The king behind the empress

Chapter 386 The Supernatural Internal Response
After taking Zhaoyuan City, apart from asking Yang Yanzhang and the others to reorganize their armaments and expand their army, Mo Zizai himself was not idle.

He personally ordered a troop and almost wiped out the family in Zhaoyuan City.

After all, he had already spoken before the siege, but these people ignored him, so don't blame him for being rude.

What's more, because of the news of the New Deal, these aristocratic families do not want their families to be split up. Therefore, during the chaos in Zhaoyuan City this time, a large part of the food, grass and armaments of the soldiers were provided by these aristocratic families. It would be uncomfortable to kill them. I don't feel guilty at all.

Since you don't want to split the family, it makes sense to physically split your bodies.

And when Mo Zizai was having a great time killing in Zhaoyuan City, Xu Boyuan brought his people to Yining City.

Because Yining City is in the hinterland of Yuanling County, Hu Ming never thought that Mo Zizai would be able to conquer Zhaoyuan City in a day, let alone that Mo Zizai would send people to lurk into Yining City now, so although Yining City is heavily guarded , but there is no restriction on entry and exit, so Xu Boyuan and the others did not encounter any twists and turns when entering the city.

At this time, Xu Boyuan lived in a newly bought small courtyard with more than 20 people.

Because there were too many soldiers entering the city this time, it was too eye-catching to gather together, and for the sake of safety, all the soldiers entering the city were divided into small teams and scattered in other places in the city, except for Xu Boyuan himself who knew their specific locations. Besides, the rest of the people know only their own position.

As for Xu Boyuan's own position, only these people would know, and Xu Boyuan gave these people a strict foot restraint order to prevent them from going out.

In this way, even if someone betrays, they won't be handed over by others.

In the courtyard, Xu Boyuan was sitting opposite a middle-aged man in a gray shirt. This middle-aged man was slightly fatter, with shrewdness in his eyes from time to time, and he looked like a successful businessman.

"I met Mr. Xu in Xialu Dafu."

After Xu Boyuan finished introducing himself, the middle-aged man bowed to Xu Boyuan, and simply said his name without introducing himself too much.

But Xu Boyuan knew that this person was the dark son of the imperial court in Yining City, and that this person found him not long after he drew a secret sign on the door wall, which proved that this person was also quite powerful in Yining City. So Xu Boyuan did not neglect, he saluted Lu Dafu, and then said: "Mr. Lu, you are polite, I wonder how the situation in Yining City is now?"

"very bad."

Speaking of the situation in Yining City, Lu Dafu couldn't help but frowned, showing a trace of worry that didn't match his appearance, "Some time ago, a man from Hu Ming suddenly came to Yining City, and immediately sent the county guard It was empty."

"With the support of those aristocratic families in Yining City, all the military and political power in Yining City is now in the hands of this man named Hu Ming."

"Hu Ming?"

Before Xu Boyuan came to Yining City, Mo Zizai briefly told him about the situation in Yining City, so he still knew the name, but he didn't know the details, so he asked: "What is this person?" Have you checked out the situation?"

"I only found out that this person seems to have something to do with Qianjiang, but it's hard to find out the details."

Lu Dafu shook his head, and continued: "However, this person is very tough. After taking over Yining City, he immediately controlled all the merchants in the city. Now rice, flour, grain and oil are all under military control."

"Besides, he also spent a lot of money recruiting people to build defense equipment. In the past few days, the armory has been filled with bows and arrows alone. It seems that he wants to fight a protracted war with the court."

"Oh, protracted battle."

Xu Boyuan sneered, and with Mo Zizai's four golden bodies over there, this siege battle could not last long, and how long it would take to take down Yining City would depend on how much loss Mo Zizai was willing to pay.

If this man named Hu Ming really thought that he could hold off the imperial army with the help of these weak soldiers in Yining City, he would be too naive.

Although he had some disdain for Hu Ming in his heart, Xu Boyuan didn't say anything about it, but changed the subject and said, "Do you understand the situation of the army in the city?"

"These are no secrets."

Although things about the army are generally kept secret from the outside world, how can such things be hidden from a person who specializes in espionage like him, so when Xu Boyuan asked about this, he directly answered: "There are five people in the city. In addition to the ten thousand soldiers, there are also fifty thousand civilian husbands that Hu Ming recruited during this period, normally speaking, these troops are definitely more than enough to defend Yining City."

