Chapter 817: Little People Do Big Things

Liuzhou

The night falls so quickly, if the day is a piece of rice paper, then the night is the thick ink splashed by the hands of the great powers, splashed from the sky, and it feels like the whole world is blackened in an instant. Since Tu Jiajun arrived in Liuzhou, this originally prosperous city has been surprisingly quiet at night.

There are no guests in the green house, and there are no guests in the restaurant.

The rich families in the city did not dare to go out and walk around indiscriminately, and did not dare to get together, for fear that they would be targeted by the slaughtering army. Everyone has heard that when the Tujia army came from the west, the 600-mile road was completely unpopulated, and there was nothing left that could be plundered. However, it seems that Tu has not planned to attack the rich families in Liuzhou City, it seems that he intends to live here permanently, and he did not kill all the way as he did when he came.

Ye Jinnan dragged his two legs back from the camp, and his steps were as heavy as lead. He already knew what was happening outside the city during the day, and his heart felt as if he were dead.

No one believed that he had betrayed Mu Li except himself. When he was patrolling the camp, he could feel the soldiers pointing behind his back, and he couldn't put into words the pain. He didn't know how Tu knew that Mu Li was going to take advantage of the opportunity to go out of the city to train, but he knew that he definitely didn't say a word, and no one knew better than him. But now, everyone is speculating that he told Tu the secret.

Now, Ye Jinnan finally understood.

Mu Li went to his own house, Tu must know it clearly. Then let the matter go out and let everyone know that Mu Li had come to his house yesterday. Then, the rest of the speculation doesn't need anyone's help to point the way.

He couldn't explain it at all.

He didn't want to explain either.

Crossing the street, his gaze was always on his feet. In the afternoon, the news that Tu personally led his troops to slaughter Mu Li's subordinates began to spread in the city, and when he learned about it, he immediately rode out of the city to confirm that at the foot of Tengnuo Mountain, he saw dead bodies all over the place, mutilated dead bodies.

The street was so quiet, and the moonlight dragged his shadow out of the old elder. People are lonely, and shadows are so lonely.

He knew that there might be a thief in his house. Otherwise, even if Tu knew that Mu Li had come to look for him, he would not know that Mu Li wanted to escape. Someone must have died to tell Tu, otherwise Tu would not know Mu Li's plans so clearly. If there is a problem in his own family, there is a problem among Mu Li's subordinates.

Ye Jinnan was more inclined to the latter, because only two or three cronies and veterans in his family knew about it. Those veterans followed Ye Jinnan to life and death, and Ye Jinnan didn't believe that they would betray themselves and betray Mu Li.

"Are you sad?"

The voice came from the front, it seemed to be far away and it seemed to be very close, and it suddenly drilled into Ye Jinnan's ears, making his body tremble involuntarily.

Ye Jinnan raised his head and looked ahead, and found that there was a person standing in the middle of the street in front of him.

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"I'm sad too."

Tu looked at Ye Jinnan and said in a soft voice: "The reason why I haven't done it all this time is because I want to give him a chance to repent, as long as he doesn't do it, I can pretend that I don't know about it." So I've been just watching, waiting, hoping that this doesn't happen, alas...... The food backfired. ”

Tu raised his head and looked at the moon, and seemed to be really sad: "After all, he is also a person who has been friends with me for almost twenty years, and I can't bear to kill him like that." But if I don't kill him, how many people will learn from him? ”

Ye Jinnan looked at Tu deadly, if his eyes could kill, then Tu was now a corpse.

"Why pretend?"

He sneered and asked, "Even if Mu Li didn't plan to leave, you wouldn't let him go sooner or later, right?" It's not just him, you won't let go of those old people at the beginning, right? When you were in Jiangbei, when Duan Bian Xiong was fighting with the people of the imperial court, the prince sent you to lead troops to respond, but you deliberately delayed, so that Duan Bian Xiong was outnumbered and died. ”

"On the day of the first battle with the Ironclad Army, Zhu Quan led his troops to attack the enemy's left flank, and you were responsible for responding. Zhu Quan has obviously led his men and horses into the enemy formation, as long as you lead the troops to rush forward, the left flank of the enemy army will inevitably be defeated, but you didn't, you watched the ironclad army roll back and kill all the Zhu Quan's troops trapped in the enemy formation......"

"When Cui Lunhai died in battle, you also watched coldly from the sidelines, right?"

Ye Jinnan's smile was so cold: "Why is this happening?" Because you guessed that the prince would lose, right? Wang Ye and Yang were seriously injured in the battle, and you were the only one who saw it. But you didn't come back with the seriously injured prince, but returned to the camp, and the first thing you did was to take the handsome position! ”

"Now, there are only three of us left. Even if Mu Li doesn't do anything, you will kill him, so why pretend to be sorry? ”

"Man, ......"

Tu smiled and said: "Actually, it's better to be stupid, if you can't see anything and don't care about anything, you can live a long life." But...... I'm not going to kill you, you're so smart you know why, right? ”

Ye Jinnan smiled bitterly: "How could I not know?" You deliberately made people think that I betrayed Mu Li, and now the whole camp believes it and scolds me behind my back, and now I have no way to make them trust me anymore, and I don't have any threat to you, so it's the same whether you kill me or not. ”

"It's not all."

Tu smiled and said: "I have to keep one, otherwise people will scold me for being ruthless." You are alive, and when someone says that I am ruthless to my old friend in the future, I can point to you and say that it is not right, isn't there another one? Don't worry, I'm not only keeping you, I'm going to use you more, at least that's what it seems. The whole camp is saying that I am ruthless, I know, so I need someone to stand up and scold me, everyone is scolding you, and I will be clean, how good. ”

"If you don't kill me, I can kill myself."

Yejinnan Province.

