At noon the next day, Huang Shihai returned to the county seat and returned to Li Zhen's house.
In the study, Li Zhen, Huang Shihai, Yang Banhou and Zhou Xiuying were seated separately. Lan Weiwen did not participate. It was not that Li Zhen did not believe Lan Weiwen, but that he did not dare to take risks, so only Huang Shihai, Yang Banhou and
Zhou Xiuying.
Li Zhen ordered: "Shihai, tell us about the situation."
Huang Shihai nodded and said: "There are two groups of pirates entrenched on the sea. The leader of one group is named Lu Shaochuan. He has three large ships under his command and a total of more than 600 pirates. Lu Shaochuan is loyal and courageous.
The reputation is also good. But this person is not only against the government, but also against foreigners."
Zhou Xiuying asked: "Where is the other one?"
Huang Shihai said in a deep voice: "The leader of another pirate group is named Wang Long. This man has colluded with foreigners and often robs ordinary merchants. He causes great disasters, but no one can deal with it."
After hearing this, Li Zhen secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Yang Banhou asked: "Brother Shihai, have you found out the location of Lu Shaochuan?"
Huang Shihai nodded and said: "The place where Lu Shaochuan rested has been found out clearly. I also met Lu Shaochuan in person and had a conversation with him. Lu Shaochuan knew that the Lord wanted to attack the foreign merchant ships and admired the Lord's courage, but said that the Lord
If you want to cooperate with him, you must go there in person. The last general wanted to persuade Lu Shaochuan to submit to the Lord and come to Shanghai to meet the Lord, but unfortunately he refused."
Li Zhenxiao said: "How could he take the risk of coming to Shanghai when we first met? I said at the beginning that I would go to see him in person after finding the location, so naturally I would go there."
Zhou Xiuying said worriedly: "General, it's too risky for you to put yourself in danger."
Li Zhen said: "This is not an adventure, but to win over allies. Lu Shaochuan traveled across the sea, with three large ships under his command, and 600 people who knew how to swim. If Lu Shaochuan was taken for his own use, there would be a sea battle immediately
Ability. Moreover, according to Shi Hai, Lu Shaochuan is a loyal and patriotic person, so he can definitely persuade us. We only have three days. After tonight, there will only be more than one day left. We must do it before today.
Completed within."
Yang Banhou said: "Sir, I will go with you."
Zhou Xiuying thought for a while and said: "Sir, I will go with you too."
Li Zhen shook his head and said: "Shihai has been in contact with Lu Shaochuan. This time Shihai will accompany me. When I go to see Lu Shaochuan, I will bring four more artillery pieces and two hundred rounds of artillery shells. As long as the cannon is given to Lu Shaochuan,
If we load it into Shaochuan's three big ships, we will be more confident."
When Huang Shihai heard this, he was extremely excited.
Li Zhen continued: "After I left Shanghai, I won't be back for a short time. Banhou and Xiuying stayed to take charge of the overall situation. However, one hundred and twenty sharp knife special forces were temporarily transferred out, and the two thousand soldiers under Shihai were commanded by Banhou.
Once there is a change in Shanghai, no matter how suppressed it is, we must not compromise with the foreigners, do you understand?"
Yang Banhou nodded and said: "The general will understand!"
Zhou Xiuying said: "General, your operation is a secret operation and not known to anyone. After leaving Shanghai, someone is likely to come to see the general. I think it must be stopped and no one knows about the general. In this way,
Only in this way can we ensure that no one knows the whereabouts of the general, and that we will not be associated with the general at sea."
Li Zhen said: "Xiuying said it well, the news cannot be leaked." Li Zhenyou discussed with the three people for a long time and determined the next arrangements before letting Yang Banhou and Zhou Xiuying leave.
After night falls, the city gates are closed and the city is already quiet.
The east door suddenly opened.
