Chapter Twenty-Three: Preparations for the Crossing of the Two Parties
Xie Qiang and Ran Lingyang led nearly 1,000 homeless people, walking all the way, training all the way, at first it was just training discipline, asking not to fall behind, and then walking neatly.
Then he began to raise the requirements of training little by little, adding marches, rapid marches, assassinations, and so on.
At the same time, the two of them gave the big knives, spears, and steel guns in the carry-on space to the homeless subordinates who performed well in the training, setting an example among the homeless.
As the number of displaced people gradually increased, the logistics that Xie Qiang and Ran Lingyang applied for at the forum were no longer bread and other food. The two began to apply for many sapper shovels, large iron pots and bags of rice, vegetables, meat, many thick clothes, pants, quilts, and so on.
At this time, during the Manchu Qing Dynasty, not to mention the homeless, it was a little richer, and it was also meat only available during the Chinese New Year, and many times it was made of other plain noodles and so on.
So when these homeless people dug holes and cooked on the stove on the first day, they found that there were diced meat in the meal, and they immediately lifted their spirits, and everyone was in a sensation, and everyone was holding a bowl for a meal.
At first, some people even grabbed the meat in other people's bowls after eating, and they didn't even listen to Xie Qiang and Ran Lingyang's stops.
It wasn't until Xie Qiang and Ran Lingyang killed several people on the spot that everyone began to eat their share honestly, but every time they received the meal, they ate it as quickly as possible, in a few gulps.
After a few meals of meat, everyone returned to their hearts, and followed Xie Qiang and Ran Lingyang all the way to the dark, wanting to live this kind of life with meat to eat every day.
After Xie Qiang and Ran Lingyang saw that everyone was in their hearts, they organized an oath-taking ceremony, and then distributed weapons and clothes and pants to everyone, and then took the homeless soldiers who couldn't find the north in new clothes, and continued to hurry, train, and collect the homeless, and even after passing through the cottage bandits' den, they would command the homeless people to attack and train the soldiers.
Then, as the road got farther and farther, the team of the two snowballed more and more......
Riverside base.
After transmitting the past weapons, Yutai Dream also sensed a sense of crisis.
There were two traversers over there, both veterans. They will definitely have more ways to accomplish the task of moderator updates.
However, he also has an advantage, after all, he has planted the field for so long and developed an outpost.
And now that the people are strong and the horses are strong, the weapons are sufficient, and all kinds of conditions are complete, they can attack Xin'an County.
So, at a party, Yutai Meng inadvertently revealed a trace of tone, asking one or two people how high the walls of Xin'an County are, how well is the defense, and so on.
All the people in the row were human spirits, and they immediately heard the song and knew the meaning of elegance, and understood that this leader was going to take Xin'an County.
People who have been trained by all kinds of large-scale industrial manufacturing and military training here have long been eager to find an opportunity to make meritorious contributions, get more rewards, and share the benefits after the war.
It's just that the surrounding villages have been swept a few times before, because they are all fishermen and pirates, and they have empty pockets, their homes are surrounded by walls, and the poor ghosts who will starve to death even if the rats enter the cellars and warehouses have not grabbed anything at all.
What's more, these people were finally incorporated under the leader's rule, and many of the tattered things they grabbed were returned, which made everyone almost hold their breath in their hearts.
At this moment, the leader of the sub began to think, and the people below heard the wind and immediately began to make various preparations.
Some people even began to take the initiative to offer advice to the dream in private.
This night, the clerk Lu Zhong and Lu Qianli came directly to the residence of Yutai Meng.
He asked a few maids who were waiting for Yutai Dream to go to the room to tell him that he had something to do.
Then, under the leadership of the maid who got permission, he came to the study of the dream.
On the wall of the middle of the study hangs a high-definition, enlarged map of Qing Dynasty Guangdong. Among them, Guangzhou Prefecture and Xin'an County are painted with red circles.
Lu Zhong's heart was on the edge, and he immediately lowered his head, not daring to look at it again.
In my heart, I am sure that this lord is really ambitious, and he is also powerful, so he has to stand in line early.
He lowered his head and walked under the desk of Tantai Meng, and knelt directly on the ground, and used the five-hearted ground style, which was an obvious signal of admitting the lord's sincerity.
Tan Taimeng looked at Lu Zhong who was kneeling and kowtowing a little headache, he had already asked these subordinates not to kneel and kowtow when they saw him, but these people still couldn't change their habits and didn't listen to him.
