C435 reversal of events (2/2)
Upon mentioning the mysterious man, none of the spies present dared to say anything. Originally, this group of people had already completed their mission of sending the news of the war between the French back to the continent. However, just as they were about to leave the Ryukyu secretly, a snitch who they had never seen before found them.
Sun Ximei and the others would never have thought that a single person could take out two secret orders. One of them was a conscription order to the Military Intelligence Service, while the other was an identification issued by the British Embassy, to show that he was a double agent.
A single Military Intelligence Service transfer order was enough to order Chang Sanhao and his group, but the identity certificate of the British Embassy only emphasized the importance of this mission, the subtext saying that no one can think of doing anything funny, your father's background is extremely scary.
The mysterious man was only a messenger, Sun Ximei did not know where the real big shot was hiding, but there was one thing that he could be sure of, and that was that he would not be able to escape.
Mi Yang had completely failed, none of the people sitting down could think of a better way to stir up internal conflict, but they don't dare to run yet. Sun Ximei clenched her teeth and stomped her feet hard on the ground, ”Let's go, we need to hide in the mountain first. If we fail this time, they will definitely contact us again. ”Damn it, I've had eight lifetimes of bad luck, encountering these freaks …”
The spies of the Qing Dynasty disappeared from the mountains, but the mysterious person they were talking about was not on the island, but was in the ocean.
Three hundred meters in front of him was the French battleship. At this time, a slender scissor boat stopped on the west side of the battleship, and the figure's target was there.
”There are people in the sea …” Is he a water ghost of the Ryukyu? ” When his figure was 50 meters away from the warship, the sharp-eyed sailor suddenly noticed something strange in the sea, which was soon followed by the sound of the bullets in the rifle.
The French were very cautious of the water ghost, afraid that the barbarians would ambush them again. Although they still did not understand the theory behind the water mines, the seed of fear had already been planted.
” Don't shoot, I'm on your side... I'm employed in Britain... ” The soldiers never expected to hear a strange English accent from the sea.
”Any evidence?” the Frenchman on the deck shouted.
”I'm going to the Tulip. My boss is on board... He is a citizen of Qing, his name is Gong Cheng … Lord Gong is my superior … ”
The moment this name was uttered, all the officials on the deck understood that those who weren't from the same side as them would definitely not know who the guests on the mysterious merchant ship were.
Yes, he is the famous traitor, Gong Cheng, who led the British and French combined forces to burn the entire Yuan Ming Yuan.
On the deck, Gong Cheng was drinking with Ambassador of France and General Bruce. The wine was as red as blood, and the dishes were the Naha Harbor that were dimly lit in the distance.
With a small sound of ”putong”, he kneeled on the deck, ”Reporting to my lord, Mi Fa has failed. I never thought that not only did Xiao Letian's soldiers not suppress them, they even started to stow away their rations … ”With this, we won't be able to execute any follow-up plans. However, we haven't been exposed, so we still have a chance …”
Gong Cheng smiled as he looked at him: ”Un, no problem, I didn't expect you to succeed in the first place, then Xiao Letian's rise to East Asia is already extraordinary, if you can't even pass this little test, then this game is really boring, hahaha …”
Gong Cheng was a skinny little old man in his fifties. He was dressed in a black satin robe and had a large water pipe in his hands.
However, those who knew him all heard of his nickname, Gong Banlun. This meant that in his heart, there was no king, no father and son, no husband, no brothers, no friends, only a single concubine.
This nickname wasn't given to him by others, but given to him by himself. From this, it could be seen just how shameless this person was.
After he dismissed the spies under him, Gong Cheng's gaze landed on the special envoy Molière. He opened his mouth and spoke a few skillful English, mixed with quite a few French words.
”His Excellency the Special Envoy, according to your previous agreement, this is a British cannonball and bullet. I took the initiative to add some food and wine to it. ”However, I must remind you that based on your fighting style, I'm afraid that the weapons on this ship will only be enough for you to use for a week …”
Gong Banlun raised his wine cup, took a long sip, and said with a cold smile, ”Oh His Excellency the Special Envoy, how much money do you have on you? How many ships could he buy? ”I'm just afraid that you'll run out of food if Ryukyu doesn't manage to fight his in the end …”
The corner of Molière's eyes twitched. ”I believe in the fighting strength of us French soldiers, I believe that victory belongs to us after all …”
”Hahaha …” Combat strength? I'll tell you the truth, the reason I asked the spies to cause this revolt is to test out the fighting spirit of the Liuzhu Military and Civilians … ”From the looks of it, he is in no way inferior to you Frenchmen …”
”To put it crudely, if you keep fighting like this, you won't be able to last for another three months!”
”Let me remind you one last time, the lives of the French soldiers are way too valuable, if we were to die too much in battle, let the newspapers in your country spread the news, I'm afraid the wave of protest will cause your Emperor to be unable to sleep!”