Chapter 154: Countermeasures
"Ruru is menacing, Yizhou City is basically defenseless, and the most important thing is that there are Ni Jidao, Dai Gulian, Lou Peng, Meng Jiaqian and others in the city, who may not be of the same mind as us. When Xu Lianshan and the others were full of doubts, the person who looked like the account room just now spoke, "If these people don't solve it, maybe they will stab us in the back!"
He also said, "Especially at the gate of Yizhou, there are also their people." ”
"As the assassin of Yizhou, the king of the county has the right to control all matters in the state at a critical time. Xu Lianshan did not hesitate to clench his fists and ask for his life, "Now that Ruru is about to commit a crime, for the sake of the family and the country, he should use thunderous means to deter Xiaoxiao in order to protect the upper and lower levels of Western Xinjiang!
"Isn't this appropriate?" someone objected, "After all, we haven't been in Yizhou for a long time, so Meng Jiaqian is also okay, Ni Jidao and the three of them are all local snakes who have been operating in the local area for many years, and they have a good reputation, if they kill them at this time, in case their henchmen make a fuss, wouldn't it be internal and external trouble?"
Xu Lianshan Senran said: "The three of Ni Jidao are indeed well-known in the local area, but they are all just notorious for corrupting and perverting the law! Killing the three of them to correct the law of the country is precisely to return a prosperous and prosperous state to the western Xinjiang! Just as the so-called people divide themselves into groups and make them henchmen, eighty percent is not a good thing. If you keep them, God knows what you will do in a pinch, kill them, and the crowd below will be leaderless, so it's better to deal with them!"
The person who opposed it just now was from Jishan Camp, named He Yingqian, who shook his head when he heard the words and said: "It's still not appropriate, although the three of Ni Jidao are not a good thing, and they are all snakes and rats under their hands, but after all, they are serious court officials, and they will be killed without the triage of the three divisions, even if the king of the county is a assassin, and he has the power to control the whole state at a critical moment, it is not easy to give people such a handle!"
He turned to Rong Sleeping Crane at the top and said cautiously, "The king of the county! If the purpose of the king of the county is only to preside over the western frontier, then it is okay to act casually! But if the ambition of the king of the county is not limited to the western frontier, he should not be easily left behind, lest he be used by others in the future! Ni Jidao and the others are just silverfish in the corpse of a vegetarian meal! Their lives are worthless, but the future of the king of the county is immeasurable, how can they tarnish the reputation of the king of the county because of them?!"
Le Yangwen bowed his head lightly: "Zipu's words are reasonable!"
Zipu is Ho Yingqian's character.
“…… But Ru Ru is imminent, if you want to defend the city, this kind of silverfish and rats must be guarded against!" Xu Lianshan said in a muffled voice, "Otherwise, Ru Ru will only have 50,000 forwards, and it will be fine, once the main force arrives, even if we have the Southern Xinjiang Army to help us in the vicinity, it will be difficult to guarantee the emergency!"
Rong Sleeping Crane let out a "hmm" and said, "Those three people are going to be killed, but they can't die in our hands." ”
"But who is this charge for?" He Yingqian frowned and said, "Meng Jiaqian, Gao and Yiyi, not to mention that the Meng family absolutely refuses to carry this pot, just say that most of the soldiers and horses led by Meng Jiaqian are now stationed outside the city, and they can't enter the city without the warrant of the county king, and they rely on the hundreds of soldiers brought by Meng Jiaqian around them, whether they have the ability to kill the three Ni Jidao, who have a group of servants and many heirs! ”
Xu Lianshan remembered the violent death of Nanfeng County's Xuan Yuche family a few years ago, although this matter was not done by Tortoiseshell Island, as Rong Sleeping Crane's henchman, he had also heard about it, and asked at this moment: "Is it okay for them to eat the wrong thing themselves?"
"Unlikely. He Yingqian shook his head, "Ni Jidao and the three of them have done too much, because they have deducted their military salaries too much, and their old subordinates who have been with them for more than ten years have been unable to bear to mutiny! But in the end, they were still suppressed by them! But since then, they have also been thieves, and they will bring a large number of entourages and personal guards when they go in and out, and they use silverware and rhinoceros to eat and drink, and it is said that they will let the concubines and maids try it before eating...... Two days ago, in order to celebrate the joy of the princess of the county, we set up a flowing water banquet in our house, although they were also present to congratulate, but no matter the wine and dishes on the banquet, they were only slightly touched to the lips, and there was no entrance at all. ”
Xu Lianshan frowned when he heard this, Ni Jidao Since the three of them were so vigilant, it was not feasible to want them to "die unexpectedly" like Xuan Yuche's family.
"There is a way to do this, so let's not mention it for now. At this time, Rong Sleeping Crane said slowly, "Let's talk about defending the city! You almost know the current situation, you can worry about baggage in a short time, but you lack elites and few equipment to defend the city, what good ideas do you have?"
All the henchmen looked at each other a few times, and He Yingqian said: "King of the county, the elite is not a day's work, but fortunately, it is only the Ruru striker who is about to come to the city, and the number is only 50,000. The main problem was the main force that Ru Ru arrived later, and that was when the real test came. ”
After looking around, he narrowed his eyes, "In the opinion of humble duty, it is better to use these 50,000 Ruru to train a soldier! After all, even a soldier who is diligent in training cannot become an elite without going through the battlefield." What's more, the 200,000 Western Xinjiang troops have been abandoned for a long time, if they don't even have the courage to face 50,000 Ruru, what can they expect from next?"
