Chapter 36: To the Fire
In the end, everyone had no choice, and they couldn't get around the silver, but fortunately, everyone knew that Han Xu must have an opinion, otherwise they would not have gathered everyone, and in the end, all eyes were on Han Xu, he was already a well-deserved backbone.
Han Xu wants this kind of effect, authority is slowly established bit by bit, and the spirit of the king is not nothing, like the founding ancestor of this dynasty, if you want your whole family to die, even a chicken will not be spared, none of the military leaders who beat Meng Yuan dare to resist, even a hero like Lan Yu can only be tied to death, the important thing is that the authority is established early, no one dares to disobey, and even dare not have ideas.
"Today is talking about two things," Han Xu looked at everyone and said slowly: "One is the matter of Wang Dayong and the others communicating with the captives and continuing to trade with the Dongyu, and the other is the matter of our lack of silver, think about it, can these two things be solved together?" ”
Most of them were the first, and then many people's eyes showed a mixture of contemplation and surprise, only He Qingyun scratched his head and said: "The first of these two things I said to sue, you don't agree, the other one is even more headache, I can't think of how to do it together?" ”
Everyone turned their faces to the side, even Ren Shangwu was the same, and Yang Guoyong, an honest man, said with great interest: "If you do this, it can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone." ”
Ren Shangwu said: "I am willing to do it, we can't harm the people anymore when we are soldiers, but those beasts are worse than bandits, and I don't feel awkward at all when I slaughter them." ”
Yan Song hesitated for a while, then listened to Han Xu say: "This time it is these people in front of you to do it, the matter is secret, you can't leave a living mouth, everyone should be careful afterwards, it may not be what happens if it leaks out, most of you are not guaranteed, and your family members are also implicated." Those who participate in the action will be rewarded with five taels of silver each......"
Hearing this, Yan Song immediately said, "I'll go too, count me as one." ”
Han Xu smiled slightly, and looked at the people: "This is not a voluntary thing, when you enter this room and hear that you are not going to engage in natural military law, Yan Song, should you be invited to eat and drink?" ”
Yan Song shuddered when he heard this, and quickly lowered his head, everyone's hearts sank, knowing that the one in front of him was really not easy to deal with, this matter seemed to be discussed, and by this time everyone had no room for retreat.
The next is the conclusion of the discussion, Wang Dayong personally came over, explaining that the convoy to the Dongyu side must not be far from here, the nearest road is, of course, from Dongzhou Fort to Fushun Pass, and then from Fushun Pass to Hetuala, at this time, although Fushun Pass was not occupied by Houjin, but after the destruction of the pass, the Ming army did not restore defense, Houjin Sentinel Cavalry patrolled here normally, no one dared to go to the Dongzhou forts, not to mention the Fushun Pass area, as long as the convoy passed Han Xu here, there would be no risk all the way forward, as long as it passed Dongzhou, As soon as the Dongyu Sentinel arrived, it would be safer.
At this time, the merchant continued to trade with the Dongyu, you can imagine how high the profit is, the so-called wealth and danger is so, the drought in Liaodong, the Dongyu side will not be spared, in the past, the Dongyu was fishing and hunting as the main cultivated land supplemented by the fashion and okay, but the tribe can not develop only by fishing and hunting, Nuer Hachi from the ancestors, father and son three ** began to focus on farming, from the records of the Ming Dynasty, from the time of Takshi Jue Chang'an to Fushun and Kuandian horse market to buy farming tools and cattle, grain and salt are also the main targets of the transaction, A few decades ago, Jianzhou Wei accumulated a lot of materials and reclaimed a large amount of land, and the entire tribe developed into the strength it has today, but now the Houjin Han people are not much, and only a small number of elites can be out of production, and ordinary armored soldiers have to farm when they are busy with farming, not to mention those ordinary bannermen, sturdy women also need to work in the field, Jianzhou has almost a standard farming tribe at this time, it is conceivable that the current weather is not favorable and will also bring a heavy blow to them.
For Han Xu and others, the higher the profit, the more silver materials the team carried, and the higher the morale of everyone when they thought about it.
