Chapter 115 Take the opportunity to blackmail

Wang Pu said in a heavy mood: "Since the bandits are less than a hundred miles away from Datong, it seems that it is impossible to move the people outside the city into the city before the bandits arrive."

"General." Zhen Youcai suddenly suggested, "Can we set up an ambush on the necessary path for this group of thieves? After all, there are only more than 10,000 thieves, and they are just the pioneers of the thieves in Shaanxi. As long as we solve this group of thieves, we still have time to move the people outside the city into the city."

Wang Pu thought about it again and again, shook his head and said, "No, this is too risky. The thieves marched along the river valley. The valley area is a flat and open area, and it is difficult to set up ambush. Besides, since this group of thieves are the vanguard, they must be the most elite among the thieves, and there are more than 10,000 people. If we send fewer people to ambush, we will lose a handful of rice. If there are more people to ambush, Datong's defense will be too weak. If the thieves temporarily change the marching route, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Zhen Youcai said: "It seems that we can only wait for the bandits to come to the city."

"It is not necessarily a bad thing for the bandits to come to the city." Wang Pu continued to say, "At least it can scare Zhu Chuanqi's iron rooster and Zhang Zi'an's old castrated man. In this way, when they ask for food and salary, they will be more happy, hum."

"Hey." Zhen Youcai said annoyed, "After that being said, we were still careless and were caught off guard by the thief."

"Although the thief caught us off guard, things were not so bad that they could not be cured." Wang Pu said this and turned around and said to Zhen Youcai, "Youcai, it seems that we will break up tonight. Monk, Tang Sheng is more brave and lacks wisdom. I'll ask you for the Leigong Mountain Camp."

"Don't worry, General." Zhen Youcai stood up with his fists and said solemnly, "I will do my best to assist Tang and Zhang, the two generals, guard the Leigong Mountain Camp."

Wang Pu also stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Please."

"Go away from me."

Zhen Youcai clasped his fists to Wang Pu and bowed again, then turned around and left.

When Zhen Youcai left, Wang Pucai turned around and shouted: "Lu Liu!"

Lu Liu stepped inside, clasped his fists and replied, "Here."

Wang Pu shouted: "I ordered the entire army to set up the battalion and station in Datong overnight, and then sent a quick horse to notify the surrounding guards, stations, forts, and 4,000 soldiers who were protecting the people entering the city. They did not have to go back to Datong anymore, so that they could retreat to the left guard of Datong immediately after receiving the military order, and there must be no mistakes!"

"yes!"

Lu Liu responded to the promise and took the order and left.

The next morning.

As soon as the sky was dawn, the eight thousand rebels led by Li Yan were approaching the city!

In fact, the intelligence of the government army has always been lagging behind. When Wang Pu received the news that the rebel army was about a hundred miles away from Datong, Li Yan's rebel army was actually only fifty miles away from Datong, and its troops were not more than 10,000, but eight thousand people. However, this cannot be blamed on the government army's local spies, because more than 8,000 people and more than 10,000 people did not seem to be much different.

Datong South Gate. Arrow Tower.

When Zhu Chuanqi, Zhang Zi'an and Wei Daben arrived one after another, Wang Pu had already been dressed neatly and waited for them majesticly on the arrow tower, facing the panic-eyed look of the three of them. Wang Pu said coldly: "Prince, Eunuch Zhang, Lord Wei, the bandits are already at the city!"

Zhu Chuanqi looked out through the arrow hole and saw that the black and thieves outside the city were full of thieves. He couldn't help but take a breath of air conditioning and said tremblingly: "The thieves... why, why did they come... so quickly? Yesterday... Isn't I going to return it yesterday... still three hundred miles away?"

Wei Daben's face was also gone. He said to Wang Pu: "My husband, the people outside the city didn't have time to move into the city. What should I do?"

Among the three, only Zhang Zi'an could still remain calm. Although this guy was just a eunuch, he was considered a person who had experienced strong storms. When he was in the Haiti, the Korqin cavalry suddenly appeared. More than 10,000 Datong border troops were defeated like mountains. He had seen such a terrifying scene, and of course he would not be frightened by the scene in front of him.

