Chapter 168: Fishing in Troubled Waters
"Lao Tzu wants revenge."
Qiu Yousheng gritted his teeth and waved his fists, his facial muscles were distorted by the extreme grief and anger in his heart, looking a little hideous and terrifying, his whole family died in the hands of the Eight Great Families, he was incognito, and he lived secretly, and the purpose of surviving was to avenge.
"Brother Qiu, don't worry, we will help you, let you kill the enemy with your own hands, and avenge your family."
Wang Ziyong patted him on the shoulder, and his expression looked a little sad, but he was overjoyed in his heart, and all the leaders standing next to him couldn't help grinning, but they all endured it desperately, and they didn't laugh out loud.
Qiu Yousheng not only rescued his brother who was locked in prison, but also led the crowd to launch a surprise attack from behind the county soldiers at a critical time, reversed the unfavorable situation in one fell swoop, and successfully opened the city gate, so that the main force of the people's army could successfully enter the city, and there were more than a dozen county soldiers who died under his knife, and it was absolutely impossible for them to be undercover agents sent by the official army.
In the eyes of the leaders, Qiu Yousheng is not only a great hero, but also a god of wealth who can make them rich, because he has provided a lot of information, Xingxian and Lan counties under the jurisdiction of Qilan Prefecture have a large number of minerals, and the eight big families and other profiteers have several mines in the mountains near the two counties, plus other profiteers have excavated, there are as many as seven mines in total, and the mined ores are transported to the nearby Zhuangli for release, and at the same time smelted into iron ingots, iron ingots and iron ore are too heavy to be transported away.
"But we can't move away." A leader sighed, the most lacking thing in the people's army is food and weapons and equipment, and there are many blacksmiths in the army who can build or repair weapons, but they are also short of iron, now there is a great opportunity, but time is insufficient, they have to move quickly, so as not to be caught up by Qin Liangyu's white pole army and Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong army.
All the leaders nodded one after another, and all of them showed expressions of pity, if they can't take it away, what should they do?
"What's so difficult about this, if you can't take it away, bury it first, and then secretly take it out when the wind is over." Qiu Yousheng said.
"That's right, Brother Qiu's plan is wonderful, hahaha."
The leaders were so happy that they clapped their palms or slapped their thighs, and some simply hooked Qiu Yousheng's shoulders to express their affection and gratitude.
Qiu Yousheng not only won the trust of Wang Ziyong and other leaders of the people's army, but also won the title of small leader, leading his brothers to form a battalion of their own.
The Eight Families are too rich, there are too many shops and granges, and there are too many Dongdong, plus the action of the People's Army to seize Guxian County is too sudden and too fast, and many Dongdong have no time to transport away or bury them, all of which are cheap to the People's Army.
There are too many things that have been grabbed, and the time is too hasty, except for food, weapons and equipment, which are necessary supplies, there are many things that will not be used for a while and a half, so they can only be buried in a hidden place for the time being, and then find a way to come back and get them later.
The people's army swept in Gu County for two days, Wang Ziyong and other leaders were worried that Qin Shuo Liangyu's white pole army and Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong army or Chen Tang's Taiyuan army chased after him, but according to the scout's report, Chen Tang's Taiyuan army did not move in Hequ County, Qin Liangyu and Lu Xiangsheng's army marched as slow as a snail, it is said that because the local civil officials did not cooperate, there was a shortage of grain and grass, the two of them quarreled with the local county order for this, and almost drew their swords and cut the county order, and finally the county order compromised, but the passive slack, the grain and grass raised was very slow, As a result, the two armies had to stop and wait for the supply of food and grass.
Wang Ziyong and other leaders of the people's army breathed a sigh of relief, if it was possible, they really wanted to write a letter of feeling to the county commanders who were dragging the officials and soldiers behind, and also presented a pennant to commend them.
The people's army only tossed in Guxian County for two days, and then killed to Qilan Prefecture, and after entering the border of Qilan, they divided their troops into two routes, one led by Wang Ziyong, killed Xiang Lan County, and one led by Gao Yingxiang to kill Xiang Xing County.
