Chapter 190: The Ambition of the Wealthy Merchants
The pacification of the Jingtu Mountains represented the basic end of the war to conquer the bandits and bandit forces on the western front under the jurisdiction of Wu State, Deng Yu rushed back to Xuyi first, leaving Lu Zhen, Gao Lan, Wang Chengze and other generals to lead the troops to sweep away the remnants of the thieves on the western front. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
After another half a moon, outside Xuyi City, two Wu soldiers and horses with a strong bloody aura arrived, as if the earth was also dyed into a pure blackness.
Of these two armies, one of them was 18,000 soldiers and horses led by generals such as Lu Zhen, Gao Lan, and Wang Zecheng, who wiped out nearly 30,000 thieves on the western front of Wu.
And the other 12,000 soldiers and horses led by Hu Dahai and Deng Ming were even more bloody with a bloody breath that rushed to the sky, and these 12,000 soldiers and horses walked as if they were all bubbling with blood, and the cold light on their blades was pressing, revealing a signal of hunger and thirst without words.
Especially at the front of the team, the number of the 1,500 Broken Iron Cavalry, every step they took on their horses, would make people feel that they were coming with blood, and the sharp edge of killing was so startled that the birds and birds flying in the sky did not dare to get too close.
It was this army of soldiers and horses that, in the cold winter season, wiped out more than 30,000 bandits and bandits in the eastern line of Wu State, and dyed the snow in the eastern line of Wu State with bewitching blood red.
Deng Yu personally welcomed Hu Dahai, Lu Zhen, Deng Ming and others into the city, and at the celebration banquet, Deng Yu smiled loudly at Hu Dahai: "Looking at the calm and relaxed appearance, it seems that the conquest and suppression in the eastern front area is quite smooth!" ā
Hu Dahai seemed to have guessed that Deng Yu would ask him about the situation of the war on the Eastern Front, got up and gave up his hand, and replied calmly: "Fortunately, the last general has successfully exterminated the thieves in the eastern front, and more than 30,000 thieves, except for thousands of surrendered, all the rest have been captured and killed!" ā
"Hahaha, Tongfu is worthy of being the king's relied on general, in less than three months, tens of thousands of thieves were wiped out, how is the war, this king is itching, Boyi, you also participated in the war, you have to talk about it in detail!"
Deng Yue knew that Hu Dahai was a steady person and didn't like to show off, and if he was asked to describe it, many places might be mentioned lightly.
Deng Ming got up and glanced at Hu Dahai, his eyes were full of admiration, and he arched his hand and said: "King Wu, Hu Zhengdong is too modest, the last general has the honor to fight with Hu Zhengdong, whether it is Hu Zhengdong's martial arts or the high combat power of the broken iron cavalry, it will make the last general remember deeply!" ā
"When Hu Zhengdong first arrived on the Eastern Front, he used the guerrilla tactics that King Wu had mentioned before, leading the Iron Cavalry to attack everywhere, encroaching on the thieves' strength on the Eastern Front, and at the same time, attracting the thieves to chase, the thieves were tired of chasing, and then launched a thunderous offensive, and within ten days, he picked eight thieves' camps in a row, which shocked the thieves in the eastern front, as long as they heard Hu Zhengdong's name, they were terrified, and everyone was in danger."
"The rest of the thieves have united, at this time, Hu Zhengdong ordered the end of the general to lead the foot soldiers to contain the thieves united army head-on, and he led the cavalry to attack the thieves' lair, and broke several villages in a row, seizing countless grains, grass, gold and silver."
"Later, the thieves coalition came up with a trick to surrender, and wanted to take advantage of Hu Zhengdong's slackness to hit our army in one fell swoop, who knew that their carving insect skills had already been discovered by Hu Zhengdong, Hu Zhengdong would plan and use himself as bait to lure the thieves coalition into a certain valley mouth, seal the valley with a boulder, and fire thousands of arrows together, and finally, Hu Zhengdong and the last general led the bloody battle to clean up the mess."
"This battle was fought for more than five hours, the entire valley was killed into a bloody red, and nearly 30,000 thieves died.
"At this point, Hu Zhengdong is famous in the eastern line, and he is praised as the 'iron-faced ghost general' by the people in the eastern line.
Deng Ming reminisced and elaborated, the admiration on his face was about to overflow, Hu Dahai glanced at Deng Ming indifferently, and said modestly: "Deng Zhengbei is too famous!" ā
"Hahaha, 'Iron-masked Ghost General', it is appropriate to use this name to describe the majesty of Tongfu!"
?ā King Wu, this is just a child's play in the mouths of the people, and it can't be true! ā
Hu Dahai has a cold temperament, although he is very satisfied with Deng Yu and Deng Ming's appreciation, but he will never be arrogant.
At the same time as Deng Yu set up a banquet to celebrate his achievements, Xinghua County, Gaoyou Prefecture, and the Chen family's house.
The patriarch of the Xu clan in Tongzhou was like a she-wolf who had stolen her wolf cubs, his face was full of pain, and he hissed angrily: "What? 20,000 taels of silver, this Chakhan Timur is simply a hungry wolf that can't be fed, in the past two months, our wealthy merchants have raised more than 100,000 taels of silver, 20,000 or 30,000 stone grain and grass, tens of thousands of army armaments, and even took out a lot of private soldiers to join his command, this Chakhan Timur is not satisfied, and wants to ask for another 20,200 silver! He! He! He's just greedy enough to swallow an elephant! ā
When the patriarch of the Liu clan in Yancheng heard this, he snorted coldly, and a yin owl light burst out of his eyes, Chahan Timur's reckless request also aroused his anger, only to hear him laugh and say: "What can be done about this?" Who told us to use his hand to eradicate Deng Yu, since we have asked him, he still doesn't want to open his mouth and do his best? However, this Chakhan Timur is indeed too greedy and is about to exceed our bottom line! ā
"Don't be angry, think about it, if Deng Yu keeps stepping on us, our losses are far more than what we pay now, and it is precisely because of this that Chakhan Timur dares to open his mouth so presumptuously!"?
"However, Nachakhan Timur has some ability, with 8,000 henchmen and horses from Shanxi lightly armed to Guide Mansion, with our funding, recruit troops everywhere, absorb the official army, plus the private soldiers we give, his current strength is only afraid of 40,000 or 50,000, this person has such great potential, if we don't make good use of it, it will be in vain!"
"Ladies and gentlemen, we can't be so short-sighted, take a far-sighted view, now it's a turbulent and chaotic world, we are now fully supporting Chakhan Timur, and then how big Chakhan Timur's power is, how big our business can be, do you think it's right?"
At this time, Chen Lin, who was sitting in the main seat of the Chen Mansion Hall, spoke, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he spoke amazingly, especially his last sentence, which simply made the heart of the wealthy merchant patriarch under the seat beat wildly, and his eyes burst into light.
"Old Chen has a unique vision, and he wakes up the dreamer with one word!"
"That's right, we're really short-sighted, this world is very, it's big!"
"Then, the chess piece of Chakhan Timur, we have to work a little harder, 20,000 taels of silver, I don't think you will have any more opinions, right?"
"Of course, of course!"
Chen Lin's words caused a commotion at the table, but these people quickly made a decision, and their hearts were ready to feed the hungry wolf of Chakhan Timur.