After arranging the fields of the two families, it will be easier for the materials in the inventory of the two families, and now Zeng Yu happens to have some plans to implement, what is lacking is money and grain, with these money and grain to supplement the county government treasury, Zeng Yu can say that he feels rich now.

Seeing that everyone was there, he asked everyone to sit down first, and he said to Wang Qing: "Ziwu, tell everyone what you know about the situation in Huanglongzhai." ”

Wang Qing heard Zeng Yu say this, and told Sun Hao about the situation in Huanglongzhai after learning through various investigations. At present, there are a total of seven leaders in Huanglongzhai, with a population of nearly 20,000, of which the proportion of young and strong people is about six to seventy, all of which are led by these seven leaders. And the place where Huanglongzhai is located is called Sheep's Head Mountain, as the name suggests, this mountain resembles a sheep's head, the sheep's horns are dangerous peaks, there is a leader who leads two thousand young people to station, between the two peaks is the only way to enter the mountain. If you want to attack the big camp of Huanglongzhai, you must first break through these two frontier peaks, and after breaking through, you must face the headquarters team composed of at least 8,000 young people in the big camp. What's more, Huanglongzhai has risen step by step from a small cottage, and most of the people in it have experienced wars, which are not comparable to the private soldiers of some scholars.

After Wang Qing finished speaking, everyone fell silent, they knew that Zeng Yu's plan was to develop the two lines of light and dark at the same time, of which the bright place was Anping County, and the dark place was the unclothed army stationed in Jinniu Mountain. The so-called one mountain does not tolerate two tigers, the expansion of the unclothed army has now reached the point where it must confront Huanglongzhai head-on, if it can't break through the other party, it can only be limited to this area, far from Zeng Yu's goal.

Zeng Yu saw that everyone didn't speak, he opened his mouth and said: "Except for Yaozu, everyone knows that the unclothed army is our biggest reliance, and now the expansion of the unclothed army has encountered difficulties, and it is difficult to achieve the set goal in a short period of time, I hope everyone can brainstorm and come up with a good plan." ”

At this time, Yin Zhuo did not go away, Zeng Yu asked him to stay and participate in the discussion, and he did not treat him as an outsider. Of course, he knew that Yin Zhuo might not have any good advice, but Zeng Yu expressed his importance to Yin Zhuo, hoping that he could better understand his own power, and then made up his mind to serve himself as the master.

"Lord, I don't know the seven leaders of Huanglongzhai, what is the relationship between them?" Zhao Yi asked.

"Zirou, are you trying to make a divisive plan, we have thought of it before, but these seven leaders are the first seven people to establish Huanglongzhai, according to the information found, they once made a blood alliance and became brothers of the opposite sex, and I haven't heard of any major conflicts between them." This is Zeng Yu's answer, he heard Zhao Yi's question, and guessed his thoughts, but when Sun Hao first heard that there were seven leaders in Huanglongzhai, he asked people to inquire about the relationship between them, but after learning that the situation was true, he gave up this idea.

Guo Jia thought for a moment and said, "Ziwu, Huanglongzhai is so powerful, where does their grain and grass come from?" ”

When Zeng Yu heard this, he turned his head to look at Wang Qing, he hadn't thought of this before, so he didn't know. Wang Qing sensed Zeng Yu's inquiry and said, "Most of their grain and grass are the contributions of some scholars under the mountain. Because of the great situation of Huanglongzhai, they asked the families of the big and small scholars in the nearby county to send food on time, and those who did not send or missed the deadline would be attacked by Huanglongzhai, and the heavy would break through the fort and take people away or kill them, and the official roads would be blocked, so that the people of these families could not go out. ”

"My lord, since this is the case, presumably the scholars in Anping County will definitely send food over, and maybe even the official government in the Cui Yu period is no exception. If we take advantage of the opportunity to deliver food and let the soldiers pretend to be people, we will have a chance to enter the cottage and take the frontier mountain by surprise. Guo Jia proposed.

Zeng Yu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked Wang Qing: "Ziwu, what do you think of Fengxiao's strategy, is there any chance of success?" ”

"It's possible, but I don't know when they will send food over, and every time Anping County sends food, how many people will there be?" Wang Qing thought about it and said some of his thoughts.

This is simple, just call Cui Yu over and ask, "Chengyong, you go and call Cui Yu over now." ”

"Yes!"

Zeng Yu saw Zhu Wen walk out and said to Wang Qing: "Ziwu, according to your estimate, how many soldiers and horses do you think will be needed if you want to break through Huanglong Village?" ”

Wang Qing calculated and said, "If it goes well, the three battalions of the Clothless Army will be enough." The reserve soldiers trained by Yuan Shao now also have the strength to fight, plus my Rui Shi Battalion and the Wu Brothers' Marksman Battalion, there are a total of 5,000 people, in the case of surprise, after taking the forward peak of Huanglongzhai, with our combat strength, there are about 4,000 people left, and in the case of a one-to-two fight against the anti-horse, I am sure to defeat the other side. ”

"Wouldn't the unclothed army suffer heavy losses if it goes on like this, is there a better way, the unclothed army is our hard work, and it can't be wasted here in vain." Zeng Yu said that the goal of attacking Huanglongzhai was to subdue the other party and expand the size of the unclothed army, not to attack it in order to break it.

