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Several people seemed to have discussed it, and at the same time focused their eyes on Yang Xingguo, waiting for Yang Xingguo to follow.

And at this moment, Yang Xingguo's words suddenly changed, and he continued: "However, even if your county order agrees to all my conditions to save you...... I will only release the ordinary soldiers of the patrol battalion and the war horses that we have just captured in Yangjiazhai, and return some cold weapons. As for the few of you, I will negotiate the conditions separately before I release them......"

"My request to you is very simple, the commander of the patrol battalion is two thousand taels of silver...... Two pipes were worth one thousand and five hundred taels of silver, and five sentinels were one thousand taels each. As long as your family sends the money to the cottage, I will release you immediately......"

"If you don't have silver, then I'm sorry, stay in the cottage and work as a free coolie for the cottage for at least ten years......"

"I believe that it should not be too difficult to take out this silver with the family funds accumulated by your lordships who usually withhold military salaries......"

"In addition, I want to remind everyone that your county commander is in a hurry to reorganize the patrol battalion, and it is too late to go back, so be careful that your position is occupied by others. When the time comes, he will end up with a wife who loses his wife and breaks his army......"

"Well, I'm done, this is my letter to your county commander, you choose one person from among the captives, deliver the letter to your county commander, and inform your family to prepare silver to ransom people......"

The county government of Anshan County, starting from the patrol battalion's expedition, the county ordered Liang Chengcheng to stay at the yamen, waiting for the news that the patrol battalion might wear it back.

However, to Liang Cheng's disappointment, the patrol battalion had been on the expedition for almost ten days, as if it had disappeared into the mountains of Pine Ridge, and there was no news at all.

As a result, Liang Cheng, the county commander, couldn't sleep well for several nights in a row, and he looked worried during the day.

It turned out that Yang Xingguo still far underestimated the status of the patrol battalion in the heart of the county commander Liang Cheng, and underestimated the importance of the Anshan patrol battalion to the imperial court.

The Anshan patrol battalion, in addition to protecting the iron mines belonging to the imperial court in Anshan, and protecting the safety of the county commander Liang Cheng in Anshan.

The Anshan patrol battalion is a nail inserted by the imperial court in Liaodong, telling the people of Liaodong that although Liaodong is full of Lao Maozi garrisons, Lao Maozi is the real manager of Liaodong. However, the entire Liaodong is still the imperial court's.

In this case, the role of this patrol battalion is self-evident.

Once the patrol battalion encounters any accident in Pine Ridge because of its own decision, it will be light for him to be dismissed and imprisoned by the imperial court. One is not good, and the court will directly send itself to the guillotine.

Of course, at this time, some people may ask, the general county order is a seventh-grade civil official, and the commander of the patrol battalion is the commander of the five-rank rank, whether it is a grade or an official position, Liang Chengdu is not as good as Luo Wenshan, so why does Luo Wenshan, the commander of the patrol battalion, listen to Liang Cheng's order and attack Songshuling......

In fact, what everyone sees is the appearance.

Because Anshan is so important, the annual iron ore income not only supplements Fengtian's income, but also feeds the pockets of Fengtian's military officials.

Therefore, the grade of the Anshan County Order is not the general seventh grade, but the sixth grade.

In addition, the food and salary of the patrol battalion come from the county government of Anshan County, to a certain extent, Liang Chengcheng is the God of Wealth of the patrol battalion.

So, over time, Liang Cheng became half the commander of the patrol battalion, and in the patrol battalion, he had the same status as Luo Wenshan.

This attack on Pine Ridge was a decision made by Liang Cheng under the coercion and inducement of Lao Maozi.

The county commander Liang Cheng was not a vegetarian, and with the threat of not being able to supply food and salary in time, and using fifty Mosin Nagant rifles as a temptation, he persuaded the patrol battalion commander Luo Wenshan, to jointly report to the Fengtian General's Mansion, and ordered the patrol battalion to send troops to Songshuling in the name of suppressing bandits.

In this case, whether from the perspective of the Fengtian General's Mansion or from the perspective of Luo Wenshan, the commander of the patrol battalion. Liang Cheng, the county magistrate of Anshan County, was the leader of the entire operation.

And once there is any accident in this operation, Liang Cheng, as the leader, will take the main responsibility without accident.

Just when the county commander Liang Cheng came to the front yard of the yamen and began to worry about himself for a day again.

A servant suddenly rushed into the yamen hall. After seeing Liang Cheng, he immediately spoke: "My lord...... Patrol Battalion ...... The patrol battalion sent someone back......"

"I finally received the news from the patrol battalion......" Liang Cheng, who looked worried, couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Then, he immediately asked the official to call in the soldiers of the patrol battalion outside the hall, took the unsigned letter, and began to browse it.

The letter was only a few hundred words, but Liang Cheng was terrified.

After reading the letter, Liang Cheng, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, his calm face tensed again, and he showed an unprecedented solemn expression.

After waving his hand and signaling the official to leave, Liang Cheng directly asked the soldiers of the patrol battalion in front of him, "The patrol battalion has really been wiped out...... Your commanders, your bands, and a few sentry officers have really been captured by the earth...... Also, the bandits really have cannons......"

After getting the affirmation of the soldiers, the expression on Liang Cheng's face became even more solemn......

After taking a deep breath, he continued to ask, "Have you read this letter...... If you read it, do you have anything to say to this official......"

"My lord, we have read the contents of the letter, and the commander does have something to say to your lord......" The soldier replied cautiously.

At this time, Liang Cheng didn't care about the image of the county order, and said directly: "Say, what do you commanders want to say to me?" ”

The soldier did not dare to slack off, and quickly replied: "My lord, the commander asked the little one to tell you...... Your Excellency should be aware of the impact that the news of the destruction of the Patrol Battalion may have on you. Therefore, you must agree to the conditions of the bandits, rescue the patrol captured by the bandits, reorganize the patrol battalion, and prevent Shangguan from knowing the news of the destruction of the patrol battalion......"

Although the soldier's words were not very clear, Liang Cheng was very clear about the meaning of this sentence.

As the leader of the whole operation, he has been tied to the same chariot with them, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it with the words "one glory and one loss".

And his opponent, the Yangjiazhai bandits, obviously, are very aware of the way in the middle.

Otherwise, he would not have sent a letter to himself at this time, and the lion opened his mouth to pay a lot of money to ransom the captured patrol battalion soldiers.

After taking a deep breath, Liang Cheng had to sigh in his heart that the bandits' old scheming was cunning.

With a solemn face, after reading the letter of a few hundred words again, Liang Cheng had to accept this fact and blackmail.

Facing the soldiers in front of him, he said to himself with a solemn face: "Food, silver, are not a problem...... The Anshan County Treasury has it. It's just that with 20,000 rounds of Mosin Nagant rifle bullets, it's not so easy...... After all, the patrol battalion had not been equipped with such a fast gun before, so it did not have such ammunition in reserve......"

To Liang Cheng's surprise, as soon as he finished speaking, the soldier in front of him said, "My lord, our commander asked the little one to tell you that he has a way to get bullets...... Your Excellency, you can go to the Russian army garrison and ask the Russian garrison to provide ammunition on the grounds that the patrol battalion is in urgent need of a large amount of ammunition replenishment, but it really can't be done, you can buy it directly with silver......"