The green flag on Zhujiazhuang hung low, and the Qing army under the green flag was also lifeless and panicked.
Suddenly, a camp soldier on the watchtower blew the alarm horn.
A short, low voice broke the dead afternoon silence, causing Zhujiazhuang to panic. The green battalion soldiers, who had been wearing armor and carrying troops and were nervous, started making noises in a panic.
"Report, fake thieves, fake thieves are surrounding us."
With a gloomy face, Li Yuchun quickly climbed up to the watchtower and looked out into the distance outside the village. Sure enough, there was a low sound of drums and horns coming from the horizon, and soldiers and horses appeared one after another.
Flags fluttered in the wind.
"These damn fake thieves are not afraid of being burned to death in such a strong sun, yet they actually attack us in the middle of the day."
"Headquarters, what should we do?" General Li Yuanshan on the side saw the people walking by and was sweating. He was responsible for staying at Zhujiazhuang last night.
He slept until dawn, but when he woke up, he saw his cousin Li Yuchun who had fled back in embarrassment. Only then did he find out that a thousand riders came out of the village last night to attack the fake admiral Zhu Wu, but they had dumplings made instead.
Out of a thousand people, only nine people came back, five of them were Lord Yan and his nephews, and the Manchu Lord Qi Shiha and his 500 Manchu soldiers were all lost in the Ming camp.
Li Yuanshan felt like the sky was falling.
The whole camp is on alert as if facing a powerful enemy.
Now the Ming army finally surrounded us.
Mr. Yan was carried up, and two of Li Yuchun's soldiers helped hold umbrellas.
"gentlemen?"
Mr. Yan was sitting on a bamboo chair, shaking a fan in his hand. His face was pale, but he looked calm.
"General, the puppet army is coming quickly, so you must pretend to surrender quickly. If it is too late, it will be difficult to deceive the puppet army when they launch an attack."
"Listen to Mr. Yan." Li Yuchun glared at Mr. Yan's cousin Li Yuanshan who wanted to scold him.
"Please ask the military men to take down the green flag and replace it with a white flag, and then send someone out to deliver the surrender letter to the pseudo-admiral Zhu Wu." Yan Woggong ordered.
Li Yuchun followed the instructions one by one.
The green flag on Zhujiazhuang was quickly replaced by a white flag.
Then a Qing soldier came out of the village holding a white flag and delivered a letter of surrender to the Ming camp. He soon came back, "After entering the puppet camp, Xiao met the puppet admiral Zhu Wu. He was very young. After seeing the letter of surrender from the military gate, he said
Unless the military gate comes out in person to ask for surrender, it will not be accepted."
"Students are willing to accompany the army to meet the pseudo-admiral in front of the village." Yan Wo is fair.
Li Yuchun hesitated, and as soon as he got out of the tiger's den, he still regretted it.
"Don't worry, military officials. We can send more troops over and request a meeting in front of the two armies. Even if the negotiation fails, there will be no fear of life."
"Okay." Li Yuchun had no choice. The fake admiral Zhu Wu really scared him. Now he doesn't think that the unknown Zhu Wu is very powerful. He just thinks that these battles should be fought by guys like Wang Zhiren and Zhang Mingzhen.
call taxi.
After losing several battles in a row, I really didn’t dare to fight again.
It can only be delayed for a while.
A mile in front of Zhujiazhuang, a large table and several chairs were placed under several large camphor trees.
A red flag stands in front of the tree.
Zhu Yihai arrived in person with more than 20 cavalry, followed by Jinwu, Yulin, and the flagbearer camps, all two miles apart.
As required, Li Yuchun only brought Yan Wogong and five personal soldiers, and came on foot without weapons and holding a white flag.
Yang Boxing stepped forward to stop them. After carefully searching the whole body, he asked five soldiers to stand twenty steps away under the sun and took only Li Yuchun and Yan Wogong to the tree.
