Zhao Dachun said loudly: "Who is being treated as a coward at this time? I, Zhao Dachun, will punch his eyeballs out with one punch. I enjoyed the blessings before, eating, drinking and playing comfortably, but now that what the young man said has happened, I am afraid of death and want to run away? I
The first one refused."
"Yes, I won't agree either. I, Guo Dazhuang, don't want to hide in Tibet all my life and be regarded as a food thief." Guo Dazhuang glared at Niu Er.
Niu Er muttered: "I didn't say anything. Why are you just staring at me? I just feel that there are many people on the other side, so I have to find a way."
Li Hui waved his hand and said: "Niu Er, I'm not targeting you. Everyone just said that there is no way out at this moment and we can't think of retreating."
Niu Er patted his chest and said, "I, Niu Er, am not a coward, I just have to do my job."
Li Hui clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Okay, since we don't want to be cowards, let's discuss how to do it. At present, we know that there are twelve of them and only six of us. We are at a disadvantage in terms of numbers. Moreover, just now Chen
What Si said makes sense. I wonder if they have real weapons in their hands. If they have swords or weapons, we will suffer a loss. Therefore, we must be prepared and formulate an attack plan."
Guo Dazhuang patted his thigh and said, "It's a pity that I didn't bring my big iron rod with me and left it in the south house. Otherwise, I would have wiped it all away with one stick."
Zhao Dachun rolled his eyes and said: "What's the use of talking about this now? It's all your fault. I didn't bring the big iron rod. If you hadn't said not to bring it, how could I have dropped the weapon?"
Guo Dazhuang smacked his lips and said, "How did I know we were going to fight?"
Zhao Dachun said: "What do you know? You just know how to eat."
The two people were already bickering. Li Hui quickly stopped him and said, "It's okay, although we didn't bring any weapons. We didn't bring any big iron sticks, but we can use these miscellaneous trees to make a few wooden sticks or something like that."
Don't you two like to use sticks? So I got two big tree sticks as weapons."
Zhao Dachun nodded and said: "You can get two tree sticks, but it's not very effective at hitting people."
Guo Dazhuang said: "Actually, you can also use your fists. I can do it with just one punch..."
Li Hui frowned and interrupted: "Do you two still want to listen to me?"
Guo Dazhuang smacked his lips and said, "Come on, just use the big tree stick. Of course I will listen to you."
Li Huidao: "Let's make some sticks, wooden spears, etc. as weapons, but these things are no match for real weapons. So, the most important thing is strategy. I just looked at the terrain and I have a plan."
Li Hui picked up a few dead branches, played with them on the grass, and said: "Look, here is the river, and here is the house at the bend of the river. We are in this position, and the river bends this way. So, we just
You need to go down the east hillside so that you can reach the river without being discovered by them."
"But Xiaolangjun, even if we get to the river, they can find us as long as we get close."
In addition to Chen Si and Niu Er, another nurse named Wu Gang was a young man who didn't like to talk. But now he asked.
Li Hui picked up a branch and placed it on the ground, saying: "This is a reed marsh. We only need to walk close to the reed marsh and they won't be able to find us. Only when we reach this position can they see us. By then
, we are already very close to them. I estimate it is only forty or fifty steps."
Wu Gang nodded, but stopped talking.
Li Hui smiled and said: "Do you think that even if you can get within forty or fifty steps, they will still notice it?"
Wu Gang nodded and said: "Yes, they will be on guard when they find a few of us. It's not much different from approaching head-on."
Li Hui had a very good impression of Wu Gang. Although he didn't talk much these days, he immediately carried out whatever Li Hui said without asking why. Now it was time to plan and take action. He asked in detail, that is
I'm using my brain to think of solutions. And all the questions I asked are on point.
"That's true. So, we have to divide our forces into two groups." Li Hui said.
"Divide the troops into two groups?" Several guards were a little confused and didn't understand what it meant.
"The five of you go around the hillside. You are in a team. I am in a team alone. I will watch your position on the slope. When you reach the corner of the reed marsh, I will go down the south slope and approach in a big way.
.In this way, the first thing these people see is me, and they will definitely be attracted by me. Then it will be up to you. You will touch and attack, do not be merciful, and kill as many as you can. It is better to strike first.
." Li Hui said in a deep voice.
"Hey, young man, aren't you in danger? What if they attack you?" Zhao Dachun said.
Li Huidao: "Don't worry, I'm on guard. They won't succeed so easily. As long as we cooperate tacitly, there shouldn't be any danger. Besides, do you have any other ideas?"
When Zhao Dachun and others thought about it, there was really no other way. Or they could just wait for darkness to pass, but what if a ship came to load the rice? Time couldn't be spent.
"There's no need to hesitate, it's not too late, it's already late afternoon. I can't wait any longer. Let's just do it. Cut down trees and make spears and sticks. Fortunately, I brought an ax." Li Hui shouted in a deep voice.
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Baigou River is a small river leading to Taihu Lake. It is actually a branch in the southeast corner of Taihu Lake.
