"I feel relieved to see that uncle is safe. I will leave fifty Zhejiang soldiers to help uncle. Please quickly organize the troops and go to the civilian camp to rescue the people. The Japanese pirates who burned and killed people in the civilian camp are no more than fifty people. They are definitely not your opponents. If you rescue and protect all the people, it will be a great achievement."
When Linhuai Hou was shouting "my good nephew" and jogging over excitedly like a meat bomb, Zhu Ping'an's voice came over.
"My dear nephew, my good nephew, won't you come with me to the civilian camp to rescue the people?" Linhuai Hou asked hurriedly without even taking a firm step.
"I heard shouts and screams coming from the central army camp. It should be the main force of the Japanese pirates attacking the central army camp. I want to lead the army to support them. There is no time to lose. I will go there now." Zhu Ping'an said concisely.
Originally, Linhuai Hou wanted to act with Zhu Ping'an, as he felt safe with him.
However, when he heard that Zhu Ping'an was going to the central army camp to deal with the main force of the Japanese pirates, he immediately swallowed back his words about going with Zhu Ping'an.
The small group of Japanese pirates sent out to harass us was so weak that our Jianghuai Battalion was not able to deal with them. He did not have the confidence to deal with the main force of the Japanese pirates. He should just listen to his nephew and go to the private camp to rescue the people. His nephew said that there were only 50 Japanese pirates in the private camp at most, and that the Japanese pirates were no match for our Jianghuai Battalion. So the Japanese pirates in the private camp must not exceed 50, and they were definitely no match for us.
What's more, my nephew left behind 50 Zhejiang soldiers armed with muskets to support me.
I listened to my nephew and went to the private camp.
Linhuai Hou thought so.
"Uncle, these corpses of Japanese pirates were captured by your Jianghuai camp, but their clothes are very useful to me, so I will borrow them first."
Zhu Ping'an pointed at the corpses of Japanese pirates on the ground without any concern and gave them to Linhuai Hou.
After saying this, Zhu Ping'an ordered his soldiers to strip the clothes off the Japanese pirates.
"Ah?! My dear nephew, are you going to give all these corpses of the Japanese pirates to us?!"
Marquis Linhuai was stunned for a moment, opened his mouth wide, and asked in disbelief, "These are eighty corpses of Japanese pirates, a great favor that no one can refuse, and my nephew just gave it to me like that." Marquis Linhuai suspected that he had heard it wrong, so he asked again, his voice trembling with excitement.
"Yes, uncle, these corpses of Japanese pirates are all yours. Originally, even if we didn't attack from behind, your Jianghuai camp could have taken them down with some effort and cost, uncle. We just passed by and fired a round of muskets. Now we are just returning the property to its original owner." Zhu Ping'an nodded and said without any concern.
My dear nephew really gave me all the corpses of the Japanese pirates!
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Hearing the confirming answer again, Marquis Linhuai suddenly fell into ecstasy. His fat face was full of ecstasy and his eyes were narrowed so much that they were almost invisible.
"My dear nephew, you are really my good nephew, and your uncle was right about you. From now on, you can command my two hundred pounds. My dear nephew, I will never say no. If you ask me to fish, I will never touch shrimps." Linhuai Hou was so moved that his eyes were filled with tears. He rubbed his fat hands and expressed his opinion to Zhu Ping'an.
I tossed and turned last night, and the words about regaining the dignity of the elders were still ringing in my ears, but they had long been thrown to Java Island by Linhuai Hou.
My dear nephew, you reminded me yesterday evening, at the cost of your own image, to guard against the Japanese pirates' night attacks on our camp. That's why our Jianghuai camp was not attacked by the Japanese pirates when they attacked in the early morning. Otherwise, our camp would have been broken into and burned into a sea of fire just like the He Qing army camp and the Shen Xiyi army camp over there.
When we were struggling to deal with the Japanese pirates who attacked our camp, our nephew came out of nowhere and helped us eliminate the pirates.
Now, my nephew has given us all the eighty corpses of the Japanese pirates as our military merits.
It’s hard to find such a good nephew even with a lantern.
I really regret not having another daughter. Niuniu is too young, otherwise I would have betrothed her to my nephew...
Marquis Linhuai was filled with regret for not having more daughters.
Zhu Pingan saw that his soldiers had already taken off the night clothes of the Japanese pirates. Time was precious and there was no time to lose. He said goodbye to Linhuai Hou and said, "Uncle, there is no time to lose. I will go to the central army camp to provide support. Please quickly organize the troops and go to the civilian camp to rescue the people."
"Okay, don't worry, nephew. I will organize the troops and go to the civilian camp to rescue the people." Linhuai Hou clasped his fists and accepted the order like a subordinate.
"Come on, follow me to the central army camp."
Zhu Ping'an waved his hand and led his troops to the central military camp.
During the march, Zhu Ping'an ordered his soldiers to extinguish torches and keep silent to prevent their whereabouts from being disclosed and alerting the enemy.
When they were halfway there, Zhu Ping'an stretched out his hand and clenched his fist to order everyone to stop. He selected 108 people from among them, asked them to take off their cotton armor and change into the pirates' night clothes. Zhu Ping'an himself also changed into the pirates' night clothes.
Of course, under the nightgown, Zhu Ping'an was also wearing the set of gold silk soft armor given by Li Shu.
One hundred and twenty Japanese pirates were killed, and there were originally one hundred and twenty sets of Japanese pirates' night clothes.
But, unfortunately, eleven of the Japanese pirates were hit too hard by the concentrated fire of the muskets.
He was beaten to a pulp, and his clothes were badly torn. Only these one hundred and nine sets of night clothes could he wear.
Although each nightgown had several holes and blood stains, it was night time and could not be seen unless one looked closely. Besides, it was understandable that there were some injuries after the fight.
After Zhu Ping'an read it once, he felt that there was no problem.
"You follow me and walk in front, forming four long, scattered lines, with a torch in the front and in the middle."
Zhu Ping'an gave orders to the Zhejiang army who had changed into night clothes.
"Sir, if we light torches, won't we be discovered by the Japanese pirates?" Liu Dadao asked doubtfully.
"It's to let the pirates find us." Zhu Pingan smiled and explained simply, "There are only two torches, and from a distance, the pirates can't see clearly. They can only vaguely see our clothes."
"Oh, I understand. When the Japanese pirates see the clothes we are wearing, they will think we are their own people." Liu Dadao suddenly realized and understood Zhu Ping'an's good intentions.
"That's right." Zhu Ping'an nodded, and then said to the remaining Zhejiang troops, "The rest of you keep silent and follow us fifty meters behind. When our front line takes action, quickly follow and support us."
"Yes, sir." The Zhejiang troops obeyed the order silently.
In this way, Zhu Ping'an led 108 Zhejiang soldiers who had changed into the night clothes of the Japanese pirates, lit two torches, and trotted all the way to the central army camp. The rest of the Zhejiang soldiers followed quietly behind, keeping a distance of about 50 meters.
On the way, Zhu Ping'an heard sharp whistles and Japanese shouts coming from all directions, and he seemed to be lost in thought.
"Whoever picks up the pirates' whistle, blow it."
Zhu Ping'an felt around his body, took out a whistle, rubbed it with his hands twice, and started blowing it.
Although only seven or eight of the 108 people had the pirates' whistles, when they blew them together, the sound was loud and piercing, blending harmoniously with the pirates' whistles from all directions.