Chapter Thirty-Six: Heading North to Maoshan Mountain
After a night of preparation, 100 more farmers in the camp are ready to set off to contribute to the development of various resources!
In the meeting with Pan Datou yesterday, the two sides had already torn their faces, and Zhao Yun had been able to get rid of some scruples, and released the servant army who had been collecting food in the small stone room, led by Cui Laosan, to the lake.
Going to the lake and seeing the scenery? NO! NO! NO!
As soon as they arrived, the people of Shifoshan appeared from the reeds that had been ambushed earlier, and the twenty guns and four hundred rounds of ammunition that Zhao Yun had promised them last time were all in place this time.
However, in addition to the delivery, Zhao Yun also pulled the heavy machine gun in front of them and demonstrated it. Some of them were as earthy as they looked, and some were excited.
Zhao Yun wants this effect, he is about to go out to show them some of his strength, so that they can settle down.
In Zhao Yun's plan, these people are his allies, and only by showing them the power of the stick and giving them a sweet date can they be stable. But don't forget, they are all mountain bandits, and Zhao Yun almost lost his life when he fell into their hands at the beginning. Now that they are doing so, they are already repaying their grievances with virtue, and with a stable food source, they don't have to harass the surrounding people, which can be regarded as stabilizing the surrounding public security problems.
Yesterday, the Jiangnan detachment sent by Zhao Yun arrived at the boundary of Maoshan and found that the entire Maoshan of this era or this space was "renewed".
I followed the direction I was walking, but I didn't find a hole. And the surrounding trees, mountains! It's completely different from the places I've been, and I don't have any reference in my impression. Leaving them there couldn't find anything, and the unrelenting Zhao Yun could only go out in person.
Today, Zhao Yun is going to send heavy machine guns and machine gun bullets to the county seat. Wang Yougui came to Zhou Village with money to meet with Zhao Yun, and then went together.
This time, there were only ten people around Wang Yougui, all of whom rode horses, and after counting the ocean, he took back the IOU, "Brother, I'm going to bother you today." Wang Yougui's face was blue and purple, and it seemed that he didn't run away after going back.
"What's the matter, let's go, Brother Wang!" Everyone called you brother, and Zhao Yun also changed his name, and after that valley attack, the relationship between the two was much closer. Zhao Yun took his first infantry team and the first cavalry team, ten peasants and three carts, and set off for the county seat.
"Brother Wang, I've always had a question, I want to go around Nanjing, what is the safe and easy way?" On the way, Zhao Yun asked half-seriously.
"Nanjing? Well! I think about it, yes, you can go to the county seat to find a car and a horse! Or go to the dart game and find someone to accompany you. Wang Yougui replied seriously.
"It's as simple as that? Doesn't it mean that there are all checkpoints on the road? Zhao Yun was choked by his answer, and it took a long time before answering.
"However, you can't bring these long guys, you have to bring some short guys, and no one will stop you if you pretend to be a businessman!" Wang Yougui said lightly.
“???” Zhao Yun turned around, collected twenty-two M1911s from the cavalry, and spread them out to Wang Yougui, seeing that Zhao Yun took out so many at once, Wang Yougui was startled, "Brother, what are you doing?" ”
"Go far away!" At the same time, he asked people to inform Shao Lao Er and come to the county seat to meet him. Then the guns of the elite musketeers were replaced, and each of them was given two guns, and all of them became two guns, and they set off with ten men.
Wang Yougui looked at so many M1911s, and muttered in his heart, the machine gun was like this last time, and now this pistol is like this. Looking at these brand-new weapons, Wang Yougui secretly wondered if this Zhao Yun family was running an arsenal!
After entering the county seat, he handed over the machine gun first, and the county magistrate couldn't take his eyes off when he saw the "baby", and even Zhao Yun didn't pay attention to them, and directly threw a letter of appointment, and transferred the two villages around Zhou Village to Zhao Yun's name.
