Aspirations for Nation and Beauty: Chapter 53: Pulling the Bow

However, Jiang Bin is not too worried, because the situation reflected from the west, the Kaman people have followed the agreement and exerted huge military pressure on the Taixuanfu area where a large number of troops have been assembled. It is impossible to draw out troops, and they are lucky to be able to protect themselves. He was a little worried about another army of his own that moved quickly on the southern front. It is said that it has controlled the most important iron mine in the south of Lulong Mansion, although it is still some distance from Longdong Zhegu Pass in the south, and there is still a gap in the middle. There is a Liupan mountain range, and the Northwest Army entrenched there is still quite difficult to go north. But we still have to remind them to be careful to avoid accidents. After all, Li Wufeng uses troops differently from ordinary people.

Heishiji was originally an inconspicuous small town in the south of Lulong Mansion, but since rich iron ore was discovered here thirty years ago, the situation has changed drastically. After repeated explorations, the Imperial General Administration of Industry and Mines determined that there is extremely rich iron ore here, enough to be mined for more than a hundred years, which has caused earth-shaking changes here. The General Administration of Industry and Mines of the Empire built two large mines here on behalf of the central government of the empire, and built a large smelting plant to support it. Beiyuan County and Lulong Mansion also built a mine on behalf of local governments at all levels, but compared to the five largest mines in the empire The super-large mines built by the family's Miao family after obtaining the approval of the central government of the empire, these government-run mines seem to be dwarfed by comparison. Surrounding these large mines are dozens of small private mines, all of which were gradually developed by well-established businessmen and gentry after obtaining the support of the government.

The development of a large number of mines has attracted the influx of a large number of laborers. There are tens of thousands of workers in just a few large mines, and with the addition of various small mines, the number of miners gathered in Heishiji will exceed 20,000. And such a large number of consumer groups will inevitably attract the entry of a large number of consumer industries. The entire Black Stone Collection presents a deformed prosperity. The second largest town in Fucheng.

At this time, Heishiji had completely fallen into a state of anarchy. As the partial division of the Taiping Army first detoured to the west, and then went back in the opposite direction, they surrounded Heishiji in one fell swoop, and a large number of people were trapped in Heishiji before they had time to escape. The businessmen have been caught without a fight. They are all businessmen from all over the empire. Most of them come here to buy iron products. They carry a lot of cash and bank notes. Unexpectedly, in just a few days, there will be sudden changes in various places, and there will be chaos everywhere. The helpless merchants had to hide in this black stone collection, hoping that God would open his eyes and escape this catastrophe.

As the leader of this side division, the young man couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart. Thinking of how rich the land under his feet was, he rode his horses and led his troops to patrol the streets. The hustle and bustle of the past could be vaguely seen. There are still many unknown wealth hidden, and the corner of the young man's mouth reveals a cruel smile.

"General, I'm afraid it's inappropriate for you to do this?" In the fortified hall, the young man had just issued an order, and the last person he took out had already stepped forward, "The Shengguo Wenxiang Mansion has issued an order. , we want us to carefully deal with the property issues of these businessmen and gentry, if you confiscate all their assets in this way, I am afraid that it is somewhat inconsistent with the government's decree!"

"Hey, what do you think? Do you want these maggots to enjoy the **** wealth they have obtained by squeezing us miners and slave brothers? Or let them take the wealth away?" The young man The man's face immediately turned cold, his eyes were red, and there were bursts of mad killing intent in his eyes, "Ask the brothers who just joined us, do you agree? Ask all the suffering brothers of the holy church Don't agree?"

"Yeah, these things that are not as good as pigs and dogs are like vampires endlessly sucking the blood of our miners and draining our oil. We must not tolerate these guys continuing to work under the rule of the Holy Church. Domineering! We will never agree!" Two middle-aged men who looked like miners stood up excitedly, waving their powerful hands, a little impulsively. They were all miners liberated by the Taiping Army after capturing Heishiji, and most of them were slaves. They all asked to join the Crusaders, and immediately got the consent of the young general.

