Chapter 137: Don't believe it

There were two or three there shouting words that others couldn't understand. Li Meng's attention was immediately attracted. When he heard it, it was Japanese and couldn't help but laugh. Back to this era, killing people was always a bit psychological burden, but killing the Japanese felt that he was doing things for heaven, let alone these beasts that harmed the coast.

Li Meng waved his hand and said with a smile:

"Twist these people who don't speak humans first and cut them off!"

As soon as he finished speaking, several guards had already rushed up and pulled the three people out. They were about to pull them out of the yard, but Li Meng spoke to stop him and said:

"Cut it in front of me!!"

The soldiers simply pressed the person to the ground, and their hands were lifted and the blood was squirting out. The pirates who were still cursing were all over their bodies and faces, and they immediately became quiet. Li Meng said coldly:

"Where are you from? Why just challenge Zhonglingshanwei?"

After a long time of quiet there, two more pirates shouted loudly:

"Kill our brothers...you..."

"These two people who opened their mouths also chopped them!"

There were only three people left in the yard. The three people closed their mouths and were covered in blood that were beheaded by their companions. The weather was so cold that the three pirates were trembling violently, and Li Meng asked again:

"Why are you here?"

"Sir, grandpa, we are from Haizhou and Shijiu. Someone told us that everyone in Lingshan Pacific is rich now, and it is even more fat during the Chinese New Year. I will work here once and I won't have to go out until March next year."

"When will your team come?"

"If we don't go back, the people in the head should be coming up during the New Year's Eve."

Li Meng interrogated his questions one by one, but these three small boats were not for information. They originally looked at the ports and mudflats from afar and prepared for the terrain. These people felt that they would not encounter any trouble if they went ashore and plundered once, but they could make a fortune.

The pirate leader didn't care whether his subordinates were missing or not. Anyway, the brigade of troops was still by his side, so he never worried about any resistance he would encounter at the Lingshan Guard. The reason he didn't come to rob was because it was too poor here and had no value for robbery.

This doesn't require any tricks. As long as you scare people, you can easily find out everything. In the end, Li Meng is extremely popular. It turns out that he will spend the Chinese New Year this year on the battlefield. These damn pirates are really not at ease.

"It's all cut, and my head is thrown into the sea. Maybe I can float home!"

After the interrogation, Li Meng said calmly that he had probably found some clues now, the pirates in Haizhou, where is Haizhou, and that is the base camp of Lianghuai salt merchants.

Li Meng was extremely angry. Even the salt law of the Ming Dynasty was managed by each province. The Huai salt merchants of Huai, the world of salt marketing is a way to smuggle salt. Why don’t others let others traffic? They have to get rid of it and then get it done quickly.

At the end of this thought, Li Meng laughed out loud. No one would give up such a huge profit easily. Li Meng suddenly rose, which was equivalent to cutting a piece of meat from these salt merchants. It was normal to attract people to attack them repeatedly.

The Lianghuai salt merchants in Jining Prefecture could only honestly sell salt to Dongchang Prefecture and Jinan Prefecture, and could only sell it in the prefectures and counties. Li Meng's threat was real. The destruction of goods was a small matter, and if the mind was lost, it would be a big matter.

However, Li Meng can only do this. After all, the salt merchants in Lianghuai are deeply rooted in their roots. They are almost 150 years of accumulation, and their connections and financial resources are extremely strong. In any case, Li Meng is still just a garrison of Jiaozhou Camp, and there are several mansions separated from Lianghuai. He really can't reach his hand.

Ignoring the hard persuasion of several old soldiers, Li Meng only brought 600 people to wait at the Thousand Households of Xuejia Island, and 200 people remained nearby as a reserve team.

Although military orders cannot be violated, this is the most important Spring Festival of the year, and it was disturbed by these pirates. Both officers and soldiers were quite dissatisfied with them. These pirates were too good at picking time to rob.

Chen Liuzi and Wang Hai each led 300 people at the intersection where the Yantian turned around. Li Meng was not ready to visit the battlefield in person, but just took his guards to watch from a high place nearby. Unexpectedly, Ma Yuxing, Zhang Lin and several old military households whom they did not recognize were followed.

Seeing Li Meng sitting on the hill, surrounded by thick canvas for half a circle, just to block the cold wind, and there were several charcoal stoves burning there. Halfway through, you could smell the fragrance of the casserole on the charcoal stove. Several old soldiers looked at each other and shook their heads slightly.

