Chapter 366 Chapter 366: Refugees and Grasshoppers (5) [Seeking a monthly ticket]
Gu Chi silently served as the backdrop.
From time to time, he gave Qin Li a little out of the corner of his eye.
He murmured in his heart: [If the voice of the heart can kill...my lord is probably dead by now. 】
In terms of shamelessness, my protagonist is really shameless.
But the three families present couldn't say anything.
Because Shen Tang's poverty is well known.
Expose people face to face, but damage the "friendship".
What surprised Qin Li and others was that Shen Tang had been drinking for three rounds—they were drinking, and Shen Jun used tea instead of wine, saying that he was not good at drinking, and worried that drinking too much would offend everyone. This reason was accepted by both Shangnan and Tianhai However, the Yiru messenger also had no objection—while the atmosphere was still good, Shen Tang offered to propose the supply of food and grass.
As the party being helped, there are still some courtesy. But Shen Tang also euphemistically hinted at He Yin's predicament, that the supply of military supplies to them might not be so sufficient.
In the future, I will personally write to Wu Xian and others to explain.
What he said was frank and sincere.
Qin Li smiled calmly on the surface, expressing that the amount of food and grass is not important in terms of the relationship between the two families, but in his heart he wondered: [What kind of medicine is this Shen Jun selling in the gourd? Could it be that there was no meaning of rubbing food and grass in vain from the beginning? 】
He preconceived that this was a well-designed conspiracy. Ever since he stepped into the Heyin territory, he tensed up, thinking about the calculations behind Shen Tang's words and deeds. Unexpectedly, Shen Tang hit a straight ball that couldn't be straighter, which made him stunned.
This is different from what he thought.
Not only Qin Li was astonished, but Gu Chi was also astonished.
He didn't expect his penny-pinching lord to be so generous, with the help of Shao Chong's gods, all three families were already planning to lose money, and he didn't expect He Yin to provide food and grass at all.
Once she opened her mouth like this, the expense could not be saved.
As everyone knows, Shen Tang also has his own plans.
She just smiled and didn't explain.
secretly wink at him.
Shanren has his own tricks!
Gu Chi: "..."
A chill rushed from the tailbone to the brain, making him shiver all over, and goosebumps on both arms rebelled.
He stroked his arms and looked away.
Shen Tang: "..."
(╯‵ ′)╯︵┻━┻
Gan, what is Gu Wangchao's reaction!
Although the night passed peacefully, it was still and deep, and the dark tide was surging. The soldiers and horses of the three families rushed all the way, and the distribution and deployment had been made on the road. Shen Tang had a lot of things to do, so he had to hold a meeting overnight to arrange the defense and rescue forces.
Thanks to the abundant martial virtues of the three families, He Yin can sit back and relax. Shen Tang prepared to let Gong Shuwu, Lu Jue (Li Li), Bai Su, Xian Yujian and Zhao Feng all play. The strength of the troops was not two thousand five as everyone thought, but three thousand five.
Shen Tang personally led the troops.
One thousand of them are Zhao Feng's private trilogy.
Bai Su and Lu Jue were simply pulled out to gain knowledge.
As a newcomer, Xian Yujian can't let people come here and just build houses, farm fields, and build roads all day long. He still has to be fought by people. The battlefield has always been the stage where warriors can improve their strength the fastest. Chu Yao and Kang Shi served as military advisers accompanying the army.
Qi Shan and Gu Chi stayed behind at He Yin.
The former is familiar with Qin Li and defending the city.
The latter is proficient in mind reading, just in case.
Although the three families are all here to help defend the city, Shen Tang is determined that the three of them will check and balance each other, and it is impossible to backhand stab Shen Tang and steal He Yin at the same time, but nothing in the world is impossible, and it is very easy to keep back important.
Under the dim candlelight, Lin Feng hesitated to speak.
"My lord..."
"Pleading for that boy Tu Rong?"
Shen Tang knows what she wants to say without guessing.
"Senior brother is looking forward to serving the Lord, and there is only one line left to gather his courage. Senior brother feels that if he can go to the battlefield as an ordinary pawn, maybe..." Tu Rong has not yet gathered his courage. attend a meeting.
He had no choice but to ask the teacher to sue his junior sister.
Chu Yao naturally would not agree.
But Lin Feng couldn't stand Tu Rong's nagging.
Shen Tang said: "No way!"
Even if she is willing, Wuhui will firmly oppose it.
It will be sooner or later to go to the battlefield, but not now.
Lin Feng breathed a sigh of relief: "Wei."
She also disapproves of senior brother taking risks.
When she brought it, Tu Rong had nothing to say now.
Since Shen Tang gained a firm foothold in Heyin, he has been recruiting soldiers one after another, training while recruiting soldiers, plus the group of fierce bandits recruited before, the strength of the army is five thousand. Two thousand and five went out with her, and what to do with the remaining two thousand and five.