"But, ``````" Under the glaring gazes of the crowd, the thin young man who stood up to express his objection seemed unable to withstand the pressure of the crowd's gaze. Courageously said: "But this will have an adverse effect on our future development!"

"Hmph! Adverse effects?! What adverse effects?! We have the poor people in the world to rely on, and we just want to eradicate this bunch of rotten parasites. This time we only confiscated their property, not their lives. I just hope they can behave honestly, and we will continue to investigate those who are rich and heartless among them, we must not show mercy, we must let their own blood wash away their sins!"

The young general was high-spirited, passing through Jizhan Town all the way, the officers and soldiers fled, and did not encounter any decent enemies at all. At this time, nearly 10,000 slave miners joined his army, and his strength was even more inflated. generally. The most important thing is to obtain a large number of weapons in several iron workshops, many of which are ordered by the imperial army, including knives, spears, shields, iron leaf armor, etc., which are enough to equip more than 30,000 people. The needs of an additional 10,000 troops, and the weapons of their original troops have been improved and supplemented, which greatly enhanced their self-confidence.

And the large amount of money and materials obtained from these merchants and local merchants and gentry gathered in the market town is enough to double the size of my team and still maintain it for half a year. be greatly improved. Maybe it won't be long before I will get rid of this status as the commander-in-chief of the partial master, command the entire army of the whole government, and become a veritable commander-in-chief of the whole government. It seems that this group of cartilage businessmen has to be squeezed out, maybe a few more have to be killed to have the effect of killing chickens and scaring monkeys, so that the income will definitely be more lucrative. Thinking of this, the young man's face couldn't help but Showed a proud grin.

"What's the matter?" Wufeng hurried into the big tent, and was awakened by the guards just after he fell asleep and rested. He was really upset, but he also knew that something important must happen, otherwise Mulig would not Come in a hurry and send someone to call yourself.

"My lord, there is an emergency." Mulige's auburn face showed excitement, and he reported excitedly: "The enemy's whereabouts have been discovered, and it is very beneficial to us."

"Oh?" Wufeng became interested when he heard it. Could it be that he was a little lucky, he just stepped out of the Liupan Mountains, and he finally said to take a rest. Before he could lie down, the enemy came?

"What's going on, tell me in detail." After calming down, Wufeng regained his usual calmness.

"My lord, just now our reconnaissance team captured a few suspicious people thirty miles away from our camp. After inspection, they are all businessmen who escaped from Heishiji, and they provided us with information about the current enemy The basic situation in Heishiji." Mulige waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to bring the captured businessman up.

Taking advantage of this spare time, Wufeng frowned and asked, "Have their identities been confirmed? Is there any fraud?"

"Don't worry, my lord, there is absolutely no problem, I have personally checked it repeatedly." Mulige said with a straightened chest.

"Well, that's good, don't ask the Taiping Sect to set us up, it will become a joke." Wufeng let out a sigh of relief, "How could they escape?"

"There are still some joints in the middle. If you are not at ease later, you might as well ask carefully." Mulig replied with a smile.

The three disheveled middle-aged men were quickly brought up, probably due to time constraints, their clothes could not be changed in the future, and they still looked disheartened and depressed. However, there was a bit of joy on his face, maybe he was glad that he had escaped from the tiger and wolf den of Heishiji.

The three of them noticed the difference as soon as they stepped into the big tent. They were also brought into this tent after repeated inspections. The three of them were sent back to the custody, but at this time they saw the brown-faced general standing under a plainclothes young man in the middle, obviously belonging to a subordinate position, they couldn't help being very surprised, and the eyes of the three of them immediately fell on Wufeng.

"This is the military and political envoy of the Northwest of the Empire and the Governor of Northern Luzon, Duke Li Wufeng, are you not polite?!" Standing aside, Mulige said solemnly, his eyes were like torches, piercing the three of them. shrink.

"Ah?!" The three of them trembled all over, filled with joy and surprise, "My lord! You have to decide for us!"

