For three days in a row, Zheng Guobao rested his troops at Loushan Pass and rewarded the three armies. His food is far more abundant than Yang Yinglong's, and his resources are more sufficient. The food captured by the elders of the beggar gang in Chengdu alone was enough to support the army for several months. On the side of the King of Shu, he also actively donated money and took out the grain accumulated by the palace over the years as military food for the army. The king of Shu had extensive land in Sichuan and accumulated thousands of grains, and his support made Zheng Guobao full of confidence. Of course, the assistance of the king of Shu is not without a price, the salt well business of the artesian well in Sichuan, the king of Shu is very interested, and the two Huai salt tickets, the king of Shu is even more interested.

Zheng Guobao has always given face to the vassal king, and as soon as the king of Shu mentioned it, he nodded and agreed, and happily approved the note. His strip is in the two Huai salt fields, which is much better than the salt stamps printed by the government, and with this article, the king of Shu can branch salt in Huaibei, and the friendship between the two is deeper. Jade Lotus, the widow and county lord who was good friends, also understood the relationship between Guò and Jade Lotus, and hooked up with Zheng Guobao and took out a private house to buy shares. The king of Shu is the head snake of Sichuan, he has a relationship with Zheng Guobao, and the logistics supply of the entire army has been greatly improved, and Zheng Guobao doesn't care about this confrontation at all.

In contrast, Yang Yinglong's life is not so easy. In the past battles of the toast, it was good to let the people below bring their own food, and after the war, they would just grab the spoils of war. However, this time the battle with the imperial court was the first battle after the establishment of Banzhou, and the combat mode was completely different from the past. According to Long Xiang's original construction, he had to pay the military salary, be responsible for the diet, and let the soldiers have enough to eat. This kind of food expenditure is not a small amount. Watching the grain decrease every day, the grain supervisor of the Yang family was distressed as if he was cutting meat. "陛xià. Let's fight. If we continue to consume the officers and soldiers like this, we will go bankrupt without waiting for the officers and soldiers to fight. If the officers and soldiers don't come, let's take the initiative to challenge and take Loushan Pass back. ”

If it was only the grain superintendent, Yang Yinglong would not care. However, the Ministry of Defense composed of the Yang clan, their opinions, Yang Yinglong had to consider. In the pre-war business, the imperial court took out a large price to collect grain, and the people of the Ministry of Defense knew about the war situation. As a party with a shortage of food. It is not right to sell military rations. But the price offered by the other party was too tempting, and they couldn't help it, so they had to make some small turnovers. Of course, the amount of such turnover is very limited. Completely under control. Rodent infestation can be used. Excuses like the fight to deal with the past. If it doesn't work, put more sand in the soldier's meal, so that the stuffing will not be exposed.

But when a few people are in power. After everyone made some small turnovers, the amount of grain in this warehouse could not be explained. If we continue to consume, we may not be able to cover the lid if we are short of this amount. Even if you use reasons such as Yin soldiers borrowing food to shirk it, everyone is staring at the position of the Ministry of Defense. Everyone has the surname Yang, who doesn't want to sit in this position? In order to keep this position, in order to keep the votes, they must cover this matter, and the only way is to fight a decisive battle with the officers and soldiers, and after the officers and soldiers are defeated, this deficit will not be a problem. If they are defeated by officers and men, they can also blame the deficit on the heads of officers and men, in short, their own interests must not be lost, and their votes must be saved.

During the confrontation, the imperial court was not honest, and Zheng Guobao organized a large number of prisoners, holding earthen horns, and shouted at Yang Yinglong's troops. Many of these homeless new soldiers are old acquaintances and are called by name. Zheng Guobao is also a bit articulate, and his shouting is extremely inflammatory, "Wu Laosi." Don't stay in Banzhou, the imperial court is in charge of three meals a day, and Banzhou is only given two meals. The imperial court eats meat once every five days, and Banzhou doesn't see meat for a month, what are you still messing up there? Come here, it is better to work as a master than to work hard as a soldier, and you can beat the officers and soldiers? Here, a dress is issued a month, and the work is paid for work, where to find this good day. I sue you, after you come, you can be the captain of the army, we are all from the beggar gang, can I lie to you? Our gang leader is also here, as long as you are willing to come, the gang leader may even give you a leader. ”

Under this propaganda method, there are more and more deserters, from three to five, to thirty and fifty, and finally even a hundred deserters. Yang Yinglong's military justice department cut off dozens of heads in one go, and it was difficult to control this kind of escape. I had to give an order, and when I went to bed at night, my trouser belts were tied in one place, and when I moved, everyone could wake up, and no one would want to run.

