Chapter 338: Give the messenger a dismount
In fact, it is not only the rebel generals in Dengzhou City who are worried, but also Wu Shigong outside Dengzhou City. The artillery of the Runing battalion is now running out of ammunition and food. Yoneda can have it all the time, but cannonballs don't come out often!
These days, Wu Shigong's invention of the curve artillery firing not only gave the Runing battalion a sigh of relief, but also the colorful ammunition firing made the Runing battalion set off a new upsurge of entertainment.
Zhou Xun led the gang of bad boys, thinking about what new tricks to do every day. However, Zhou Xun's gang of bad boys can have a good time, but when they are a family, Wu Shigong knows that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive.
And Wu Shigong didn't know how effective his artillery was. I only saw various types of shells fired into Dengzhou City, but I didn't know how much damage it had caused to the ships and rebels in the city. To be honest, this kind of shelling is just to vent your anger.
At the beginning, Wu Shigong was still very interested in the shelling, and in the final analysis, these officers in the Runing battalion were also young people who loved to play and make trouble. But with the extension of the artillery firing time, Wu Shigong has to calculate the economic account.
Cannonballs need money; Gunpowder costs money; Propaganda paper costs money, and even the long-term firing of artillery will shorten the life of the barrel. Wu Shigong didn't dare to count it, and if he counted it any more, his heart would be bleeding.
But now it is not possible to stop the shelling all at once. Putting pressure on the rebels is not to be carried out; Not to mention that the artillery bombardment of the Runing battalion had already let Zhu Dadian, Gao Qiqian, and other Ming troops know that the sudden suspension would easily make them feel uncomfortable, and Wu Shigong had to maintain such an artillery bombardment just because he needed to maintain the current morale of the Runing battalion.
But Wu Shigong was not without gains. Seeing the shelling of the Runing camp these days, the local guide in Dengzhou, named Han Shi, was very grateful to Wu Shigong, and he threw himself into the ground to make cattle and horses for Wu Shigong.
But Wu Shigong will not be unkind to the initiator of the shelling. But it won't give him a very haode face. Besides, there are many people who want to make cattle and horses for Wu Shigong in this world, as long as Wu Shigong opens his mouth, maybe the people who sign up can go around Sijiu City a few times, so Wu Shigong is not uncommon to have such a one, so Wu Shigong put Han Shi aside at the beginning.
But I didn't expect Han Shi to have a unique skill. He was originally a driver who drove a big car in Dengzhou City, and now he has no other places to go.
So Han Shi soaked in Wu Shigong's side every day, doing chores for Wu Shigong regardless of pay. And seeing Wu Shigong, he was indifferent, and the guards around Wu Shigong went to work casually.
And Wu Shigong's war horse man is crazy, although it is usually very naughty. But it has a good habit of loving hygiene and likes to take a bath every day. But people are crazy and picky, and they don't want other people to touch their bodies. Therefore, Wu Shigong often washes people crazy with his own hands, and he is often covered in sweat by people who are not honest in the bath.
But somehow. People are crazy and Han Shi is also quite in love. As a result, Wu Shigong was also happy to have less such a drudgery. acquiesced to Wei Zhen becoming his groom.
But the happiest thing is that the man is going crazy. It's cleaned up every day these days. Han Shi, who was in high spirits and was chasing him, rampage through the camp and happily seduced the mare.
On the night of this day, Wu Shigong was counting the inventory of the artillery team in his big tent, and was thinking about finding a reason to go to Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian to ask for some shells and gunpowder? Or do you want to borrow some from the military attaches of the former coalition army, such as Liu Zeqing?
But at this moment, Yang Rusong quickly rushed into the big tent, and he whispered in Wu Shigong's ear: "My lord." Eight traitors came out of the city, and they asked to see the lord. They didn't have weapons, they carried two boxes. β
After Wu Shigong heard this, he stood up excitedly. It looks like their shelling is working. The rebels can't stand it anymore and want to negotiate with themselves.
But Wu Shigong immediately forced himself to calm down, and he wandered back and forth in the big tent, carefully considering the pros and cons of the negotiation.
Yang Rusong, who was waiting for Wu Shigong's order, was a little misunderstood. He asked Wu Shigong again: "My lord, do you want to kill them all?" β
Wu Shigong reacted at once. No matter how you say it, you can talk about it later, and maybe you will have some benefit. And it's not appropriate to leave the rebel envoys outside for a long time, after all, not all the people in the Henan army are from the Runing battalion.
So, Wu Shigong immediately ordered: "Bring their leaders over, remember, don't let others see it, you personally arrange it." Also, they should be searched on their bodies and in their boxes, so that they do not put anything dangerous in them. β
Ever since he left Dengzhou City at night, Huang Qiqi was trembling. Huang Qiqi's courage is not big, he is nothing more than following Mao Wenlong's old man when he first established Dongjiang Town. It's just that with his qualifications, he has achieved the position of a thousand presidents.
