The Zhen family gave Gao Shun a gift of 200 gold, but he did not get the corresponding return, so he held a grudge; And because of Gao Shun's support, the price of grain in Zhongshan and Youzhou fell sharply, causing the Zhen family to suffer heavy losses. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In order to reverse this situation, the merchant's flexible brain began to run rapidly, and Gao Shun, an outsider, must not be allowed to be strong in Jizhou and continue to endanger their interests.

The Zhen family is a wealthy business family in Jizhou, and intelligence officers are all over Jizhou. They learned that the Yellow Turban Army urgently needed a large amount of food, and the Yellow Turban Army had a lot of money and nowhere to trade, which just found a way out for their stored food, and more importantly, they wanted to use it to block Gao Shun.

Since ancient times, the people did not fight with officials, and they were still businessmen with low social status, Zhen Yi was really forced to do this, if not, the stored grain could only be sold at a discount, and the family business shrank by half in an instant.

Zhen Yi thought about it a lot and hesitated, it is not a good thing to be with a thief in the first place, if the government learns about it, the Zhen family will be in danger of being tired; If it is a secret transaction with the Yellow Turban Army, it is difficult for outsiders to find out, as long as it is well controlled, there will be no subsequent harm; This will not only make good friends with the Yellow Turbans, but also be protected by the Yellow Turbans when they call.

The intelligence system of the Zhen family shows that the Yellow Turban Army has swept many prefectures and counties in the Han Dynasty, and the officers and soldiers of the government are vulnerable, and the strength of the Yellow Turban Army should not be underestimated.

Secondly, if this leads to the defeat of Gao Shun's forces, the grain prices in Youzhou and Jizhou will continue to be controlled by the Zhen family;

In the end, if it is a trade with the Yellow Turban Army, the Zhen family will be in danger in the future, and if it does not trade with the Yellow Turban Army, it will be very dangerous at that time; If half of the family business is lost, other merchants will definitely rush to the top and beat the water dogs, and the fact that the wall is falling down and everyone pushing it is too normal in the eyes of the businessman.

After careful consideration, the head of the family, Zhen Yi, called one of the most trusted family stewards, and after explaining in detail, he ordered him to go to Xiaquyang to contact the Yellow Turban Army about selling grain.

Zhang Bao was overjoyed about the arrival of the Zhen family, it was like a person who fell into the water grabbed a life-saving straw, and fully agreed to any request made by the Zhen family, as long as enough grain could be traded.

The Zhen family proposed a price of 500 yuan per stone of corn, Zhang Bao accepted it without hesitation, and let Zhou Cang be fully responsible for the transaction of the Zhen family, as long as the Zhen family's grain arrived, it would be settled immediately, and there would be no arrears.

The Zhen family is very satisfied with this.

The two sides began to cooperate.

It is only a few dozen miles away from Wuji County to Xiaquyang, and the mighty grain transportation team can transport the grain into Xiaquyang City that night, and can return with the payment before dawn, and the cooperation between the two sides is very smooth.

As the grain continued to be transported into Xiaquyang, the mood of the people in the city gradually stabilized, and the soldiers began to train with peace of mind.

Looking at the mountains of grain piles, Zhang Bao was overjoyed in his heart, and strengthened his determination to stick to Xiaquyang, and he must let the Youzhou army meet under Xiaquyang City and break the bloodstream; As long as he sticks to the city, the enemy's horses will not be able to fly up the city wall, and when they can't afford to consume, it will be his victory.

Looking at the large amount of money exchanged, Zhen Yi was very happy in his heart, and said secretly, since you are unkind, don't blame me for the injustice of the Zhen family.

Su Shuang was indeed a shrewd businessman, and at the beginning of making food, he arranged secret agents in Wuji County to closely monitor the Zhen family's every move; The Zhen family is the largest grain merchant in Jizhou, and he cannot afford to ignore it.

After several days of secret tracking by secret agents, they finally fully grasped the transaction rules between the Zhen family and the Yellow Turban Army.

Su Shuang received the secret report, did not dare to hide it, and immediately went to the barracks to report to Gao Shun. Peers are enemies, this is the best opportunity to fight opponents, how can Su Shuang miss it?

On the afternoon of April 15, Gao Shun received Su Shuang's report, and was very surprised in his heart, he originally wanted to befriend the Zhen family, but he didn't expect the Zhen family to do such a bad thing, just to suppress the Zhen family and control it in his hands.

Gao Shun immediately summoned Li Qiang, Zhao Fu and others to come to the meeting.

When Gao Shun told the story, everyone was very angry.

Gao Shun immediately made arrangements: "Meng Wen led 10 cavalry, tonight must capture all the Zhen family's grain transportation team, so that everyone can get the stolen goods." ”

"Yes, my lord!"

