Chapter 1349 Forced into a desperate situation

At this time, Zheng Ai can confirm one thing, that is, even if there are no Haihan soldiers downstairs, their group will still face insurmountable difficulties if they want to rush into the room at the end of the corridor. The shields in their hands can block Haihan

The bullets of the musket could not stop the continuous shooting of the mysterious weapons in that room. If one bullet could kill a person, then their group of dead soldiers would only be equivalent to more than twenty bullets, not to mention this time.

There were still less than ten people who had not fallen down in the corridor.

Although they knew that the weapons in the opponent's hands could penetrate the shield, everyone still subconsciously continued to use their shields to protect the front. However, four companions fell in a pool of blood one after another, which made them lose the courage to continue to move forward. The companion fell.

The place was like a line of life and death. Anyone who tried to cross this line fell to the ground. When they retreated behind this line, there was no more firing in the room, just the black hole.

The muzzle of the gun was always aimed at them, like the God of Death looking for the next target.

"People in the corridor, listen, you have been surrounded. Put down your weapons and surrender immediately. Anyone who violates the rules will be shot to death!"

There was a loud shout from downstairs, which could only be shouted with the help of a tin speaker. Although it was noon and the sun was shining brightly, the hearts of Zheng Ai and others were already cold. The gunfire downstairs had completely stopped.

When we got down, it was obvious that the situation was under control by the Haihan soldiers. It was difficult to turn around and break out at this time. The room at the end of the corridor might be more terrifying than the Haihan soldiers downstairs. Going in that direction would lead to a dead end.

"Fight them!"

Even though more than half of them were killed or wounded, some of them were still very fierce. They immediately stood up with bows and arrows, and aimed downstairs from behind the guardrail, intending to shoot another enemy before dying in battle. But his body had just leaned out of the guardrail.

, before he had time to draw the bow and arrow, gunshots like exploding beans rang out from below. Zheng Ai saw blood splattering on the back of the man's head, and he fell to the sky without even a groan. There was a lot of blood on his forehead.

There was a bloody hole the size of a finger, and the fatal shot passed through his head and took him away directly.

Zheng Ai's hand holding the shield was shaking slightly. He had originally planned to fight to the death and would rather die than be captured alive by the Haihan people, but he saw with his own eyes that his companions fell to the gunpoint one after another.

In such a tragic situation, he found that his will did not seem to be so firm.

On the one hand, the disparity in combat power between the two sides was huge. On the other hand, he found that the Haihan people did not seem to intend to kill all the assassins directly, but deliberately left the possibility of survival. They were in a desperate situation but suddenly found a glimmer of life. How many

Will people resolutely choose to die generously?

Zheng Ai originally thought that when he carried out this mission with a certain death intention, he must be determined to die for his country. But when things really came to pass, he discovered that many situations were not consistent with what he had imagined. It is easy to seek death. Now as long as

If you stand up, put your head outside the guardrail, or take a few steps forward, you will definitely be beaten to pieces like your dead companions, and die in an instant.

But downstairs they continued to repeat slogans persuading them to surrender. Even if they blocked their ears with their hands, they could not block such a loud noise. Every word penetrated into each of their ears clearly. This seemed to be persuading surrender, but in fact it was

Another form of attack, and the effect of breaking down their psychological defenses seems to be no worse than that of muskets.

Some people have begun to turn their attention to Zheng Ai, waiting for him to make the final decision. Zheng Ai is the commander of this operation, and everyone is following his lead. No matter whether they have to fight to the death or try to save their lives, they must do it as soon as possible.

Just come up with an idea. Otherwise, if you continue to delay, you may not even have a chance to get out of the situation.

When Zheng Ai was about to speak, the door at the end of the corridor slowly opened wider and wider. He saw the muzzle of the gun retracting from the door. It seemed that the other party was about to stop. Zheng Ai felt relieved.

He was about to call everyone to stand shoulder to shoulder for the last charge, but suddenly his pupils shrank and he almost dropped the shield in his hand to the ground.

This was because he suddenly saw something that shouldn't have appeared in the door at the end of the corridor - a shiny black cannon.

Although the caliber of this cannon is less than two inches, a cannon is a cannon, and its power cannot be compared to that of a musket. If the barrel of the cannon is filled with iron shot, then one shot is enough to cover such a narrow corridor.

