Early the next morning, all the troops in Dapanbao had already eaten before dawn. Now they all gathered in the school field outside Tunbao. Zhao Min also came with many military households and handed over a portion. Prepared dry food and water bags were distributed.
Liu Yan adhered to the principle of hunting rabbits this time. Not only did he lead his troops to attend the appointment, but he also had to practice field marching, camping and other practical exercises.
Wearing iron armor, Liu Yan came to the school grounds accompanied by Chen Xun and six other flag officers. He looked at the flag pier troops who had lined up neatly. He was about to give a pre-war speech when he saw a cavalry team coming from a distance.
The small flag officer Chen Xun said in a low voice: "Commander Jia, it seems to be the chief flag officer Jia Hongyu?"
Liu Yan nodded and said: "The commotion caused by the Song family is a bit big this time. I guess the team leader also knows the news. Jia Hongyu is probably here to break up the fight."
"cut!"
Chen Xun said with a dissatisfied look on his face: "It's obvious that the Song family wants to rob our business, but we didn't see Baihusuo stand up to speak for us, and now they are trying to stop us from fighting. What's the point of this!"
Liu Yan did not answer, but asked all the Dun troops to rest where they were, and he went up with several small flag officers.
"Haha, Brother Jia is here so early. Is there anything wrong?"
Jia Hongyu said helplessly: "My brother, if I come late, something big will happen!"
Before Liu Yan could speak, Jia Hongyu asked on the horse, "General Liu Qi has decided to start a fight with the Song family?"
Liu Yan said: "It's not me who wants to fight, it's the Song family who are being aggressive. I have no choice but to take action in self-defense!"
Jia Hongyu sighed and said: "Yesterday, the Song family sent someone to send a letter to the leader of the team. The words are very ugly, and they want the leader of the team to come forward and beat you, a subordinate."
"Then Brother Jia was ordered to come here today to interrogate the crime?"
"no no,"
Jia Hongyu said hurriedly: "Mr. Liu, don't get me wrong. It was the team leader who asked me to invite you over. The fight is not a piece of cake. We should be more cautious. Let's go to the Baihu Government Hall together and listen to what the team leader has to say. ,how?"
Liu Yan thought for a moment, and then said to several flag officers: "Xu Xiaoqi will take a team of Ye Bu Shu to follow me to Wangjiazhuang, and the rest of the troops will be on standby in the fort."
"yes!"
While Liu Yan was going to fetch the horse, Jia Hongyu looked at the two hundred elite soldiers wearing armor, with a very ugly expression on his face: "Liu Yan is not a good quarrel, and the Song family is not a good quarrel. If the two sides really fight, If we get angry, the matter will be huge, how many people will die!"
When Jia Hongyu saw those musketeers, he even wailed in his heart: "Oh my god, they even brought spears and muskets with them to a fight. Are they going to fight?"
Jia Hongyu suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. Even though the cold wind was biting, he still felt extremely hot.
Liu Yan rode a war horse, brought Xu Ming and a team of twelve night warriors over, and said, "Brother Jia, let's set off."
"Okay, okay, let's go."
Everyone galloped all the way, and soon arrived at the Wangjiazhuang Baihu Official Hall. At this time, Wang Wenzhen had been waiting in the main hall for a long time. When he saw Jia Hongyu and Liu Yan coming in, his tense face also squeezed out a trace of emotion. smile.
"Haha, Mr. Liu is here, sit down."
Liu Yan did not sit down, but clasped his fists and said, "Master Qi, please excuse me for not being able to sit for a long time because I have my armor on me. I just stand here and listen."
Wang Wenzhen was stunned for a moment, then said with a grimace: "I said Mr. Liu, do you want me to look good on purpose?"
With that said, Wang Wenzhen came forward and pulled Liu Yan to sit next to him, and then said: "I know that the Song family has done too much and made you and the brothers of Dapanbao suffer, but now that the matter is over, we can't We can’t act on impulse, we must come up with a complete solution to this matter.”
Liu Yan asked: "What do you mean, sir?"
