"The humble position means that if Licheng County is eager to take it for a while, we simply concentrate our forces to attack Zou Cheng County first, and after destroying Zou Cheng County, we will actually take Jeju, Yunzhou, Yanzhou, Yizhou and Mizhou, and even Laizhou and Dengzhou, Li Na will only have Qizhou, Zizhou and Qingzhou left, and then we will use land and low taxes to lure out the people of these three states, Li Na's army of 60,000 will be difficult to feed, and attacking him at this time will inevitably be easy to solve."

Liu Sigu's suggestion is still a little reasonable, Zou Cheng County is definitely easier to capture than Licheng County, Zhu Zhu pondered for a long time, and then said: "That's it!" Then divide 20,000 troops to attack Zoucheng, send large siege weapons over, 70,000 troops besiege Zoucheng, and ask Song Qing to take Zoucheng County within three days, otherwise he will be asked! ”

..........

Although the war between Qizhou and Yanzhou was in full swing, the west of the Tiger Prison Pass was very quiet, and the atmosphere of war was not felt at all, and the magnates in Luoyang were still drunk and dreaming of death, all officials were unscrupulous to make money, outlaws were desperate, and all kinds of smuggling were rampant.

Zhang Wutao of Kunguan has been in office for nearly two months, and his appetite is getting bigger and bigger, and he has constantly raised the asking price to Zhang Min, from the initial 300 guan per trip to 400 guan per trip, then to 500 guan, and today he is simply asking for 800 guan per trip.

In the room, Jiang Min looked at Zhang Wutao speechlessly, and after a while, he said angrily: "I have a profit of up to 1,200 guan per trip, and I have to give Yang Mi 300 guan, and I only have 900 guan, and then remove the money and road expenses of hiring guys, and I have to give a part to the partner, so calculated, I only have a profit of five or six hundred guan for a trip, and the general will ask for 800 guan when he opens his mouth, what should I do with this business?" ”

Zhang Wutao smiled shamelessly: "You can make your business bigger!" I let you pass the customs, and no matter how many mules and goods you have, even if you lead thousands of camels to pass the customs, I don't care, you multiply the goods tenfold and earn 6,000 yuan, and I only take 800 yuan, brother, this little money is only enough for the magnates of Luoyang to eat a meal! ”

Jiang Min lowered his head and thought for a moment and said, "Does the general remember what I said about the orchid last time?" ”

"That's right! You've been talking about it for a long time, and you said to pick the most beautiful one for me, where is the person? ”

"The people have arrived, there are four hundred and fifty orchids, and there are also a thousand barrels of wine, and two thousand stones of salt, which is the biggest deal I have ever made, and when the matter is completed, I will give the general two thousand taels of silver at one time."

Zhang Wutao couldn't close his mouth with a smile, his greed became more and more intense, and he said again, "This time I want three thousand taels of silver, and I have to pay one thousand taels first." ”

Jiang Min's face showed embarrassment, "General, this is not in accordance with the rules!" ”

"What rules do I hate the most, you quickly give the silver, let's talk about everything, and make a lot of money together happily!"

Jiang Min hesitated for a long time before he had no choice but to say, "Since the general offered such a high price, I also have a condition." ”

Zhang Wutao heard that the other party still had conditions, and he was a little unhappy, so he said: "You tell me the conditions." ”

"In fact, the conditions are very simple, this time there are women and wine, your soldiers are restrained, they are not allowed to use their hands and feet, and they are not allowed to steal wine!"

Zhang Wutao thought it was a difficult condition! It turned out to be this, and he immediately laughed, "That's good, it's a word!" ”

"What if General Zhang can't restrain the soldiers?"

"You can withhold my money!"

Jiang Min shook his head, "I don't dare to deduct your money, if you can't restrain the soldiers this time, I won't go to Kunguan in the future, I'd rather take a long detour to Shangluo Road to Luoyang!" ”

Zhang Wutao was furious, slapped the table, and said sharply: "Do you think Lao Tzu can't even control a soldier?" ”

Jiang Min was not afraid of him at all, stared at him and said, "Of course you can control it, but you don't want to manage it at all, what about my interests?" ”

Zhang Wutao realized that the other party was not joking, maybe he would really change the line, this is not good, his expression also became solemn, nodded and said: "Don't worry, what you are worried about will definitely not appear!" ”

Jiang Min took out two large ingots of gold from his leather pouch and put them on the table, "This is one hundred taels of gold, an advance payment for you, three days later, my goods will arrive at Hangu Pass, after passing the customs, I will pay another two hundred taels of gold!" ”

After speaking, Jiang Min turned around and left, Zhang Wutao didn't go to see him off, he picked up the two heavy gold ingots on the table and checked them, and the yellow golden light shook so much that he couldn't open his eyes.