Although the people's army looted in Guxian County, it was slightly different from the lost Hequ and other county seats, there were too many moats in Guxian County, and the gold and silver could not be robbed, everyone was busy grabbing money, and there were not many girls who were victimized, and the common people did not suffer much harm, but they were forced to be porters to help the people's army transport all kinds of things.
Gao Yingxiang's attack on Xingxian was very smooth, because Qiu Youzhi, the captain of the city gate, was Qiu Yousheng's brother, and the two brothers had already secretly discussed, as soon as Gao Yingxiang's army arrived, Qiu Youzhi immediately led dozens of his brothers to fight against the water, opened the city gate, and let the people's army enter the city, and the county ordered Du Yi and the county lieutenant Zhao Ping to abandon the city and flee for their lives, and more than 2,000 county soldiers were uncommanded, and they dispersed in a hurry after only symbolic resistance.
After Gao Yingxiang took Xingxian, he left a small number of brothers to dig trenches in the city to rob silver and distribute grain, and he personally led the main force, under the leadership of Qiu Youzhi, to carry out a sweep of the grange set up outside the city by the eight families, and looted the huge amount of iron ingots and iron ore accumulated in the grange, forcing the people nearby to load these dongdong into ox carts and carriages, and transport them to a certain forest to be buried.
During this period, a team of 5 or 600 people fought under the banner of the people's army to Woniuling, and fired muskets, bows and arrows, and threw grenades indiscriminately.
After this team occupied the mine, they quickly transported a large amount of explosives, buried them in important positions such as holes and brackets, and then detonated them, with a loud bang, the brackets and the mine collapsed, and the entire mine was sealed.
There are six big mine holes on Woniu Ridge, all of which are the private property of the Eight Families, the amount of ore contained is huge, and the mining can not be finished for decades, and a large number of iron ores are smelted into iron ingots, and they are continuously sold to the outside of the Guan, and they also continue to increase the huge wealth of the Eight Families. However, this time, the people's army obviously couldn't get along with the Eight Great Families, and wasted a lot of gunpowder, which collapsed and blocked the six large mines.
"What's going on?"
Gao Yingxiang was leading people to desperately carry iron ingots and iron ore in the grange, when he heard the explosion not far away, his brows furrowed, and his first reaction was that the officers and soldiers had chased him?
All the subordinates shook their heads blankly, indicating that they didn't know, and when they climbed the heights and looked, they saw a billowing smoke rising from the Woniu Ridge that covered the sky and the sun, and then they breathed a big sigh of relief, although they didn't know what was happening, but they could be sure that it was not the official army chasing after them.
"King Chuang, why don't you take a few people up to investigate?" Qiu Youzhi bowed down and clenched his fists and took the initiative to ask for his life.
"Okay." Gao Yingxiang nodded in agreement, and sent a few personal soldiers to follow, he trusted the Qiu family brothers, but out of caution, he still sent a few more confidants to investigate in person to rest assured.
It didn't take long for another loud bang to be heard on Woniu Ridge, and thick smoke rose into the sky, but only a moment later, the men sent to investigate came back to report that it was the eight families who sent people to blow up the mine in order to prevent the occupation of the people's army.
"Hey, ruthless." Gao Yingxiang couldn't help but praise, the eight families were really ruthless enough, in order to prevent the people's army from occupying the mine for mining, he ruthlessly blew up the mine, he couldn't admire it or not, but the eight families thought too much, he grabbed countless things here, how can there be any time to occupy the hole and mine, hehe.
After Qiu Youzhi's introduction, he also knew that there were huge mineral reserves on Woniu Ridge, and the eight families had dug six large mine holes on the mountain, and he also wanted to occupy them, but now he really didn't have the ability, and he would talk about this later, and it would be good to blow it up, and the eight families would be self-defeating, haha.
In Lan County, the main force under the command of Wang Ziyong encountered a little trouble when conquering Lan County.