Chapter 347 The C-character scroll Yuyang Mo encourages the earth to come (2)
"Oh?" The man with the big chin was stunned, "You mean there is something going on in Yulin Town? Where did you get the news?"
"My brothers came back from Gouchi via Sanshankou all night long. I found that the troops at Yansui seemed to have increased a lot compared to half a year ago, and they were all elite..." He noticed that his brother's face changed slightly and he opened his chest. The man asked doubtfully: "What's wrong, brother?"
"It's nothing. I didn't expect that there would be troops mobilized in Yansui Town (Yulin Town) during the New Year." The man with the big chin looked intently, as if he was thinking about something, "I'm afraid I won't be able to survive this year... "
"If we had some way, we wouldn't be like this, but the Commander-in-Chief has no money. He only said that there is no allocation from the Ministry of War and the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion. What can I do?" The thin man stood up and rubbed the scabbard. Chang Dao, "If this continues, sooner or later we will become the victims of the soldiers below."
Being a general is not that simple. If you cannot get enough food and salary for the soldiers below, then the sergeants below will not work for you. Moreover, when conflicts intensify, it is common for the officers below to use you as a scapegoat to take the blame. matter.
Which year doesn't several mutinies of varying sizes occur in these three sides and four towns? The small ones are three to five people, and the large ones are hundreds of people. But over the years, because the Tatars outside the northern border wall and the border trade within the border wall have been relatively stable, and the internal Tatars are also stable, even a mutiny has not been possible. It's just a big deal.
“Then what are your plans?” The man with the big chin had a deep look in his eyes, and his tone seemed to be a little colder.
"Brother, if you don't want to do nothing, just like Wen Xiu said, just go to the brothers and borrow 20,000 taels of silver to appease the brothers below, and then find a way to pay it back slowly in the future." The man with the exposed **** finally couldn't hold back anymore and said irritably: "If the brothers in the Yi family know what's right, then we are still brothers. If we don't know what's right, then we have nothing to do."
"Hmph, if everyone is like you, I'm afraid you won't even be able to get out of someone's yard." The thin man said contemptuously: "As soon as you say to go find someone, how can the brothers of the Yi family not be on guard? Do you think their family's Are thousands of Cangtou soldiers vegetarian?"
"Even if the brothers of the Yi family are willing to help, they can't give you 20,000 taels of silver. Ten thousand taels is enough, but with so many brothers, one tael of silver per person is not enough. How long can they be comforted?" The man with the big chin said leisurely. : "Unless we can completely wipe out the Kuai family,..."
"Brother, the Kuai family is not that easy to deal with. Kuai Bai's spies are all over the city. Most of our troops are outside the city. However, there are a thousand people of the Cangtou Army stationed in the city. I don't know what the commander-in-chief is doing. Can we tolerate it? Isn't it the original rule that the Cangtou Army cannot enter the city with more than 500 people?" The thin man's face became more and more sinister, "I'm afraid that our soldiers have not yet entered the city, and our heads will be hanging on the city wall. "
"Yes, the Kuai family's military strength is not weaker than ours, and they have more cavalry. If they were outside the city, I'm afraid we would suffer even more." The man with the open chest obviously did not agree with the man with the big chin, "And even if we want to take action , Commander-in-Chief, do you agree? I'm afraid that we could be slapped with the label of destroying the stability of the border areas and attracting the invasion of the Tatars from Hetao."
"This won't work, and that won't work either? Then who can make money for us?" The man with the big chin calmly spread his hands, "Then I have to endure it myself, and tell my brothers to endure it again."
"I'm afraid it won't work, brother, then we won't be able to have any fun. Wenxiu, where are you?" The open-chested man shook his head repeatedly, "I can't do it here. If I keep dragging it on, one day my head may be lifted up below. In the hands of brothers.”
"No one is the same. The few guys below me have been complaining for a long time. If I didn't have some prestige on weekdays, they would have started making trouble, but I'm afraid they can't suppress it this time." The thin man Tu Wenxiu is also very upset. He said calmly: "Brother, you have always had an idea. If you say anything, we brothers will listen to you. We will go up the mountain of swords and go down the frying pan. If we lose our heads, there will be a scar as big as a bowl. Eighteen years later, we will be a good man again." , just tell me, Zichao and I will handle it for you."
“Seriously?” The man with the big chin slightly raised his big chin and his eyes flickered.
Xu Chao and Tu Wenxiu exchanged glances and both became serious, "Brother, you still don't know what our brothers' temperaments are? Just tell us what to do."
"Okay!" The man with the big chin rubbed his big chin vigorously and grinned: "Instead of trying to get ideas from that family, we might as well keep working on Shi Guangjue's ideas. I heard that he has been trying to get rid of Shi Guangjue in the past two years. I have collected enough money and am ready to return to Beijing after spending the New Year. There are at least one or two hundred thousand taels of silver in the cellar. The man named Jin from Shanxi gave him thirty thousand taels before the end of the year. !”
"Huh?!" Tu Wenxiu and Xu Chao both jumped up in shock. How long had this man named Shi been the chief soldier, and he actually made so much money? This does not include those who have been sent away.
"Don't you believe it?" The man with the big chin said with a proud smile: "This is the news revealed to me by the Tatars. The Jin family sold thousands of iron pots to the Hetao in October last year. They were nominally iron pots. , but what it is, God knows.”
“Did the Kuai family do it?” Xu Chao, the open-chested man couldn’t help but ask.
"Huh, how capable are the Kuai family? There are all the cronies of the Commander-in-Chief at the checkpoint and fort at the border gate. How dare the Kuai family force their way through and deliver goods?" The man with the big chin smiled contemptuously, "These adults are from the capital. How can we care about this? They just want to be the commander-in-chief for a few years and make a fortune before leaving, just like Commander-in-Chief Shi, I am afraid that the city wall of Ningxia Town will be destroyed by him."
