Chapter 448: Preparations Before the War (Part II)
After a period of time, Murong Weihu took his grandson Lu Bufan to Shanhai County again.
"Lord Wang, I haven't seen you for a while, this Shanhai County is very different, it is much more lively, and it is no longer inferior to the county seat of Yunzhou."
Murong Weihu greeted Wang Lanling politely, although the young talent in front of him was only a magistrate, his influence was not ordinary.
Wang Lanling looked at Murong Weihu, who had returned, and said, "Have you done everything in your family?" ”
Lu Bufan quickly said: "Thanks to the reputation of the adults, after the state capital heard that it was the adults who wanted to purchase and settle my mother and sister, they quickly helped us get things done, and now my mother and sister have been resettled in the town outside the state capital." ”
Wang Lanling nodded, "That's fine." ”
Lu Bufan continued: "My lord, we have been delayed for some time, but we are actually busy with another matter, and this time we have brought a few people. ”
Wang Lanling is actually not very willing to talk to these two people, these people belong to the criminal ministers, and they are also the kind of sons and masters who have committed corruption crimes in the family, they don't think corruption is a bad thing.
The concepts of the two sides themselves are different, and if they are here, they will be similar to Zhao Gongqian, using the habits and concepts they have developed to influence the rest of the people.
"Who?" Wang Lanling is not good at refusing directly, and is ready to ask clearly before finding an excuse to refuse.
Lu Bufan smiled and said: "It's the people of the Lu family, the people of the Lu family have committed something in Longcheng and suffered a crime, and the people in the clan have also been affected, not as prominent as before, in the past few years, the family has fallen in the middle, and we have brought the family of Lu Lord's brothers!" ”
Wang Lanling felt that this person named Lu Bufan was really heartless, did he say that he would let these people help?
Lei A never said anything about his family, only about his dead mother and his father and brother who suffered in Dragon City, as for the rest of the messy relationships, what does it have to do with her?
But...... Wang Lanling thought that Lei A had been looking forward to the death of the old emperor all these years, and felt that this was not a way, don't be able to survive the old emperor, and he would be sick first.
"I'm going to go back and ask about this matter, I don't know what the relationship between the people of the Lu family and Lei A's side is, in fact, I have never been willing to mention this matter."
"The main reason is that the power of the sky is unpredictable, and there are some secret agents and the like all around, if I am too diligent in this matter, it will inevitably make people think that I am going to overturn the case, and I am bewitched by Lei A, so for the sake of this family's life, I am unwilling to touch this kind of thing."
Wang Lanling was telling the truth.
Murong Weihu's face turned pale, and his legs trembled a little.
The ignorant are fearless, he has never thought about it at all.
After a short period of violent agitation, Murong Weihu quickly knelt down and opened his mouth to shout, "My lord! Save the old man! The old body just wants to do something for adults, and I never thought about it!! ”
Wang Lanling looked at this kind of irresponsible person, and said in annoyance: "Do you know that you have been provoking the majesty of the imperial court all the time back and forth?" The state government clearly stipulates that you can't cross states and counties at will, and you not only trample on the majesty of the court repeatedly, but also act in my name and cause trouble for me! ”
"Let's go! I don't want to see you again! ”
Wang Lanling directly said that this kind of thing is serious, but it is not serious and not serious.
If someone wants to deal with Wang Lanling, this is a ready-made target.
"Yes! Thank you, Mr. Wang! Thank you, Mr. Wang!! Murong Weihu quickly got up and quickly pulled his grandson out of the county office.
Wang Lanling sighed, this kind of person is really troublesome.
Now there is no one to deal with Wang Lanling, and Wang Lanling himself has not provoked the official family, so it is okay, otherwise he will be killed by this kind of fool sooner or later.
Half an hour later, Shanhainan walked in and said, "My lord, those two people left the city just now, but the few people they brought are still waiting outside, do you need to drive them away together?" ”
Murong Weihu was obviously scared, and didn't want to continue the following things, so he left all the troubles and problems here and ran away.
"Please come in." Wang Lanling still wants to see it himself.
If he can stay, it will naturally stay and alleviate some of Rea's psychological problems.
If it's the kind of troublesome person, then go farming outside the city.
Soon Shanhainan walked in with a team of people.
Although these people look a little haggard, their bodies and faces are clean, and their clothes are decent, and they are the kind of literati.
"Meet your lords! In Shimono Jianping, you have been looking up to adults for a long time! This time I made a special trip to join you! ”
Lu Jianping clasped his hands into fists and bowed to Wang Lanling above.
Wang Lanling looked at this scribe who looked to be in the prime of life, but should be close to fifty years old, and glanced at the people around him again.
A woman who looked to be well-read and reasonable, with less jewelry on her body, looked a little more plain.
One is a young man in his twenties, somewhat similar to Lu Jianping's appearance.
