After a while, Wang Zuogao drank the wine in his glass and said with a complex smile: "If you really want to do this, those people will probably yell at you. Supervisor, you don't really want to do this, do you?"
"Why not? After all, idle time is idle. Can Geng Zhongming and Liu Guo not be idle? Let them go to Nijiang River for a stroll! Huh, we have been in Lujiang Mansion for so long and have fought many battles with bandits. Then
The gang members didn't even greet us, which shows that they don't take us seriously. It's rude to come and go without reciprocating. In this case, I will have fun with these people."
Tie Mo patted the table plausibly. Wang Zuoguan's mouth twitched and he nodded helplessly. Alas, the Superintendent is really a master who cannot afford to suffer. When he is wronged, as long as he has the ability, he will fight back on the spot.
Overnight.
Tie Mo wants to send troops to go to Nijiang River to cause trouble, and Wang Zuoguan doesn't bother to care about it. These are trivial matters. At most, they will disgust Li Zicheng who is on the other side of the river. The plan to harvest wool requires good planning. Wang Zuoguan has been thinking about it recently.
Thinking about this matter, sometimes I feel a little anxious, but Tie Mo, the rightful owner, is calm and unhurried, as if he has the pearls of wisdom in his grasp.
"Superintendent, is our previous plan feasible? Mr. Xu is short of money. I think he will agree to it. Mr. Cao and you are old friends, so there will be no problem. But Mr. Zhao's changes are very variable.
!" Wang Zuoguan is most worried about Zhao Lijiao. If it were just Zhao Lijiao, it would be okay. Zhao Lejiao was promoted by Superintendent Sun, and he has some friendship with Superintendent Tie. This favor should help.
It was because Zhao led the army to have too few soldiers and horses. If he wanted to cooperate, he had to bring other soldiers and horses along with him.
Qin Liangyu and Sun Chuanting have no friendship at all. Zhao Shujiao also has no friendship with these people. This pursuit of bandits is just a temporary cooperation. In this case, Zhao Shujiao can persuade
How many people?
Regarding this matter, Tie Mo was very open-minded and said, "Hey, people decide what to do and what to do depends on God. We just try our best to do it. What results we can get then depends on God's will and luck. In fact, Mr. Zhao doesn't need too much convincing.
As long as Qin Liangyu is willing to cooperate, then half of the matter is over. As for Sun Chuanting, he was not included in the calculation."
Sun Chuanting was a person who couldn't get rid of the dirt in his eyes. He was loyal to the court and very principled in doing things. For a person like this, it would be absolutely fine if he was allowed to cooperate with the normal use of troops. However, it would definitely be useless if he was asked to help collect the wool and divide the spoils.
The matter of gathering wool was not urgent, so Tie Mo simply sent someone to call Liu Guoneng and Geng Zhongming. Now Geng Zhongming has been promoted to a guerrilla general because of his repeated achievements. It can be said that Geng Zhongming's promotion makes Shang Ke happy and those people
Seeing hope, he became more attentive in his work. Tie Mo's style of being indiscriminate and clear in rewards and punishments gradually gave Geng Zhongming and others a sense of belonging. Now Geng Zhongming feels that he is very comfortable in the Xuanfu system.
When the two came, Tie Mo stretched out his hand and motioned for the two to sit down, "It's not an urgent matter. Sit down and drink some wine and talk slowly."
Liu Guoneng bowed his hands and bowed, squatting down and sitting down. Geng Zhongming was stunned. Is Old Liu so casual? When he was in Pidao, even if he was so familiar with his adoptive father, he couldn't be so casual when drinking together.
Geng Zhongming was a shrewd man, so naturally he would not be like Liu Guoneng. He cupped his hands and solemnly said: "Thank you, Commander!"
Tie Mo slapped his mouth and looked at Geng Zhongming. Geng Zhongming was good at everything, but he was too cautious and never seemed to let go. The two sat down and ate some food, and Tie Mo said: "Tomorrow you guys
I will take my troops to the Nijiang River, but instead of letting you cross the river, I will build more momentum on the north bank without attacking. If the rogue bandits on the other side attack, you will retreat."
"Supervisor...this..." Geng Zhongming and Liu Guoneng both looked confused, especially Geng Zhongming, who was considered extremely shrewd, but at this time he was a little confused about what his supervisor was doing.
What the hell is this idea? What are you doing here, just to create momentum and not fire a single shot, but to run away when the bandits come to attack you?
After hesitating for a while, Geng Zhongming said seriously: "Supervisor, of course we are not afraid of a small group's tentative attack, but if the bandits invade in large numbers and entangle us, do we have to retreat all the way? In this way, our army will actually suffer losses in vain.
Soldiers and horses?”