The three of them knelt down on the ground at the same time, weeping and crying: "My lord, you must be the master for us. Those **** cult rebels are so lawless. We ransacked all the property we have accumulated over the years, and it is even more brutal than bandits and robbers!"

It seems that the appearance of Wufeng and his army has given these people infinite hope. The fear and fear of the humiliation they have suffered in the past few days have been released at once. Crouching at Wufeng's feet and weeping bitterly, Wufeng couldn't accept the smell for a while.

Although I am very disdainful of these people who want to behave like women, but think about it, these guys have been used to the luxurious life of pampering, where have they suffered such torture, and they can walk and escape It's already very good, these guys will still be useful to me in the future, at least let them go back and promote their glorious image, so Wufeng tried his best to suppress the disgust in his heart, pretending to be amiable, comforting Said: "Three please, Li Wufeng came late and made you suffer, please rest assured, Li will never let the barbaric behavior of these cult rebels continue, and must find justice for you all. !”

The fierce and forceful rhetoric made the three people kneeling at Wufeng's feet suddenly have infinite hope, and the reverence for Wufeng's gratitude and gratitude was even more like a mountain, and they didn't know what to say for a while .

Wufeng didn't talk nonsense with them, he was more concerned about the current situation of the crusaders stationed in Heishiji, especially their number configuration and deployment. Of course, the three businessmen cooperated actively and told the whole story of what they saw and heard, which indeed provided Wufeng with quite a lot of valuable information.

It turned out that one of these three people was originally a landlord in the south of Lulong, and they fled into Heishiji when they realized that the situation was deteriorating. All of them were mine owners of Blackstone Group. After the three were captured by the Crusaders, they were forced to hand over all their money, gold and silver. In addition, their usual performance was not too eye-catching, so the Crusaders let them go back to their respective mines in Blackstone. Originally, they did not want to take such a big risk to escape, but they found that several relatively large mine owners were not allowed to leave the prison of the Taiping Army after all their properties were confiscated. This situation is not quite right. After the three of them discussed it, they simply took some treasures that were easy to keep and fled by night. However, they were still blocked by the rebel army when they escaped from the Black Stone Collection. Fortunately, several of them were The slave miners who just joined the Crusaders this time, and the two mine owners usually treat them fairly well. After offering all the treasures, and with the talk of acquaintances, the little leader of the Taiping Army who led the team finally let them go , they were able to escape.

After repeated cross-examination, Wufeng was finally convinced that the situation of the enemy's house in Heishiji had been controlled by his own side. Blackstone collected the surrounding situation and began to discuss the raid plan.

"My lord, I think we can't wait for the scouts to report any longer. Soldiers are precious, and the time is pressing now. The situation has been reflected relatively clearly. The enemy is still in a state of carnival. Most of the patrolling troops sent are The slave soldiers who just joined two days ago have no experience at all. We can take this opportunity to catch him off guard and destroy them in one fell swoop. If there is a slight delay and the enemy finds our whereabouts ~IndoMTL.com~ or other circumstances, then It will be difficult to win in one battle." Mulige suggested anxiously, Heishiji is less than forty miles away from his camping area, once the enemy scouts find out, all plans will come to naught and lost With this opportunity, the Taiping Army has added another 10,000 strong miners to the force. Coupled with the sufficient supply of weapons from Heishiji, it will bring unnecessary losses to its own side.

Wufeng also nodded. In fact, while arranging scouts to dispatch, he was also considering the issue of fighters, which delayed the fighters. The confidence to strike quickly. Thank you for your long-term support. I am sorry for the delay due to publishing issues. Because the book is updated too fast and too much on the Internet, many publishers are reluctant to publish it. It is said that Shanda Literature has a rule that any book published there can get 1,000 reservation tickets for physical publication. I hope to support Regan’s book Friends and readers make an appointment in Shanda's book column. As long as you register in Shanda, you can be approved to book, and there are no other requirements. Please support this book and my book friends and readers to give strong support to realize my dream of publishing. Regan here expresses his most sincere thanks to the book friends and readers who have always supported me, no matter whether they book or not.

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