Ma Yuxing first smiled and said:

"Mr. Li, don't be surprised. My brothers always think that six hundred soldiers are a bit arrogant when dealing with four hundred pirates. Now there are no ships on the sea. I can't see any fast horses to Fengmeng Town to allocate them, and it's still time to."

Although his position is higher than these old soldiers, he is also an elder, and he is all his parents and relatives of his subordinates and colleagues. Li Meng did not dare to be too arrogant. He stood up and clasped his fists and said with a smile:

"In such a cold weather, don't catch the cold. Come over and drink a few cups of hot wine to warm your body."

Zhang Lin and Li Meng have a deep friendship and a loud voice. He was not polite and shouted directly from behind:

"I said to Lord Li, Lao Zhang relies on his age to say something. He should not take it lightly for marching and fighting. If you are broken up by others, you will lose your monthly salary!"

The full salary every month has almost become a laughing stock for these generals in Shandong. As they spoke, several old soldiers walked in. Li Meng hurriedly called the personal guards to move seats and pour wine for them. Ma Yuxing introduced Li Meng one by one. These five old soldiers were all old brothers who fought Bailian with Su Chen, the commander of the garrison, and quelled the rebellion in Shandong. Although they are old this year, they usually serve as personal soldiers by commanders, or as a hundred households under them. To put it bluntly, they are all safe to support their elderly care.

These people also know some methods of fighting formations and military camps, and no matter what, they have gone to the battlefield with swords and guns. People in the local area think that Li Meng is also his own child and are always worried that Jiaozhou camp will suffer losses here. If the manpower is lost, they will all be his own children.

Li Meng listened with a smile, but he didn't say anything. He just picked up a glass of hot rice wine and said with a smile:

"If the six hundred people below cannot even defeat these four hundred pirates, then I don't have to train the soldiers of Jiaozhou Camp. Wouldn't it be better for me to be a rich man in Jiangnan?"

Several old soldiers drank hot wine and were in the shelter. They were warm all over by the charcoal stove, and their spirits were also much higher. Another old soldiers stood up, clasped their fists first, and spoke:

"Master Li, a young hero, naturally understands these battle formations, but old man, I'm not afraid of you being accused of it. You are a soldier, but you are not good at practicing well. If you really want to fight a tough battle, you may not be able to control the troops and the whole guy will disperse."

This is what Li Meng noticed, bowed and picked up the wine pot to pour a glass for the old army, and said politely:

"Please talk about it in detail?"

"The way of our Ming Dynasty is to pay 70% of the money to support the relatives and 30% of the money to support the soldiers. If we really fight, we charge and escort the enemy, we are all these personal soldiers and servants. Although there are few people, we may work for you to die. If you are treating the soldiers like this, everyone will be equal, and you will be afraid that you will not be able to control it at the critical moment!"

Li Meng let out a sigh of relief. Although he had a smile on his face, he didn't agree. What the old army said was the method of the various military leaders of the Ming Dynasty to train troops, but there was nothing worth boasting about the effect. He had never seen any victory with the eight camps of the rebel army and the Eastern Barbarian Jurchen.

Looking at Li Meng's expression, these old people knew that the other party would definitely not listen to their advice. They were helpless when they looked at each other. After a while, they spoke:

"Mr. Li, if you feel it's not easy to speak, we brothers can go to Commander Su to plead with you. Our garrison, if you go out to your side, it's okay to mobilize a thousand young and strong people. It's still safer!"

These old soldiers lived a good life because of Li Meng's private salt transactions, and Ma Yuxing's son even reached that position. They definitely did not want Li Meng to encounter an inexplicable failure. This was a relationship of prosperity and loss.

Li Meng didn't answer their words, but just looked into the distance and smiled:

"The ship is here!"

The six large ships originally thought that this ship would appear slowly from the sea level like those modern movies and TV series, and it was quite imposing. In fact, these ships were traveling along the coastline, not on the front of Li Meng, but on the side, so it didn't take too long that the ship stopped on the sea near Yantian and began to put down the boat. The pirates on the boat could be seen entering the boat one after another.

Every time, there were only about 60 people ashore. Li Meng was a little puzzled and thought that he had captured more than 20 spies from the other party, so the other party had no doubt at all.
Chapter completed!