Behind was a girl, who lowered her head after glancing at Wang Lanling.
Finally, there are a few men and women, who are slightly less dressed, but they are still much better than ordinary people.
"I'm Wang Lanling, aren't you having a good time in Yunzhou? Why did you want to come here in Muzhou? ”
Wang Lanling is not particularly kind to these relatives, he is destined not to have only one father-in-law, and it will be a real headache when there are more brothers-in-law and brother-in-law in the future.
Lu Jianping sensed that Wang Lanling was not treating them.
"We've lived okay in Yunzhou, but we've been hearing about the reputation of our virtuous nephew all along, so we've come from thousands of miles to see Lei A."
Wang Lanling doesn't care about the title, the emperor is a profession, but who dares to call Emperor Jiang directly?
It is true that many people call Wang Lanling Wang County Order, but after all, there are more people who call him Lord Wang.
Wang Lanling's authority does not come from a position in the county.
In the past, Director Wang was called Director Wang a lot, but later everyone also understood that Lord Wang was more powerful than Director Wang.
"You guys live down first, it's not peaceful outside these years, although it's a little poor here, but I've talked about all kinds of things, and the city is in ruins at present, if Mr. Lu is willing to stay and help, I should welcome it."
Lu Jianping passed through several counties along the way, and the further back he went, the more desolate it became, and he originally thought that Shanhai County would be very dilapidated and shabby, but everywhere he saw was a scene of busyness and harvest.
Although it is not as prosperous as the county city and the state city, the Lu family only wants a stable place at the moment.
"I am willing to serve the adults." Lu Jianping accepted Wang Lanling's solicitation.
Smart people, you don't need to talk too much.
Wang Lanling nodded, "What did you do before?" ”
Lu Jianping said: "I used to serve as a supervisor of the waterworks in the county town, and I resigned at home in the past two years. ”
The chemistry of this world is very powerful, and there are equipment and medicines that are specially used to purify the water.
Wang Lanling has too many things going on at present, "Then you prepare, first investigate the water quality nearby, and then start doing this next year." ”
Lu Jianping agreed: "Yes!" ”
Wang Lanling asked Shanhainan to settle a place for these people to live, and he didn't know whether the arrival of these people was a good thing or a bad thing.
As soon as the news was revealed that the Zhao family was going to send some back, the Lu family followed behind, which was not a good thing for Wang Lanling's family harmony.
After thinking about it for a while, Wang Lanling clenched his fists.
"Lao Tzu is the head of the family! Think so much to do! I'm so young, and youth is capital! ”
Wang Lanling didn't think about these messy things, and started push-ups in the office of the county government.
After a hundred push-ups, there are no worries left.
Youth is indeed capital, whether it is Wang Lanling's subordinates or the people in the county, they are not keen on the matter of the heir.
Lord Wang was not yet twenty years old, and everyone felt that the matter of the heir was too early, and there was no need to get involved in that kind of messy matter.
Even Zhao Wenrou is currently more concerned about the warmth with Wang Lanling, and he is not yet at the age of expecting his son to support his old age, and he is not as sensitive to some things as an old woman.
The home does not need to be swept and it is very clean, and now the main thing is to sweep the outside!
"The wind is roaring ~ the horse is barking ~ we are roaring, we are going to roar!"
The people in the troupe stopped singing and changed to singing.
Today is the day when the army goes out, and tens of thousands of people in Shanhai County gather at the intersection to bid farewell to those soldiers who are riding on war horses and carrying spears on their backs, and are moving towards the distance one after another!
Wang Lanling personally composed the lyrics and music, and let the men and women of the troupe sing together.
This song was also taught to most of the children and workers, and the song is called Defending Mushroom Mountain, a chorus of mountains and seas!
The team of 800 men did not set off together, first of all, the vanguard responsible for opening the road and building bridges, and at the same time, they were also responsible for knocking out the sentinels in front and acting as eyes for the troops behind.
Wang Lanling is no longer here, and as the coach, his trajectory needs to be kept secret.
Those who were really sent off by the people of Shanhai County were basically follow-up troops!
At this time, it was on a hill ten kilometers away from Mustang Ridge.
Wang Lanling looked at the map in his hand and the nearby peaks and valleys, and repeatedly confirmed some things.
Fang Xuan said: "My lord, these two days are the turn of autumn and winter, the wind does not stop, and the weeds on the road are gradually drying out due to the cold and freezing conditions, which is suitable for us to set fire!" ”
Wang Lanling said: "It's not that simple, the fire borrows the wind, but we are now in the mountains and forests, once the fire starts, the fire on the grassland will definitely not be as fast as the forest on our side." ”
"Setting a fire is not easy in itself, and to light a fire in this canyon, you need to have planned control and not be in a hurry."
