"Caught, caught!" Thousands of Liangzhou officers and soldiers surrounded the farmyard where Yin Hu and the others were hiding.
After signing the death sentence, another person went to die, attracting nearby officers and soldiers, allowing Yin Hu and the others to escape.
Fleeing into the backyard of a Qing Palace, Yin Hu's hand holding the sword couldn't stop trembling.
"Brother Six, what should I do!"
Under the general situation, the four city gates of Liangzhou were closed tightly. Coupled with the continuous reinforcements of Liangzhou officers and soldiers, it was impossible to escape from the city for a while.
The original plan was to wait for the encirclement and suppression to weaken and then find a way to leave. But the way it looks now, within these two months, it is basically impossible.
"Lao Liu, if not I and the other three will sneak into the palace and kill the traitor Dong Wen with all our lives!"
"Can't kill." Yin Hu gritted his teeth. Not to mention Dong Wen's kung fu, after what happened last time, the guards in the palace would only become tighter.
Unable to leave Liangzhou City and unable to return to Shuzhou, there were only three of them left, as if they were desperate.
"Everyone, please take off your white clothes."
"Brother Six, there are arrest portraits everywhere in the city."
"Change your face. Although we are not afraid of death, the information in the palace must be passed back to Shuzhou. Even if only one person is alive, it is worth it."
"Draw a death lottery first. Who will die in the next round?"
The other two nodded.
The three bamboo sticks were of the same length, but when Yin Hu held it, he broke off one section calmly.
"Just like this, in the next round, I, Yin Hu, will take the lead."
The other two people all had tears in their eyes.
"I recently found out that in Liangzhou City, merchants purchasing Shu Brocade will leave the city every two or three days. We will find a way to get in among these merchants."
The young Yin Liuxia's face was filled with determination for a moment.
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In Shuzhou, after sealing off the eleven counties in the state, as Xu Mu expected, due to low prices, many weaving merchants and silkworm households ran to the south of Shu.
Not only was the annuity low, but in order to stabilize people's hearts, Xu Mu even made a considerable subsidy on top of sericulture.
Weaving merchants with a monthly output of 500 pieces will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver. Those who produce a thousand horses per month will be exempted from taxes for that month. In addition, corresponding incentives were issued to mulberry farmers and silkworm farmers, and even to hired workers.
At this time, more and more people were running to Shunan. Dou Tong was so anxious that he quickly dispatched 3,000 people to southern Sichuan to maintain order.
"Lord, be careful, Sima Xiu will kill him later."
Killing a son is like taking the fuel out of the cauldron. After learning that the prices have dropped sharply, the people in Shuzhou who are engaged in the sericulture business will definitely be hit hard.
But Xu Mu already had countermeasures. If he really gets to that point, he will come forward as the King of Shu to comfort and subsidize him, even if it costs tens of thousands of taels.
To be honest, if this disaster in Shu Brocade can promote the development of southern Shu, it will be worth the price of admission.
"Tell Dou Tong that an additional thousand people will be sent to the Shuren Bridge. If anyone sneaks out of the state, he will be severely punished."
Even if Liangzhou loses money, it will destroy the people's livelihood in Shuzhou. Everyone now has countermeasures, and Xu Mu is even more eager for Sima Xiu to continue to raise the price and make another round of profits.
"Wenlong, how is the military situation?"
"Back to my lord, we are already stepping up training. Both the forward battalion and the reserve battalion, and even the mobilized civilians, have entered wartime status."
"In addition, Xi Niang and Sister Lian also mobilized many women to start making rice cakes to prepare military rations for the expedition."
Jiang Caiwei was originally in charge of these things, but now that she was pregnant with Liujia, she asked Xi Niang and others to help.
"Sun Xun, you will go to the kitchen later and tell Xi Niang and the others to make more fried cakes. In addition, Ma Zhengsi also informed the chief, Lu Feng, to start feeding them soybeans."
Although bean feed is not expensive, there are so many war horses that it is impossible to keep feeding them. Normally, only grass is fed, and soybean feed is added only in preparation for war.
