The old pirate speaks clearly and is not like a rash man in the countryside. He can accurately grasp the key to Chen Xi's speech. He should have read a few days ago. He is a little clever and similar to Zhu Qi.

But Zhu Qi "abandoned the dark and turned to the light" before Shen Xi became famous, and this person was caught when he brought his men to the camp, which was incomparable.

Chen Xi showed a sneer on his face: "What a wrongful sentence. Since we have come to comfort the soldiers of the three armies, why don't we see the gift of condolences? Could it be that we came to visit with weapons?"

Chen Xi's tone before was too confusing. The old pirate only followed the words and said it. Now after thinking about it, he found that there were many loopholes and could not answer for a while.

"Come here, drag the captured pirates out to ask for advice and raise their heads to sacrifice the flag. The men, women, young and old on the island will not leave any living!" Chen Xi shouted.

"ah?"

Chen Xi ordered, and the pirates who were escorted in were immediately panicked. Not only were they beheaded, the residents on the island would not leave any living habits, which was very different from the news they had received before.

They clearly heard that the new young governor was brave and resourceful, and they were kind, and only killed some of the rebellious bandits and all the prisoners were treated preferentially. Unexpectedly, they suddenly changed their minds and wanted to start a massacre.

"God of your life, General!"

The old pirate was already full of despair at this time. Usually, when the commander of the first army issued a killing order, it would be futile to beg for mercy.

But this time, it seemed that the young governor was easy to talk. Chen Xi waved his hand and let the swordsman wait aside, and said coldly: "Give me a reason not to kill you."

The old man looked sad: "The grass people have a handful of old bones. When they fall into the grass, they will be sure to feed fish on the sea one day or be killed by the government army. However, there are still many innocent people on the island who have fled here. The grass people are willing to lead the government army and help the generals take down the four mountain villages on the island without bloodshed."

"The grass people are very familiar with every grass and every tree on Nan'ao Island, which can help the general make contributions. In exchange for the lives of women and children on the island, they also ask the general to be kind and spare their lives!"

Chen Xi squinted his eyes and looked at the old man.

Attacking the camp at night means that it is a courageous and knowledgeable person. Such people will help the official army for the lives of women and children? Logically speaking, these women and children will not have a good ending when they fall into the hands of the official army, and may even suffer more than death. Many pirates should be willing to die and not surrender.

Not to mention conspiracy, this old man wants to lead the official army into the trap carefully set on the island!

Logically speaking, Chen Xi should not agree to this condition, but Jing Yue, Zhang Qilin and others had already looked at Chen Xi with eager eyes. It was obvious that they were very moved by the old pirate's proposal.

Without any effort, you can eliminate all the thieves on Tai O Island without even sweating. This is exactly what the local garrison soldiers hope to see. Without any effort, you can get military achievements by following the large army, get a promotion, and reward yourself...

Where is the good thing about pie falling from the sky in the world?

Ma Jiu was once a member of the Carriage and Horse Gang, and was born in the "Green Forest". The old pirate's words were reasonable and well-founded, which aroused his favor. He immediately stepped forward to ask for instructions: "Sir, look..."

If Chen Xi continues to order killing at this time, it will be against the morale of the army and the public, which is very unwise. Besides, he has no intention of killing, so he just wants to see what trump cards this old pirate can use to exchange for his life.

Now the old pirate is willing to help the official army. Chen Xi wants to hear what he says. If he says some secret passages and shortcuts and other nonsense words that are covered with clouds and mist, it is basically certain that there is a fraud.

"good."

Chen Xi nodded and agreed, "I want to hear what you said. If you have evil thoughts, let alone beheading your head, you will definitely crush your bones and ashes, and you will not even behead them! Leave this person behind, and the rest of the bandits will be bound and imprisoned. At any time, he will be ordered to take him out and ask for a beheading!"

"Get orders!"

The soldiers in the tent were full of spirits, defeating the bandits and attacking the camp, and then obtaining the conditions for victory without fighting, as if military achievements were at their fingertips.

...

...

Chen Xi ordered people to escort the bandits, leaving only the old pirate. Chen Xi said: "You should tell the details of the terrain on the island and the layout inside and outside the village. If you hide it, I will definitely forgive you!"

The old pirate was tied up all over, which was extremely inconvenient. He said in a little embarrassedly: "General, you see Caomin's appearance and his mouth are clumsy. How about let Caomin pick up his pen to draw for you?"

Chen Xi remained silent, and Jing Yue next to him said excitedly: "Sir, don't worry, if you have a humble position, no one dares to act rashly!"

"Bold and unruly people, I asked you about the situation on the island, but I dared not to come here truthfully. Come and beat twenty military sticks." Chen Xi was unwilling to be led by someone and shouted angrily.

Chen Xi likes to start fighting without interrogation, which has long been a deep impression in the minds of the officers and soldiers. In the past, even the fourth-rank prefect was beaten, but now he is just an old pirate who is captured and about to behead his head, so naturally he will not be polite at all.

The twenty military sticks continued to "crack" and although they were not as flesh and blood as they flew across the world, they also beat the old pirate torment.

