Chapter Seventy-Three: Killing and Blood
When Duan Zhong returned to Hangzhou, it was already evening, and the first thing he did when he arrived in Hangzhou was to summon Jiang Mingchen over and carry out an intensive action to lure the tiger out of the hole. Although it is said that this silver is a lot of hard-earned money with life and blood and sweat, it is natural to spend it when it should be spent, and Duan Zhong wants to lure the tiger out of the hole, so he naturally has to be reluctant to let the child trap the wolf, and in Duan Zhongzhong, it is natural to have an extremely complete plan.
Donation door, although this Jiangnan is the Jiangnan of the world, but in the final analysis, it is still the Jiangnan of Nanliang, the so-called rise and fall of the world, the husband is responsible, so when the country is in crisis, the Jiangnan businessmen in Jiangnan are also to contribute to the country, therefore, in the past two days, the number one businessman in Jiangnan Ji Wuchang Ji called on the majority of businessmen in Jiangnan to donate money and materials for the country, prepare money and silver, and resist enemy invasion, and at this time, Jiangnan shopping malls showed abnormal unity, there are silver out of silver, there are materials out of materials, and this time the action, It has also received the full support of the imperial historian Wang Zhikun and the governor of Jiangnan, Chen Weiwei, in just two days, it has raised five million taels of silver, more than 100,000 denier of grain and grass, this house is sufficient, enough to be comparable to the treasury of Nanliang, in this way, but happy Nanliang's court, with this batch of silver and materials, this war naturally has a lot of confidence, that is, the whetstones used by the soldiers, can be configured more.
Of course, this is planned by Duan Chong, these five million taels of silver are all paid out of his own pocket, and he is distressed to death, and this silver will naturally not flow out in vain, Duan Chong has never been a stingy person, but this is limited to his own people, so although Duan Chong is currently playing in the name of donations, but if Nanliang wants to receive this silver, I am afraid it will be even more difficult, this point, the only Lord Chen of Jiangnan, knows, but the entire court of Southern Liang, I'm afraid they're going to be kept in the dark.
The reason why Duan Zhong wanted to do this was naturally to lure the snake out of the hole, the force sent by the Northern Liang. Although dormant, but at the time of the war between the north and the south, there must be some action, at least to create some convenient conditions for this war, at least as long as the north and south war, the material security of the south Liang can not keep up, this war will win most of the time, and Duan Chong's five million taels of silver and more than 100,000 tons of grain is undoubtedly a move in the snow, the more fully prepared the South Liang, the smaller the chance of victory in the north Liang, if Duan Zhong is the leader of this hidden force, he will definitely not hesitate to find a way to sabotage this operation, of course, The premise is to not know that this operation is a planned and premeditated activity of Duan Chong, and Duan Chong never thought of handing over the five million taels of silver and more than 100,000 loads of grain to the Southern Liang Imperial Court, anyway, as long as the Northern Liang forces show up and show a posture of wanting to rob the silver, then it will definitely be "robbed", as for who is robbed, it depends on the performance of Duan Chong's subordinates, at least to help the Southern Liang Imperial Court get rid of the scourge, this is enough to make Xiao Beiping happy, this silver matter, then let's talk about it! Anyway, what Xiao Beiping lacks most now is not silver, but the army.
This form of raising funds is just a formality, the merchants in Jiangnan are all profiteers, and it is not an easy thing to knock out the silver from these merchants, and Duan Zhong has no hope of reporting it, so in a few days, it is only more than 100,000 taels of silver, but Ji Wuchang donated five million taels, which is enough to bluff people, anyway, so many people donate silver, no one knows how much the other party has donated, even if the notice is posted back for a long time, so Duan Chong is not worried about any rumors leaking out, He claimed to have donated a total of five million taels of silver, which was enough.
And it was only on the fifth day that Duan Chong decided to stop donating money and instead transport this batch of silver to the treasury of Nanjing, because Duan Zhong calculated that these five days were enough for this force in Northern Liang to prepare a lot of things, and these five days also allowed the name to arrive in Hangzhou.
In the current Hangzhou City, Duan Chong can not use many people, the original "poison dagger" is only more than 200 people, of which 100 people have to hide in the dark to pay attention to the rumors, only more than 100 people can be mobilized, if it is a force with a scale of about 500 people in Beiliang, there is no doubt that the loss is a sure thing, so Duan Chong is unwilling to do this, and Jiang Mingchen's arrival means that Duan Chong's strength has risen greatly.
This time, Jiang Mingchen brought a total of 1,000 "poison daggers", of which 500 were in the city and 500 were outside the city.