Long Xiang saw an opportunity from it, and met Yang Yinglong and said: "Father-in-law, I think it's better to let the martial arts masters who live in our recruitment hall pretend to be these deserters and blend into the official army." Whether it is burning the grain, grass and gunpowder of the officers and soldiers, or stabbing Zheng Guobao to death, the officers and men can be defeated without a fight, so as to prevent our army from directly engaging the officers and soldiers. ”

Yang Yinglong shook his head, "Those rivers and lakes are reckless, and they can't be a big deal." These people voted for me to sow the state, eat and drink together, and fight a good fight, how can such an important mission be handed over to them? In my opinion, most of the time. ”

"Uncle Yue, even if it doesn't work, it's better to send them away than to let them eat food here for nothing, it will only add to the chaos." Long Xiang looked down on these reckless rivers and lakes from the bottom of his heart, most of these people had committed serious crimes, and they were wanted by the Ming Dynasty, and they had no place to run, so they had to come to Banzhou to settle down and avoid the pursuit of the Ming court. There are few law-abiding good citizens, they do evil in the Ming Dynasty, and when they arrive in Banzhou, don't expect them to live in peace. Especially when these hundreds of bandits get together, the destructive power is even more amazing. Since Banzhou built the Zhaoxian Pavilion and recruited heroes from all over the world, vicious cases have occurred every day, which has greatly damaged the prestige of the Yang family. Yang Yinglong has a good reputation, and he always holds the style of the leader of the Banzhou Martial Arts League, and he does not refuse, and he wants to maintain the reputation of a southwest Mengwei. In this Banzhou Recruitment Hall, the food is good and the treatment is high, the three meals of wine and meat, and the supply is sufficient, in order to prevent them from attacking the women of Banzhou, they also have to spend money to find fans to stay with them, which brings huge pressure to the Banzhou economy. Expelling this group of scum can be regarded as getting rid of a big burden.

Those rivers and lakes heard that Yang Yinglong asked them to go to assassinate, and they were also very "Yang Meng's master...... Ah no, it should be the great total poke majesty. You treat our brothers, the sky is high and the earth is thick, how can we not give you your life? We Jianghu people are different from the people in the government. It is about the word righteousness, and the most important thing to be a man is to be trustworthy and have enough friends. Rest assured, your business is our business, and your enemies are our enemies. Isn't it just a little Zheng Guobao? Is it a matter of killing him? Which of us is not a first-class master who flies high and high, flies the eaves and walks the wall, killing a dog official, effortlessly, you just wait for the good news. ”

These hundreds of masters took advantage of the cover of night to leave Yangma City, and went straight to the official barracks, and someone asked, "I said this brother, do we really want to assassinate Zheng Guobao?" I heard that now the heads of the major factions and the masters of their own sects are working as bodyguards for him in the barracks, although there are many of us, there are also many of them, and there are so many officers and soldiers, do we have a chance of winning? ”

"Are you stupid? We Jianghu people, the most important thing is a wisdom word. At the beginning, Yang Yinglong was willing to give us good wine and meat, and there were women to accompany us, so we ate and drank at his place. Now that the officers and soldiers are here, seeing that he is about to lose his head, are we still waiting for him to die? I haven't heard that the officers and soldiers have meat to eat, clothes to be distributed, and wages to be paid. The beggar helped the disciple to go, and he became the captain of the army, who of us is not higher in kung fu than those disciples, it is estimated that he can directly become a petty officer, and his life is worse than this? Let's surrender first after we go, and then show our kung fu, maybe we can directly serve as a personal soldier for Qincha. I've heard that this Qin sent a group of wives and concubines, and we may be able to hook up with his beloved concubines when the time comes, and we will get both people and money. ”

These people thought of good things, and touched all the way to the vicinity of the camp gate, but before they could speak, a cavalryman from the camp crashed out, holding a three-eyed gun and was about to open fire. The frightened heroes of the rivers and lakes all performed a trick of tiger prostrate on the ground, knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "We are abandoning the darkness and turning to the light, and we have come to join the official army." We are righteous men who revolted before the battle, not thieves who came to steal the camp. ”

"Pre-battle uprising?" The officer with the troops, who seemed to have seen too much of these people, commanded, "Tie them all up." Seeing that they are running very fast, they may have kung fu on their bodies, so they can tie them up with a good thick rope. After tying up the rice dumplings one by one, the officer sneered, "Send it to General Lian, let them learn the rules first." After learning the rules, I will be assigned to the selection team, and when I play the sea dragon hoard, I will use it all. ”

The leader shouted, "Didn't you say to be a master? There are also wages and ranks, you can't say that it doesn't count. ”

When the officer saw that they were all tied up strongly, he was not afraid that they would run away. "You said that the master's treatment is there, but either it is the enjoyment of being an official, or you have someone in the brocade guard, otherwise, you will honestly carry the sack, work nine hours a day, and give two meals to eat. That's it, there is no quota now, honestly give me the election Feng, dare to talk more, and pull it out and cut it directly! (To be continued......)