Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 808: Xiamen Bloodless Kaicheng 1
After hearing what Tian Chuan said, Zheng Senmao suddenly realized.He was already in despair, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou were lost, the main fleet was defeated, his father, uncle, uncle and other people who could rely on were either uncertain of life or death, or had no news, Xiamen was besieged on three sides, unable to struggle, neither capable of fighting and winning In short, he was unable to stop the war and seek peace, and he was out of breath.But it was only now that he found out that Xiyi's rebellion in Taiwan actually gave Zheng's group a chance of life. They could use this as an excuse to seize the moral high ground and propose to Yang Menglong to stop the civil war. Yi!Of course, as far as he is concerned, he also really wants to expel Xiyi and take back Taiwan. After all, Zheng Zhilong has been dominating Fujian for these years and has been encouraging Fujian’s landless farmers to immigrate to Taiwan. Those island residents who are being ravaged by Xiyi are all The people of the Han family cannot just sit back and watch them being massacred by the Xiyi.

Will Yang Menglong agree to his request, stop attacking the Zheng Group, and aim his gun at Xiyi?

Zheng Sen had no idea, so he made up his mind: If Yang Menglong agrees to his request and proves that Yang Menglong really has the world at heart, he will sincerely take refuge in him and become one of Yang Menglong's generals, follow his battle flag to fight in all directions, and start a war. If Yang Menglong refuses, it proves that the champion Hou is just a selfish person who seeks fame and fame. This kind of person is not worth his life. Living in seclusion, if you are unlucky, you can only accept your fate.

After making up his mind, he summoned the generals and expressed his plan.

The generals were silent for a long time, and no one spoke in favor or objected.

Zheng Sen looked at them, and said slowly: "I know, this is a difficult choice for everyone, but... we have no choice! Continuing to fight against Champion Hou will not only wipe us out, but dozens of Xiamen Thousands of people are bleeding into rivers, which will make Xiyi snicker! The struggle between us and the champion is nothing more than a conflict of interests, but Xiyi is ambitious, trying to occupy Taiwan, and even use it as a springboard to further invade our coastal areas , if they cannot be wiped out as soon as possible, there will be no peace in the southern coastal areas of Ming Dynasty, and we will all become sinners of the country! Father insisted on being an enemy of Champion Hou, and he was wrong from the very beginning, and we paid a heavy price for it, didn’t it? Are we going to keep going wrong?"

Now that the talk has come to this point, it is absolutely impossible for everyone not to express their opinions.The Japanese generals strongly opposed the call for peace. The Ming army massacred and plundered Japan twice. The killings were unaccountable. The hatred they forged was too deep. And the Japanese were notoriously paranoid and narrow-minded. How could they be willing to let this thing go to Ming Dynasty? A chance of bloodshed?They even held down their samurai swords with their hands and shouted angrily that they would rather die than surrender. Even if everyone surrendered, they would still fight Yang Menglong to the end!Zheng Sen remained calm and asked people to invite them out... Although the Japanese generals were good at fighting, their status in Zheng Zhilong's army was not very high. What they said did not carry much weight, and their fierce attitudes did not irritate them. This not only aroused Zheng Sen's determination to fight to the end, but also aroused Zheng Sen's murderous intention: after all, these Japanese pirates are not of the same mind as them and cannot be left behind!He waved to Shi Lang without saying a word, and just scratched his neck with his finger.

Shi Lang understood, and walked out calmly.

