The rise of the poor

Chapter 2151 He will lose confidence tomorrow

Wang Zhi and his party walked in the sparse moonlight and came to the temporary camp on the river bank. Looking at the two large flags still floating in the moonlight, Wang Zhi nodded imperceptibly. It was okay. At least the large flags were still there, the camp was still there, and there were still so many Japanese pirates in the camp.

"How many soldiers are left in the camp?" Wang Zhi asked Mao Haifeng and Otomo Sadakawa.

"There are currently 6,000 soldiers in the camp. We are still gathering the defeated soldiers. We should be able to get another thousand or so."

Mao Haifeng and Otomo Sadakawa exchanged glances, and then calmly exaggerated the strength of the Japanese pirates in the camp.

In fact, there are only about 5,000 Japanese pirates in their camp now, not 6,000 soldiers. It's just to cover up the extent of their defeat in this battle and make it easier to explain.

It's not that Mao Haifeng and his men didn't want to report a higher number, it would look better that way, but there were only a few pirates in their camp, and if they reported more, they would be exposed. If they falsely reported a thousand, if they were found out, they could still use the excuse that they sent some pirates to search and rescue the fleeing pirates, or sent some pirates to collect grain, etc.

After this battle, they could forcefully recruit a thousand strong men to make up the situation without anyone noticing.

"My dear nephew, we lost half of our troops in this battle. We haven't suffered such a big defeat in many years."

Even though Mao Haifeng and his men falsely reported the number of one thousand Japanese pirates, Xue Tao couldn't help but make sarcastic remarks after hearing it.

Mao Haifeng and Otomo Sadakawa were so embarrassed by this sarcastic remark that they wished they could find a hole to crawl into.

There was no way. They lost this battle so badly, beyond imagination and unprecedented.

"Zhu Ping'an's firearms are too powerful! We were caught off guard and were taken advantage of by him!" Otomo Sadakawa said ashamedly.

"Humph, we have seen how powerful firearms can be. We have a lot of firearms in our hands."

Xue Tao disagreed.

"If Uncle Xue fights with Zhu Ping'an, you will know how powerful their firearms are." Mao Haifeng said lightly.

"Let's fight, now is worse than tomorrow. My king, I will lead a thousand soldiers of my army to fight Zhu Ping'an tomorrow. I will present a gift to my king and let Zhu Ping'an see our true strength."

Xue Tao knelt on one knee and challenged Wang Zhi to fight. Her face was full of enthusiasm and fighting spirit, as if she could tie up Zhu Pingan in a few minutes.

Xiao Mao! Xiao Chuan! Tomorrow you two should open your eyes wide and learn how to fight. Don't blink when the time comes.

Hearing Xue Tao volunteering, Mao Haifeng couldn't help but twitching the corners of his mouth. His eyes showed encouragement, but the corners of his mouth showed sarcasm.

With your skills, you still want to fight with Zhu Ping'an. You are just giving yourself up.

"That's not a bad idea. I also want to see the strength of the Zhejiang Army with my own eyes. I just don't know if Zhu Ping'an dares to accept the challenge."

Wang Zhi narrowed his eyes and looked at the Zhejiang Army camp on the other side of the river where flames were flickering, and nodded slightly with an expressionless face.

You want to summon me, Wang Zhi, to surrender. How capable are you? I want to see what kind of person you, Zhu Ping'an, are.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will definitely not embarrass you tomorrow." Xue Tao said happily when she heard Wang Zhi agreed.

When Xue Tao stood up, she was able to glance at Mao Haifeng and Otomo Sadakawa, feeling very proud of herself.

"Haifeng, send someone to contact Zhu Ping'an and tell him that we will each send a thousand men to hunt in front of the battlefield tomorrow. If my army wins, I will invite him to my camp to discuss important matters with him over a drink. If the Zhejiang army wins, I will go to the Zhejiang army camp to discuss important matters with him over a drink and ask him if he dares to fight."

Wang Zhi pointed at the Zhejiang Army camp and gave instructions to Mao Haifeng.

"Yes, sir." Without any hesitation, Mao Haifeng immediately called the confidant who had accompanied him to the meeting in Muqiao, handed the token that Zhu Ping'an had given him to this man, explained it to him carefully, and asked him to repeat it. After confirming that there were no omissions or mistakes, he ordered him to go to the Zhejiang Army camp with the token to challenge Zhu Ping'an to a battle.

"It depends on whether Zhu Ping'an has the courage." Wang Zhi looked at the Zhejiang Army camp, smiled slightly, and said meaningfully, "Only young people full of ambition can accommodate our big Buddha."

"From my contact with him, his ambition will exceed your imagination, godfather," Mao Haifeng responded.

"Humph! If he dares to accept the challenge, I will beat him until he doubts his life; if he doesn't dare to accept the challenge, he is just a coward!"

Xue Tao was full of confidence. The officers and soldiers of the Ming army were old, weak, sick and disabled, and none of them could fight. Especially Zhu Ping'an's Zhejiang army, most of them were peasants who had been recruited less than three months ago. They had no combat effectiveness at all.

Mao Haifeng and Otomo Sadakawa are both useless. They can't even beat this kind of Zhejiang army. It's really embarrassing for us Japanese pirates!

The only way he could think of that Zhu Ping'an could defeat him was if Zhu Ping'an used the prince's mother, wife and children as hostages to threaten him.

snort!

If Zhu Ping'an dares to threaten me with Prince Hui's mother, wife and children tomorrow and forces me to passively take a beating, I will not be threatened by him.

If Zhu Ping'an does this, it means he is afraid of me and cannot afford to fight, so he can only use this kind of trick!

Then I won’t be threatened by him. If he does this, I will definitely not fight with him.

If you do this, it means you are afraid of me. If you are afraid of me, it just means you can't beat me, so I don't need to fight with you.

After thinking of a way to deal with Zhu Ping'an's special move, Xue Tao became more confident.

"Foster father, it's getting cold outside. Please come into the tent. I have prepared ginger tea to drive away the cold."

Mao Haifeng invited Wang Zhi and others to join the account.

"Okay, I wonder how long Zhu Ping'an will take to consider it." Wang Zhi nodded with a slight smile and was the first to enter the account.

It was indeed much warmer inside the tent. Wang Zhi took off his fur coat and sat in the main seat.

"Haha, Zhu Ping'an is really brave to be able to reply before dawn." Xue Tao chuckled.

"One hour should be enough." Mao Haifeng said confidently while pouring ginger tea for Wang Zhi and others.

Based on his understanding of Zhu Ping'an, Zhu Ping'an will definitely give a positive answer within an hour.

Zhu Ping'an's ambition was beyond imagination, and the Zhejiang army had just won a great victory and their firearms were powerful, so it was impossible for them to refuse.

"Haha, my nephew Haifeng thinks highly of Zhu Ping'an. Could it be that he was defeated and convinced by him?"

Xue Tao laughed.

"Uncle Xue, it's not a matter of whether I accept it or not, but Zhu Ping'an is a confident and ambitious person." Mao Haifeng curled the corners of his mouth and replied indifferently.

You old thing, I wonder if you can still laugh tomorrow.

"Confident? Full of ambition? Haha, my dear nephew Haifeng, you'll see, after tomorrow, Zhu Ping'an will no longer be confident." Xue Tao said confidently. (End of this chapter)