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With a huge amount of money of two million, it is true that all the rich families in Dongping County are bankrupt. You must know that when Emperor Yang Guang returned from his second expedition to Goguryeo, he passed through Boling and stayed at Boling Cui's house for a few days. The Cui family donated 300,000 yuan of money in exchange for several townsmen of a county, 2 million yuan, not to mention that it was used by thieves to buy peace, even if it was dedicated to the emperor, it could be exchanged for a high-ranking official, maybe it would be another family in more than ten years!

Just because Li Xian wanted too much, he discussed and discussed, and the officials and wealthy families of Dongping County did not discuss a good way to solve this matter.

"In my opinion......"

Wu Xingzhi pondered for a while and said: "This big boss of Juye Zeyan Cloud Village is just asking for a price!" ”

He stood up and paced back and forth in the living room, saying as he walked: "The people of Yanyun Village have never come out, so they don't know the truth about our Dongping County, he must think that our Dongping County is rich." What does this mean? It shows that this Li Da is just an uninformed person. ”

He cleared his mind, and his mood became a little lighter: "A person who has no knowledge can open his mouth like this, because he has never seen money!" No, he didn't know what the number of two million guan was, maybe ...... He's just a coarse guy who hasn't read a book! That letter, I don't know if it was to find the professor of the village school to catch a knife! ”

"Haha"

Everyone laughed at the warden's reasoning, and the atmosphere in the room became lighter.

"He asks for a price, so let's bargain!"

Zhang Sanheng frowned and said, "But...... Who's going to talk to that big boss Li? ”

As soon as he said this, everyone fell silent again.

Yes, since it is a counteroffer, then to whom is this important task entrusted? Who would dare to talk to that gang of thieves who kill people without blinking? All the people in the room hung their heads, and no one wanted to take the risk. It's much harder to reason with a bunch of unreasonable people than it is to get a flock of sheep to follow the rules. It's even harder than getting a pack of wolves not to eat a sheep, and maybe a little harder than getting a pack of sheep to eat a wolf.

At least, that's what these life-saving rich people think.

"Lord Wu and I are officials of the imperial court, so of course I and Lord Wu can't come forward in this matter."

Zhang Sanheng said seriously: "There is no doubt about this, Lord Wu, as the county guard of Dongping County and a dignified four-grade official, how can he go to talk to the thief?" ”

Wu Xingzhi hurriedly nodded and said: "If I can keep my fathers and villagers in Dongping County safe, even if I pick up a knife and gun to fight with the thieves, I will not hesitate." But this matter involves the face of the court, and it is really difficult for this official to come forward. In this way, all of you here nominate one person to come out, and Lord Zhang can send people to escort him out of the city, and negotiate with the thieves of Juyeze outside the city. ”

His words were impassioned and solemn, but they did not infect the people present, and no one gave birth to the consciousness that I will not go to hell and who will go to hell.

Wu Xingzhi and Zhang Sanheng glanced at each other and exchanged glances with each other. Zhang Sanheng comprehended, coughed and said solemnly: "Since everyone feels that they can't compromise with the thief, as the county governor of Dongping County, the highest military official in this county naturally can't do anything that insults the national body." In this way, you will go back, gather all the servants and servants in the family and let them gather in the school field, and I will post a notice to let the people in the city also defend the city together, and more than 10,000 people in Yuncheng will be mobilized, and they will not be able to guard the city gate before they are concerned! If the castle is broken...... You will be loyal to the country together with the old man! ”

In this kind of official scene, Zhang Sanheng said it loudly.

"It's better to ......"

Pei Shisheng stood up and said, "It's better to choose a few more people to negotiate with the thief, and you can have more countermeasures." ”

The rich man hurriedly said, "That's very good. ”

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On the fourth day of October, Li Xian personally led more than 20,000 people from the Ruijin Battalion, the Houtu Battalion, the Aoki Battalion, and the Flood Battalion out of Juyeze and swept to the outside of Yuncheng City.

The army stopped two miles outside the city, waving flags and jubilant.