At this time, those die-hard generals finally spoke up.No one is explicitly opposed to suing for peace, but they are all complaining that there is no difference between going on strike and suing for peace now and surrendering. With this surrender, even if the foundation built by the Zheng family through bloody battles is destroyed, everything for them will be in vain... ...After all, they are still worried that their interests will be damaged after surrender.Zheng Sen smiled bitterly in his heart, why did he only realize now that these elders are so short-sighted?It seems that their achievements in this life are just like this, and it is difficult to go further.After everyone had complained enough, he said: "Everyone, I know it is not easy to make this determination. No one knows what the champion will do to us. After surrendering, our status may plummet. Our current wealth , power is likely to be gone forever, these are not impossible. However, we have no choice! While Xiamen is still in our hands, shake hands with the Heluo New Army and make peace, and then jointly fight against the Western Yi, we We can still get a good reputation and retain some room for bargaining, but if we insist on going our own way and fight them to the end, then we are really doomed! Think about how the champion treated the Denglai rebels? Think about how the champion treated the bandits?"

The group of mumbling and complaining guys suddenly fell silent when they thought of the fate of the rogues of the Denglai rebels.Is Kong Youde powerful?Such a small number of people beat Shandong Invincible Hands all over, how many general soldiers and governors died in his hands, no one can cure him at all!However, Yang Menglong only brought [-] soldiers and completely destroyed the main force of the rebels in just two battles. Kong Youde, Li Jiucheng, Geng Zhongming and other bandit leaders were beheaded by Yang Menglong one by one!Are there hundreds of thousands of rogue bandits?However, Yang Menglong had no effort at all in fighting them. After he straightened out the mess in the entire Heluo area, in just one battle, the heads of Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and others were sent to the capital as trophies!Thinking about the fate of these people, everyone shuddered and said one after another: "It's all up to the master! We don't dare to ask for anything more, we just want to save our lives!"

Zheng Sen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "So, let's go back and prepare, seal up the granaries, silver warehouses, and armories, and sort out the military registration, household registration, land deeds, and sea charts to facilitate handover."

They called Xiang to cooperate with the Heluo New Army to deal with Xiyi, but in fact they surrendered. Everyone knew that these were necessary procedures, and they couldn't let the Heluo New Army travel thousands of miles south without getting anything, right?If this is the case, no matter how good-tempered Yang Menglong is, he will never let them go... What's more, Yang Menglong's temper is not very good.Everyone resigned one after another and went back to prepare, while Zheng Sen began to write letters.He still had his heart set, and instead of directly writing to Yang Menglong, he wrote the letter to Han Peng. In the letter, he gave full play to his imagination and described the tragic situation of Xiyi ravaging Taiwan Island and Xiyi's arrogant attitude towards Daming. Three points into the tree, and then said in a sad tone that at present, the western barbarians are gathering heavily in Taiwan, slaughtering the descendants of the Chinese, which means to separate Taiwan and look at Fujian and Guangdong. We are all officials of the Ming Dynasty, and we should guard this territory for the Ming Dynasty. It is really a crime that the battle is still going on!In the end, he euphemistically proposed that he was willing to stop the war with the Heluo New Army and make peace with the Heluo New Army. As a subordinate, he would cooperate with the Heluo New Army to cross the sea and attack Taiwan.
After the letter was written, he picked up the letterhead, dried the ink on it, and put it in an envelope.At this time, Shi Lang strode in with little blood stains on his body, making the weak-headed young man look a little more murderous.

Zheng Sen was busy sealing the envelope without raising his head: "Has everything been taken care of?"

Shi Lang said: "Hideo Ando, ​​Yoshio Tagawa, Rishi Akaga, Ryubei Hyakutake, Takeshi Domoto...these Japanese generals who strongly opposed were all beheaded."

Zheng Sen said: "Cut off the head as a meeting gift for the champion."

Shi Lang said, "It's already in the box."

After Zheng Sen sealed the envelope, he took Zheng Zhilong's big seal and sealed it firmly, saying, "Shi Lang, do me one more favor and deliver this letter to General Han Peng!"

Shi Lang was startled: "Why not send it directly to the champion?"

Zheng Sen said: "Sending it directly to the champion Hou shows that we are eager for a truce, and we are short before we start negotiations. Pass the letter to the champion, so that we have much more leeway."

Shi Lang admired him from the bottom of his heart: "Young master is really thoughtful."

