Chapter 177
"General Cai, where are we going from south to north?" On the deck, next to the Taishi chair where Cai Yin was sitting, a subordinate who wrapped his head in cloth asked him. After Liu Qizhi's rebellion was "good", he called himself "King Yongyi", and under Dafeng, Cai Yin was named "General Dinghai" by him, and his official rank was "Yipin".
"Alas...... You can go wherever you can. Cai Yin sighed. Although his life is not bad now, and his name has the momentum of catching up with Shi Lang, the "Thunderbolt" Shi Lang, after a moment of freshness, he still realized that something was not good after being a pirate for so many years. In his eyes, Liu Qizhi is now equivalent to a mountain king with natural dangers, although the current situation is very good, and the official army cannot overcome the natural dangers, but with the strength of the whole country, how long will it take for the Qing court to produce enough warships? Moreover, other people's sailors are ready-made, and they don't even need to be trained. But now he is not like he used to be a pirate, Liu Qizhi sent a large number of men on his ship, and his original subordinates were either assigned to other ships, or Liu Qizhi was left in Taiwan, and he couldn't move at all, and he is now a "thief", which is completely different from a "pirate". In the future, the Qing court will never get by as much as it did with him before, and in the future, he can be sure that his life is in danger.
"Alas, if Liu Qizhi has the ability of the Zheng family, it will be fine. If you recruit An, Lao Tzu can still be an official after surrendering, and I believe it is not small. But Zheng Chenggong is a hero, even Kangxi said it himself, but his descendants were blessed, and although he fought with the Qing court for so many years, he got a good death. You, Liu Qizhi, are a thief...... How could Kangxi spare you? Cai Yin said secretly in his heart.
"General Cai, don't we have an order from the prime minister this time? What is his old man's trick for you? The "cloth bun" then asked.
"Nothing. Everyone will know when the time comes. Anyway, all the way north. Cai Yin looked at the guy next to him angrily, and replied angrily. This "cloth baotou" is the deputy general sent to him by Liu Kezhi, and he is also in charge of the "supervising army", and he is from the same family as Liu Kezhi, named Liu Ade. I don't have much ability on weekdays, but I am a good hand at making small reports. If it weren't for the fact that Liu Kezhi's subordinates really didn't have any good hands in naval warfare, this guy's small report would have been enough for Liu Kezhi to get his "General Cai" to Taiwan Sun Moon Lake to plant lotus flowers a few times. As for the "prime minister" in Liu Ade's mouth, he was a guy from the Heaven and Earth Society, and later became a strategist by Liu Qizhi's side, named Qin Baoqi. It was this guy who came up with the idea to let that fool Wu Dafu assassinate Bai Daolong, and asked him Cai Yin to burn the Fujian Water Division. This person is good-looking in dramas, and he also likes to compare himself with Zhuge Liang, and his nickname is "Little Zhuge ". Now, his reputation in Taiwan is almost the same as Liu Qizhi. Liu Qizhi was very wary of this person, and although he was given the position of "prime minister", he did not give military power.
"I said, General Cai, why are you hiding it like this? Expose your brother to the bottom...... And it won't drop a piece of meat. Liu Ade saw that Cai Yin was reluctant to say, and said again.
"Prime Minister Qin has an order, and secrets must not be leaked when the time comes, otherwise, military law will be engaged." Cai Yin replied irrationally to Liu Ade.
"Yo-heh. General Cai, are you moving out of the prime minister's life to suppress your brother? Isn't that right? Brother, we are also the generals of the 'King of Yongyi', although we are your deputy, we are not even qualified to listen to military orders, right? Liu Ade saw that Cai Yin didn't sell his face, and couldn't help but say coldly.
"General Liu, what do you mean by that?" King Yongyi's let Prime Minister Qin Cheng dispatch troops, what's wrong with Lao Tzu obeying orders? Do you need to pick your nose and eyes here? Seeing that Liu Ade was a little coercive about himself, Cai Yin was angry and asked angrily.
"Why is Lao Tzu picking his nose and eyes? surnamed Cai, don't think it's great to have Qin Baoqi's support, Taiwan is under the control of the 'King of Yongyi'. Liu Ade shot back.
"Taiwan? Hmph, Xu Yunke from Fucheng hasn't taken it down yet. General Liu, if you have the ability, why don't you follow King Yongyi to fight Fucheng? What kind of ability is it to be a deputy general by my Cai's side? Cai Yin sneered.
"The surname Cai, what did you say?" Liu Ade once cried with a broken arm on the battlefield when he attacked the capital city of Taiwan, which has always been the laughing stock of Taiwan's rebel generals, and now when he heard Cai Yin mention this matter to ridicule himself, he was furious, and pulled out the saber on his waist.
