Chapter 112: Intelligence
Moreover, these hungry people have limited strength, and years of hunger have broken down most of the muscles and fat in their bodies, leaving them with a lack of strength.
Song Ziyu estimated that even if there was a pulley group to help unload and reduce the force, it would be good if these scrawny guys could shoot the bow a few times, and it would be redundant for each person to have ten arrows.
Therefore, after horizontal and vertical estimation, it is the three hundred good players in the hands of the Big Three that can really be relied on!
Can this stop the retaliation of the Northern Chamber of Commerce?
Song Ziyu was not sure.
Fortunately, I still have a hand to play!
Song Ziyu found Xu Yingnan and said, "Now I need the help of the Bounty Hunters Association, I need manpower and intelligence." ”
"No problem, you come with me, let's go find Lao Gao."
Xu Yingnan agreed, and then dragged Song Ziyu to Dayou to recycle and found Lao Gao, who was studying the mobile phone data cable.
As the person in charge of the bounty hunter organization in the Longshan settlement, Lao Gao listened to Song Ziyu's request, and then looked at Xu Yingnan with a blaming face and said, "I said girl, where can you get this troubled water?" It's better to take it when you see it! If I were you, I would almost have to leave. ”
Xu Yingnan's face quickly turned cold when he heard this: "Old guy, do you help or not?" ”
Lao Gao stretched out his hand and said: "You are really confused, you ask me to help, how do you say to help?" Do you think the current situation is a matter of hiring a few hunters? You have to figure out the nature, this is war! War! ”
Hearing these words, Song Ziyu's mood became a little heavier.
At this time, Lao Gao said again: "I asked the two of you, both of them said that you must know yourself and your opponent in a war, do you know how many people there are in the Northern Chamber of Commerce now?" ”
Song Ziyu shook his head blankly.
Lao Gao asked again: "Then do you know how big the radiation range of the Northern Chamber of Commerce is?" ”
Song Ziyu still shook his head.
"Then do you know how many troops the Wasteland Chamber of Commerce has?" Lao Gao asked again.
Song Ziyu still shook his head.
"You don't know anything, doesn't that mean you're blind? What are you going to do to fight this war? Lao Gao scoffed.
Song Ziyu suddenly lost his heart when he said it, and even his confidence was shaken.
Xu Yingnan slapped the table and shouted: "Lao Gao, you can bluff Song Ziyu and can't scare me!" Don't sell it, I know you were one of the heads of the Hunters' Guild back then, and you have always had a reputation for being a wise star, so you have to give me an idea today! Otherwise......"
Xu Yingnan took out the dagger he carried with him and dangled it in front of Lao Gao.
"You girl, you're really lawless, and you rely on me!" Lao Gao rolled his eyes, feeling that he couldn't reason.
"Yo, are you indifferent to the knife against you? Do you say it or not? If you don't say anything, I'll set your shop on fire. Xu Yingnan threatened.
"Ugh."
Gao Zhongping sighed and said: "Girl, don't mess around, I'll ask you, even if I can recruit people for you now, do you think it's too late to mobilize hunters from other places to Longshan?" ”
Hearing this, Xu Yingnan was also a little discouraged.
Lao Gao's words are right, the Bounty Hunter Organization is not so much an organization as a platform.
There are not many hunters affiliated to the platform, and it is just a platform to provide work for the majority of hunters.
This is like a platform for selling second-hand cars, the platform itself has no cars, and the cars are all dropped by others......
Lao Gao felt that he was still unsatisfied, and said again: "Besides, the Northern Chamber of Commerce has its own intelligence organization, and you are recruiting people with great fanfare, won't others have a way to deal with it?" I can assure you that once the opponent counters you, there will definitely be no more than three of you who can successfully reach Longshan by recruiting ten hunters! ”
Lao Gao knocked on the table and said, "You have to figure it out, the entrances and exits of Tuodi are in the hands of the settlement where the Northern Chamber of Commerce is located, and there is a huge risk for hunters to come over." ”
"Is there really no way?" Song Ziyu asked.
"Give me a cigarette." Lao Gao licked his lips.
Song Ziyu hurriedly took out a cigarette and put it on Lao Gao.
Gao Zhongping finished smoking a whole cigarette, and then said unsatisfied: "I have three strategies, depending on which one you choose." ”
"Please." Song Ziyu was secretly happy in his heart, Lao Gao is really a master, and in such a situation, there are still three strategies for the upper, middle and lower, isn't this Zhuge Kongming's rebirth in the other world?