Zheng Sen smiled wryly: "Thoughtful? No, this is just self-deception...Okay, send the letter over quickly, and let the letter fall into the hands of the champion before the Denglai Navy sends an attack on Jinmen."

Shi Lang didn't dare to neglect, took the letter and walked out.When he got out of the door, he thought of an important matter, turned back, and said to Zheng Sen: "My lord, you have to be careful of those Japanese samurai, their grievances with Champion Hou are too deep, if you don't keep an eye on them , it's hard to guarantee that they won't do some crazy things!"

Zheng Sen said: "I will keep an eye on them. If they dare to act rashly, I will throw them all into the sea to feed the fish!"

It seemed that this man was not a good person. Seeing his murderous look, Shi Lang felt relieved, left the Admiral's Mansion, boarded a boat and crossed the strait to Han Peng's camp.

After Shi Lang left, Zheng Sen called a few more confidants and commanded in a low voice: "You immediately mobilize the elite of the Yingxia Army and put all those Japanese warriors under surveillance. If they act recklessly, kill them all!"

These generals also knew about the grudges between the Japanese and Yang Menglong. Those Japanese samurai were not honest people. If they were not careful, they would really give Yang Menglong and the Zheng Group a big surprise.Therefore, they did not dare to neglect, and mobilized their most capable troops to quietly monitor the Japanese samurai.The troops on the front line also received the same order. They did it even more ruthlessly, pushing more than 4000 Japanese samurai to the front line in the name of defense. If these Japanese pirates were dishonest, they would work with the Han Peng Corps to deal with them!This move also gave people an unusual smell, and the atmosphere in Xiamen suddenly became tense.

Shi Lang went in and out of the Chinese army camp of Han Peng's army several times, and he was very familiar with the contacts, so he quickly delivered the letter to Han Peng.Han Peng read the letter, pondered for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "It seems that this letter shouldn't be written to me, right? Your Mr. Zheng has a lot of tricks!"

Shi Lang said sincerely: "General, my son did not approve of the admiral being your enemy from the very beginning, and now he has no intention of fighting your army. As long as their lives are guaranteed, both the Jinmen army and the Yingxia army are willing to submit to the new army. Please use it for the new army, the general will fulfill it!"

Han Peng read the letter again and said, "Okay, since he really has a bit of heart to defend the country and serve the country, I don't care about his cunning, and I will forward this letter to the champion immediately." Speaking of this, his complexion suddenly darkened, and he snorted: "Those bastard Xiyi, actually want to take advantage of the fire? Do you think our Heluo New Army's nearly [-] troops are just for show? If they don't deal with them, they will really Think of yourself as God!"

Shi Lang hit the snake with a stick: "The western barbarians are insatiably greedy and coveted our Ming territory for a long time. If some chivalrous pirates resisted desperately, I'm afraid the whole of Taiwan would be swallowed up by them! Admiral Zheng fought against them several times. They have not been able to completely subdue them, and this time they took advantage of the chaos to massively increase their troops and try to occupy the entire Taiwan. If they succeed, the southern coast will never have peace!"

Han Peng said: "They made the coastal people unable to live and work in peace and contentment, so we had to let them rest in peace." Speaking of this, the general was already full of murderous intent.Xiyi's massive invasion of Taiwan is naturally a great crisis, but for him, it is an excellent opportunity.In the past two years, his army has fought from Hubei to Guangxi, and from Guangxi to Fujian. It has fought many battles, but its reputation is still much worse than that of Xue Siming's army. But they are extremely fierce Jiannu and Tartars. The opponents are different, and the influence is naturally different.The Battle of Zhangzhou was pure abuse for him. It seemed that the record was brilliant, but the record was so low that the entire legion was embarrassed to mention it. Biao, Shi Daxuan, these idiots are enough!
Let's take you to the knife!
PS: The computer blue screened yesterday, rely on it.

(End of this chapter)