Chapter 55: The Whole Team

Yang Yulin hadn't heard enough and asked, "Is there anything else?" Let's talk about it again. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "That's too much, what purple qi comes from the east, Gongsun Baima, etc., I will have the opportunity to tell you slowly in the future!" Let's look over there, what does the notice just posted? The three of them squeezed over to see a notice that had just been posted. After reading it, Zhang Zhimu and Chen Yufeng both laughed. It turned out to be a notice posted by the garrison, saying that the bandits on the west side of the Hangu Ancient Road had been exterminated by the officials and troops of Hangu Pass, and the merchants who came and went could pass with confidence.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Did I say that prices should rise? Yang Yulin asked puzzledly: "What does this have to do with prices?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "You don't understand this, there were bandits in the past, the trade route was not passable, there were many merchants, and the goods brought by them could not be transported, so they had to be disposed of here, but no one else could transport them here, buy less and sell more, do you say that things can not be cheap?" Today's notice is posted, the trade route is open, and the goods can be transported to earn silver, and the goods are not valuable? ”

Yang Yulin said: "Oh, why didn't I think of this layer." Chen Yufeng said in his words: "Your mind is not on this." Yang Yulin didn't say anything.

Back at the inn, Lu Chengxiang, Yan Boju and others also walked around the market and came back. Lu Chengxiang said: "Some of the goods seized from the bandits can be sold, but the price will not be too good. Lin Xinmin also came over and said: "The current goods are not easy to sell in Hanguguan, and if you want to sell, you have to be cheaper." Zhang Zhimu said: "Didn't I tell you? Tomorrow the price of goods will rise. Said that there are goods that should be sold tomorrow afternoon. The day after tomorrow, we set off early in the morning to continue our journey. Lu Chengxiang and the others still didn't understand what Zhang Zhimu meant, and asked: "Tomorrow afternoon, so many goods, what if you can't handle them all at once?" Yang Yulin saw that these stuffy gourd heads were still not enlightened, so she couldn't help but explain the explanation Zhang Zhimu gave him. At this time, everyone woke up like a dream, and it was really better to sigh to themselves.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Don't sell half of the captured carriages, and don't sell all the wooden poles." After a while, he called Lu Qi over and asked him to lead people to hurry up, do some rejection of horses, and pull them in the car. Yan Boju said, "Why do you get some of those things, we won't give them to defend the city." Zhang Zhimu said: "Everyone will know when the time comes." ”

As soon as the morning dawned, Lu Chengxiang and the others went to the market, and Zhang Zhimu took Yang Yulin to visit the guards again, saying that they would leave tomorrow morning and come to say goodbye. Of course, a gift will be given. The garrison Li Jing politely accepted it. Zhang Zhimu asked: "My lord, our road ahead is still very dangerous, but we have extra shields, we want to buy some." Li Jing said: "The management of goods in the army is very strict, and I dare not sell them." There are spies in the East Factory everywhere, and if you are not careful, you will suffer a big loss. However, Curry still has some old shields, and I think I can use them if I can make do with them, and I will send someone to deliver them to you quietly at night, and you will hide in the car and keep quiet. Zhang Zhimu was very moved and felt that this gift was not in vain.

When Zhang Zhimu returned to the inn, Lu Chengxiang and others came back one after another, saying: "The price of goods this morning has doubled compared with yesterday. Zhang Zhimu said: "It has to rise in the afternoon, but when you go out in the afternoon, you have to sell the goods whether it rises or not." Zhang Zhimu asked why he hadn't seen Uncle Yan, and Liu Yun said: "He, he is more intimate with horses than people, and he can't do without his horses." I really don't know if his old man will be able to follow these horses when they are sold. Zhang Zhimu also had fun with everyone.

