Updated: 2012-06-27

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To be honest, all the wealthy families in Dongping County could not be fully paid. You should know that when Emperor Yang Guang returned to the second Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo, he passed by Boling and stayed at the Cui family in Boling for a few days. The Cui family donated 300,000 guan in exchange for a county duke and several town marquis, two million guan. Not to mention buying peace for the thieves, even if they were dedicated to the emperor, they could get a high-ranking official and a title. Maybe another aristocratic family will be another ten years later!

Just because Li Xian wanted too high, he discussed it, and the officials and wealthy families in Dongping County did not discuss a good way to solve the problem.

“In my opinion…”

Wu Shengzhi pondered for a while and said, "The boss of the Juyeze Yanyun Village is just asking for a price everywhere!"

He stood up and paced back and forth in the living room, and said as he walked, "The people from Yanyun Village have never come out, so they don't know the truth about our Dongping County. He must have thought that our Dongping County is so rich. What does this mean? It means that this Li Dazhan is just an inexperienced person."

He clarified his thoughts and felt a little relaxed: "Only an unknown person would speak like this, because he had never seen money! He could not say that he didn't know what the amount of two million guan was. Perhaps... he was just a rude man who had never read a book! He didn't know that he had found a professor in the village school to catch the knife!"

"Ha ha"

Everyone was amused by the reasoning of the county magistrate, and the atmosphere in the room became relaxed.

"He asked for a price all over the place, so let's bargain!"

Zhang Sanheng frowned and said, "But...who will talk to that boss Li?"

As soon as he asked, everyone became silent again.

Yes, since you have to bargain, who will give this important task? Who dares to talk to the group of thieves who kill without blinking? Everyone in the house lowered their heads, and no one is willing to take this risk. To reason with a group of unreasonable people is much more difficult than to make a group of sheep abide by the rules. It is even more difficult than to let a group of wolves not eat sheep, and may be even more difficult than to let a group of sheep eat wolf.

At least, these wealthy families who cherish their lives think so.

"Mr. Wu and I are court officials, so of course we cannot come forward with this matter."

Zhang Sanheng said seriously: "There is no doubt about this. As the county magistrate of Dongping County and a dignified fourth-rank official, how could Mr. Wu go to talk to the thief?"

Wu Shengzhi nodded quickly and said, "If I can keep my fellow villagers in Dongping County safe, even if I ask me to pick up swords and guns to fight with the thieves, I will be reluctant to leave. But this matter involves the face of the court, and I am really not good at coming forward. So, everyone here recommends one person out. Lord Zhang can send someone to escort out of the city, and negotiate with the thieves in Juyeze outside the city. If the negotiations can be reached, the negotiations will be reached. At worst, you can fight with me to the end and protect the safety of the people of Dongping County!"

His words were passionate and solemn, but he did not infect the people here, and no one was born of the enlightenment that I would not go to hell or who would go to hell.

Wu Shengzhi and Zhang Sanheng looked at each other and exchanged glances. Zhang Sanheng understood it and coughed solemnly, "Since everyone felt that they could not compromise with the thieves, as the county magistrate of Dongping County, I am the highest military official in charge of the country, so that I can't do anything that would insult the country. So, let's go back here and gather all the servants and servants in the family to gather at the school grounds. I will post a notice to let the people in the city guard the city together. More than 10,000 families in Yuncheng start to mobilize, but they can't defend the city gate! If the city is broken, you will be loyal to the country with me!"

Zhang Sanheng said this kind of official-article scene in a loud and clear way.

“It’s better…”

Pei Shisheng stood up and said, "It's better to choose a few more people to negotiate with the thief together, so there are more countermeasures."

The wealthy households quickly said, "It's so good."

...

...

On the fourth day of the October 10th, Li Xian personally led more than 20,000 troops from Ruijin Camp, Houtu Camp, Qingmu Camp, and Hongshui Camp to the outside of Yuncheng City.

The army stopped two miles outside the city, with flags waving and people jubilant.

