Delong

Chapter 210 Walking in the Snow (9)

The military operation launched by the Dragon Gang on the night of the [-]rd lunar month, and the execution-style beheading on the morning of the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month, the actual impact and effect were far beyond imagination, at least Zhang Xing was a little caught off guard.

It can only be said that on the issue of imperial power and the so-called legitimacy of the Great Wei, even the Guanlongmen Clan is not as unscrupulous and magnanimous as Zhang Laosan, let alone others.

Liang County officials are like monkeys that fell into an ice hole in winter and climbed back up again. They can be as lively as they are, as fast as they are. Envoys come and go between the camp and Gushu one after another. Let it open more than anyone else.At the same time, the remnants of the Jing'an Terrace fell into complete silence and completely lost their ability to act. It was even reported that they were gathering the wounded and the concubines and princesses who were not implicated, and were preparing to retreat to a castle in the west. In the city, I have a little self-cultivation.

And the officials of Liang County must return to Song City, the county government in the north.

This is parting ways.

However, what made Zhang Xing most emotional was the reaction from the gang.

I don't know if it was an illusion, Zhang Xing only felt that his prestige in the gang had been greatly improved after this incident, including Xiong Bonan and Xu Shiying, they all treated him vaguely rigorously and respected him a lot. , age, and even a little respectful attitude.It seems that they led them to rob a queen, established the rear system of the Dragon Clan, released food, burned debts, preserved the treasury, mobilized the reserve army, and drove away the Jijun army. generally.

Taoist Wei, who was the only one who kept a little calm, didn't do much better. He wrote a letter from Yucheng, and he was quite polite.So much so that Zhang Xing wondered for a while whether the other party was taking the opportunity to make troubles from the very beginning, instigated him to do it, promoted himself, attracted the attention of the court and the gang, and came to this world's version of Zheng Boke and Duan Yuyan.

However, as the envoys came and went, Zhang Xing still realized that he was thinking too much, because Taoist Wei was in Yucheng, advocating this to the Meng brothers who had left their official duties and came back to rebel all day long. Shutting up was the plan he and Mr. Zhang made together... and the effect was excellent. After the Meng brothers quickly verified the news ahead, they also began to panic, so that Meng Sangong came to the valley in person the next morning. Familiar, with humble words, directly expressing the attitude of wanting to join the gang.

This is completely different from their previous attitude of relying on their own strength, not wanting to be inferior to others, and caring about everything.

But to be honest, the more these people cooperated, the more they succumbed to the influence of this action, the more Zhang Xing felt a sense of panic... because in his bones he felt that the two sides were asymmetrical, and one of them was asymmetrical. The side is too empty.

Of course, this may also be a kind of prejudice, but he cannot detect it himself.

In short, under the anxiety and panic, although he had fully thought and made proper arrangements for the follow-up of the whole matter, he still decided to make a quick decision.

In a side room in the backyard of the Gushu County Yamen, Zhang Xing did not hold a meeting, but called seven or eight people in his personal capacity, and held a small meeting temporarily.

Among the participants, besides Xiong Bonan, Xu Shiying, and Niu Da, who are indispensable leaders in strength, there are also some people who are his confidantes, such as Zhou Xingfan, Yan Qing, and Jia Yue, as well as those who have just died a day ago and are now dead. Zhang Shizhao and Mr. Zhang, who hadn't decided on a new name, were still lying on the couch.

It can only be said that things are too fast, and there is a feeling of chasing people.

"Hurry up, don't be fooled by the smoothness of this matter." As soon as he was seated, before others could take their eyes off Zhang Shizhao on the couch, Zhang Xing got straight to the point and put forward his own opinion. "Next, we will do so many things with so many companies...

First of all, we need to get money, grain, and armaments from the officials of Liang County, and at the same time ask them to distribute grain in the whole county, the proportion is half of the autumn grain... If there are really difficulties, we can not have grain, but we must release it in the name of the Dragon Gang Let the people of Liang County know that we caught the prefect and forced them to release the food...it must be done years ago, and even the food can be released first... This matter, Niu Da, you and Xiao Zhou will take the lead and bring some leaders Talk about it, do it, and bring people to me when you need a guarantee. "

Niu Da and Zhou Xingfan got up immediately and agreed, the former even couldn't wait.

"Secondly, it is to monitor Luo Fang's people in Jing'an Tower." Zhang Xingfu looked at Xiong Bonan again. "Although those people are few, they stand firm, and there is still a master of alchemy, who is the only group of people who can make the situation repeat itself. King Xiong Tian, ​​you go and clamp them yourself. As long as they dare to move, you dare Killing, now that things are going on, killing Luo Fang and Xue Liang is only good and not bad."

