Outside of Chang'an City, after all the hard work dressed up as a servant who specializes in dumping food waste and filth, Yi Damao, the deputy of the rescue team, who got out, also came to a temporary secret stronghold near Mingdu Spring in Duling County. .
This time, as the first action jointly taken by the enemy's Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Social Security, a lot of resources and contacts were used to make preparations before and after. But when it came time for actual action, it was just a wire lasso and some secret medicine made from tiger feces.
However, when they arrived at this wild shop and inn set up for the past business travelers and completed the connection, they saw the local person in charge dressed as the shop, but suddenly asked with a solemn expression:
"What happened later in Chang'an City has your hands..."
"We have never made any extravagance. This disciplinary action only requires one blow to leave. Whether it is successful or not, we must immediately get away without leaving traces and clues..."
Yi Damao was stunned before answering.
"That's because someone took advantage of this matter to fish in troubled waters and took the opportunity to mess up the situation. Don't hide it from you, just a few days after you started, similar things happened one after another."
The local person in charge immediately said:
"First, the palace envoy Huang Sihou was found naked and violently killed in the back house of the former prime minister, Yu Zong; then, Zhou Youyi, a member of the ceremonial ministry, was broken into the living house and hacked and killed in the room; there was also Shang Shu Ling, Shang let his adopted son, Tai Le Ling, survived, I was injured by a medicine arrow shot in the street and died..."
"Now the city is full of soldiers and horses, and there are rumors all over the city, and people are panicked and uneasy. There are already several groups of messengers flying south. You are returning here. I'm afraid it will be a little difficult to go all the way..."
"It's okay, then wait here for a while, dormant for a few days, let's talk about it, everything is safe."
Yi Da Mao decisively said.
"Give us a change of clothes and be here some days' buddies and messengers..."
—I am the dividing line —
At the same time, Jiang Bu Gao, the owner of the Baishuiwu dock (the leader) who was watching the battle and instructing him in the grassland by the lake, was also slightly relieved.
Because the ambush he arranged at any cost had successfully approached the full-loaded carriages and horses on the lakeside avenue, and the other party's reaction seemed to be stunned by surprise, and he stayed in place without moving.
Even if it was the result of their active contact before, the negotiation conditions put forward by these Taiping pirates were too harsh; they were so harsh that the leaders felt that they couldn't make people live well.
Although most ordinary Ding Zhuang and his family members in the Water Dock Alliance didn't know it, most of them joined the group for the sake of a bite, or simply because of being trapped and desperate.
But among the middle and upper class chiefs and dock leaders, they still caused considerable disputes and criticism; after all, they more or less possessed the corresponding wealth and authority, and they also tasted the life and death of the swordsman; but for a while It's hard to be let go in half a meeting.
Many of them also couldn't understand how the most common basic principle of murder and arson in the world, once it came to the side of the Taiping thief who was also a rebel force, it simply couldn't make sense. The bottom line they want is actually nothing more than doing things on their own in the nearby villages, how can they not tolerate it.
However, in the face of the threat of an army of Taiping thief crossing the border, the leaders of 37 Wu also had different opinions and were inconsistent; some advocated continuing negotiations to seek partial concessions and compromises; some planned to delay it. Delayed to wait for changes; some plan to continue to wait and see the wind; some just secretly aroused the heart of subduing and escaping.
Especially those small water docks that only have hundreds to more than a thousand mouths and live together not much larger than a village, and can only be used to wave the flag and shout as a momentum; basically, they are just drifting along with the crowd from the masses.
Therefore, they gathered in this adventure to connect most hardliners and unwilling people in Wuwu, and hurriedly launched an attack on the peaceful thieves; not only for the purpose of encumbering and binding other volatile generations in 37 Wuwu. A hostile position; also to obtain better conditions in future negotiations.
According to past practices and stories, if you can't show enough patience and means, or let the other party feel the corresponding strength, then even after being reluctantly recruited, it may not be valued and forgiving.
It's like Jiang Bugao himself, a local Hao family in Changzhou County, located on the border of Suzhou by the lake. There are large tracts of water on the shore to irrigate fertile fields and ponds, and there are also fish and aquatic products from people who occupy the vast lake;
His subordinates are Ding Zhuang, who keeps a hundred horns all year round and does not produce, and specializes in training swords, guns and clubs day and night. It has a harmonious relationship with local officials, officials, and wealthy individuals, and has inextricably linked interests.
That's why he was able to sit in the towns on the main roads by the lake to reap the benefits of the city, while sheltering and sheltering many desperate and criminals fleeing to and from the shore, doing that secretly killing people and making money in order to make money.
Even after the local turmoil, he can replace the collapsed government and big households, pull up a large number of people and boats in the coastal areas, continue to dominate the coastal areas and keep the children from crying. People's livelihood.
Even if they encounter attacks and siege from foreign soldiers and horses, they can rely on the familiar geographic conveniences to retreat to the many dense lakes and dotted islands on the lakeside, relying on the large and small waters built in them. Dock continued to deal with it.
Until the other party couldn't bear the waste of laboring and mobilizing the crowd, or the mass casualties had to be retreated; the coast of the Great Lake was again their wanton world. This is where he wants to bargain with the Taiping Thief.
What's more, this time, he was in danger of losing his lips and teeth, talking about and wooing the other six most powerful owners of the 37 docks, splitting them into three ways to work together.
