With Ding Wei's intelligence, how could he not hear that Han Qing was deliberately giving credit to himself? Immediately, he was so moved that his heart felt hot. He cupped his hands and promised loudly, "Since Brother Han has said all that,
It's unreasonable for my brother to push back and forth. Two thousand grains are too little, so I'll give you four thousand. Although I have no combat experience, I guarantee that everyone is strong! In addition, all the expenses of grain, grass and baggage are covered by the transportation department.
It’s all included, you don’t have to worry about it!”
"Thank you, brother!" Han Qing heard this and immediately bowed his head to the ground. Then, he added in a low voice, "To be honest with Ding Shuzhi, the thieves have many eyes and ears in the city. This time we go out to fight, we have to keep it strictly confidential.
I can only claim that I went to inspect the granaries in various places."
Ding Wei smiled and nodded very confidently, "I don't have to worry about this. Don't worry. Not all of my granaries are currently stationed in Qingzhou City. They have to be mobilized from different granaries. As long as I don't tell them
They have no place to inquire about the final destination, and of course there is no way for them to leak the information."
When he was the transfer envoy to Kuizhou, he once commanded the Xiang army to suppress the bandits. Although in the end he relied on spending money to recruit the bandit leader, he was familiar with how to mobilize troops.
Therefore, with just a few words, Han Qing's doubts were all dispelled.
Han Qing, on the other hand, was not polite to Ding Wei. He thought for a while and continued: "Originally, I should have sent out troops years ago. It was just that I was worried that there were precautions in Baima Village, so I delayed it until now. Now, see me there.
If they haven’t come for a long time, I guess our defenses have been slack. Let’s mobilize our troops as soon as possible and kill them in a cold way, just in time to catch them off guard!”
"You give me five days, and I will try my best to mobilize the grain cadres as close as possible." Ding said that he has rich experience, and after a little consideration, he made a calculation, "In addition, Linqu County is only fifty miles away from Qingzhou, and I will ask the grain cadres to gather there. Five days ago
Queen Tian, you and I will leave the city separately and meet in Linqu!"
"In this way, five days later, Han will be waiting for Ding Shuzhi in Linqu!" Han Qing was overjoyed and bowed again.
Ding said that he was eager to make contributions, and smiled and patted his chest, "Brother Han, don't worry, if you can't do this little thing well, I don't have to do anything to help you. If you retire and return to your hometown as soon as possible, you can still find a place."
Die well. Otherwise, sooner or later, I will go to Lingnan to eat lychees in a daze!"
He had originally been instructed by Liu E to do his best to support Han Qing. He himself lacked any merit that could be used to pave the way for future promotion. Therefore, after making the promise, he tried his best.
As a result, Han Qing was originally promised to assemble 4,000 rations within five days, but it only took three days to assemble them. Among them, 500 rations were veterans who had retired from the border army and had combat experience.
Although it is not as brave as the Zhenrong Army, it is more than enough to deal with ordinary bandits and bandits.
On the fourth day, Han Qing quietly led the veterans of the Zhenrong Army to Linqu. The two joined forces and immediately rushed towards Baima Village, which was only seventy miles away from Qingzhou.
The leader of Baima Village, Liang Mancang, suffered from a hidden brain disease. Whenever it occurred, the pain would be worse than death. Therefore, years ago, he took the initiative to take over the task from the Chunyang Sect and sacrificed himself in order for the entire sect to survive smoothly.
Difficulties.
After he took over the task, he immediately started to make preparations. He sent all the key brothers in the village to other places, leaving only a hundred or so old and weak people who were not treated well, as well as hundreds of Chunyang Cult believers in nearby villages, and himself.
Let's sit and wait for Han Qing to come to conquer.
According to his plan, as soon as Han Qing came with his officers and soldiers, he would pretend to resist for a few times and then immediately kneel down and beg for surrender.
Then, he could take the initiative to admit that he was the mastermind of the assassination of Zhang Wengong, and step by step confess to several other dead soldiers who had been arranged in advance by the sect.
In this way, Han Qing successfully caught the murderer of Zhang Wengong, as well as several "protectors" and "rudders" of the Chunyang Sect, and he could soon return to Bianliang for business.
The real backbone of the Chunyang Sect and the real mastermind of Zhang Wengong's assassination can escape justice.
And although he himself will inevitably die in the end, his two sons can be sent elsewhere by the core members of the church to become rich men who have no worries about food and drink for a lifetime. They can even hide their origins, arrange to enter official careers, and completely become masters.
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In this way, he has the best of all three, and each has his own place. Even if he is under the Nine Springs, he will still laugh with tears in his eyes.
It was a pity that the preparations had been made since the twelfth lunar month of winter, until the ice and snow disappeared in the second year, and a faint green appeared on the branches. Liang Mancang did not wait for the officers and soldiers to show up.
On the contrary, the close brothers who were sent away by him under deliberate excuses returned to the village one after another.
No matter how stupid those people were, after such a long time, they realized that something was wrong. They each used their skills to inquire carefully, and then compiled the information they found. They soon discovered that the leader of their village was actually planning to seek death, and they immediately joined forces to dissuade him.
It was impossible to keep secrets in the village. In the blink of an eye, Liang Mancang's two sons also learned of their father's plan. They immediately ran back crying and ran away. They would rather join their father as a robber than change their names and go to work in other places.
official.
Liang Mancang had lost all his previous efforts and grabbed his two sons and cursed them loudly. In the blink of an eye, he felt sad again. The father and son hugged each other and cried bitterly.