In the past, Zhang Jin said that he had led his army to besiege Yuncheng when he was in Juyeze, but Zhang Jin said that he had a much smaller appetite. He did not have siege equipment. Although he had tens of thousands of troops, he was far inferior to the elite troops of Yanyun Village. Even if he really wanted to attack Yuncheng, he would not be able to fight in a short while. Therefore, the wealthy families in Yuncheng raised 20,000 stagnant of meat, and thousands of stones of food and grass were sent. Zhang Jin said that the advantage of this person was that he would leave when he got the benefits. Since he knew that Yuncheng was not easy to fight, he would bluff the matter. The bad thing about him was that he bluffed the more times he bluffed.

Wu Shengzhi and Zhang Sanheng mobilized all the county soldiers who could gather in a hurry and all the more than 6,000 people were on the city wall. With so many soldiers, Wu Shengzhi's back was straighter. He had never led the troops, but in fact he had no judgment on the number of soldiers. He only felt that the defenders on the city wall were also densely standing, and it seemed that they were not inferior to those thieves from Juyeze outside.

He turned around and said to Pei Shisheng and others who were huddling behind him: "Don't rush to go out of the city first. I want to see what kind of rumor that General Li is good at fighting against the city can break the city. If he just goes out of the city like this, he will underestimate it."

The archers were already ready on the city wall. Before, Zhang Jin said that Wu Shengzhi had never come to the city wall when he led his army. He was afraid of Zhang Jin's infamy that he was so arrogant that he dared not show up. This time he was facing the Yanyun Village troops with a reputation of benevolence and righteousness, but he felt less afraid.

After making up his mind, Wu Shengzhi ordered people to bring a chair. He sat there in a big manner, preparing to see how General Li, who dared to ask for a huge fortune of two million yuan, responded.

To be honest, Wu Shengzhi was not afraid at all. The black men outside the city stood in more than twenty squares, neatly and imposing. Perhaps because he stood on a high place, or perhaps because most of the county soldiers had gathered in the past two days, Wu Shengzhi became much calmer when facing the letter.

At this time, a team of cavalrymen were separated from the neat queue outside, with distinct armor and rushed towards Yanyun Village.

The leader of the knight strangled his war horses about 100 meters away from the city gate and asked loudly: "My general asked, are Lord Wu ready?"

Wu Shengzhi stood up and walked to the city wall and shouted, "But I don't know what to prepare? My son from Dongping County has prepared a bow, arrow spear. If your general has the courage, he can come to the city to get it!"

After saying this, Wu Shengzhi felt that his figure was much taller.

Zhang Sanheng exclaimed behind him: "The county magistrate is so bold!"

Pei Shisheng said in horror: "Will this anger the thieves? If they really rushed up, what should we do?"

Zhang Sanheng waved his hand and said, "You don't understand. This talk must be discussed, but if you show weakness at the beginning, will the other party take advantage? Just use real swords and guns to strike for a while, so that the other party knows that our Yuncheng is not something that can be defeated so easily. Then you go out to the city to discuss, and give him some money and he will give up."

This was the solution he thought of last night after discussing with Wu Shengzhi for a long time. Both of them thought it was the safest.

Wu Shengzhi stood by the city wall, waiting for the knight outside the city to answer. But what surprised him was that the knight turned around and returned to the military formation without saying a word. He looked back at Zhang Sanheng in surprise and asked in a low voice: "What does the thief mean?"

Zhang Sanheng thought for a while and said, "I probably didn't expect that the adult was so powerful. He didn't know how to deal with it, so he went back to ask the master of Yanyun Village. It's okay, the adult's words have already reduced the other party's spirit, and I admire it!"

Wu Shengzhi stroked his beard and accepted Zhang Sanheng's flattery calmly.

He stood by the city wall and watched for a while, but did not see any actions of the thieves from the opposite Juyeze. He smiled and said that the bandits were really bullying the weak and afraid of the strong. Just as they were about to walk back to their chairs, they suddenly saw another group of people from Juyeze, but they were infantrymen, carrying a huge thing, but they were a little far away. His eyes were not good, so he didn't see clearly what they were carrying. It was not until the team of infantry arrived a hundred meters away from the city that he saw clearly that those people were carrying a very large incense burner.

