Chapter three hundred and fifty second empty check
Even he felt that Naima's defeat was inexplicable. He was about to be fully involved in Yu County, but he didn't expect that the Jin soldiers would rush up behind him. The Rouran bandits were not troops, they did not have such good qualities, nor did they have the concept of defense behind them. They decided that Cossacks had gone to deal with the Jin soldiers, so they never thought about other problems.
Not only was the Cossack unable to destroy this man, but he did not even play a role in blocking. He actually let the team rush into the city directly. He was attacked by hundreds of elite soldiers from behind, and the team less than two thousand could not resist. Naima's command was taken at the first time. Before he could escape, he was held captive by more than a dozen teams. He was arrested with him, including all the members of the Staff of the Fifth Cavalry Division of Rouran Kindergarten, the sons and nephews of various horse bandit leaders.
The capture of these people led to the loss of the Rouran bandits. The next battle was one-sided war. More than 300 people were killed, more than 1,000 prisoners were captured, and the remaining people fled in a hurry and fled out of the city in a panic. A large number of Rouran's good horses became the capture of officers and soldiers. With these foot strength, the Rouran's mobility advantage will gradually be caught by the Wuwei Army.
Ren Sheng's injuries were not too serious. After drinking some medicine, he could take care of himself, but he still felt ashamed. After waking up, his first sentence was "Reign, Ren Sheng was forced to behead himself. Please behead Ren's head and pass it on to each battalion to rule the military law."
Zhao Guanhou shook his head, "It's not easy for you. The battle has been very hard these days. This can be overcome. There is no need to be beheaded. But in the future, you must be careful. There is so many Rouran people in the city, so how can you not be careful?"
The remaining bandits in Tongyu County have been basically eliminated, and the sporadic battles are not in scale and it is difficult to affect the troops. The people and merchants who survived the disaster thanked the grace of the front army. The merchants were willing to take out their own food to ****, but were rejected by Zhao Guanhou.
What he is more concerned about now is the situation in Taonan and the actions of the bandits as a whole. Sun Meiyao pointed to the prisoner camp, "Those prisoners are the best sources of information, and they are tortured, so they are not afraid of not recruiting them!"
Naima is a tough guy. Although he saw whips, irons and other torture instruments, he did not frown at all. "Hans, we Rourans are born with hard guys. If you have any means, just use them. If you frown, you are not descendants of the Golden Family. I want to see if it is your torture instrument, or our Rourans' bones are powerful."
Zhao Guanhou sneered: "You are a hero, and these torture instruments may not be useful to you, but if I don't torture you, I will hand you over to the merchants and Han people outside, what will you do? There are many people in the city who are interested in you. Some people are willing to send my daughters to me as my little wife, just to change you alone. If you don't say anything, I will buy it with you."
After hearing this, Naima's expression changed and she shook her head repeatedly and said, "No... you can't do this. How can we use this destructive method when we are fighting between the two armies? What do you want to ask? I will definitely say what you know, but don't expect me to reveal the secret of our army's operations to you..."
Those who said this were naturally ready to leak the secret of the action. After the interrogation overnight, everything he knew had been poured into the bamboo tube and was shaking. By dawn the next day, Zhao Guanhou had just eaten breakfast, looked at the confession, nodded and said, "This Naima is a wonderful person. He basically said everything useful, but he didn't say a useless sentence. It's better to catch more of such a tongue."
Sun Meiyao drank milk tea and asked, "What are your plans for those prisoners? The people asked to kill them all and avenge their relatives. If one of them is not killed, it is difficult to explain here. If all of them are killed, the Rouran bandits will definitely fight us to the end in the future."
"I'm not afraid of fighting them to the end. But after all, we have each other like prisoners. One side is on the first day of the first day and the other side is on the fifteenth day of the year, and the innocent weak people are always affected. So let these prisoners draw lots by themselves. Whoever draws the dead will blame you for your bad luck. Leave them to the people to deal with it. It has nothing to do with us. Other prisoners are like commanders, and they are rare goods. I want to exchange them for things and can't kill them at will."
Sun Meiyao smiled and whispered in his ear: "You are so murderous? Feng Xi has it in her belly. Don't you accumulate some yin skills for your son? You still commit murderous crimes like this. Be careful that you will be a daughter."
"So what? I don't have to worry about not having a son. There are so many women who can have a son. Besides, I think men and women are the same, and there is no idea that sons are more important than daughters. These Rourans are not human and must be killed, otherwise they will still cause trouble. What I am worried about now is Taonan, and shopkeeper Dong personally went to Taonan to open a branch. If he makes a mistake... I'm sorry to my friend."