"Of course I should do it." Xiong Bonan immediately responded and made a request by the way. "But I want [-] brothers with cultivation base to support me."

"Practitioners below the leader, King Xiongtian will only manage them." Zhang Xing immediately agreed, and looked at Xu Shiying again. "I estimate that the traveling team will start to collapse in the next two days. Whether it's the surveillance of the garrison army or the collapse of the servants around the rabbit garden, Xu Dalang must command the overall situation and pay attention to supporting them. Once they disperse, they will send troops to general Those vehicles are brought... If the servants and palace servants are willing to come with them, they will also be taken in."

Xu Dalang nodded, just writing like flying.

It was Xiong Bonan who frowned and asked earnestly: "Zhang Longtou, I'm not saying no, but are you really going to hire those servants? How can these people start a career with us heroes?"

"Take it first, so that they don't freeze to death in the snow... The Delong Gang raised troops, originally for the common people, and now our treasury is sufficient, and we have done such a large amount of business, so we won't be helpless." When Zhang Xing opened his mouth, Xu Dalang blurted out the answer without raising his head. "Then take them back home. Those who are capable can be used as writers and officials. Those who are good-natured can also be cleaners in the government office. Those who are incapable or have a bad personality will be delivered together with the queen when the queen redeems her." .”

Xiong Bonan thought for a while, then nodded slowly, and did not speak anymore.

Zhang Xing also nodded in satisfaction, but reminded again: "Pay attention to properly communicate with Wang Zhen, and when sharing money, don't discriminate against Dangshan too much."

"It's natural."

"It should be so."

In addition to Xu Shiying, there was also Xiong Bonan who responded.

"We still have to contact the Huaiyou League." Zhang Xingfu turned his head to look at the silent Yan Qing. "Yan Qing is going to do the paperwork... I want to emphasize that unless the two leaders of the alliance, Du and Fu, come in person or the father and daughter of the Ma family, we will not talk to the Huaiyou League... This is like no matter which government we talk to, we must Emphasize that if the non-Huaiyou League is a middleman, it will not be the same as letting people go."

Yan Qing responded immediately, and Niu Da also nodded.

"Finally." Zhang Xing thought for a while and looked around. "There is one more thing. I want to hear what you think. How do you think the Meng Brothers should be dealt with? Meng Shangong just came over and said that he is willing to join our Dragon Suppression Gang. Listen to my orders and ask for a position as a big leader..."

Everyone was silent for a while.

And Zhang Xing also hurriedly added: "The big boss should have discussed with those on the front line, but this matter involves our strategy in the west, and they had a gentleman's agreement with us before the Eastern Expedition, it's nothing Can't say..."

"I think it's feasible." Xiong Bonan finally became impatient. "The Meng brothers are willing to bend down, and that Cao Wang is in our hands again, so what if we directly take Liangjun down? We can still be connected with Dangshan and Huaiyou League."

"That way the power will be too dispersed." When Xiong Bonan spoke, Xu Shiying also raised his head to respond. "The way I see it, after this incident, it is our place. After the spring plowing, we must start to prepare for war... Now we will expand the territory in the heart of the imperial court, especially Liangjun and Dongdu are only separated by Xingyang, and Qiaojun is on the other side. It is Xuzhou, it is inevitable that there will be unforeseen disasters...it is better to concentrate our forces and stand firm on the front line of Jishui."

Xiong Bonan wanted to speak for a while... He instinctively felt that there was a loophole in it, but for some reason, facing Xu Shiying, he always felt that he would be caught by others, so he hesitated for a while, and first read what other people said .

This is obviously a good lesson, but his attitude is beyond doubt.

"Now that we have even robbed the queen, the officers and soldiers will not let us go anyway, right?" Sure enough, someone retorted, and Niu Da raised his head and asked seriously. "Instead of being conservative, how about taking the opportunity to use offense as defense and take down Liang County?"

"From a military point of view, of course we can do this." Zhang Xing finally spoke. "But I'm worried that if we advance into Liang County, we will fall into battle ahead of time; second, it will be raining and snowing now, and spring plowing will be in the next year. I'm afraid there will be no time for Liang County to carry out various measures similar to Jiyin and Dong County; third, As Xu Dalang said, the power will be dispersed, because in order to control the situation, it is necessary to disperse the trusted leaders, and this may not be beneficial to the war; four, it will also affect the deal we are going to make now; the last is that it can actually let the Meng family Let the brothers act as a buffer... Gushu and Xiayi will be handed over, and Yucheng will be left to the Meng brothers to see how much space they can occupy, it is none of our business."