"This person is really my god of wealth, don't let it go!" Zhang Wutao said to himself and smiled.

..........

Song Tian is a little anxious, and tomorrow will be the time to make an appointment with Zhang Wutao, but His Royal Highness the King of Jin has not expressed his position for a long time, will this plan be done or not?

Song Tian had no choice but to find Pan Liao, some time ago, he had been reporting this matter to Pan Liao, and he hoped that Pan Liao could tell His Highness about it for him.

After listening to the narration, Pan Liao smiled slightly: "Your Highness is considering the overall situation, maybe he thinks that the time is not yet ripe to seize Cuihan." ”

"But tomorrow is the appointed time, the goods are in transit!"

Pan Liao waved his hand, "It's okay, it's normal to delay for a day or two when something happens, it's too eager, and the other party will be suspicious." ”

Song Tian was helpless, so he had to ask again: "I don't know what time Your Highness is waiting for?" ”

Pan Liao smiled apologetically: "This.... I don't know very well, but you don't have to worry, Your Highness knows in his heart, during this time, he has been closely monitoring the situation in the Central Plains. ”

Song Tian didn't ask about the result, so he had to bow and go back, Pan Liao thought about it, and went to the official residence of the King of Jin.........

Guo Song stood in front of the sand table, his eyes were fixed on the Qi State on the sand table, he had received a message from the flying eagle from Hebei, Li Bing's army and Yang Meng's army had converged in Dengzhou, and the 70,000 army could attack at any time.

But his deployment is one link after another, if Zhu Jun does not withdraw his troops, the Dengzhou army will not be able to launch, and Zhu Jun must be forced to withdraw.

At this time, the guards reported at the door, "Your Highness, Pan Xiangguo is here!" ”

Guo Song nodded and said, "Please let him in!" ”

After a while, Pan Liao walked in and asked with a smile: "Your Highness is still exhausted in the war in the Central Plains?" ”

Guo Song sighed softly, "Still waiting for the fighter." ”

"What does Your Highness mean by the fighter plane you are waiting for?"

Guo Song pointed to the sand table with a wooden pole and said, "Yanzhou! ”

"Yanzhou?" Pan Liao was slightly stunned.

Guo Song nodded, "Zhu Jun can't take Qizhou, he has already moved to Yanzhou, if he still can't take Yanzhou, then his morale will decline to the extreme, and at this time, Zhu Jun can only retreat." ”

"But what if Zhu Zhu takes Yanzhou?" Pan Liao asked with a smile again.

"If Zhu Zhu wins Yanzhou, Li Na's strength will be weakened by another three points, which is still beneficial to us, in fact, I hope Zhu Zhu will take Zou Cheng County."

Pan Liao smiled again: "Song Tian couldn't help but come to ask me just now, he was in a hurry, tomorrow night is the agreed time, but His Highness has not given the order for a long time, he is a little unsure of what to do." ”

At this moment, there was the sound of running footsteps outside, and then a personal soldier reported at the door: "Your Highness Qiqi, the flying eagle urgently sent a message, Zhu Zhu's army has conquered Zoucheng County, and the 20,000 Qi army has been wiped out!" ”

Guo Song finally got the news he wanted, and he immediately ordered: "Ling Song Tian will come to see me immediately!" ”

Guo Song immediately issued two orders, first, Zhang Yun was ordered to lead an army of 50,000 to the north to capture Yingzhou and Yuzhou; Second, Ling Jinwei Mansion took the lead, with the cooperation of the scout battalion, and prepared to seize Cuihan.

.........

At night, a huge procession was driving along the official road, and this procession was so large because it consisted of sixty ox carts carrying passengers, including three hundred carts, containing fifteen hundred vats of wine, and hundreds of sturdy mules carrying sacks of salt.

There were more than five hundred coachmen, men, and guards with knives alone, and Jiang Min rode at the front, and behind him were sixty ox carts carrying passengers, which were full of orchids brought from the Western Regions, a total of four hundred and fifty people.

Then there was a cart for transporting wine, which was the big head, and these barrels were all king-sized wooden barrels, tall and thick, and a barrel could hold at least two or three hundred catties of wine.

Finally, there is the mule team that transports salt, the whole team adds up, at least three miles long, and there are a hundred guards with knives in front of and behind the team, which Jiang Min negotiated with Zhang Wutao in advance, from Hangu Pass to Luoyang, the road is not very peaceful, there must be guards to follow, Zhang Wutao allowed the goods to be accompanied by no more than two hundred guards, not allowed to carry long weapons and crossbow arrows, only swords and longbows.

At the first watch, the team gradually approached Hangu Pass.