Chapter Ninety-Six: Scheming
The members of the ghost soldiers who were on guard in Gaoyou City and the three thousand militiamen all felt unprecedented pressure, although the other party only gathered more than 10,000 people at once;
But the militia can't beat them, they can't touch them, and if they have casualties, the situation will become even more dangerous!
"Humph! It must have been a spy sent by the Mongols, and together with the war, there were rumors and troubles! Hey, the Mongols are so treacherous and cunning in their intentions, they will know how to build momentum and stir people's hearts! This is really hard to prevent! ”
Cheng Zeheng, who was guarding the north gate of Gaoyou City, stood on the high platform and looked at the people of Gaoyou City surging under the stage, confronting the officers and soldiers guarding the city angrily, and said helplessly. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Listening to Cheng Zeheng's reproach and complaints, Zhang Dexing, who was standing beside him, fell into deep thought, and then shook his head and said: "This matter is far from being as simple as it seems, even if the Mongolian spies have great ability, but they have summoned so many people, they will definitely ......."
Before Zhang Dexing finished speaking, he clearly heard the people under the city shouting: "We have all heard that the gang under Zhang Shicheng has run out of armaments and materials!" They have no weapons and no food, how can they fight the Mongols?! ”
"Ouch too! We were all deceived by that Dong Zhenguan! What a good man, a great good man! No, show your true nature at a critical time! Even my mother knows that the so-called good officials and clean officials are all wolves who eat human flesh in sheep's clothing! None of them can be trusted! ”
"Then Su Zedong is really ruthless! After taking so many supplies and silver taels, I still sent it! I didn't get any benefit from him, but now I don't want him to give me any good, we're like running away now! ”
Cheng Zeheng also seemed to hear the voices of the people in the city, his face was red with anger, and his throat was already rough, and at this time, it looked like he had just drunk wine, and his blood was about to erupt, and when he was about to shout a few words of defense, he was stopped by Zhang Dexing.
"Brother Cheng, it's useless! They were obviously bewitched by others, and those who could know that the armaments and materials were in the hands of the Su Hall Master, and some of them were being transported to various hidden points on the outskirts of the city to build fortifications, and it was estimated that they were still their own people! ”
"If you rashly defend now, not only will you not be able to gain their trust and dissuade them from going back to get ready, but you will be considered a thief with a weak heart, which will increase the doubts in their hearts, and the gains will outweigh the losses!"
Cheng Zeheng felt that Zhang Dexing's words were reasonable, and thought of what Su Zedong had said that as long as the situation became critical or tense, he must act with Zhang Dexing, so that they would be both civil and martial, and they would take good care of each other.
Moreover, Cheng Zeheng admires Zhang Dexing's talent from the bottom of his heart, his knowledge is not only rich, but also his martial arts are very good; Zhang Dexing also completely admires Cheng Zeheng's martial arts and other bold spirits, and thinks that he is a real man!
However, this is not the time for the two sides to drink and talk, when Zhang Dexing was talking to Cheng Zeheng, and after carefully studying the words in the mouths of the people in the city, he smelled the smell of conspiracy!
According to his inference, since the people under the city tower can have such a statement, and spread the rumors in such a short time, attracting tens of thousands of people to flock to the gates of the various city gates, the other party must have come prepared.
Even, their opponent was targeted by them when Su Zedong became the third envoy and was in charge of the finances of Gaoyou City and the material preparation of the army.
They were thinking that after the war came together, they would spread this or that rumor, so that they could not only achieve their ulterior purpose, but also defeat Su Zedong and the Dongzhen Company and Juyitang behind him!
It's a good show of killing two birds with one stone, but it's really scary and calculating!
From the spies in Gaoyou City, it was learned that thousands of people from Gaoyou City had poured into each city gate, and Su Zedong, who was rushing back to the city, immediately exclaimed that something was wrong, and immediately asked everyone accompanying him to be vigilant!
Liu Zhenming also realized that the opponent was playing tricks, and wanted to destroy Su Zedong and his Dongzhen Company through public opinion and inappropriate methods at this time!
And the most important thing to take this step is to first transfer the finance minister of the imperial court, that is, Su Zedong, out of Gaoyou City under various pretexts, and then take the opportunity to start an incident, spreading rumors that he has the intention of rebellion, wants to annex armaments and materials, and so on.
It is not difficult to think of this, as long as you know that Su Zedong is in charge of the army's material preparations, funds, grain and grass, etc., and can clearly understand the three envoys' travel schedule today, you can clearly sort out the other party's tricks.
But if you want to succeed in this trick, there is one more thing that is crucial, that is, Su Zedong's head!
As long as Su Zedong can no longer appear in Gaoyou City, their lies and rumors will not be exposed by anyone, not Liu Zhenming, Cheng Zeheng, Xiao Qier and others in the management of Dongzhen Company.
If there is really no Su Zedong, those who really have ulterior motives behind their backs and want to strip the blood and sweat of the people and the army will jump out.
They will pretend to be benevolent and righteous, even if they are very hypocritical, and they will move out the army materials that have never been moved, and then in front of everyone, they will say that Su Zedong is not right, and it is actually a conspiracy that they think of themselves.
They want to slander an honest man, a person who really serves the people but harms their interests, and a person who is different from them, has always raised his moral level, and in his heart he wants to push himself to the status of a saint such as Confucius and Mencius!
They will also take out Su Zedong's head, saying that they have beheaded Su Zedong, who betrayed the people and coveted his wealth, and then used the masses who did not know the truth to achieve their own ulterior secrets!
Liu Zhenming understands this, but why doesn't Su Zedong know?
People who really don't understand reality are their opponents!
Su Zedong and the others slowed down on the way back, and after walking for a while, they really found that something was wrong!
On the road not far away, I vaguely saw a few thin silver wires hanging in the center of the trees on both sides of the road, and when I looked closely, I saw that the other party was not just placing a silver line on the way back to Gaoyou City.
And in the eyes of Su Zedong, Liao Xingtian and others, on this whole return journey, it should be the easiest to start and the least likely to attract attention and suspicion!
The grove has been a hotbed of sin since ancient times, where women are illegally violated by people who are several times stronger than her; Old people or caravans, if they encounter robbers here, they will either lose their money, their lives, or even their lives, and there will be nothing left.
Of course, in this grove, it is also a good place to solve human lives, and killers and thugs must choose to start, in other words, the grove is their home, which can bring them wealth and happiness!
Su Zedong also knew that even the primary and secondary school students in later generations would choose to fight in the open and sparsely populated groves to fight in groups, and of course these well-trained killers in ancient times would also know to start in this kind of place!
It's just that their IQ and strategy are obviously inferior to those of later elementary school students or middle school students, not because of how obvious their silver lines are set or how low-level their distribution is, on the contrary, if you don't look closely, you can't see that there are silver lines.
They are distributed from low to high, crisscrossing the air, just the horse's legs, human hands and the neck under the head, so that it can just give the rider who is on the horse, high-speed travel a visual misunderstanding, and can kill with one hit!
The technique is not unskillful, and the means cannot be said to be vicious! But they really chose the wrong opponent, or they didn't learn the lesson of the last time, and they still think that they are high and have no one in their eyes, and they feel too good about themselves.
This life is left!