270 Stealing grain, withholding, and selling military rations

At noon on February 2, 185, leaving Wuwei City, the convoy transporting grain and grass marched slowly in the direction of Jincheng County.

From the moment the huge convoy left Wuwei City, it immediately attracted the attention of all those who were interested. 500 baggage trucks, 20,000 stone grains, Pang De, a famous historical military general in Liangzhou, 1,000 level 60 Xiliang iron horses, and 3,000 level 70 halberd armorers, each factor can easily become a topic of conversation among players.

Players in the villages along the way have some scruples about the Liangzhou "government" army, and although they have some illusions about this huge wealth, they dare not put it into practice at will to rob this grain and grass. Without 50,000 or 60,000 players, you can't eat this piece of fat.

Not to mention that anyone can organize such a large number of troops, even if they can, and defeat the strong NPC food protection army, but there must be a village to bear the war losses. The villages that rushed to the front will suffer the heaviest losses, and instead of grabbing food, they will decline, and the villages that come after them will be cheapened in vain.

Which village would want to be the head of the town?

No.

Many player villages have sent several cavalry to follow this large grain team to see if there is a chance to reap the benefits. Seasoned players are waiting for other player villages to strike first before they can mobilize their forces to grab food.

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The grain team traveled all the way east, walking fifty or sixty miles, and the dark "tide" was surging, but it was quite stable on the surface. Occasionally, there are some minor troubles, which are easily eradicated by the players who escort the food team, and there is no need for NPCs to intervene.

The villages along the way were very cautious and did not make any changes, but sent a large number of spies to follow the grain team.

Passing through a big cottage, the NPC boss in the cottage is not as "timid" as the players, the big boss heard that there was a huge grain team passing under the mountain, and immediately excitedly pulled up more than 2,000 level 30 thieves, level 40 thieves, and 50-level thieves in the village, blocking the road and robbing.

Seeing this huge group of bandits intercepting grain, the grain guards didn't want to suffer heavy losses, so they immediately stepped back and handed it over to the NPC army to deal with.

Cheng Qiu, the highest commander of the grain transportation team, was furious when he saw the bandits intercepting the grain, and immediately ordered 3,000 level 70 Halberd Armor soldiers to kill the bandits. "Kill me, kill these robbers who don't know the height of the sky."

The first grain war broke out on the way to transport grain.

The players and spies in various villages in Liangzhou were fortunate to see the combat effectiveness of the Liangzhou "government" army with their own eyes, and they changed color slightly.

3,000 Halberd Armor soldiers charged, more than 2,000 bandits were completely defeated, one-sided slaughter, pursuit, and the mountains were full of panicked bandits and Liangzhou "government" troops. After more than half of the thieves were killed and wounded, the master of the cottage led the remnants of the army to flee back to the cottage in disarray. There were almost no deaths.

Cheng Qiu was obviously extremely proud of his "superb" command, showed off to the NPCs around him, glanced at Pang De not far away defiantly, and smiled proudly at Zhan Xiaobai, and ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

Zhan Xiaobai nodded secretly, this is a battle without any technical content, but it fully demonstrates the strong combat effectiveness of the Liangzhou "government" army. It's not something that players can easily deal with for the time being.

No player even dared to jump out and make trouble while the bandits were robbing - because the 1,000 well-equipped Xiliang Iron Horsemen next to NPC Pound stood still, and their combat effectiveness was only stronger than that of the Halberd Armor, and it had a strong deterrent power.

If you want to forcibly take food, I'm afraid it's very difficult.

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At sunset in the middle of the night, Cheng Qiu ordered to set up camp. The grain team found a wilderness with a wide view, and the army was on the inside, guarding the baggage wagons. The player's troops are on the outside, taking on the perimeter guard.

Cheng Qiu was not an idiot yet, he didn't hand over all the vigilance tasks to the players, and personally arranged some reconnaissance and guards, scattered around the camp.

The NPC soldiers of the whole army make a fire and cook.

The food of the player's NPC troops is their own responsibility, and it is separate from the Liangzhou "government" army.

