Chapter Eighty-Nine: Inside the City of Gu'an (Part II)
Wang Feng's words not only made Ren Wufu feel the murderous aura of the young man in front of him, but also made him somewhat incomprehensible. In Ren Wufu's view, if you want to assassinate someone, you must either secretly poison and kill people invisibly; Either like the "Assassins" or "Jing Ke Assassin Qin", approaching the assassin with a certain determination to die; Either rely on his martial arts and kill all the way to the enemy. Although this kind of long-distance assassination similar to what Wang Feng said can also be achieved through bows and arrows or crossbow machines, because the accuracy of these two weapons will be affected by a variety of factors, there is no guarantee that one hit will be hit, so under normal circumstances, multiple archers or crossbowmen are sent to attack at the same time, and density is exchanged for accuracy. Judging from the current situation in Gu'an County, Cao Jiyun does not trust the original officials in Gu'an County very much, and is very sensitive to all kinds of winds and grasses in Gu'an City. If Ren Wufu mobilizes the archers and crossbowmen in the army for his own use, it is likely to arouse Cao Jiyun's suspicions, and then point the finger at himself - it was only then that Ren Wufu found that he had thought too much about the surrender of the city, and more than half a year had passed since Zhong Youpeng's visit last year, but he did not even think that he should select a few capable soldiers from the county defenders to win over and let them be used for his own use.
Different from Ren Wufu's suspicion and hesitation, Zhong Youpeng, who knew that Wang Feng and his subordinates had a good background, knew that his son-in-law was very sure of what he said. He and Wang Feng traveled this time, and they brought twelve guards with them. With these people and the extremely sharp muskets in their hands, it is not a big problem to assassinate Cao Jiyun from a distance. The only thing that worries Zhong Youpeng now is that after he assassinates Cao Jiyun, how will the five hundred Khitan cavalry led by him react, and will there be chaos in Gu'an County before the arrival of the Zhou army. However, before there is no other more effective and faster method, Zhong Youpeng does not mind that the guards rely on the sharpness of the firearms in their hands to carry out an assassination of Cao Jiyun with a very high success rate.
With Wang Feng's self-confidence and Zhong Youpeng's disguised support, although Ren Wufu still felt that this method was not appropriate and cautious enough, he finally agreed to Wang Feng's suggestion. He also gave Wang Feng a detailed introduction to Cao Jiyun's daily roadmap of going to the city to urge the people and villagers to strengthen the city wall and come to the county government to sit in the town.
Now that the situation that should be understood is understood, there is no need for Zhong Youpeng and Wang Feng to stay in the Wufu Mansion any longer. First, Wang Feng had to go to those places where Cao Jiyun had to go to inspect the site to arrange the position of the sniper; Second, the atmosphere in Gu'an City is tense now, and foreign strangers like Zhong Youpeng and Wang Feng will inevitably attract the attention of others if they stay in Ren Wufu Mansion for a long time. So, after chatting with Ren Wufu for a few more words, Zhong Youpeng and Wang Feng got up to say goodbye and left Ren's mansion.
Out of Renfu, Zhong and Wang were divided into two ways. Zhong Youpeng was escorted by several guards to go directly back to the secret stronghold of "Dark Feather" in the local area, while Wang Feng took several other guards to familiarize himself with the terrain along the route that Cao Jiyun was accustomed to taking every day, and on the way he had to go to the south gate every day to check the guards, he selected a favorable terrain where snipers could be arranged in three different positions. The three guards who accompanied Wang Feng with outstanding marksmanship also personally went to the three shooting points to investigate on the spot to determine whether they would attract the attention of others when they set up an ambush here. All three firing points proved to be ideally chosen. Its secluded location and good visibility allow snipers to aim at passing targets without hindrance without attracting the attention of the target or others nearby. The ideal sniper position, excellent rifle shooter, and excellent performance of the "Five-Five" rifle, these favorable conditions add up, Wang Feng is full of confidence in the upcoming sniper operation.
However, out of the consideration of safety and certainty, after Wang Feng returned to the secret stronghold after inspecting this sniper site, he still found the leader of the local "Dark Feather" and ordered him to send someone to this sniper site early the next morning to squat and see if that Cao Jiyun would pass by at the time that Ren Wufu said, and check whether there would be unrelated people near those shooting points at the same time. Wang Feng, the master of the Gu'an branch of the "Dark Feather", was instructed to arrange for his own manpower, while Wang Feng returned to his residence and ordered the accompanying telegraph operator to set up a radio station and report to the committee on the meeting with Ren Wufu and the plan to assassinate Cao Jiyun. ,
There was not much time, and the committee sent a phone call back, on the one hand, affirming Zhong and Wang's pacifying work of Ren Wufu, but on the other hand, they did not approve of Wang Feng's assassination of Cao Jiyun and the regain control of Gu'an County. As for the reasons for opposing the implementation of this jihua, the committee said in a telegram that Xiao Siwen, who was sitting in Youzhou, had not yet made up his mind to lead his army south to fight the Later Zhou army, and if Cao Jiyun could hold off the Later Zhou army in Gu'an County for a period of time, it would have a positive effect on strengthening Xiao Siwen's confidence in the Zhou army after the southward block. Therefore, the committee believes that Zhong and Wang should not take drastic action against Cao Jiyun at present, but should wait and see what happens, and wait for the situation to change before taking the next step according to the changes in the situation. At the same time, the committee also asked Zhong and Wang to do a good job in the ideological work of Ren Wufu and his subordinates, so that they do not have to dwell on the so-called surrender of the city, but should focus on the future, and Zhong and Wang should let them understand that whether or not they have achieved the surrender of the city now is not directly related to their future future. As long as they sincerely serve the "anti-Liao" alliance, the "Qingyuan" brothers will definitely not treat them badly. In addition, the committee also suggested that Zhong and Wang should leave Gu'an County as soon as possible after completing the necessary communication and exchanges with Ren Wufu, so as to avoid unnecessary losses when the Later Zhou army attacked the city -- the "Shenji Army" would inevitably use firearms in the siege of the city, and Zhong, Wang, and others would be somewhat dangerous if they lived in the city.