Tie Mo curled his lips and raised his eyebrows with some disdain, "A large-scale attack? I gave Li Zicheng ten courages, but he wouldn't dare to do such a thing. If such a thing really happens, you can bite him
Keep this bandit in check, and we will let them stay on the north bank when the time comes. Hum, don’t worry, Li Zicheng doesn’t dare to do this.”
"Yes." Liu Guoneng nodded proudly. He had beaten all the bandits into three grandsons in the past two years. If he didn't fight the bandits, they would have burned incense. How dare they cross the river and touch the tiger's tail? After all, they are old subordinates.
Now that there are no more taboos, Liu Guoneng asked simply: "Supervisor, I really can't see through the doorway here. Can you tell me about it?"
"It's okay to tell you, let you go to Nijiang River. Firstly, it's disgusting and dirty bandits. Secondly, tell the bandits that the north bank of Nijiang River is our territory. In short, the bandits can do whatever they want on the south side of Nijiang River, but don't go to Nijiang River.
Yibei. Think carefully, in this situation, if you were Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng, what would you do next?"
Liu Guoneng and Geng Zhongming looked at each other, and after just a moment of consideration, they had an answer in their minds. Geng Zhongming seemed to understand something, and said thoughtfully: "Superintendent, do you intend to let the bandits break through the Ningguo Mansion and attack Zhejiang?"
The answer is not difficult to imagine. Half of the rogue bandits do not want to fight to the death with the Xuanfu army. In the northeast, there are tens of thousands of Wei Guogong Xu Hongji's Beijing troops guarding the city. The only direction the rogue bandits can choose is to enter Zhejiang through Ningguo Mansion. Zhejiang
What place was it? It was a land of plenty, where salt fields were densely covered, weaving, tea and porcelain all accounted for a large proportion of the Ming Dynasty, making it the richest place in the world.
When the bandits arrived in Zhejiang, their eyes turned red, so why did they plunder countless people? At this time, if they try to give the bandits a hard blow, wouldn't the things they robbed fall into their own hands? Gradually, Geng Zhongming looked at Tie Mo's eyes.
Everything is a little different. The Iron Supervisor is a wonderful man, but the Supervisor thinks the sheep are not fat enough and wants to fatten the sheep before killing him.
Geng Zhongming expressed that he liked it very much. Working with such a supervisor really opened his eyes. The supervisor did a good job. The sheep can only be slaughtered once, and it must be fattened before starting. As for how to slaughter the fat sheep later,
That is beyond his control, Geng Zhongming.
The next day, Geng Zhongming and Liu Guoneng led their troops to Nijiang River on time. At this time, the rogue bandits had just occupied Tongling. They were afraid that the officers and soldiers would take advantage of the army's unstable footing to counterattack Tongling, so they sent spies. Geng Zhongming and his troops left Nijiang River.
There were still twenty miles to go, and the news had already reached Tongling City. After Li Zicheng got the news, his first reaction was that the living king of hell was coming to capture Tongling, so he hurriedly mobilized heavy troops to garrison in the Nijiang River area. Just in case, he also
Lu Weiliang and Li Yan were sent there.
Li Zicheng felt nervous as he faced a formidable enemy. He couldn't help but be nervous. The more times he fought against the Living Hell King, the more he understood how terrifying the Living Hell King was. Whenever the Living Hell King used troops, he rarely suffered defeats. He had suffered from the Living Hell King over the years.
Thanks to all this, if I don’t have a few more thoughts, wouldn’t my life be in vain?
After Li Yan and Lu Weiliang arrived at Nijiang River, they began to build fortifications and deployed a large number of crossbowmen. In just half a day, half of the arrows near Tongling were transported to Nijiang River. Li Yan looked calm, but Lu Weiliang
But it didn't work anymore, his face was solemn, and he kept looking around uneasily.
Li Yan didn't understand why Lu Liangwei was so scared, "There are only less than 10,000 officers and soldiers, why should Brother Lu be so panicked?"
Lu Wei smiled bitterly in his conscience and rolled his eyes gently. Li Yan was still too young and had never dealt with the soldiers and horses of the Xuanfu, especially the direct soldiers and horses of the Yunfu of the Living King of Hell. Their combat effectiveness was simply terrifying. Now let’s talk
Nothing worked. After dealing with the King of Hell a few times, Li Yan knew what was going on. Panicked? Lu Weiliang admitted that he was a little panicked and was frustrated several times. If he didn't panic, he would have seen a ghost.
Li Yan and Lu Weiliang waited patiently for the upcoming fierce battle, but soon the scouts came with news that the Xuanfu frontier troops had camped and rested less than two miles away from the north bank.
Lu Weiliang was confused, frowned, and calmly ordered: "Brothers, cheer up, this is probably a trick of the Living Hell King. Hum, I see that the Living Hell King is also exhausted, and he is still playing such a trick at this time.
.”