In the past, Zhang Jin said that when he was in Juyeze, he also led the army to besiege Yuncheng, but Zhang Jincheng's appetite was much smaller, he did not have siege equipment in his hand, although there were tens of thousands of horses, but it was far inferior to the elite of Yanyunzhai's men and horses, even if he really wanted to fight Yuncheng, it would not be able to fight for a while. Therefore, the rich families in Yuncheng gathered 20,000 pieces of meat, and thousands of stones of grain and grass were also sent away. Zhang Jin said that the advantage of this person is that he will leave when he gets the advantage, and since he knows that Yuncheng is not easy to fight, he will bluff. The bad thing about him is that he bluffs a little more.

Wu Xingzhi and Zhang Sanheng mobilized all the more than 6,000 county soldiers who could be gathered in a hurry and went to the city wall, so many soldiers were there, and Wu Xingzhi's waist was also straightened. He had never led the troops, in fact, he had no judgment on the number of soldiers, but he felt that the defenders on the city wall on his side were also densely packed, and they did not seem to be inferior to the thieves outside Ju Yeze.

He turned back to Pei Shisheng and the others who were shrinking behind: "Don't rush out of the city first, I want to see what the rumored general Li has to do to break the city, if he goes out of the city like this, let him underestimate it." ”

The archers have been prepared on the city wall, Wu Xingzhi did not come to the city wall when Zhang Jincheng led the army before, he was afraid of Zhang Jin's notoriety of devouring people's hearts and did not dare to show up, this time he faced the Yanyunzhai people who were quite benevolent and righteous, but he was a little less afraid in his heart.

After making up his mind, Wu Xingzhi ordered someone to bring a chair, and he sat there in a big way, ready to see how General Li, who dared to ask for a huge fortune of two million, would respond.

To tell the truth, Wu Xingzhi was not afraid at all, and the black and oppressive people outside the city stood in more than 20 squares, neat and imposing. Maybe it was because he was standing on a high place, or maybe it was because most of the county soldiers had been gathered in these two days, when facing the people of Yanyunzhai, Wu Xingzhi was much calmer than when he faced the letter.

At this time, a group of cavalry with bright armor came out from the neat queue outside, flying under the banner of Yanyun Village.

The knight at the head of the city stopped his war horse about a hundred meters away from the city gate, and asked in a loud voice: "My general asked, is Lord Wu ready?" ”

Wu Xingzhi stood up and walked to the edge of the city wall and shouted: "I don't know, what to prepare? My son of Dongping County has prepared bows, arrows and spears, and if your general has the guts, he can come to the city to get them! ”

After saying this, Wu Xingzhi felt that his figure was much taller.

Zhang Sanheng admired behind him: "Lord County Shou is so courageous! ”

Pei Shisheng said in horror: "Will this anger those thieves?" What if they did rush up? ”

Zhang Sanheng waved his hand and said: "You don't understand, this talk is inevitable, but if you show weakness as soon as you come up, won't the other party take advantage?" The real sword and gun will fight for a while, let the other party know that our Yuncheng is not so easy to fight, and then you go out of the city to talk, and he will retreat if you give him some money. ”

This was the method he had come up with after discussing it with Wu Xingzhi for a long time last night, and both of them thought it was the safest.

Wu Xingzhi stood by the city wall, waiting for the knight outside the city to answer. To his astonishment, the knight turned around and returned to the army without saying a word. He glanced back at Zhang Sanheng in surprise, and asked in a low voice, "What does the thief mean?" ”

Zhang Sanheng thought for a while and said: "I didn't expect the adult to be so strong, and he didn't know how to deal with it, so he went back and asked the big boss of Yanyun Village." It doesn't matter, the adult's words have already broken the other party's sharpness, admire! ”

Wu Xingzhi stroked his beard and calmly accepted Zhang Sanheng's sycophancy.

He stood on the edge of the city wall and watched for a while, and didn't see any movement from the team of the thieves on the opposite side, he smiled and said that it turned out that those grass robbers were really bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, and he was just about to walk back to the chair and sit down, when he suddenly saw another group of people coming out of the men and horses of Junozawa, but it was an infantryman, carrying a rather huge thing and coming over, but it was a little farther away, and his eyes were not good, so he didn't see what he was carrying. It wasn't until the group of infantry reached a hundred meters in front of the city that he saw that the men were carrying a large incense burner.

