As soon as this man opened his mouth, all the brothers were stunned. Isn't this man Mr. Hong or who else?
But I thought it was really strange. I had never seen Mr. Hong dressed up like this. What happened today?
However, Hong Tiaoyuan ignored the brothers' reactions and said loudly:
"Brothers, let's not run away, let's not run away! We are serious officers and soldiers. If we run away when we see pirates and red barbarians, who are we? Do the people see that we have someone to respect? Oniomaru is here, let's
Where can we run to? If we run again, will we lose our skin and face? Do we still have the face to come back?"
The brothers had no idea why Hong Tiaoyuan said this.
Hong Tiaoyuan shook the knife in his hand: "I don't care what you think, I won't run away anyway! Just come when Kiohmaru comes, he and I will fight for our lives!"
"Boss Hong!" Chen Dong couldn't help but say, "There are many more people in Oniohmaru than us!"
"Are there too many people?" Hong Tiaoyuan said as if he was a different person: "If there are too many people, why don't we fight? What we eat is the salary from the imperial court, and what we do is the loyalty of the Ming Dynasty. The imperial court ordered us to guard Penghu, how can we
Why do pirates run away as soon as they arrive? We are officials of the Ming Dynasty!"
As he spoke, he held his sword and bowed to his subordinates: "Brothers, I beg you, let Oniomaru see the good men of our Ming Dynasty! We have many good men of our Ming Dynasty who are not afraid of death!"
After finishing what he wanted to say in one breath, Hong Tiaoyuan breathed a long sigh of relief and returned to his tent. Only a group of silent brothers were left behind.
He only heard Lao Ji saying: "Our eldest brother is a good man. It has been many years and I, Lao Ji, have not seen him like this for a long time. You go, I will be with Lao Hong whether life or death."
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Hong Tiaoyuan smiled. He fell down on his bed and fell into a deep sleep, not thinking about anything anymore.
Regardless of whether he would be the only one left in Penghu when he opened his eyes tomorrow, he was determined to live and die with Penghu this time...
...
At dawn, Hong Tiaoyuan also woke up.
He yawned comfortably, rubbed his eyes, stretched, climbed out of bed, grabbed his knife, and walked out with a shy belly.
In his imagination, the military camp should be empty now. The brothers should have left long ago.
But who would have thought that as soon as he walked out, Hong Tiaoyuan's mouth would open wide.
The brothers are all here.
Lao Ji is here, Chen Dong is here, Xiao Yifeng is here, Bao Juhua is here...
Not only did they not leave, but neither did the people in Penghu.
They are all here!
"You, what are you doing..." Hong Tiaoyuan was completely at a loss.
"Lao Hong, if you don't leave, can the brothers leave?" Lao Ji said with a smile: "Actually, we also want to run away, but when we think about the law of the Ming Dynasty, abandoning the chief officer and running for his life is a crime of losing one's head. There is nothing we can do.
I stayed and died with you."
Before Hong Tiaoyuan could say anything, Chen Dong had already said: "Damn it, if you pretend to be a hero now, I will have to die with you."
The brothers burst into laughter.
Hong Tiaoyuan felt that his eyes were moist, and then he suppressed it and said to the people in Penghu: "What about you? Aren't you leaving too?"
"Penghu belongs to us, why do we have to leave when pirates come?" a commoner shouted.
"Yes, yes, why do we all have to leave!" The people all shouted in confusion.
Hong Tiaoyuan looked among the people and saw Aunt Ma, Sister Jin, Uncle Lu... saw the four widows, Dad Bangzi, Aunt Zhu... and also saw Axi,
Ahu siblings...
Everyone is here and everyone has not left!
At this time, Dad Bangzi came out: "Mr. Hong, to be honest, we liked you in the past, but we looked down on you. We always thought you were not an official and had no spine, but now we know that we wrongly blamed you. Mr. Hong, you
You, Lao Ji, Inspector Ding, and all the brothers are all good. If you don’t leave, no one will leave. There are many pirates, and there are also many of us. Let’s work together with great vigor.
If you fight against the island, everyone will be willing to listen to your command!"
"We are all willing to obey the commander-in-chief!"
All the soldiers and civilians shouted loudly.
"Okay, okay, okay!" Mr. Hong's lips trembled: "Okay, you are all good men of my Ming Dynasty. Let's fight the pirates together this time!"
The soldiers and civilians cheered again...as if this time they were not going to fight, but to attend a grand banquet...
The entire Penghu army and civilians took action. Pirates may be scary, but as long as everyone is united, what will happen if more pirates come?
While everyone was busy, Lao Ji pulled Hong Tiaoyuan aside and asked quietly: "Old Hong, who is Mr. Toki, and why is he by Kiohmaru's side?"
Hong Tiaoyuan looked aside and lowered his voice deliberately: "This Mr. Dongshi went to Penghu with Oni Wangmaru before and talked with me. His real name is Wei Jide, and his nickname is Dongshi. He was originally from the Tianqi period.
Tanhua was later ordered to go on an envoy to Bo Ni, but was kidnapped by Oniwang Maru on the way, and all his entourage were killed. Only he, because Oniwangmaru cherished his talent, used coercion and inducement to keep him by his side. Wei Jide sought death several times,
They were all discovered and saved by Oniomaru in time. Later, he also gave up his will to die and stayed with Oniomaru."
"You are not a loyal minister." Lao Ji sighed: "If it were a truly loyal person, wouldn't there be no other way to die?"
"It's wrong to say that." Hong Tiaoyuan shook his head and said: "Maybe he has his own reasons. To be loyal does not necessarily require death. Maybe at that time, if it were you and me, we might not be able to commit suicide. Besides, this time
Thanks to him risking his life and sending his disciple Xie Tian to deliver the message, otherwise we wouldn’t even know about Oniwangmaru coming to Penghu.”
After thinking about it, Lao Ji thought this was reasonable. He was stunned for a while, and suddenly sighed again: "I don't know when Inspector Ding will come back. Lao Hong, if I want to put it bluntly, Inspector Ding is not here.
Everyone feels a little empty inside."
"Yes, yes." Hong Tiaoyuan didn't mean to be unhappy at all. On the contrary, he felt the same way: "Don't say it's you, even I feel unsure."
The two people's eyes fell on the sea invariably, as if they were looking forward to something.
Ding Yunyi, Ding Yunyi, where are you? Do you know that Penghu is about to be in disaster?
In Penghu, no one knows when Ding Yunyi will come back.