Niu Da didn't say anything anymore, because Zhang Xing had already expressed his personal attitude.

Zhang Xing looked around and took it seriously: "This is my personal idea. The basic idea actually lies in the second...that is to take down Liangjun at this time. We don't have time to establish our own system and effectively control Liangjun. Instead of this, it is better to let Liang Jun go to the Meng brothers, and let them rely on the favor of the locals to quickly swell up and act as a buffer for us... If there is anything inappropriate, please speak up."

"That's the case, doesn't it prevent us from accepting their brothers into the gang?" Xiong Bonan came back to his senses and immediately asked back.

But almost at the same time, everyone else present, including Mr. Zhang, who had been silent all this time, all looked over, which made Xiong Tianwang couldn't help feeling terrified.

"Since I want to borrow him as a buffer, it's not easy to join the gang." After a while, Zhang Xing explained word by word. "Otherwise, whether to save him when necessary, or whether we should care about him or not if he did something bad, is a problem... On the other hand, once you join the gang, you have to talk about orders and prohibitions, about sharing life and death, and sharing joys and sorrows..."

Xiong Bonan quickly understood and was very embarrassed.

"Actually, after I'm going back, I'm going to do two more things before the officers and soldiers come." Zhang Xing said in a relaxed manner. "One is to expand the sub-rudder downwards, to identify the good and bad of the officials and military officers below, and those who are capable and good in character will join the gang; , Those who are virtuous, let them be Dharma protectors, and those who are willing to do things, give them a deacon, and directly obey my orders."

With that said, Zhang Xing pointed at Yan Qing again: "I'm going to hand over the latter to Yan Qing...Of course everyone needs to cooperate in the former, so that each sub-rudder and each leader will hand in the list as soon as possible, but I'm going to let Xiao Zhou At that time, we will lead people to make inspections, and we will focus on spring plowing as the main inspection and inspection, and conduct inspections on the list... What do you think?"

"I feel good." Xiong Bonan felt a little relieved. "Bring all the good people in to be brothers, and drive out all the bad people. The big guys get together to be loyal, to do righteousness, and to do great things. This is what should be done."

The rest of the people were obviously a few beats slower, especially Xu Shiying and Niu Da. This time it was their turn to be stared at by everyone else, especially Mr. Zhang. too obvious.

However, Xu and Niu did not keep others waiting.

Soon Niu Da raised his voice in response: "This is a good thing, it should have happened long ago."

"I think it's pretty good too." Xu Dalang laughed dryly, held the pen and paper in his hand, and looked at Yan Qing with a smile. "It's just that if this is the case...the qualifications, abilities, and merits of Chief Zhou need not be said too much. Do you want to add a chief to this little brother Yan Qing, so that things can be done more conveniently?"

Zhang Xinggang wanted to reply.

Yan Qing laughed to himself: "What did Chief Xu say? How can he accept the position without meritorious service? When I finish this matter properly and have meritorious service, if I don't give me the chief, I will say that the Dragon Gang can't be properly rewarded and punished." ...The only thing I have to be grateful for is that my third brother is willing to find me something to do."

Xu Shiying looked at the other party again, nodded slowly, and stopped talking.

"There is one last thing." Seeing that no one spoke, Zhang Xing gave a final serious reminder. "Although I didn't say it, the spring plowing after the year is actually the most important thing... Otherwise, why would you involve some things with the spring plowing? So, don't put the cart before the horse."

"Yes." Xu Dalang did his part.

Niu Da, Zhou Xingfan, and Yan Qing also responded... Xiong Bonan also nodded.

Seeing this, Zhang Xing stopped delaying and immediately raised his hand to see off the guests.

"Third brother." After standing up, Xu Dalang grabbed the pen and paper with his hands behind his back, and suddenly opened his mouth. "Since you're here, there are two things I want to ask you more..."

"Tell me." Zhang Xing was unavoidably surprised.

"This..." Xu Dalang pointed to Zhang Shizhao. "I don't know the name yet, and I don't know how to call him in the future?"

"This is the first Dharma protector of our gang." Zhang Xing pointed at it, smiled slightly, but looked at himself again. "I don't know what your name is?"

Zhang Shizhao was stunned, feeling a little emotional, but also a little frustrated: "Whatever, a code name, and I don't want to be noticed... On the other hand, if someone calls Zhang San, isn't it a big name?"

"What's that called?" Zhang Xing couldn't ask. "Couldn't it be called Zhang San too?"

"Call……"

"How about Chang Wei?"

"Call Zhang Daxuan." Although he didn't know what was going on, Zhang Shizhao immediately blocked the other party's obviously malicious suggestion. "My son has Xuan in his name, so no one thinks I'm his father."