After eating at noon, Lu Chengxiang and the others all went out without resting. Zhang Zhimu and Chen Yufeng took Liu Yun, Li Wei, Li Jing, and Yang Yulin to go shopping for the scenery together. This time, Zhang Zhimu led a few people to climb the Hangu Pass Tower again and took a look. Zhang Zhimu asked Liu Yun: "If you are asked to guard this pass, how many people do you need?" Liu Yun said, "It is enough to give me 500 musketeers." Zhang Zhimu said: "It's just you, but no one dares to hand this pass over to you." This level is a one-man pass. However, if people put multiple red-coated cannons out of the range of your muskets, shoot continuously with cannons, and blast your city wall all the way open, and then send people to engage in crowd tactics, and when the barrels of your guns are hot, you can't shoot. What else can you do? Li Wei said: "Our defenders are condescending, we can fire the enemy first, and we will shoot farther than the enemy at the same range." This makes it possible to knock out enemy artillery. Besides, such a path, no matter how many enemies there are, he can't do crowd tactics, and he can't use them. In fact, Zhang Zhimu just wants everyone to come up and take a look, and they all use their brains. In fact, Liu Yun's defense will not be stupid to that extent, let the family blow up his city, and he can't think of a way. Several people discussed the topography of this Hangu Pass and the advantages and disadvantages of defense. In the end, Zhang Zhimu said: "I didn't let everyone help with those business matters today, but there is a big matter to discuss." We arrived here from Tongguan, although we encountered a small group of bandits, and we were easily exterminated. But the biggest threat has not yet appeared, according to Lin Xinmin, King Chuang's troops are between this Hangu Pass and Shaanzhou. That's our rival, and they built a stockade by the roadside, where they have been for a long time. The officers and soldiers couldn't help them. I think we have such a large caravan, they will not let us go easily. We must be prepared to take advantage of our firearms and gain local superiority to cover the caravan rush. So when she goes on the road tomorrow, Li Jing will take a few people in front to inquire from a distance, report something early, and be prepared later. When they really wanted to attack, Liu Yun and Li Wei led the team to open the way in front, bringing some muskets and bow mines. Prepare some ** bags or bow mines to bundle together, and if there is an obstacle, explode it. In short, if there is an interception, it is necessary to rush away regardless of the cost, do not care about the back, just rush forward. Li Jing took your two sharpshooters and broke off with me and Uncle Chen. Everyone heard Zhang Zhimu say this, and they all added some opinions. Zhang Zhimu is the happiest at this point, seeing that everyone is growing up in the battle, and becoming more assertive and confident, this is more important than anything else.

Several people returned to the inn, but they didn't expect Lu Chengxiang and others to come back long ago. As soon as he saw Zhang Zhimu and Lu Chengxiang, he arched his hand and said, "I'm really convinced." Now the price of goods in this Hanguguan has simply risen insanely. Our goods were all sold out at once. If we weren't in a hurry, we could have sold more. Zhang Zhimu said that this is very good. Lin Xinmin also came over and said that he had also sold his goods, and he also got a very satisfactory price. The horsemen he hired also came to say goodbye, saying that if Zhang Zhimu hadn't compensated Lin Xinmin for the horses, they would have been involved. Now, their horses have been hired, and they will run to Tongguan early tomorrow morning. Now it's time to quit, and Zhang Zhimu also wishes everyone a smooth journey. Now Zhang Zhimu is most worried about whether Li Jing can get the shield at night.

Zhang Zhimu and Chen Yufeng came to the big courtyard where the horses and goods were kept. Lu Qi came over and said that he had made a total of more than a dozen rejections. According to Zhang Zhimu's requirements, it was made into a triangle and placed on the ground to stand on either side. Zhang Zhimu said yes and tied it to the carriage. He also commanded that two wagons should be left empty, and that they should be padded without pulling goods. said that if there are wounded, they will be used, unlike others, Zhang Zhimu has already entered a wartime state in his heart, and everything is preparing for the upcoming war.

