Chapter 16: News (1)
After Zhao Wankui and Yu Baocheng returned to the cottage, they brought Zhang Mengjin news that the two big bosses in the south planned to jointly invade the territory of Artemisia Peak in the near future, and they also sent a joint invitation to Zhang Mengjin and his gang in Jinding Mountain.
The two big bosses in the south told Zhang Mengjin that Artemisia had invited the two of them in advance and was ready to unite the two of them to destroy Jinding Mountain. It's just that they think that the power of Artemisia Peak is too huge, and it is a wise choice to join forces with Jinding Mountain. But if Jin Dingshan is unwilling, they can only join forces with Artemisia Peak.
Zhang Mengjin immediately summoned the other leaders and announced the news that Zhao Wankui had brought back, and he planned to hear what everyone had to say.
Zhao Wankui, as the person who brought back the news, took the lead in speaking: "On my way to the south this time, I did see the people at the top of the mugwort, and I felt a little suspicious at the time, so I didn't rush forward to talk. The territory of the two big leaders in the south is now short of food, and it can be seen that they plan to do it in the near future. ”
Yu Baocheng, who was traveling with him, also added after Zhao Wankui: "The people I met at the top of Artemisia had no traces of fighting, and they didn't bring other things, so they didn't look like they were going back from the south to get grain." ”
After listening to the words of the two leaders Zhao and Yu, Zhang Zhaoen, who had always been impulsive, said angrily: "I just got engaged to us, and the contact behind my back planned to stab us." Eighth uncle, let's join forces with the people in the south and destroy Cai Shorty at the top of Artemisia together. ”
"I also think that the people at the top of Artemisia will play tricks behind their backs, let's do it." Che Jibao, who had only recently recovered from his injuries, lacked a good impression of Artemisia Peak, who was slow last time, so he immediately seconded Zhang Zhaoen's idea.
Although he didn't fully believe that Artemisia Peak would betray Jinding Mountain, Li Yang, who had always thought that there would be a battle between Jindingshan and Artemisia Peak, also supported the opinions of the two of them and said: "Big boss, now this grain is getting more and more difficult to get." There is a lot of fat on the top of the mugwort, such as the pasture of Qijiagou and the grain of Lijiazhuang. If we can grab it, our days in the village can be much more relaxed. And Cai Xiaozi operates all year round, and there must be a lot of good things in his village, so let's just take this opportunity to pull out the flag on the top of Artemisia. ”
The lack of cottage materials did make several leaders worried, and He Zongwei and Fan Shunjiang both agreed with the idea of sending troops. Zhou Shaoteng also hoped to get supplies of materials, but at the same time, he felt that it was too unrighteous to attack his allies for this reason. I can't make up my mind for a while, so I can only say that it is up to the big boss.
Guan Zhiqing said dissatisfiedly at this time: "We and Artemisia Ding are also brothers who have worked hard together, and Cai Xiaozi had a deep friendship with us before we fell into the grass. Now we are going to destroy people's stockades because we have a few mouthfuls of food, and we will be confused on the road in the future. And I don't believe that Cai Xiaozi will betray us, compared to those two things in the south who don't talk about faith. Or Cai Shorty is more suitable for dating, and Cai Shorty is not so ambitious, he just wants to keep his belongings. ”
Guan Zhiqing's family is in Ansai, and every time he goes home, he has to pass by Cai Xiaozi's territory. So he has long had a deep friendship with Cai Shorty, and he is also very confident in Cai Shorty's temperament, and he never believes that Cai Shorty will betray.
Wei Heyong followed and said: "The two turtle cubs in the south are not a good thing, even if they are united with Sha Liluan, it is better than partnering with them. Still don't believe them, even if Artemisia Peak really came with them, with them holding back, I don't believe that Artemisia Peak is really capable of us. ”
When Wei Heyong was still on an errand in the county, he was very unhappy with the two big bosses in the south. So it's not surprising that he has this statement.
