Chapter Seventy-Eight: Collusion
"Jinzhou?"
Old Beifeng almost didn't jump up when he heard Li Shiyi's words, he didn't expect the other party's request to attack a heavily guarded city, not an attack to be precise, but a sneak attack, but what is the difference between this and looking for death?
At this time, Jinzhou is different from later generations, since the Tang Dynasty, the entire Liaodong has fallen into the hands of the Khitans, Jurchens and Mongols, with the frequency of wars, the population is becoming more and more sparse, at this time do not say that compared with the Central Plains, even a corner of Goryeo is inferior. Romance debuts
However, Lao Beifeng was originally a strong man in this area, and there was a thousand households stationed in the city, and he never thought of the idea of fighting there when he was at his peak, let alone after this new defeat. Although the three hundred centaurs he brought were not all of him, most of them were old brothers who had followed him for many years, and this loss was irreparable, and he still wanted to hide in the bed and lick his wounds.
Li Shiyi was holding a large coarse porcelain bowl, of course there would be no good tea in it, but it was just white water, he frowned slightly and took a small sip, so he sat there and began to look at the furnishings here. To tell the truth, this is the first time he has come to such a bandit den, and the look of interest seems to be real.
This place is located in a mountain recess within the pine ridge, although it is not very steep but the road is extremely difficult to find, when they came in, they did not cover their heads and faces at all, Li Shiyi thought it was polite to himself, he didn't want to go through it before he understood, just that winding strength, he was afraid that he would not be able to go out at all, all around were exactly the same towering trees, and there was no reference at all.
However, this council hall is very simple, there are no big tiger skin chairs with a bang, and there is a rough wooden square table in the middle, the bark on which has not been scraped clean, obviously the product of shoddy work, with a few tung oil torches stuck in the four walls, and some bows, arrows, knives, and cards in the corners of the room.
"Is Shopkeeper Li telling you the truth?" Seeing him with such a leisurely appearance, Lao Beifeng became even more suspicious, and couldn't help but ask.
"Big boss, before talking about this, Li has a question I don't know if I can ask it?" Li Shiyi withdrew his gaze and smiled at his anxious appearance.
"It's okay for the shopkeeper to talk about it."
"Then Li is welcome, this time when he goes out, the big boss should be taking advantage of the excitement, the brothers in the village are all looking forward to it, but what about the result, if you don't say it, so down, can the prestige of the big boss be beneficial?"
Li Shiyi's words were very tactful, but the meaning was very clear, in the green forest, the strong are respected, the wind is easy to go against the wind, he believes that it is the same everywhere, how can it be convincing after such a big defeat, Lao Beifeng's eyes were dark when he heard this, and it obviously spoke to his heart.
"In this case, Li said bluntly, the big boss needs a victory now, if he can do his vote in this Jinzhou City, and finally return with a full load, then who cares about the previous things?" Li Shiyi looked left and right, lowered his voice and said in his ear: "To put it mildly, there are hundreds of fewer people, isn't it also a lot less cents?" ”
I don't know if the last sentence moved him, Lao Beifeng's eyes suddenly had brilliance, people persuaded him like this, it means that he has a certain degree of certainty, the other party is right, he really needs a victory now, the bigger the better.
"But" Old Beifeng's heart moved, what he wanted to know now was what Li Shiyi planned to let him do.
"The big boss is interested, then it can be said below, Jinzhou City is not big, but if it is attacked, it will definitely not work, you know better than me how many soldiers and horses there are in the city. But what you don't know is that the Tartars are transferring troops in all directions, and the original thousand households in the city have been transferred to Dadu, and the remaining garrisons plus the servants in the yamen are less than five hundred, and most of them are foot soldiers, led by a Mongol Daru Huachi. ”
Li Shiyi analyzed it for him confidently, these numbers were just received before he came, he first put the shape in front of him to others, dispelling the latter's fear of the Tatar troops, seeing that the old north wind gradually became interested, he said the pre-planned plan, the old north wind only felt a burst of surprise after hearing it, if it is really like what Li Shiyi said, there is indeed a possibility of success, but
"Does the big boss want to say, since it has come to this point, why don't you do it yourself, but give this big gift for no reason?" Seeing his hesitant appearance, Li Shiyi simply helped him say it, Lao Beifeng was a little helpless, but he still nodded, he also wanted to hear what the other party would say.
"The reason is very simple, you are a horse thief, and a certain is an official soldier, this matter, the horse thief did it, and the official army can't do it."
Li Shiyi's words are very straightforward, he needs a disguise, of course, it is not a disguise, because the other party is a genuine horse thief, that is, this matter should look like a horse thief, and it cannot be reminiscent of other places, so that's it, it is not nice to say that it is collusion between officials and bandits.
Lao Beifeng nodded and agreed with this statement, but there was still no accurate word, he was worried about what Li Shiyi guessed, but he didn't plan to say it on his behalf, things always have to be active and passive, and the twisted melon will not be sweet, he believes that the other party is a smart person and will make the right choice.
"Shopkeeper, you are so careful, a certain family is not a person who does not know how to rely on it, but after all, it is related to the lives of hundreds of brothers in the village, so you have to be cautious. A certain life is saved by the shopkeeper, even if it is thrown to you, it doesn't matter, but there are brothers next to him, they may not think like so, the words are a little unpleasant, and the shopkeeper is not strange. ”
After a while, Lao Beifeng got up first and sued him, and then lowered his head and said softly, the words were not thorough, but the meaning came out, not long after they met, people didn't dare to believe him lightly, just because they were officials and soldiers, Li Shiyi didn't think it was wrong, this is the truth, anyone will think so, if it is a trap, it will be all in one net.
"Then according to the meaning of the big boss, what should Li do to win the trust of these brothers under you?"
"This is easy, a certain person dares to ask the shopkeeper to go with him, and pretend to be so-and-so, so that the thing can be done."
Lao Beifeng was a little embarrassed on his face, and he didn't dare to look at him after speaking, this request was indeed a bit rude, he was afraid that the other party would leave without saying a word, and the business would not be done, and the reputation of ingratitude would spread, and he Lao Beifeng could not afford to lose this person.
"Hehe, you're going to have a good plan." Li Shiyi smiled, as he expected, the other party's meaning was to take him as a hostage, if he didn't go along with it, he would be a dead soul under the knife.
"Perhaps, the matter was raised by so-and-so, and it is normal for you to have doubts, just according to the words of the great master, but what you get in the city, as long as all the goods of that colored merchant, everything else belongs to you."
"It's a deal."
Lao Beifeng sighed, and hurriedly agreed, Jinzhou City is a place for the distribution of goods, and the merchants who come and go from the south to the north have a business inn in the city, although there are a lot of goods in the city, but compared to the whole city, it is another matter, he has taken advantage of it, as for offending those merchants, he can still take care of those at this time?