In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 622 Kill them together

Bang! Zhou Xiong slammed the table heavily with a ferocious expression.

"You bastard, you bastard, you killed my people, you killed my people." Zhou Xiong was frightened. Yesterday, the two gunmen from Zhao Yurui almost scared him to death. He didn't sleep well last night.

After thinking about it for a whole night, Zhou Xiong felt very unconvinced.

A mere commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, with no backing or connections, actually threatened him?
After all, the Zhou family is considered a semi-wealthy family in Zhejiang, how could they be threatened by a Jinyiwei?

Zhao Yurui has a group of desperate criminals on his hands, but everything can be solved as long as Zhao Yurui is killed.

At this time, there were two people sitting in front of him. Both men were big and strong. They were the famous Liaoxi Gang on the road of Qingyuan Prefecture.

A man from western Liaoning ran a casino in Qingyuan Prefecture and made money from a side business. He became involved with Zhou Xiong because of tax issues.

These people are also desperate criminals and dare to kill people.

In the past, Zhou Xiong often used them when he had things that were difficult for him to deal with.

One of them is called Wu Zhi and the other is called Wei An.

Both of them were immigrants from western Liaoning. Their fathers immigrated to Qingyuan Prefecture more than ten years ago. They were very poor when they were young, but later they gradually became rich through unconventional means.

To do this unconventional business, one must have a good relationship with people like Mr. Zhou. With the mutual support of the black and white, they have been able to get to where they are today.

Moreover, Zhou Xiong’s two bodyguards were also their people, but they were unexpectedly killed by Zhao Yurui.

"According to Master Zhou, this Zhao Yurui is also a ruthless person." Wu Zhi said slowly at this time: "This kind of person should either not do it, or if he does it, he must hit the target with one strike, otherwise there will be endless troubles."

Zhou Xiong nodded and said, "That's what I mean. We must plan it out carefully and not act rashly."

"Let's find the gunman, and you arrange the opportunity, Mr. Zhou." Wei An thought that since they didn't know Zhao Yurui, it would be best for Zhou Xiong to find an excuse to talk to Zhao Yurui and invite him to Qingyuan Mansion before they could take action.

Zhou Xiong frowned. He and Zhao Yurui had a falling out now. If he were to meet with Zhao Yurui again, it would definitely arouse suspicion.

However, if there is no good opportunity, the success rate is obviously not guaranteed.

"Do you have reliable gunmen?" Zhou Xiong asked, "They must be veterans."

"Yes, they came from the battlefield in Hunan." Wu Zhi said that they had Miao gunmen on their hands.

Wasn’t Wu Tianbao rebelling and fighting in Hunan? Some people didn’t want to fight, so they came here to work.

Now there are several Miao gunmen hanging around in the casino. These people are unfamiliar with the place, are ruthless, and are proficient in firearms, making them more suitable to be gunmen.

"How many?" Zhou Xiong said, "This guy always brings bodyguards with him when he goes out. He must have a lot of people."

"There are five." Wu Zhi said, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Wei An and I will personally take action. Together with the seven of us, it should be enough."

This is more like it. When Zhou Xiong heard that there were seven gunmen, he finally felt a little relieved.

But he repeatedly warned people to be fully prepared before taking action and to hit the target with one strike.

Zhou Xiong was also afraid of death. He was worried that he would not be able to kill Zhao Yurui and that Zhao Yurui would come to him.

But now, he might not be able to make an appointment with Zhao Yurui, so he finally called Xu Jie and asked him to find a way to make an appointment with Zhao Yurui. Of course, he would notify him when to make the appointment.

Xu Jie was so shocked that he could only hesitate and say, "Mr. Zhou, what reason do I have to ask him out? I think we should just let it go."

Zhou Xiong felt something was wrong when he heard this and immediately asked, "Did he look for you?"

"No one in my family was left alive. Everyone died." Xu Jie said in a horrified tone.

Hiss, Zhou Xiong took a breath of cold air. He didn’t expect that Zhao Yurui was such a ruthless person.

But this made him more determined to kill Zhao and Rui. If he didn't kill such people, how would he, Zhou Xiong, survive in Zhejiang in the future?
Of course Zhao Yurui didn't know that Zhou Xiong was thinking of killing him at this moment.

Of course, after Zhao Yurui did this, he knew that he had to be on guard. Wu Li wanted to kill him at the beginning. Zhou Xiong's status in Qingyuan Prefecture was no worse than Wu Li's in Dinghai, so he must be on guard.

These days he goes in and out with four or five people, but still feels unsafe.

But there is no principle of guarding against thieves for a thousand days, and for a moment, both Zhao and Rui wanted to kill Zhou Xiong.

That day, Zhao Yurui received a phone call and immediately went out with Chang Yuchun, Zhang Youcheng and others.

The group drove the Jinyiwei bus and soon arrived at the dock.

After a while, a boat slowly approached the shore.

Several people jumped off the boat one after another. Zhao Yurui laughed and went to greet them.

"Zhao Zongqi."

"Brother Wu."

The two hugged each other tightly.

The person who came was Wu Tiancheng, the rebel from Hunan.

