The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 136 Meeting Shi Lang on the Way
I saw a depression on the map not far in front of the Dragon Guard Army, more than one mile wide, connected to a tributary of Ziyun River on the east side, and extended to the foot of Shanling on the west side.

And these hundreds of captive troops were also very cunning, sending people in front to lure the Dragon Guards to attack them, and ambushing people on the side to dig the embankment.

It had just rained, and the water level in Ziyun River was quite high.If the Dragon Guards really rushed up, the river would suddenly rush in when they passed through that depression, and they would definitely suffer great losses!

Zhu Linmei was also afraid for a while, but fortunately, the new map used by the Dragon Guards was marked with contour lines, so that she could see the dangerous terrain.Coupled with the strong scouting capabilities of the hussars equipped with binoculars, they discovered the group of Qing troops hiding on the river embankment. The combination of the two revealed Jianlu's tricks and saved the Dragon Guards from heavy losses.

He immediately ordered Liu Guoxuan, who was best at raiding, to lead the fifth infantry battalion up the embankment, and first annihilate the enemy troops who were about to dig the embankment there.

After Jianlu's plan to attack by water is shattered, the cavalry will execute according to the previous battle plan.

On the embankment, a young man with a wide face and small eyes in Qing army uniform bent down and stared intently at the depression on the west side.More than ten barrels of gunpowder had already been buried under the embankment fifty feet away from him, and someone would ignite the gunpowder as long as he gave an order.

When the embankment collapses and the water pours down, those people sent by Uncle will definitely be dealt with once and for all!Thinking of this, the broad-faced young man couldn't help grinning triumphantly, but then he looked around anxiously. It's been a long time, but he still hasn't seen Uncle's people rushing over. Their movements are too slow.

Suddenly, the soldiers lying not far from him shouted repeatedly: "My lord, there are people on the embankment over there!"

"What?!" The broad-faced young man hurriedly turned his head to look, and could vaguely see a few people in dark green clothes flashing over a hundred steps away, and hiding behind a few willow trees, their movements were very sensitive.

He was taken aback immediately, he didn't seem to belong to Uncle?
The next moment, there was a thunderous shout, "Charge!" Then hundreds of people holding firecrackers appeared from nowhere and rushed towards him quickly.

"Ming Army?!" The broad-faced young man finally saw the appearance of the soldiers on the opposite side. Although he had never seen the strange military uniforms, he recognized the hemispherical helmets with brims on the heads of these people.

I said that they all ran to Shaowu, why did Uncle catch up again?He grabbed the short-bearded and strong men beside him, pointed at the oncoming Ming army and said angrily: "Did you ever wear eyes when you were inquiring about the enemy's situation?!"

The brawny man with short beard said with a bitter face: "Just now I saw thousands of troops from a distance, I guess they must be the commander-in-chief's troops, so..." In fact, he can't be blamed, according to the information they have, There should be no army with more than a thousand troops in Shaowu Mansion.

The broad-faced young man slapped him angrily, turned around and saw the brawny man's tight-fitting jacket, and immediately said, "Take it off!"

"Huh? What?"

"Take off my little clothes!"

Liu Guoxuan approached Jianlu very carefully, and he was not found until 150 steps away.At this time, seeing that he was about to charge within sixty steps of the enemy, he was about to order to stop and fire the guns, but suddenly he saw someone in the camp of the captive army picked up a small white coat with a branch and held it up.

"Damn it!" Liu Guoxuan almost fell to the ground with his feet tilted, thinking, this kind of prisoner is also very timid, seeing that the trick of the water attack has been seen through, he surrendered directly!

"Beware of deceit." He ordered his soldiers to form a half-encirclement line quickly, and was about to send someone to intervene, when he saw a Jianlu officer with a wide face and small eyes holding a white flag walking over.

Zhu Linmi was discussing with Zhang Jiayu and Zheng Chenggong about the follow-up battle plan when she heard the report from the hussars that the captive army had surrendered, and more than ten barrels of gunpowder had been dug out from under the embankment, which had been properly disposed of.