A soldier of Yanyunzhai inserted a coarse incense stick in the incense burner, and then turned his head and left after lighting it with a fire fold, still without saying a word, which made the monk of Wu Province and the second monk puzzled. He turned his head to look at Zhang Sanheng again, his eyes confused. Zhang Sanheng pondered for a while and was puzzled: "What are you doing burning incense?" Rain? Or is it seeking wealth? ”

"Seeking wealth?"

Wu Xingzhi frowned and said, "Why don't I look like it?" ”

Pei Shisheng trembled behind him and muttered in a low voice: "I looked at it, as if I had given an ultimatum, if I didn't pay the money within a stick of incense, I would attack the city." ”

It's just that his voice was too quiet, so that Wu Xingzhi didn't hear it.

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Li Xian dismounted in front of the military formation, and some soldiers brought a stool and a square table to put in front of him. After a while, the soldiers placed a few cooked meats on the square table, as well as a pot of Junozawa's self-brewed autumn grain new wine.

This time, the lieutenants of the four battalions who came out of Ze also sat down around the square table, and the iron wolf poured wine for Li Xian and said with a smile: "It seems that Wu Xingzhi is not going to buy peace with silver quickly." ”

Li Xian pinched a piece of braised beef and put it in his mouth, chewing it slowly. When the Iron Wolf had filled his glass, he took a sip. The new sake is spicy in the throat, but it brings out the rich flavor of the beef even more deliciously. He couldn't help but admire: "Sister-in-law Zhu's craftsmanship is really not simple. ”

After pinching another piece of beef and putting it in his mouth, he said slowly: "People are always like this, I don't know what it means to hurt if I don't get beaten." ”

Luo Fu smiled: "Didn't he think that we were bluffing like Zhang Jincheng, right?" ”

Xiong Kuohai said: "If that miscellaneous is like this, I think it's better, just a good fight." This period of time has been idle, and his hands and feet are rusty, so he is looking forward to a good battle and get angry. Zhang Jin said that it was just a rabble, and he didn't even have siege equipment, so he naturally couldn't defeat this Yuncheng. If it is handed over to my thick earth camp to attack, the city will be destroyed in half an hour. ”

"Lao Xiong, don't brag casually."

Chao Qiuge smiled: "Otherwise, how about we make a bet?" If Wu Xingzhi's miscellaneous is really unwilling to pay honestly, you take your thick earth camp to choose a city gate to fight, and I will take my flood camp to choose a city gate to fight, and see who takes it first! ”

"I'm afraid that you'll be a rabbit!"

Xiong Kuohai drank all the new wine in the wine glass: "But you have to hang a lottery, otherwise this kind of gambling is boring." ”

"What are you betting on?"

Chao Qiuge asked.

Xiong Kuohai thought for a while and said: "Recently, there are not many newly recruited soldiers in the village, and there are more than 1,000 generals who have not been assigned, who of us wins!" ”

"Good!"

Chao Qiu Ge and Xiong Kuohai high-fived: "No one is allowed to go back!" ”

"Why!"

Iron Fang Wolf and Luo Fu said in unison, "You two have the final say? ”

Li Xian smiled and waved his hand and said, "No one has to fight, and wait for a stick of incense to burn out." ”

After a stick of incense, there was no reaction in the city, Li Xian took a piece of cooked meat and put it in his mouth, and then waved his hand. Immediately afterward, hundreds of soldiers came out from Luo Fu's Aoki battalion, carrying a large number of things to the front of the array. Xiong Kuohai and Chao Qiuge glanced at Li Xian in confusion, and then looked at Luo Fu, both of them laughed and did not speak.

Not long after, the soldiers of the Aoki battalion put together those huge logs, and it turned out to be a huge catapult!

In the stunned eyes of Wu Xingzhi and Zhang Sanheng and others, a boulder weighing hundreds of catties fell suddenly, and it was smashing on the west gate tower of Yuncheng.