Chapter 292: Medicine King Valley Horse Farm
The name of Yaowang Valley comes from the Yaowang Temple at the mouth of the valley. I don't know what generation this temple was built in, but after continuous repairs, it now has a large scale. It's just that since the military of the Daimyo Mansion requisitioned this place as a horse breeding farm, this Yakuo Temple has become a camp for the garrison.
This horse farm is not only the base of the military horses of the Daimyofu, but also the supply of military horses from all over Hebei, at most there are five or six thousand war horses, and now there are more than 3,000 horses.
There are 500 garrisons stationed in the Yaowanggu Racecourse, and the general is called Zheng Liang, who was originally a dispensable general among the officers and soldiers of the Daimyo Mansion, but this person is good at drilling camps, and later took the path of Li Cheng, the capital supervisor, to get this fat shortage. But what he didn't expect was that although he had the highest position in this horse farm, his power was not the greatest, and it turned out that there was a person sent by the Liang family in this horse farm, called Liang Jin, but he was the son and nephew of Liang Shibao, the head of the Liang Mansion. Zheng Liang saw it in his eyes but couldn't hold it in his hand, and sometimes he would inevitably speak ill of each other, and the two of them would be incompatible after a long time.
No, Zheng Liang and Na Liang Jin just had another big quarrel a few days ago. It turned out that a merchant from Jingdong came a few days ago, and he didn't know how to catch up with Liang Jin, and the two sides discussed the war horse deal in private. Zheng Liang knew about it through his eyeliner, so he came to the door to ask, who knew that this Liang Jin was not afraid at all, but said that it was the order of the Xianggong, and he just obeyed the order. But when Zheng Liang asked for the papers, the guy said that it was not appropriate to show the fate of the minister, and the two quarreled at that time.
After the Liangshan people and horses came to the city, the Yaowang Valley also got the news, and they were also worried that the thieves would come to take the horses, so the two of them stopped for some time. But after a few days, there was no movement on the part of Beijing, and it slowly relaxed, and then unanimously turned into internal antagonism.
At noon that day, Liang Jin was very happy after scolding Zheng Liang, so he took his two cronies to ride out of the valley on horseback, preparing to have two drinks at a tavern in a nearby village. When he was leaving the valley, he saw a rider coming towards him, and shouted at him:
"In person, it's the Liang of the Medicine King Valley?"
Liang Jin was surprised when he heard this, and thought to himself who this was and how he knew me. Then he patted the horse closer, and after a closer look, it seemed that he was a little familiar, and when he was thinking, the man spoke again.
"Director Liang is a noble person who forgets things, and the small one is the personal companion of the shopkeeper of Jingdong Wu, and the person who followed the shopkeeper has seen the master many times before."
Liang Jin said that he suddenly remembered the Jingdong businessman surnamed Wu he met a few days ago, and there was really such a person by his side at that time. Immediately said:
"Where is your treasurer? Why didn't we see each other for many days? ”
"My shopkeeper really arrived early, but suddenly heard that the Liangshan people attacked Beijing City, worried about the horse farm, so he stopped to watch for a few days, and then saw that it was not very important, so he came in a hurry, and now he rested in the hotel where he met before, because he was worried that General Zheng would be unhappy, so he came in with a small one to ask the master to come out to see."
"The little official surnamed Zheng is a big fart, what kind of bird general is he, I am afraid that he will do something, and lead the way, and go to meet your shopkeeper."
After hearing this, Liang Jin sneered and followed.
Yaowangzhuang is located on the side of the mountain in the east of Yaowang Valley, and there are only thirty or fifty families in the village. There is a tavern in this village, which is also a business for officers and soldiers and officials in the racecourse.
Wu Yong took the personnel of the intelligence department a few days ago, and it was in this shop that he met Liang Jin, who came to drink, he saw that this person was not like a villager, but he secretly inquired about the head of the horse farm, and he had a plan at that time, so he pretended to be the shopkeeper of Jingdong and Liang Jintao. That Liang Jin didn't know what the plan was, he saw that the other party was diligent and generous, and he knew how to advance and retreat, so he couldn't help but have a good impression. Later, when he was drunk, the shopkeeper took out a large deposit and offered to buy a war horse, and he agreed without thinking about it.