Wang Wenzhen looked embarrassed and pondered for a long time before he said: "In my opinion, it is better to turn this matter into a trivial matter. Doesn't the Song family also want to get a share of our business? Give it to him! Although we make money There is less, but with the addition of this ancient town trade route, it is not impossible to add up to something."
Liu Yan looked at Wang Wenzhen, who was a little unsure when speaking, and then at Jia Hongyu, who was looking down at him in embarrassment, and suddenly burst into laughter.
"Ha ha!"
Then Liu Yan suddenly stood up and said: "My lord, you are feeding a tiger with your own body! Today, in order to calm things down, I will pay tribute to the Song family. Tomorrow, the Song family will intensify their demands for my salt drying field, soap workshop, and wine shop! Here we are. I, Liu Yan, will be killed the day after tomorrow!"
Wang Wenzhen frowned. He didn't expect Liu Yan to be so tough and not give him any face, so he said: "General Manager Liu, don't be too angry. The Song family is a hero after all. Give them this face, and I will do the rest." Come and do it, isn’t this okay?”
"face?"
Liu Yan sneered and said: "Sir, the Song family has no face at my place! Don't they want face? Okay, let's meet the real chapter outside Xitun Village. If you want face, you have to earn it with blood!"
Wang Wenzhen couldn't sit still when he saw this, and hurriedly pulled Liu Yan and said, "Don't be arrogant, everyone is just looking for money, why do you have to risk your life?"
Seeing Liu Yan getting angry, Wang Wenzhen was really anxious. He just wanted to make money safely and work peacefully with his colleagues everywhere, but who could have imagined that he would suddenly encounter such a thing?
Although Wang Wenzhen was trying to dissuade Liu Yan at this time, he had already scolded all the eighteen generations of the Song family in his heart: If you mess with anyone, you have to mess with Liu Yan, the great god!
Although he thought so in his heart, Wang Wenzhen still wanted to stabilize Liu Yan. If he could not fight this time, he would not fight, lest the situation get out of control.
"This time Mr. Liu will give you some money first. I am willing to go to the ancient town inspection department to discuss the reconciliation with the inspection inspector Song Gongming. I will give you an explanation for Mr. Liu. If the Song family still pushes forward, then Mr. Liu will It’s not too late for Qi to take someone to the appointment, how about that?”
Liu Yan smiled and said, "Sir, I heard from Brother Jia that the letter sent by the Song family was very tough, but is it true?"
Wang Wenzhen's face was tangled for a moment, and then he said: "It is indeed true."
"That's it."
Liu Yan said: "Don't be surprised, sir. I can say for sure that if I didn't lead my troops to the appointment this time, but asked you to take the money to the inspection department of the ancient town, the Song family would definitely think that there is no one in our Wangjiazhuang, and they would be afraid. It’s the Song family! Not only did the peace talks fail, but you couldn’t even see the inspector Song Gongming. Do you believe it?”
Wang Wenzhen's face suddenly darkened. Liu Yan's words made sense. Combined with the Song family's behavior over the years, Wang Wenzhen began to waver in his heart. He weighed the situation with a frown on his face and sat back in his seat.
Jia Hongyu on the side saw this and looked at Liu Yan and said: "Mr. Liu Qi, the Song family has hundreds of men and horses, and it is said that there are also thirty soldiers and servants who are comparable to the elite border troops. If we really go to Xitunzhuang to attend the appointment, , can you win the fight?"
Jia Hongyu's meaning is very obvious. Since the peace talks cannot be concluded, it is better to follow Liu Yan's wishes and send troops to fight!
Wang Wenzhen glanced at Jia Hongyu and saw Jia Hongyu nodded slightly. Wang Wenzhen sighed heavily and stopped trying to dissuade him.
Liu Yan said: "Brother Jia, don't worry. Although the Song family has hundreds of people, I also have two hundred elite soldiers. This battle is not only to protect my own wealth, but also to save face for the leader of the team. People from the Ancient Town Inspection Department don’t dare to underestimate me, Wangjiazhuang!”
"good!"