At this moment, Ma Ming and Zhu Yao were drinking with more than a dozen of their men in a house on the river bank.
From last night to now, this group of people is very tired. They have traveled dozens of miles to get here, loading and unloading trucks. More than five thousand stones of grain is not a small amount, although there are fifty or sixty people carrying it up and down.
, that’s not an easy job either.
But Ma Ming and Zhu Yao are in a good mood. After this time the matter is completed, they will receive a large amount of reward, which will be enough for them to spend for a while.
Ma Ming and Zhu Yao had known Han Yong a long time ago. They were from the same hometown and were both from Yixing County, not far from Wu County. In the early years, Han Yong, Ma Ming, Zhu Yao and others hung out on the streets of Yixing County and interacted with each other.
There was some interaction between them. Later, Zhu Yao suddenly disappeared with his whole family.
Ma Ming and Zhu Yao were doing some sneaky things in Yixing County, and their life was not going as they wanted. Suddenly one day, Han Yong returned to Yixing County, wearing brocade clothes and riding a black mule cart, shouting and swarming in full style.
Only then did the two know that Han Yong was affiliated with the Gu family, a wealthy family in Wu County. After further understanding, they learned that Han Yong's sister Han Meier had followed Gu Yan, the young head of the Gu family, and became Gu Yan's sixth concubine.
.
Ma Ming and Zhu Yao were both contemptuous and envious. They had met Han Mei'er before. She was only thirteen years old when they were in Yixing County. She was as beautiful as a flower and made people salivate. They didn't expect that they could take advantage of Gu Yan, an old man.
Something. Gu Yan is already over forty years old and has a teenage concubine. It’s like the old cow eats the young grass, and the pear blossom overwhelms the begonia.
As a result, Han Yong gained power, established a firm foothold in the Gu family, and prospered. Although this is despicable, after all, he has broken away from his original business identity and can be regarded as a meteoric rise.
After Han Yong got in touch with Ma Ming, Zhu Yao and others, he often gave them some benefits. Because they all knew who the other party was, there was no need to cover up when communicating. Ma Ming and Zhu Yao helped Han Yong.
A lot of dirty things happened, and they seemed to be a bunch of younger brothers raised by Han Yong to do dirty work.
This time, Han Yong personally found them and asked them to help him do a big thing, smuggling a batch of grain from East Lake Manor. Naturally, Ma Ming and Zhu Yao did their best to do so. The amount of grain smuggled this time was so large,
The value is so great that it can be regarded as the biggest deal in Ma Ming and Zhu Yao's careers. Both of them knew that the matter was very important, so they were very cautious.
At this moment, the two people who had sent away the coachmen were sitting across from each other eating and drinking. They devoured the food hungrily. They quickly finished a flask of wine and a pound of cooked beef.
"That's almost it. We can't drink anymore. The ship is coming to load food tonight. Let's not drink too much and miss the big event." Ma Ming put down the wine bowl and wiped his greasy mouth.
Zhu Yao nodded, turned around and looked at the mountains of grain around him and whispered: "With so much grain, you'll get a lot of money from selling it, right?"
Ma Ming nodded and said, "What's the point? Five thousand dan. On the Jiankang black market, it is said that the price of rice has risen to more than 20,000 dan per dan. How much do you think it is?"
Zhu Yao silently calculated in his mind and was speechless.
"If we brothers had so much money, we wouldn't have to worry about food and drink for the rest of our lives." Zhu Yao said, licking his lips.
When Ma Ming heard this, his heart moved. He knew what Zhu Yao meant. But soon, Ma Ming suppressed his inner impulse.
"Brother Zhu, it's best not to take this idea. If we hack these grains, we will lose our lives. If we hack these grains, Han Yong will definitely blame us and blame us for stealing the grains.
When the government and the Gu family are chasing people everywhere, will we still have a place to stay? Don't think about it, we just hold on to Han Yong's thigh, and we don't have to worry about food and drink. There is no need to cause trouble." Ma Ming said in a low voice.
Zhu Yao chuckled and said: "I know, I'm just talking. After all, we are all married people, it's not like before. If ten years ago, such a big piece of fat would be on the lips, it would be absolutely impossible."
We can’t let it go. Now, you’re right, we can’t be confused.”
Ma Ming nodded and smiled: "That's right. After finishing the wine, go out and see the brothers."
The two of them picked up the wine bowl and were about to drink the remaining half of the wine when they heard loud shouting coming from outside.
"Who is he? What are you doing? Don't come close."
Ma Ming and Zhu Yao were startled. They put down their wine bowls and rushed out. They quickly came to the ridge by the river. They saw several men shouting loudly towards the hill to the north. The two looked over there.
I saw an old cow coming slowly along the grass ridge on the river bank, with a ragged young man sitting on the back of the cow. The young man's hair was disheveled, his face was dark and full of dirt, and he was carrying a
A bundle of firewood, and a branch in his hand, gently beating the cow's back.
Ma Ming and Zhu Yao were relieved to find out that they were just young men herding cattle and chopping firewood.