It can be said that Shen Tang spent 60% to 70% of his wealth in aiding Luxia County this time, which is enough to silence the outside world.
In exchange for 7,500 foreign aid to defend the city, they also earned a reputation.
It seems that the advantage is small...
However, when Gu Chi heard that Shen Tang asked him and Qishan to stay, he knew that things were not that simple. He also saw on Shen Tang's desk the design drawings for digging river channels, building reservoirs, and constructing water conservancy that had been settled a while ago.
Gu Chi: "..."
Pray for goodness: "..."
The two looked at each other tacitly.
Seeing the flash of surprise in each other's eyes.
My lord, what do you want to do?
Are you still thinking about these projects that benefit the people when you are fighting outside?
Qi Shan was entangled: "My lord, this matter can be postponed."
Shen Tang looked up at the two of them.
Smilingly, he said, "Postponement for what?"
Qishan: "Our army rushes to help Xia County of Lu. Gongshu Duwei, General Zhao and Xianyu Duwei are all out in battle. Most of the troops left behind in Heyin are ordinary troops. If ordinary labor is used to excavate, I am afraid that there will be little effect. It is better to hold off for a while. For a while, the beginning of spring..."
While talking, Qi Shan seemed to think of something.
Gu Chi copied the answer one step earlier than him.
Shen Tang smiled and said: "Who said that He Yin only has ordinary troops left? Isn't there still seven thousand and five elites? For example, on Tianhai's side, one of the six generals under Wu Zhaode's account was left behind. not bad…"
Gu Chi: "...???"
Pray for goodness: "...???"
This, this is not very good, is it? ? ?
Didn't say anything, but that's what the expression said.
Shen Tang said: "Your moral bottom line is still too high, as long as you are willing to lower your face, shameless, cry to them, talk about the current difficulties, delay the construction of river water conservancy because of the war, and affect the harvest of the common people in the next year...The three of them will definitely lose face if they die again. Knocking out teeth and swallowing blood. We don’t prostitute their labor for nothing, we pay for it.”
Shen Tang has no morals, so morality cannot kidnap her.
But the other three companies have it, so what’s wrong with it?
"Payment?"
"Spirit wine."
Two people: "..."
Qi Shan frowned: "I'm afraid Qin Gongsu won't agree."
She is responsible for coming up with bad ideas, and the people below are responsible for implementing them.
Gu Chi: "..."
Pray for goodness: "..."
Hehehe, looking after the house is really not an easy job.
At this time, there were still three hours before dawn. Shen Tang took a light sleep for a while, got up on time to wash up, changed into a clean and neat attire, summoned a motorcycle, and hung the Mother Sword on his waist.
There was silence at the gate of the government office.
Only the powerful galloping pace of the motorcycle is left.
Because this time it was just a rush to help, we only needed to repel the vagrant bandits who besieged Luxia County, and half a month of food and grass would be enough.
The three families have been waiting outside the city for a long time.
When Qin Li saw the lineup under Shen Tang's tent, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and the other two leaders also reacted.
Zhao Feng belonged to the Tianhai camp, but Gong Shuwu, the tenth-rank Zuo Shuchang, and Xian Yujian, the eighth-rank public ride, were all sought-after everywhere. They sent two of them at once, and Shen Tang even led the team himself. Think about the scene of Shen Tang fighting with Gong Xichou before the battle...
Everyone knew that He Yin had invested heavily this time.
It's completely different from the free whoring I thought last night.
Suddenly, Shen Tang's reputation of being selfless and benevolent and righteous has been greatly improved, which provided great convenience for Gu Chi and the two of them to cut leeks later. Shao Chong from Shangnan camp didn't understand these twists and turns, so he just asked, "Shen Jun is going too?"
Shen Tang said: "Naturally."
Shao Chong smiled and said, "That would be great."
Gu Ren and his sixth brother secretly twitched the corners of their mouths.
He originally planned to let the thirteenth brother stay behind with him, and the twelfth brother Chao Lian to go out, but now seeing that Shen Tang is also going, he thought for a while and changed his mind temporarily. The twelfth brother is more prudent and defends the city, but his performance on the battlefield is not as fierce as the thirteenth.
This battle also has the meaning of making Shangnan famous and deterring a few neighbors, making Shisan past more suitable.
As for worrying?
With Shen Tang present, there is no need to worry. If there is no Shen Jun, the thirteenth brother will have a question mark whether he is dead or alive right now.
Count eleven thousand and five soldiers and horses.
Shen Tang is the commander-in-chief for the time being—who made Shen Tang's "seniority" too high? Go to Luxia County.
The roads in the territory of Heyin are well-built, all the way is smooth, and coupled with the swift action and words of the army who followed the army, it took only half a day to leave the boundary of Heyin. The messenger from Luxia County saw all this in his eyes, and his mind was full of thoughts.
Unless he saw it with his own eyes, he would not believe it.
