Chapter 315 is full of sorrow

Because they had learned Liu Laosi's ruthlessness, none of these two little women dared to ask the reason why the old man was angry, so they had to sit at the small table in the inner room and wait.

How did they know where their old man still had the heart to drink and eat, let alone have fun.

Just now, Liu Laosi got a tip, saying that it was his backer, that distant cousin, Liu Jinzhong, the general of Guangzhou, was furious, and kept saying that he wanted to kill people and wash the city of Guangzhou in blood.

The reason is that his baby son Liu Xiaobao was inexplicably killed in a restaurant in the north of the city today, in broad daylight.

This news was like a thunderbolt from the blue, which made Liu Laosi frightened.

You know, that boy gambled with himself all night last night, won him a lot of silver tickets, and after leaving early this morning, he didn't go back to his barracks at all, and the restaurant where he died was only more than a mile away from his granary.

Thinking of this, Liu Laosi's back was cold for a while......

Speaking of which, he, Liu Laosi, is still Liu Jinzhong's cousin, and with this relationship, since he occupied Guangzhou last year, he has only made the fat difference of the quartermaster and guarded the largest granary in Guangzhou.

He Liu Laosi is not stupid, and it is impossible to be indifferent with his back against this golden mountain, so he did something that everyone who sat in this position would want to do, and constantly smuggled some grain and grass to the black market to resell, and made a fortune.

It's a pity that the good days didn't last long, and the damned Ming army took advantage of the situation to counterattack just after killing the prince of the Western Expedition at the end of last year, and actually killed all the way to Zhaoqing Mansion, the last barrier in Guangzhou, in a few days, so that the people in Guangzhou were panicked and miserable.

Seeing that the situation was getting worse and worse, he was panicked and uneasy, while intensifying his efforts to steal and sell military rations, secretly accumulating more wealth; While having fun in time, you have to get by.

A few days ago, at lunchtime, all of a sudden, his cousin Liu Jinzhong, with only a few entourages, drove to his camp for the first time, saying that he had come to inspect on the orders of the prince.

He was frightened at the time, and thought that his cousin had heard something and was going to come to cut him for the crime.

However, after retreating, Uncle Tang said his intention: in order to fight to the death for reinforcements, the prince decided to withdraw all the defenders outside the city to the city and strengthen the defense of Guangzhou.

According to Uncle Tang's description, in Zhaoqing Mansion in the west, the bastard's Zu Zeqing had already been disheartened, and the defeat of the city had been broken recently.

"It depends on the situation, a large number of Ming thieves are coming to the city of Guangzhou, that is, it has happened in the past two days......" Finally, his cousin sighed to the sky.

He still remembers that when his cousin said this, his expression was gloomy and the semantic infarction was blocked, as if he had aged a lot all of a sudden.

"Huh? That...... What to do with this lot of food? ”

He was a little confused, everyone hid in the city, but this granary was lonely outside the city, hundreds of thousands of stone military rations, how could it be transported in a few days?

"The prince has an order, I want to send more people, step up the shipment in the past two days, and try to get as many people as possible to go to the city...... In addition, "

Uncle Tang hesitated for a moment, and said gloomily, "You call people to prepare more things that cause fire...... At the critical moment, they will all burn, and they can't leave a grain of grain for the thieves. ”

"Huh? So much...... All burned? ”

He wilted immediately, such a good errand, it seems that it is really a pill.

He knew that in fact, there were several granaries in the city, although the scale was not large, but it was estimated that there were tens of thousands of stones of grain in stock, so the prince did not feel too sorry for these grains, at most, all the people in the city would starve to death, but his more than 10,000 soldiers were enough to eat for a few months.

In fact, how would he, a small junior officer, know that Shang Kexi had long been desperate for the situation.

Reinforcements will never come, the escape road has been blocked, and leaving the army alone is a dead end.

Shang Kexi knew that if he didn't have the tens of thousands of horses under his command, even if he, the prince of the light pole, succeeded in escaping to the capital alone, he would definitely be beheaded by the imperial court, and it was very likely that he would end up with a full house of beheadings.

Therefore, Shang Kexi decided to withdraw all the remnants of the troops into the city, and put himself in a big coffin, not that he would not use soldiers, but just wanted all his old subordinates to bury him, giving the court a false impression that he would not retreat and exhaust the city, in exchange for the court to pardon the lives of his Shang Kexi family.

However, for Shang Kexi's careful thoughts, Liu Jinzhong can see it as if he were a mirror.

After a false response, his cousin finally opened his mouth and spit out his true intention:

Although the prince kept saying that he wanted to live and die with Guangzhou, he had already secretly prepared a big ship and entrusted his family to Nie Baona...... How can we be stupid and wait for death? It's time to plan for yourself......"

"That's what Uncle said," he nodded repeatedly, "let's run as soon as possible......

"Are you stupid?"

Uncle glared at him and said with a calm face, "How can you run now?" Escaping from the battle, running out is also a death! ”

"That ......"

"Let's wait for the war, only in the chaos of the war, our father and son can take advantage of the chaos to break through, but ......"

The uncle stared at him for a moment, motioned for him to come over, and whispered, "We can't run away and ask for food...... You can't take away the grain, only the gold and silver can be taken with you. ”

"Uh...... Is that good? He still wanted to pretend to be stupid.

"Stinky boy! Less to this set! ”

Uncle said angrily, "During this time, your kid has made less money in the black market? Give some to their brothers, and don't let the guys slaughter you on the way......"

"Uh...... Yes, Uncle. As soon as he heard it, he promised again and again, and he really knew everything about his uncle.

"So be it,"

Uncle stood up and said lazily, "In the past few days, my people will come to transport grain during the day, as for other ...... It's up to you to do it yourself. ”

"Yes, uncle."

He naturally understood the meaning of his uncle's words.

Preparing for the fire was a trivial matter, and the gunpowder, oil, and dry firewood in the camp were all readily available, and it was not difficult to arrange the manpower.

However, these grains are also burned, anyway, it is a confused account, in this case, it is better to send more people to step up their efforts, and it is serious to exchange some silver tickets to come back.

……

didn't think about it, somehow, just made the movement bigger, and the cousin Liu Xiaobao, who was idle every day and didn't do anything, actually came to him frequently to gamble money.

This...... This is clearly a blatant and secret robbery, and I don't know if this is what he meant.

Yes, he didn't dare not give it, he lost two thousand or three thousand taels every time, but it hurt to give too much, and it couldn't be more!

That kid actually scolded and scolded unpleasantly, half-truthfully claiming that he wanted him to look good sooner or later, which made him itch the roots of his teeth, and he wanted to kill him with a knife!

Unexpectedly, the short-lived ghost really died!

But where can't you die, but die so close to him?

This...... How did he get out of it?

Uncle Liu Jinzhong, but he is notoriously violent and ruthless, and even the prince has to tolerate him for three points, and now his baby son has been killed in an unknown way, and I don't know how many heads will fall to the ground, how can he still be good Liu Laosi?

"This is really yellow mud falling in the crotch of his pants, it's not but is!"

After being silent for a long time, Liu Laosi sighed, whether it was these yellow and white things in front of him, or silver tickets, it didn't seem to be his!

……

Just when Liu Laosi was full of sorrow and didn't know why, all of a sudden, he only heard the sound of muskets in the camp.

Immediately, a personal soldier fell into the door and shouted in a panic: "Report to your lord, it's not good!" Thief ...... The thief is coming! ”