A group of people quietly left the city gate, and the people who left were none other than Li Zhen and his party. Li Zhen and Huang Shihai led one hundred and twenty special forces from the Sharp Knife Special Forces, escorting four artillery pieces and two hundred rounds of artillery shells.
, after leaving the city, we boarded the boat by the river, quickly disappeared into the night, sailed out of the river and entered the sea.
Under the night, a small boat floats into the distance.
At about eleven o'clock, the big ship Li Zhen took arrived at a small island on the sea. Because it was dark, Li Zhen could not see the specific distribution of the island. However, based on the analysis of the place illuminated by the fire, the place where the pirates were defending was a
Places that are easy to defend but difficult to attack are conducive to defense.
Li Zhen arrived with his soldiers, and the soldiers defending the water village immediately became alert.
Huang Shihai went out to negotiate, and the soldiers on night patrol immediately went to report the news. In about a quarter of an hour, he saw countless fires lighting up the island, and torches spread out from the island. When the red torches penetrated the door of the water village,
At that moment, Li Zhen also saw clearly a burly man coming out of the island.
This man is tall and burly, with a rugged face, a lion's nose and a wide mouth, and his eyes are like lightning, which gives people a strong and powerful feeling. The man strides in front, followed by a group of minions behind him. Judging from the style, he is
Lu Shaochuan is undoubtedly.
Huang Shihai introduced to Li Zhen that the person coming was none other than Lu Shaochuan.
Not long after, Lu Shaochuan came to the gate of Shuizhai.
Li Zhen got off the boat, walked ashore, clasped his fists and said: "Big boss, nice to meet you!"
Lu Shaochuan saw Li Zhen showing off his talent and being very kind. He also laughed and said: "I thought the general didn't dare to come, but I didn't expect the general to come in person. It was unexpected." After a pause, Lu Shaochuan said in a deep voice:
"General Li, you are an official and I am a bandit. Doesn't the general intend to suppress the bandits?"
Li Zhen laughed and said: "Big boss, you are wrong."
"Oh, what's wrong with me?" Lu Shaochuan asked.
Li Zhen replied: "There are good officials, and there are also dog officials who plunder the people's fat and anoint them and oppress the people. For example, Yang Nengge, who was killed by me, is a dog official. There are also righteous bandits, such as big leaders who will not rob the people.
Instead, they protect fishermen. But there are also bandits, such as the pirates led by Wang Lung. Wang Lung colludes with foreigners and brings harm to the people. Such people must be eradicated."
"Okay, well said."
Lu Shaochuan stroked his beard under his chin, grinned widely, and felt extremely healthy all over his body.
The general in front of him, his temper.
Lu Shaochuan was happy in his heart, waved his hand and said: "The general is indeed a young hero, his vision and ideas are different from those of the Manchu dog officials. Let's go to the stronghold to have a detailed discussion and decide how to deal with the foreigners?"
Li Zhen said: "Big boss, wait a moment."
Lu Shaochuan asked: "General Li, do you have anything else to do?"
Li Zhen nodded and said: "This time we use the big boss to deal with the foreign merchant ships escorting opium. Naturally, we can't let the big boss suffer. I bought four breech-loading rifled cannons from the foreigners yesterday. Such artillery is loaded with shells from the back and ignited.
The fuse can be used to fire cannonballs. The cannonballs fired are powerful and have a long range, and are more powerful than the red cannon. In addition to the four cannons, I also brought two hundred rounds of cannonballs for the big boss' use."
"Four cannons, two hundred rounds?"
Lu Shaochuan was like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, completely stunned.
It belonged to his grandmother. He worked hard at sea to make money and bought two old old cannons. The power was very weak and sometimes they even failed to fire. Now there were suddenly four more foreign cannons and two hundred rounds of shells.
It was like pie in the sky. For a moment, Lu Shaochuan almost danced with excitement.
calm down!
Lu Shaochuan kept telling himself not to lose his momentum as a pirate leader.
Ps: This is the third update, keep asking for flowers. Chuanchuan, your pirate supporting role has appeared.
