The military operation launched by the Deposed Dragon Gang on the night of the 23rd lunar month and the execution-style killing on the morning of the 24th lunar month actually had far greater impact and effect than imagined. At the very least, Zhang Xing was caught off guard.
It can only be said that when it comes to the issue of imperial power and the so-called legitimacy of the Wei Dynasty, even within the Guanlong clan, I am afraid that no one is as unscrupulous and magnanimous as Zhang Laosan, let alone others.
The officials of Liang County were like monkeys who fell into an ice cave and climbed back out in winter. They wanted to be more lively, more lively, more urgent, and more urgent. Messengers kept coming and going between the camp and Gushu. The negotiations went smoothly and frighteningly, and the bottom line was also
They were more open-minded than anyone else. At the same time, the remaining defeated generals in Jing'antai fell into complete silence and completely lost their ability to act. There was even news that they were already gathering the wounded and uninvolved concubines and princesses.
I am ready to retreat to a city in the west for a while to recover.
And the officials of Liang County must return to the northern county to govern Songcheng.
This is parting ways.
However, what makes Zhang Xing most emotional is the reaction from the gang members.
I don’t know if it was an illusion, but Zhang Xing just felt that his prestige in the gang had been greatly improved after this incident. Xiong Bonan and Xu Shiying were all vaguely strict with him and respected him a lot. Many of the leaders below him, regardless of their origins or strength.
, age, and even had a somewhat respectful attitude. It seemed that he led them to rob a queen, and worked hard to establish the rear system of the Deposed Dragon Gang. They released grain, burned debts, saved the treasury, mobilized the reserve army, and drove out
After leaving Jijun’s army, it’s still worth it.
Taoist Wei, who was the only one who kept a little calmness, didn't fare much better. He wrote letters from Yucheng and was much more polite. So Zhang Xing once wondered whether the other party was taking the opportunity to stir up trouble and instigate things from the beginning.
Do it yourself, promote yourself, attract the attention of the court and the gang, and become this world's version of Zheng Bo and Duan Yuyan.
However, as the envoys came and went, Zhang Xing realized that he was overthinking it, because Taoist Wei was in Yucheng and was advocating this matter to the Meng brothers who had abandoned their official duties and came back to rebel. He said that he was the one who initiated this matter.
Keeping silent was the plan he and Mr. Zhang made together... and it worked extremely well. After the Meng brothers quickly verified the news ahead, they began to panic, so much so that Meng Shanggong came to the valley in person on the morning of the next day.
Familiar and humble, he directly expressed his attitude of wanting to join the gang.
This is completely different from their previous attitude of relying on their own strength, not wanting to be inferior to others, and being concerned about everything.
But to be honest, the more these people cooperated and the more they succumbed to the influence of this operation, the more Zhang Xing felt a sense of panic... because he felt deep down that the two sides were asymmetrical.
The side is too weak.
Of course, this may also be a kind of prejudice, but he just can't detect it himself.
In short, under uneasiness and panic, although he had fully thought about and made proper arrangements for the follow-up of the whole matter, he still decided to make a quick decision.
In a wing in the backyard of the Gushu County Government Office, Zhang Xing did not hold a meeting, but instead convened seven or eight people in his private capacity for an impromptu small meeting.
Among the participants, in addition to the indispensable powerful leaders such as Xiong Bonan, Xu Shiying, and Niu Da, there are also some of his confidants such as Zhou Xingfan, Yan Qing, and Jia Yue, as well as those who died just a day ago and are now
Zhang Shizhao and Zhang Xianggong, who had not yet decided on a new name, were still lying on the couch.
All I can say is that things happened too fast, and it felt like I was chasing someone.
"Be quick, don't be blinded by the smoothness of this matter." As soon as he sat down, before others could take their eyes away from Zhang Shizhao on the couch, Zhang Xing got straight to the point and put forward his own opinion. "What are we going to do next?
Several companies do these few things...