"There are thirteen people including me, in addition to not carrying bows and arrows, each of them will bring spears and axes, as many crossbows as they want, and weapons as many as they want, remember to meet and I will do it after I do it, and choose the target before choosing, I estimate that this convoy has at most between thirty and forty people, including the coachman, and there are less than twenty guards, with our skills, there should be no fish that slip through the net."
Han Xu said slowly, the murderous aura was revealed, everyone in the room stood up awe-inspiringly, and the fatigue of training during the day was gone.
Han Xu's subordinates at this time were all born at night, Wei Junfeng and Yan Song also worked as a sharp whistle, the so-called sharp whistle is to understand some Yi language, can disguise themselves into the belly of the enemy territory, sleep in the open for many days, until they return with effective information.
Raiding and killing people is the strength of these people, tonight this thing is simply asking Li Bai to write poems, Liu Yong to fill in the lyrics, Wei Xiaobao to go **, insiders do insider things, when everyone is preparing, many people are still talking and laughing in a low voice, no one is afraid of it, it is not like a dark night raid and killing, but like going on a wild outing.
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At the time of the third watch, the convoy from Shenyang and Liaoyang converged and hid in an abandoned village to avoid the wind.
The night in Liaodong in August is already very cold, the temperature should drop below freezing, and snow may fall at any time at this time, everyone in the convoy is shivering with cold, and everyone is relieved after hearing the order to stop and rest.
This time Zhang Ruting did not escort the car, followed by the convoy was a few confidants sent by the big families, and also sent Wang Dayong, the general manager of the camp with his subordinates to follow, so that there was the support of the official Qianzong, plus the original dozen or so guards of the convoy, there were more than 30 people in the armed guards alone, whether it was the official investigation or a small group of bandits, these families colluded with Dongyu to make a fortune, in case of leakage, no matter how big the power is, it is difficult to hide it, it is not too cautious.
At this time, from Shenyang to Fushun Pass, this large area is deserted and abandoned, to the north of the Tieling Kaiyuan area is like a ghost town, the convoy from the official road to drive down a fork, Wang Dayong and others urged the coachman to be careful to hide the traces, but it was not long before it was annoying, it is expected that no one will come out to patrol in this weather, but when entering the village, Wang Dayong and others rode horses to patrol around, there was no movement, but alarmed a few groups of wild dogs, this in the middle of the night, the dogs barked everywhere into a ball, and the noisy people were flustered.
The houses in the village were burned a little half, and the rest of them had not been repaired for a long time and collapsed a lot, the ancestral hall in the middle was made of green bricks, and there was nothing wrong with it except for a lot of dust, and each person drove a dozen carts into a semicircle around the periphery of the ancestral hall, and the mules and horses were also tied, and the fire was lit in the ancestral hall, and those who were enough to sit on the fire to keep warm, and the guards and coachmen sat in the periphery in a mess, and sat and snooze one by one.
"It's hard enough to him."
Wang Dayong sat on the fire and asked someone to help him take off his official boots to roast, and the smell of roasting in the house was pervasive, and everyone else frowned, and he didn't care.
The identity of the camp is not low, put aside the Ming Dynasty in peacetime, get more than 1,000 acres of land, raise dozens of military households to plant, and embezzle some military salaries, eat some empty amounts, and the income of a few hundred taels a year is stable in hand, but now it is not possible, Liaodong is a place of death, Wang Dayong does not want the land and military households here at all, he and his uncle Wang Wending have only two plans, either to surrender to the east, in order to survive, or to transfer to the western part of Liaoxi, but that requires a lot of silver to dredge the relationship.
Dongyu is strong, although Xiong Tingbi is tossing now, at most there is a defensive position, in case there is anything wrong is the situation of losing the whole situation, Wang Dayong thinks that the deal with Dongyu is a good thing now, and he can be familiar with it when he surrenders in the future, this time he plans to follow all the way to Fushun Pass, and after going back, he reported that he went to patrol the area of Guanmen, and maybe he could get a commendation.
"Be careful with me, escort out to see, don't slack off." Wang Dayong was half-lying down, and his own soldiers laid blankets for him, and seeing that Wang Dali's group of guards were also in the house, Wang Dayong frowned, and ordered everyone to go out to patrol the sentry.
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I've been riddled with miscellaneous things for the past two days, and I'm just depressed, but today, Monday, send one more chapter to ask for recommendation votes, and it's good to have one or two more on the list of new books.