Section 21 Eastward Expansion (I)

The second military flag was unfurled, and seeing the pattern of the three walls above, the Sichuan and Shaanxi governors were stunned.

"Is this also a coincidence?" The honest man Fu Shancha asked in disbelief.

The pacifist Yao Changzun didn't care about answering him at all, turned his head and shouted hoarsely at his subordinates: "Whoever has a strip of white cloth, take it out quickly!" ”

At this time, Deng Ming was already neatly clothed, riding his mount and trotting from behind the formation to the front of the army, all the guards were wearing black clothes and black armor, only Deng Ming was still wearing a red military uniform and cloak, and the silver armor on his body was also reflected red.

When Deng Ming appeared on the battlefield, he immediately attracted everyone's attention, the three walls and the rangers were quietly waiting for the commander to take his position, while the Shandong heroes who were watching let out bursts of cheers. Those captured officers of the Green Battalion looked at Deng Ming blankly, from now until the end of the world, they will not forget the appearance of Baoguo Gong.

After reining in the war horse in front of the loyal guards, Deng Ming saw the familiar opponent stop on the battlefield and did not move, he knew that he must be the focus of attention of everyone present now, and just boasted to the little girl, Deng Ming secretly encouraged himself: "It's time for me to show my hand." ”

After seeing the red figure appear on the opposite side, Fu Shancha finally scolded, he was sure that it was not by chance that someone looked exactly like Deng Ming: "Xiong Sen! I said how he sent us such a beauty, it turned out that he was waiting for us here! This unrighteous grandson didn't even tell us that Admiral Deng was coming. ”

"If I had told you, would you have come again?" Yao Changzun sighed sadly, he was busy wrapping strips of white cloth around the barrel of the gun: "Even if we have more people, we can't win, but now they have more soldiers and horses than us." I don't want to die in Shandong. ”

"It's too late." Seeing that the other party was about to charge, Fu Shancha jumped off the horse, turned around and waved his hands to the brothers: "Get off the horse, get off the horse!" We're going to make peace! ”

Seeing that the Sichuan-Shaanxi Green Battalion jumped off his horse one after another, Deng Ming sighed and lowered the saber that had just been drawn from its sheath to the ground. As Deng Ming expected, he immediately saw a white cloth lifted from the opponent's position. After fighting with the Sichuan army for so many years, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi was very aware of the rules of the Sichuan army, and raised the white cloth to express his request for peace talks.

Deng Ming lightly clamped the horse's belly and ran towards the opposite side, while a row of guards behind him also followed closely. There were only two people on the other side, and Deng Ming saw them smiling all over his face from a distance, and before the two sides could get closer, the two of them rolled into the saddle and fell off their horses, and pulled out their swords and threw them far on the ground.

After Deng Ming approached, he first stared at them condescendingly for a while, and then slowly dismounted, and the guards behind him also dismounted neatly, and everyone stood behind Deng Ming with the hilt of their swords.

"You are Fu Shancha," Deng Ming once again gave full play to the specialty of art students' memory and appearance, and the two people opposite were both officers of the Sichuan and Shaanxi Governors, and they had also lived in his prisoner of war camp for more than a month: "You are Yao Changzun." ”

"It's a humble position, Admiral Deng has a good memory." When Yao Changzun walked over, he kept holding the white cloth strip in his hand and waving it desperately, lest Deng Ming and the black-clothed knights turn a blind eye. Deng Ming said his name as soon as they met, and Yao Changzun was really flattered. Finally, there was no need to shake it anymore, and after putting down the cloth strip, he hurriedly greeted Deng Ming warmly: "Admiral Deng, where do you not meet in life." ”

"You're here to take back the station, aren't you?" Deng Ming asked coldly: "Even if you let the horses come, I won't give them back to you." ”

"Admiral Deng misunderstood, misunderstood! The prefect of Laizhou has this meaning, but we have other things, we are passing by. Fu Shancha hurriedly waved his hand: "We are ordered to go to Jinan, here is the warrant of the governor of Shandong, please see Governor Deng." ”

The two of them handed over Zu Zepu's order. When Deng Ming was watching, Fu Shancha was still explaining on the side: "The prefect of Laizhou really wants us to fight with Admiral Deng, but how can we be so ignorant?" We wanted to take a detour back to Jinan from the south, but after thinking about it, we had been neighbors with Admiral Deng for so many years, so we had the cheekiness to borrow the road. I don't know if Admiral Deng will let us cross the river - if Admiral Deng doesn't, we will leave immediately, and we will not cause trouble in front of your eyes. ”

"You already knew I was here?" Deng Ming asked suspiciously.

"It's not that I knew it earlier," Fu Shancha and Yao Changzun didn't dare to lie too much, so they said vaguely: "Just now I knew it by looking at the armor." Some people wanted to retire from the army, but they decided to stay and see, and if Admiral Deng was there, we would come and borrow the way; If Admiral Deng is not there, we will go around from the south. ”

Deng Ming pondered for a moment and asked rhetorically, "Why should I let you go?" ”

"Then we'll leave at once." Fu Shancha was about to turn around as he spoke, but was pulled by Yao Changzun, and he sensed a hint from Deng Ming's question.

"How can Admiral Deng let us go? I don't know what to do. Yao Changzun asked with a smile.