First of all, we need to get money, grain, and ordnance from Liang County officials, and at the same time ask them to distribute grain throughout the county, at a ratio of half of the autumn grain... If there are really difficulties, we can not ask for grain, but we must distribute it in the name of the Deposed Dragon Gang
Grain, let the people of Liang County know that we captured the prefect and forced them to release grain... It must be done before the year, or even distribute grain first... Niuda, you and Xiao Zhou will take the lead in this matter, along with some leaders
Go talk and do it, and bring people to me when you need a guarantee."
Niu Da and Zhou Xingfan immediately stood up and agreed. The former was even a little impatient.
"Secondly, we need to monitor those people in Jing'antai in Luo Fang." Zhang Xingfu looked at Xiong Bonan again. "Although those people are few, they stand firm, and there is still a Chengdan master, who is the only one who can do it in the current situation.
The group of people who caused the situation to escalate, King Xiongtian, go and capture them yourself. As long as they dare to move, you dare to kill them. At this point, if Luo Fang and Xue Liang are really killed, there will be only benefits and no harm."
"Of course it's my turn to do it." Xiong Bonan responded immediately and made a request. "But I want twenty brothers with good skills to support me."
"King Xiongtian will only take care of the practitioners below the leader." Zhang Xing agreed immediately and looked at Xu Shiying again. "I estimate that the traveling team will begin to collapse in the next two days. Around Tuyuan, whether it is the surveillance of the garrison or the
When the servants are dispersed, I need you, Xu Dalang, to take charge of the overall situation and pay attention to support. Once they are dispersed, send troops to fetch those vehicles... Those servants and palace people who are willing to follow will also be taken in."
Xu Dalang nodded, just writing down the notes as fast as he could.
However, Xiong Bonan frowned and asked seriously: "Zhang Longtou, I'm not saying no, but do you really want to accept those servants? How can these people do business with heroes like us?"
"Collect them first, so as not to freeze them to death in the snow... The Dragon Gang raised the troops, originally for the common people, but now our treasury is sufficient, and we have done such a large amount of business, we won't turn to death without saving them." No.
When Zhang Xing opened his mouth, Xu Dalang blurted out without raising his head. "Then take them back and take those who are capable to work as writers and officials. Those with good character can also be sweepers in the government offices. Those who are incompetent or have poor character can be
, at worst, we can just wait until the queen redeems it and then deliver it together with the queen."
Xiong Bonan thought for a moment, nodded slowly, and said no more.
Zhang Xing also nodded with satisfaction, but reminded him again: "Be careful to contact Wang Zhen properly. When dividing the money, don't be too discriminatory about Dangshan."
"It's natural."
"That's how it should be."
In addition to Xu Shiying, there was also Xiong Bonan who responded.
"We also need to contact the Huaiyou Alliance." Zhang Xingfu turned to look at the silent Yan Qing again. "Yan Qing went to do the paperwork... To emphasize, unless the two major alliance leaders Du and Fu come in person or the Ma family and his daughter come, there will be no
Talking to the Huaiyou League... This is just like no matter which government we talk to, we must emphasize that no one will be released unless the Huaiyou League acts as the middleman for the handover."
Yan Qing responded immediately, and Niu Da also nodded.
"Finally." Zhang Xing thought for a while and looked around. "There is one more thing. I want to hear what you think. How do you think we should deal with the Meng brothers? Meng Shanggong just came over and said he is willing to join our Dragon Slayer Gang.
, listen to my orders and ask for a position as a big leader..."
Everyone was silent for a moment.
And Zhang Xing also quickly added: "The big boss should have discussed this matter with those on the front line, but this matter involves our strategy in the west, and they had a gentleman's agreement with us before the Eastern Expedition. It's nothing.
It can’t be said…”
"I think it's feasible." Xiong Bonan finally became impatient. "Brothers Meng are willing to bend down, and Cao Wang is in our hands. What if we can directly take down Liang County? We can also join forces with Dangshan and Huaiyou Alliance.
Into one piece.”