After yesterday decided to attack the city tonight, Wu Yong immediately asked Gu Haotian to take people to the Medicine King Valley to seize the horse, since he arrived in Liangshan, he has not been able to show his skills, he needs a great achievement to prove himself, the three thousand war horses in the Medicine King Valley are just right.
Gu Haotian responded without saying a word, and also dispatched 300 people from Huai Shupo to listen to his dispatch, and asked Duan Jingzhu and more than 50 people in the caravan to accompany him.
Because he had to act before the city was broken, he gathered all the people that night, and Wu Yong led people to the Medicine King Valley early this morning. Before midnight in the morning, they rushed to the periphery of Yaowang Valley, and Wu Yong placed the three hundred men of Yusheng in a valley that had been selected earlier, and then took Duan Jingzhu and others to Yaowangzhuang.
At this time, it was nearly noon, and Wu Yong was sitting in the tavern in Zhuangkou, reflecting on his plan for tonight over and over again, and he must not let himself lead the troops out of trouble for the first time. When I was thinking, I heard an excited call from outside.
"Why hasn't Shopkeeper Wu come for a long time, so that my brother and I miss it so much."
"I happened to encounter some things on the way, and I was delayed for a few days, and I hope that the principal will not be surprised, and the store has prepared wine and food, and I salute three glasses to make amends."
As soon as Wu Yong heard it, he knew that Liang had entered, and hurriedly got up to greet him.
At noon, the two drank bitterly, and after they were full of wine and food, Wu Yong took out a silver ticket and said:
"This time, I brought 10,000 taels of silver tickets, and I also brought enough manpower, if it is convenient for the principal, I will buy all the horses and leave nothing, and as for the price, the principal will decide."
Liang Jin was stunned when he heard this, he secretly sold horses in the past, and only dozens of taels or hundreds of taels came and went, and when did he see a huge sum of 10,000 taels. He grabbed the silver ticket, and when he saw that it was indeed the ticket of Huitong Money Bank in Beijing, his heart couldn't help jumping up with "Bu Tong, Bu Tong", this is a great fortune! If you become a life, you will have no worries about food and clothing. But after thinking about it, he was worried again, there were a lot of horses in the racecourse, but with Zheng Liang's house, he still got a few horses, but if it was more than a hundred horses, it was impossible.
When Liang Jin was thinking hard, he only heard the shopkeeper Wu ask in a whisper:
"The chief is worried that General Zheng will get in the way?"
"No, there are many horses, and this guy will not let go if he knows it."
Liang Jin did not evade, and immediately told him bluntly.
Shopkeeper Wu was not surprised when he heard this, but said mysteriously:
"It used to be troublesome, but now it's not difficult."
"If you have a plan, come on!" Liang Jin saw that he hurriedly urged.
"At the moment when Liangshan soldiers and horses are attacking the city, only one person needs to report to General Zheng, saying that the city is in urgent need of war horses, and he will personally escort some to send them, and he must not obediently obey orders."
"That's a great plan!" Liang Jin was overjoyed when he heard this, but then he fell down again, and heard him say, "In a hurry, where did this military order come from?" ”
"There's nothing to worry about."
I saw that the shopkeeper Wu smiled calmly and took out a piece of paper from his side. Liang Jin took it and saw that it was a fake military Chinese book, and he was stunned for a while, and couldn't help but show a puzzled look. "The principal doesn't need to be suspicious, but after hearing that you and General Zheng were at odds that day, I thought that it would not be easy to buy a lot of horses this time, so I spent 1,000 taels of silver and asked someone to buy one in the army, and I didn't want to use it."
It turned out that after Wu Yong was ordered to explore the horse farm, he planned this matter wholeheartedly, and this military Chinese book was stolen by him at the request of Shi Qian, and of course the text on it was written by himself.