"Lord, we can involve the trained county soldiers, so that the county soldiers can not only receive battlefield training, but also have a greater advantage in terms of troops." Goode said at this time that the education he received since he was a child told him whether a soldier had been on the battlefield or not, and the gap between them was very large, and only a soldier who persevered on the battlefield was a qualified soldier and could grow up faster.

"Well, what Bo Yu said is right, my lord, I suggest that some of the soldiers of the Rui Shi Battalion and some of the county soldiers go together to transport food, which can not only ensure combat effectiveness, but also have the effect of training. Presumably, after this actual combat training, our county soldiers can grow into a combatable soldier more quickly. Guo Jia nodded in agreement with Goode's proposal, but he was worried that there would inevitably be problems if all the county soldiers were soldiers, and it would be better if there was a Rui Shi battalion as a veteran to help.

"Okay, then do it. Ziwu, after the time is determined, you leave the soldiers of the 500 Ruishi Battalion, and then lead the rest of the unclothed army back to Jinniu Mountain with Wu Ming, remember not to let people find out on the road, so as not to be recognized by Huanglongzhai. Zeng Yu instructed Wang Qing.

"Yes, big brother!" Wang Qing hugged his fists and promised.

At this time, Zhu Wen led Cui Yu in, only to see that only one day later, Cui Yu lost the prestige of being a county magistrate before, but more like an old man, and his eyes showed a kind of late death. Zeng Yu knew that this was the fact that the other party had accepted that he had completely failed, but he would not say to comfort him, nor would he deliberately ridicule him, Cui Yu was just a small hill on his way forward, and after stepping on it, there would be more people who would become obstacles on his way, such as the Huanglongzhai in front of him.

"Cui Yu, I called you here to ask, do you know about Huanglongzhai?" Zeng Yu asked Cui Yu straight to the point.

"Of course I know Huanglongzhai, could it be that they came over to collect it so soon?" Cui Yu was taken aback and asked.

Under Zeng Yu's inquiry, Cui Yu told them that because Huanglongzhai had been looting and disturbing the place since its establishment, the local county ordered the court to report to the imperial court, hoping that the imperial court would send troops to suppress the thieves, but every time the chapter was played like a mud cow into the sea, there was no echo. After that, the county commanders also tried to suppress the thieves with their own strength, but as a result, Huanglongzhai was not only not exterminated, but became stronger and stronger. Even the most active Yang'a County Commander was killed by Huanglongzhai, and the others and their successors were terrified and did not dare to mention the matter of suppressing thieves anymore. And Huanglongzhai did not dare to go too far, so one day five years ago, Huanglongzhai and Anping, Yang'a, Anze county orders to consult, Huanglongzhai promised, as long as each county of the three counties pay a certain amount of food and money every six months, Huanglongzhai will no longer harass the three counties, but the business travel between the north and the south is not protected by this commitment.

"Oh, then I don't know how much I should pay in Anping County?" Zeng Yu asked

"Because Anping County is a big county, it pays the most food and money, and you need to pay 200,000 catties of grain and 10,000 yuan every six months." Cui Yu replied, he had a feeling of schadenfreude in his heart at this time, thinking that Zeng Yu, you are powerful here, and you are not going to be eaten to death by Huanglongzhai.

"So much, you just said to collect, will they still send someone over?"

"Huanglongzhai gave time and asked for the first half of the year to be delivered to Yangtou Mountain before June, and if it was not delivered by mid-May, they would send someone to inform them." Cui Yu replied that in order to save trouble, Cui Yu had always asked people to send money and grain as soon as he arrived in May, so he was rarely collected by people in Huanglongzhai. It was still May, and when he heard Zeng Yu ask, he thought that Huanglongzhai had sent someone to collect it.

"Well, who sent the county's payment before?" Zeng Yu finally asked.

"Generally, the three families of Zhao, Wang, and Sun take turns to send it, this is the request of Huanglongzhai, they are afraid that there will be officers and soldiers pretending, and after learning about the situation in this county, they must be sent by the head of one of the three families."

Before, for the three major families, the most dangerous thing every year is to send money and grain to Yangtou Mountain, although the other party promised not to invade Anping County, but Huanglongzhai is a thief after all, in case of which time the head is hot and kidnaps himself, then it will cost money to avoid disasters, and the worst is to save his life.

But fortunately, Huanglongzhai has been very trustworthy in the past five years, and has not kidnapped the head of the taxi family in that county, so that everyone has gradually accepted this status quo, anyway, these money and grain do not have to be paid by themselves, it is enough to find an excuse to collect taxes.

"I know, you will stay in the county government for a few days temporarily, and when the matter is settled, I will let you reunite with your family, and I hope you will return to the Cui family in Qinghe County as soon as possible. Chengyong, you take Master Cui down and let the soldiers treat them well. ”

"Thank you, sir!" Cui Yu said gratefully, since he recognized the reality, he also knew that his life was in Zeng Yu's hands, and now Zeng Yu clearly promised him to let him go back, and he even felt grateful in his heart.

"Lord, according to what Cui Yu just said, we still need Zhao Kang's cooperation in this operation." After Cui Yu left, Liu Neng said.

"Well, I'll go and talk to Zhao Dare in person." Zeng Yu nodded and said.