"That way the power would be too scattered." When Xiong Bonan spoke, Xu Shiying also raised his head and responded. "In my opinion, after this incident, even here, we will start to prepare for war after the spring plowing... Now let's go to the heart of the imperial court.
If we want to expand our territory, especially since Liang County is only separated from Dongdu by Xingyang, and Qiao County is on the other side of Xuzhou, we will inevitably encounter disasters... It is better to concentrate our efforts and stick to the Jishui line."
Xiong Bonan wanted to speak for a moment... He instinctively felt that there was a loophole in it, but for some reason, facing Xu Shiying, he always felt that whatever he said would be controlled by others, so he simply hesitated and looked at what others said first.
.
This is obviously a learned lesson, but there is no doubt about his attitude.
"Now that we have even robbed the queen, the officers and soldiers will not let us go no matter what, right?" Sure enough, someone actually spoke to refute, and Niu Da raised his head and asked seriously. "Instead of being conservative, it is better to take advantage of the opportunity to use offense as defense and take advantage of it.
How about Xia Liang County?”
"Of course it is possible to do this from a military perspective." Zhang Xing finally said. "But I am worried that if we advance towards Liang County, we will get into battle early; secondly, it is raining and snowing now, and spring plowing will be next year. I am afraid that we will not have time to attack Liang County."
The county has carried out various measures similar to Jiyin and Dongjun; third, as Xu Dalang said, the power will be dispersed, because in order to control the situation, trustworthy leaders must be dispersed, and this may not be beneficial to the war; fourth, also
It will affect the deal we are going to do now; finally, we can actually let the Meng brothers act as a buffer...Gushu and Xiayi will be handed over, and Yucheng will be left to the Meng brothers. It depends on how much territory they can take, and it doesn't concern us.
It’s about that.”
Niu Da also said nothing because Zhang Xing had already expressed his personal attitude.
Zhang Xing looked around and responded seriously: "This is my personal idea. The basic idea is actually the second one... that is to take down Liangjun at this time, and there is no time to establish our own system to effectively control Liangjun.
Instead of doing this, it would be better to let Liang County go to the Meng brothers, and let them rely on the local people's favor to quickly expand and act as a buffer for us... If there is anything inappropriate, please speak up."
"Even so, this doesn't delay whether we can accept their brothers into the gang, right?" Xiong Bonan came back to his senses and asked immediately.
But almost at the same time, everyone else present, including Mr. Zhang who had remained silent, all looked over, which made King Xiongtian couldn't help but feel furious.
"Since we need to use him as a buffer, it's hard to join the gang." After a while, Zhang Xing explained word for word. "Otherwise, whether we save him or not when necessary, or whether we care about him or not when he does bad things, is all a matter of course.
The difficulty... On the contrary, once you join a gang, you have to talk about rules and prohibitions, share life and death, share joys and sorrows..."
Xiong Bonan quickly understood and felt embarrassed.
"Actually, after I go back, I plan to do two more things before the officers and soldiers arrive." Zhang Xing said in a relaxed tone. "One is to extend the rudder downwards and screen the officials and officers below.
The good and bad ones, those who are capable and have good character, should join the gang; the other thing is to go to the local areas and look for those who have cultivation and virtue in the local areas, and let them be guardians, and those who are willing to do things can be made deacons.
, take orders directly from me.”
With that said, Zhang Xing pointed to Yan Qing again: "I am going to leave it to Yan Qing to do the latter... Of course, the former requires everyone to cooperate and let each branch and the leader hand over the list as soon as possible, but I am going to let Xiao Zhou
At that time, we will lead people to conduct an inspection, with spring plowing as the main inspection and inspection, and we will conduct an inspection and inspection of the list... What do you think?"
"I think it's good." Xiong Bonan felt a little relieved. "Invite the good people in to be brothers, drive out the bad people, and get everyone together to do loyalty, do righteousness, and do great things. This is what should be done.
"
The other people were obviously a few steps slower, especially Xu Shiying and Niu Da. This time it was their turn to be stared at by everyone else, especially Mr. Zhang. After he came back to his senses, there was no joking look in his eyes.