Liang Jin thought about the 10,000 taels of silver tickets, and knew that the daimyo officialdom was corrupt everywhere, so he actually believed it.
At that moment, the two discussed some details, and Liang Jin went back with the paperwork.
Let's say that Guo Liang had another quarrel with Liang Jin in the morning, and he was not in a good mood, so he drank two suffocating wines at noon, and took a nap in Yaowang Temple. Before long, he had just woken up, only to see his old rival Liang Jin hurriedly enter his yard, he thought that this guy was quarreling again, and immediately lowered his face and prepared to fight.
"The surname is Guo, I didn't quarrel with you this time, there was an emergency military order in the city, and I just happened to pick it up at the entrance of Yaowang Village, so I quickly sent it to you, and I have a good life."
As soon as Guo Liang heard the secret Daoqi, he took it and took a look, sure enough, it was a military Chinese book, and he saw that it was written: Sneak attack on the thief Kou tonight, there is a shortage of three hundred war horses, and Guo Liang personally brought a hundred elites to the city before tonight.
"But who sent it, and why didn't you come to see me in person?"
Guo Liang watched it for a long time, but he couldn't find anything wrong, but he didn't trust Liang Jin, so he couldn't help but ask again.
"You don't know the hearts of good people, I just took it over because of his hard work, let him return early, you must know that we are also Liang Xiang's family, Beijing City is not guarded, the master is bigger than you, the letter is delivered, believe it or not."
When Liang Jin saw that Guo Liang questioned him, he was immediately annoyed, scolded him, and turned around to leave.
"Stop!"
Just when Liang Jin was about to leave, Guo Liang spoke, in fact, he just heard the words "Liang Xiang's family", and he believed it in his heart, thinking that if he lied about the military situation and let the Liangshan people break through Beijing City, the first one to suffer was really his Liang family, and this document did not seem to be a fraud, so he drank him.
"Director Liang, now is not the time to be angry, there is not much time, hurry up and choose a war horse with me."
"You have a lot of things to do, and it's up to you to do it today."
Liang Jin saw that Guo Liangxin had believed it, so he stopped, but a smile couldn't help but flow out of the corner of his eyes.
Three hundred war horses, the two of them took their men to pick and choose, and they were selected in the afternoon, and then a hundred people were mobilized, and Guo Liang set off. Liang Jin stood in front of the Yaowang Temple, with a successful plan in front of him, thinking that the ten thousand taels of silver was about to arrive, his heart was very happy, so he immediately rushed to Yaowang Village with his cronies to pick up Shopkeeper Wu and others.
Let's say, Guo Liang and his entourage drove the war horse for more than an hour and a half, and came to an unknown valley, it was dinner time, everyone hurried out in the afternoon, and they didn't eat anything. Guo Liang saw that there was still plenty of time, so he ordered to bury the pot and cook. After a while, the meal was cooked and the food was hot, and a group of sergeants rushed up to eat and drink.
However, at this moment, the three hundred war horses raised on one side suddenly ran towards this side like crazy, and the sergeants who were eating were shocked, and one of them threw away his bowl and spoon desperately to dodge. Who knew that when they had just escaped the catastrophe and were still in shock, a group of fierce men with spears appeared behind the horses, and when the officers and soldiers were stunned, they were surrounded tightly in an instant, and the next result was naturally self-evident.
In the Valley of the Medicine King, after Guo Liang left, Liang Jin was unrestrained, he immediately invited the shopkeeper Wu and his party into the racecourse, and took his cronies to choose a horse. It's just that some of the subordinates of the shopkeeper Wu are all people who know horses, and they choose from east to west in the horse herd, and only when the lights are lit do they choose more than 100 horses.
Then the shopkeeper Wu said that there was a battle outside, and he was not at ease on the road, so he hired dozens of guards outside the valley to let him in.
Liang Jin was holding 10,000 taels of silver tickets in his hand and was crazy, thinking a lot there, and immediately answered, he knew this response, but put in a group of evil tigers. That night, hundreds of people in the Medicine King Valley were slaughtered, and three thousand war horses were also swept away.