Tu spread his hands: "You are free, but after you die, it is estimated that everyone will say it...... Look, the one named Ye Jinnan must have committed suicide because he couldn't stand the condemnation of his conscience, such a person really deserves to die, it's best to die. ”

Ye Jinnan's eyes flashed with despair, and he didn't know what to say.

"Let's live."

Tu turned around and walked into the depths of darkness: "There is another reason why I left you...... I need an old subordinate of Luo Yao to come down and witness with my own eyes, I am better than him, and I will do what he can't do. In the future, when you go down, tell Luo Yao how I surpassed him step by step. Whether it is cultivation or achievement, I will be higher than him. ”

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Mu Li took the water bladder handed to him by Zuo Mingcia and took a sip, this water was poured from the river, it had been half a day and the middle of the night and it looked a little astringent, since he gradually struggled from a small soldier in the left guard, he had not drunk raw water for a long time. With his status, even when he went out on the expedition, he had personal soldiers to boil water and make tea for him.

This water is not only astringent but also bitter when drunk now.

The mouth is bitter, and the heart is bitter.

"Luo Tu and the people of Tonggu Academy are very close......"

He shook his head to make his thoughts clearer: "I heard Ye Jinnan mention that he reached some kind of agreement with the people of Tonggu Academy, and the people of Tonggu Academy helped him improve his cultivation to fight with the ironclad general of the imperial court, but after he was promoted to cultivation, he did not follow the will of Tonggu Academy, but brought people to Liuzhou. Now it seems that he came to Liuzhou to secretly train a firearms battalion. ”

"The Ironclad Army's combat power is unparalleled, and its only weakness is that it is too slow. Today I saw that the power of the musket is not enough to destroy the heavy iron armor on the ironclad army, but the power of the cannon is large enough. In the case of defenselessness, the ironclad army will definitely suffer in the face of artillery. ”

He recalled for a moment and said: "I have observed during the day, there should be about twenty artillery pieces in Luo Tu's hand, and he still does not dare to fight with the ironclad army for this number. Although artillery is the nemesis of the ironclad army, there are too few of them after all. ”

"He will definitely trade with foreigners again!"

Zuo Mingcian said: "He wants to stay in Liuzhou for a while, waiting for the next batch of firearms to arrive." As far as I know, the ironclad general is going south with at least 15,000 ironclad troops, and if he wants to defeat this army, he will need at least 100 artillery pieces to be safe, and the muskets are not powerful enough, so they are used against other armies. ”

From Mu Li, Luo Tu's purpose for purchasing firearms was determined, and Zuo Mingcian had an idea in his heart: "As long as we find a way to destroy Luo Tu's transaction with foreigners, so that the number of firearms will not increase, with his current strength, he will still not be able to defeat the ironclad army." ”

"It's easy to say, with these four people under you?"

"In another ten days or so, about a few dozen of my men will come to my aid first."

Zuo Mingcia replied.

"Still not ...... enough"

Mu Li gritted his teeth: "After dawn tomorrow, I'll go out and see how many of my subordinates have escaped, if we can gather a group of people, we can rob the goods bought by Luo Tu on the way." ”

"It's not enough."

Zuo Mingcia suddenly asked, "Where is your sailor?" ”

Mu Li was stunned: "What do you mean?" ”

"Rebel against the sailor!"

Zuo Mingcian said solemnly: "General Mu, how to sabotage the transaction between Luo Tu and the foreigners is left to me, this is what we are good at." You need to do more important things, if you go to close the old department tomorrow, ten percent will be discovered by Luo Tu's people, so it is better to leave and go to the water master. As long as you can convince the general of the navy division to leave, then it is tantamount to cutting off one of Luo Tu's arms! Without a sailor, it would be difficult for him to go north, and he would not be able to avoid the ironclad army of the imperial court! ”

"Judging by the current situation......"

Zuo Mingcian analyzed: "Whether the people of Tonggu Academy win or the imperial court ironclad army wins, the next target is Luo Tu." That's why Luo Tu was in a hurry to buy firearms, he was preparing for a decisive battle with the winner between Tonggu Academy and the imperial court. Once he wins, he will be able to control the whole of Jiangnan, and then gradually develop his strength, and eventually cross the river to the north......"

"Even if he loses in the decisive battle in the future, he has nothing to worry about with the sailor here, it's a big deal to go back to Jiangbei...... So, I beg General Mu to take a trip to the Sailors! ”

Zuo Mingcian hugged his fists and said: "If you can plot against the water division, General Mu doesn't have to come back, just take the water division to Huangyang Road to join my lord, and take the water division over, General Mu will definitely be able to easily gain a foothold in the Black Flag Army." My lord is benevolent and righteous, General Mu should know what is the best choice! ”

Mu Li was silent for a while and then nodded heavily: "Okay, I'll go east as soon as it's dawn, and now the fleet of sailors is docked on the Dahong River, about one hundred and seventy miles away from here, if I hurry up three or four days, I can get there." Although Zheng Qiu, the general of the water division, and I did not have a deep relationship, this person was already dissatisfied with Luo Tu. I'm 60% sure of convincing him, but you have to come with me......"

Mu Li said: "You are a member of the Black Flag Army, your words have more weight than me!" ”

Zuo Mingcian nodded after thinking about it, and couldn't help but be excited in his heart. He said that he didn't expect that when he arrived in Liuzhou, he not only found out about Luo Tu's purchase of firearms, but also had the opportunity to make such a huge contribution. Once he can instigate Luo Tu's sailors to defect, it will be tantamount to adding a huge combat power to the Black Flag Army.

He swallowed a mouthful of spit, and suddenly realized that he had the potential to change the pattern of the world.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile and muttered, "I'm a little person...... I'm going to do big things. ”