"Who is coming?"
Zhang Mingyang, the deputy commander of the Jinwu Battalion, shouted loudly, like thunder, which frightened the frightened Li Yuchun so much that he almost turned around and ran away.
I swallowed and finally calmed down.
"Last General Li Yuchun pays homage to the Admiral."
Zhu Wu Dama Jin Dao was sitting under the tree, holding a tea cup in his hand and making a cold snort.
Li Yuchun was so frightened that his heartbeat stopped for a moment, his legs softened, and he knelt down.
On the other hand, Mr. Yan, although his face was pale, very weak, and his body was bandaged in many places, he still had the proud air of a scholar. He stood there with only a slight bow and said, "Student pays homage to the Master!"
Zhu Yihai, whose alias was Jiangnan Admiral Zhu Wu, pretended to be murderous, "Thief Li, Thief Yan, I let two of your thieves escape last night, and now you still have the guts to come back. Are you really not afraid of death?"
However, Yan Wogong looked like a lobbyist and waved the fan lightly in his hand, "Students who are here today are actually here to help the Lord to relieve danger and avoid misfortune."
"Since the Northern Expedition, our headquarters has been victorious in consecutive battles and our troops are at a sharp front. How can we talk about danger? But you are like bereaved dogs and are in panic all day long. There is no need to talk alarmist words!"
"Your Majesty, this is wrong!"
"It's true that Lord Bu Tang just won two games. It was just a sneak attack to take advantage of my unpreparedness. Although Li Junmen was defeated, it was only a small loss. He left Hangzhou with 5,500 troops. Now Zhujiazhuang
There are still three thousand and five thousand, and the main force has not been lost. Moreover, this place is only a few hundred miles away from Hangzhou. The rescue messenger has rushed to Hangzhou and will soon bring back a large group of reinforcements. Most of the students under the command of Guanbu Tang are also new soldiers.
Although Hexiang Yong has a large number of soldiers, he is not an elite soldier. If Marshal Boluo of Hangzhou comes in person, how can the army resist?"
Zhu Yihai pretended to be angry, "Didn't you say you wanted to surrender in person? Why are you trying to trick me?"
"How dare students, it's just that students actually have a better proposal, hello, me, hello everyone."
"Don't talk nonsense. If you want to fight, you will fight. If you want to surrender, you will surrender. If you want to pretend to surrender, you will delay time and dream."
"Budang, please listen to the students. It's not too late to make a decision. Even if Butang can storm Zhujiazhuang before Commander Boluo arrives, but Li Junmen will lead his troops to fight against the trapped beasts, I'm afraid it will be too late.
It will cause you a lot of casualties. Then both sides will suffer losses, so how can the army fight against Marshal Bolo? Wouldn’t it mean that you will die without a burial place?"
"Students hope that the ministry will think twice."
Zhu Yihai pretended to think, then sneered a few times and said, "Continue."
Li Yuchun stood aside, sweating all over his body. He always felt that if he made a disagreement, his head would fall to the ground. Now he met Yan Woggong and talked eloquently. He actually used the connotation of what the pseudo-admiral said. After he completely mastered the rhythm of the words, he couldn't help but
I secretly admired him and said in my heart that Mr. Yan is really talented.
"Unless it is absolutely necessary, Li Junmen is actually not willing to die together. The student has a suggestion that can protect both sides."
"Although the army and the army are victorious in both battles, Li Junmen still has 3,500 elite soldiers in hand. If the battle continues, both sides will suffer losses. In the end, when Marshal Bolo comes, the army and the army will not be spared."
He looked like a lobbyist and began to elaborate in detail. The main idea was that we are actually two armies fighting each other for their own masters. We have no selfish hatred. Li Yuchun and you have no enmity or enmity. There is no need to fight to the death. We are just fighting for each other.
Just the Lord.
Why don't we reach an agreement privately and put on a show, so that Li Yuchun can interact with Bolo, and Admiral Zhu doesn't have to put himself in danger.