"What? Want to get your hands dirty? Seeing Liu Ade pull out his knife, those subordinates who were arranged by Liu Qizhi to his ship ran over one after another, Cai Yin did not show weakness, signaled to those original subordinates to temporarily block these people, and then drew out his own knife, pointed at Liu Ade with the tip of the knife and scolded: "Damn, when Lao Tzu was rampant in the East China Sea, you didn't know where you were a miscellaneous thing, and now you dare to run in front of Lao Tzu to and pee, what the are you?" Want to get your hands dirty? Okay...... If you have the ability, you have to go through a few tricks with Lao Tzu first! …… Hmph, damn, without Lao Tzu, I see that your surname Liu can last a few days in Taiwan! ”
"Cai Yin!" was intimidated by Cai Yin's ferocious momentum, although Liu Ade couldn't help but take two steps back, he still shouted unwillingly: "You dare to touch me? Then you don't want to get off the ship alive. Lost you? What if you didn't have it? Now there are no sailors in the Qing court who can come out to fight, and they can't cross the Taiwan Strait! …… When King Yongyi conquers the city and kills Xu Yun, Taiwan will be our Liu family. …… You'd better be honest and have less to do with Qin Baoqi, otherwise, you will look good then! ”
"Want me to be honest? Does I look good? Do you really fucking think you're a shallot? ......Although Cai Yin didn't dare to really do it, after being a pirate for so many years, that temper has been deeply planted in his character. You can't be soft, you can't lose face! Based on this idea, and relying on the fact that no one under Liu Kezhi could replace him, coupled with the anger accumulated by Liu Ade who beat his own small report before, he took two steps towards Liu Ade with a knife and scolded: "Even if you King Yongyi don't dare to speak to Lao Tzu so horizontally, what the fuck are you?" ”
"Cai Yin, you ...... You don't, don't mess around. Seeing Cai Yin approaching step by step with a knife, his subordinates were blocked on the deck by Cai Yin's original subordinates, and he couldn't rush for a while, Liu Ade's momentum suddenly leaked a lot, and he couldn't even speak clearly, so he could only follow Cai Yin's steps and keep retreating.
"Messing around? Damn, what's the mess? Aren't you fucking horizontal? Come on! …… Let's fight! Look at how capable you are General Liu! Cai Yin roared.
"You...... Boat! Boat! There's a ship coming there! ”
Liu Ade is afraid! Cai Yin's performance is really like wanting to have a blood splash with him for five steps. However, just when he wanted to plead with a smile on his face, he saw a big ship appear on the opposite sea, so he hurriedly pointed it out to divert Cai Yin's attention.
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"Damn, where did this ship come from? Come on, intercept this ship for Lao Tzu. ”
There is only one ship, and this ship makes Cai Yin angry when he looks at it, but he is trying to teach Liu Ade a good lesson, this ship is too inopportune, it is obviously a fork. What is especially hateful is that the ship is turning its bow, clearly trying to run.
"General, this ship is not small, much bigger than ours, but ...... It's not like a Qing court's ship. One of Cai Yin's subordinates asked. This is Cai Yin's original subordinate, and Liu Ade has already gone back to the cabin to hide. When it really came time to fight, the adjutant general couldn't even compare to an ordinary soldier.
"It doesn't matter if it looks like it. Our going is a secret, and now that we've met the people on this boat, we can't let them run anymore. Otherwise, what if the secret is leaked? Besides, this ship is so big, it must not be an ordinary person. Therefore, no matter if he is thirty-seven twenty-one, he will take it first, and then talk about it, and it will just change seats with Lao Tzu. Cai Yin said with a twinkle in his eyes. After taking a closer look at the ship on the other side, he was already moved. The boat is big and not slow, how to see how to make him like it.
"Damn, it's all Liu Qizhi's stupidity, he has to draw some sun and moon talisman on the hull, so that other ships will run away when they see Lao Tzu. Otherwise, that ship would have hit Lao Tzu's mouth long ago. Cai Yin thought again.
"Yes!" The hand is down. Soon, Cai Yin's fleet dispersed into a fan shape and surrounded the big ship opposite.
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"The enemy has a total of 30 warships, of which 10 are suspected to be Dutch-type warships, and the remaining 20 are mostly our Fujian naval division warships, with a speed of about seven to eight knots. The number of artillery pieces is unknown, and it is not known if they have muskets...... Now, the enemy has discovered us and is pursuing, intending to surround our ship. ”
"Good!" Yue Zhongqi held the binoculars, looked at the fifteen warships on the opposite side with the big flags of "Cai" and "Liu", listened to the report of his subordinates, and a trace of excitement passed through his heart, "Since it has been discovered, accelerate and make a move to escape in the northeast direction!" ”
"Wow!"
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"General, they're speeding up." Cai Yin's lookout on the ship was very competent, and Xun Shu found out what Yue Zhongqi meant, and shouted down.
"Speed up the chase! …… Hmph, do you still want to run when you reach Lao Tzu's mouth? How can there be such a beautiful thing. Looking at the warship in front of him, Cai Yin sneered.
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"Pipe tape, they also accelerated." His subordinates reported to Yue Zhongqi.
"Hmmm! …… Drop all kinds of heavy objects and feign to accelerate! Yue Zhongqi ordered again.
"Wow!"
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"General Cai, who are the people on that ship?" Hearing that the enemy did not dare to fight, he actually "fled", and Liu Ade came out of the cabin again.
"Qing Army!" Cai Yin glanced at this guy, said lazily, and didn't hand over the clairvoyant mirror in his hand.
"Qing army? How can they still have such a big ship? Could it be that they are trying to seduce us? Liu Ade asked with a normal face, as if he had forgotten the conflict with Cai Yin just now.
"How do I know? Maybe the Qing court paid for it from Hongmaoyi again! Cai Yin smiled a little gloatingly.
"Impossible! Didn't the people of the Heaven and Earth Society say that the Qing court didn't buy warships at all! Liu Ade said.
"Then I don't know!" Cai Yin said lazily. The development of the Heaven and Earth Society over the years is not in vain, the inquiry information is absolutely first-class, and he also believes what the people of the Heaven and Earth Society say, so he will order the pursuit of this warship, as for where this ship came from, when the time comes, catch someone and ask? As for the possible traps, as long as he was not close to the sea, he did not believe that the Qing court could still have a force to compete with him now.
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"General, the ship has stopped!"
After chasing for about an hour, Cai Yin's lookout hand on the boat shouted down again.