Fang Xuan asked, "My lord, when do you think it's good to set the fire?" ”
"At night." Wang Lanling gave a moment and said: "The temperature is changeable during the day, have you noticed that the wind here is not blowing in one direction, and it won't take a few minutes to change direction." ”
The wind direction in the mountains is uncertain, and the strength of the wind is also unstable, sometimes strong, sometimes weak.
This is a normal thing, at least in the eyes of most people.
But now that Wang Lanling wants to play with fire, he must pay close attention to this aspect of things.
In case after the fire is ignited, the fire counterattacks to the side of the mountains and forests, and Wang Lanling and these people will suffer.
Fang Xuan said: "If you set a fire at night and the fire starts, will it be discovered in advance?" ”
Wang Lanling said: "No, generally when a fire starts, you will mainly see the smoke first, and when you see the fire, it will be too late to stop it." ”
Fang Xuan was very convinced by Wang Lanling's words, and asked again: "Then I asked the soldiers to prepare for the night arson, as well as the prisoners I caught before, do you want to let them go?" ”
Wang Lanling shook his head, "No, the bandits in Yema Ridge are not stupid, they should know the news of our coming, and let the soldiers do a good job of keeping vigil to prevent being attacked." ”
Fang Xuan said with a smile: "Those people rushed over, they were killing themselves!" ”
Wang Lanling waved his hand, "Don't take it lightly, this kind of thing that will cost you your life if you are not careful, you can't allow any mistakes!" ”
Fang Xuan quickly and solemnly said, "Yes!" Subordinates receive orders! ”
Fang Xuan quickly went out to contact his subordinates and began to assign various rehearsed work.
Wang Lanling picked up the telescope on the side and continued to inspect the surrounding situation.
If you can make glass, you can make this thing.
The lenses here are all polished by the glassmakers themselves after processing, and the machine cannot make such a delicate thing.
With the support of advanced technology, Wang Lanling is able to better observe the conditions in the nearby ravines and mountain peaks.
His scouts also carried two binoculars, mainly looking for enemy spies and tracks.
Tong Yue walked over quickly, "My lord! The matter has been done, fuel has been planted in eight places, just waiting for your order! ”
Wang Lanling looked at the direction of the inner basin of Yema Ridge and said, "Are those people in Yema Ling moving?" ”
Tong Yue said: "Yes! According to the spies, those people are already discussing the matter of unity, and are preparing to build a mountain pass to defend against outside attacks, otherwise there is no movement at present. ”
Li Jianzhu said: "Those people are a group of rabble, even if one of them is willing to do things, the rest of them will not believe him. ”
"In the bandits' den, you don't want to be the kind of person who understands."
Wang Lanling listened to Li Jianzhu's words, put down the binoculars and said: "These days are not only the weather when the weather is getting colder and the wind is cooling, but also when the horse thieves are preparing for the winter, although there may still be some horse thieves who are busy outside, but they can't continue to wait, tonight we will eat at eight o'clock, go down the mountain at half past nine, and set fire at eleven o'clock!" ”
Everyone in the cave behind him agreed in unison: "Yes! ”
Wang Lanling looked at the map of Wild Horse Ridge with a calm face.
Some things should not be discreet, the terrain of the valley here is a special basin structure surrounded by mountains on all sides.
The fires on the grassland themselves are more complicated, and sometimes the fires do not burn one by one, but will go on in a circuitous way like a lead.
Wang Lanling didn't have time to judge where the grass was good to burn and where it was bad, so it was a bit of luck to say that arson.
In any case, fire is fire, even if it is burned on Wang Lanling's side, the other side is not much better.
It takes time to establish a separation zone, and Wang Lanling has no time to dig slowly.
After trying to avoid the changeable wind conditions, Wang Lanling began to check the equipment of each team.
Everyone's rifle can fire three rounds in bursts, which is a leap forward for the rifle, which greatly protects the personal safety of the gunman.
As for more bullets, they are not so needed at the moment, the main firepower is enough, and the rest is basically fighting bayonets.
I didn't bring the grenade because it lacked something, and it was also unstable and easy to kill teammates.
And in addition to that a machine gun!
This money-burning machine, I hope there is no use, once it is used, it is cattle and sheep to the sky, and real money should be burned when it dies.
There are not too many things that can be done, and the team of eight hundred people is not too much, but if it is too little, this is basically the entire strength of Shanhai County.
Dinner was a pancake and noodles, both of which were dry.
Wang Lanling eats fried noodles without seasoning.
Behind him, a group of young and middle-aged people who were smoking cigarettes and quietly preparing to go to war.
Smoking is a very normal thing in this era, Wang Lanling is not against smoking, sometimes the pressure is really great.
In the period leading up to the battle, the whole camp was very quiet.
As the clock ticked by, the temperature around me was getting cooler and colder.
"Let's go! It's time! ”
Wang Lanling stood up, stuck the pistol in his waist, and took the lead towards the bottom of the mountain.