It is easy to start a war with Yan Huan's Yangzhou Cao Gang, but it is not so simple to put it into action. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although the brothers of the Hangzhou Cao Gang have been full of hostility towards Yan Huan and others because of the previous incident, and many people are clamoring to fight back, but they have really come to this point, and many people's hearts are still a little drummed.

It's not that these Cao Gang brothers miss the old feelings and don't want to take the initiative against the original helpers, which was washed away by everyone's hatred when Yan Huan calculated his own gang leader and his own brothers twice. What made the brothers hesitate was that they didn't know where to start for a while, and they were worried about the possibility of a large-scale conflict.

Under the leadership of Luo Chengzhang, the Cao Gang in Zhejiang has become more and more like a business gang, which is different from the brave and ruthless Daoshang Gang in the past. Everyone's life is getting better and better, their pockets are also bulging, and many brothers have replaced their houses, married wives and had children. When these men, who were only used to licking blood to the end, began to get used to this kind of peaceful life, their murderous and sharp spirit naturally wore off most of them. This is also one of the reasons why Luo Chengzhang will be passive last time.

Of course, their respect for Luo Chengzhang has not decreased because of this, but because the Luo gang leader has led everyone to live a good life, they respect him and obey his words. It's just that when Luo Chengzhang put forward his intention in public, everyone didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

echoed Luo Chengzhang's meaning, and shouted that there were naturally many people who wanted to retaliate with a tooth for a tooth. But in addition to these meaningless shouts, most people fell silent again, not knowing what to do next. Is it to find someone to kill the brothers in Yangzhou? Or maybe you want to think of a plan to trap the enemy? In this regard, almost everyone had no idea, so they could only focus on Luo Chengzhang.

Looking at everyone's somewhat dazed appearance, Luo Chengzhang didn't feel a sigh in his heart, and at the same time he was a little surprised. The Cao Gang has indeed changed a lot in their own hands, but it seems to be a bit overkill, so that the brothers don't even have the idea of taking the initiative, so how can the Cao Gang still gain a foothold in Jiangnan? Is it just to make money?

Seeing that it was such an embarrassing scene, Yang Zhen, who was also participating in this Cao Gang meeting, could only speak: "You don't have to worry too much, that Yan Huan and the gang under him are actually very limited. Especially after suffering a loss at our hands this time, it is even more of a loss to the army, so we take the opportunity to attack them at this time, which is the most appropriate time. ”

"Of course, we won't have any doubts about what you said, and we are confident that we will be able to clean up those ungrateful guys. It's just that...... Let's leave Zhejiang and rush to Yangzhou to fight them, the two sides of the land are a little unstable after all. If you really want to win, you have to find out their bottom line first, isn't there such a thing as knowing oneself and knowing that the other side will not be defeated in a hundred battles in the war book? Mao Sanjie, one of Luo Chengzhang's deputies, put forward his own opinion after pondering.

In this regard, many brothers also nodded their heads, and it is true that they have a very limited understanding of the situation of the opponents on the Yangzhou side - after all, they really didn't think about dealing with these guys before. It was Luo Chengzhang, who also showed a thoughtful look at this time, and felt that it was better to do enough preliminary work first, and then talk about attacking.

Faced with this proposal, Yang Zhen laughed: "Uncle Mao's opinion is naturally good, but you don't have to worry too much about this issue, because I have already sent Jinyiwei's brother over there to investigate the situation." And just yesterday, they presented me with the details of each other. As he spoke, he took out a stack of papers from his sleeve and placed them on top of several cases.

Even Luo Chengzhang didn't expect him to be prepared, and after being stunned for a moment, his face suddenly showed joy: "Zhen'er, when did you let people do this?" ”

Yang Zhen said lightly: "After saving Yueying that day, I had the intention of settling accounts with them, so I sent people to greet the Jinyi guards in Yangzhou and other state capitals in Nanzhi, and asked them to collect as much information as possible about Yan Huan and his subordinates, in case of today's needs." ”

"Good!" Luo Chengzhang and the brothers couldn't help but praise, and at the same time, they were ashamed, compared to them, Yang Zhen, the Jinyi Guard's pacification service, was much more sophisticated, and he had made sufficient preparations early.

"Then it's up to you to tell me about the situation in Yangzhou." Luo Chengzhang immediately proposed.