Some of them were former rebels who raised their flags in Jiangdong, but were scattered to stand on their own feet; some were Yaqian military academies that fled here after being defeated by the town navy; others were former General Jinwu and Zhang Quan, a coastal soldier and horse envoy. The old department that has fallen to this place.
But now they all have the same identity and stand as a Taihu pirate. If they can't show enough threat and strength to the Taiping thief, then all these things they could easily grasp will disappear.
Therefore, as long as there is a way to achieve results, it is the victory. As for the corresponding consequences, he didn't care much. Could the peaceful thieves send people into the water and swim along the complicated waterways and grasslands all the way to the nest on the island deep in the lake.
However, in the midst of the pirate who is attacking the back team; Fang Yansen, the "Black Rock Thief" who once came from a regular army and led troops to pursue the grass thief in his early years, is now known as the "Black Rock Thief" among the most well-known soldiers among the dock owners. But on the spot, he wanted to scold his mother angrily.
Why did he personally shoot down the most glamorous military general with an arrow, but these thieves did not see the slightest panic and collapse; instead, they shrank the team and gathered around the heavy vehicles with bows and knives.
Even the people who were running around who were supposed to be scared seemed to be obedient and obedient. Amidst the screaming and shouting one after another, they honestly retreated to the back of those wheels and mules and horses.
It shouldn't be like this, is it still those thieves who are rampant when they get a little bit of power, and scatter when there is a bad wind, and are known as the surviving and rebellious army. You must know that when Dong Chang was able to command the battle of fame in Hangzhou Eight Capitals, it was the light soldier Jian Cong who raided the enemy generals who came to detect and plunder the formation.
Hundreds of people were captured on the spot and the leader of the thieves was captured in the battle, causing nearly 10,000 thieves to be scattered and scattered overnight. Since then, although the chaos in East Zhejiang has continued, it is the place where no thieves dare to invade Hangzhou.
In his stunned thoughts, the counterattacks from the opposite side who raised the crossbow were already coming one after another; but the first thing to do was the side-by-side installation of large crossbows on some square carts that suddenly fell down exposed by the wall panels. ; There are several big arrows on each crossbow.
Suddenly, the front row of pirates holding wooden boards and rattans was woven into a large row, and the row of people led them through the past and was nailed to the ground tragically. Even Fang Yansen was tripped over by the corpse and overturned to the ground, but when he got up again, he was dumbfounded.
Because he had never seen the existence of a wooden crossbow and multiple crossbows that could be used for civilian husbands or husbands; therefore, for a while, these pirates and wudings who rushed forward were actually shot in front of them. The deaths and injuries caused by the rain were suppressed.
At this time, the Taiping Sergeant who had killed close enemies in the distance also turned around and outflanked the shore of the lake to support.
"Don't run away, give up your weapon and don't kill..."
Soon after, Wang Shengui, who had thrown away his short spear and only held a horizontal knife, also chased behind these defeated and fleeing bandits. However, the burden of wearing iron armor still made him unable to catch up. These shirtless and barefoot pirates.
Just as these defeated soldiers wanted to escape into the grass that they had hidden before, they saw a few fireballs flying out of the volley, and they smashed into the withered and yellowed grass. There was a huge fire in that room, which blocked their retreat.
—I am the dividing line —
In the eastern part of the Guandong Metropolitan Road, the southern suburbs of Zhengzhou City are faintly filled with fireworks.
"Return to the three generals... The little one has already explored the camps of other people..."
Zhu Lao San, who is in a uniform, is also listening to the report of Li Si'an, the head of Tabai Dutou, who arrived at Li Camp earlier and contacted various roads:
"Most of them are the old and the weak, and there is no sign of building equipment, consolidating the camp, and long-term stationing. The camp sergeants are also very lax and unprepared. The generals are also going to dinner..."
"These cunning people... I'm afraid that they all want to work without effort, and use this to escape and delay Yan An's life of dispatching troops... But we did this real person..."
The veteran Zhang Cunjing couldn't help but sneered.
"It's okay, let them go; let's do our business well and let the place settle down..."
Zhu Lao San waved his hand disapprovingly. Then he turned to face other human beings.
"Since the other members of the family don't want to move, why not take down the neighboring counties of Huazhou, Yangwu, Yuanwu, Xingze, Zhongmou, and Wansheng City..."
"It's so good, so that we can also have two states and eleven counties in one piece. It's not much more comfortable than the cramped Nancheng of Heyang, or the ruined and ruined Chenzhou. ."
Veteran Zhang Cunjing immediately agreed. The generals also converged and echoed one after another.
"It's this reason..."
"Just do it like this..."
"Everything listens to the three generals..."
"But this matter requires everyone to be cautious in words and deeds..."
Seeing the sincerity of all the people, Zhu Lao San Sui turned to the Captain Hu Zhen.
"Thank you to take out 800 pieces of silk and 1 million dollars from the Neiku, and personally send them to the Yan Jianjun at Nanguan in Heyang. It is said that the roads are muddy and difficult to walk in the beginning of winter snow. Please take a good rest in the local area. Day..."
"Telling..."
As soon as Hu Zhen accepted it, he heard shouts and faint fighting sounds coming from outside. Immediately after leaving the camp, Zhu Laosan saw that in the distance, someone came to report:
"It was the rebels in the city who came out and attacked the camp. They have already smashed through several encircled camps in the east and north of the city, and then they are going down the wall and they are heading towards the main formation..."
"This is really an opportunity that God gave me to win the city..."
Zhu Laosan was not surprised and rejoiced when he heard the words, but laughed loudly at the left and right. (End of this chapter)