Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 290 Fighting wits and courage
Cheng Zhifu could see the flames in the sky in the east when he went to the courtyard. The fire was really big.

"Prepare the car, go to the scene immediately." Cheng Zhifu said.

Such a big accident happened, as the local official, he has the responsibility to go to the scene to check.

It was the Dongping Paper Mill that was on fire. When Cheng Zhifu arrived, the fire had already been extinguished. To be precise, the fire was over.

The raw material warehouse was completely burnt down, and even the brick walls were pulverized.

Hundreds of police officers were cleaning up the remaining fire, and the scene was choked by thick smoke.

A dozen or so disgraced guards came over and knelt on the ground, shouting: "Your Excellency is in charge of us. We are eating. A dozen men in black riding horses came over, opened the gate and rushed in. They shot rockets and knocked out the workshop. Burned, how can we explain to the owner of the villa?"

The nurses were crying miserably. They had the duty of protection. This was their job, but they were burned. This is a great responsibility.

Cheng Wanli was speechless for a while, what was all this tossing about, such a large workshop, the machines and raw materials were a loss of tens of thousands of dollars, even though it was not his own money, there was no reason for his heartache.

"Okay, I will give you an explanation." Cheng Wanli said.

As a magistrate, Cheng Wanli was very sensible and sent a well-known headhunter from Dongping Prefecture to investigate the case.The modus operandi of this case was simple and rough. More than a dozen people came on horseback, fired rockets, and left. There were so many clues that it was not difficult to investigate.

The head catcher who was in charge of the investigation had almost finished the investigation by noon the next day. After questioning witnesses, it was found that the dozen or so people had passed through Rao in the south of the city. Reporting, hesitating is hard to say.

Cheng Wanli looked at the head catcher in front of him, and asked, "Boss catcher Li, how's the investigation going?"

"According to eyewitnesses, the dozen or so men in black riding horses were well-trained and neatly moved. After committing the crime, they circled from the south of the city to the west of the city and disappeared near the barracks. It's gone." Li Butou said.

This is not a lice on the bald man's head, understand, I will destroy him if I can't get it, who else has this style of doing things except Dong Ping?This martial artist, besides knowing how to fight and kill, knows nothing else. He doesn't understand people's livelihood, he doesn't know how to do business, he only knows how to plunder.

Cheng Wanli suppressed the anger in his heart and said, "Okay, I got it, you can go down."

Li Butou left, Cheng Wanli turned to Master Jia and said, "What do you think, sir? It's a pity that such a big workshop has been destroyed."

Mr. Jia said: "Then Chai Lin is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Vice General Zhang beat up the shopkeeper of the paper mill and asked Chai Lin to finish it. Now that Dong Ping has burned the workshop to nothing, how can he let it go."

Cheng Wanli nodded, and said: "It is true, this Chai Lin will take revenge. Where did he go, why didn't I see him yesterday?"

"He, he went to Hu's Village to relax." Master Jia said.

"We can't let him be idle like this, go and send someone to inform him of the matter," Cheng Wanli said.

Besides, in Hujiazhuang, Chai Lin, Wu Yong, Dian Zhengnan, Jie Bao, Liu Tang and others gathered together to drink tea under the big tree in the back garden.

Ma Ling came in and said, "Brother, the paper mill is on fire. The straw is too easy to catch fire, and it has become a piece of white ground."

Chai Lin said: "It's okay, let's burn it, we don't need money, just build another one. Anyway, the machines have already been shipped out, and burning some wheat straw can be worth a few dollars. Brother Ma Ling has worked hard. Let's have a cup of tea." Bar."

"Thank you brother."

Everyone was drinking tea in the yard, and Wu Yong invited Chai Lin into the living room.

Wu Yong said: "Brother, the prefect of Cheng didn't have a good heart. He made it clear that Dong Ping was going to fight to the death. It's a big workshop. It's a pity to burn down the town."

"Who says it's not, but Dong Ping is not aggressive, has a high position and power, and has a lot of troops in his hands. If he fights hard, we will suffer." Chailin said.

Wu Yong rolled his eyes and said, "Brother, Master Cheng asked us to fight Dong Ping, and we can also let him fight Dong Ping."

"Oh, do you have any good ideas?" Chailin asked.

