you? How can there be artillery and so many muskets? …… Say! Grabbing Asano Yoshida's placket, Mader roared. He was either angry or angry, a frustrated frustration.
"Hahaha, cough ......" Spit out a mouthful of blood that was flashed by Mader, Asano Yoshida grinned at the real blood and laughed wildly, "You are not opponents...... Ha...... Cough! ……”
"Damn, Amur, clean up, it seems!" Seeing that this pirate leader dared to speak to himself so boldly, Ma De was even more angry, but he still took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and asked Amr to take this guy down.
"My lord, what should I do?" Sharhuda asked again, "Do you want to add another fire?" ...... "Although Fusongtun was set on fire when the cavalry attacked just now, but in the small tunzi, and so many pirates stayed inside, it didn't take long for the fire to be almost extinguished. It was Ishal Huda who asked.
"No hurry! Hmph, hum, hahaha......" Mader got back on his horse and pondered for a while, but suddenly burst out laughing.
"My lord, what's wrong with you?" Looking at Mader's strange reaction, Shar Huda asked strangely.
"It's okay! …… Haha, luck, what luck! Shadutong, don't you think? Ma De said excitedly.
"What do you mean, sir?"
"At least five artillery pieces, and one or two hundred muskets, you say, could this be an ordinary pirate? …… These teams, plus a team of more than 2,000 pirates, if we face the enemy head-on, Shadutong, what do you think we can do? Mader asked.
"If they hold on to one place, it will be very difficult for our army to break through...... If their leader also has some ability, in the end, I'm afraid it will be five or five! Shar Huda thought for a moment and replied.
"Not bad! I think that at the beginning, thousands of soldiers and horses of Dorji were blocked by me, Prince Gong, and Lord Yu Zhongyu, and there were only a few hundred people and more than a hundred muskets blocking the way, and it took a lot of effort to escape. What's more, now the opponent has an advantage in firearms and has more troops than us...... Hmph, no wonder their two thousand soldiers and horses dare to trouble me Ningguta, if it weren't for the eight hundred cavalry of Shadu Commander this time, Ningguta might really be broken by them! Hmph, they're really in the chest! ......" Ma De gritted his teeth and sneered repeatedly.
That's exactly what happened. However, now they are in a disadvantageous situation, and the whole army is cowering in a small tun, unable to advance or retreat, as long as we set fire to them, we can burn them all to the sky! Shar Huda smiled viciously, and his smile matched his slightly delicate face, giving people a feeling called "hideous".
"Set fire? No, no, no, I want to live...... I want to see what kind of people dare to trouble me in the Qing Dynasty, and if this is really a group of pirates, I also have to find out what they are up to! ”
"Then we're going to trap them...... If the musket is not stubborn, it is difficult to have much power, and the artillery is even more unlikely to be used on the march, I don't believe how long so many of them can hold out in a small bungny! ......," Shar Huda said hatefully.
"Yes, sleepy! I just want to make them dizzy, and then I will go to Ningguta to open up the wasteland and farm for Lao Tzu! ......" Ma De laughed darkly.
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The abacus beads are all ready.
However, to Mader's surprise, he faced another accident.
After being trapped for about two hours, the sky was already dark, and in Fusongtun, two people came out, and one of them was still holding a white flag.
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"Yaya, these guys still know this international norm?" The Japanese still don't know what it means to raise a white flag, do they? Looking at the two tall 'surrender messengers' dressed in black, Ma De felt that something was not quite right.
"Please don't hurt your hands...... We are here to survive (and) ......" Far away, the hard Chinese of the man holding the white flag finally made Ma De understand what was wrong, this kind of tasteless Chinese pronunciation seems to have always been the patent of Westerners!
And then, after throwing away the black clothes on his body and the wig on his head, wearing only underwear, and turning around in front of the Qing army to show that he was not carrying weapons, Ma De stared at the two peace envoys silently! …… Alien! Western devils! European!
"Damn, why is the world so messy?" Mader finally understood why these pirates had so many firearms! …… Western pirates are not Western pirates if they do not have firearms.
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"Your Excellency, we are sea wanderers from the Netherlands, and we apologize for the conflict with your army...... It's all to blame on the hateful Japanese, they brought us here! …… They said they were hiring us, but we didn't know they wanted us to fight against the Qing Empire's army...... We are very sorry, we are willing to compensate for this, and we only hope that your Excellency will see the friendly commercial relations between your country and the Netherlands, and let us be framed! ……”
The two Western big men, the higher one in stiff Chinese, stammered and finally said the thing almost "understood".
"Offended me for no reason, and wanted to leave so easily? It's too beautiful, isn't it? Shar Huda snorted coldly.
"Your Excellency," said the tall man, shrugging his shoulders, "and we don't want to fight your army, they are very brave. However, as a general, you have to think about the lives of your subordinates......"
After talking to the shorter foreigner beside him for a while, the tall man continued: "Although our numbers are small, but, relatively speaking, although your cavalry is large, there are no firearms...... So, we're about the same in strength. …… Fighting, not the best option. ”
"Hmph, what if we trap you in this little tun?" Sha Erhuda stroked Songtun with a horsewhip in his hand and said coldly.
"Then we only have to break through! Your Excellency, we have more than a thousand men, six artillery pieces, and more than two hundred and thirty muskets, and I think this force is not an easy object to gnaw on, do you think? In addition, we would like to tell you that we have been wandering the sea for many years, fighting with the sea, and often walking on the edge of life and death, so we are not lacking in the spirit of hard work! The tall man shrugged his shoulders again and said nonchalantly.
"How much compensation can you give us?" Shaerhuda wanted to say more, but was grabbed by Ma De's hand, and then, Ma De's mouth burst out of a sentence that surprised him.
"Well, we can keep all our possessions on us! …… As long as you agree to our terms, we can give them to you at once, and I can guarantee them with my life, they are worth a great price! …… If you don't believe me, you can take a look at this first! Hearing Ma De's tone a little loose, the tall man laughed, and took out a big diamond and displayed it in front of Ma De and the others.
"I don't care about money! However, your artillery must remain, and it will be our trophies; Also, since you were hired by the Japanese, and they lied to you, then I want you to leave all the Japanese behind, and they will be prisoners...... I can only let you Dutch go! Ma De secretly pinched Shaerhuda and made two more requests.
"This ......" turned around and discussed with the short man again, and the tall man looked at Ma De again and said, "We can agree to your conditions, but a premise is needed!" ”
"What premise?"
"We want horses! …… We'll make a pretend to retreat to the east and lead the Japanese over, but we'll need three hundred horses, so we can leave the artillery and reparations to you...... We don't want to be chased by people as we run away! However, you can rest assured that we will not be able to bring those horses to the ship, and you can send a few men with us, and then bring them back. The tall man replied with a smile, looking like a gentleman.
"Deal! …… You'd better pay first! Ma De waved his whip and smiled gentlemanly.