Yang Zhen didn't shirk either, and immediately looked at the information in his hand, and explained to everyone: "As I said just now, since my father-in-law took you to draw a line with Yan Huan and them a few years ago, the situation of the Cao Gang over there has been worse day by day. Father-in-law, you should know very well that the business of this running boat is mainly about the source of customers, although Yangzhou is an extremely prosperous city in the south, but because many guests there have business dealings with our Cao Gang because of the relationship between the father-in-law, so after we broke with them, Yan Huan and others have less than half of the business in their hands. The rest of them also relied on Yan Huan's urgent need for their own care and lowered the price a lot, which made their lives even more difficult.

"And the consequence of the light business and the decrease in income is that many of the original Cao Gang members have left there for various reasons, which makes Yan Huan have a lot fewer people available now. And this time, he tried to calculate that his father-in-law couldn't succeed, and he stole chickens and lost hundreds of people's hands in the rice field, which made him even more overstretched with people.

"In addition, I think you must also know that Yan Huan has always been not on the right path and likes to do something illegal and undisciplined. Especially when the number of serious running boat business was greatly reduced, he regarded the robbery of merchant ships on the canal as a serious business to support his family. For this reason, he has long been targeted by many people in the government, but because of the Cao Gang's background for so many years, and there are still many outlaws under him, the government does not dare to attack him for a while.

But even so, the current Yan Huan and the Cao Gang under him have already become grasshoppers in the autumn, and they can't jump for a few days. Even if we don't attack them this time, they will one day be folded into the hands of the government. ”

After listening to his story, everyone's morale suddenly rose again, and it turned out that the tricky goal everyone thought was such a strong outside. In this way, as long as you want to attack, I'm afraid that you will be caught.

Seeing that everyone looked gearing up, Yang Zhen smiled again, and then turned his head to look at Luo Chengzhang: "But father-in-law, if we really use the means in the rivers and lakes to fight back, I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Luo Chengzhang hadn't spoken yet, and many brothers couldn't help but ask.

Yang Zhen didn't care either, and explained: "Do you know that Yan Huan calculated us so much before, why did the Hangzhou government let it go?" Our relationship with the government has always been very good. ”

"Isn't this because of the relationship between the Huating Xu family?" The participants in this meeting are all important people in the gang, and they are naturally well aware of this reason.

Luo Chengzhang also nodded above, but at the same time, he also had a trace of doubt: "Could it be that there are other reasons?" ”

"The appearance of the Huating Xu family is naturally a very critical reason, but there is another point that those officials did not say clearly, that is, they are a little afraid of the power of our Cao Gang. In the past few years, with the painstaking management of my father-in-law and the joint efforts of my uncles and brothers, the development of our Cao Gang can be regarded as a rapid progress. If I remember correctly, we now account for seventy or eighty percent of all kinds of transportation from Jiangnan to the north, whether by water or land. Even the tax money and grain transported by the government to the capital have also passed through our hands. Because of this, the power of our Cao Gang has also developed greatly, and hundreds of thousands of people are dependent on us. Father-in-law, I'm right, right? ”

When the other people heard this, they were still very complacent, but Luo Chengzhang heard the meaning of his son-in-law's words, and his expression became solemn: "Not bad." Although this number has not been officially calculated, all the prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River have business dealings with us, and ordinary porters, merchants, and other people together do have this number. ”

"Everyone, Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind, our Cao Gang has developed too fast during this period of time, which has made the government a little uneasy. Although my father-in-law and everyone have no other thoughts, and they have always been respectful to the government, no one wants to have such a big force by their side. It is precisely because they are afraid of the possible uneasiness and hidden dangers of the Cao Gang that they will be biased towards Yan Huan in this matter. When Yang Zhen said this, his face had become very serious.

Everyone present was not a reckless man with no brains, Yang Zhen had made his words clear, and they could naturally understand. At the same time, some people also thought of the topic just now: "Since we are now jealous of the government, if we use means to attack Yan Huan and annex that force, it will inevitably attract greater hostility from the imperial court and government?" ”

That's exactly what I meant. Therefore, this time we have to deal with Yan Huan, they must not take the normal route of the rivers and lakes, but should find another way. Yang Zhen saw that someone finally understood what he meant, and he was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly agreed.

Luo Chengzhang was also persuaded by Yang Zhen's opinion, but he still had some doubts in his heart: "Our Cao Gang is a Jianghu Gang, in addition to following this path, what other methods can be used to deal with them?" Could it be that the lawsuit failed? As soon as he said this, he himself laughed, and the other brothers laughed even more.

Yang Zhen also smiled, but then turned his face straight and said: "The government naturally wants to use it, but that is the last move." Until then, there are other ways we can do it. ”

"But what?" Luo Chengzhang and everyone focused their eyes on Yang Zhen.

Although Yang Zhen still had a smile on his face, there was a strange light in his eyes: "If they have any weaknesses, we will start from here!" ”