"acting?"
"Yes, acting, Admiral Zhu retreated, and then Li Junmen immediately sent an envoy to Hangzhou to report the victory. He said that Li Junmen first suffered a small defeat and then a great victory. In Zhujiazhuang, he defeated Admiral Zhu who underestimated the enemy's invasion and defeated Admiral Zhu.
, Admiral Zhu’s troops collapsed. In this way, Li Junmen can conduct missions in Hangzhou, and Bolo will not be brought back to fight Admiral Zhu. Wouldn’t it mean that we can resolve the crisis on our own?”
"Humph, what a big dog." Zhu Yihai pretended to be very dissatisfied and slammed the table, "The purpose of our headquarters' crossing the sea and the Northern Expedition is to recover western Zhejiang, and even cooperate with the Supervisory State to recover Hangzhou. Then we will go north to recover it.
How can the two capitals be afraid of Boluo?"
"Budang, please calm down. The students also know that the Bundang is powerful. However, the Bundang has just crossed the sea and headed north. There are not many soldiers and horses, and the army is not in order. If we fight with the elites of the Eight Banners now, I am afraid we will not get any favors. If both sides lose, what will happen?"
Isn’t it dangerous?”
"It's better to hide your strength and bide your time."
"Bah, you lost the battle and can't do business with the Tatars. You can't even pass my test now and are about to become prisoners again. But now you are trying to trick me into acting with you. It's a good plan."
Zhu Yihai banged the table, and Li Yuchun felt his heart beating violently. He always felt that the young admiral was going to draw a knife and chop him in the next moment.
But Mr. Yan was very calm, still waving his fan lightly, and then using his sharp tongue to continue to persuade the pseudo-admiral Zhu Wu.
"We are willing to give you some compensation. We still have some money, food and supplies in our army, and we are willing to give some to your lord."
Zhu Yihai pretended to be moved.
Then Mr. Yan began to talk about numbers.
"Ten thousand taels of silver, a thousand stones of grain."
There was a loud bang.
This time it was Zhang Mingyang's turn who had been watching the show for a long time. He roared angrily, rolled up his sleeves and was about to beat Mr. Yan, "Our Lord Admiral is also the Minister of the Ministry of War, and has the title of Left Deputy Governor of the Capital. He is a serious minister.
Handsome, how dare you insult me like this and treat me like a beggar?"
He was tall and tall. He rolled up his sleeves, revealing two striped arms with tattoos. He had wings on his left arm and a flying fish beast on his right arm. His eyes were wide open, giving him a sense of oppression.
Yan Wogong took two steps back and said, "Twenty thousand taels!"
"Pooh!"
Li Yuchun was almost breathless there. He didn't wait for Mr. Yan to increase the price, but took the initiative to increase the price, "Fifty thousand taels, I am willing to give the admiral 50,000 taels of silver, plus 800 women."
Zhu Yihai's eyes were like daggers, and he glared at Li Yuchun fiercely. When he heard about eight hundred women, he really had murderous intentions. This reminded him of the origins of these women. They were all robbed along the way and taken to the army.
I don’t know how much misery I have encountered.
They had previously ambushed Li Yuchun's troops, annihilated more than a dozen of his battalions, and rescued more than a thousand women. Many of them were destroyed and transformed into human beings. As soon as they were rescued, many women jumped into the water and committed suicide. Even if they were rescued again, they would still be dead.
I didn't want to live and couldn't face that terrible experience.
Many women's husbands, children, and families were massacred by the Tatar and puppet troops. Although some women still have their families and relatives still there, how can they have the dignity to go back and face them after being kidnapped?
In the hands of the Tatars, they could not even wish for death. Now that they have been rescued, they only wish for life and do not even have the courage to live.