"And tell Lu Feng that once the horse has four teeth, it can be used as a gelding. This batch of war horses will be our main force in defeating the enemy in Shuzhou."
"Lord, are there any more?" Sun Xun didn't want to leave, nor did he stay.
"Also... tell the boss of the old knife over at the iron workshop that I have prepared a banquet and respectfully invite him to come over."
"What if he doesn't come?"
"Sun Xun, is your head hard?" Xu Mu raised his hand, ready to reward the chestnut.
"My lord, you are the one who knocked Brother Tiger stupid! He is drooling when he talks!"
After shouting, Sun Xun ran out quickly.
Si Hu, who was squatting next to him and picking his feet, realized it later. After cursing his mother, he also yelled and chased outside.
"I guess it won't be long before there's going to be a big war between Shu and Liang." Jia Zhou looked away and spoke solemnly.
"Sima Xiu is laying out the plans, and the Shu Brocades are just preparations before the war. In the end, Liangzhou has only one goal, which is to occupy Shuzhou."
Xu Mu nodded silently.
Jia Zhou frowned again, "Sima Xiu and I have been close friends for a long time. He knows that I'm good at using tricks to his advantage. I think... he may have been setting up a poisonous plan."
"It's not some Shu brocade plan. He shouldn't let me notice it. It's a pity that the spies who sneaked into Liangzhou couldn't bring back any news."
To be honest, Xu Mu deeply admired the various vicious conspiracies of the ancients. For example, just like Lu Jin, Guan Zhong's plan directly brought down a country and allowed Qi to successfully dominate.
"For example, if a hunter sees the footprints of a wolf in the mountains, he will definitely respond. And now, Sima Xiu, the wolf, is trying to find a way to cover up all the footprints. The Shu brocade plan is more likely to allow My lord is too tired to deal with it, and his eyes are only on the Shu brocade. If things go on like this, once the evil plan to cover up is completed, my lord and I will have no time to deal with it, and a big disaster will happen."
"Of course, this is understandable. If it were me, it would be the same."
"Wenlong, does he have a plan?"
Jia Zhou nodded, "My lord can send ten thousand people, disguised as refugees, to pass through the inner city and sneak to Dingzhou. The general of these ten thousand people must be Chai Zong."
Xu Mu's eyes lit up. Chai Zong was given to him by the old Marquis Li Rucheng. Previously, he was the general of the town in Dingzhou. There was no problem with his loyalty.
"If my lord ambushes a strange army in advance, it will have unexpected effects when the time comes."
The three states of Liangdi are close to Dingzhou. Of course, people in Dingzhou were as poor as beggars. Back then, Li Rucheng tried all kinds of tricks to get a bunch of military pay from Changyang to support the work of suppressing bandits.
Under normal circumstances, Dingzhou is not a strategic location, and it is very poor. If it is defeated, it will have to defend the horse bandits. Dong Wen definitely doesn’t want to take over.
Since Li Rucheng died and Chai Zong followed him into Shu, there were only ten thousand troops left in Dingzhou, which had been supported by the gains from suppressing bandits. If it weren't for the long-cherished wish of guarding the country, I would have been unable to hold on.
Xu Mu asked Chai Zong before. Chai Zong said that on the Dingzhou side, the now elected Dingbian general named Lu Xiu, with his big men, was determined to defend. Many soldiers and civilians were unwilling to leave their homes. They sent people and food to guard the Central Plains rivers and mountains from the horse bandits.
Not only Xu Mu, but also Chang Shilang in the inner city would often send some food, grass and military pay. It seems that they are the only two people in the world who can do these thankless and stupid things.
"After going to Dingzhou, how to hide this strange army from Liangzhou? Considering Chai Zong's ability, it shouldn't be a big problem."
"If this strange army can successfully invade the two states of An and Liang during the decisive battle between Shu and Liang, the diversionary effect it will have will be enough to scare Dong Wen!"
In front of Xu Mu, Jia Zhou's aura suddenly became fierce.
You come and go, Lianghu and Poisonous Eagle seem to be about to have a decisive battle.
