The atmosphere in the lobby of the Qingyang Mansion was a bit unusual today. The leaders and Wang Huanzhang present all looked at Wu Sangui, who was sitting in the main seat, expressionlessly.
The envoys sent out came back one after another, and the news they brought back was similar. Anyway, there were various excuses, but no one was willing to follow Wu Shuai's order, let alone send people to Qingyang Mansion.
Such a response was probably not surprising to everyone, but the news that the last messenger came back made everyone angry.
The envoys were in groups of three and went to various places. Although the mountains in various places were evasive, everyone could understand the polite and euphemistic words and the fabricated reasons. Only the envoy who returned from Luochuan was left.
People, moreover, even their ears were cut off.
The man reported back that Zhang Cunmeng of Luochuan tore up the letters brought by the envoys on the spot, and beheaded the other two people, leaving him behind just to bring a message to Wu Shuai.
"You want to order me with a thing that comes out of nowhere, bah!"
Not long after receiving the news, everyone was summoned to the lobby of the commander's mansion by Wu Shuai. Everyone knew in their hearts that Zhang Cunmeng was dead.
"How many are there?" Wu Sangui asked with a gloomy face: "Kill my envoy and humiliate me. I will make sure that he will not survive this winter!"
"It is claimed to have gathered tens of thousands of people!" Wang Huanzhang said cautiously: "But according to the practice of our rebel army, if there are three to two thousand people, it can be claimed to be tens of thousands. If we gather some refugees, we can claim to be twenty to thirty thousand!"
"Then count him as three thousand people!" Wu Sangui clenched his fists: "Having taken over a far bigger county, you really think you are a figure. Brothers, I will order you to organize your troops. Now that the soldiers of our Qingyang Mansion can fight,
How many!"
Everyone answered in various directions, some were eight hundred, some were one thousand, and some were a little more than two thousand. In short, according to the calculations of the people here, Wu Sangui could make up for it.
The number of troops was as many as 15,000.
Wu Sangui was secretly shocked. These were real thieves who could be beaten, not those who were coerced. After struggling for so long in Qingyang Mansion, there were still so many people.
"Military advisor, please look after me. I will lead ten thousand people to Luochuan!" Wu Sangui looked around and began to order the troops to come. It didn't take long for the ten thousand people to be gathered together.
The faces of those who were called to send troops were as usual, while the faces of those who were not called showed some unnoticeable joy. If possible, who would be willing to go to war? Staying in the city is not only safe, but also in case of going out to fight.
After someone dies, they will have the final say in this city from now on.
"But Commander, with these more than 10,000 people dispatched, I'm afraid there may be some problems with military rations!" Wang Huanzhang reminded: "The food stored in the city is not enough for half a month. If we take them all away, the brothers in the city will starve. If we don't take them, once
The war is stalemate and our troops are scattered. It will not be easy to gather them again!"
"The army will carry rations for three days and set off after they are full!" Wu Sangui looked coldly at the generals who were accompanying him on the expedition: "If we can't defeat even the small Luochuan in three days, such troops will be scattered.
It’s no big deal if it’s gone, it’s just a waste of food if you keep it!”
"Follow the commander's orders!"
Everyone had a look on their faces, replied one after another, and then dispersed one by one, returning to their headquarters to prepare for battle.
"Strategist!" Wu Sangui stopped Wang Huanzhang and pondered for a moment: "What I left in the city are only a few shops with a small number of people. Can the strategist stabilize the situation?"
"The commander-in-chief has won the victory. There is nothing to stabilize Qingyang Mansion here!" Wang Huanzhang said calmly: "If the commander-in-chief loses, there is no point in stabilizing Qingyang Mansion. I will follow him.
My brothers, get out of here!"
"You are very sincere!" Wu Sangui chuckled: "If someone makes trouble, kill him if you need to. Don't be soft. If these people unite to attack you, leave Qingyang Mansion to find me. Anyway, there is nothing in Qingyang Mansion.
So nostalgic!”
"So, the commander-in-chief not only wants to win, but also wants to win cleanly, swallow Zhang Cunmeng's men, and return to Qingyang Mansion as soon as possible with what he can bring back!" Wang Huanzhang said: "Compared to Qingyang Mansion
, Luochuan is too close to Yan'an Prefecture and is not a good place to stay. For our Qingyang Prefecture, we can go to Yan'an Prefecture, Shanxi Prefecture, and to retreat to Fengxiang Prefecture, Pingliang Prefecture. There are plenty of escape routes!"
"Okay!" Wu Sangui nodded: "I will come back as soon as possible. I hope that when I come back, my "Wu Zihao" flag will still be hanging on the top of the city!"
"You must not die!" He looked at the other person: "It will not be easy for me to find another strategist like you!"
"I won't die!" Wang Huanzhang nodded calmly: "People like me are the least likely to die!"
In a large house in Luochuan County, more than a hundred miles away from Qingyang Mansion, Zhang Cunmeng suddenly sneezed hard.
"Damn it, add a few more braziers to the house, they can't even heat a kang, so what's the use to you!"
He was wearing a large sheepskin coat tightly around his body and shouted to the outside. There was almost no trace of blood on his pale face.
"General, if you feed me some blood, it will be more effective than burning this brazier!" Beside him, a man who looked like a master with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks said softly.
"Your recipe is not good!" Zhang Cunmeng frowned and said, "Eating a meal of blood every three days is the heart and liver dug out directly when a person is alive. It makes me feel sick for a while, but my body is healthy.
Still don’t feel anything!”
"That's because the qi and blood of this blood food are not strong enough!" The man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks said: "If you have the heart and liver of a boy or girl, dig it out and take it immediately, the effect will be obvious!"
"Are you afraid that I will kill you because of this?" Zhang Cunmeng squinted at the other party: "It's a bad idea. Luochuan now, go and find some boys and girls for me. It's not like I've never eaten people.
Even if I can't cure my disease by eating a few servings of heart and liver, I can still fill my stomach, so I don't need to kill you for this!"
"General, please be generous!"
The man with the sharp mouth and monkey cheeks first clasped his fists and bowed. When he straightened up, he showed a strange smile: "Young man is not worried about his own life and death. After all, this recipe is the secret recipe of our sect. There is definitely no problem with the recipe."
, if it doesn’t work, then the villain must have used it wrongly. For the villain, delaying the Holy Mother’s affairs is much more serious than death!”
"Speaking of your Holy Mother!" Zhang Cunmeng coughed a few times, and a little more color appeared on his face: "Didn't she say that she was coming to our Luochuan? Why, she didn't dare to see anyone, or she was afraid that I would eat her. Until now
No news at all!"
"The Holy Mother has transformed into millions, and she might be in Luochuan right now!" The man with the sharp mouth and monkey cheeks said: "If she wants to see you, the General, the General will naturally meet you then!"