Obviously, the eldest son, Wang Lin, complained a little about Li Hongzhang getting 200,000 shi of food for free without doing anything.
Master Qin saw what he was thinking and smiled helplessly, "Young Master Wang, don't think so much. You still can't understand the world today? From now on, there will be many warlords, and those with guns are the ancestors!"
"Don't ask for 200,000 stones of food from you. Even if he cheats on you, what can you do?"
"How dare he!" Wang Lin's eyes immediately widened. "Think that my Wang family is easy to bully? We have the whole territory of Henan. Who dares to disobey us?"
"This means that His Majesty has not given us real power. As long as His Majesty has an imperial edict, our Wang family can raise hundreds of thousands of troops. Do you believe it?"
"Hey, hey, hey...what are you doing, Mr. Wang? I don't dare to look down on you at all. I'm just reminding you in vain...anyway, please watch carefully and pay attention to what happens in the future!"
Master Qin persuaded Quan Wang Lin, but at the end he really whispered the truth: "Young Master Wang... what you just said makes sense. If you really have the conditions, tell Uncle Shi that it would be better to raise some soldiers." ah!"
The mighty grain transport team marched on the official road of Yongnian County. Although it was daytime, there were not many people watching along the way. Because of this disaster and civil war, too many people had died. The land was thousands of miles away and the people were in dire straits.
Coupled with the deliberate following of the Huai Army, the scattered local people had been scared away along the way. These days, the survivors were all frightened, and no one dared to join in the fun.
The further north Wang Lin went, the higher the sun became, but for some reason, the further north he went, the higher the sun became, and the more frightened he became.
Little did he know that the protagonist who just complained had been following them secretly!
At this moment, Li Hongzhang was standing on a high hill on horseback. Inside the telescope was a long dragon-like grain transport team. This time, he sent more than 10,000 Huai troops to disperse and guard and escort these grain transport teams across the border.
Wang Lin might never have imagined that such a small food transportation mission would actually require the marshal to personally escort it.
"Looking at this speed, we can leave our Guangping mansion when it gets dark in the evening? Let's start at the junction of the two mansions!"
"Hey! Don't worry, Commander, everything is ready!"
Wang Lin didn't know that a huge trap was waiting for him in front, and even Lord Qin had a secret hidden from him. After noon, Lord Qin used the excuse of setting up the front station in advance and rode northward into Shunde Mansion with his entourage.
Lord Qin was going to coordinate and greet the rebels. Under Yi Xin's order, the Huai army and the rebels basically used the county boundary between Guangping Prefecture and Shunde Prefecture as the natural dividing line.
The well water does not interfere with the river water. To the north is the territory controlled by the rebels. There are only a few thousand people, but Li Hongzhang doesn't fight even if they are small!
The south of the boundary is Li Hongzhang's territory. No matter how courageous the rebels are, they dare not come here to cause trouble. Miraculously, during this period, the prefecture-county boundary has become a military vacuum zone, and neither side wants to provoke anyone.
Today's grain transport army crossing the border should be the largest movement of people in more than a month.
Wang Lin didn't see Mr. Qin returning on horseback until four o'clock in the afternoon. He saw that the man named Qin was already sweating from exhaustion, and he was holding a military water bottle and drinking.
"Don't worry, Young Master Wang... I have already contacted the north. His Majesty has sent three thousand garrison troops from Shunde Prefecture to meet him. However, in order to avoid taboos, they cannot cross the border, so they can only wait north of the boundary..."
"Once we reach our own territory, we don't have to worry about anything. We are all our people from top to bottom... As for Baoding Mansion, there is no need to worry. I heard that Hunjun has sent an airship to take Marshal Zuo to Beijing!"
"No one dares to stop us. From Shunde Prefecture all the way north to Zhuozhou, we have a smooth sailing, and there are still parts of the railway that can be used. Just wait and enjoy the blessings..."
Wang Lin wiped the dust and sweat from his neck. He was a pretty boy who loved to be clean. He had really good looks, otherwise he wouldn't have seduced Master Sai.
This kind of person loves cleanliness the most, but he can't stand the suffering. The peasant driver is so tired that he is sweating all over while driving the cart and hauling goods. He rides a big horse and waits on him all the way.
The sweat and dust on the body are mixed together, and it feels so uncomfortable when it sticks to the body!
"Hey...it's best if you can take a train. It's sheltered from the wind and rain, and you can also take a shower...Remember to ask Shunde Mansion to prepare a few maids in advance to put them on the train. There are no women to warm the bed, and life is really tough. So sad!”
"Come on... Don't worry, Young Master Wang. In the year of great disaster, there are many women... there are many people who sell their sons and daughters. I'll buy you some good ones!"
The grain transport team continued to move forward amidst the urging of everyone. At about 6:30 in the evening, the vanguard of the grain transport team finally passed the prefecture-county boundary marker and entered Shunde Prefecture.
Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Wang Lin spurred his horse and wanted to rush forward. However, just before his horse passed the boundary marker, Master Qin suddenly reached out and grabbed his reins.
"Haha... Young Master Wang, please don't cross the boundary marker now. If you go there, it will be a kick in heaven and a kick in hell!"
"What? What do you mean?" Wang Lin heard the terrifying reminder, and at this time Master Qin's men suddenly formed a human wall, blocking Wang Lin and his men behind them, preventing them from crossing the boundary marker.
Mr. Qin was as gloomy as a ghost: "Haha, brother, I'll invite Mr. Wang to watch a play. It's a good show..."
Wang Lin and the others stopped, but the grain transport team did not stop, especially the peasants who walked the fastest with empty trucks. More than a thousand people had already crossed the boundary marker.
In the territory controlled by the rebels in the distance, there were more than a thousand rebels armed with swords and spears, wearing tattered clothes, and holding tattered flags. They came to respond in a noisy manner.
"This...is this how you found the response team? Isn't this a group of beggar soldiers?" Wang Lin asked.
"Haha...of course they are the beggar soldiers. They are a group of local disaster victims who were temporarily captured to serve as soldiers for food. We didn't even give them a foreign gun. It would be good to give them a few fire sticks!"
"Be quiet, Mr. Wang, and watch the show..."
A thousand rebels and more than a thousand civilians finally gathered together, and a steady stream of civilians rushed over. The time was already 6:45.
At this moment, there was a sudden roar in the Guangping Mansion... three cannons, followed by earth-shattering shouts of killing came over like thunder.
"Kill...kill the rebels...kill..."
The small mound where Wang Lin and others were located suddenly became an isolated island in the ocean. The closest distances to the front, back, left, and right were the Huai army going crazy. The horse cavalry charged the first wave, followed by patches of infantry, rifles with sharp bayonets. Killing towards the north like crazy.
As if they had agreed in advance, they rushed past Wang Lin and his party without moving them at all, and the soldiers on the south side of the boundary pillar did not move either.
Everyone's only targets are the rebels and civilians who cross the border!
"What...what's going on? Oh my God, what's going on?" Wang Lin looked at the Huai army charging like wolves and tigers around him. The nearest man could even reach out and touch the hem of his clothes.
Mr. Qin sneered, "Hehehe... this is a deal, this is all part of the deal!"
"Do you really think Li Hongzhang wants 200,000 shi of food? Wrong, he also wants 2,000 lives!"
"This Lord Li always needs a few heads for military merit... He also has to report victory news to that foolish Emperor Tongzhi!"
"Hahaha... This is the deal. I will sell Li Hongzhang two thousand heads!"
"Do you really think that tolls are just a little bit of food? Hahaha, Mr. Wang... you are just Mr. Wang!"
