Hu Yanjie took Zhou Fei to a room near the north city gate and gave him a suit of craftsman's clothes. "These are the clothes of a mason, as well as a waist tag. Tomorrow, the state will conduct a comprehensive inspection of the city wall to look for damage, and prepare
It will be repaired after some time. Today, a total of twenty masons came to the city to inspect the city. I asked for a quota. You are now my cousin, called Huyan Miaotou."
Zhou Fei thought for a while and said, "How about I ask another person to come, I'm afraid there will be problems with the accent."
"Okay! You make your own arrangements. Bring him here to see me in half an hour, and then I will take you to the military camp outside the city."
"Can the military camp also be entered?" Zhou Fei asked in surprise.
Hu Yanjie chuckled, "Why can't we go in? The soldiers also have to eat, drink, and defecate. Aren't they all supplied from outside?"
An hour later, a dozen convoys loaded with vegetables, pigs and sheep arrived at the side gate of the military camp. The soldiers opened the door and let them go without checking. This is a supply channel for logistics materials, which is different from the main entrance of the military camp.
Zhou Fei pretended to be a small worker moving vegetables, sat on the vegetable cart, and looked around carefully.
The military camp covers an area of hundreds of acres and is surrounded by high walls. The barracks are all rammed earth buildings. The convoy passed through the north of the martial arts field. The sky above the martial arts field was empty. There was not a single training soldier in sight. There were quite a few soldiers near the barracks.
While wandering around, he carried a knife with him, which gave Zhou Fei a clear understanding. Zhu Sijun was currently in a wartime state, and carrying weapons with him was the best proof.
Although it is a wartime state, we cannot see the management of the wartime state. Generally, outsiders are not allowed to enter the military camp during wartime, even if they come to deliver food. Outsiders stay outside the camp and wait, instead of being allowed to leave without inspection.
Able to drive straight in.
It can only show that this army is relatively lax and the quality of its generals is not high.
After coming out of the military camp, Zhou Fei saw Hu Yanjie. Hu Yanjie asked with a smile: "Brother, how was the harvest?"
Zhou Fei smiled and said: "The harvest is good. In addition, there is one more thing I would like to ask Mr. Hu for help."
"Then what are you doing to be polite? Just say it."
Zhou Fei pondered for a while and said: "I want to go to the city at night to have a look. Is there anything I can do?"
"this"
Hu Yanjie thought for a while, "Maybe it won't work tonight, it will take two days."
"Everything is fine. What can Master Hu do?"
"I have a little brother who guards the inner city. I asked him to find an excuse to fall ill. You arrange for someone to take over."
"this is okay too?"
"Why can't it be possible? Rich families spend money to hire people to replace them in the army. As long as they give some money to the troops below, nothing will happen."
This is a good idea, Zhou Fei immediately agreed
A few days later, Zhou Fei returned to Licheng County in Qizhou and met his general Li Bing.
In the big tent, Li Bing, Wang You and Zhou Fei were discussing the plan to attack Mizhou.
Zhou Fei pointed at the map and said: "Mizhou's 10,000 troops are mainly deployed in two places. One is in Huangpitan, where the salt fields are concentrated. Five thousand soldiers are stationed in the nearby Longtou Town. They are responsible for guarding the salt workers.
For work, the next one is Zhucheng County. The military camp is outside the city and there are also 5,000 soldiers stationed there. However, the management is relatively lax and the training is poor."
"Are there no soldiers in the city?" Li Bing asked.
"There are a thousand soldiers responsible for maintaining law and order and guarding the city gates."
"What about the city wall?"
Li Bing continued to ask: "How strong is the city wall?"
Zhou Fei sighed, "The city walls are indeed very strong. They are made of large bluestones and are very high. They are about three feet tall. Without siege weapons, it is difficult to capture them."
Wang You thought for a while and said: "The best way is to close the city gate first and keep the enemy outside the city."
Zhou Fei agreed: "This is also the meaning of a humble position. It happened that the state government was recruiting salt workers, so we found a group of brothers from nearby states and counties to sneak into the city under the pretext of applying for salt workers."
"Can weapons be transported in?" Li Bing asked.
Zhou Fei was silent for a moment. This problem was really difficult to solve. He asked Hu Yanjie that a small amount of weapons was fine, but he couldn't do anything with a large number of weapons. The key was that there were a thousand enemy soldiers in the city. Without enough troops, it was really difficult.
It is easy to control the city gate.
At this time, Wang You said: "We can consider using the method of capturing Youzhou City."
"You mean, with the help of aristocratic families?"
Wang You nodded, "The governor was appointed by King Li Na of Qi. I don't know whether he is loyal to Zhu Si now, but the chief historian Wang Caixiu and the county magistrate Xu Li are both from local aristocratic families. I believe they will assess the situation and help us."