Lao Gao talked eloquently: "The upper strategy is to run away, the middle strategy is to seek peace, and the lower strategy is to take refuge." ”
"That's it? What a bullshit trio this is! Xu Yingnan asked, "Why can't you fight?" ”
"Auntie, do you still want to fight? When I go back to Hongcheng, I have to ask your mother in person if I squeezed your cute little brain melon when I gave birth to you. "Lao Gao was so angry that his head was about to crack.
Song Ziyu fell silent after listening to Lao Gao's words.
Lao Gao's words are not wrong at all, it is really unwise to confront the Northern Chamber of Commerce in the current situation.
But the three strategies that Lao Gao said were indeed not the way he wanted.
Song Ziyu raised his head and asked, "Elder Gao, can you help me get a detailed information on the Northern Chamber of Commerce." ”
"That's fine, I've got it." As he spoke, Lao Gao opened his dilapidated safe and took out a bag of animal skin files from it.
Song Ziyu's eyes narrowed, thinking that Lao Gao was really a chicken thief, this old guy didn't expect to be staring at the dynamics of the situation for a long time.
Song Ziyu stretched out his hand to pick it up, but Gao Lao retracted his hand and said, "This is a secret that the bounty hunter organization spends a lot of money to spy on, you have to see that I have to collect money...... It's the rule. ”
"Just open your mouth." Song Ziyu said.
"That cigarette just now, five packs!" Gao Zhong sat flat and started the price.
"No problem, I'll send it to you later!" Song Ziyu boldly agreed.
Just five packs of cigarettes, Song Ziyu didn't care.
Gao Zhongping was satisfied and handed over the information to Song Ziyu.
Song Ziyu, who got the information, began to study it carefully.
From the intelligence, I only learned that this Northern Chamber of Commerce is a behemoth covering hundreds of large and small settlements!
The so-called "north" is actually a generic name, not a certain region.
Song Ziyu couldn't grasp the concept of this area, but when he saw the phrase "including hundreds of settlements", Song Ziyu knew that with hundreds of guns and more than a thousand bows and arrows in Longshan, it was impossible for him to win this war.
As Elder Gao said, this is not a volume-level confrontation at all.
All it takes is a little finger to crush yourself.
This is force majeure, and once it is implemented, it will inevitably lead to destruction.
Song Ziyu felt powerless, is the foundation of Longshan about to be handed over?
I'm not reconciled.
……
Putting away his frustration, Song Ziyu looked at the information again.
You must think of a solution that is enough to solve the problem!
Soon, Song Ziyu found something useful in the intelligence.
There is something wrong with the composition of this Northern Chamber of Commerce!
The Northern Chamber of Commerce is composed of several huge aggregates, such as the Wasteland Branch, which is in charge of Tuodi trade, the Dark Branch, which is in charge of the Ghost Domain, and the Red Dragon Branch, which is in charge of the Chishui Region......
Although it is not known exactly what these place names refer to, there are more than a dozen chapters such as the Wasteland Chapter, which is within the Northern Chamber of Commerce.
Each of these chapters administers a region, but they are not affiliated with each other, and there are even conflicts of interest in adjacent regions.
There is no subordinate relationship between the branches, and they will only obey the dispatch of the headquarters, and some branches that have become big have signs of listening to the tune and not listening to the announcement.
Even some branches will hook up with the sworn enemies of the Northern Chamber of Commerce, and often do some things that betray their own people for the sake of profit......
Closing the information, Song Ziyu had a clearer understanding of this behemoth in his mind.
It's a rotten, crumbling empire built with money!
Although it is large and has many vassals, these vassals are already in a state of detachment, which makes it impossible for the empire to concentrate on one thing.
The reason why it didn't fall apart was because there was a huge binding of interests.
But it dooms internal friction internally.
In addition, Song Ziyu also noticed a problem.
This Northern Chamber of Commerce is still a Chamber of Commerce after all.
Although their radiation range is huge, this organization is inherently flawed.
Intelligence revealed that with the exception of the Chamber of Commerce's headquarters and core branches, none of the other chapters had their own armed forces.
All chapters live in settlements.
This doomed those settlements to not give the Chamber of Commerce the opportunity to calmly develop its military power.
So the Northern Chamber of Commerce can make money locally, but also pay taxes to the locals, and their greatest strength is trade rather than fists......
Come to think of it!
Song Ziyu's eyes lit up!
I found out the reason why the Wasteland Chapter didn't do it to me for a long time!
That's ......
They need to recruit people.
They have no one on their own.