Of the 200 guns he bought last time, Wang Yougui only got 50 guns, and the other 150
It is said that it was because the Hui army took away all the good guys in the garrison when it went north, and the garrison has always been an empty shelf, so Pan Datou became arrogant.
The garrison of the entire Langxi County is only 200 people, which is less than the militia in Yaocun Township, and Pan Datou's arrogant capital is the 400 regiments.
But don't think that the county is just that, there are still 150 policemen in the entire county, and more than 200 militiamen, in case someone comes to attack the county seat, the families of those old men who live in the city, the nursing home can also organize 200 people, and the whole county can carry more than 800 guns.
The problem is that this is a home battle, and if it is an away battle, then I'm sorry, and there will only be a garrison of 200 people plus a militia of more than 200 people.
In terms of heavy firepower, in addition to the heavy machine gun in the county office, which is fixed, the other one has always been placed at the south gate for a period of time, and then at the north gate for a period of time, which is a weapon of greater deterrent significance than practical significance.
Now it's okay, the county magistrate looks at these "babies", it's comfortable! The county government is not moving, you can also put a stand at the south gate and the north gate, and the garrison troops are allocated to fight out of the city, Wang Yougui is still very hard in this matter, and it is his own team, and Biqiao Town is also equipped with one. And it is said that the grain store still has a supply of bullets, hehe, the grain store, an ordinary grain seller can sell such weapons, fortunately he didn't offend them in the first place, there is an arms dealer on his own territory these years, which is more useful than stationing a battalion.
Thinking of the end, the county magistrate narrowed his eyes: "Pan Datou, you big-headed soldier!" Dare to rob the official's gun, let's ride a donkey to read the record book, and we'll see! ”
Out of the yamen, Wang Yougui took Zhao Yun to a teahouse.
After sitting down face-to-face, Zhao Yun looked at each other carefully.
Wang Yougui felt a lot haggard today, for the sake of fifty guns, he took in sixty or seventy people, although his cousin and county magistrate promised to give him a chance to reorganize, but many of the people who died last night were his own cronies, and they were all locals who knew the roots.
When I went back last night, I was in a hurry to go back, and I didn't bring them all back, and early this morning, the families of the regiments in the town who didn't come back last night all went to that valley. howling as he walked, Wang Yougui's heart ached. The problem of the gun was solved by Zhao Yun, who was sitting opposite, what about people? I won't be able to recruit so many people for a while.
In fact, Zhao Yun was sad to think about him, originally Biqiao Town, with the support of the county magistrate, was also the second only to Pan Datou in the Langxi territory, and it has always been a barrier to the north of Langxi County. As a result, the first time I had a confused battle with the horse bandits, lost more than half of it, and a few days after I pulled it up again, I was ambushed again, and my death was even more tragic. Hit twice in a row in a month, this guy is really back.
After sitting for a while, three strong men came, Wang Yougui immediately got up to greet him, "Come on, let me introduce, these three are the golden dart head of the Jinwei Dart Bureau and their two disciples, they are all walking darts in the county, the best dart masters." ”
"Human darts?" It was the first time Zhao Yun had heard such a title.
"Brother, it is estimated that you have not been in contact with the dart board before, since the end of the Qing Dynasty, after the decline of the ticket number, the main business of the dart board that used to rely on the ticket number to eat is the three major dart systems of food darts, object darts, and human body darts, and each of the three has its own elders. This golden dart head is the Jinwei Dart Bureau who specializes in walking human darts, brother, I also invited them when I went out, and they also have a branch in Jurong. Jin Darthead, my brother is going to Jurong, and he will be back in a few days, and you have to protect him all the way. There must be no accidents, and if something happens, you don't have to mix in the Langxi realm. Got it? Wang Yougui said a beautiful scene, this kind of small threat is nothing for this kind of large-scale chain dart game, but if you lose the dart, it is a big deal, this is to smash the signboard.
After some introduction, Wang Yougui left, he wanted to comfort the families of those subordinates who died, and every family had to go to condole.