"Fifty thousand civilians?"

Hearing Lu Dafu mention the civilian husband again, Xu Boyuan couldn't help but frowned, and asked, "Do the people in Yining City support this Hu Ming so much?"

Before, Lu Dafu said that there were people in the city who helped make ordnance, and now he said that there were also people who helped to defend the city. If the people in Yining City supported Hu Ming like this, then it would be useless even if the city was taken down.

"it's not true."

Lu Dafu knew that Xu Boyuan had misunderstood, so he explained: "In fact, most of the people Hu Ming recruited are semi-forced."

"In the city, there are aristocratic families who put pressure on the people, and Hu Ming also pays for the people who are recruited to make ordnance, and the price is not cheap, so the people in the city are reluctant to make ordnance for them."

"As for those guarding the city, most of them are soldiers outside of Yining City."

Speaking of this, Lu Dafu couldn't help but sighed, and then said: "This Hu Ming, in order to prevent the imperial army from being able to supply supplies here, he implemented the tactic of fortifying the walls and clearing the fields."

"The villages and towns near Yining City were all plundered by him secretly. Now it is not an exaggeration to say that the area near the county town is a thousand miles away."

"And after these villages and towns were plundered by him, he sent people to these plundered places to recruit peasants and let them guard the city. If you have family members, you can bring your family members into the county as well."

"This move is really too vicious. It can be said that he is using these people's own food to recruit these people to do things for him for nothing, and he can still have a lot left afterwards. It is simply nothing."

"This person is indeed a bit difficult."

Hearing this, Xu Boyuan couldn't help but straighten his expression. It was nothing to him to deal with the people nearby, but it was a trick to get the people to come and work for him after looting the people.

But the common people are not all fools, the civilian husbands recruited by him must have someone who can see through his plot, after all, near Yining City, where can there be an army besides Yining City, but they were photographed in Yining Even if he is dissatisfied with the power of the city army, he dare not speak nonsense.

If I want to disturb Yi Ning City, maybe I can start from this aspect. After all, although these civilians are not strong enough, there are still 3 people. If they riot, they will definitely make Hu Ming burnt out.

Xu Boyuan put this idea in his heart for a while, and then asked Lu Dafu, "Mr. Lu, we didn't bring any weapons when we entered the city. I wonder if you can bring some weapons?"

"That's fine."

Xu Boyuan originally thought that this request would embarrass Lu Dafu, but he did not expect him to agree directly, and it seemed that Xu Boyuan was not shocked enough, so Lu Dafu asked again: "Apart from weapons, what do you need for armor, bows and arrows? ?"

"You can also get armor and bows and arrows???"

Hearing Lu Dafu's words, Xu Boyuan was really shocked. Even some weapons, there are still armors. You must know that these things are considered controlled items, and people are generally not allowed to buy and sell them.

As for bows and arrows, although they are not controlled, they are useless for ordinary people, and there are very few of them on the market, and it is even more difficult to obtain them in large quantities.

Thinking of this, Xu Boyuan suddenly felt that Lu Dafu might have misunderstood the number of people on his side, and he felt that there were only about twenty people, so he added: "Mr. Lu, these things I said are for large quantities. , I have other uses, so there must be at least a thousand copies."

"Mr. Xu, don't worry, don't say it is a thousand copies, even two thousand copies are not a problem."

There was a tinge of pride in Lu Dafu's plain words. Seeing Xu Boyuan's puzzled expression, he explained with a smile: "Mr. Xu doesn't know something. My ostensible identity in Yining City is to do business."

"And this business also includes the ordnance business. There are a lot of ordnance in Yining City. After they are manufactured, half of them have to go through my hands first. Therefore, it is not a big deal to transfer some ordnance to Mr. Xu."

"This……"

Hearing this, Xu Boyuan couldn't help being a little speechless, the military equipment is supposed to be issued by the court, and those who resell the military equipment are actually harming the interests of the court in a strict sense.

However, Lu Dafu, a man who resells ordnance, is indeed an internal response of the imperial court in Yining City. The relationship between this makes him a little confused.