"I'm sorry, right?" Sun Meiyao twisted it gently on him. "I've seen those pairs of shoes. That bitch is a concubine's mother and is so dishonest. If Manager Dong knew about it, it would be a lively thing. It would be better to let him die here. No one dares to say a word for you two night shops."
"No matter what your identity is, I'm sorry. I know my elder brother's ability. He is very good, but the others are not very good. In real war, he is far behind him, so I'm afraid he can't afford to fight Rouran."
"It's a blessing or not a disaster, it's a disaster, it's a disaster. It's like what you should do. After all, this time, the Fusang people failed to do their own intelligence work and were beaten by Rouran people. They deserve it."
Zhao Guanhou thought for a moment, "This also proves that Fusang's manpower has reached its limit. They no longer have the energy to devote themselves to this matter, so they have such a big flaw. In fact, this is a good thing for us. If Fusang knows Rouran's actions well, I will really be afraid."
The two were intimate for a while, and Sun Meiyao went outside to instruct the team to prepare for the departing. Tongyu was still left to Ren Sheng to guard, but he only rectified his troops and replenished some ammunition for him, so that he would continue to hold on.
Ren Sheng nodded and said, "Don't worry, sir, the city is here. If there is any mistake in Tongyu, the flag will not come to see the sir alive. But sir, you have brought so many prisoners, aren't you going to go quickly?"
"I have thought about captives and give them to another team to escort them later. Zhang Yuting and the others are experts in doing this, and they will not let a captive escape."
Sure enough, when he heard that they were asked to take prisoners, Zhang Yuting smiled and said, "This espresso is an old business. If you can't do it well, then what's the beard? Brother, don't worry, one espresso leaves and pay you a golden flagpole. I'll let my good friend take charge of the escort and make sure it's okay. We have to hurry up and save people, and there's no more city losses. Tongyu's disaster is too tragic. The second girl, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, was fine, but when Tongyu arrived, why did she jump into the well? What's the matter?"
"There is no way. If no one knows her identity outside, she can deceive herself and live by herself. When she arrives in her hometown, everyone will point fingers at her and accus her of being unfaithful, so she can only die. When she passes the order and meets a woman again, try to make arrangements and protection, unless she asks her, don't let them go home, I will find a way to settle them."
According to Zhao Guanhou's expectation, the real fierce battle was to be in Taonan. However, to his surprise, the news sent back by the scout of the vanguard was that the county of Taonan had been recovered by the government army, and only a small number of bandit gangs were entrenched in the Chengguan area. When the brigade of official troops appeared, these bandit gangs had fled without fighting. When the army arrived outside the city, Cao Zhongkun had already lined up outside the city to greet him.
Compared with Tongyu's tragic situation, Taonan can be said to be a paradise. Except that most of the houses in Chengguan were destroyed, the city suffered not much loss. The Taonan offices of Huatou Sheng Bank and Zhengjin Bank were operating normally without any impact. Major businesses, houses, and warehouses were also conducting normal commercial trade. However, when the Rouran bandits entered the city, the children of some big merchants were tied up, and about twenty meat tickets were kidnapped, and they have not been rescued yet.
Taonan attracted a large number of residents and merchants to gather, forming a large county town with wide yamen. As soon as Zhao Guanhou arrived, he naturally occupied the entire county government office. The first person he wanted to meet was his elder brother Cao Zhongkun.
Cao Zhongkun did not hide it, and he had no element of self-praise and expressing his achievements.
"The fourth brother, you know, I'm just a waste of money and life is okay, and it's okay for me to fight. This time, Taonan was really in lingering, and almost let Rouran take it down. Fortunately, my subordinates are all literary and military, and the martial arts master is the general Long Yang sword borrowed from you. I tell you, I must repay this person. Not only will I not repay him, but I will also promote him as a scoop and fight with me. What do you want, I will make up for you, and this person will be my subordinate. He is unambiguous in these two moves, and he has a motivation to fight, but it is Wu Jingfu's credit to protecting this city."
Wu Jingfu was a scholar who had already broken up and joined the Wuwei Right Army. He is now working in the Fusang intelligence agency and has made some contributions to the Fusang people spying on intelligence. Zhao Guanhou has also heard of his name. I don’t know why it has something to do with him this time.