Too obvious.
However, Xu and Niu did not keep others waiting.
Soon Niuda raised his voice and responded: "This is a good thing, it should have been like this a long time ago."
"I think it's pretty good too." Xu Dalang laughed dryly, held the pen and paper in his hand, and looked at Yan Qing with a smile. "It's just that...it goes without saying that Leader Zhou's qualifications, abilities, and achievements need not be said.
Don't you want to give this little brother Yan Qing a leader so that he can do things more easily?"
Zhang Xinggang was about to reply.
Yan Qing laughed at himself: "What did Leader Xu say? How can I get the position without merit? When I finish this matter properly and have merit, if I am not given the leader, I will say that the Dragon Gang cannot be rewarded and punished properly."
...The only thing I want to be grateful for is that Third Brother is willing to find something for me to do."
Xu Shiying looked at the other party again, nodded slowly, and said no more.
"There is one last thing." Seeing that no one spoke, Zhang Xing gave a final serious reminder. "Although I didn't say it, in fact, spring plowing after the new year is the most important... Otherwise, why would we do some things with spring plowing?
Involvement? Therefore, none of you should put the cart before the horse."
"Yes." Xu Dalang did his job.
Niu Da, Zhou Xingfan, and Yan Qing also responded...Xiong Bonan also nodded.
Seeing this, Zhang Xing stopped delaying and immediately raised his hand to see the guest off.
"Third brother." After standing up, Xu Dalang grabbed the paper and pen with his hands and suddenly spoke proactively. "Now that I'm here, there are two things I want to ask..."
"You said." Zhang Xing was inevitably surprised.
"This..." Xu Dalang pointed to Zhang Shizhao. "I don't know the name yet. I don't know how to call him in the future."
"This is the first protector of our gang." Zhang Xing pointed at it, smiled slightly, and then looked at himself. "I wonder what you call me?"
Zhang Shizhao was stunned, feeling a little emotional, but also a little frustrated: "Whatever, just a code name, and I don't want to be noticed... On the other hand, if someone calls Zhang San, doesn't he have a pretty big name?"
"Then what's your name?" Zhang Xing couldn't follow up. "You can't also call her Zhang San, right?"
"Call……"
"How about calling me Chang Wei?"
"Just call Zhang Daxuan." Although he didn't know what was going on, Zhang Shizhao immediately blocked the other party's obviously malicious suggestion. "My son has Xuan in his name, so no one will think that I am his father. "
"That's alright." Zhang Xing nodded, then turned to look at Xu Dalang, who was taking notes again. "What else?"
"What should we do with the princess and the concubine?" Xu Dalang answered seriously after writing. "There is no problem with the relationship between the queen and the chamberlain, but the status of the princess and the concubine is not high. If they are sent to Jiangdu, the saint will get angry and kill him directly. What should I do? He is a man whose brothers and sisters have all been killed...I heard that the princess and the third brother are quite destined, do you want to stay and raise her?"
As soon as he said this, people around him looked strange.
"What's the use of staying?" Zhang Xing said frankly. "We are also living on the edge of a knife... What do you think of Protector Zhang Daxuan?"
Zhang Shizhao, who was also Zhang Daxuan, was lying on the couch. He was startled for a moment, and then realized that he was asking himself. But the matter involved the princess and concubines, so he couldn't stay out of it. He just thought about it and gave the answer: "If you really care about fate and want to protect Ichigo, just hand it over to Prince Wang of Ji County and ask him to wait for a while and send him back to the Eastern Capital... Although Ziwei Palace is empty, where is that old boy Cao Lin? , we can finally be stable for a while.”
This is appropriate. Zhang Xing nodded and said no more.
Xu Dalang also put away his small notebook and formally stood up to say goodbye. As soon as he moved, everyone around him also stood up. Even Jia Yue, who didn't fart the whole time, slowly walked out.
For a time, only Zhang Xing and Zhang Shizhao were left.
