Chapter 21: The Meeting

The sky was overcast, and from time to time a cool gust of wind blew. Everyone is looking forward to this heavy rain to dispel the maddening heat.

A team of masked black-armored knights walked to the north of the city, and the hideous armor made people shudder, as if the killing god in hell had been released. This dress is exactly the same as the subordinates of the Marquis of Lintong who have been in the city for more than ten days. It's just that all this team protects is the ox cart.

I had never seen so many ox carts, stretching for two or three miles. Looking at the hobbling footsteps of the oxen, you know that the contents of these ox carts must be extremely heavy.

"Click" The wheels of an ox cart broke, and the unbalanced carriages suddenly scattered. People's eyes were immediately attracted to it, and the yellow ingots were all gold. People's eyes turned blood-red, but the brutal soldiers drew their knives. The god-like knights raised their spears, and the long spears flashed with cold light, and the tips of the spears were pointed at the red-eyed people.

Those people seemed to have seen a poisonous snake spitting a core, and they didn't dare to move. I am afraid that my recklessness will bring about death. A gust of wind blew, and the leaves of the trees were blown with a rattling sound.

The tarpaulin covering the carriage was lifted, revealing the yellow, white, gold and silver inside. The crowd began to surge again, and almost all the people in Jiangdu came to watch these rare spectacles on weekdays. Two hundred carriages of gold and silver, God, King Wu is so rich, but that's it. Why did the imperial court transport so much gold and silver to Jiangdu.

"I don't know, King Jiangdu lost the battle and was captured by General Xiang. The court is going to use these gold and silver to ransom the king of Jiangdu. ”

It was a black-faced man who spoke.

"Ah, so much gold and silver is for General Xiang? Don't talk about it, the court is willing to take out so much silver? ”

"Damn. I'm going to lie to you. My cousin was on an errand in Xiangguo's Mansion, and he heard Xiangguo and Lintong Marquis mention it with his own ears. I heard that our king of Jiangdu is very favored by the queen mother. The edict issued by the Queen Mother herself mobilized the treasury of Hengshan, Huainan and Changsha and Jiujiang to gather so much money. ”

"Oh, that's what it looks like."

Listener A looked like he was in a state of shock. The people of Jiangdu next to him also nodded frequently. I think it makes perfect sense.

The same scene was circulating everywhere in Jiangdu City, and more than 20 people were divided into more than a dozen groups. The non-stop propaganda shuttling through the city spread throughout the city in less than half a day. Yun Xiao's request is very domineering, only allowing you to say that you don't want to listen, and not allowing you to say that you can't hear.

Under such vigorous propaganda, rumors flew in the air like wings. Barton had said that rumors would run faster than bullets, if Yun Xiao knew where the rumors would arrive in a few hours. He would have bowed to General Patton.

I don't know if King Wu likes mathematics, but the names of these generals under him are very distinctive. Zhang 11, Mao 18. Wu Liuqi, Min 24, and the generals of the digital family gathered at Wu Liuqi's house for a meeting as soon as they got the news.

The content of the meeting is easy to guess, two words robbery.

"Two hundred carts of gold and silver, if our brothers get it, I'm afraid it will be rich for a few lifetimes. Do it, say whatever you want to do it. ”

Zhang Shiyi's eyes were red, not to mention that two hundred cars of gold and silver were two hundred cars of copper coins, it is estimated that this guy also thinks it is worth grabbing.

"Eleven has a point. Most of the soldiers in Jiangdu City were eaten by General Xiang. Now there are only 2,000 old and weak remnants of the army, and our brother's subordinates add up to tens of thousands, and they are still afraid of his birds. Don't you dare to vote this time, I and Eleven will not have your share of the gold and silver? ”

Mao Eighteen, who looked arrogant, spoke.

"Do you want to contact General Xiang. See what he means. He now has more than 10,000 troops and is hoarded in Huxi, and if he is found to join the gang, the chances of winning seem to be greater. ”

Wu Liu or Seven is the oldest, and he speaks and acts the most calmly.

"Brother Six or Seven. How did you say something stupid? These gold and silver were originally meant to be given to General Xiang, and he wanted to use them to rob them? And after the robbery, there is still a share with us. If he did, his mind was stupid. ”

The thin and capable Min Twenty-Four squatted on the straw mat and said disdainfully.

"Reasonable, reasonable, the twenty-four brothers have a point. Brother Six or Seven, you have the most people, you can't do it. Let's start with that. But if you don't do anything, you will have no share in the gold. When the time comes, you can't afford to pay the money, and you are not allowed to stop your men and horses from defecting to your brothers. ”

Mao Eighteen is the most fierce in this group, and he naturally can't hear much when he speaks.

"You kid pull my people to try, Lao Tzu will ask you to not get out of this door today."

Wu is six or seven years old, but his anger is not small. Without saying a word, he pulled out the dagger from his boots, and Mao Shibai was not far behind, picking up the low table on the ground and protecting it in front of him.

"Okay, you two, before you start, your own people will fight first. Now I'm eighteen and twenty-four, what do you say, Brother Wu. ”

"Such a good thing naturally cannot be missing Lao Tzu."

