Catastrophe

Inside the independent camp headquarters, Lu Meng saw an unfamiliar number dialed on his satellite phone, paused for two seconds, then picked up the phone and pressed it to answer.

On the other side of the phone, Yong Wu's voice came: "Are you Lu Meng?"

"Yes, it's me!" Lu Meng responded, "Are you Yong Wu?"

"Yes!"

"I can put the bandits under your command back, which should have proved my sincerity, let's talk?"

"What are you talking about, say it!"

Lu Mengdao understood his intentions and continued: "Last night, you attacked the independent camp to arrest me, right? I won't go into this matter, and you don't have to deny it."

When Yong Wu heard this, it was as if he heard a joke: "Do you think I will be afraid that you will hold me accountable?"

Lu Meng didn't fight the fire, but kept his tone as calm as possible: "You don't need to be so full of gunpowder, I'm not calling you to ask for guilt, and I don't want to stand against you, willing to release the detained bandits, It's enough to prove my sincerity, isn't it?"

"We're not friends, we don't have friendship, so why do you have to explain this to me?" Yong Wu knew the intention of Lu Meng's call, but in order to suppress Lu Meng's aura, he didn't take the initiative to mention Zhang Duo's matter: "You Speak straight."

Lu Meng didn't go around the corner: "Zhang Duo, who was taken away by you, is my deputy. He has no effect on you. I hope you release him."

When Yong Wu saw Lu Meng's appeal, he asked, "Why?"

"You are a bandit, you must always have a purpose in doing things, right? And there is no grievance or enmity between you and me. Presumably you did something to me for profit, not for vengeance. Since there is no blood vengeance between us, of course we can negotiate. ." Lu Meng paused for a moment: "I understand the rules of bandits, you tied the meat ticket, I will give you a ransom, is that so?"

Yong Wu smiled: "You're quite good, I thought you would put on a high-level look and use the excuse of suppressing bandits to press me."

Lu Meng said calmly: "You know the situation in Lingnan, and I also know that the military has no extra energy to suppress bandits, and you are more familiar with the terrain of Lingnan than me, I don't think I can destroy you, and I also I have no intention of becoming an enemy of the bandits in Lingnan."

"The most important thing is that you are a small mercenary battalion commander, and you don't have the strength." Seeing Lu Meng's sincere attitude, Yong Wu said softly, "You are right, but what I want is not just ransom."

"Then what do you want?"

Yong Wu did not respond positively: "If you really want Zhang Duo to be safe, then we have to meet and talk."

"Can!"

"At sunset tomorrow night, wait for me at the Desert Inn in Chaoxi Town."

"Where is Chaoxi Town?"

"If you can't even find Chaoxi Town, I'm afraid you don't have the qualifications to see me."

Lu Meng didn't expect that one day he would be coerced by a bandit, so he gritted his teeth slightly: "I will be there on time, but only if Zhang Duo is safe. Only when my people see Zhang Duo will I show up!"

"Don't worry, what you said just now is right. For me, Zhang Duo is a worthless meat ticket. I don't need to torture him, remember to be on time." Yong Wu said, and hung up the phone.

Opposite Lu Meng, Ning Zhe saw him put down the phone and asked, "What did Yong Wu say?"

"He agreed to hand over someone and asked us to meet in Chaoxi Town." Lu Meng raised his eyebrows: "But I have never heard of this place."

"If nothing else, it should be another bandit city. This kind of place is a black market for bandits." As Ning Zhe spoke, he pushed open the door and shouted to the outside, "Li Shezi!"

"Hey! It's here!"

A middle-aged man standing guard outside heard the shouts and ran to the battalion headquarters quickly. This middle-aged man was one of the bandits they had recruited. It turned out to be the head of the grain depot of the Xiejialing Bandit Gang, and he was considered a veteran among the bandits.

After entering the door, Li Shezi greeted Lu Meng and Ning Zhe with a nod and bow: "Two sirs, are you looking for me?"

Ning Zhe nodded: "I ask you, do you know this place in Chaoxi Town?"

"I know, Chaoxi is a black market bandit city. When we were in Lingnan, we always went there to buy food!" Li Shezi nodded: "The so-called black market bandit city is the town where bandits live and trade. Lingnan area..."

Ning Zhe interrupted him: "Don't explain this, just talk about the situation in Chaoxi Town."

Li Shezi said angrily: "Chaoxi Town is one of the larger bandit cities in the Lingnan area, and several big bandit gangs are responsible for maintaining order. All transactions generated here will take a certain percentage of tax, which is considered Lingnan. It is the safest bandit city in the area, because several big bandits will take turns to send people to maintain law and order, as long as the bandits still want to be in this area, they will not dare to cause trouble there!"

Lu Meng interjected, "Does the big bandit gang you speak of include the Yongwu Bandit Gang?"

"As far as I know, there shouldn't be, because it seems that the Yongwu Gang is quite far from Chaoxi Town, and even if Yong Wuzhuang is very powerful in this area, if they really go to Chaoxi Town, they will not be those few. The opponent of the bandit gang." Li Shezi scratched his cheek: "It will take at least a day and a half to get to Chaoxi Town from us. As for how long it will take the Yongwu bandit gang, I don't think it's very good, but a rough calculation is not enough. It will be less than a day."

"so far?"

Lu Meng and Ning Zhe were a little surprised when they heard the words: "That is to say, even if we leave now, we have to get there early tomorrow morning?"

Li Shezi thought for a moment: "If you leave now~www.readwn.com~ If the journey goes smoothly and there are no attacks, wild beasts and sandstorms, it will be good to arrive before noon tomorrow!"

"We may go to Chaoxi Town, you should prepare now and serve as the guide in the team after departure!" Ning Zhe waved his hand to dismiss Li Shezi, and then looked at Lu Meng: "What do you think?"

"If what Li Shezi said is correct, then this is a bit strange." Lu Meng's eyes were full of doubts and puzzles: "Compared to us, Yong Wu's advantage lies in his knowledge of the local area, as well as his subordinates. The number is far more than ours, and he chose the meeting place far away from Chaoxi Town, the advantage is much less, because he can't always take the whole gang there, regardless of whether this matter can be realized or not. , It's just the matter of the large army marching, it is too late in time, so I analyze that he can only bring some elites.

The second doubt lies in the environment of Chaoxi Town. Li Shezi just said that Chaoxi Town is covered by several local big bandits, and it is not located in the territory of Yongwu. He also said that the strength of those big bandits On a par with the Yong Wu Bandit Gang, if Yong Wu only brought a small number of people, he should not dare to make trouble there.

All these signs indicate that Yong Wu chose a place suitable for negotiation, but you and I both know that Yong Wu's real purpose is not to negotiate with us, and this is what puzzles me the most. "