For the absolute safety of his troops, Zhan Xiaobai ordered to be stationed next to the Pound cavalry barracks.

When I was cooking on the fire, I vaguely heard the sound of smashing bowls and shouting from Pang De's cavalry camp from time to time, "Damn Cheng Qiu'er, each person will only be given 3 catties of grain, and half of Lao Tzu's grain will be deducted, and all will be eaten by this damn dog official!" Sooner or later, Lao Tzu will peel off his skin! ”

Zhan Xiaobai shook his head secretly. This Cheng Qiu is greedy for money and greedy for military rations, which is a bit excessive, and deducting military rations to fill his own pockets will definitely lead to low morale and reduced combat effectiveness of the NPC army. If you don't make it, hey, that's a good show.

It's none of his business, though.

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Most of the more than 30 players who escorted the grain and grass were also secretly working on the idea of a baggage truck.

Although they applied for the task of escorting the grain and grass, there was no rule of the game that stipulated that they could not become robbers or thieves.

The penalty for failing the mission is 1 meritorious service and 1 gold, and this batch of heavy grain and grass is worth a lot of money casually, which makes it more attractive.

Moreover, their current status is also very convenient, and they can rob and steal grain and grass at any time. The biggest concern is the NPC army led by Pound, this guy's fame is too big, but it is not comparable to the ordinary NPC minion generals, in case stealing chickens does not make it funny.

In addition, they cannot trust each other. Even though most of them were interested in looting food and grass, they were only secretly discussed by a few familiar players, and they did not dare to show it to other players.

During the evening break, in the camp, several players who protect the food gather sneakily.

"How about a few of us sneaking the baggage cart out of the camp in the middle of the night tonight? I've made an appointment with a few of my friends to pick me up outside, and nothing went wrong. ”

"As long as other players don't get in the way, it should be possible. However, the NPC is very close to the baggage cart and won't let us approach it at will! ”

"Actually, the NPC is so foolish, even if we lose the baggage car, Cheng Qiu's idiot probably won't be able to find out anything, and we are helpless. I'm most worried about Xiaobai, if he wants to fix us, I'm afraid that we won't be able to get the food......"

"Yes, Xiaobai's attitude is very vague. When I was on the road, I deliberately tested him a few times with my talk, but I didn't get out of his tone. ”

"What did you say?"

"I asked him: 'Is there a shortage of food in Xiaobai Town?' Do you want the brothers to find a way to get some grain and grass from other places and sell them to Xiaobai Town? Where you need your brother's help, just ask! ’”

"What did he say?"

"He said, 'There is no shortage for the time being, but there is no harm in having more food and grass, thank you very much!'. Hey~, what do you mean by that? Is it implying that he is actually very interested in this batch of grain and grass, but it is difficult to say? ”

"That's right, who doesn't want to get benefits, Xiaobai will not be an exception. I guess as long as he can get a benefit, he won't deliberately embarrass us. Let's just pull him as a partner, if Xiaobai is willing to do this deal, other people will definitely join in. Let's work together to use a few means to transport the baggage cart away unknowingly, which is a piece of cake. The benefits are shared by everyone. ”

"Not bad!"

"That's how it should be!"

After several players discussed, they decided to pull Xiaobai into the water, so that they could let go of their hands and feet to do the act of stealing food, otherwise it would be difficult to achieve a big deal with their hands and feet. When they came to Zhan Xiaobai's tent, they found that there were already several players inside, and it seemed that they were discussing something important with Zhan Xiaobai.

Everyone looked at each other and smiled tacitly.

Zhan Xiaobai smiled, "Everyone, please take a seat, everyone continue!" ”

The group sat down separately and listened to what they were all discussing. When these players heard this, they realized that they were guarding too tightly, and it was impossible to steal all the baggage trucks in one go. At most, more than a dozen cars were stolen in one night. And the target of the baggage cart is too big, steal them, tomorrow the NPCs wake up and count, and find that the baggage cart is missing so many baggage carts, then it's not a big rage.

Therefore, only food is stolen, not cars.