.And as far as Zheng Ai knows, the Haihan artillery does not use a fuse to ignite it at all, but uses a pull type with a medicine bag and a rope. It can be fired with a slight shake of the hand, leaving no extra reaction time for the enemy.

Even if they were only about three feet away from the muzzle of the cannon, the opponent would still have enough time to launch the cannonballs and tear them all into pieces.

Why is there a cannon waiting for him in the room on the second floor of the Haihan Administrative Committee? Zheng Ai no longer has the mind to think about what kind of mistake happened in the middle that allowed the Haihan people to lay such a tight attack.

The trap is waiting for him to escape. All he knows now is that no matter whether Chen Yixin and Ma Yuling are in that room or not, they can no longer rush in and arrest people, even at the cost of their lives. After all, flesh and blood cannot compete with steel.

Artillery confrontation.

If he could exchange his life for his life, Zheng Ai would not hesitate to choose to die with the enemy chief. He was not afraid of death, but he did not want to die meaninglessly. When he saw this cannon, he knew that no matter how hard he struggled, it would be in vain.

, this operation has no chance of success. The only variable is whether all the remaining people will die here, or whether a few will survive by chance.

At this time, the voices urging surrender from downstairs suddenly stopped, and the surroundings suddenly fell into silence. Zheng Ai waited for a while, but did not wait for the cannon on the opposite side to fire, nor did the Haihan soldiers rush up from downstairs. Just when he felt at a loss

While walking, a voice came from the room at the end of the corridor: "It's better to live than to die. Do you really want to die that much?"

Zheng Ai responded in a deep voice: "A man should do what he does and what he should not do. He who dies for his country deserves to die!"

The voice in the room responded: "If you want to do something for the country, you don't necessarily have to die. If you die, you don't necessarily have any benefit to the country."

Zheng Ai was silent for a moment before responding: "If my death can make the court alert, it will be worth it!"

"Stupid! Apart from bringing about a new round of war for the Ming Dynasty, what purpose can your actions have?" The voice in the room criticized mercilessly: "Haihan has no intention of starting a war with the Ming Dynasty, but you

Doing this is forcing us to go to war with the Ming Dynasty! Isn’t the Denglai Rebellion in the past few years enough to make you realize the danger of war?"

Zheng Ai did not respond this time. He knew that he could not defeat the other party no matter what, because only the winner was qualified to comment on the situation in such a tone, and he was just a failed assassin, and he would most likely have to bear the consequences.

A very heavy responsibility.

It’s hard to say whether Haihan has the intention to go to war with the Ming Dynasty, but it is true that Haihan has used force to occupy the Ming Dynasty’s land. But Zheng Ai also knows that it is useless to talk about these things with the other side. The land occupied by force,

How could he get it back just by talking? If the problem could be solved by negotiation, why would he appear here and now as an assassin?

If he argued with the other party on the issue of territorial sovereignty, Zheng Ai knew that he would only end up humiliating himself. As for whether Haihan would use this as an excuse to start a war with the Ming Dynasty, he simply did not have enough power to influence the actions of the Haihan people.

As for the "Denglai Rebellion" mentioned by the other party, Zheng Ai believes that this is not the same thing as the current complicated relationship between the Ming Dynasty and Haihan. The Denglai Rebellion is a civil strife in the Ming Dynasty, but Haihan belongs to

Foreign enemy invasion, the two are different in nature, and the other party obviously has a rhythmic intention in confusing them.

But the problem still returns to the starting point. It is useless for Zheng Ai to argue about these details as a loser. The purpose of the Denglai Rebellion mentioned by the other party is just to use war as a threat, to exert pressure in disguised form, and force people like him to surrender.

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Zheng Ai was silent for a long time before speaking again: "Those of us, whether dead or alive, will be used by you to threaten Daming, right?"

This time it was the voice in the room's turn to be silent. After a while, the voice sounded again: "The Ming Dynasty is not the enemy of Haihan. Even if the two countries go to war, the location will never be in Shandong. Are you satisfied with this?

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This answer seemed wrong, but Zheng Ai let out a sigh of relief after hearing it, and slowly put down the shield and sword in his hands. When the people behind him saw this, they quickly asked: "Master Zheng, are you going to stop fighting?"

