After a batch of ships were unloaded, the empty ships sailed to the quarantine anchorage, and all the sailors came ashore to undergo "purification" as well. The second batch of ships will come to unload. All ships that have not had their turn to unload are anchored and waiting for the call.
The big boat was emitting black smoke and shuttled among the ships, using its loudspeaker to continuously broadcast the "Message to All Soldiers Denglai Dongjiang".
Under the black muzzle, no matter how many Shandong soldiers and civilians were frightened by the tiger and wolf army, they could only surrender and be at their mercy. Although they still have swords and guns in hand, and there are many cannons on the ship, they are all worthless under the cannon of the opponent in front of them.
The soldiers trapped on the ship relaxed their nerves because of the complete powerlessness in front of them. Some people actually fell asleep on the deck.
Li Jiucheng and others were unwilling to have everything taken away from them. As soldiers in troubled times, the army was their capital. Soldiers in troubled times are as good as mothers. As long as they are willing to pay, they don't care who they work for.
The problem is, no matter whether the owner of Luzhuang is "Da Song" or someone else, he has no intention of recruiting him. If the other party really wants to surrender, he should send an envoy to negotiate with him at this time.
But the opponent's current behavior is clearly disarming and annexing his troops.
Disarming and annexing, of course, does not matter to the soldiers - as long as they are paid, it is not the same thing who they work for. But for these self-respecting generals, it is simply a disaster. The other party regards him as if he is nothing, so it can be seen that his fate can be as simple as "living idle", or as serious as being cut off directly.
We must not sit still and wait for death! In order to control the ship, Li Jiuzheng's trusted generals were distributed on each ship. He only left one Chinese guerrilla beside him. Fortunately, the ship was full of his personal soldiers and servants, all well-armored, and they were all warriors who were willing to go through fire and water for him at the given order. .
Immediately, the general and several generals were called to discuss. When it was his turn to dock, he did not follow the instructions and docked on the trestle - once he got on the trestle. Surrounded by iron mesh towers, it's like a fish caught in a trap - but washed directly onto the beach near the pier.
Li Jiuzheng had already seen clearly with his binoculars that there were not many enemy troops on the shore, no more than four thousand at most. And none of them were wearing armor, and some didn't even have firearms. They just used spears. Even if they had strong ships and cannons, they might not be able to match the desperate desperadoes under his command in a hurry. Once the beach is successfully washed, the rebels on the boat ashore will inevitably riot - rather than surrendering their weapons and letting others slaughter them with an uncertain future. His men will be more willing to give it a try.
No matter where this place is, who is on the island, or how many people will die in the riot, he still has 20,000 people, even if he loses half. As long as we can control the remaining troops, no matter what we do, it's easy.
"Everyone fight to the death, and we will defeat each other to the death!" Li Jiucheng encouraged his men, "There is a lot of money on the ship. After this battle, brothers can take whatever they want! Don't take advantage of outsiders in vain!"
"We are willing to die for the general!" Everyone agreed in a loud voice. Then he ordered the sailors on the ship to be rewarded generously with silver. Ask them to prepare for beach surfing as ordered.
"Just rush to the beach, fifty taels per person! Otherwise, don't blame our brothers for being blind!" Li Jiucheng said viciously.
Of course, the sailors did not dare to say "no".
Finally it was their turn for the ships to dock. All the ships had lowered their sails and were pushing forward with large oars. Slowly move towards the trestle. Just when the ship was very close to the pier, the oars on one of the ships suddenly increased their frequency. Several additional oars were lowered from the boat, the speed of the boat suddenly increased, the rudder suddenly turned to one side, and rushed directly towards the beach outside the barbed wire fence!
The battleships of the Second Fleet were always on watch. They have been ordered to open fire after giving a warning to any ship that detects any movement. A spy boat closest to Li Jiucheng's boat immediately fired a warning shot. Seeing that the other party was unmoved, the two spy boats on the cordon opened fire at the same time. At this time, the distance was less than 300 meters. One shell landed on the beach and raised a water column filled with sand. The other shell penetrated the side of the boat firmly, penetrated the hull from one side, and killed After killing twenty-five people, he broke the hull from the other side of the ship and fell into the sea.
Driven by inertia and tide, Li Jiuzheng's boat rushed straight onto the beach. Li Jiucheng wore a helmet and armor and held a broadsword. He immediately roared and jumped from the boat. The surviving servants behind him also howled and jumped from the sides of the boat on both sides. Although the tonnage of their ship was relatively small, and the gunwale was not high from the beach after it ran aground, many people still fell and got injured or fell into the quicksand when they jumped on the beach wearing armor.
During this chaotic moment, the artillery on the shore had opened fire, spraying shotguns like raindrops towards the stranded ship, followed by typewriter covering fire, the secret service boats on the cordon opened fire one after another, and grenades and incendiary bombs fell towards the beach.
Li Jiucheng's boat suddenly fell into a field of fire, with bullets raining down and black smoke billowing. Within a few minutes, the boat was in pieces, and the beach was littered with burning wood chips and mutilated human bodies.
Feng Zongze picked up the handkerchief and blocked his nose - the sea breeze blew the smell of barbecue over, and when he thought about what kind of meat it was, he couldn't help but feel sick.
