The news of Guo Bin's opening of a newspaper made the wealthy businessmen of the Central Plains rejoice, and they were able to publish articles and even go down in history, what a high honor it is!

Seeing the excited and happy crowd hugging out of the yamen with high emotions, Su Shuang looked stunned. He muttered, "This, what's going on?" ”

Guo Jia saw it, so he stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Su Shuangyi was agitated and said, "Isn't it to inform the wealthy businessmen today about the situation of Xianbei Dadan Yu Helian coming to attack?" Isn't it to stabilize people's hearts? But the lord only reported the approximate strength of Helian, and as for how to retreat from the enemy and how to respond in the city, he did not mention a word. ”

Guo Jia smiled and said, "Then you say, do we need the material support of these wealthy businessmen?" After today, will these Central Plains wealthy businessmen shout to leave? ”

Su Shuang said: "Naturally, it won't, the lord said this time, they are afraid that they will do their best to help defend the city, where will they still think about leaving?" ”

Guo Jia said: "Yes, the lord Yu Xianbei Dashan Yu Helian did not hide the slightest thing about coming to attack, and did not mention a word about how to resist the attack of the Xianbei people, what would those wealthy businessmen think?" ”

Su Shuangdao: "The lord did not hide the attack of Helian, and told everyone in a grand manner, which shows that the lord did not take it seriously." And the fact that there is no mention of how to deal with the attack of the Xianbei people shows that the lord is extremely confident in this battle and must have a backup move. With the great reputation of the lord in the south and the north, what else is there to worry about? I think back then, the lord could come and go freely in the 200,000 yellow turban camp! ”

The more Su Shuang spoke, the more excited he became, and his eyes gradually lit up. He really didn't expect that Guo Bin's banquet, although he didn't mention a word of stabilizing people's hearts and cheering everyone up, just imagined the future, but everyone was at ease in their hearts, and this method of turning the clouds and rain was really admirable.

Although Xi Zhicai, who was sitting on the side, did not speak, the admiration in his heart was more than that of Su Shuang. If Guo Bin did not put the 50,000 troops of Xianbei Dadan Yu Helian in his eyes, relying on his prior planning, showing his sky-high arrogance and extremely high pattern, then he did not mention the strategy of this battle in a single word at the banquet, and really did not open his mouth to ask for support from these Central Plains wealthy merchants, showing his bearing in a high position.

If it is according to the worst plan, once the three cities outside the Saiwai really reach the critical juncture of survival, Guo Bin will definitely unceremoniously attack the Xianbei and Han caravans in the city, but now there is no mention of asking for help, which shows that he has basically adapted to his current status. Guo Bin is no longer the immature and slightly ignorant owner of Fulong Villa at the beginning, but a generation of male owners who now control the fate and future of dozens or nearly millions of people.

"Today's lord is really getting more and more secure." Xi Zhicai thought secretly.

In the trading house, in the face of the interrogation of dozens of Xianbei nobles, Zhang Shiping was a little overwhelmed.

The Xianbei tribes belong to the same origin as Da Dan Yu and Lian, and in the final analysis, He Lian is their nominal leader. Even nowadays, many tribes are not very good at dealing with Helian, but on the grassland where the size of the fist determines the weight of your words, Helian, who has nearly 50,000 people in charge of the strings, is still very respected by the small and medium-sized tribes among the Xianbei people. What's more, now they are in the city of the Han people, and the soldiers under their hands are only a few hundred, and the few are only one or two hundred, and the warehouses are full of goods that have not had time to be replaced, or the products of the Central Plains that have been exchanged. Once Helian leads a large army to attack, it is good that the city can be defended, but if it can't be defended, none of the people in the city will be able to escape.

According to the rules of the steppe, after the end of the war, all the captives became the private property of the victors, who cares if you were the leader of the Xianbei tribe before? Moreover, with Helian's greed, the materials in this city will probably become in his pocket. Otherwise, why would he send a large army to encircle and suppress him?

The situation faced by these Xianbei people and the Han caravans is very different, and the biggest difference is that the Xianbei people are all native to their hometown. They are familiar with the terrain and know how to hide in the grasslands, and if they can't hide, they can even go directly to the company with unfinished goods. After all, they are the chiefs of the tribe, and they go to the army to treat the division together, which is also very face-saving, isn't it?

Besides, Helian came this time, isn't it just for the supplies in the three cities outside the Saiwai? Instead of staying in the city and being captured by Helian's generals, it is better to take the initiative and give the materials with both hands, and at that time, they can still have a good reputation, so what reason does Helian have to make things difficult for them?

Therefore, compared with the Han trading team in the Central Plains, these Xianbei people have a way back in the face of this crisis. However, the premise of these back roads is to be able to get out of the city.

Looking at the Xianbei chieftains below who were as noisy as boiling water, Zhang Shiping had a headache. Since Mao Sui recommended himself to persuade the leaders of the Xianbei tribes, although he has also thought of a lot of ideas and secretly organized a lot of rhetoric in his heart, but now it seems to be completely useless.