Thinking of this, Song Ziyu had an extremely bold idea!
It's not that there is no possibility of breaking the game.
"Elder Gao, can you help me find out, how many people are going to be dispatched by the Wasteland Branch to fight us this time?" Song Ziyu asked.
"You still want to fight?" Gao Zhongping had an intriguing expression on his face.
Song Ziyu nodded and said: "The fight is definitely going to be fought, but the purpose of the fight is not to confront the Northern Chamber of Commerce, but to have enough chips to join them!" ”
Gao Zhongping's eyebrows raised: "How do you say this?" ”
Song Ziyu said: "Elder Gao, think about it, if I immediately admit it as soon as I am threatened by the Wasteland Chamber of Commerce, they will definitely think that I am a bully." As long as I have this impression, even if I want to negotiate terms with them, I am not qualified to negotiate conditions...... But if I hurt them so hard that they retract their paws, and I negotiate terms with them with the power of victory, will my price be higher? ”
"Boy, your thinking is very advanced!" Gao Zhongping clapped his hands and praised: "I don't see that you still have this kind of scheme." ”
Song Ziyu continued: "The way I joined them must be worthy of their respect, if I can't do this first point, I will definitely be cannibalized by them!" I have to tell them that they will get more out of working with me than by knocking me out. ”
Song Ziyu put the word interest very seriously.
"No problem, I'll get you information now, and I can deliver it to you in a few days!" Elder Gao said.
"Also, I want to know which chapter within the Northern Chamber of Commerce is hostile to the Wasteland Branch." Song Ziyu said.
"Boy, I know what you're thinking, it's yours, it's up to me." Elder Gao patted his chest and said.
"But the sooner the better!" Song Ziyu advised.
"Hehe, Xiao Song, as long as you can afford to pay, maybe there will be information tomorrow!" Gao Zhongping smiled slyly.
Song Ziyu said: "You just have to quote!" ”
Gao Zhongping smiled: "I want fifty packs of that cigarette just now!" ”
Song Ziyu was a little shocked: "Aren't you afraid of smoking to death?" ”
"I'm afraid of a ball!" Gao Zhongping scolded: "A fixed price! ”
"Deal!" Song Ziyu gritted his teeth and said, "I'll give it to you when I turn around." ”
"Then you go back and wait for the news, and tomorrow you will deliver the goods with one hand and hand over the information with the other." The old man said with a confident look.
"No problem." Song Ziyu said.
"Sending off!" Lao Gao is about to close the shop.
Seeing Lao Gao's appearance, Song Ziyu was very puzzled.
How many secrets does this powerful old man have?
……
After Song Ziyu and Xu Yingnan left, Gao Zhongping immediately closed the shop and turned around and returned to the back room.
Coming to the wall of the back room, Lao Gao opened the secret room hidden in the wall.
The chamber was three square meters in size, and contained a table and a black piece of mechanical equipment, as well as a large number of parts.
If anyone who knows anything here, they will definitely exclaim that this is actually a assembled shortwave frequency telegraph!
"It's time to get your kids moving." Looking at the telegraph, Gao Zhongping's eyes gradually sharpened.
……
In the afternoon of the next day, Song Ziyu got a detailed piece of information.
"The crusaders recruited by the Wasteland Chamber of Commerce are gathering in the Serpent's Ear Settlement, numbering about five hundred." Elder Gao dictated information.
"Snake-eared colony!" Song Ziyu remembered the guy who deliberately found fault when the Longshan Chamber of Commerce was established.
Looks like they're a nest of snakes and rats.
"Just such a little person? Where did they get the guts! Song Ziyu was a little angry, his side was frightened, and he expanded his armament like crazy...... There are only more than 500 enemies!
It's not taking yourself seriously.
Song Ziyu quickly weighed it, with only five hundred enemies, he could defend it with the strength of the settlement!
One thousand five dozen five hundred, the advantage is mine!
Thinking of this, Song Ziyu's heart of choice finally let go.
Gao Zhongping nodded and said: "Judging from the current mobilization of troops by the Wasteland Branch, it can basically be determined that this attack has nothing to do with the headquarters, and this is completely an operation led by the Wasteland Branch itself. ”
"That's easy to do!!" Song Ziyu was relieved.
After all, the Northern Chamber of Commerce is only a business alliance, and being able to recruit more than five hundred people is already considered large-scale.
Although the Longshan settlement is poor, it is also a sovereign settlement, and the mobilization capacity of the two sides is incomparable.
Song Ziyu made up for his own brain.