Li Yan felt that Lu Weiliang's analysis made sense, because it made no sense to camp two miles away from the north bank. Since we arrived at Nijiang River, we either had to cross the river to fight, or camp in a town to the north to rest. What's the point of camping by the river?
Cool breeze in the middle of winter? Do this unless your head is washed away by mud and rivers.
Half an hour passed, and an hour passed. From noon to evening, Lu Weiliang found that the officers and soldiers on the other side still did not move. Those officers and soldiers were cooking in pots, and the smoke was curling up, bringing a strong breath of life to the cold mud river. At this time, Lu Weiliang
He also knew who was leading the troops on the opposite side. They were all old acquaintances of his. One was Liu Guoneng, the man who broke into the sky, and the other was Geng Zhongming, the butcher.
The sun was setting, and faint singing sounded on the other side, which seemed to be very lively. On the other hand, everyone on our side was highly concentrated throughout the day. Some soldiers even held bowstrings in their hands, not daring to relax at all. Everyone was very tired. As a result,
They really had no intention of crossing the river, so they really lived a small life two miles away on the north bank.
Lu Weiliang felt that his head hurt. What were the officers and soldiers on the other side going to do? At this time, Li Yan also looked a little serious. Seeing the tired expressions of the soldiers around him, he said sternly: "Brother Lu, we still need to explain to the leaders of each department. We must fight tonight."
Be alert and alert to prevent the opponent from trying to sneak up on you at night if your troops are exhausted."
"Well, what brother Li said is true, and I think so too!" Lu Weiliang also felt that the possibility of a sneak attack was very high, otherwise he would not be able to explain what happened in front of him. Those officers and soldiers were unable to suppress the situation, so they had to fight on the river
Is it stupid to set up a tent while making a military camp?
The soldiers ate in batches and then guarded tightly. From Hai hour to Yin hour on the second day, there was still no movement at all. Lu Weiliang did not dare to sleep, and was already so sleepy that he dozed off. Li Yan was young and energetic, but at this moment
Feeling a little depressed, he stared at the scout in front of him and asked sternly: "Say that again?"
"Yes, the boys have been observing the opponent for a long time, and there is nothing unusual about the other party. They buried the pot and cooked rice on time, and took a collective rest after training. Except for necessary patrols and vigilance, everyone else fell asleep!"
"How is that possible?" Li Yan felt his head hurt. How could there be nothing abnormal at all? Where were the officers and soldiers on the opposite side coming to play house? From the beginning to the end, those people never fired a shot or shot an arrow. If they didn't cross the river,
If we don’t retreat, is it because the scenery of Nijiang River in winter is too beautiful?
It was just one day, and it was still the same the next day. When the situation was still the same on the third day, even Lu Weiliang gave up. Strangely enough, if there were other soldiers on the other side, Lu Weiliang would have led his troops in anger.
The fight was over. But facing the soldiers and horses of the Living King of Hell, he had no idea at all. As soon as the idea came up, he would nip it in the bud.
In Tongling, Li Zicheng was confused after receiving the news about Nijianghe. The safety of Nijianghe was directly related to the stability of Tongling City. Gao Yingxiang still valued Nijianghe very much, so he urgently sent Niu Jinxing to Tongling to help
Li Zicheng made suggestions.
Niu Jinxing thought for a long time but couldn't figure out the doorway inside. He sighed: "Instead of guessing the mind of the King of Hell, it is better for us to act according to our own mind. We don't have to think about what those officers and soldiers want to do. Since they are stationed there,
Then let them station themselves. If they don't retreat, we will defend and defend to the death. In short, it's just a waste, let's see who can outlast the other."
"As for what's next, it's best not to mess with the Living Hell King. There is Xu Hongji's tens of thousands of Beijing troops in the northeast, and it's not easy to break through. Why don't we directly capture Ningguo Mansion. As far as my subordinates know, Ningguo Mansion and Zhejiang, but
It contains countless wealth. And, judging from the intentions of the Living King of Hell, it seems that he also intends to let us go south. As long as we don't mess with him, he won't cause us any trouble!"
Niu Jinxing's analysis is still very reasonable, but Li Zicheng is still full of worries, "Mr. Niu, do you really think that the Living King of Hell will not cause trouble for us?"
"At least not for now, otherwise such a strange situation would not happen over the Nijiang River. As for what happens next, it depends on each person's own methods. Even if we know that the Living King of Hell has no good intentions, don't we want Ningguo Mansion and Zhejiang people?
Is it any good?"
Niu Jinxing's words hit the nail on the head. Li Zicheng's mouth twitched and he was speechless. Yes, even if he knew that the Living King of Hell had a conspiracy, so what? What should you do? Zhejiang is a piece of fat.
Put it next to your mouth, and you say you don’t want to eat it? Even if Li Zicheng wanted not to eat it, King Chuang would not agree, nor would his more than 100,000 brothers. So, let’s eat this piece of fat meat from Zhejiang first.