For Zhang Shiping's painstaking persuasion, the Xianbei chieftains who grew up on horseback did not listen at all. Now that Sha Hanlin is in the lead, the already unruly Xianbei chieftains are becoming more and more arrogant. Shahanlin even drew his saber and shouted to rush out of the city.

Just when Guo Bin was sketching out a beautiful blueprint for the business elites of the Central Plains Trading Team, something happened to the trading house: Zhang Shiping did not control the situation, and a group of Xianbei chieftains rushed out of the trading house under the instigation of Sha Hanlin, beckoning his soldiers to rush out of the city.

In all fairness, Zhang Shiping has been in business for many years, trafficking horses between the Central Plains and Saiwai, and is accustomed to seeing the arrogance and rudeness of the Xianbei people, so his means of dealing with it are still old. But after all, he is just a businessman, although he is not as weak as ordinary Central Plains businessmen, but in the face of the "Steppe Wolf King" who chooses people to devour one after another at a critical moment of survival, he is quite helpless at this time.

There was no way, so he had to rush to the yamen and report the news to Guo Bin. Guo Bin, who heard the news, had already finished the banquet, his face remained unchanged, and he asked, "Where are the Xianbei rebels?" ”

Zhang Shiping said: "Back to the lord, they are going to the direction of the warehouse, thinking that they are going to leave the city with the goods!" ”

Su Shuang said: "Oh no, if you let these people leave the city, I'm afraid they will go straight to the company headquarters to report the news." Then we went to great lengths to detain Qianman for a few days, isn't it in vain? ”

Hearing this, Zhang Shiping said unchanged: "Lord, do you act according to the plan?" ”

Su Shuang said to Guo Bin: "My lord, the defenders in the city are ready to stop, and the four city gates are firmly guarded in our hands. ”

Guo Bin nodded and said, "That's how it works." In addition to guarding the gates of the city, they must also send additional men to the horse roads everywhere to guard it firmly, in case they take the opportunity to seize the city! ”

The so-called "horse road" refers to the ramp built on the inside of the castle platform, which is a passage for riding horses to the city. Its main function is to transport soldiers, food, grass and weapons. Although the scale of the three cities outside the Saiwai is not very large, and the city walls are not very high, the various infrastructure in them is extremely complete.

And a dry arrangement on the city wall, prevent the outside but not the inside, if the Xianbei people climb the city wall from the horse road and take away the city gate, it will really be a big mess.

But all of this is in Guo Bin and Xi Zhicai, otherwise how could he only send Zhang Shiping to persuade Xianbei people? If I send Xi Zhicai over, supplemented by the bravery of Guan and Zhang, I dare not say that it is for my use, at least it is not a problem to stabilize these unruly Xianbei chieftains.

So he knew that this was the case, but he still wanted Zhang Shiping to go alone, in order to lure out Qian Man's inner response in the city. As for how to identify, it's very simple, the leader, the most ferocious is naturally the one.

Although it is in the middle of the city, the central city was originally built as a trading city, and its streets are extremely wide. At the city gate, in order to avoid crowding when entering and exiting the city gate, a very wide open space was deliberately left. The clearing was crowded with Xianbei guards armed with swords, and along the streets were hundreds of wagons laden with goods.

When Guo Bin personally led his 700 subordinates to the north gate of the central city, the situation was already on the verge of breaking out. If it weren't for the deterrence of the soldiers with big bows on the city walls, the two sides would have already taken action. Guo Bin looked around, and saw that the leader was a burly guy with a full face, babbling Xianbei words that Guo Bin couldn't understand at all, and just behind him, there was a Han family soldier who was controlled, and was thrown to the ground by five flowers. There was a worn-out piece of animal fur stuffed in his mouth, and he couldn't say a word.

Nearly 1,000 of Sha Hanlin's subordinates followed him closely, and this Han family soldier who was controlled was captured by Sha Hanlin himself.

Although the number of this Shahanlin tribe is small, it is highly valued by Dadan Yu Helian, and the reason for this is this person's bravery. He was different from ordinary people since he was a child, he could fight adult goats at the age of five, at the age of nine he killed a steppe wolf that broke into the sheepfold alone, and at the age of fifteen he led a dozen people to kill nearly a hundred horse thieves. Since then, his reputation for the fierceness of Shahanlin has spread all over the grassland.

At this time, there was not a single carriage loaded with supplies around his nearly 1,000 people, so he knew that there would be a conflict at this time, so he did not bring too many goods to exchange. Or maybe the goods exchanged have been handed over to the departing Qianman, so that he can easily let go and do a big job. It is ideal to turn the central city upside down, and even directly take away the city gate.

Looking at the guards on the city wall with their longbows drawn, Sha Hanlin was not afraid, and he ordered his sergeants to also draw their bows and confront the Han army, but he himself frequently turned back, as if he was looking at something.

Guo Bin knows in his heart, I'm afraid that this Sha Hanlin is looking at how many chiefs of the Xianbei tribes come, only if there are enough people, once they break through the obstacles of the Han army, they can hold the city gate for a long time, and even directly take down the central city.