Don't say that the four families live in harmony, even one family has its own struggles, such as Luxia County. The sheriff of Luxia County relied on a few brothers to ascend to the throne, and Zheng Qiao was in chaos, so he couldn't take care of these places, so the sheriff felt like the emperor of the land.
He pays great attention to the ups and downs.
But those brothers didn't think so.
Before they got rich, everyone was a good brother who even wore a pair of long-nosed jackets. Once they got rich, would you talk to them about their superiority and inferiority? Still careless, shouting and shouting, what it was before, what it is now, the contradictions are increasing day by day.
A few people were dissatisfied with the treatment of being besieged by the refugees and grass bandits this time. As a result of the initial deliberate failure, they wanted to use this siege to put a little pressure on the governor of Luxia County and let him know who he relied on to climb so high of.
Don't float away!
Who knew that there were more and more refugees and thieves who surrounded them, and they would be taught how to behave positively when they came out again.
As a last resort, I can only send people everywhere for help.
The messenger reckoned that, except for the response from Shen Jun, the possibility of the other companies... coming to help is extremely low.
The army rushed day and night.
With less than half a day's journey away from Luxia County, Shen Tang decisively ordered to rest in place, recharge his batteries, and at the same time be on guard against possible sneak attacks. Before the rebellion, the refugees and grassroots bandits were ordinary common people. As long as they restrained their fierce looks and put down their hoes and shoulder poles, they could pretend to be ordinary common people. Shen Tang believed that the bandit leader had received news of reinforcements and would sneak attack at any time.
Her guess was correct.
But oh-
"The reinforcements coming to help Lu Xia?"
In the simple camp, there are precious objects everywhere, showing the nouveau riche temperament-these are all looted along the road, if you are lucky enough to meet a big fat sheep, you can gain endlessly.
At the top, sits a middle-aged strong man with a scarred face.
At first glance, it looks like a gangster who is not easy to mess with.
He asked again: "How many people?"
The soldiers reported: "In the early ten thousand."
"Over 10,000? Do you dare to come if you are over 10,000?"
After finishing speaking, everyone in the camp laughed.
If Shen Tang's intelligence can keep up, he will know that there are already as many as 70,000 refugees and thieves in Luxia County, and this number is still increasing every day. Except for the government office that has not yet been captured, all other counties and towns have fallen, and the land has been scraped thin.
Ten thousand versus seventy thousand?
What to fight with?
Scarface asked again: "Who is their commander?"
The soldier's expression endured, he almost laughed out loud, and said in confusion: "It's a boy riding a snow-white mule..."
For a while, everyone laughed again.
Right now, even Scarface was amused.
He doesn’t smile often, his facial muscles are stiff when he smiles, and the corners of his mouth curl up to stop a child from crying at night: “Riding... a mule? Hahaha, are these people so poor that they can’t even afford a nasty horse?”
Although brave warriors fight in battle, they can ride everything, but that is when they are on the battlefield. The mounts transformed from martial energy are connected with the brave warriors, and the cooperation is more tacit. host.
Someone actually, actually riding a mule?
Or a snow-white mule?
Scarred face is increasingly ignoring Shen Tang.
"What is the origin?"
The soldiers were clearly prepared: "The leader is flying the banner of Heyin, followed by Tianhai, Shangnan, and Yiru..."
"Four places? It turned out to be a group of mobs put together together... If you come, you will die!" There was a flash of killing intent in the eyes of Scarface, and he waved his hand and said murderously, "Will you be willing to go out and kill?" Come back to commit a crime?"
Judging from the information given by the soldiers, the 10,000 people who came to the rescue were all soft persimmons.
Everyone signed up enthusiastically.
Everyone boasted that they would hand over Shen Tang's head to their commander-in-chief as a tiger, and some ruthless people would issue military orders.
Scarred face: "Okay, you are allowed to order 30,000 horses."
This cruel heart was ecstatic.
The others curled their lips.
The so-called 30,000 horses are actually humans, and there are only more than 3,000 horses. These are the spoils of the previous robbery.
The ruthless man leaps across the horse, full of vigor. Scarface ordered troops and horses, preparing to launch a general attack on Luxia County Government tomorrow.
"Ah, thanks—"
Shen Tang rubbed his itchy nose.
He sneezed three times in a row before stopping.
"Who's talking about me again?"
The army entered Luxia County, full of devastation and fire-burned waste, Shen Tang's heart sank slightly, and the hand holding the rein was also tightly clenched, and the nails were about to be embedded in the flesh.
Hurry up, but it’s still too late.
The messenger heard a lot of news from the common people who had not yet had time to escape. Sadly, this place was burned two days ago. Fortunately, the government is still there, but it is also in jeopardy.
The government office gathers 50% of the population of Luxia County.
His relatives were there.
Once the city is broken, I'm afraid, there will be more bad luck than good luck.
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Well, what about the monthly pass?
(end of this chapter)