When Zhang Zhimu returned to the inn, Yang Yulin said: "When it was just dark, a few people with their faces covered came, put down a bunch of shields and left. I clicked, and there were thirty-five. ”

Zhang Zhimu took a look at the shield, although it was not new, it was no problem to use. I thought that this Li Jing was still very trustworthy, and he was also very cautious. It seems that everyone has their own difficulties. It's just that the shield money hasn't been given yet. Thinking about it again, this money is compared with the gift money, forget it.

The next day, Zhang Zhimu and the others had eaten early, came to the compound where the horses and goods were placed, and watched everyone tie up the goods. At this time, Yang Yulin, Lu Chengxiang and others settled the accounts of the inn and came over. Yang Yulin also led two people. One of them is Liu Wenbin, the head of the Hanguguan Sihai Dart Bureau, who is an old friend of Yang Yulin's father, and Yang Yulin took the time to visit him yesterday. Coming together was Zhao Xilai, the director of the Yuandart Bureau in Jinan Fuzhen. They all have a caravan and want to go with Zhang Zhimu. At this time, Chen Yufeng came over, Yang Yulin hurriedly introduced the two, and when the two heard that it was Chen Yufeng, the "Mountain Harrier", they hurriedly gave a salute and saw it. Only then did Zhang Zhimu know that Chen Yufeng was really famous.

Chen Yufeng said: "The rules of the dart game, I don't think I need to say, generally there are no darts together, because each dart bureau has its own way, incompatible with each other, and does not belong to each other, even together, it is difficult to act in unison." But now is a special period, you have thought about it, if you want to go with us, you must listen to our unified arrangement. If there is an accident that is afraid of death and runs away, it must be self-judged. The two who came said: "Since we have come to ask the old hero to take us on this journey, we must obey the arrangement, if any of our people retreat from the battle, there is no need to cut themselves, and our brothers will solve it on the spot." "It turned out that the two of them, one of them had a dart to be escorted back to Jinan Mansion, and they were all escorted out of Hanguguan, but they were trapped in Hanguguan for many days and didn't dare to leave. As soon as they heard that Zhang Zhimu was going to break out, how could they miss this opportunity to go with them. It was decided to meet in front of the pass, and the two thanked Yang Yulin and left.

When Zhang Zhimu came to the front of the pass with the team, he was startled. Looking at the front of the gate, there were four or five hundred horses parked, and there were many carriages. Chen Yufeng and Liu Yun went over first. I'll be back in a minute. It turned out that these were not all caravans of the two dart boards, there were many merchants who had been trapped in this Hangu Pass for a long time, some were caravans, some were horses, and some were pedestrians on foot. They had already heard that the gang of bandits had been exterminated by these people in Yaogang, and they knew that they were going to leave the customs today, and they felt that it was safer to follow them. When we had the opportunity to go out together, we all followed. Zhang Zhimu said: "This can't be done, if you don't organize it, so many people and horses will be in a mess, but it will be out of control." He said to Liu Yun again: "In the past, find all the heads they can have the final say, and discuss them together."

After a while, more than a dozen people came over, and Zhang Zhimu said: "I know everyone, they all want to go together." But you have already seen that so many people, if they are not well organized, not to mention the thieves on the road, there is a little wind and grass, and if they are in chaos, they will be out of control. Now we have to figure out how to organize. I think so, it's too late to organize the details. We and the two dart boards are responsible for safety issues. The caravan in the middle must arrange the order of march, listen to the command in case of trouble, and kill those who do not obey the command. Otherwise, don't follow. Can you do it? Everyone replied, "Yes." Chen Yufeng said: "Now we will open the way, and the caravans will follow." Zhao Xilai is the master of the bureau and your dart master is responsible for the break, and Liu Wenbin is in the center to maintain the order of the caravan, and those who do not obey the order will be killed. Do you get it? "Understood!" Everyone answered. Zhang Zhimu said: "Okay, Liu Wenbin will arrange the order of the caravan behind, everyone go back and report it, and stand by." ”