So after a moment of silence, he shook his head helplessly, and said, "Is the military discipline in Yining City so bad?"

Even if they dare to resell the ordnance they use to save their own lives, what else would these big soldiers dare not do.

"In the past, they thought that Yining City would not know how to fight, so naturally they didn't take these things to heart."

When mentioning the military discipline in Yining City, Lu Dafu couldn't help but shook his head disdainfully, "As for now, although they know that there is going to be a war, but they have tasted the sweetness, how could they stop."

"It's just because Hu Ming is watching more strictly now, so they are a little restrained when they do these things."

In fact, there are some things that Lu Dafu did not tell Xu Boyuan, such things as reselling arms, actually started very early, strictly speaking, it was the result that the former emperor could indulge when he was in power.

And these secret sons of the Yuzhi army, the sale of arms was also allowed by the late emperor, and even this was ordered by the late emperor. Many of them, the secret sons of the Yuzhi army, were clearly In the ordnance business.

The imperial court allocates the weapons to the localities, and then sells them to them. After they recycle them, they re-allocate them to other places. It can be said that the recycling is perfectly realized.

Although this is equivalent to giving money to the guards in these places for nothing, the combat effectiveness of the local armies without these ordnance will definitely drop a lot. In this way, it will naturally be much easier to unify the big week by force in the future.

It's a pity that the first emperor didn't last until this time, on the contrary, it was cheaper for the current Mo Zizai.

"fair enough."

Xu Boyuan nodded and didn't ask any further questions. As long as the soldiers under his command have equipment, it's fine. Although the soldiers in the crime camp are all at the bone forging level, they are not invulnerable after all. Compared with those without equipment, their strength will definitely be much worse. Intercept, "I don't know, when can we get these equipment?"

"Wait for three or four days."

Lu Dafu pondered for a moment, and then said: "I need some time to arrange, otherwise it will be easy to be discovered by others, and it will be bad if it is exposed."

"It's okay, I'm not in a hurry, just send someone to notify me when Mr. Lu is ready."

Xu Boyuan thought for a while, and then said: "By the way, Mr. Lu, I still have something to trouble you."

"I need you to investigate the specific situation of the civilians who are being transferred in the city, as well as the information about the generals who are responsible for guarding those civilians. If possible, the more detailed the information in this regard, the better."

"Information about those civilian husbands?"

Lu Dafu frowned and thought for a moment, then nodded, and said: "This matter shouldn't be difficult, the Yining City Army doesn't care much about these civilians, and with my contacts, I should be able to find out the information you want , but I need some time."

"Well, after I have prepared the weapons, I will give you the information together."

Hearing Lu Dafu's promise, Xu Boyuan saluted Lu Dafu, "This will trouble Mr. Lu."

"Mr. Xu is polite."

Lu Dafu shook his head and said: "You and I are both working for the imperial court, there is nothing to worry about."

After speaking, Lu Dafu didn't stay any longer, and after explaining how to contact again, he left directly.

And after he left, Xu Boyuan asked people to check the nearby ones who were not being followed, and immediately led them to change a house.

He was not suspicious of Lu Dafu's problem, but out of careful consideration. After all, he is now in the enemy's base camp. In case Lu Dafu is dissatisfied or accidentally exposed, if he is still here, it is very likely was implicated.

So when Lu Dafu walked forward, he shifted his position behind. Anyway, with a new contact method, even if Lu Dafu had any problems, he would not be implicated.

After living in Yining City for two days without incident, the news that Zhaoyuan City was destroyed by Mo Zizai in one day finally spread, and the entire Yining City was in an uproar.

After confirming the authenticity of this news, the entire Yining City was immediately under martial law. The six city gates were closed at the same time, and no entry or exit was allowed. The city was also strictly checked and the curfew was tightened. No more people are allowed.

But none of this has anything to do with Xu Boyuan. He hid in the yard, and when the day agreed with Lu Dafu arrived, he ostentatiously pretended to be the delivery person, and took away a thousand pairs of ordnance in batches, and distributed them to himself. Underlings hiding everywhere.

At the same time, he also obtained information from Lu Dafu about the city guards and the generals of Yi Ning City, and with these, it would not be difficult for him to complete the task Mo Zizai gave him.

(End of this chapter)