Chapter 870: The Horse Thieves Alliance
Brado fled, and when Jiang Anyong killed the Mana Tower, he fled from the other side. Relying on drinking horse blood, he ran for 360 miles in two days and came to Xiaozhen. As he galloped into the town, his horse fell to his death, and Brado fell to the ground with his head bleeding.
Suddenly, people gathered around to see if there was anything cheap to pick up. Brado struggled to stand up, drew a knife from his waist and swept it, forcing back the crowd who surrounded him, and roared: "I am Brado from Hongliuhe Town, I want to see Boss El and tell him that Zheng Guo has sent troops, and Hongliuhe Town is finished." ”
Er is the surname in the Northern Desert Kingdom, and the boss of El in Xiaozhen is known as Elder Brother of Mobei Eagle, who appeared on the Gobi eight years ago, led more than 300 light horsemen on a rampage, and the team continued to expand, and finally became one of the three heroes of the Gobi, putting the fat of Xiaozhen in his sphere of influence.
A basin of water was splashed, but Brado not only did not hide, but opened his mouth wide and swallowed, and for the past two days he had been running all the way by drinking horse blood, thirsty and hungry. The dust was washed away, and someone recognized Brado, shouted "Wait", and rushed to deliver the letter. After half a pillar of incense, two horses came, circled around Brado a few times, and said, "Bu Dangjia, come with us, the big boss wants to see you." ”
Xiao Town is much larger than Hongliuhe Town, two horizontal and two vertical four streets will separate the town "well" shape, the street in the north is where the casino and the green building are located, Brado is a frequent visitor here, grab the money here and spend a lot of money here, sleep flowers and willows, to occupy this feng shui treasure land has no strength is not good. It used to be owned by the Qiang Gang's Hulei Zhan, and after Hulei Zhan was picked by a passer-by, this piece of land changed to someone who was in charge in three days, and the dead people were enough to cover the streets of the entire town. After Elgo's strong arrival, the fattest meat of Xiaozhen naturally fell into his bowl.
Qi Hong, leaning on the green is the largest two green buildings in the town, these two green buildings stand opposite the street, all say that the peers are enemies, every night when the girls on the two green buildings lean on the building to recruit guests, Jiao Hu screaming mixed with each other's scolding, it is a scene of the North Street, provoke those benefactors have come to see the excitement.
In fact, Qi Hong and Yi Lu are the industries of the Mobei Gang, Brado followed those people into the backyard from the back door of Qi Honglou, he is a frequent visitor here, and he is very familiar with the courtyard through the corridor, and stopped in front of the small courtyard of the red girl Caizhu, and Brother El was waiting for him in the house.
When he saw Elge, Brado thought of his nickname Mobei Ying, this nickname was really not wrong, Elge, who was sitting on the short couch, had sharp eyes, and the most eye-catching thing was the huge hooked nose on his face. Caizhu sat on the side and poured wine, the golden pot was inlaid with precious stones, and the wine bowl was shining with golden light, Calado swallowed his spit and fell to the ground, "I've seen Boss El."
Brother Elgo glanced at Brado and said, "Good man, don't kneel down at every turn, sit down, and tell me about Honghe Liuzhen." ”
Soon, dozens of fast horses galloped out from all directions of Xiaozhen, bringing the news of Zheng's army's extermination of Hongheliuzhen to the horse thieves distributed in the Gobi, and at the same time sending a heroic post of Mobeiying, inviting all the leaders of the Gobi to gather in Xiaozhen on October 15 to discuss the strategy of resisting Zheng's army.
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Jiang Anyong seized 372 war horses from Guixiao Linshuang, captured more than 200 horse thieves, and seized a batch of gold, silver, gems, utensils and other items, worth more than 300,000 taels, plus the income from Hongliuhe Town, this time the thieves obtained nearly 700 war horses, captured more than 600 people, more than 1.3 million taels of property, and killed more than 140 soldiers in battle, far exceeding the value.
Returning to the station, Jiang Anyi ordered that the fallen soldiers of this expedition should be paid 50 taels each, each of the soldiers who went out of the battle would be rewarded with 20 taels of silver, and the soldiers stationed there would be 10 taels each, and the camp was full of joy. Jiang Anyi took the victorious army to prepare to return to Jingmen Pass with supplies, the garrison could not be abandoned, and this place would become a garrison of Zheng Jun in the future, not to mention that it was less than thirty miles away from the gold mine, and the mined gold had to be transported here for storage.
Before he came, he had discussed with Guan Pingzhong that before the establishment of the military town, 1,500 people would be stationed here to watch over the prisoners and mine. How to mine gold, how to take care of prisoners, how to transport and other matters Jiang Anyi did not want to care, when the time came, Guan Pingzhong would naturally send people to come, and the hundred engineering departments would also send craftsmen to guide, Jiang Anyong volunteered to become the first batch of generals stationed, and a new group of people would come to change the guard in two months.