Jia Hongyu cheered, then clasped his fists and said to Wang Wenzhen: "Sir, I think that since this battle is unavoidable, we must go all out! The Song family will definitely dispatch all the troops of the Ancient Town Inspection Department this time. We Wangjiazhuang cannot let General Liu Qi fight alone."
"My subordinates suggested that we mobilize Huangshan Dunjia Commander Shen Tuo's troops to fight together. I also led the 150 Dunjun troops from Wangjiazhuang to accompany them!"
Wang Wenzhen looked at Jia Hongyu with wide eyes. Before he could say anything, Liu Yan stood up and said, "I appreciate Brother Jia's kindness, but this matter is a conflict between my Dapanbao and the Song family. I can't bring the whole Wang family to justice." Zhuang Baihu is involved, so when I go to Xitun Village this time, I will lead the Dapanbao Dun Army!"
"General Liu Qi!"
Jia Hongyu wanted to persuade him again, but Liu Yan stopped him: "That's it. Regardless of the outcome of this battle, I don't want to implicate others."
After saying that, Liu Yan clasped his fists and said, "Sir, I'm leaving!"
Wang Wenzhen said: "Since General Liu Qi has made up his mind, I don't care. Whatever the outcome of this matter is, General Liu will be responsible for it. Of course, I will try my best to help."
Liu Yan left the Baihu Official Hall, but he still couldn't help but sneer in his heart: "Drawing all the Dunjun troops to go to Xitunzhuang together? I really think I'm out of my mind! Not to mention that having more people going is not necessarily a good thing. If there are too many people, the mind will be mixed. Let’s just talk about the profits after winning the battle. How will we divide them if there are more people going?”
The Song family has been in the inspection department of the ancient town for many years. Liu Yan is sure that the Song family must have accumulated a lot. If they win the battle at Xitunzhuang, they can get huge benefits. Liu Yan will not share this benefit with others.
Of course, these are all things for later, provided that Liu Yan is confident that he can win this battle.
After Liu Yan took Xu Ming and others back to Dapanbao, considering that the Song family had a large number of people, he was still a little worried that Song Long would divide his troops to raid the salt drying field.
So I inquired and learned that Chu Yunfei had rushed to the salt drying field this morning. His more than 70 salt workers had also gathered more than 40 people, and they would all be gathered at the salt drying field before nightfall today.
Liu Yan breathed a sigh of relief and said to himself: "These more than seventy people will be integrated into the army in the future and cannot be independent of the Dunjun army!"
Then Liu Yan ordered the flag officer Chen Xun to organize some young military households to transport all the salt stored in the salt drying field back to Dapanbao before nightfall. Now tens of thousands of kilograms of sea salt have been stockpiled at the salt drying farm. Once the Song family really goes to raid, Liu Yan doesn't want to suffer such a big loss.
"Each flag pier army will set off in half an hour!"
Liu Yan gave the order, and all the Dunjun troops began to make final preparations. During this period, Liu Yan saw Tan Xiaoda who came to see him off and asked about the imitation process of the flintlock gun.
Tan Xiao clasped his fists and said: "The Firearms Supervision and Manufacturing Office has been working overtime recently to stock up on bird guns and various types of weapons, and my subordinates have never slacked off in imitating flint-haired bird guns. It's just that the structure of this flint-haired bird gun is too delicate. Although I have made some progress, I am still unable to create a sample, and I still need some time."
Liu Yan is not in a hurry. The Dunjun of Dapanbao is now equipped with sophisticated muskets and fixed-load ammunition. Both the rate of fire and the power can meet the needs for the time being. At least before encountering the Manchu Tatars head-on, the need for flintlock guns was not very urgent, and I still had time.
So Liu Yan said: "Okay, Chief Tan, just continue to study."
At this time, Liu Yan looked at the crowd around him, but did not see Wang Yunhe: "This girl still doesn't dare to come to see her off, is she afraid of leaving?"
Half an hour passed quickly, Liu Yan gave an order, and all the banner troops were assembled under the command of several small flag officers.
"Let's go! Target: Xitun Village!"