Chen Xidao: "I am Liu Er and others are not merciful, but you are of use to me. If you lose this value, I will definitely be killed! Let's talk about it, how are the bandit camps in Da'ao and Nan'ao Mountain arranged inside and outside?"

The old pirate coughed twice, looked arrogant, and seemed to have been beaten with twenty military sticks but still did not give in. He choked: "The general is so arrogant, how can the Caomin believe that he will not be killed and silenced after revealing the truth?"

Now even the generals of Jing Yue and others felt that they could not see it. Jing Yue stepped forward and kicked it angrily: "You old turtle egg, don't look at who this person is, we governors always say one is one, two is two, when hasn't fulfilled it? If you don't say it, I will cut you immediately!"

"Governor-General? What a great official, then you should be called Zhongcheng, the army is called military gate, not general..."

The old pirate seems to be very clear about the rules of the officialdom.

This made Chen Xi feel like he was looking at him with admiration. Logically speaking, even a child or scholar would never know so much about an official title. Then there is only one explanation. This old pirate once offered sacrifices in the yamen.

Chen Xidao: "I know my identity and I know it. I may explain it truthfully?"

The old pirate said: "The grass-roots people just ask for a promise to let go of the women and children on the island, or classify them as nationality..."

"Hey, I'm shameless to give you a shame. I'm already a ruthless person to spare their lives. I want to return to the household? Haha, it's such a big joke. If you really agree, how can you calculate the credit of the brothers?"

Jing Yue didn't care about the lives of women and children. His focus was on how many people the soldiers could kill on the battlefield (calculated by heads), how many prisoners they captured, and how many military merits they could get.

The old pirate confronted him: "Does this general rely on the heads of women and children to be a military meritorious person?"

"you……"

A sentence made Jing Yue ask speechless.

Now the old pirate just wants to bring the women and children on the island to their civilian status, which is equivalent to leaving incense. Chen Xi said: "How many women and children do you want to save?"

The old pirate said: "There are almost 1,800 women and children in the two islands..."

Jing Yue widened his eyes and asked in surprise: "So many?"

Chen Xi felt more and more that this old pirate was not simple. He had previously detected that there were more than 400 bandits on the Da'ao Island, probably not including women and children. If added, it would be estimated that the total number would be thousands, but it would be impossible for women and children alone to have more than 1,500. The only explanation is that this number is the sum of women and children on the two islands.

Chenxi Road: "I can make a promise that if the bandits in Da'ao and Nan'ao abandon their weapons and surrender, the thieves who are in charge of the government will be in charge of three thousand miles, and the rest will be in charge of three years, and the women and children will be in charge of one thousand miles. All the women and children will be guilty of no guilt! The Japanese pirates will not be forgiven!"

"Xie Junmen, Xie Junmen!"

The old pirate lowered his head and kept kowtowing.

Chen Xi really wanted to see how this old pirate could make the bandits on both islands surrender, but if you think about it carefully, you can actually understand one or two.

After the fleet had shown its might around Tai O Island and Nan O Island, the island pirates had retreated after being frightened. Most of the remaining people on the island were elderly, weak, women and children. As for the remaining strong men, they were stayed to act as cannon fodder. It would be better if they could attack the official army in a sneak attack, but they could only wait for death. Now it is a blessing to be able to save their lives.

The old pirate said: "The military gate is above, and the grass people only ask to send a few people to the gates of each city and the grass people lobby for a while. The grass people must open the door to welcome the government troops into the city and only ask the military gate to fulfill its promise."

"Okay. I believe you this time. I will send someone to the island's hamlet early tomorrow morning. If the city wall regrets and conceals the chaos, the island will be left with no people and animals!" Chen Xi said with a majestic look on his face.

The old pirate kowtowed again, and Chen Xi ordered people to escort people out.

Jing Yue sighed and asked the generals present about his doubts: "Sir, how should we calculate the merits of the thief village break the law like this?"

"Today, the number of prisoners will be calculated based on individual calculations. The merits obtained after entering the village will be equally divided by the soldiers of the three armies." Chen Xi saw that many people present were full of regrets. Obviously, these military generals in front of him were very arrogant and felt that if they led their troops to attack the village, the final merit would definitely be more than equally distributed.

Chen Xi added: "This is just the first battle on the sea since going north. Evenly sharing the military achievements can give soldiers a bottom in the credit book, and then suppress the bandits, and the soldiers will fight bravely to fight the enemy and make more opportunities to achieve success!"

Chen Xi did have a way of inspiring people. The general who was disappointed thought about it carefully. It was indeed the case. No matter how much credit he received this time, at least military merit was given. If the officers and soldiers had the motivation, then deserters would basically not happen, because there will always be soldiers who have no military merit and fear of death on the battlefield who are likely to escape. Anyone is willing to give up the rewards that are within their control.

Chen Xi's move is beneficial and harmful to the whole army to boost morale.

Jing Yue took the lead, Zhang Qilin, Sun Xinian and other thousands of households were helping each other, and said together: "All things are left to the governor and governor!"

Chen Xi nodded: "Then all the comrades go back to the camp to rest first. The troops will be sent tomorrow, or the soldiers will not be bloody or the armor will not be left behind! Then you will see the conclusion!" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!