This move made Zhao Yun praise him. Whether it's a show or not, this style is indescribable.
As soon as Wang Yougui arrived, the business was about to begin, and Wang Yougui was present just now, and some of the content was still unspeakable. "Golden dart head? Hehe, don't be nervous, we have a total of twelve people this time, and I will pay for the expenses along the way, you just need to take me to this place, I want to be fast! Be safe! ”
The master of the dart game talks about a wide range of people and good relationships; Rich and powerful, playing the banner of the black threshold (** characters or green forest heroes) do not dare to provoke, in case something happens to the government, the dart is robbed and can afford to pay two silver.
Today, I heard that it was introduced by the young master Wang, and the head of the golden dart knew that there was a big man, none of Wang Dashao's friends were simple, this young master didn't seem to be very old, but he didn't know which family's son wanted to go out for a walk, this is the most difficult person to deal with, not in the danger on the road, but in case of a sudden young master's temper on the road, people can't parry, something happens, and the whole dart bureau has to carry it. Hey, be careful!
In these years, it is difficult to do a dart game, and there must be three hards to do a dart business: first, there is a hard backer in the government; second, there is a hard relationship in the green forest; The third is to have hard work in itself, and all three are indispensable. The first thing to do is to hit the characters on the local table, and invite friends who have heads and faces on both the official and private sides to come to the show, but in the early years of the Republic of China, the rotation of officials is like a lantern, less than ten years, and even the president has changed several times, and the cost of this popularity has suffered these dart games. And you can't offend, if the popularity is not good, and someone kicks the field, the door will simply be closed without two strokes.
The three of them practiced kung fu horizontally, and they were hard qigong, and they couldn't be said to be invulnerable, but there was no problem at all in dealing with eleven or twelve ordinary people.
Calculated the distance, designed the route, and looked at Zhao Yun's ocean, which was twice as high as usual. Ask Zhao Yun and them to wait for half a day, they will go home and explain, and they can set off in the afternoon.
At about three o'clock in the afternoon, the personnel, weapons, money and food were all ready, and the group rushed to the north gate in the scorching summer sun.
The cavalry of Zhao Yun's First Cavalry Corps was already waiting outside the city.
At first glance, the golden dart head is really not a good job, isn't this the red-clothed cavalry who has been in the limelight on the road recently? It turned out to be their dart, and it is estimated that this time it will be nine deaths, and even they have to pay for darts, which is definitely not a good job, so I didn't take it if I knew it.
Zhao Yun saw the frustration on the faces of the three dart masters, walked over, invited them to get on their horses, and let the cavalry take a ride.
But the more polite Zhao Yun was to them, the more bottomless the three of them felt in their hearts.
All on the horse, one horse and two people, at a speed of 60 yards to the north of Langxi, this is the first time Zhao Yun to the north of Langxi, here and the south is different, the south is mountainous, the north is more lake, the cavalry has to go around in circles at every turn, and in the evening, they arrived at the border of Langxi. Then go out is the boundary of Liyang.
From the north gate to the present, the road has been bumpy, everyone is a little tired, and the scorching sun is on them, everyone is sweating profusely, but fortunately, they don't need to control the reins when they ride.
When I arrived in Meizhu Town, I had some food, and in order to cool off, Zhao Yun decided that everyone would rush overnight. Although the people of the dart bureau were a little opposed to walking at night, they saw that the cavalry was fully armed and there were no burdens such as carriages and goods, so they did not say anything, and no such team dared to rob this team unless it was a regular army of the brigade.
The cavalry has been sending everything to Niutou Mountain, and then it is the territory of Jurong, and here it is starting to close the cards.
I found a place to rest.
Along the way, the dart masters have seen it, this horse is non-stop, and has been maintaining high speed, all night is a mountain road, fortunately there are horses, and the small rivers in some places are riding horses and wading through.
The two little apprentices were thinking that they would have the capital to brag about when they went back this time, completely ignoring their master's pale face.