More importantly, neither Zhu Chuanqi nor Wei Daben witnessed Wang Pu's bravery with his own eyes, but Zhang Zi'an knew it. He thought that Wang Pu could chase more than 2,000 Mongolian cavalry and kill more than 2,000 Mongolian cavalry everywhere with only less than 400 cavalry servants. What was the ten thousand thieves outside the city? Wang Pu could destroy them with a wave of his hand.

Seeing Zhu Chuanqi's expression without anyone's expression, a trace of undetectable contempt flashed through Wang Pu's eyes, and then said, "Prince, this is just the vanguard's vanguard's vanguard's vanguard. If tomorrow night, the vanguard's vanguard's vanguard's vanguard's vanguard should have arrived outside Datong City."

"Ten... tens of thousands of streams... thieves?" Zhu Chuanqi's teeth began to fight and asked in a trembling voice, "Then... how many defenders are there in Datong City now?"

Wang Pu said: "The 4,000 official troops in the north camp have retreated into the city, and there are 3,000 servants from our Wang family, which has a total of more than 7,000 people."

"Ah!?" Zhu Chuanqi asked with a sniff, "There are only more than 7,000 people? Aren't the border troops nearly 20,000 people?"

Wang Pu said: "The border army has more than 18,000 people, but more than 10,000 people are scattered in the guards, places, forts, and cities, and more than 4,000 have been scattered to various villages and towns to protect the people. Now these people cannot be retreated to Datong, otherwise it will be easy for the spies of the thieves to sneak into the city! Therefore, they can only retreat to Datong's left guard first."

"Yes, the prince is right." Wei Daben wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said tremblingly, "These troops cannot return to Datong. If they really want the spies from the bandits to sneak into the city, the consequences will be unimaginable. For the sake of Datong's safety, they can only let these troops retreat to the left guard of Datong."

"Prince, Eunuch Zhang, Lord Wei." Wang Pu's eyes flew over the faces of the three of them one by one, and he said in a deep voice, "If you want to defend the city, it is not actually a place where there are many people. If the soldiers dare to fight their lives, three thousand people will be enough to defend the city. But if the soldiers are all greedy for life and fear death, even if there are 30,000 troops, they will still not be able to defend the city."

Wei Daben asked dumbly: "Then, how can we make the soldiers spare no effort?"

"It's very simple. There must be warriors under the heavy reward!" Wang Pu's eyes fell on Zhu Chuanqi like a knife. He said in a deep voice, "As long as someone is willing to take out 700,000 taels of silver and reward each of the seven thousand soldiers guarding the city with one hundred taels, they will be desperate to defend the city. Even if a million thieves attack, Datong City will be as safe as a rock."

Zhang Zi'an and Wei Daben's eyes also turned to Zhu Chuanqi. Now in Datong City, it seems that only Zhu Chuanqi can afford so much money.

Yes. The Wang family is the richest man in Shanxi, and there is also land and silver. But everyone knows that the Wang family has used almost all the money to buy the land, cattle, sheep and animals in Zhang Zi'an's hands. Zhang Zi'an has the money, but everyone knows that he has repaid 600,000 taels of it and 500,000 taels of it were handed over to the inner government key warehouse.

"Prince." Wei Daben knelt down in front of Zhu Chuanqi and begged, "Please give Datong the priority!"

Zhu Chuanqi turned around and looked at Wang Pu with a pleading look. He asked in a trembling voice: "It really... I really want seven... seven hundred thousand taels?"

The bandit army was approaching, and no matter how stingy Zhu Chuanqi was, he would not dare to grit his teeth and stand up.

Zhu Chuanqi can be said to be a typical example of being in a nest. Before the bandits were beaten outside the city, he dared to turn against Wang Pu for the sake of the people's food. But when the bandits really beat them outside the city, he immediately fell into a limp because he knew that Wang Pu was a local minister of the Ming Dynasty. No matter how arrogant Wang Pu was, he would not dare to do anything to him as a prince. However, the bandits outside the city had no scruples. If they really wanted the bandits to enter the city, the first target of looting was Zhu Chuanqi.