But since Mao Wenlong was killed, military attachΓ©s like Huang Qiqi, who have no background, have been constantly marginalized. It's also that his shili is too young, and he used to be very sleek, so after the frequent fires in Dongjiang Town, he survived by luck.
This time Kong Youde rebelled, but Huang Qiqi was a person staying in Dengzhou City. When the rebels broke the city of Dengzhou, Huang Qiqi also joined the rebels with the crowd. However, the rebels' several transfers have also transferred a lot of Huang Qiqi's subordinates, and now although Huang Qiqi is still a thousand generals, he only has more than 200 soldiers left in his hands, and has become one of the several rebel generals who assisted in defending the southern city wall.
A few days ago, Huang Qiqi witnessed several breakouts of the rebels, and the generals who led the breakout were also drawn by lot. After that, several people were killed and wounded outside the city.
Although Huang Qiqi is timid, he is not stupid, and none of those who came out of the lottery are the descendants of Kong Youde and Geng Jingzhong. But Huang Qiqi didn't dare to point through this, and he didn't even dare to make a skeptical expression. But I didn't expect that my clumsiness would bring me this life-and-death errand. Huang Qiqi really regrets it in his heart!
But it's useless to think about it now. Huang Qiqi and the others are now unarmed in an empty tent. It is also surrounded by tigers and wolves.
As the waiting time lengthened, Huang Qiqi became more and more frightened. He knew that the young general, who had just brought him over-the-top, had gone to tell the commander of the army.
But Huang Qiqi was still afraid. In the end, will the commander of this official army dare to receive him? You must know that negotiating with yourself, the envoy of the rebel army, alone is a great sin for the chief general of this official army. Once leaked, the consequences can be unimaginable.
Therefore, Huang Qiqi thinks that the most likely fate for himself is that the master of this official army will send himself to the commander of the official army to clear up and ask for credit. However, in view of the fate of the rebel generals who had negotiated with the official army before, Huang Qiqi thought that he would also be more auspicious.
It seemed that 10,000 years had passed, and Huang Qiqi finally heard footsteps outside the tent, and the general manager who had just made the announcement entered the tent again, and he ordered Huang Qiqi: "Everyone else stays, you follow me alone to meet our lordship." β
Huang Qiqi's heart is a little fixed. Since he didn't hand himself in immediately, and he didn't tie himself up, it proves that he is still safe for the time being.
When Huang Qiqi walked into the heavily guarded tent, when he saw Wu Shigong sitting behind the big case, he couldn't help but be stunned, and thought: "Why are the military attaches of this army so young?" β
But now is not the time to be cranky, Huang Qiqi immediately clasped his fists and saluted, and said in a hoarse voice: "This lord, the lower official is invited here." β
When Wu Shigong heard this, he didn't answer immediately, he looked at Huang Qiqi in a daze, looked at it for a while, and looked at Huang Qiqi a little hairy.
Seeing that Huang Qiqi was already a little restless, Wu Shigong suddenly became hahadaxiao. While smiling, he said, "You have the courage to call yourself a subordinate official." You're here to die today, right? β
Huang's confidence and courage disappeared immediately after this sentence. He was so frightened that he knelt down with a "plop", and kowtowed again and again to beg for mercy: "Damn it!" The small ones are also heart-to-heart. The small ones are also forced! β
Wu Shigong was taken aback by Huang's action. What he did just now was nothing more than Wu Shigong wanting to use some psychological pressure on Huang Qiqi in order to take advantage of the subsequent negotiations. But I didn't expect the rebel messenger who came today to be so timid, and he was frightened like this. This made Wu Shigong prepare to go down, but he couldn't say it for a while.
At this time, several pro-soldiers also moved the two boxes of Haode into the big tent and put them beside Wu Shigong. Wu Shigong no longer paid attention to Huang Qiqi. He stood up, paced to the box, opened a mouthful, picked up the calligraphy and paintings inside, and began to play.
At that time, Wu Shigong was in the Gongshun Hou Mansion, although he was not very popular, but after all, he was also from a rich family, so he was still knowledgeable about the contents of the box. After looking at the two boxes, Wu Shigong estimated that if those things were sold in the capital, they could also be sold for more than 2,000 taels of silver.
And Wu Shigong's attitude made Huang Qiqi's heart even more bottomless. He could only keep his head as low as possible and wait for Wu Shigong's verdict.
After a long while, Wu Shigong closed the lid of the box and said to Huang Qiqi: "What are you doing with these rags today?" β
Huang Qiqi immediately raised his head and defended: "My lord, these are all things locked in the treasury of the rich people in Dengzhou City, they must be very valuable. These things are small to honor you. The little one didn't mean anything else, so I thought about talking to the adults. β
"Valuable?" Wu Shigong snorted with his nose, "I don't know if it's worth it before, but in this chaos, can these things be eaten?" Can you still drink it? No one wants to throw it on the street. All right! The official doesn't want to waste time, so you can explain today's intention first. (To be continued......)