This saves a lot of time, but the rest of the journey is not easy.
The elite musketeers, now turned into pistols, were on guard everywhere, and Zhao Yun lay in the shade of a tree and fell asleep.
It's not like you haven't walked this far before, but have you ever walked hundreds of miles on horseback? Zhao Yun has a special seat in the saddle, which avoids the inner thighs from being worn out, but he has been upside down on the horse for most of the day, and now he is lying down, Zhao Yun feels that he is still on the horse!
Seeing that Zhao Yun was resting, Jin Dart Head also sent a person to sentry, this was the first time that he had walked so many roads in only one night, and in the dark night, without torches, the entire cavalry team did not leave a single person. This kind of kung fu can only be done by the personal guards of the Mongolian princes in the steppe in the north and the horse bandits in the northwest!
I was even more skeptical about the origin of this team. Glancing at Zhao Yun, they were already resting under the tree, and he hurriedly called the apprentice to his side, sat down on the spot, and seized the time to recover. I don't know what difficulties lie ahead of me tomorrow!
After going out day and night, he walked for another day, passed five or six checkpoints, and finally entered Yuanxiang Town south of Jurong before dark, and after finding something to eat, Zhao Yun entered the inn and fell asleep.
"I'm tired," Zhao Yun has never walked such a long way, he has been walking through the forest all day, the soles of his feet are blistered, and his whole body seems to be falling apart, and he doesn't know how to continue tomorrow! Go back and go to huàn horses out, look at the dart master around him is a picture from morning to night, it's time to practice foot strength, I used to sit in the office every day, and now I don't have a means of transportation, I'm really not used to it.
In the back of the journey, Zhao Yun grinded for three days to get there, of course, it was mainly Zhao Yun who dragged the whole team back.
Finally arrived at the local area of Maoshan, Zhao Yun asked the head of the golden dart, and went to Jurong County to find the branch of the Jinwei Dart Bureau in Jurong, and invited the local dart master and the hunters around Maoshan.
Zhao Yun stood on a large bluestone and looked at the dart master and the hunter below. "Guys, I'm looking for a place like this." Lao Shao sent them a map drawn by Zhao Yun when he was resting on the road in the past few days. On the map, you can roughly see a mountain, a col, and a hole on one side that is covered by vines.
"Ladies and gentlemen, there is such a place around here, and if anyone can find this hole, I will go out ten thousand oceans."
"Wow! 10,000 oceans! "That's a lot!" The people below were talking.
"Could it be fake, who wants to spend 10,000 oceans to find a hole?" Someone questioned
"I put 10,000 oceans in Jurong's Jinwei Dart Bureau! If someone finds it, cash it out now! Zhao Yun had long estimated that his prestige was insufficient, but fortunately, the reputation of the Jinwei Dart Bureau was good, and he was temporarily smashed down by Zhao Yun and used as a tiger skin.
"There is Jinwei Dart Bureau as a guarantee, that is probably true, why are the brothers still stunned to find the picture!" Suddenly, the draft drawings in Shao Lao's second-hand hands became a treasure map, and everyone rushed to sell them.
Zhao Yun knew that if he let himself look for it, it was estimated that he would not be able to find it for a year, and now he had more than 20,000 oceans from selling guns in his hands, and it was the best policy to make contributions to the masses!
In the next month, Zhao Yun ran more than 20 suspected areas and entered more than a dozen holes, but unfortunately they were not that hole.
Time passed quickly, and it was already the end of July when Zhao Yun came to Jurong, and now August has passed and it has entered September. After a month's search, Zhao Yun experienced a tempering of his mood, and with a full of joy, he ushered in a basin of cold water.
It took nearly 10,000 oceans and countless useless messages to get back and forth. Now in addition to the 10,000 oceans bet on the dart game, Zhao Yun only has less than 2,000 oceans left in his hands.
With disappointment, on September 7, Zhao Yun returned to Langxi, at which time Langxi had entered the busiest season of the year.
The autumn harvest has begun!
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