Zheng Ai shook his head slightly and said: "If we don't fight, the life and death of us people are insignificant to Haihan. Since we can't achieve anything, then if we fight again, we will lose our lives in vain."

The reason why Zheng Ai refused to surrender before was because he was worried that after his team was captured, Haihan would use them to make a fuss and provoke an all-out war against the Ming Dynasty. Even if the consequences were not that serious, it was very likely that they would be used to threaten the Ming Dynasty.

The Shandong government obtained some unequal conditions. But the last few words of the man in the room made him dispel his doubts - even if the Haihan people wanted to attack the Ming Dynasty, they would not choose Shandong.

Haihan's foundation is in the South China Sea. Even if they want to attack the Ming Dynasty, they should attack from a location at the doorstep of Fu Guang, rather than thousands of miles away in Shandong. Therefore, the Haihan people caught a group of assassins who failed to act in Shandong.

, it will not trigger a full-scale war between the two countries, which makes sense logically.

And in the current situation where Haihan is in control of the situation and can kill them, there is no need for the other side to use lies to trick Zheng Ai and others into surrendering. The Haihan people don't even need to persuade them to surrender, they can directly kill them with one shot.

It is also simpler and more direct, leaving no further trouble.

Zheng Ai believes that the main reason why the other party did not do this is that he really did not intend to kill his team. But if the stalemate continues, there will be no other way for his team except to die here.

Moreover, his death was in vain and would not have any substantial impact on Haihan's local status.

Since it is useless, why die? Even if Zheng Aidang gave up the idea of ​​​​death for his country, he chose to surrender to the Haihan people. Of course, this was still a gamble, betting that the Haihan people would not slowly torture them to death after capturing them.

Their weight in each other's hearts is really insignificant, and they are betting that they can continue to live.

In a desperate situation, Zheng Ai could no longer think of any other better or more reasonable choice, so he put down his weapon, raised his hands, and stood up slowly. As expected, no more bullets were fired from downstairs, but there was

The sound of dense footsteps must be that the Haihan soldiers were coming up the stairs to fetch someone.

Zheng Ai slowly turned his head and glanced downstairs. The large cars had been towed to an unknown place, and he did not see any other companions who had not rushed upstairs. However, there were several pools of blood scattered on the ground.

It couldn't be more conspicuous. There are probably hundreds of Haihan soldiers gathered in front of the office building. There are also groups of Haihan soldiers patrolling back and forth in the distance. Even the official road passing here has been temporarily blocked.

Already.

Zheng Ai just took a look at the situation nearby and knew that if he didn't rush upstairs and immediately turned around and ran away, he might not be able to escape the encirclement of the Haihan people. This was a trap, one that had been laid out long ago, waiting for him to lead him

It was a big trap that the team jumped into. The Haihan people even had the leisure to move a cannon to the second floor and hide it in the room in the corridor as a final blow.

Zheng Ai had carefully planned the assassination and kidnapping operation for a long time, but it was already doomed to fail before it even started to be implemented. When he realized this, his heart was filled with despair, all thoughts were empty, and he had no idea of ​​resistance at all.

A group of Haihan soldiers rushed to the second floor, locked the dejected assassins one by one with iron shackles, and then dragged them downstairs. No one made a sound during this process, only the clanging sound of the iron shackles was heard. Zheng

Ai suddenly realized that the other party might have even prepared the shackles in advance and was just waiting to capture them alive.

"The leader, bring him to the room."

A sound came from the room at the end of the corridor again, and then Zheng Ai, whose hands and feet had been chained, was temporarily added a pair of shackles, and the shackles between his hands and feet were connected together, so that he could only bow in a bow.

The posture of his body as he moved forward in small steps was very similar to the way he had been walking slowly in the corridor with his shield.

The cannon that was originally stuck at the door had been pushed back into the house. Zheng Ai was taken to the door. After taking a deep breath, he poked his head to see what was going on in the room.

This was not the first time he had entered this room. In fact, when he was negotiating an order with the Haihan people, he had been here before and saw with his own eyes the young Haihan general signing the contract. At this time, that person was

In the room, his expression was calm, and his mood did not seem to be affected at all by the battle just now.
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