Chapter Eighty-Four: Taishou's Procrastination
Liu Ji and Zhao Mincheng, the Taishou of Geshan County, and more than a dozen military officials under the command of Cangyuan City, after drinking three rounds of dishes and five flavors, Liu Ji saw that Zhao Mincheng did not mention a word about his property, so Liu Ji took the initiative to say to Zhao Mincheng: "Zhao Taishou, presumably Zhao Hanzhi's subordinates have already reported to you, at the beginning, Lord Zhao Hanzhi on behalf of the Geshan Zhao family, promised to give the next property, as a solution to the hardship of Cangyuan City, before coming to Cangyuan City, Lord Zhao Hanzhi has paid in the next part, the remaining part, Lord Zhao Hanzhi said, Zhao Taishou will pay it off! ā
Zhao Mincheng stroked his beard and said with a smile: "My seventh brother's subordinates have already told the official, Captain Liu rest assured, the remaining 10,000 taels of gold, 300 war horses, 400 iron armor, 700 leather armor, 800 seven-bucket bows and 70,000 arrows, the official has sent someone to start preparations, and it must be sent to Captain Liu's camp outside the city as soon as possible, but there are a lot of things that need to be prepared, and Captain Liu has to allow his official some time." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½ā
When Liu Ji heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "Then thank you Zhao Taishou, I still need to lead the troops to the border of Qianzhou, and I also ask Zhao Taishou to hurry up and send those belongings to the camp outside the city." ā
After the banquet, Liu Ji took Su Lie and his six generals to leave the Taishou Mansion, and the Cangyuan City Lord Bo He Qi then came to Zhao Mincheng's side, hesitated for a moment and said: "Lord, this Liu Ji has thousands of elites under his command, if we don't give them that property, if he waves his troops to attack our Cangyuan City, things will be bad!" ā
Zhao Mincheng stroked his beard and said: "In the banquet just now, although I didn't find out the origin of this Liu Ji, but from his speech and demeanor, it can be seen that at most it is from the small family or the Haoqiang family, such a person, our Geshan Zhao family is not afraid, and people from such a background do not dare to raise troops to attack Cangyuan City, in that case, it is equivalent to rebellion, and it will affect the entire family, as long as it drags on, that Liu Ji will have to get out obediently in the end!" ā
Lord Bo He Qi nodded slowly, hoping that in the end it could be the same as what Taishou had planned, otherwise Cangyuan City, which had just experienced a big war, would really not be able to toss.
After Liu Ji took Su Lie and his six generals out of Cangyuan City, they returned to the camp outside the city, and in the next two days, Liu Ji's main energy was put on the newly recruited Liukou prisoners.
There were more than 2,700 prisoners who were forcibly recruited, most of whom were young and middle-aged, and in the end, more than 2,200 people were selected to become soldiers, and the remaining nearly 500 people became auxiliaries.
In this battle outside Cangyuan City, there were more than 400 war horses captured, and the original cavalry under Liu Ji lost nearly 200 people, and some war horses were also scrapped, but there were still more than 400 left, and then counting the 200 war horses that Quyang County Commander Zhao Hanzhi had given, so that now Liu Ji has more than 1,000 war horses in his hands, so Liu Ji transferred some of the rogues and the previous soldiers to join the cavalry, forming a thousand horses, and there are more than 40 idle war horses left.
However, many of the rogue prisoners and original soldiers who were newly transferred to the cavalry had never even ridden horses before, and the thousand cavalry under Liu Ji could fight in a short period of time, not even one-third.
There are more than 300 pieces of iron armor captured in this battle, nearly 900 pieces of leather armor, more than 300 bows, and thousands of weapons of various kinds, of which all the armor was issued to the soldiers, but counting the armor of the previous soldiers, there is still a gap of almost 800, if Zhao Mincheng, the Taishou of Geshan County, sent over the remaining hard work of rescuing Cangyuan City, then the 4,500 soldiers under Liu Ji will all be armored.
The problem is that two days have passed, and Zhao Mincheng still hasn't sent those belongings over, in a cloth tent in the south of the camp outside Cangyuan City, Liu Ji asked Mu Shun, the newly summoned general, with a gloomy face: "After you entered the city, did you see that Zhao Taishou?" ā
Mu Shun shook his head and said: "Lord, my subordinates didn't see that Zhao Taishou, but they did see the lord of Cangyuan City, Bo He Qi, and that Lord He Bo said that the property that Zhao Taishou promised is still being prepared in Cangyuan City, and when it is ready, it will be sent to us." ā
At this time, Su Lie in the tent frowned and said: "Lord, it seems that that Zhao Taishou is not going to give us the rest of the remuneration, that Zhao Taishou is obviously using a procrastination trick to drag until we have to leave Cangyuan City, after all, there is a time limit for us to arrive in Chengyin County, Gui'an County, Qianzhou, and we must arrive at Chengyin County before February 10, 426 of the Great Jin Dynasty." ā
Le Yi also said beside him: "If that Zhao Taishou is sincere, 10,000 taels of gold and other things, with the strength of the Geshan Zhao family in Cangyuan City, there is no need to prepare for such a long time. ā
Liu Ji's face was even more gloomy, "It's not so easy to rely on my Liu Ji's account, immediately order the troops and horses, let's go to that Zhao Taishou to ask for 10,000 taels of gold and other things, I am in a hurry, I will take Cangyuan City!" ā
"The lord can't, after all, we are now the soldiers and horses belonging to the court of the Great Jin, once we attack Cangyuan City, then it is equivalent to rebellion, we don't care, now the Great Jin Dynasty has become more and more chaotic, we are just returning to the Yama Ridge to occupy the mountain as the king, presumably the army of the Great Jin Dynasty has no way to take us, but the lord, Miss and Liu Tie are still in Qi County, once we attack Cangyuan City now, the news spreads, the lord, Miss They will be in danger." As soon as Le Yi heard that Liu Ji wanted to attack Cangyuan City, he hurriedly persuaded him.
Liu Ji thought for a while and sighed and said: "I'm just talking angry, it seems that we can't get back the remaining reward for rescuing Cangyuan City, and there are only less than 2 months before the deadline to go to Chengyin County, and we can't delay much here in Cangyuan City." ā
At this time, Su Lie said: "Lord, Su Lie has a plan, maybe he can force that Zhao Taishou to obey obediently." ā
At this time, in a private house in Cangyuan City, Zhou Lanqi, who was wearing a veil, asked a burly strong man, "Zhou Chuan, have all the people come in?" ā
"Miss, our people are mixed with those people who are collecting corpses outside the city, and they have all mixed into Cangyuan City, but now counting the manpower in Cangyuan City, there are only forty-four people in total, all of whom are hidden in the two adjacent houses! Miss, are you waiting, we have gathered such a small number of people here, and we want to go to Taishou Mansion to assassinate Zhao Mincheng, and my subordinates feel that their strength is a little insufficient! ā
Zhou Lanqi nodded and said: "Now that the arrow is ready to be sent, there may be no chance to delay this time!" With the addition of forty-five of me, that's enough! We'll do it tonight and tell everyone that we must slaughter Zhao Mincheng's old dog at any cost! ā
Zhou Chuan hesitated for a moment and said, "Miss, you don't have to take the risk yourself, Zhou Chuan must have slaughtered Zhao Mincheng that dog thief with his own hands tonight!" ā
Zhou Lanqi waved his hand and said: "Zhou Chuan, you don't have to persuade you, now is the best opportunity to assassinate Zhao Mincheng's old dog, I will definitely not let it go, even if it takes my life." ā