After Luoyang was captured by bandits, King Fu Zhu Changxun was made into meat sauce and made into Fulu wine by bandits, and rewarded them to the soldiers under his command to enjoy the land. Zhu Chuanqi had to worry. If he didn't take out this money, the soldiers in the city would not want to defend the city desperately, and the bandits outside the city would really be invaded into the city. At that time, his royal mansion and tens of millions of property in the mansion would have become bandits.

"Prince." Wang Pu said coldly, "As long as 100 taels of silver, you can make the soldiers of the border army work for you. Do you still feel that it is a loss? Whose life is not a fate? You can go back to the palace to ask your guards and ask them to take 100 taels of silver to fight with the thieves outside the city. Are they willing? Do they dare?"

"Okay." Zhu Chuanqi gritted his teeth and said, "I can pay 500,000 taels. The other 200,000 taels can only be found by Eunuch Zhang and Lord Wei. Should I ask the merchants and gentry in Datong City to donate money or pay according to the head? That's all your business. Also, Wang Pu, you have to guarantee that you will not let the thieves enter the city."

"Of course." Wang Pu said coldly, "As long as the prince is willing to pay the money, no one can enter the city."

Outside the city.

After Li Yan led his army to the outside of Datong City, he found that the defenders in the city were ready, so he did not force the attack, but ordered the entire army to rest on the spot and ordered the soldiers to cut down wood and camp. In the evening, the rebels had already set up a simple camp in the south of Datong City.

Li Yan's tent.

Ma Shouying said loudly: "Brother Li Yan, you are so amazing. You just caught a few survivors of the government army. After asking, I found out that the land king Pu really planned to move all the people outside the city to the city. He also said that he would not give us a grain of food and starve us to death. It was so cruel."

Lin Yangcheng also said: "Fortunately, we came quickly enough that Wang Pu, the bitch, did not succeed."

"Who said no?" He Jin nodded and said, "If we come two days later and let the people outside the city bring food into the city, then we will be in big trouble. At that time, brothers can't find food here, so we can't fight hungry, right? Then we can only move into other prefectures."

He Yilong also said: "Brother Li Yan, to avoid the long nights and dreams, should we send people to collect food?"

"No." Li Yan shook his head and said, "The people of Datong are already very bitter. It is not certain whether their only food rations can be maintained until the wheat is ripe. Therefore, we must not requisition food for the people until the wheat is cooked until the end of the day. Now there are seven days left in the army, so let's think of other ways first."

"Are there any other way?" Liu Xiyao frowned, "What else can I do?"

"Master General!" As soon as Liu Xiyao finished speaking, Jing Maocheng suddenly stepped forward and clasped his fists to Li Yan and said, "There will be an important military report at the end!"

"Oh?" Li Yan said happily, "General Jing, please tell me."

Jing Maocheng said: "Just just now, the general and his brothers were patrolling, and they wiped out the army. After a fierce battle, they also caught several survivors. These survivors said that there is a mountain called Leigong Mountain less than fifty miles away. There are more than 2,000 Wang Pu's servants stationed on the mountain, and there are also a large amount of food and bacon hidden on the mountain!"

Li Yan said: "Have you asked how much food was hidden on the mountain?"

Jing Maocheng said: "According to several survivors, the food on Leigong Mountain is at least 20,000 stones, and the bacon is also worth millions of pounds! But they don't know the specific number. Those survivors are all small pawns, but they only know some general situations because they have an acquaintance on Leigong Mountain."

"Twenty thousand stones of grain? And millions of kilograms of bacon!" Ma Shouying was overjoyed when he heard this, "God, this is really great. If you can get this batch of grain and bacon, it will be enough for brothers to eat for two months!"

"Then what are we waiting for?" He Yilong said loudly, "Brother Li Yan, let's order now, attack Leigong Mountain immediately and seize this batch of grain and bacon."

"Yes." He Jin also echoed, "Don't let Wang Pu, a bitch, transport this batch of grain and bacon back to the city."

Liu Xiyao also said: "Brother Li Yan, should you send troops?"
Chapter completed!