"Forget it." Zhang Xing nodded, then turned to look at Xu Dalang who was taking notes again. "What else?"

"What about the princess and the concubine?" Xu Dalang answered seriously again after finishing writing. "There is no problem with the relationship between the queen and the servants, but the princess and the concubine are not of high status. What if the saint gets angry and kills him when they are sent to Jiangdu? He is the one who kills all his brothers and sisters...I heard people It is said that the princess has a lot of fate with the third brother, do you want to stay and raise her?"

As soon as this remark came out, the faces of the people around were very strange.

"What's the use of staying?" Zhang Xing was frank. "We are also people who live on the tip of the knife... What do you think of Zhang Daxuan?"

Zhang Shizhao, who was also Zhang Daxuan, who was lying on the couch, was startled for a moment before realizing that he was asking himself, but since the matter involved the princess and concubines, he could not stay out of it, so he gave the answer after a little thought: "If you really think about fate and want to protect Ichigo, you can hand it over to the prefect Wang of Ji County, and let him wait a while to send him back to Dongdu...Although Ziwei Palace is empty, that old boy Cao Lin is there , will be safe for a while.”

This is appropriate, Zhang Xing nodded, no more words.

Xu Dalang also put away his notebook, and formally got up to say goodbye. When he moved, everyone around him also got up, and even Jia Yue, who didn't fart the whole time, slowly strolled out.

For a while, only Zhang Xing and Zhang Shizhao were left.

The two sat together for a while, and Zhang Shizhao, who was on the couch, finally said, "Why don't you leave? Don't you have to deal with Meng Sangong?"

"Actually, I still lack self-confidence. I still want to ask Protector Zhang to give me a safe explanation." Zhang Xing turned around and sat on the side of the couch, trying to touch the opponent's hand, but the opponent directly took him into the bed, but he still didn't change his face. . "How about my arrangement just now?"

"I want to surrender you personally, but you don't want to." Zhang Shizhao sneered. "How can you ask such a question now?"

"But since it is a Dharma protector, it should be conscious of the overall situation of the Dragon Clan." Zhang Xing was still earnest. "If the Dismissing Dragon Gang is gone, and your feigning death is exposed, neither the saint nor Uncle Cao will be able to spare you...so what's the matter if you will be executed all over the house?"

"I can't copy it." Zhang Shizhao sneered more and more. "Hedong Zhang has a great master. When the time comes, he dare not copy..."

"At most kill your son, daughter-in-law and grandson..." Zhang Xing added. "Plus yourself... right? You've already surrendered, why bother?"

"Yeah, I didn't know that they were all surrendered?" Zhang Shizhao also laughed. "But Zhang Sanlang, if I strongly praise your statement, or say something is wrong, will you feel at ease?"

Zhang Xing finally became embarrassed, so he wanted to stand up and leave.

"However, if you don't say anything, you will feel a little uneasy." Zhang Shizhao thought for a while, but still commented, but did not mention specific things. "If you want me to say that you can gather your confidantes and key people and propose future plans in advance, it is already very good, even considered a talent in the Nanya... But you should also think about some things in advance, such as discussing this matter in private , there are few people now, so it’s okay, but in fact, if you don’t want to brainstorm or go through the legal process, then you shouldn’t put me with a few big bosses, and you shouldn’t put your confidants and Several big bosses are put together, you should separate them..."

Zhang Xing suddenly realized: "You mean, put aside the conference and ask for advice in private. A consultant is a consultant, a confidant is a confidant, and a leader of strength is a leader of strength? And if you really need to rely on the most important talents, you only need to let him be at least three or four of them. If he shows up at the meeting, his power will be properly guaranteed, and on the other hand, as the convener of the meeting, my authority will be more stable..."

"Yes." Zhang Shizhao nodded. "Especially if it grows bigger in the future, civil and military affairs will inevitably have to be separated, and at that time it will be difficult to hold a general meeting, and it will be difficult to gather ideas, and you will have to recruit four or five different teams to brainstorm ideas while avoiding conflicts... For example, that Xiongbo Nan, he is very capable, and he needs to be respected and relied on, but why do you ask him to do this kind of thing? Directly order him to monitor Luo Convenience; like me, I can only say these old-fashioned things to you right now, but it is not easy to be criticized. Others have heard it, so what is it if you let me participate in this kind of meeting?"

Zhang Xing nodded slowly, but shook his head with a wry smile: "What Zhang Hufa said is very reasonable, but it's still too early, and the premise is that my own position is stable. Now I feel that there are few people speaking at the conference..."