Ma Xiangbo opened his mouth at this time and said: "The strength of Artemisia Peak is not weak, and the manpower is the most in our security realm. Even if we win, we will have to lose a lot of our belongings. And if he really wants to do it, he can do it the last time he killed the sand roll. At that time, more than half of our casualties were lost, and his rear team was still intact. It's been half a year, and I can't think of any reason why he suddenly wants to turn his face, unless he thinks we want to kill him. I think it's better to send someone to probe the mugwort peak first. If the two big bosses in the south are messing with ghosts, let's clean them up with Cai Xiaozi. If you want to expand our cottage, it is more appropriate to pick the two of them first. ”
Ma Xiangzhong, who has always been silent, also echoed his brother and said: "Cai Da can be trusted. ”
The war horse given to him by Cai Shorty is quite good, so he has a good impression of Cai Shorty.
Zhang Mengguang said arrogantly that he was not stunned when the three big leaders led troops to attack together. There is no need to be afraid of the two big leaders in the south, whether to attack the top of Artemisia or not, it all depends on the choice of our Jinding Mountain.
The eldest brother Zhang Mengjin shook the ash of his cigarette and smiled at Zhang Mengcheng, who had been silent: "Don't be silent third, come out and talk about it." It's your future mother-in-law, and you've also gotten along with your future father-in-law and brother-in-law, what do you think will happen to Artemisia Peak. ”
Under Zhang Mengjin's slightly sarcastic tone, the atmosphere of the meeting relaxed slightly. Several other masters also looked at Zhang Mengcheng with amusement.
Zhang Mengcheng was a little speechless about the eldest brother's practice of making fun of himself, but he still sorted out his thoughts and said: "The people who can speak in the top of Artemisia are all Cai Xiaozi's clansmen or in-laws. Their farming skills are not bad, there is a lot of grain in the village, and they are all dedicated to guarding their family's one-third of an acre. Unlike those big bosses in other prefectures and counties, they will have the idea of attacking the prefecture and county. From time to time, they ran to Ansai, not only to collect food, but also to extinguish the few large flags that had just been erected around their territory. ”
"And there's more." Zhang Mengjin knew that his third brother hadn't finished speaking, so he urged Zhang Mengcheng to continue.
"After our brothers in Jindingshan fell into the grass together, they have been developing rapidly. Since the fight has eliminated Shaliroll, the expansion of power is even more unstoppable. In the eyes of outsiders, our minds are much more than the top of mugwort, just by looking at the cavalry in our village still insisting on daily training. I think Artemisia Peak has some concerns, and the two big bosses in the south also saw it, so they passed some words to Artemisia Peak. Just like Brother Ma said, I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding here, most likely because the south wants to make a divisive plan. Cai Xiaozi was a little worried in his heart, but he was not stupid. In the next two days, we should send people to our village to communicate, and then people will ......."
"The big boss, Artemisia sent someone to visit." Before Xiucai's words were finished, the minions in the cottage reported that Artemisia had sent someone to come.
Zhang Mengjin immediately invited someone over, and after some communication, the consequences were as Zhang Mengcheng said. Yugu Chen of Matou Mountain in the southeast of Baoan County and Zhao Shishi of Santai Mountain in the south harassed Cai Xiaozi's territory. After Cai Xiaozi sent someone to communicate, he also brought back the same reply as Jin Dingshan.
The group of people at the top of Artemisia that Zhao Wankui saw were the messengers of Cai Xiaozi's return journey. Cai Xiaozi thought about it for a while, and didn't want to blindly start a war with Jindingshan, so he still planned to communicate with Jindingshan first, and now it seems that it is really a discordant plan between the two families in the south.
The two families who had communicated with each other dispelled their doubts, and the two sides jointly decided to punish the two leaders in the south. Artemisia sent more than 60 cavalry, and Jin Dingshan sent 36 cavalrymen from the left flank cavalry and the left sentry cavalry to drive out the cavalry sent from the south to harass their territory.
After that, the cavalry of the two families joined forces and marched south. Cai Xiaozi's ninth uncle saw through the other party's ambush, seized the powerful fighter, and directly defeated the more than 500 people united by the other party.
For the astonishing fragility of the two leading forces in the south, Artemisia Ding and Jindingshan were taken aback, and it seemed that there were still quite few fierce bandits like Sha Liluo.
Therefore, Cai Xiaozi and Zhang Mengjin, the two big bosses, were no longer polite, and increased manpower to directly swallow the territory in the south. However, Zhang Mengjin and his gang had not gone far from the gate of the village when they found that the border soldiers in the northern military fort had moved. Everyone had no choice but to return to the cottage to see what was going on in the north, and the officers and soldiers were now suddenly starting to mobilize who they were going to fight.