However, it is not enough to steal grain, and when the car is light, the tire tracks are different from other cars, and NPCs can easily find out that the food in the car is stolen. You also have to cover up all traces to avoid being discovered by NPCs as much as possible, so that they can continue to steal food later.

Zhan Xiaobai thought for a while and said, "Actually, if the grain is stolen, it's simple. ”

He said a very simple idea, and the players' eyes lit up and they praised it.

As for how to distribute the stolen food, it is calculated according to the proportion of NPC strength and strength that everyone carries. There are more than 300 food protection players with a total of more than 3,000 NPC soldiers, and Zhan Xiaobai has 500 of them, and they are all Xiliang Iron Riders with strong combat effectiveness. So he got 30% of the grain, and the others didn't have much opinion and divided the rest.

Among the more than 30 players, some are village chief players, and the other part are free players. Free players do not steal food for their own use, most of them use it to sell copper coins in the market, buy equipment, and buy soldiers.

Zhan Xiaobai also bought the stolen grain from this part of the free players, so that he finally got about 57% of the stolen grain.

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On this night, under the noses of NPCs, the food protection players boldly implemented the grain theft plan.

Inside and outside, nearly ten truckloads of grain with a total of 400 stones were stolen. The stolen food was quickly transported away and disappeared without a trace, even if the NPC wanted to track it down.

Early the next morning, Cheng Qiu really didn't find any abnormalities in the grain and grass, and continued to escort the grass truck on the road.

Cheng Qiu rode a horse, with a fat body, squinting his small eyes, "Lord Xiaobai, there seemed to be rumors in the army last night that shouted to shake the hearts of the army, encouraging the sergeants to make trouble. Please don't believe it, this official has always been honest and honest, and all the military rations have been distributed in full, as for who is doing the deduction of military rations, I don't know. ”

Zhan Xiaobai smiled: "Oh, is there such a thing?!" Why didn't I hear this rumor? Rumors are never credible, they all stop at the wise. Master Cheng is an upright official, and I believe not. ”

Cheng Qiu immediately laughed, "By the way, the adults have been in charge of Xiaobai Town for a long time, I don't know if there is a shortage of food?" ”

Zhan Xiaobai was slightly stunned, what does this fat man mean?

He said, "No." ”

Cheng Qiu immediately said: "I have a brother who is a grain merchant, who specializes in transferring grain from all over the country to Liangzhou to sell, the price is cheap, only 1,000 copper and one stone, Xia Guan can introduce it to the adult, I don't know what the adult wants?" ”

Zhan Xiaobai suddenly came to his senses, this dead fat man deducted some of the military rations on his front foot, and he wanted to sell the grain for money on his back foot. I couldn't find a buyer for a while, so I wanted to see if he wanted this batch of grain in Xiaobaizhen. There is enough material for a naturally corrupt official.

Zhan Xiaobai feigned a surprised look, and said: "My town is short of food, and I also ask Lord Cheng's brother to quickly transport the grain and grass to Xiaobai Town, and the cost is not bad." ”

Cheng Qiu was satisfied, turned his horse's head and instructed his "grain merchant brothers" to arrange.

The entire grain team covered the sky with only one hand, and no one dared to stop him from doing whatever he wanted. Directly intercepted 50 baggage trucks, in the name of supporting friendly forces, sold grain and gave away cars, with a discount of 1,500 yuan, which was quite cheap to Zhan Xiaobai.

Because from Wuwei City to Jincheng County, you have to pass through Xiaobai Town. Therefore, the batch of baggage trucks purchased by Zhan Xiaobai followed the brigade forward, and when passing by Xiaobai Town, they could directly send the baggage trucks into the town, and they didn't even need additional protection.

As for how Cheng Qiu arrived at the border battlefield, how to explain to Geng Cong that he had lost 50 trucks of military rations, he didn't need to worry too much. Cheng Qiu's excuses are that the road is too expensive, robbed by thieves, and stolen by sergeants privately...... Money in your own pocket, everything is good to say.

After this tossing, it was only less than two days' journey, and the military rations escorted were less than one-tenth or more.