This time, the direction of the silver is through the waterway of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, after all, in addition to the five million taels of real gold and silver, there are more than 100,000 quintals of rice, and this time, the governor of Jiangnan, Lord Chen Weiwei, and the imperial historian Wang Zhikun also showed great attention, and directly sent a thousand officers and soldiers in Jiangnan to protect, of course, in Duan Zhong, these thousand officers and soldiers met the master forces of Beiliang, and it was absolutely all ...... Dishes, really have to rely on themselves to solve.
And at this moment, Duan Zhong is sitting on a transport ship, and around this transport ship, there are all large boxes, and these boxes are full of white flowers, and Duan Zhong is sitting in the silver of white flowers, drinking tea with Zongzi and Jiang Mingchen, this feeling is really good, very ...... Feel.
These hundreds of ships slowly went out of Hangzhou along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, these ships have a large volume, a deep draft, and a slow speed, not much different from walking, so if you want to transport these silver to Nanjing, it will take at least two days, and for Duan Chong, it is natural to hope that the longer the better, because the longer this time passes, the more opportunities the forces hidden in the dark in Beiliang will have to do it, the opportunity is in front of you, whether you can seize it, this is your own problem, Duan Zhong said.
The ship departed in the morning, but it didn't go until the evening, but it was not a third of the way, Duan Chong was bored and tight on the boat in the morning, and he fell asleep deeply, and there was no one in the cabin except Duan Chong, Zongzi and Jiang Mingchen were gone.
The night slowly fell, and the water of the canal made a "whoosh" and "whoosh" sound, but it made the night seem a little quiet, I don't know when, Duan Chong's closed eyes had been opened, and a pair of eyes flashed and stared outside extremely cautiously, because Duan Chong knew that if the forces of the Northern Liang wanted to make a move, and missed tonight, there would be no better time, and as time passed, Duan Chong seemed to be more and more energetic. Walk directly to the deck and admire the moon rising in the middle of the sky.
Duan Zhong took a deep breath, and his fists clenched suddenly, because Duan Zhong suddenly sensed the approach of an extremely powerful aura, and at the same time, there were several sounds of sharp arrows breaking through the air, and then several muffled sounds, Duan Chong's heart tightened, this enemy ...... Finally did it, the light shining in his eyes became more and more abundant, but his body never moved, because Duan Zhong was waiting.
Countless figures suddenly appeared in the dark night, silently appearing around the ship, and at this time, the Jiangnan officers and soldiers of Nanliang did not realize that death was coming, but Duan Zhong saw all this in his eyes, and did not have any reaction, these enemies from Beiliang are indeed all elite, not only the martial arts cultivation is very high, but also the equipment is extremely sophisticated, and the combat effectiveness is not even under the "poisonous dagger" at all, and even has a victory, no wonder this "poisonous dagger" will suffer such a big loss, but it is not wronged.
In Duan Chong's view, these officers and soldiers of Nanliang are just cannon fodder, if these officers and soldiers do not die in the end, then Duan Chong still needs to do it, because these silver Duan Chong will definitely not give Xiao Beiping, if Beiliang can't rob it, then he has to do it himself, so these officers and soldiers are actually doomed to tragic roles, in this regard, Duan Chong also expressed helplessness and sympathy.
And after a while, these officers and soldiers realized that the situation was wrong, and howled loudly and issued a warning sound, but before that, nearly two hundred officers and soldiers had died, and the enemy's casualties were zero, while their own casualties reached one-fifth.
In just a few moments, the casualties of this officer and soldier increased dramatically, while the enemy of the Northern Liang did not suffer any substantial casualties at all. Although they were superior in numbers, they were still abused, and in it, Duan Chong still didn't make any moves, and Duan Chong was very surprised to find that the equipment used by these Northern Liang people, such as the dark crossbow and poison darts, was very similar to the equipment configuration of the "poison dagger", what was the situation.
Duan Zhong only knew that he had given Xiao Li thirty sets of "poison daggers" configuration, could it be that this method of creation was studied so quickly, and even spread to Beiliang. Although this is the only explanation that makes sense, it is not reasonable at all, and Duan Zhong still has an extremely uneasy thought in his heart, but he can't say it.
However, there is not much time left for Duan Chong, because in this short period of time, most of the officers and soldiers in Jiangnan have been slaughtered, this is really a massacre, a massacre without any resistance, if it weren't for Duan Chong's belief in the same elite of the "Poison Dagger" at this moment plus the numerical advantage, he really couldn't be sure.
Duan Zhong took a deep breath, the real battle was coming,