Cao Zhongkun said, "It was him who found out that Rouran people wanted to cooperate with each other and specially offered me a trick to catch people in the city first and control all the Rouran people in the city. Then he pretended to open the city, but actually adjusted the cannons. As soon as Rouran people entered the city, they immediately fired the cannons. With that cannon, one of the soldiers who entered the city was not alive and all were killed. I heard that two big bandit leaders, one named Curly Pilot Iron and the other named Chuoke Daben, were all beaten to death. Rouran people were injured in their vitality and their teams were disrupted and they dared not attack. Wu Jingfu set fire at the city gate to block the enemy with fire until your reinforcements came. It was his credit for the loss in our city. This time I have to protect his future and let such a person have a good background."
"Brother, don't worry, I will take care of this person's future."
"No, it's not your responsibility. You have to let him be under my command. I can't stand this time. What about next time? I think I'm leaving him under my command and being an aide to me. If he gives advice and command the troops, I'll save trouble. But I don't know how to negotiate with Fusang people."
Zhao Guanhou nodded and said, "I will do the negotiations from Fusang. Just tell the scholar Wu. If he is willing to be with you, it is the best. If he is not willing, this kind of thing cannot be forced, otherwise it will be extremely meaningless. How about the third brother?"
Cao Zhongkun said, "The third brother is more cruel than me. After he entered the city, he drove all Rouran to Chengguan. Regardless of whether there is any suspicion or not, no one in the city will be left. When Rouran moves, he sets fire at Chengguan and throws his hands and bullets away, and drives everyone away. Feng Linge also brings a group of people to help him, but he has never heard of Baicheng falling, but the situation is not very good. Rouran is surrounded by heavy troops. Let's take time to help him quickly."
Zhao Guanhou agreed, but at this time, Sun Meiyao came in from outside and said angrily: "The Fusang people are so hateful, so they are fooling us as monkeys. Come and see what Zhengjin Bank has prepared for us!"
Zhengjin Bank has a temporary office in Taonan. According to Fusang, the materials Zhao Guanhou asked for before were all here. However, when Zhao Guanhou arrived at the place, he saw that Zhang Yuting and others were not good-looking, so he knew that the situation had changed.
The first thing is that the agreed silver was 200,000 taels, which was actually only 40,000, which was seriously insufficient. The bank manager's explanation was that the silver number was too large and difficult to transport, so he could only raise it slowly in the future. The 40,000 taels were transported only after a lot of effort, but they could be paid by Fusang Jinyuan.
In terms of ammunition, the 4,000 promised by Fusang was actually less than 500, all of which were seized from Tiele. Although it can be considered fast, the wear and tear of the branches was actually quite serious, which was considered to have a written loophole in the contract. In terms of numbers, it means that only so many were shipped, and there was no other one. The grain numbers were also very different from the agreed number, and it was explained that it was difficult to collect grain outside the pass, and it was impossible to have such a large number of grains. You could only go to Baicheng and other disciplinary measures to get the grain and then get it all together. In fact, it was still required that the Jin soldiers go to Baicheng to rescue the siege so that they could have food.
The number of bullets and mines left by hand is more than half shorter than the number specified in the contract, and even the five hundred Albion horses are not visible. In terms of medicines, the number of knife wounds and wounds is not large, and not enough.
The bank manager just kept bowing and apologizing, "I'm really sorry. The maritime transportation line of the customs country was severely damaged by the Tielite people, and the transportation capacity was seriously insufficient. Some promised materials were not transported in time, which is something we can't imagine. We are very sorry for the regret caused by this, but please rest assured that after we wiped out the Tielite fleet, once the maritime transportation line is restored, the indebted materials will be filled in as much as possible."
These people's eyes were almost spitting out fire, but they couldn't really kill the bank manager because of this. Fortunately, Taonan is not comparable to Tongyu, but is a very prosperous place with large merchants, so it is not difficult to purchase materials. It is always unhappy to use their own money, food, and medicine to help Fusang people beat Rouran people.
Dong Jun's Siheng General Officer was responsible for the procurement of military supplies, and he was naturally responsible for purchasing military supplies. However, he only ran out for two hours and came back and quietly informed Zhao Guanhou about a news. On the local black market, he found many red-injured medicines at high prices. The family asked only to accept gold and silver, not paper currency. Some people were scattered. It was probably the military supplies that Zhao Guanhou needed. They were not transported, but were dumped for profit.
When Zhao Guanhou told everyone the news, Zhang Yuting slapped the table and said, "Mom, no one dared to play this trick with us yet! Little nose, really think I dare not mess with him anymore? Let him see what we are so powerful today. Come on, prepare! Tie him first and take our things back before talking about it." (To be continued.)
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