Wu Yong said: "Dongping Mansion is so close to Shuibo Liangshan, and Wang Lun made such a big commotion, with thousands of troops, do you think Cheng Wanli can't be prepared at all?"

"That must not be the case. If I were him, I would definitely put a few spies in the water." Chailin said.

"We just need to get news from Shuibo Liangshan that Dong Ping is Liangshan's internal response, and Cheng Wanli will definitely act first. But the question is how can the news spread from Liangshan?" Wu Yong scratched his head and thought. There is no good way to come out.

Chai Lin smiled and said nothing, Wu Yong had no choice but to act as if he hadn't come up with this idea.

Two nights later, Master Jia had just fallen asleep, when someone knocked on the door suddenly, and a man in black came in, with a hook hanging on his waist, apparently he had climbed over the wall.

"No, Dong Ping is Liangshan's internal response." The man in black said.

"Don't worry, just speak slowly."

"Shuibo Liangshan has been breeding white geese and ducks during this period, almost 10,000+. Wang Lun's plan is to rely on these waterfowl to raise soldiers, but 10,000+ have long mouths, which is a huge consumption, and the cottage can't help it. Wang Lun drank high this afternoon. Song Wan reminded Wang Lun that there was no need for feed, and after a while the cottage ran out of food and could only eat these half-sized geese and ducks. Who knew that Wang Lun said, don’t worry, Dong Ping from Dongping Mansion is my My good brothers, they will bring us food. If it doesn’t work, we will cooperate with the outside world and open Dongping Mansion, which will have all the food and grass we want.” said the man in black.

Master Jia broke out in a cold sweat, the news was too harsh.

"You and later, come with me to report to the adults."

Cheng Wanli didn't have a wife or concubine, so it was no inconvenience for him to sleep alone, so Master Jia called out to him.

This black-clothed craftsman is a friend of Mr. Jia for many years. After talking to Mr. Cheng, Cheng Wanli also didn't believe it. Although Dong Ping was arrogant and domineering, how could he get involved with Wang Lun.

"Have you heard how Dong Ping cooperated with Wang Lun?" Master Cheng asked.

The man in black shook his head: "My status in Liangshan Renmali is very low, and I am far away from the big boss when I drink, but I heard what Wang Lun's soldiers said, Dong Ping was annoyed because the adults didn't betroth his daughter to him, etc. , I don’t know exactly why, anyway, be careful, my lord.”

After listening to Master Cheng, he said: "It's not early, go back quickly, once your head is exposed, you won't be safe."

"Yes." The man in black returned overnight. A spy like him can't see the light. Once exposed, he will die.

The man in black left, Cheng Wanli lost all sleepiness, Cheng Wanli found out the tea pot, Master Jia brewed two cups of strong tea.

"Why is Dong Ping's character so extreme? He occupied Dongping Paper Factory and was jealous of others making money. He killed many people. I don't blame him. He burned Dongping Paper Factory to nothing. I still endured him. What do you think we should do in exchange for giving in again and again, Lao Jia?" Cheng Wanli asked.

Master Jia said: "The matter has come to this point. If we don't act quickly, our lives will be at stake. After all, the military power is in Dong Ping's hands. Our thousand city defense infantry is no match for Dong Ping's three thousand troops. The only one The most important point is that most of the family members of the Three Thousand Xiang Army live in the city, and not all of them will follow Dong Pinghu."

Cheng Wanli shook his head: "Using soldiers is like herding sheep. These soldiers probably don't know what they are doing. In this way, at dawn, I sent [-] infantry into the city with my warrant, and then used the name of the exercise to replace all the weapons and guns." Make it into a white wax pole, and then I will personally go to lecture. In addition, I will immediately notify Chai Lin and ask him to guard the government office. As long as the government office is not lost, Dongping City will not be in chaos."

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away," Master Jia said.

Jiang is still old and spicy. This move is the safest way to separate the soldiers from the generals.

Mr. Jia didn't sleep well all night. Before dawn, he transferred more than [-] Xiang army infantry into the city. First, he ate a breakfast with meat. The black cloth was smeared with white lime, and they were divided into two groups for offensive and defensive exercises. Whoever was smeared with white lime by the opponent would be considered dead.

(End of this chapter)