A soldier from Yanyun Village inserted a thick incense into the incense burner, then lit it with a fire squeezer and turned around and left. He still said nothing, which made all the monks of Wu Sheng 2000. He turned his head to look at Zhang Sanheng again, his eyes confused. Zhang Sanheng pondered for a while and was puzzled: "What are you doing for burning incense? Seeking rain? Or seeking wealth?"

"Seeking money?"

Wu Shengzhi frowned and said, "Why don't I look like it?"

Pei Shisheng trembled behind and murmured in a low voice: "I looked at it, as if I had issued an ultimatum. If I didn't pay the money within a stick of incense, I would be attacking the city."

But his voice was too low that Wu Shengzhi didn't hear it.

...

...

Li Xian dismounted before the military formation, and some soldiers brought Hu benches and square tables in front of him. This time, he was not wearing any armor. Li Xian lifted his blue shirt and sat down on the stool. Soon, the personal soldiers arranged a few cooked meat on the square table, and a pot of fresh autumn grain wine brewed by Juyeze.

This time, the commanders of the four battalions who came out of the Ze also sat down around the square table. Tie Liaolang poured wine for Li Xian and said with a smile: "It seems that Wu Shengzhi doesn't plan to buy peace with the money."

Li Xian pinched a piece of braised beef and put it into his mouth, chewing it slowly. After the Tieyao Wolf filled his glass, he picked it up and tasted it. The new wine was spicy in his throat, but it made the strong aroma of the beef even more delicious. He couldn't help but exclaim: "Sister Zhu's skills are really not simple."

He then pinched another piece of beef and put it in his mouth and said slowly: "People always do this. If you don't get beaten, you don't know what pain means."

Luo Fu smiled and said, "Did he think we are bluffing like Zhang Jincheng?"

Yukiokai said: "If that miscellaneous person thinks it's better, just fight a lot. He's been rusting all these days, and he's looking forward to a fight and making excitement. Zhang Jin said that he's just a group of mobs, and he doesn't even have any siege equipment to attack. If he's given it to me, the city will definitely be broken within half an hour."

"Old Xiong, don't brag at will."

Chao Qiuge smiled and said, "How about this, how about we bet? If Wu Shengzhi's mess is really unwilling to pay the money honestly, you will take your Houtu Camp to choose a city gate to fight, and I will take my Hongshui Camp to choose a city gate to fight, and see who will take it first!"

"I'm afraid that you and I'm just a rabbit!"

Xiong Kuohai drank the new wine in his glass in one go: "But you have to have a lottery, otherwise it would be boring to bet like this."

"What did you say you bet?"

He asked for a song.

Xiong Kuohai thought for a while and said, "There are not many new soldiers recruited in the village recently, and there are more than a thousand generals who have not been assigned. Whoever wins will win!"

"good!"

Chao Qiuge and Xiong Kuohai high-fives, "No one is allowed to repent!"

"Why!"

Tie Yaolang and Luo Fu said in unison: "You two have the final say?"

Li Xian smiled and waved his hand and said, "No one needs to fight, wait for the incense stick to burn."

After a stick of incense, there was no reaction in the city. Li Xian picked up a piece of cooked meat and put it in his mouth, then waved his hand. Then, hundreds of soldiers came out of Luo Fu's Qingmu camp and brought a large number of things to the front of the array. Xiong Kuohai and Chao Qiuge looked at Li Xian in confusion, and then looked at Luo Fu, both of them laughing but not speaking.

Soon, the soldiers of Aoki Camp assembled the giant trees, and it turned out to be a huge catapult!

In the astonished eyes of Wu Shengzhi, Zhang Sanheng and others, a huge rock weighing hundreds of kilograms fell and was hitting the west gate tower of Yuncheng. With just one blow, the city gate tower collapsed so big. Dozens of soldiers were not buried below, and several people were directly smashed into meat paste!
Chapter completed!