After crying, he resolutely changed his mind and decided to send his two sons away no matter what. His brain disease was difficult to cure and he would die sooner or later. Moreover, the pain during the attack was not necessarily any worse than beheading.
Trading his dying body in exchange for the future of his two sons, how could this account be calculated appropriately?
Therefore, he simply packed his luggage and prepared to send his two sons down the mountain in person at dawn the next day. He settled his sons outside and then returned back to wait for the officers and soldiers to come and cut his head.
However, Liang Mancang never expected that before dawn the next day, the roads leading into and out of the mountain would be blocked by a group of officers and soldiers. The Chunyang church members who had promised to warn him in advance actually
They all became blind and deaf, and no news was sent in advance.
A catastrophe was imminent, and it was useless to blame anyone. After recovering from the shock, Liang Mancang immediately organized his troops and prepared for a collective breakout.
In order for his son to escape, this time, he did not dare to make the idea of surrendering after just a few rounds. He identified a direction, used all his strength, and led his brothers to rush out.
I thought that the number of soldiers under my command had doubled compared to the previous year, and the officers and soldiers came from afar. No matter what, I could send my two sons out. Unexpectedly, the number of officers and soldiers was as high as four thousand, and
The equipment was far better than any Xiang army he knew.
After two consecutive forced charges, he was shot back by officers and soldiers with bows and arrows, and more than fifty brothers were lost in vain. After learning from the painful experience, Liang Mancang gritted his teeth and changed directions to find a breakthrough again. As a result, he ran into Wu Ersuo head-on.
A veteran of the Suppression Army led by him.
As soon as the two sides fought, the veterans of the Zhenrong Army were hit with several grenades, blowing the team that Liang Mancang had finally reorganized into two pieces.
Immediately afterwards, Wu Er led several brothers and forced his way out, directly in front of Liang Mancang. The latter was already ill, and his mount was frightened and lost control. As a result, three moves
Before he could pass, he was knocked off his horse by Wu Er and captured alive.
The men and women in the cottage lacked training and did not know how to fight against the wind. They encountered obstacles one after another when breaking out of the siege, and lost their leader. Their morale suddenly collapsed, and they could no longer organize effective resistance. They just scattered and fled for their lives.
Ding Wei was overjoyed when he saw this. He said hello to Han Qing first, and then commanded Liang Ding to launch a general attack on the mountain stronghold. Along the way, he captured hundreds of minions, big and small, as well as ordinary Chunyang Cult members who had no time to escape.
After breaking into the Juyi Hall, they seized a whole warehouse of stolen goods and thousands of incense coins, which really made a small fortune.
Although Ding Wei was greedy, he knew how to exercise discretion. He ordered his people to record the incense money and stolen goods truthfully, and then brought the account book to Han Qing to discuss the distribution ratio between the two families.
However, as soon as the two parties met, before he could take out the account book, Han Qing laughed and took out a confession, "Recruited, recruited, the great protector of the Chunyang Sect, Liang Mancang, that's
A sub-rudder. The Chunyang Sect specially arranged for him to wait for death here to protect himself from the golden cicada. For the sake of his two sons, he recruited them all. He also provided another sub-rudder of the Chunyang Sect, which is located in Seventy Miles.
Fangshan outside!”
"Fang Shan?" Ding Wei was surprised and happy. He grabbed the confession and browsed it quickly.
Surprisingly, Fangshan is only more than twenty miles away from Changle County, and within Changle County, there is an important granary of the Transshipment Department, with the grain stored in it accounting for nearly 20% of the total.
If what Liang Mancang confessed was true, it would be equivalent to the Transshipment Department's granary being put on the lips of the Chunyang Sect. Whenever the latter wanted to rebel, they could immediately breach the granary and replenish military supplies.
The good news is that Fangshan is less than a hundred miles away from Baima Village. He and Han Qing join forces to kill it, and they will definitely be able to take Fangshan out of the Chunyang Sect's helmsman before he can react.
After reading the confession, he also had a calculation in his mind. He turned his gaze to Han Qing and asked tentatively, "In today's battle, my men suffered very little loss of food, and the soldiers were very energetic and physically strong. Since we already know that Fangshan
There is a branch of the Chunyang Sect, why don't you and I..."
"Shu Zhi's words coincide with those of the lower officials!" Before Ding Wei finished speaking, Han Qing laughed and clapped his hands.
One of them was greedy for success, the other was daring, and they made a decision immediately. Wang Wu led two hundred grain men to escort the prisoners back to Qingzhou City, where they were appeased by the governor. The remaining soldiers, after a little repair, immediately went out day and night.
He marched towards Fangshan.
It was only February, and most of the Chunyang congregation in Fangshan Fenduo had dispersed to their homes for the New Year. The only people left behind in Fenduo Village were a mere hundred or so carefree bachelors.
Suddenly, they found that the army had surrounded the stronghold. The believers didn't know how to deal with it. They could only close the gate of the stronghold and squat in the main stronghold to wait for death.
However, after Ding Wei and Han Qing besieged the stronghold, they did not launch an attack immediately. Instead, they spent a day and night to allow the soldiers to regain their strength before calmly launching an action.
As a result, it was a success, without any suspense at all.
More surprises followed. After breaking through the Juyi Hall, Wu Er seized a rough map. In Changyi, less than two hundred miles away from Fangshan, the sign of another branch of the Chunyang Sect was clearly visible.
