Chapter 104: Winning the Silver
In fact, Zeng Chi was more cautious, he didn't worry about these people at the post station, so he also left someone to guard the door of the post station to prevent bandits from attacking at night. But what Zeng Chiwan didn't expect was that the bandits had already entered the Cool Breeze Station.
Although nothing unusual was found, Zeng Chi was still more cautious, and all the food was tried first, and he let his subordinates eat it when he found that there was no problem.
After rushing for most of the day, there was still some fatigue, so when eating, he allowed everyone to drink a little less wine, and after a few people drank two bowls, they didn't find anything unusual.
The behavior of Zeng Chi and the others startled You Tong, who was hiding from the sidelines and watching, because some time ago he was ordered to prepare a large amount of sweat medicine, which was planned to be put in the wine.
Before leaving, Ye Ying, the big boss, told You Tong that this medicine should be put in halfway, You Tong was still a little unimpressed, seeing the current situation, he couldn't help but secretly rejoice, fortunately listened to the words of the big boss, otherwise not only would he not be able to do things, but he would probably give his life here.
"Why do you feel a little dizzy?" An errand officer who was eating and drinking suddenly said.
"You're too bad for drinking, aren't you...... I'm also a little dizzy. The other was about to laugh at his companion but found that he was also a little out of his way.
"I'm dizzy too, I want to sleep." At this time, someone said again.
"Everyone hurry up and stop eating and drinking, there is something wrong with these drinks and dishes." At this time, someone finally reacted.
But by this time it was already too late, and many people felt that the world was spinning, and after a short time they fell to the ground and did not know anything. In the end, the team of more than 200 people, except for less than one percent of the people who did not get hit, even the leader Zeng Chi fell to the ground.
Things have developed to this point, and You Tong and the others are not hiding their identities, and they have rushed out with swords in hand.
The county soldiers and servants who were still awake suddenly fell into confusion, and some fierce ones immediately raised their swords to resist, but they really couldn't stand the number of bandits, and in a short time, they fell in a pool of blood.
The vast majority of the county soldiers and messengers chose to surrender, and You Tong and the others did not embarrass them, but just tied them with ropes, and then took away the silver taels they carried.
A few hours later, Zeng Chi and the others woke up from their coma, but the bandits who accompanied the postman had long since disappeared without a trace.
Zeng Chi, who lost the silver tael, jumped like thunder, and was protected by the powerful Zeng family, although he would not be imprisoned, but if he lost his official position and was driven back to the family, how could he still hold his head up in the Zeng family in the future.
However, Zeng Chi was also ruthless, and he received a message from the family's secret agent, saying that he had found a bandit in the Mingshi Stream ahead, so he did not return to Montenegro County as soon as possible, but asked everyone to block the news of the robbery of Yinliang and continue to lead the team all the way.
With the help of the family's power, Zeng Chi led people to severely damage several bandits who were ambushed there, and let out a good sigh of grievance.
The bandits who were ambushed in Mingshi Stream were beaten to the ground, and in the end, they didn't figure it out, and they became prey instead of hunters. And this time, the officers and soldiers encountered were particularly ruthless, and they attacked themselves and others almost regardless of losses.
When this news reached the ears of the people of the Flying Eagle Society, everyone couldn't help but secretly rejoice, fortunately they listened to the arrangement of the big boss and won this batch of silver taels at a small price.
These five thousand taels of silver are tantamount to a huge fortune for the Flying Eagle Society, after the silver taels arrived, Ye Ying first ordered this time to be highly confidential, and then took out a small part of the meritorious reward, and the other large part was used as funds for the development of the cottage.
At a very small price, they succeeded in capturing so many taels of silver that the Flying Eagle Society rejoiced, and so much silver, if all of them were bought into food, would be enough for them to eat for several years.
The vast majority of the bandits of the Flying Eagle Society are poor people, and they really can't go on anymore before they fall into the grass, and now they can not go hungry, which is indeed an extremely happy thing for them.
These silver taels have another meaning to Ye Ying, with money, the cottage has the possibility of development and growth.
Ye Ying gathered the big and small leaders in the cottage and asked them to take people down the mountain in batches to recruit bandits, and the most tempting promise that these big and small leaders could make to their recruits was that they could go up the mountain with them without worrying about being hungry.
These days, the Flying Eagles have been in a joyous atmosphere, but they don't know that a crisis is quietly coming to them.
At this time, in the pavilion of a mansion, there was a white-haired old man wearing a precious silk robe, and in front of the old man, there was a young man kneeling.
"Forget it, get up! If the errand is broken, you will come back, and now you will live at home and rest for a while, and then I will rearrange a place for you when I am free. Seeing the young man's depressed look, the white-haired old man sighed and said.
"But the third uncle, Chi'er can't swallow this breath, and wants to end this matter personally." Hearing the white-haired old man's words, the young man kneeling on the ground still didn't stand up.
"Although my Zeng family is powerful, this matter is still a bit difficult to handle, and it is easy to attract criticism." The white-haired old man glanced at the young man on the ground and said with some hesitation.
"Didn't the third uncle teach us to get up from where we fell, and we didn't want to get out of here like a coward, which not only lost my face, but also the face of our Zeng family." Seeing that the white-haired old man was a little moved, the young man knelt on the ground again and said.