"Zhao Junhou led the headquarters to surround Wuji County tonight, and he can only enter and not go out, waiting for me to deal with it."

"Yes, my lord!"

"Cheng Sima will lead all the infantry to cook tomorrow morning on the fourth watch, set off on the fifth watch, and must arrive at Wuji County tomorrow afternoon."

"Yes, my lord!" Being able to lead 12 infantry and nearly 5,000 officers and soldiers is the lord's trust and attention to him, and Cheng Huan is very excited in his heart.

That night, Gao Shun explained Li Qiang and Zhao Fu in detail.

Li Qiang must capture all the grain transportation teams of the Zhen family, and must not let the grain enter Xiaquyang, and those who dare to resist will be killed, and then escorted back to Wuji County.

Zhao Fu was asked to be optimistic about Wuji County, and he must not let the people of the Zhen family escape from the city.

He will set off tomorrow morning at five o'clock and arrive in Wuji County tomorrow morning.

At the end of the night, the troops set off, and the bright moon hung high in the sky, and the moonlight shone on the earth, which was very convenient for marching at night. It was less than 40 kilometers from Lunu City to Wuji City, and the road was smooth and wide, and the cavalry moved very quickly.

Under the leadership of the guide, Li Qiang intercepted the grain transportation team very easily, and did not escape a single person, after killing a few people who wanted to resist, these people all squatted on the ground honestly.

They are all ordinary family members, but they are not opponents of the army, and no one wants to be sent to death.

In the early hours of the morning, Zhao Fu led the army to Wuji County.

5. The movement of the cavalry was very large, and it woke up all the people in the county; The county magistrate, the county magistrate, the county lieutenant and others thought that the Yellow Turban Army had arrived, so they hurriedly got up and quickly rushed to the city wall.

The volunteers organized by the county government also stood on the city wall tremblingly, looking at the army outside the city in horror.

A group of cavalry stood outside each city gate, and some cavalry stood guard outside the city wall, and the county town was tightly surrounded; Fortunately, the cavalry was small in number, and it was only surrounded, but not attacked; However, in terms of equipment, these people are not the Yellow Turban Army, but the regular army of the government.

The hanging hearts of the county magistrate and others relaxed a little. The magistrate stood on the city wall and shouted boldly, "Who are you?" Why surround our county? ”

Zhao Fu replied forward: "I am the cavalry of the Youzhou Army, and I was ordered to come and station, please bear with me if I disturb you." ”

"What's going on?"

Zhao Fu said angrily: "This is a military order, and you have no right to ask." ”

The county magistrate was taken aback by Zhao Fu's reprimand, but he couldn't offend these reckless sergeants, otherwise he would have nowhere to redress his grievances if he suffered a loss, so he hurriedly explained: "This official is the county magistrate of this county, I don't know what can I do for the army?" ”

"Taishou has an order, everyone in the county, can only enter, not out, wait for Taishou to come and deal with it, I hope you will cooperate well, otherwise there will be no forgiveness!"

The cold words made the hearts of the people in the city chill. The county magistrate hurriedly curryed favor: "Waiting for the army, do the officers and soldiers need to go to the city to rest or do they need to send some food or tea?" ”

"No need, you'd better take care of the people in the city, don't go out rashly!"

"Yes, Soldier!"

After the county magistrate and others returned to the Yamen, they immediately discussed countermeasures with the county magistrate and others.

The county lieutenant said: "The county magistrate does not need to worry, these soldiers have no ill will towards us, as long as we cooperate well." ”

The county Cheng explained: "County magistrate, these horses should be the subordinates who trust the Taishou of Julu County, the Youzhou army is super powerful, and some time ago it just annihilated 50,000 yellow turban thieves, and now it is ordered to come to Jizhou to suppress bandits, I estimate that there are bandits in this county, and they have been caught." ”

The county magistrate was shocked, if there were bandits under his rule, he would not be able to escape the involvement, and hurriedly asked: "What should I do?" ”

The county magistrate said with a smile: "The county magistrate doesn't have to worry, Julu Taishou is just ordered to suppress bandits, we just need to cooperate well, and he has no right to interfere in other matters, after all, he is not the minister of Zhongshan Kingdom." ”

The county magistrate did not dare to be careless, even if the other party did not interfere in local affairs, only one of the bandits, he let it be slaughtered, and hurriedly ordered the county to prepare for tomorrow's army affairs, and he must curry favor with the other party and open up to Wuji County; He also ordered the county lieutenant to lead the officials to the streets to maintain order, stabilize the people's minds, and dissuade anyone who wanted to leave the city.

At this time, the Zhen family is in a different situation, and these Youzhou cavalry must have come to deal with his family.