Only a handful of the rescued women were willing to go home, and the vast majority were unwilling to go home even after being discouraged from committing suicide. Zhu Yihai had no choice but to temporarily build a women's camp to accommodate them.
Now when he heard that Li Yuchun said that he would send eight hundred women to him, he was so angry that he really wanted to draw his sword and kill them.
Li Yuchun, however, was still talking about how those women were so young, originally from good families, etc. Most of them were even girls who had never married before.
An angry Zhu Yihai went to draw his sword.
Mr. Yan quickly came out to beg for mercy and persuade him, and kept making gestures with his eyes.
"If Lord Buntang is willing to eliminate the war disaster, we are willing to break up the family and raise another 50,000 taels of silver, and one hundred thousand taels. In addition, all the women and eldest husbands in the Zhu family are willing to give it to the Buntang."
Zhu Yihai suppressed his anger and gritted his teeth.
Li Yuchun was also stared at. He closed his mouth involuntarily and took a few steps back.
"How much do you think is appropriate, sir?" Yan Wagong relaxed the atmosphere.
Zhu Yihai stared at Li Yuchun, his eyes like swords.
He said slowly, word for word, "My request is very simple. I allow you to take five hundred people to leave Zhujiazhuang. After you leave, you can report to Hangzhou as you please and promote your victory over me, but only five hundred people are allowed to leave.
Moreover, each person is only allowed to leave with three days of dry food and one weapon, and all other items are not allowed to be taken away."
Yan Wogong pretended to be shocked and shouted, "This is not possible. We still have 3,500 elite soldiers in the village, as well as thousands of men, and more than 3,000 women, not to mention a lot of money, food and supplies.
Equipment, how could you leave with only 500 people?"
Zhu Yihai slowly stood up and stared at Li Yan, "My conditions have been made clear. If you agree, you will be evacuated within an hour. If you don't agree, then after an hour, the headquarters will personally
Lead the troops to attack Zhujiazhuang. Starting from the traitor Li, not a single traitor will be left behind."
Yan Wogong took a few steps back pretending to be scared, "Student, please discuss this with the military sect."
He pulled Li Yuchun dozens of steps away, and the two stood in the sun.
"Why did this guy named Zhu suddenly get stabbed?"
"Hey, we agreed in advance that everything will be discussed by the students. How could Junmen interrupt? I don't know which sentence angered him. Now it's difficult to deal with it."
Li Yuchun also had some regrets, "Do you think his conditions are true? Are you really willing to let 500 of us go?"
Yan Wo Gong shocked this guy's heart. There were thousands of people in the village. In order to survive, he was actually willing to leave with only 500 people.
"Perhaps he is just testing our bottom line," Yan Wogong replied, "We cannot agree so readily, otherwise he may impose additional conditions."
"Then what should we do? If we completely anger that guy, we won't be able to hold on."
Yan Wogong kept saying that in a battle between trapped beasts, both sides would suffer losses, but Li Yuchun had no confidence at all. When he came out, he had five thousand men and threatened a lot of strong men on the road. But after two battles, especially after the battle last night, his capital was basically
It's refracted.
There are currently 3,500 troops in the village. In fact, Li Yuanshan only has a few servants. He can't even make up the 500 men who can fight. Especially after the Manchu soldiers were completely wiped out, their morale is now completely gone. If we really want to
The Ming army besieged them, and I was afraid that these few troops would immediately be defeated.
When death was imminent, Li Yuchun became a bachelor and a rogue. As long as he could save his life, he didn't care about other external possessions, whether it was the money he had stolen or the young men or women he had attracted.
The green hills left behind are not afraid of running out of firewood.
As long as Zhu Yihai is willing, he is really willing to take 500 people and leave now, and immediately run back to Hangzhou, or run to a farther place, and then continue to plunder the strong men and pull them up again.
However, this was inconsistent with the plan discussed by Yan Wogong and Zhu Yihai.
Li Yuchun and the others still have great uses, so how can they let him run away so easily.