"Alas, you kid, you have been making trouble for the old man since you were a child, how many days are you resting at home now? I'll have someone arrange it for you. The white-haired old man looked at the young man on the ground with doting eyes for a long time, and finally sighed and said.
"Thank you, third uncle, please rest assured, this time I will definitely not lose the face of our Zeng family." Seeing that the begging was granted, the young man on the ground finally smiled with satisfaction.
This young man was Zeng Chi, and he was really unwilling to lose the silver taels, so he didn't return to Heishan County at all, but rushed back to Jinling City as quickly as possible to find Zeng Jianshan, one of the elders of the Zeng family and the third uncle who loved him the most since he was a child.
In this way, more than ten days after losing the silver, the county of Montenegro County returned to Montenegro County and handed the county order an official document.
Seriously speaking, the content of this official document is very absurd, because Zeng Chi, who failed the errand, not only was not punished, but also got the right to mobilize soldiers and errand soldiers from several nearby counties.
However, for this appointment, the county magistrate of Montenegro County was not surprised at all, because he knew Zeng Chi's identity, and the Zeng family, one of the six major families in Daning, had his hands and eyes open, and it was not easy to do such a small thing.
As for the lost silver, the Montenegro County Commander did not ask any more questions, as if this incident had not happened at all, because this batch of silver was originally paid by Montenegro County officials to the officials of the Zeng family.
In this way, Zeng Chi, who returned to Montenegro County, quickly gathered more than 1,000 county soldiers and errands from several nearby counties, and after a short period of training, he began a vigorous anti-bandit cause.
With the help of the masters sent by the family, the county soldiers and errand officers of the surrounding counties gave the greatest cooperation because of the identity of the children of Zeng Chi Zeng's family, so his anti-bandit operation went very smoothly.
Cao Kun, the king of Wolong, believed that there were many people in the cottage and the terrain in the mountains was complicated, so he decided to rely on the terrain advantage to fight guerrilla warfare with the officers and soldiers.
Unexpectedly, Zeng Chi, who was secretly assisted by a master, took a beheading action, and several heads of the cottage were killed after taking the lead, and even Cao Kun, who was at the peak of the second grade, did not escape this catastrophe. The leaderless bandits of Wolong Mountain finally had to accept the fate of being exterminated.
There are more than 800 bandits in Sanwangzhai in the Red River Valley, surrounded by Zeng Chi and the regiment, the bandits decided to defend the cottage by virtue of the high mountain road, but they never wanted to be touched by several masters to the back mountain of the cottage, and the bandits were killed and injured under the processing on both sides, and even the three leaders of the Sanwangzhai did not escape, and were killed and arrested by three.
Seeing that the officers and soldiers of the Panlong Society of Wutong Mountain were menacing, they resolutely abandoned the old bandits, preparing to escape while the officers and soldiers had not yet formed an encirclement situation. Unexpectedly, the middle of the plan to lead the snake out of the hole was delayed, the officers and soldiers set up an ambush on the way, and the bandits were all surrounded, and in the end only more than ten people escaped by luck.
In this way, Zeng Chi exterminated several bandits in the vicinity, causing panic in the surrounding cities.
"Boss, look!" Jiang Jing, the left military division of the Flying Eagle Society, had a sad face and handed a letter to Ye Ying.
After Ye Ying read this letter, he also fell into silence, this letter was sent by a spy from Montenegro County, and the content of the letter was actually very simple, that is, Zeng Chi identified the next target of the attack as the Flying Eagle Society.
"This guy is really tough! He thought that he didn't know who had robbed him of his silver, so he had no choice but to stop it, but he actually had the determination to exterminate all the bandits in the vicinity, and he knew that he would not target them for robbery. Hearing this news, the right army division Ge Yuncai frowned and said.
"Otherwise, let's send the silver taels to Chasing Wind Ridge, let's not form an alliance with them and let them send someone to help us survive this crisis." The leader, Ge Shun, was a relatively timid man, and his first thought was to spend money to avoid disasters.
"Or we can simply leave this Fulong Mountain first, change places and settle down, or wait for him to withdraw and come back." Gui Sanniang continued Ge Shun's words.
"Don't be frightened by these more than 1,000 officers and soldiers, the strength of our cottage is not weak, and we have terrain advantages, I don't believe they can attack it." Chen Gang slapped the case in front of him and said loudly.
"Robbed everything, and those who should be divided are also divided, they will come, I don't believe that they have three heads and six arms." The leader, Yutong, said loudly from the side, he thought that his actions were very beautiful last time, but now he has a tendency to be complained, so there is some dissatisfaction in his tone.
Next, all the leaders of the few hands expressed their attitudes, some of them fought with words, some of them fled, and some even thought that they simply threw themselves into the powerful Chasing Wind Ridge.
"Leader You is right, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and we will fight when they come, but we must make full plans and never fight unprepared battles." Ye Ying looked at the leaders present and set the tone for this matter.
Ye Ying's age is not very old, but the Flying Eagle Society is now very convinced of him, so as his words fell, the leaders immediately stopped arguing and began to lower their heads and think about countermeasures.
The scene soon fell silent, and everyone was reluctant to speak lightly, because if something went wrong, the Flying Eagle Society would be in a state of no return.