The two sat together for a while, and Zhang Shizhao, who was on the couch, finally said, "Why don't you leave? Don't you have to deal with Meng Shanggong?"
"Actually, I still lack confidence. I still want to ask Protector Zhang to give me a safe explanation." Zhang Xing turned around and sat on the edge of the couch. He wanted to touch the other person's hand, but was pushed directly into the bed by the other person, but his expression remained unchanged. ."How about the arrangement I just made?"
"I want to surrender your privacy, but you don't want to." Zhang Shizhao sneered. "How can you ask such a question now?"
"But since you are a protector, you should be somewhat aware of the overall situation of the Deposed Dragon Gang." Zhang Xing was still sincere. "If the Deposed Dragon Gang is gone and your pretending to die is exposed, whether it is the saint or Uncle Cao, I’m afraid I won’t be able to spare you your Excellency… then what will happen if everyone in your family is executed?”
"You can't copy it." Zhang Shizhao sneered even more. "There is a great master of the Zhang family in Hedong. At this time, he dare not copy..."
"At most, I'll kill your son, daughter-in-law and grandson..." Zhang Xing added. "Plus yourself...right? You've already surrendered, so why bother?"
"Yes, the surrender has been surrendered, I didn't know?" Zhang Shizhao also laughed. "But Zhang Sanlang, if I praise your statement to the best of my ability or say something inappropriate, will you feel at ease?"
Zhang Xing finally felt embarrassed and wanted to stand up and say goodbye.
"However, if you don't say anything, you will feel a little uneasy." Zhang Shizhao thought for a while, but made a comment, but did not mention the specific matter. "If you ask me, you can summon your confidants and key people, It is already very good to propose future plans in advance, and it can even be regarded as a talent in Nanya... But you should also consider some things in advance, such as discussing this matter privately. There are few people now, so it is no problem, but in fact , if it is not about brainstorming or following the legal process, then you should not put me together with several big leaders, nor should you put your confidants together with several big leaders, you should put them separate……"
Zhang Xing suddenly realized: "You mean to put aside the conference and ask for advice in private, the advisor is the advisor, the confidant is the confidant, and the powerful leader is the powerful leader? And if you really need to rely on trusted confidants, you only need to let him be at least three or four of them
By showing up at the meeting, his power will be properly guaranteed. On the other hand, as the convener of the meeting, my authority will be even more stable..."
"Yes." Zhang Shizhao nodded. "Especially if we become big in the future, the civil and military affairs will inevitably be separated. And at that time, it will be difficult to even brainstorm ideas when holding a conference. We will have to create four or five different teams to brainstorm ideas while avoiding
Conflict... For example, that Xiong Bonan is very capable and needs to be respected and relied on, but why do you ask him to do this kind of thing? Just ask him to monitor Luo Fang directly; and I can only tell you a few words at the moment
These old-fashioned words are not easy for others to hear, so what does it mean if you ask me to participate in this kind of meeting?"
Zhang Xing nodded slowly, but then shook his head with a wry smile: "What Protector Zhang said is very reasonable, but it is still too early, and the premise is that my position is stable. Now in the conference, I feel that there are too few people talking..."
Zhang Shizhao just shook his head and said nothing.
Zhang Sanlang didn't care, he just stood up and bowed seriously, then turned around and went out to deal with Meng Shanggong.
However, as soon as he walked to the corridor outside, Jia Yue immediately met him from the courtyard gate with a leader. The latter even leaned over in the courtyard to report: "Longtou, the prince and the father-in-law of that day are here, saying
want to see you."
Under the ice skates on the eaves, Zhang Xing was stunned for a moment, unable to react for a moment: "Who?"
"The prince who was beaten while pushing the cart that day," the leader replied simply. "I was guarding the south gate of the city, and he came directly to ask for an audience. Since he was someone I had met, he was the only one who brought me in."
Zhang Xing pondered for a moment and made a decision effortlessly: "Then meet him first."