Wu Liuqi put away the dagger hatefully.

"Okay, let's do this vote together for the alliance today."

Zhang Shiyi picked up an earthen bowl, poured a bowl of wine, and cut off his fingers when he wanted to pass Wu Liuqi's dagger.

"Wait, how will you divide this gold and silver?"

The youngest, Min 24, raised the most critical question.

"The business that everyone does together is naturally an average score."

"There are the most farts and Lao Tzu, so naturally Lao Tzu has the most points."

The scene was chaotic again, and the knife was the one who was slashing the dwarf. Min Twenty-four really didn't have anything, so he grabbed the teapot in his hand, looked around and was ready to throw it out at any time.

"Alright, okay, stop arguing. It's as if the thing is in hand, I'll say a way, you can do it if you think it's suitable, and if it's not suitable, we'll break up. To each his own. ”

"I listen to Brother Eleven."

Min Twenty-four, who had the least power, was the first to speak, and he was the one with the least hope of success if he went it alone.

"What a way to say eleven."

"Say to Eleven, if it is reasonable, do as you say."

"It's simple, it's divided into four parts. The person who divides is the last to choose, so that he is not afraid of the unfairness of the divide. Let's draw lots in the order of priority, and if we catch the big one, we will be responsible for the points. But to choose the last one, how. ”

All four of them were silent, their minds quickly calculating the gains and losses.

"It's all gentlemen, be cheerful." Zhang Shiyi blew up.

"Brother Eleven, I'm doing it on the twenty-fourth."

After Min Twenty-four finished speaking, he cut his finger with a dagger, dripping blood into the wine bowl.

"Dry"

"Eleven makes sense, it's done."

It was a successful congress, it was a victorious congress. The robbers at the meeting had a heated discussion on the way of robbery and the distribution of equity. In order to celebrate the successful conclusion of this great meeting, Wu Liuqi killed one of the family's chickens. I asked my subordinates to get some fish and shrimp, and the crabs entertained the delegates.

Everyone was busy going back to each unit to convey the spirit of the meeting, but Zhang Shiyi got on a canopy boat parked in the lake.

"Master Dai, the things you explained have been done. They all promised to send troops to besiege Jiangdu City at the beginning of next month, with more than 10,000 people. ”

Dai Yu held the saber and took a sip of tea.

"Got it, you're doing well. This time the matter is over, you will go back to Guanzhong with me, and Hou Ye will not treat the heroes badly. Your family will also go together, and you won't have to suffer from poverty here in the future. ”

"Thank you."

Zhang Shiyi diligently filled Dai Yu with a cup of tea.

Due to Dou Yuan's fierce opposition, the plan was revised to a considerable extent. The original plan was to trap these rebels in Jiangdu City, and instead fight a decisive battle outside Jiangdu City. This is a very difficult battle on a large scale, and Yun Xiao is very disgusted with this style of play, because it means casualties. It wasn't until Dou Yuan handed over the command of the two thousand soldiers to Yun Xiao that Yun Xiao reluctantly agreed.

As long as they can pull the bow, they go to the shooting range to practice archery, and those who can't shoot the target within 100 steps are not allowed to eat. Those who couldn't pull the bow were kicked out of the barracks by Hou Ye. I can't even pull the bow, what are you messing with here, wasting food.

In the peaceful barracks of the past, the sound of killing is now terrifying, and people are being whipped by hunger every day. The two thousand old and weak soldiers were reorganized into a thousand, and those who were eliminated all became the miscellaneous servants of the sledgehammer, tired and half dead every day according to the orders of the sledgehammer.

Yun Xiao lengthened the collar of the bow and arrow a lot, which naturally had his advantages, if it was fired flat, the range would be reduced due to the increase in weight, but if it was thrown on a large scale, the effect would be completely different. Especially when standing on the city wall and throwing, with the advantage of height, you can easily shoot the arrow in a parabola for four or five hundred steps.

This range is already comparable to that of the iron-tired crossbow, and Yun Xiao is confident that he will kill half of the opponent's people on the way to the charge. After all, bows and arrows fire much faster than crossbows, and the rebels don't have much armor. To them, it's a luxury. According to Dai Yu's report, even a leader like Zhang Shiyi did not have a complete set of armor.

Dai Yu began to wander around to find out the news since he entered Jiangdu, Yun Xiao didn't allow him to play any tricks like Infernal Affairs, that thing was too dangerous. For such a small, it's not worth folding Dai Yu in.

Jiangnan, which had gone through the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, was really poor, and according to Dai Yu, even Zhang Shiyi's family barely had enough to eat. The rest of the families lived with half rice and half wild vegetables, and the land of fish and rice in later generations is a joke now.

Now the South China tiger is running all over the mountains, and the cherished Chinese alligators can be seen everywhere in the river, and any of the children may be taken by wolves if they don't see it. At night, mosquitoes fly like bombers, snakes and rats are everywhere, and there are holes everywhere in the rice fields, and it is not clear which is a rat hole and which is a snake hole. To put it mildly, it's really uninhabitable.

No wonder Zhang Shiyi went to Guanzhong for the sake of his family, and he could give up more than 1,000 of his subordinates. (To be continued......)