Zhang Shizhao just shook his head and said nothing.

And Zhang Sanlang didn't care about it, he just got up and gave a serious salute, then turned and went out, he was going to deal with Meng Sangong.

However, as soon as he walked to the outside porch, Jia Yue immediately took a leader to meet him from the gate of the courtyard, and the latter leaned down to report from a distance in the courtyard: "Leader, the prince of the day came and said want to see you."

Under the ice skates on the eaves, Zhang Xing was stunned for a moment, but didn't realize it for a while: "Who?"

"The prince who pushed the cart and was beaten that day." The leader responded straightforwardly. "I was guarding the south gate of the city, and he came directly to ask for an interview, because he was someone I had seen before, and he was the only one, so he brought him in."

Zhang Xing pondered for a moment, then made a decision effortlessly: "Then see him first."

The leader nodded, just turned around, and brought a person over in a moment. It was a prince whose clothes hadn't been washed and his eyes were bloodshot.

When Wang Gonggong came to the courtyard, he saw Zhang Xingli standing on the porch, so he went forward, knelt down on the ground that was still wet after cleaning, and bowed his head solemnly on the spot, before raising his head. Come and fight back: "Mr. Zhang, the people in Jing'antai and the local government abandoned us like weeds, and Mr. Zhang robbed the queen and killed the governor. We will not be able to go to Jiangdu, and we will run out of food tonight." ...At the end of the road, I inadvertently thought of something, since Mr. Zhang talked so frequently with the officials of Liang County, I am afraid that he has no intention of leading the Dragon Gang to openly march into Liang County, right? "

Zhang Xing nodded.

"That's it." Wang Gonggong kowtowed again on the wet ground, then raised his head, and continued to speak solemnly. "Can you borrow three thousand knives and shields, eight hundred armors, and several thousand stones of grain from the Dragon Gang? After that, Xiayi will be evacuated faster, so you can borrow Xiayi City again?"

Zhang Xing stood with his hands behind his back, silent for a moment, and then asked back after a while: "Since it is a loan, how can I repay it?"

"Of course it is possible to properly transfer the property in the palace to pay off the debt..." the prince blurted out. "Otherwise, if there is no food tonight, the ice and snow, and the servants in the palace are scattered, even if the Dragon Gang sends an army to transfer, many of them will escape, and they may even be pushed into the lax water to be salvaged in the future. "

"I'll be honest, it's not enough." Zhang Xing looked at the other party for a while, seeing the other party's boldness, but still shook his head slowly. "In troubled times, gold, silver and wealth are just icing on the cake, far inferior to weapons and supplies. Besides, the opportunity must not be missed. I didn't give you the opportunity the night before yesterday. Isn't it self-defeating to say such things now? ?”

"It's just that, of course it's not enough, so I thought about it. In addition, when the Xuzhou army comes south, if we still treat us as the father-in-law of the North Yamen and dare not invade, we will send news for the Dragon Gang and repay our lives today." Grace, and if they also want to kill us..." Wang Gonggong knelt on the ground, there was no stagnation or excuse in front of him, but when he said this, he obviously paused, but he still cheered up and spoke seriously. "We are in Xiayi, and we are acting as human shields for the Dragon Gang! Thousands of servants, even if they are killed, they will be killed for three to five days, right?"

Zhang Xing was finally moved, but he continued to stand under the eaves for a long time, without saying a word for a long time, and the prince just poked his neck to see him.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhang Xing finally spoke again: "What about the palace people?"

"If you want to go with us, you can go with us. If you don't want to, you can go with the Chulong Gang or go back to Dongdu, and you can follow them." The prince said simply. "The more dispersed the better, it can't be said that there will be a few more people alive."

Hearing this, Zhang Xing did not change his body shape or expression, but stretched out his hand from behind and slightly raised it forward: "Get up and talk."

The prince got up immediately.

But Zhang Xing's one-handed posture remained unchanged, and he continued to speak seriously: "A gentleman's words..."

The prince froze in place, and after a few breaths, he got up in embarrassment, rushed forward, and then grasped the opponent's hand through the railing like a treasure, and responded with difficulty: "Sima~ hard to chase!"

After saying a word, he couldn't help but lower his head, and almost collapsed to the ground, only being dragged by the whole hand of the former Xiyuan colleague.

PS: It is routine to sacrifice a new book "The Biography of the Heroes of the Three Kingdoms", the old author, the previous "Three Kingdoms Across Liangzhou Ci".

Also, is it an illusion recently? I feel that this chapter is a bit too much. It used to be [-] words/[-] articles, or less. Recently, the proportion has increased significantly. Has anyone bought me the package of this chapter?
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