In Xiuzhou City, He Zhizhou and several Xiuzhou officials were standing in the hall tremblingly.
He looked longingly at Zhu Gui, who took the main seat as a matter of course.
Zhu Gui, who was named the general of the Shangzhu Kingdom by Zhu Meng, led a thousand men and horses, and cooperated with the Zhu family's internal response in Xiuzhou, and easily led the army into Xiuzhou City.
The Xiuzhou He Zhizhou, who was originally in cahoots with the Zhu family and his son, was a bachelor. He immediately expressed his willingness to break the chaos, surrender to the King of Wu, and become a loyal minister of the King of Wu.
But the problem is that Luo Ming, the commander of Honshu's troops and horses, who has just taken office not long ago, led the sword players to fight back.
A fierce battle broke out between the two sides in Xiuzhou City, but what Luo Ming didn't expect was that his subordinates would join forces with the Zhu family and rebel against the enemy.
In the end, Luo Ming was killed. The state soldiers who had been fighting for a long time were leaderless and many were unwilling to join the bandits and fled. Only then did Zhu Gui seize control of Xiuzhou City.
But even after Luo Ming's head was hung outside the government office, Zhu Gui still felt furious.
After all, the thousand men and horses he brought with him were the well-trained Zhu family's security team. In the end, they suffered hundreds of losses in one battle, and the state soldiers of this state had gone through such a battle.
Except for some of the people who had secretly communicated with the Zhu family, the rest dispersed.
This made Zhu Gui, who was originally full of confidence and wanted to directly take over all the Xiuzhou state soldiers, very painful.
There was no choice but to ask He Zhizhou to quickly write a notice to calm the people, and then ask the general who had submitted the complaint to recruit the young men of the city to join the army.
Just as he, the general, was arranging the affairs of Xiuzhou in an orderly manner, a fast horse galloped to the gate of the state government office, and the scouts on horseback rushed in while rolling and crawling.
Soon, Zhu Gui learned that an unidentified group of people was discovered ten miles south of Jiaxing City, where Xiuzhou was located, and they were advancing towards Jiaxing City.
He wanted to step forward to inquire, but was frightened away by the arrows fired by the other party.
Facing Zhu Gui, he asked how many troops the other party had.
This very unprofessional scout rolled his eyes for a long time before he hesitated.
"Because the opponent has bows and arrows, the general doesn't dare to get too close. He can only watch from a distance, fearing that there will be three to five hundred people."
Hearing this scale, He Zhizhou suddenly showed a look of surprise on his face and curled his lips indifferently.
"If it's on this scale, I'm afraid it's probably those damn private salt dealers again..."
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"Private salt dealers..." Zhu Gui also realized that there are many salt farms in the southern coastal areas of Xiuzhou.
The county going south from Jiaxing is named after Haiyan and is directly called Haiyan County. There are five or six large salt fields along the coast of Haiyan County.
Wherever there is a salt farm, professional smugglers such as private salt dealers are indispensable.
Moreover, private salt dealers all commit crimes in gangs and rarely work alone.
If you join a large-scale private salt gang, you will make a lot of money. There are often groups of private salt dealers here in Xiuzhou, which is normal.
But now, for Zhu Gui, who is short of major generals, he is really dozing off and needs someone to give him a pillow.
Private salt dealers are a group of violent smuggling gangs who are willing to steal knives and risk their lives for money.
And they don't have to deal with the government. If I can recruit them, that's not...
And as long as he can recruit one of them and let them spread the news, I believe that thousands of private salt dealers will join his team.
A group of private salt dealers threw a few official positions at random on their heads, and then scattered some money and silk. Don't worry about these guys not obeying your orders.
Having figured it out, Zhu Gui quickly came to the scout and asked again.
"Are you sure there are three to five hundred people?"
Facing the murderous General Zhu Gui, whose clothes and armor were still stained with blood.
Detective Qi, who was the head of the Zhu family's stables a few days ago, pursed his lips nervously and nodded vigorously.
"General, I think it should be about the same..."
"Okay, okay, haha, come here, prepare horses for me, the whole army... no, leave half of them to garrison in the city. Is General He willing to go with me to persuade those private salt dealers to surrender?"
General He, the captain who stabbed coach Luo Ming in the back before, heard Zhu Gui's words and quickly stood up and saluted.
"I will finally be willing to do my best for the master."
"Hahaha, okay... let's go and follow my commander out of the city."
While there was a commotion in the city, Zhu Gui was about to lead his army out of the city.
Fang La outside the city was also in pain. Originally, he was thinking of sneaking into Xiuzhou City.
See if there is a chance to capture the Xiuzhou City in a sneak attack. Unexpectedly, the team will encounter the reconnaissance cavalry sent by the Xiuzhou City.
Unfortunately, the archery skills of his subordinates were too poor. Only two of the three scouts were killed, and only one was left. He watched helplessly as the opponent hit his horse and fled away.
Fang La looked at Fang Qifu with a dark face, who was commanding the front army under his orders. This tall and strong cousin, but at the moment his face was full of flesh and blood, and he was smiling to please.
"That's all, after all, it's still daytime, and I didn't expect that the other party would actually send out reconnaissance cavalry to search for the enemy."
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"Du Tou, what should we do next?"
Fang Qifu scratched his head and smiled honestly.
"What else can we do?" Fang La, who was standing on a low hill, looked far away at Xiuzhou City, which was seven or eight miles away.
Further forward, there is a gentle road with little shelter.
Even if you want to get close, you may have to wait until night.
Just when Fang La was about to give instructions, he narrowed his eyes and suddenly let out a light sigh.
There seemed to be a team of hundreds of people heading this way, and they were holding flags high.
Could it be that after the reconnaissance cavalry from Xiuzhou City discovered their team, they sent troops to encircle and suppress them?
But this number seems to be too small... Fang La scratched his head for a long time, rolled his eyes for a long time, and immediately gave instructions to the generals around him.
"Seven Buddhas, you lead three hundred people to camp by the small river on the left, pretending to be burying pots and making rice."
"ah?"
"Oh shit, I just let you lure the enemy there, do you understand?"
"Yes, yes, brother, don't worry, nothing will go wrong. Brother, I will take care of it right away."
Seeing this powerful cousin bulging his eyes again, Fang Qifu quickly rolled and crawled towards the distance.
Gathering a group of subordinates, they came to the bank of the small river and started to light up piles of bonfires.
Even in order to make it more realistic, Fang Qifu asked some people to go down to the river to wash rice and fetch water, and also asked people to set up stoves and pots.
Fang La, who had changed from standing to squatting on a low hill, looked more and more confused.
Is there something wrong with the opponent's general, or is the scout who discovered Fang Qifu's team already hanging on the road?
(End of chapter)