"Brother, you said it's not difficult to deal with Shi Guangjue. He only has a few personal soldiers. Even though he is fierce, there are only 100 people. We can kill him even if we take human lives. But what will we do after we deal with it?" Tu Wenxiu was much calmer: "Go out of the fortress and seek refuge with Su Nang or the Stone-divining Rabbit? Or run to the west?"
Getting out of the fortress and heading to the Loop should be the safest move. Now Lalik is dead, Sanniang is bedridden, Su Nangtaiji and Bu Shitu are facing each other, and both sides are trying to win over all forces.
There are also a lot of Han people in Hetao, especially after Ida paid tribute and handed over Li Zixin and Zhao Quan, the leaders of the Bansheng White Lotus Sect, to Da Zhou. This also triggered a backlash from the White Lotus sect members in Bansheng. A large number of White Lotus sects The believers led the people and ran from Bansheng to Hetao to reclaim wasteland. Many of them had even become relatively powerful figures, and even the Tatars wanted to win over them.
There is also a way to run to the west, but it is a bit difficult. The current situation in Gansu Town is not much better than that in Ningxia Town. As long as we attack westward, the Big and Small Songshan Mountains jointly managed by Guyuan Town and Gansu Town can be completely eroded and entrenched in the Big and Small Songshan Mountains. It can be attacked, retreated or defended. If it unites with the Tatars in the north, it might be possible to become a semi-independent kingdom.
"Why are you running?" The man with the big chin suddenly turned stern. "How much strength does Da Zhou still have in the three sides and four towns now? Huh, if there is no food and salary allocation for several years, the sergeants have long been complaining. Except for Feng Tang from Yulin Town, he has an iron fist. They ruthlessly raided a large number of large households and barely managed to fool the people below. They can still hold on. What about the other towns? Guyuan Town has long been in vain. Gansu Town is worse than our Ningxia Town, but it has caught up with Achitu. The Moghuls in the Ministry and the west have lost their energy in the past few years. If they really want to take action, I don't believe that those Moguls who are accustomed to picking up bargains will not be tempted? The Achitu tribe has already been eyeing it. It’s just that Su Nang Tai Ji and Bu Shi Tu have always been unclear about their attitude, so they didn’t dare to take action.”
The Achitu tribe were the Tatars who originally lived in the Big and Little Songshan Mountains. However, they were expelled from the Big and Little Songshan Mountains more than ten years ago. They are now guarded by Zhuanglangwei from Gansu Town and Jingluwei from Guyuan Town. They are also guarded in the north. After renovating the Great Wall, as long as we capture this place, we can connect with the Achitu tribe, advance, attack, retreat or defend. We can even attack the Liangzhou Guard and Yongchang Guard west of Gansu Town and completely destroy Gansu Town.
Tu Wenxiu laughed and narrowed his eyes, "Brother, don't you have contact with Achitu? I wonder why Achitu has been so honest in the past two years? In the past years, he would come over from time to time to harass me. Last year, he was so honest. No one was seen."
Xu Chao also understood and smiled ferociously, "Brother, where is the Kuai family? Why did you hide it from us brothers? I said, brother, why have you been standing still for the past few months and are confident? You have hidden us well. It’s tight.”
The man with the big chin, who was the eldest brother of Tu Wenxiu and Xu Chao, Liu Dongyang, the deputy commander of Ningxia Town, also laughed and said, "Do you think I am willing? If no one can survive, who would be willing to leave? This step? If you take one wrong step, you will die and your family will be destroyed. Do I dare to say that casually? "
Xu Chao and Tu Wenxiu are both silent. Who would be willing to take this step unless they have no choice? If you step out, there will be no way out, except to fight to the end, which is a dead end.
After a long time, the emperor sighed with emotion: "Brother, let's do it. What can we do if we don't do it? Unless the court immediately replaces a general soldier, otherwise, if we don't starve to death, we will be chopped up alive by the people below. What can we do?"
“Brother, what did the Kuai family say?” Tu Wenxiu thought further than Xu Chao. If the Kuai family also joined in, then this drama might not really be a dead end.
"There should be no problem with the Kuai family. They are also overwhelmed by Shi Guangjue's appetite." Liu Dongyang said indifferently: "Before the festival, Kuai Bai took Kuai Cheng'en, Kuai Chengchong, and Kuai Yun to visit Shi Guangjue. After giving away 5,000 taels of silver, Shi Guangjue made it clear that he would leave next year and replace him with a new general, so he might not be so easy to talk to. Kuai Bai probably also felt that their good days would be over soon, so..."
"Humph, his good days don't last long, and we can't survive at all..." Xu Chao said bitterly: "General Shi will really favor one over the other."
"This is also a good thing, otherwise how can we get together?" Liu Dongyang said coldly: "I have already contacted Achitu. We will take down Jingtai and Songshan Fort first, and then the big and small Songshan Mountains will be handed over to them. As long as Weifan Town, Liangzhou Guard and Yongchang Guard completely destroy Gansu Town,..."
Tu Wenxiu and Xu Chao were both shocked, "Brother, you mean we go west? Didn't you say we won't go?"
"If you don't beat the Gansu guards to pieces, are you waiting for the imperial court to attack from both sides?" Liu Dongyang said with a ferocious look on his face, "Do you still hope that things will get better at this time? Wenxiu, Xu Chao, let me tell you, if this matter comes together, either we Either the two towns of Gansu and Ningxia will never belong to the Zhou Dynasty, either the two towns of Gansu and Ningxia will never belong to the Zhou Dynasty. That is the only way for us to survive! There is no other way!"
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