Zhu Linmei couldn't help frowning slightly. With so much gunpowder, the embankment would collapse in an instant. If it was another Ming army team, most of them would have been flooded by now.I don't know who is commanding this team of Jianlu, it's really scheming.

Soon, Liu Guoxuan escorted a Jianlu officer in front of him. The man had a very broad face and a slender braid behind his oblate bald head. He looked like a wax gourd with a handle on his neck.

He coughed and was about to interrogate, when he heard Zheng Chenggong exclaimed beside him: "Your Majesty! Why are you here?"

Without waiting for "Winter Melon" to reply, Zheng Chenggong suddenly reacted, pointed at him and said sharply: "Shi Lang, I really didn't expect you to surrender?!"

"Who? Shi Lang?!" This time it was Zhu Linmi's turn to be surprised, and immediately turned to ask Zheng Chenggong, "Is he Shi Lang? Sea Perak?"

"Sea thunderbolt?" Not only Zheng Chenggong, but also Shi Lang himself was taken aback.

"Oh, it's nothing." Only then did Zhu Linmei remember that Shi Lang, who was in his 20s, might not have gotten the nickname "Sea Thunderbolt" before him. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Does he have an uncle named Shi Fu?"

"Exactly."

Shi Lang hurriedly said loudly to Zheng Chenggong: "Da Mu, don't talk nonsense, when will I surrender..." In the middle of speaking, he suddenly stopped, touched the braid on the back of his head, shook his head and sighed, "It's not I want to shave my hair, Uncle got Zheng Zhilong's order..."

He glanced at Zheng Chenggong, and seemed to feel that it was impolite to say that to his father, and was about to change his words, when he heard Zheng Chenggong say: "I have broken with him and have nothing to do with him, you just say it's okay."

"Zheng Zhilong ordered Uncle and his men to shave their hair, and assisted the captives to guard Yu Jianning. That's how I was forced to have my hair shaved."

This Shi Fu is Zheng Zhilong's direct descendant, with nearly [-] troops, he can be regarded as the most elite infantry under Zheng Zhilong's command.

Shi Lang was full of distress, and continued: "A few days ago, I joined forces with [-] soldiers who did not want to be captives, and took advantage of Uncle's leaving the camp, stole his token and escaped from the camp.

"Uncle immediately sent people to chase after me, because my subordinates mistakenly regarded your army as a pursuer, so I planned to block it."

"You really didn't surrender?"

"I, Shi Lang, swear to Tianqi that I will be loyal to Daming and dare not betray me!"

Zheng Chenggong bowed his head in thought, then nodded immediately.He has known Shi Lang for a long time and has a close personal relationship, so he knows Shi Lang very well.Just now Shi Lang had surrendered without even firing a shot. If he was determined to surrender, even if he didn't fight, he would definitely turn around and run away.

He then said to Zhu Lin: "His Royal Highness, based on what the general knows about Shi Lang, he should be forced to shave his hair rather than surrender."

Zhu Linming naturally knew that Shi Lang, Shi Fu, Zheng Zhilong and others were not all the same.In fact, after Zheng Zhilong’s generation of pirates was recruited by the Ming Dynasty, their descendants have been in contact with the upper class of the Ming Dynasty since childhood, and have a firm identity as Ming officials.When their fathers who had been pirates betrayed Ming Dynasty, most of them chose to draw a line with their fathers, Zheng Chenggong and Shi Lang all did the same.

In history, although Shi Lang briefly surrendered to the Qing Dynasty under Shi Fu's persecution, he soon joined Zheng Chenggong's anti-Qing rebel army and made great achievements in the battle against Jianlu.

He nodded to Zheng Chenggong with a smile and said: "Since there is a recommendation from a big tree, that marquis must be Zhongliang." He waved to Liu Guoxuan and said, "Sightseeing, untie him quickly."

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