After carefully telling Jiang Anyong, Jiang Anyi was ready to take the soldiers and horses back to Jingmen Pass, but before he left, Long Wei's spies sent news that the horse thieves on the Gobi were ready to gather in Xiaozhen to discuss how to deal with Zheng Jun. Jiang Anyong was overjoyed when he heard the news, and said with a smile: "Big brother, just take this opportunity to wipe out the horse thieves, and there will be no obstacles to the establishment of a military town next year." ”
Park Tianhao said worriedly: "There are more than 10,000 horse thieves on the Gobi Desert, if they are assembled, I am afraid that our army will be difficult to resist, it is better to temporarily avoid its front and retreat to Guanzhong, and wait for the spring of next year to come back to care." ”
Jiang Anyi said: "There are 3,000 light cavalry in the garrison, and there are 2,000 baggage troops, and the materials are sufficient, and it is difficult for the horse thieves to capture the fortress for a while." It is only more than 100 miles away from Jingmen Pass, and it only takes two days for the army to come to help, so there is no need to worry. Although there are many horse thieves, they may not dare to confront our army, but I am worried that these horse thieves will attack like mosquitoes and fleas, blocking the trade routes, and I am very annoyed. ”
He Xigui said: "The master is too worried, if there is no business travel, these horse thieves will not survive, they can't go to farm and herd sheep." ”
"Today is the sixth day of October, and there are only nine days until the fifteenth, so I simply went to see with my own eyes what these horse thieves wanted to do." Jiang Anyi made up his mind and said: "Send someone to escort the collected things and horse thieves back to Jingmen Pass, report to the governor, and let him garrison Jingmen, Cumulus, and Zhenshan Pass, and be ready to send troops to exterminate the horse thieves at any time." ”
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After Elge's hero post was issued, the originally lively town became more and more annoying. In order to do a good job in this hero's meeting, the shops in the town of Xiao have bought a lot of food and wine, for money, many caravans came with supplies from all over the world, and the customs of various countries were also moved, and Brother El made a statement, not allowing horse thieves to take the opportunity to loot, otherwise they would be severely punished.
Dozens of wooden poles were erected outside the town, and there were disobedient horse thieves hanging on them, and the crows turned a blind eye to the passing crowd, pecking at carrion from the corpses, and even so, there were dozens of fights every day around the town, it was a feast of money, lust, and killing, soaked in wine, blood, singing and dancing, laughter, and crying.
The town was not enough for the many people to enter, so Elgo placed the land in the Wild Sheep Lake, five miles west of the town. There are also water sources on the Gobi, and it is precisely because of these water sources that there are oases and market towns. Wild sheep lake is the water source of Xiao Town, the lake water is like a mirror, the fish swim freely in the water, the birds inhabit, the water and grass on the shore are abundant, there are often wild sheep come here to feed, so it is named Wild Sheep Lake.
It's October, the water and grass are withered and yellow, and hundreds of tents with different characteristics have been set up along the lake, colorful and colorful flags fluttering. The men and women who came and went were dressed in different costumes, including those from the Western Regions, Zheng people, and warriors and merchants from Anyin, Moju and other countries.
The tent set aside an open space for the bazaar, and the goods traded were varied, including cattle, sheep, horses, camels, all kinds of furs, wine utensils, perfumes, silks, and porcelain from Zheng Guo were sought-after goods, and the price of a bottle of perfume was as high as 280 taels.
Most of the men and women who came carried bows and knives, and various languages were mixed together, and disputes arose. Most of the people who dared to come to the horse thieves' gathering were not good at it, and Elgo sent 200 of his men to maintain order, and they were not allowed to use knives and guns within a radius of five miles from Wild Sheep Lake, otherwise they would be killed regardless of whether it was right or wrong.
There are still three days left before the Heroes' Meeting, and the horse thief leaders are arriving one after another, and as early as ten days ago, Elgo ordered all the inns in the town to be vacated to receive the horse thieves who came to hold the Heroes' Meeting. Seven days ago, El Ge lived in a house on North Street, the courtyard wall of this house is five feet thick, towering arrow towers, and there are people patrolling back and forth on the courtyard wall, which is Mobei Ying's stronghold in Xiaozhen.
The courtyard is large, the houses seem to be disorganized, one in the east and one in the west, and some narrow places only allow one person to pass sideways, and after passing through, you will find that there is no way forward. The windows were open in the high part of the house, and they were guarded with bows from the house, and even five or six hundred men could not take it.
At this time, Brother Elge was sitting in a stone house, listening to his subordinates report to him, "Teng Gongli, the leader of the wasp thieves, and his wife lived in the Yunfei Inn with twenty of their subordinates, the big boss and the fourth master of the black smoke lived in their own Black Wind Nest with sixteen brothers, the leader of the Blue Wolf Gang lived in Yicui Building, and more than 100 of his men camped in Wild Sheep Lake......
After this person finished speaking, the other person continued: "The big boss, the envoys of Rong Mi and Zaichang are anxious to see you, today there is a person who claims to be the envoy of Anyin and also wants to meet you, the envoys of Huli and Wei Che are going to meet the wasp thieves and black smoke today, please show the big boss." ”
Brother El sneered "hehe": "Zheng Guo swept the Gobi, it seems that he intends to go west, Rong Mi and Wei Che often invade Zheng Guo, and now they are worried about Zheng Guo's revenge, and they want to find us to prevent disasters for him, so they have a good calculation." Bayan, I don't want to show up, you go to meet these envoys for me, see what price they offer, if it is beneficial, you might as well get it first. Also, go and inquire about who Teng Gongli and Amberi met, and what wishes those envoys made to them. ”
Two cold lights shot out of Eran's eyes, and he muttered for a moment and said: "Bayan, you send me a post, even if I invite Teng Dangjia and An Dangjia to drink in Qihong Mansion tomorrow night, by the way, invite all those envoys, if you have anything to say, everyone sits together and talks, hehe, it must be very lively." ”
Bayan said yes and turned to leave.
"Second child, you have worked so hard in the past few days, so that the brothers have opened their eyes wide, the horse thieves in the Gobi are here, don't be raided, come to me when you hear any rumors."