"I definitely can't let you go back like this, I don't want the Laizhou government to know that I'm here." Deng Ming said frankly: "If you want to run, we will pursue, shoot arrows and slash, in short, we will do our best to leave you behind." ”

"Then we'll stay." Fu Shancha immediately said that he would not leave: "Although there is no coupon on the lowly position, as long as Admiral Deng lets go of the lowly position today, then he will return to Chongqing ......."

Yao Changzun pulled Fu Shancha again: "Listen to the Admiral's words." ”

"You have to write a few letters, just say that you have recovered the post station, but you are about to go to Jinan, or find some other excuse to let the Laizhou Mansion send troops as soon as possible." Deng Ming was not polite to the two of them, and immediately said his request: "You pick a few messengers to go back and report the news, and bring all the soldiers and horses of Laizhou Mansion...... Well, how many soldiers and horses are there in Laizhou Mansion now? Deng Ming glanced at the two people opposite: "Do I need to separate the two of you and ask?" ”

"No, you don't!" Fu Shancha and Yao Changzun assured in unison that they would never hide anything from their swearing, and Deng Ming could also verify with their subordinates or other captives in a while, and if there was half a lie, let Deng Ming deal with it.

"Okay." After listening to the reports of the two people, Deng Ming laid out his conditions: "You give me the horse first, find a place to camp and rest, you don't need to disarm, I guarantee your safety." When your envoy brings the soldiers and horses of Laizhou, I will let you cross the river and return to Jinan. ”

Fu Shancha and Yao Changzun both felt that this would bring them risks, and if Deng Ming could not destroy all the officials in Laizhou in the future, they might be traced.

"If you don't do what I say, you won't be able to get over today, and you won't have to think about the future." Deng Ming saw the two of them humming, and his eyebrows rose.

"Just do as the Admiral says." Yao Changzun immediately agreed, he felt that as long as he planned carefully, there was still a way to fool the past.

Deng Ming agreed to help them cover up, and no matter how they fooled the Laizhou government, as long as they deceived Xiong Sen's mobile forces: "When you arrive in Jinan, tell Zu Zepu that I am indeed here, and the soldiers are strong and strong, and I have the posture to sweep the entire Jiaodong." Otherwise, I will tell you what you have made peace with me. ”

"Understood, understood." Fu Shancha and Yao Changzun nodded and retreated, and after they returned to their positions and discussed for a while, they came to report to Deng Ming again, and they would send five reliable brothers back to inform Laizhou Mansion, and the rest of the people would wait here until they completed the agreement with Deng Ming before leaving together.

"Very well, if you can get rid of your guilt and return to Chongqing, I will pay you according to the number of people you have attracted, and of course your toll will be removed." Deng Ming asked all the officers in the superintendent to rest in the camp of the Ming army, and then sent people to monitor the remaining soldiers.

After the prisoners who were brought to watch the battle saw that it was the Sichuan and Shaanxi Governors who came this time, they still had some expectations in their hearts, hoping that the Sichuan and Shaanxi Governors would show their might, defeat the Ming army that suddenly appeared, and save themselves. When they saw the Sichuan and Shaanxi governors dismount, the captives felt wrong, but they hadn't figured out what the hell was going on with these people. I saw that the people of the Sichuan and Shaanxi Governors held white cloth strips and talked with the Baoguo Gong for a while, and all the Sichuan and Shaanxi Governors handed over their mounts, and then marched to the rear of the Gray Port Post in a procession.

"It's okay, go back to work."

With Deng Ming's order, the captives were escorted back to the construction site. At this time, the captives suddenly realized, and when they left, someone shouted at Fu Shancha and others: "You Ganshan Green Battalion, surrender without fighting!" ”

"What do you know," Fu Shancha sneered: "We are negotiating peace." ”

The indignant prisoners of the Green Camp were all taken away, and what made them even more angry was that the treatment of the Sichuan and Shaanxi Governors was really different from them, and they did not work together on the construction site.

"Admiral Deng, these people can't stay," Fu Shancha said to Deng Ming, "If you let them go back, the lowly officials will be in trouble." ”

"You know I don't usually kill prisoners. But don't worry, as long as you are reliable, I will let the Min army take these people to Zhoushan, they need to repair the dock by hand. Deng Ming assured.

"Thank you, thank you."

When the officers of the Sichuan and Shaanxi Governors and Deng Ming were talking in the tent, Wu Yue'er suddenly rushed in, pointed at the group of Qing army officers and shouted: "Guogong, hand over these Shaanxi Yankees to us." ”

Seeing that a girl suddenly appeared in Deng Ming's barracks, and she was still talking so impulsively, the officers of the Qing army looked at each other, not knowing what Wu Yue'er was from.

"That's not going to work." Deng Ming explained that he had reached an armistice agreement with the Qing army officers, and as long as the other side fulfilled the terms of the agreement, then he would implement the agreement.

"Is Guogong worried about the damage to his reputation?" Wu Yue'er said quickly: "This is not easy to do, kill none of them without leaving them, won't no one know that Guogong broke the contract?" ”

"This little lady is so ruthless!" The Qing army officers in the tent all had this thought in their hearts, but looking at Deng Minghe's pleasant appearance, none of the officers dared to say this. After all, Deng Ming's words are only his personal decision, and he is not subject to any constraints.