Li Bing walked back and forth for a few steps: "I don't think it's that complicated! The opponent's military camp is outside the city. We only need to surround their military camp at night and attack it in one fell swoop. After all, they only have five thousand soldiers, and 20,000 are enough to surround the military camp.
I don’t see the need to look for any more aristocratic families, as it would be risky.”
Wang You smiled and said: "I mainly considered that after the war, it would be better to win over aristocratic families and let them contribute a little bit."
Li Bing still shook his head and said: "These aristocratic families are just outsiders. They are really serious. They should have taken the initiative to contact us a long time ago. There is no need to deliberately win over them."
Wang You saw that Li Bing did not agree with his idea, so he said no more. At this time, Zhou Fei said: "I will take fifty people into the city in my humble position and try to buy the general as much time as possible."
Li Bing agreed with this plan, and he asked again: "Can we get weapons for fifty people?"
"it should be OK!"
"Well, I will select the fifty most elite brothers for you."
Three days later, Zhou Fei once again appeared in Zhucheng County. Fifty of his subordinates also came to Zhucheng County in various identities. Zhucheng County's interrogation was not strict. As long as they did not carry weapons, they would basically let them go without any questions.
, of course, if it is a caravan, it will have to be plucked out.
Zhou Fei found Hu Yanjie again and directly asked to buy fifty sets of armor. Hu Yanjie sighed for a while and said: "Master Zhou, actually I know what you do, and I am willing to work for you. If you only want
I can get not just fifty sets of weapons, but a hundred sets of weapons, but armor is really difficult. A few years ago, Mizhou established a state army and tried to collect 500 sets of armors from the county town, but couldn't find them all."
"I bought it privately from the soldiers, but they refused to sell it?"
Hu Yanjie shook his head, "The weapons can be said to be damaged, but each soldier only has one set of armor and will not replace it. Who among the soldiers would dare to sell their armor?"
Zhou Fei felt a little regretful. He had known that they would wear close-fitting thin armor. He had to ask again: "How much armor can I get?"
"I estimate there are at most a dozen sets."
Zhou Fei took three hundred taels of gold and gave it to him, "Fifty knives, fifty spears, fifty pairs of bows and arrows, and armor. You can get as many as you want. If you don't have enough money, ask me again."
This time Hu Yanjie didn't refuse and accepted it directly. Weapons were very expensive. Fifty military straight knives cost 500 guan, which he couldn't afford.
Zhou Fei did not stay in an inn, but asked Hu Yanzhuo to find an empty house for them. Fifty people hid in the house, had no contact with the outside world, and lived on dry food for three days.
The next morning, Hu Yanqing personally drove an ox cart to the back door of the mansion. Hu Yanqing knocked on the back door and called to Zhou Fei: "Hurry up and move things!"
Zhou Fei said hello, and several of his men immediately came out to help carry the goods, including bundles of spears, boxes of swords and bows and arrows. At this time, Zhou Fei found that there were more than a dozen sacks of stuff, so he pointed and asked, "What is this?"
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Hu Yanjie lowered his voice and said: "Leather armor, fifty pairs!"
Zhou Fei was overjoyed, "Didn't you say you couldn't get it?"
"Hey! It's hard to explain in words, let's talk about it inside."
Everyone moved their things into the yard, Zhou Fei asked one of his men to guard the bullock cart, and everyone went inside.
The bundled packages were opened one by one, and they turned out to be new weapons, standard spears, gleaming straight knives, and fifty crossbows and crossbow arrows. These were all prohibited items!
Opening the sack again, there were brand new leather armors inside. Zhou Fei suddenly became vigilant. These were definitely not things that could be obtained among the people.
He kicked the leather armor and asked, "Where did you get it?"
"To tell you the truth, these are all things from the government warehouse and they didn't cost a penny."
As he spoke, he placed the box containing three hundred taels of gold next to Zhou Fei.
Zhou Fei grabbed his collar and asked sternly: "Who in the government knows we are here?"
"It's Wang Changshi."
Hu Yanjie stammered: "I bought weapons yesterday. I don't know what happened. Wang Changshi found out about it and he found me at night."
"Did you turn us in?"
"I swear on my ancestral grave, absolutely not. In fact, Wang Changshi didn't ask you at all. He just asked me how many weapons I wanted. He gave me the weapons early in the morning. He didn't ask anything!"
A sharp light flashed in Zhou Fei's eyes, and he immediately ordered: "Everyone get your weapons and prepare to fight!"
The soldiers didn't know what was going on, so they stepped forward to grab their weapons and quickly rallied. Hu Yanjie was stunned and stood aside silently.
At this moment, a soldier rushed over and said: "General, there is a man coming outside, saying he is the governor of Honshu."