The two parties have been cooperating for so long, and Zhao Yurui has been helping them buy machine tools. After Wu Tianbao got the machine tools, he solved the difficulties in making guns. In addition, he listened to Zhao Yurui's suggestions and changed his strategy in the past year. He no longer went east, but west.

Historically, Wu Tianbao marched eastward into Henan, where he was eventually defeated and killed, and his subordinates fled in all directions.

There are no natural barriers in Henan, which is obviously not conducive to defense, and he has no base.

Wu Tianbao started his career in Jingzhou. He was a Miao from Jingzhou, and this place was actually a very good base.

To the west of Jingzhou is Guizhou, and to the south is Guangxi. Both nearby provinces are places where people of various ethnic groups make up the majority and are densely forested.

Last year, Wu Tianbao followed Zhao Yurui's advice and began to move westward and southward, first occupying Liping Prefecture in Guizhou and then Huaiyuan County in Guangxi, forming an iron triangle with Jingzhou and using it as a base.

This iron triangle is basically composed of Miao, Yao and other ethnic groups, and has a very good mass base. The local people will respond to the call, and more and more troops will gather.

Wu Tianbao made guns and bullets in the local area and operated a base. He also sent troops to seize Baoqing and Yongzhou and approached Changsha, occupying about one-fifth of the territory of Hunan with great momentum.

The Yuan Dynasty court was now terrified and was dispatching troops from all directions to quell the rebellion.

Wu Tiancheng brought a dozen people with him, and then asked them to carry large and small bags and many boxes ashore.

Zhao Yurui remained calm and had the items transported to a car. When the car couldn't hold them, they were transported to a porter's cart, and then all the way to a nearby warehouse.

This warehouse used to belong to the Wu family. Later, Wu Li gave in and compensated it to Zhao Yurui, who then ran it.

After the transporters left, Zhao Yurui opened the packages and boxes one by one.

Wow, Chang Yuchun and the others’ eyes lit up and they looked incredulous.

Various weapons were piled on the ground, as well as a large amount of gold and jewelry.

Zhao Yurui asked them for the weapons.

Having recently offended Zhou Xiong, Zhao Yurui had to be on guard, so he contacted Wu Tiancheng specifically to ask for a batch of weapons.

"Is this an automatic rifle?" Zhang Youcheng excitedly picked up the Yuan Type 35 rifle. It could fire thirty rounds in a row and had amazing power within a hundred steps. It was highly accurate and durable. It was exported to countries all over the world and was currently the most commonly used rifle by infantry battalions in various countries.

This is much better than a pistol.

Wu Tiancheng brought over a dozen.

What man doesn't love guns? Everyone at the scene couldn't let go of them. "We got the gold and jewelry by robbing the rich in various states. The old rule is 70% and 30%." The old rule that Wu Tiancheng mentioned is that Zhao Yurui helps them sell the stolen goods, and then Zhao Yurui takes 30% and they take 70%.

Of course, Wu Tiancheng and his people are not short of money, and they usually ask for various special funds or machine tools.

Zhao Yurui asked them to capture Yongzhou because this place could be reached by water.

The goods he transported to Hunan could be delivered to the rebels by water from Hengzhou to Yongzhou.

"Where are you fighting now?" Zhao Yurui asked excitedly.

"We have conquered Yongzhou and Baoqing, and are currently conscripting soldiers to consolidate our territory."

"But the imperial court is mobilizing a large army, and Changsha is teeming with soldiers and horses. It won't be long before they launch an attack on us."

Zhao Yurui nodded: "Don't panic. We don't have planes, tanks, or missiles right now. Our artillery is also limited in power. If the imperial army comes, just fight them in the streets. They won't be able to do anything to you."

The artillery was actually quite powerful now, but the Yuan Dynasty court was helpless. Once the rebels hid in the city, they could not concentrate their artillery to bombard the city because there were ordinary people in the city.

If a foreign war is fought abroad, the Yuan Dynasty's artillery troops can bombard indiscriminately, but they cannot do so against their own rebels.

The imperial court actually discussed many times whether to use large-scale artillery to defeat the rebels, but many members of the cabinet opposed it.

This resulted in the Yuan Dynasty having the advantage of artillery, but it was not very useful in siege warfare.

Wu Tiancheng had been severely punished by the imperial artillery in a field battle before, and finally accepted Zhao Yurui's tactics of occupying the base.

After he took control of the city, the imperial court's artillery dared not fire indiscriminately, which allowed him to turn the tide of the battle.

Of course, in the long run, Wu Tianbao also wanted to build cannons.

Wu Tianbao finally captured Baoqing at the end of last year and obtained a cannon factory in Baoqing. The rebels now became more powerful and were able to manufacture cannons.

The only drawback at present is that there are not enough raw materials to make cannons, and Zhao Yurui's support is needed.

After hearing about the situation on the front line, Zhao Yurui immediately said, "Bring the map."

Zhao Yusheng took out the map that he had prepared long ago.

Wu Tiancheng was also shocked. He didn't expect that Zhao and Rui had both prepared maps.