"Send the advancing column of Jeju Island to search, leaving no one behind. Cut off all the heads and hang them on wooden poles!"
The advancing column on Jeju Island were all Shandong refugees who had been rescued during the Denglai Rebellion. Every one of them hated the rebels to the core and would never let go during the search.
The crisp suppression made the rebel generals' last thoughts of rebellion disappear. Eventually the rebels were all disarmed.
More than 200 rebel generals and above were screened out after disarming themselves. Except for a few generals of the Lu Army and the South Army who were originally from Dengzhou Town, the rest were escorted to the Jeju Campus. More than 10,000 rebel prisoners had already formed a square formation under the threat of typewriters, Minnie rifles and the spears of the White Horse Team. .
Unlike the other rebel generals, Kong Youde was escorted alone to the martial arts performance hall of the school ground. Seeing the Koreans wearing big hats bringing plates of water, wine and rice to the generals gathered on the school ground, he knew that his Life has come to an end here.
Some of the generals on the school field had earth-colored faces and lay limp on the ground, some closed their eyes and said nothing, just waiting to be killed; some begged; some were furious and struggled desperately.
From following his father in riots in Tieling and resisting the Donglu, to defecting to Guangning, he became a guerrilla step by step. After Guangning withdrew from the town, he followed Mao Shuai to Dongjiang; the internal strife in Dongjiang after Mao Shuai was beheaded; he defected to Dengzhou and fought under Sun Yuanhua Under his command; to reinforce Dalinghe, to follow Li Jiucheng in raising troops at Wuqiao... Every scene of his life seemed to pass before his eyes, thousands of tastes, and thousands of sorrows came to his mind, and he couldn't help but feel short of breath for a moment.
As a soldier, you are aware of death at any time. However, at this moment, he felt a little unwilling. Who is this deer village owner? Why did they set up a trap at all levels to put him and Dongjiang's old troops to death?
At this time, a young man with short hair and short clothes walked in surrounded by several Japanese-looking guards. There were people behind him carrying wine and rice.
The visitor filled the cup with wine and handed it over with both hands. The attitude was very polite. Kong Youde had already put life and death aside and drank the wine in one gulp. asked:
"Who is sir?"
"I am Feng Zongze, the governor of Jizhou Prefecture of the Great Song Dynasty." Feng Zongze said, "I am here to see the general off."
Kong Youde didn't know where this Da Song came from, but there was no doubt that this man and the owner of Lu Village were in the same group.
He asked loudly: "What is the grudge between Kong and the old people and nobles of Dongjiang?"
Feng Zongze said sternly: "I have no grudges with the general. Today I come to offer a farewell drink to the general. It's because the general rebelled against the Japanese when he was young, and followed Mao Mao to support himself in the ice and snow of the Liaohai Sea, guarding Liaodong for the Ming Dynasty. A foot of soil.”
Kong Youde didn't know what the other party's intention was in bringing up the past, but it was indeed his "glorious history" that he was proud of.
"In that case, why did you put Kong and Dongjiang soldiers to death?"
Feng Zongze said: "It's not that we want to put the general to death. We respect the general's majesty and his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty. It is true that the hundreds of thousands of skeletons under Dengzhou City cannot agree." He raised his finger and pointed. The soldiers of the Jeju advancing column of the security forces lined up in the distance said: "These people are the people who were transported by the owner of Luzhuang from Dengzhou to escape. They also want to ask you: They have no grudges against you and the Dongjiang soldiers, why do they want to Slaughter their families and fellow villagers?!”
Kong Youde had developed a heart of stone in the war since he started his army. He believed in "one general can make a thousand bones wither", and he never thought about the fate of the villages he ordered to slaughter to raise food and pay. In the eyes of these semi-warlord-like soldiers of the old Ming Dynasty, this was all a matter of course. Not to mention the soldiers who don't care, even those civil servants who come to supervise the army and command the troops who talk about "benevolence and righteousness", "the emperor is of low importance and the people are of paramount importance" and "people-oriented" often turn a blind eye to this - these are troubled times, there is no money and food. , and you have to rely on the sword head of a warrior to lick blood and fight for your life with one knife and one shot. It doesn't matter if you kill a few people to grab some money and food.
"Are you just a group of benevolent and moral people?" Kong Youde asked with a sneer.
"Since we, the Senate, have returned to China, our purpose has been to love and protect the people. Our swords are never stained with the blood of innocents! The sky and the earth, the sun and the moon can shine brightly!" Feng Zongze said with a righteous expression. As he spoke, he took out a document and began to read out the judgment sent by the arbitral tribunal.
It was half-written and half-white, and mixed with many "Newspeak" articles. Kong Youde couldn't quite understand it, but the "death penalty" at the end was understandable. He slowly stood up and said calmly: "The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit." It falls into your hands and is at your disposal. No need to say more!"
Feng Zongze didn't say much and ordered: "Send General Kong on his way!"
Kong Youde didn't wait for anyone to urge him, strode towards the door, and suddenly asked: "Who are you? What do you want to do?"
"The Senate," Feng Zongze said, "is to recreate China."
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