I'm a pirate at the end of Ming Dynasty

The night is long and the bloody battle continues.

As Li Gang's people gradually dispersed to various places, Zheng Zhipeng's position miraculously stabilized, and he even fought vigorously with Liu Xiang in some places.

After fighting for a while, Li Gang ran over and asked: "Fourth Master, the people have almost entered the city. Do you think we should continue to fight Liu Xiang, or slowly evacuate back to the city?"

Zheng Zhipeng naturally wanted to say that of course he had to return to the city. Isn't it crazy to leave the fortified city undefended and fight with Liu Xiang in the field? Besides, he also had reinforcements from the court and Zheng Zhilong. The longer he delayed, the harder it would be on him. Is it beneficial?

However, after Zheng Zhipeng thought about it, he saluted Li Gang sincerely and said, "It's really embarrassing to say that Pengkong has tens of thousands of troops, but he knows nothing about military matters. This is the first time that more than ten thousand people have participated in the battle." During the battle, I was at a loss for a while, which made Brother Li laugh. I wonder if Brother Li thinks it is time to fight or retreat at this time?"

Li Gang accepted Zheng Zhipeng's gift without any courtesy and said: "General Zheng's time in forming the army is still too short, and the training is still insufficient. Although my brothers are all warriors who have fought many battles, they are not the commanders who trained them after all. Even if we can stop Liu Xiang, it is hard to say whether we will win or lose. If General Zheng is willing to retreat to the city, this battle will indeed be easy to fight."

"So Brother Li means to ask me to retreat?"

"Then it depends on the fourth master's life ambition."

"What... what does this mean?"

"If the fourth master just wants to repel Liu Xiang and wait for your brother's reinforcements, then retreating at this time is indeed the best choice. But if the fourth master wants to collect these soldiers for his own use, he wants to build a bigger army than your brother in the future. Big achievements must be fought at this time."

"how do I say this?"

"It is difficult to form an army without iron blood. The reason why Fourth Master's soldiers went out of the city to fight with Liu Xiang was because many of their family members and villagers were outside the city. Naturally, they dared to die to serve. Even though the battle has been going on so far, their family members are all safe and sound. , but the spirit of the soldiers is still there. If you can work hard and finish this battle, your soldiers will be initially trained. But if you return to the city now, your spirit will be exhausted. From now on, the soldiers will still be Soldiers, people or people, if you want to find such an opportunity, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky. Besides, you can't always support so many people. After the disaster year, you must extract the essence no matter what, without fighting bloody battles. In a game, how can we tell who is strong and who is weak?"

"This... I dare to ask Brother Li, if we don't retreat, what are our army's chances of winning?"

"Liu Xiang also underestimates the fourth master. If he comes during the day, I only have a [-]% chance of winning. But since he comes at night and it's raining, my chance of winning is [-]%. And fighting at night, if our army is defeated, I will The commander can return to the city calmly, but if they are defeated, there will be many who get lost and disperse."

"Iron-blooded experience... I'm afraid it will cost so many villagers..."

"So it's still the same sentence. Whether to fight or not depends on the fourth master's life ambition. If the fourth master claims to be the son of a rich man, let alone [-]%, even [-]%, I don't think I should bet. If the fourth master wants to do it, For such an earth-shattering undertaking, [-]% is not a small amount. As for the lives of the villagers that the Fourth Master is concerned about, I don’t think it is a problem, unless the Fourth Master recruits them into the army just to facilitate disaster relief. After all, Ci does not control the army. "

Hearing this, Zheng Zhipeng took a deep breath and said, "In that case, let's fight. Brother Li, my wealth and life will be left to you."

"It seems that Fourth Master really has great ambitions?"

Hearing this, Zheng Zhipeng put his hands behind his back and said frankly: "It's not the ambition of the swan, but the heart of aspiration."

"This……"

"Why, are you scared? Our Zheng family's financial resources are several times richer than those of the Ming Dynasty. When Liu Xiang is defeated and the Netherlands is defeated in the future, it will not be difficult even ten times. Now the Ming Dynasty is in turmoil, and all the heroes are competing for the throne. , as long as there is a battlefield veteran like Brother Li around to help, why should I not be qualified to get a share of the pie?"

Li Gang laughed when he heard this, and suddenly he half-knelt down and saluted solemnly: "Li Gang, the last general, pays homage to the lord."

Zheng Zhipeng was overjoyed when he saw this. He had already made mental preparations to visit the thatched cottage three times after the war. He quickly helped the man up and patted him on the shoulder. He smiled and said, "Getting Brother Li today is like a tiger with two wings. Brother Zheng will go and command the soldiers to fight first. Wait for him later." If you win this battle, then have a drink with Brother Zheng."

"Okay, then I'll go"

After saying that, Li Gang strode into the military formation with his head high and his chest high, and was no longer seen. Zheng Zhipeng didn't even know how he commanded the army at night. He just felt that this man's few steps were so free and easy.

Come to think of it, this person has been holding it in for a long time.

In fact, it's normal to think about it. Ever since the day Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong without permission, this group of Pidao soldiers has been very embarrassed. To put it bluntly, it's because the father doesn't love the mother and they have been wronged. Otherwise, none of these people would have a blood feud with the Manchus. , how can it be possible to reduce it to Qing Dynasty?

Since Li Gang had followed Kong Youde to attack Dengzhou, even if he had not gone to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, he was probably already a rebel in the eyes of the court. At this time, in the northwest, to be honest, no one in the northwest looked like he was going to succeed. How could he be willing to be a thief with his background?

Objectively speaking, if Li Gang doesn't want to surrender to Kou and occupy the mountain as king, he really doesn't have many choices. Among the princes in the world at this time, the Zheng family is still rich, and it is very rich. If an outsider directly voted for Zheng Zhilong, he would definitely not be reused. If he didn't vote for Zheng Zhipeng, who else could he vote for?

As for what this person represents to Zheng Zhipeng, you can see it by looking at today's battle. In short, the two of them are like a gangster meeting a kiln sister. They hit it off immediately, but something went wrong.

Zheng Zhipeng also climbed up to look at the battlefield from a distance, but it was too dark to see clearly. Besides, he guessed that he wouldn't be able to understand even in the daytime, so he simply came down. He didn't even know whether he was losing or winning this battle. I can’t even understand it, it’s a husky.

In desperation, he could only sit there.

In fact, Liu Xiang was completely panicked at this time. He couldn't understand at all. They were obviously a group of new recruits. How could they suddenly seem to be completely reborn, and how could they advance and retreat in a controlled manner?

You must know that his troops are just some pirates. Even if they plunder all the year round, they have never fought any tough battles. Most of their fights with officers and soldiers were just bullying and bullying of the guardsmen in the Guangdong area. In fact, they are as ruthless as wolves. , The headwind is not as good as a dog, and it is far from being a million miles away from the powerful generals like Li Gang who are under Mao Wenlong.

It's not that he has never seen a battle before, but the problem is that he is fighting at night!

Li Gang's analysis was correct. He and Liu Xiang were indeed a [-]-[-] winner in this battle, but everyone's bets were completely unequal. With Zheng Zhipeng's back to the big city, how could he guarantee that he and Liu Xiang would defeat him and run to the city? A sound organizational structure.

Where is Liu Xiang?Once this night's trap is broken up, the cage cannot be brought back.

To put it another way, Liu Xiang wouldn't even gamble with Zheng Zhipeng!This status is not equal!It would be almost the same if Zheng Zhilong was here in person.

Thinking of this, Liu Xiang already wanted to retreat. After all, he had no ambition.