Zhao Yurui pointed at the map and said, "This is Yongzhou, and you are occupying it now."

"This is Hengzhou, which is now occupied by the imperial court. This is Yingling. There is a waterway from Yongzhou to Yingling. A few dozen miles east of Yingling is Yuanzhou in Jiangxi, which is also our main route for transporting goods."

"But now your momentum is great, and the imperial court has begun to strengthen the management of waterways. I suggest that you open up Yuling and Hengzhou next. This will keep the waterway open and threaten Changsha at the same time."

Moreover, after taking Lingling, the subsequent rebels can march into Jiangxi, which is mountainous and rich in mines, making it very suitable for developing guerrilla warfare.

"Didn't the imperial court dispatch troops from Guangxi, Jiangxi and other places to encircle and suppress the rebellion?"

"You can divide your forces and send a small force of several hundred people to Guangxi and Jiangxi to continue the rebellion and expand your momentum, thus tying down the local government troops."

"Find a place to hide in the mountains. When the government troops come to suppress us, we hide in the mountains. When the government troops are weak, we come out and shoot, then move to another place."

Zhao Yurui taught them guerrilla warfare and asked them to divide their troops in the mountains of Guangxi and Jiangxi to attract the government troops from Guangxi and Jiangshan and relieve the pressure on Hunan.

Wu Tiancheng nodded repeatedly after listening, full of admiration.

After some communication, Wu Tiancheng saw that Zhao Yurui frowned as if he was unhappy, and couldn't help asking: "What's on Zhao Zongqi's mind?"

"I recently offended a young master, and I'm afraid he will hire someone to kill me, so I asked you for weapons."

"What bastard dares to mess with General Zhao? We will help you deal with him." Wu Tiancheng was overjoyed when he heard this. This was a good opportunity.

Zhao and Rui are planning to use them to get rid of Zhou Xiong, but Zhou Xiong's father Zhou Jun is behind him.

If Zhou Jun knew that he and Zhou Xiong had a grudge, he would definitely find a way to take revenge.

When Zhao Yurui and Wu Tiancheng talked about this, Wu Tiancheng sneered: "Then kill them together."

Although Zhou Jun is a frontier ambassador, he means nothing in the eyes of these rebels.

Zhao Yurui could ask Chang Yuchun and others to kill Zhou Xiong, but they might not dare to kill Zhou Jun.

Now we have found a good opportunity. Wu Tiancheng is willing to help, and there are more than a dozen of them coming this time.

Zhou Jun is the deputy envoy of the Jiangnan Administration Office. The office of the Administration Office is in Jiankang, not far from here and can be reached by water.

After discussing it, the two decided to do it on the same day and at the same time.

Wu Tiancheng quickly took a dozen people to Jiankang.

Zhao Yurui took people to Qingyuan Prefecture.

Coincidentally, on the day he went to Qingyuan Prefecture, Wu Zhi and Wei An also came to Dinghai County with five or six gunmen.

Wu Zhi first went to the Jinyiwei headquarters to observe and found that Zhao Yurui was not there.

Several people came to the street where Zhao Yurui lived and observed for a whole day, but still did not see Zhao Yurui.

However, while they were observing Zhao and Rui's family, Zhu Yuanzhang had already observed them.

In recent years, Zhao Yurui's official position has become higher and higher, and his business has also been growing. In addition to often helping Wu Tiancheng deal with gold and jewelry, as well as the court projects he undertook, and the fact that his cigarette business began to expand to other places, he made more and more money, and acquired a large number of houses and shops on a nearby street.

Now most of the people living nearby are their own people.

Zhao Yurui had already issued an order, asking everyone to pay more attention to strangers in daily life and work, especially unfamiliar faces that they rarely see. They should be more careful if there are several people together.

So Wu Zhi and Wei An really didn't expect that someone would buy out a large number of houses and shops on a nearby street and fill them with their own people.

Even those who were not bought were all familiar to Lao Zhu and his fellow villagers, and they were all recognized by them.

It can be said that Lao Zhu, Lao Zhang and their men know everyone living on this street, whether they are ordinary people or shop owners.

It is rare to see strangers passing by, so everyone will notice them immediately.

The sudden appearance of Wu Zhi, Wei An and seven or eight other people was quite eye-catching.

"Bang," said Old Ding from the street butcher shop, chopping off a piece of pork ribs with his knife: "Three dollars and eighty cents, do you want it?"

"Yes, yes, yes. Why is meat so expensive recently?" Neighbor Mr. Li smiled bitterly.

Old Ding looked at Wu Zhiwei'an and others not far away calmly: "There is a war going on outside, of course it is expensive."

He used to be from Suzhou and followed Lao Zhu to the dock to make a living. Later, he injured his leg and it became difficult for him to work at the dock.

But Lao Zhu and Zhao Yurui did not treat him badly. They set up a butcher shop and let his family live there and sell pork.

Lao Ding sells pork while working as a spy.

His butcher shop was on the corner, with a commanding view in all directions.

Wu Zhi, Wei An and seven other people were moving around stealthily, and he had already seen them all.

(End of this chapter)