Wang Feng was somewhat disappointed by the committee's callback. For a young man like him, a neat and sharp solution by force is far more pleasant than the use of stratagem and stratagem. However, disappointment is disappointment, and the Committee's decision must be carefully followed. Therefore, Wang Feng immediately found his father-in-law and informed the other party of the committee's decision.
On the contrary, Zhong Youpeng was very supportive of the committee's decision, although he still did not know how Wang Feng got in touch with Wang Kunjun and others, who were hundreds of miles away. In Zhong Youpeng's view, the assassination of Cao Jiyun was originally an expedient measure when there was no way to do it temporarily, and it was better not to carry it out or not. For scholars like Zhong Youpeng, who can use stratagem and stratagem, they are absolutely unwilling to use force without a little "jishu content" to solve problems.
Seeing that his father-in-law had a positive attitude of support for the committee's decision, Wang Feng no longer thought about assassinating Jihua, but discussed with Zhong Youpeng on how to persuade Ren Wufu to accept the committee's decision, and decided to visit Ren's mansion the next day and communicate with Ren Wufu so that he could calm down and wait for the development of the situation.
It was already the time for Weng and his son-in-law to discuss the matter, and they had been busy since they secretly infiltrated Gu'an County, so they had some time to relax. Wang Feng is young, and coupled with the crossing physique, he doesn't feel very hard. Zhong Youpeng is already over half a hundred years old, far less than Wang Feng's body bones, and he already feels a little tired and in good spirits at this time, so after hastily using the dinner sent by the master of the "Dark Feather" Gu'an Branch, Wang Feng and his entourage went back to the room to rest. And Wang Feng also returned to his room after settling down his father-in-law.
At this time, it is only the end of the unitary time, and the time in the previous life is more than seven o'clock, which is still early for Wang Feng, a "night owl" guy, to go to bed. Therefore, the first thing he did when he returned to his room was not to strip and go to bed, but to take out a large stack of manuscript paper from the package he had with him, wave his charcoal pen, and begin to write and draw on it. Of course, Wang Feng is not scribbling on manuscript paper for fun, but preparing for a big thing that he has always hoped to achieve but has never been able to achieve, that is, to establish the first real bank in this era.
Although Wang Feng has been working in the security department since the crossing, for him, it is just an expedient measure before realizing his ideals, and a way to reflect his value in the crossing team before realizing his ideals. In his previous life, Wang Feng, who worked in a bank as soon as he graduated from university and worked for several years, has a special affection for the bank and wants to make some satisfactory results in this regard. Therefore, in his previous life, he had been working diligently, and in a few years, he became a front desk supervisor from an ordinary clerk. And just when his ideal had just realized the first step, he encountered the most incredible thing of "crossing", and was suddenly pierced into the 10th century, which was said to be a bank, and even the money bank with the nature of a bank in ancient China had not yet appeared. Just when he was annoyed that his "ambition is not rewarded", and at the same time used his hobby in his previous life to take on the security work of crossing the team, an idea that he had never had before gradually took shape in his mind - since he can't become the leader of the banking industry, then he should simply become the pioneer of the banking industry. ,
Wang Feng is a person who does what he says, and since he had this idea, he began to put forward his idea of setting up the first bank in this era in various meetings of the crossing team and in the process of communicating with other travelers in private, hoping to get everyone's support. Unfortunately, due to various reasons, his idea has not been supported by the majority of the travelers, and has been rejected several times at the enlarged meetings of the Committee and even at the plenary meetings. Fortunately, Wang Feng is an open-minded person, and such a small setback cannot cause a serious blow to his ideals. He continued to move among the traversers, convincing his brothers to support his idea; While using what he learned and used in his previous life, he carefully wrote a detailed report about the bank, professional, and at the same time operable. I was going to submit it again to the Committee or the expanded meeting of the Committee when the time came, so as to make another attempt to realize my ideals.
The report on the bank is very long, and Wang Feng can only write it in his spare time, so it takes a lot of time to complete the report. In order to complete the report as soon as possible, Wang Feng basically kept the manuscript paper with him, and took it out to write whenever he had a long free time. This time he accompanied Zhong Youpeng out on business, and he would write for a while before going to bed every night. The same is true today, in the hours since the end of the unitary time, Wang Feng has hardly stopped writing. It wasn't until the end of the day, when his fingers were stiff and his eyes were sore, that he stopped writing and rubbed his sore temples. After reviewing what he had written that night, sorting out the manuscript paper, and putting it back in his package, Wang Feng took off his clothes and went to bed.
Just when Wang Feng had just fallen asleep and was still half-asleep, a sharp whistling sound suddenly came from outside the window. At first, the whistling sound was intermittent and intermittent, but soon it became clear and continuous. Wang Feng, who had always been awake from sleep, was immediately awakened by this whistling sound, and immediately judged that it was the siren sound issued by the agents on duty and alert on the periphery of the secret stronghold of "Dark Feather", indicating that a large number of enemies were approaching the secret stronghold. And judging by the tone and intensity of the whistling tones, the situation is already quite critical.