The leader nodded, turned around, and brought someone over in a moment. Surprisingly, it was the prince whose clothes had not been washed yet, and his eyes were bloodshot.
When the prince came to the courtyard and saw Zhang Xing standing in the corridor, he walked forward and knelt down on the still damp ground thirteen or four steps away from him. He kowtowed solemnly on the spot and then raised his head.
Lai handed over his hands and said: "Master Zhang, the people in Jing'antai and the local government have abandoned us like worn-out shoes. And Master Zhang robbed the queen and killed the governor. We can't go to Jiangdu, and we will have no food tonight."
...At the end of my rope, I accidentally thought of something. Since Mr. Zhang talks so frequently with the officials of Liang County, I'm afraid he doesn't have the intention to lead the Dragon Gang to openly march into Liang County, right?"
Zhang Xing nodded.
"That's it." The prince kowtowed heavily on the wetland again, then raised his head and continued to speak solemnly. "Can you borrow three thousand swords and shields, eight hundred armors, and several thousand stones of food from the Deposed Dragon Gang? Then leave now.
If we evacuate the city faster, how about lending us the city of Xiayi again?"
Zhang Xing stood with his hands behind his back and was silent for a moment. After a while, he asked, "Since it's a loan, how can I pay it back?"
"Of course, the palace's treasures can be properly transported to pay debts..." The prince blurted out. "Otherwise, if there is no food tonight, the ice and snow, and the palace servants are scattered, the Dragon Gang will send out an army to transport them.
I'm afraid a lot of them will escape, and they may even be pushed into the water to be salvaged in the future."
"To be honest, this is far from enough." Zhang Xing looked at the other party for a while, seeing that the other party was unafraid, but still slowly shook his head. "In troubled times, gold, silver, wealth and silk are just the icing on the cake, far inferior to weapons, food and grass. Besides, opportunities must not be lost and they will never come back. I didn’t give you a chance the night before yesterday. Now, by saying this, aren’t you bringing shame on yourself?”
"It's just that, of course it's not enough, so I thought about it. In addition, when the Xuzhou army comes south, if they still think that we are the father-in-law of Beiya and dare not invade, we will deliver the news to the Dragon Gang and repay our lives today. If they want to kill us..." Wang Gonggong knelt on the ground. There was no pause or excuse before him, but when he said this, he paused obviously, but he still cheered up and spoke seriously. "We In Xiayi, just be a human shield for the Deposed Dragon Gang! Even if you kill thousands of servants, it will take three to five days, right?"
Zhang Xing was finally moved, but he continued to stand under the eaves for a long time without saying a word. The prince just looked at him with his neck stretched out.
After an unknown amount of time, Zhang Xing finally spoke again: "What should the palace maid do?"
"If you are willing to follow us, you can go with us. If you are not willing, you can follow them, whether you go with the Deposed Dragon Gang or return to Dongdu." The prince said simply. "The more spread out, the better. If you say this, you won't be able to live longer." Several people."
When Zhang Xing heard this, his body shape and expression did not change. He just stretched out his hand from behind and raised it slightly forward: "Get up and speak."
The prince stood up immediately.
Zhang Xing, however, kept the posture of one hand unchanged and continued to speak seriously: "A gentleman's words..."
The prince froze on the spot, and after a few breaths, he got up in embarrassment, threw forward, and then grabbed the opponent's hand through the railing as if he were grabbing some treasure, and responded with difficulty: "Si Ma ~ It's hard to chase!"
After saying that, he couldn't help but lower his head and almost collapsed to the ground, only to be held back by the entire hand of his former colleague from Xiyuan.
PS: I would like to sacrifice a new book "The Legend of the Heroes of the Three Kingdoms" as a routine sacrifice. The author is an old author, and the previous "Three Kingdoms Aspects of Liangzhou Ci".
Also, is it an illusion recently? I feel like this chapter is a bit too much. It used to be like a thousand words/hundred articles, or less. Recently, the proportion has increased significantly. Who bought me this chapter and said it was a package?