"But Ni Jidao and the others have been harsh, these 200,000 Western Xinjiang troops have endured for a long time, even if the county king and the county princess have worked in the army before, they have been resentful of the court for many years, but they are afraid that they will not be so easily influenced. Xu Lianshan frowned, "In case you flee immediately after seeing Ruru, it will be a fatal blow to the morale of Yizhou City!"
He Yingqian said lightly: "The imperial court has raised troops for a thousand days, how can they be allowed to retreat? Although the Jishan battalion is not large in number, it can't do the errand of sniping Ruru head-on, but it's no problem to be a warlord!"
This is to force the 200,000 Western Xinjiang troops to fight with Ruru.
Now the people gathered here are either the Jishan Battalion or the Wuyi Battalion, they have no feelings for the Western Xinjiang Army, and naturally no one speaks for the Western Xinjiang Army, but Xu Lianshan still frowns: "But the number of people in the Jishan Battalion is too small, of course our Wuyi Battalion has even fewer people! Once the Western Xinjiang Army resists, what ......?"
The Jishan battalion, which only has a few thousand people, and the Wuyi battalion, whose number is negligible in the battle between the two countries, cannot stop the mutiny of the Western Xinjiang Army at all.
"This is easy to do!" However, Rong Mianhe wrote lightly, "In order to investigate the assassination of the princess of the county, when Ni Jidao agreed that we should send someone into the barracks to conduct a thorough investigation, didn't he also hand over the roster of soldiers? When I went to the barracks to pass on the order, I told them by the way that this roster had been handed over to the Northern Xinjiang Army who arrived outside Yizhou City two days ago to bring back to the imperial court, and in the future, whether it was rewarding meritorious deeds or investigating the culpability, don't even think about escaping!"
He also said, "Before the princess left, she once told Gu to sell all the wealth she brought to the western Xinjiang, including hairpin ring jewelry, clothing, etc., which she had never taken away, and then use them for the purpose of soup soup and medicine." However, the princess thought that there would be some time before there would be changes in Western Xinjiang. Now that Ruru is close at hand, it must be too late to realize these things in a hurry. However, fortunately, the princess of the county was born rich and noble, and she was deeply favored by her father-in-law and mother-in-law. In this way, when passing on the order, take a few boxes of silk and silk and gold and jade hairpin rings, and reward them on the spot to the soldiers who are willing to go into battle to kill the enemy, which must have the effect of boosting morale. ”
"With such a combination of grace and might, if the Western Frontier Army is still unmoved, it will be completely hopeless, we don't have to think about anything else, let's think about the back road first!"
Le Yangwen said: "According to my understanding of the Western Xinjiang Army, it should not be to the point of being hopeless. ”
He also said, "The princess of the county understands righteousness and is really a good wife and mother." ”
"The equipment to defend the city, we are indeed very short of it at this time. He Yingqian said, "Now we can only let the Western Xinjiang Army take the front, resist the Ruru advance as much as possible, and sharpen a group of soldiers who can be used." Then the craftsmen in the city were organized to collect local materials day and night. ”
"In this season, when the weather is cold, you can splash water on the city wall, and after the water condenses into an ice wall, it is very slippery and not easy to climb. "You can also ask the craftsman to make a mold and ice a batch of sharp ice cubes in advance, so that when Ruru attacks the city, it can be used for throwing and reduce the loss of arrows." ”
"It can also be imitated in the shape of rolling stones and wood, which are almost impossible to find in the storehouses of the city. ”
"Ni Jidao and the three of them really deserve to die! Yizhou, a frontier land, actually dares to be greedy to such an extent! The fact that the Meng clan is still willing to accept them shows how filthy their true colors are, they are simply hungry!"
"The city of Yizhou is spacious, and even if all the villages and towns within fifty miles are moved into the city, it is not impossible to live. In this case, why don't you send people to bring these Li Shu, as well as goods, grain, grass, livestock, etc., into the city, set fire to the houses, and clear the wilderness, so that after Ruru enters the country, he will find nothing, and he can prevent them from driving my people to attack the city!"
"This move is indeed killing three birds with one stone, which not only prevents Ruru from plundering, but also avoids our embarrassment when the people of Damu are threatened to attack the city, and also saves the lives of these people...... However, Li Shu, who is within a radius of fifty miles, said more and more, and said less, and it was not possible to send a few people to do this, after all, the Ruru striker could arrive within three days. So who is going to do this? How many people are doing it? There are fewer people who go, and I'm afraid that it won't be too late to even run once, let alone help many people move to the city!"
"There are more people going, and there are no people in the city to supervise them, who knows what will happen?"
"But if you don't do this, not to mention the rest, just being driven to Yizhou City for help will be troublesome!"
"After all, Yizhou City has to hold on at this time, and the main force is still counting on the Western Xinjiang Army, and the Western Xinjiang Army is probably a local subordinate. Even if it wasn't, it often became a family here, with wives and children. Many of their wives and children also live in and around Yizhou City. When the time comes, I look at the wives with hair, the elderly parents, and the biological flesh and blood begging, this?"
Everyone discussed one thing after another with a solemn expression, and it was not until late at night that a rough charter was summed up, and it was too late to care about the hour, and after Rong Sleeping Crane announced that tonight's resolution was over, the group left the Thorn Mansion and took action!
However, after Xu Lianshan left the mansion, he went around in a circle, but returned to the Thorn History Mansion.