In Datong City, Qiu Luan was very busy, busy protecting himself. Boys must protect themselves when they are outside, let alone Datong, a place where war is fierce and dangerous.
Therefore, he immediately adopted the idea given to him by Hu Zongxian. Because he knew that repairing the city defense could not only save his life, but also make a fortune.
How does a general make a fortune? Withholding military pay, drinking soldiers' blood, and eating empty pay are all routine operations, not worth mentioning, and they can only make a small fortune, not a big one. If you want to make a big fortune, it is the same in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, you have to
Do projects.
When it comes to projects carried out by the army, the biggest one is to renovate the city defenses. The unit price is not high, but the total price is very high. The city wall is so high and long, how much work is required to reinforce it? There are countless fortresses and low walls between cities.
The key is safety. Even if those imperial censors and civil servants are dizzy from water, they will never impeach the border guards to strengthen the city defense. Anyone who dares to impeach will be suspected of having foreign affairs!
What's more, Hu Zongxian has taken care of everything for him. Qiu Luan only needs to approve and wait to get his share. Of course, seeing Hu Zongxian busy with other things, Qiu Luan was a little embarrassed to sit still, so
I also personally inspected the city defenses. As the commander-in-chief, I still have to fulfill my leadership responsibilities.
The work of repairing the city wall is in full swing. The boiled glutinous rice soup and the stirred Sanhe soil have repaired the dilapidated parts of the city wall one by one. Those low walls, you don't know, but after checking, there are indeed many weak spots.
, all need to be re-reinforced. The guarding soldiers standing at the city gate have been replaced.
Qiu Luan stepped forward vigilantly and asked: "How many of you are guarding the city gate now?"
The soldier shouted: "Four during the day, eight at night! Eight more at midnight!"
Qiu Luan nodded with satisfaction: "Is there anyone with a cloud in your name?"
The soldiers all shook their heads, and suddenly one of them said suspiciously: "My name is Zhang Fengyu..."
Qiu Luan was stunned for a moment, and then said decisively: "Change your position and go to guard the city wall. Change the person at the gate. It's windy and rainy. It's really too close to the clouds..."
Hu Zongxian came over from a distance, Qiu Luan raised his hand to say hello: "Old Hu, this way!"
The two walked side by side and reached a place with few people. Hu Zongxian whispered: "There is no difficulty with the Ministry of Revenue. The silver taels have been allocated. After excluding the money returned to the treasury to buy materials, there is probably about 30,000 taels left."
Qiu Luan said happily: "What do you think about this old Hu? Master Xiao, do you also have to..."
Hu Zongxian shook his head: "Zhenren Xiao said that he didn't want a penny. Even Zhang Tianci, according to Zhenren Xiao's instructions, sold the glutinous rice to us at three times this year's current price, with no special price increase. Naturally, the money is for you, general.
Take the big head. In the opinion of the lower officials, I will take 20,000, and the lower officials will take 5,000. With the remaining 5,000, the generals at all levels guarding the city should also share some of the profit."
Qiu Luan grinned and said: "This...isn't this inappropriate? What if Master Xiao is being polite? Besides, you have contributed a lot in this matter, how can I just sit back and take the lead?"
Hu Zongxian was well aware of Qiu Luan's desire for money, and he had carefully considered the distribution. He had high aspirations and did not care how much or how little at this time. He smiled and said: "Master Xiao and I know each other very well. If he said no, then it is for sure."
No. He won’t let Zhang Tianci ask for it, and Zhang Tianci doesn’t dare to ask for it. Let’s just leave it like that.”
Only then did Qiu Luan pat Hu Zongxian's shoulder with satisfaction: "It's easy to say. From now on, Old Hu, just tell me if you have anything to do. The same goes for Master Xiao, his business is our business."
Late at night, a dark figure was patrolling outside Datong City. He was waiting for the light signal in the city. Unfortunately, he waited until dawn but did not receive any signal. The wind was cold and the night was cold, and the dark figure left in frustration with a runny nose and tears.
The meteor scouts almost never stopped, constantly sending information from the front to Anda Khan's camp hundreds of miles away. This is the situation Datong has been facing for a long time. Because it can only defend but cannot attack all year round, the enemy's settlements have
Keep moving forward.
The enemy is close at hand, and those cowhide tents can be folded up. They can be said to just pick up a bag and go. They are definitely a group of travelers who come as soon as they come. However, under normal circumstances, the enemy is unlikely to come after winter, because
Cold, ice and snow are definitely great restrictions on cavalry.
Anda Khan and Xiao Qin were drinking face to face. Both of them had good drinkers. Each had a roast leg of lamb and a jar of spirits, and the aroma was overflowing. Originally, Tatars drank more milk wine, but since Xiao Qin came, I
Dahan also followed Xiao Qin and fell in love with drinking spirits from Zhongyuan.