However, Tantai Meng then looked at Lu Zhong who was kneeling on the ground, his posture was a little strange, even if he knelt and kowtowed, he didn't have to be like this.
His expression moved, and he went forward to help Lu Zhong with a smile: "Qianli, do you have anything to report?"
Tantai Dream has been in this world for so long, and he has long known the words to call each other when calling the ancients.
Lu Zhong stood up with the support of Tantai Meng, but bowed deeply: "Please also ask the lord to forgive his sins!" ”
"Tell me something."
Tantai Meng felt that these ancients were sometimes really troublesome, always saying things euphemistically like this, and one thing had to turn seven or eight turns.
"Adult, in fact, the villain I am a side branch of the Lu family here, and I have reopened the branches, this Lu family is the Lu family in Xin'an County, and the villain has always been in contact with them......"
[Damn, I'll just say, how can a small village that is basically a Tanmin pirate have such a reader, this is a hidden boss! ] 】
Listening to Lu Zhong's explanation of the origin, Yutai Meng was dumbfounded, and his heart was groaned for a while, but he felt more and more like playing games to dig out the hidden plot.
Lu Zhong peeked and didn't find any discoloration on Tantai Meng's face, so he continued.
"These days, we have developed rapidly here, and we have gathered a lot of Tanmin pirates, and the momentum is getting bigger and bigger. Many of the surrounding families have noticed our forces and are interested in uniting, but they don't know your attitude, so they are hesitating. ”
"But the Lu family has already moved because of my connection, if the lord is interested, they will send the children of the family to contact and form an alliance, and when the time comes, with the Lu family's big family, it will be easy to take Xin'an County!"
After Lu Zhong finished speaking in one breath, he stopped talking, still keeping his head down, unable to see his expression.
"Do you think I need it?"
The tone of the dream is very indifferent, these so-called family families are wolves that smell fishy, if there is a benefit, they will go up, and if there is no benefit, they will shrink, which is not a good thing.
And his own strength is strong, if there is any resistance at that time, just push it over.
"Don't dare, my subordinates just think it's a little faster. Don't dare to have any other thoughts. ”
Lu Zhong's head hung even lower, and even on this somewhat cold night, fine and dense sweat appeared on his forehead.
"Well, it's your hard work, so let them send a few people over to take a look and visit, if they think it's okay, they can surrender, and the alliance will be forgotten."
Tan Taimeng waved his hand, he didn't care about these things, even if he didn't surrender to sincerity, but told the truth, when the time came, just push it over and kill it all, anyway, they can't run far.
"I'll leave this matter to you, some confidential places are not allowed to enter, and everything else can be seen, don't bother me about this matter again."
"Yes, my lord."
Lu Zhong slowly retreated, went out of the door, and carefully wiped the fine sweat on his forehead with his sleeve.
This matter is very tricky, although the lord is all left to himself, and he seems to trust himself, but on one side is the lord and on the other side is the family. Once it is messed up, it will be a rat bellows --- both ends of the gas.
It seems that this matter must be carefully discussed with the patriarch, and a few steady, reliable and clever people must be sent, otherwise they will cause a big disaster, and I am afraid that I and my family will also be trapped.
So Lu Zhong took his family and went to Xin'an County in person, met with the head of the Xin'an Lu family, and explained in detail the power and strength of the Tangtai Dream, which was no longer something that the Lu family could handle.
Next, naturally, a few descendants of the Lu family and side branches came over to take a closer look, but they were scared half to death by the strong strength here, this kind of strength, not to mention Xin'an, rebelled, and even the Guangzhou Mansion could be defeated.
So they all hurried back to report.
Of course, there are no "fleas" and "thorns" to shout grievances, and the children of these families who have been trained are very clear.
As for the dream of the Tai, although he said that he would not pay attention to it, it is not necessary to ignore all of them.
He directly sent a few of his own spies to supervise at any time, and even the information about where Lu Zhong had been and how long he had been was placed on his study desk.
At the same time, he applied for more weapons and bomb support from the moderator Wang Dong on the forum, and at the same time used the materials and technical information transmitted from the modern earth to cast twenty or thirty small cannons and a bunch of shells, and when the time came, he directly blew up the city wall of Xin'an County, and blew up the county seat thoroughly, and see how those people resisted!