After receiving another report from the detective, the meat and wine in An Dahan's mouth no longer tasted good, and he put down the wine glass depressedly.
"Mr. Xiao, this Qiu Luan is not as useless as you said. After he took office, he renovated the city defenses, strengthened patrols, and prevented night attacks. Is it possible that after three days of separation, he looked at each other with admiration?
"
Xiao Qin drank a glass of wine, stood up, walked around for two steps, and suddenly stopped: "No, this person is greedy for money and afraid of death. He has great ambitions but little talent. I will never misjudge him. He renovated the city defense, which is expected. Since he can
Taking advantage of the opportunity to make money and enhance security is in line with the greed for money and the fear of death. But he could think that there would be an internal agent in the city, and that he would seize the door in the middle of the night and let the enemy enter the city, which I didn't expect."
Xiao Qin's followers had already gathered many people in Datong City, and they wanted to wait for Qiu Luan, a fool, to launch a surprise attack after he took office. Qiu Luan must have thought that the Tatars would not launch an attack in winter, and the defense would be lax.
He has asked An Dahan to be prepared. As long as there is information from inside the city, there will be an opportunity to take advantage of it.
At that time, Anda Khan quietly approached with his cavalry. Neiying suddenly rose up, killed the city gate defenders, opened the city gate, and then blocked the city gate with earth and rocks. The cavalry vanguard could quickly rush into the city, and Datong could be broken!
It is estimated that the internal forces in the city will not survive. Even if they are not dead when they seize the gate, the cavalry will definitely die in the chaos when the cavalry rushes into the city gate. But the White Lotus sect is not afraid of sacrifice. Xiao Qin has promised that they can be killed after death.
The Ming Dynasty King Maitreya Buddha was brought into the Paradise. If you want to be reincarnated, you will at least be a landlord in your next life!
The temptation of landlords is even greater than that of officials. In the eyes of many believers, landlords are better than officials, and officials are often beheaded. I have never seen a beheaded landowner.
Beautiful clothes and fine food.
I don’t know what Qiu Luan was doing, but he was like a prophet who had predicted the future. He kept an eye on the city gate. He also built two small rooms on the wall to the left and right of the city gate to serve as arrow towers. The soldiers in the arrow towers didn’t have to do anything.
, keep an eye on the city gate below 24/7, and shoot arrows directly if any abnormal movement is detected.
Hu Zongxian also gave Qiu Luan an idea and placed several huge stones on the wall above the city gate, with crowbars placed underneath.
The working idea is as follows: if there are too many thieves who come to attack the city gate, and the soldiers guarding the gate can't stand it anymore, and the two archers in the arrow tower can't shoot them, the soldiers on the city wall will not rush down to help first, but
He moved the crowbar hard and let the boulder fall into the city gate.
In this way, even if all the soldiers guarding the gate are killed and the boulder falls to block the city gate from the inside, the thieves who sneak attack will not be able to remove the boulder in a short time and cannot open the city gate.
This whole set of coquettish operations made the agents in the city completely despair, so they were unable to send out a signal that there was a good opportunity.
Xiao Qin thought about it and decided that the problem lay with Hu Zongxian.
He said to Anda Khan: "Qiu Luan is a waste, but Hu Zongxian should not be underestimated. When this man was the magistrate of Yuyao County, he was attacked by Japanese pirates. At that time, Cixi, Fenghua, Yiwu and other places were all taken by Japanese pirates. Only Yuyao and Japanese pirates
Several raids were carried out, but there were more defeats and fewer victories. At one time, when Japanese pirates appeared in coastal areas, they bypassed Yuyao for their robberies."
An Dahan frowned and said, "Is it because Yuyao is easy to defend and difficult to attack? Or is it because the people are tough?"
Xiao Qin shook his head and said: "None of them, because since Hu Zongxian was promoted and left Yuyao, Yuyao has been robbed by Japanese pirates several times in retaliation. The city is still the same city, and the people are still the same people. Just because the magistrate has been changed, Yuyao is no longer good."
Ida Khan drank a glass of wine: "If this is the case, with this person here, it will be difficult to attack by surprise. Could it be that next spring, we can only attack by force?"
Xiao Qin sneered and said: "That's not necessary, Hu Zongxian is in the way, just transfer him away."
An Dahan blinked, and he once again had an inscrutable feeling about Xiao Qin: "Can Mr. Xiao transfer Hu Zongxian?"
Xiao Qin slowly raised his wine glass: "Wealth can influence the gods. I have money, so what's the difficulty in finding someone who can transfer him?"