Chapter 221 New Concept War (III)

"Add tax, increase tax...Add tax, damn, these bastards want to force us to death?" Yang Dazhuang's veins thrust out and said angrily: "Originally, half of the money was fed to the tax card, but now we have to increase taxes. I really don't give us any way to live!"

War, to put it bluntly, the economy is still the battle, and the national strength is still the battle. Now Wang Shichong is desperately trying to expand his army, but the army is just a giant beast of gold swallowing. Armor, swords, axes, hooks and forks, bows, crossbows, arrows, shields, war horses, and everything costs money. Wang Shichong can't print money, and no aristocratic clan dares to blatantly support him. The only way now is to try hard to increase taxes, hoping to squeeze out the stones and scrape the ground three feet away.

However, Wang Shichong was still short of financial resources at this time and could barely support him.

Mr. Hu sat down on the ground with a sad and angry look on his face: "If this continues, I am afraid that the ore we dug is not enough to sell enough taxes!"

Yang Dazhuang yelled angrily: "Those bastards, are you going to peel us off! Since they don't give us a way out, then..."

Before Yang Dazhuang finished speaking, Mr. Hu quickly stepped forward to cover Yang Dazhuang's mouth and said, "Forget it, cook first... The weather is hot now, and there are wild vegetables on the mountain, so I can still pass by. If you have anything to do after the war between Tang and Zheng, then you will finish it."

A few young people were called to store these hard-won grains and spend some chestnuts and millets for a group of women to make delicious food for everyone. I didn’t dare to think about rice and white flour, so I could only make some coarse grains and mix them with wild vegetables and fill them with water. As for a few air-dried hare meat, it was considered to improve everyone’s life.

Yang Dazhuang fell powerlessly on the ground, but "The king, prince, general, and minister are still full of cry!" This thought was like a seed with magic, which quickly took root and sprouted in Yang Dazhuang's head.

However, at this moment, Mr. Hu walked up to Yang Dazhuang with a bowl of coarse grain rice and said, "Dazhuang, what do you think? Let's eat something quickly. I've heard your stomach screaming..."

Yang Dazhuang took the bowl, but he didn't move his chopsticks for a long time.

"What's wrong? Dazhuang?" Mr. Hu was very curious. Yang Dazhuang was as tall as his name, with a strong body, more than eight feet tall, with a waist of more than three feet, and was extremely strong. It was already difficult for ordinary people to carry a heavy object of 100 kilograms, but Yang Dazhuang could lift a large stone of 300 kilograms above his head. Others used large hammers weighing more than ten kilograms, but he used a large iron hammer, which was 56 kilograms. These miners didn't know how many hammers they had to swing every day, so naturally the lighter the hammer head, the more labor-saving it. However, Yang Dazhuang used this big hammer to easily mine at least three or five times more ore than ordinary miners.

Being able means being able to eat. Yang Dazhuang's appetite is also amazing. Others eat three liters of grain a day, but he is not full if he eats a bucket. In fact, Yang Dazhuang never knows what it feels like to be full.

Yang Dazhuang took the chopsticks and scattered the rice randomly. The chestnuts were very hard, difficult to digest, and the taste was not good. Moreover, the rice in these mines was boiled directly in water, and some salt and wild vegetables were added casually. The taste was just imagined. However, Yang Dazhuang used less than half a stick of incense to eat a large bowl of rice into his stomach.

Yang Dazhuang did not serve the rice as usual, but put down the bowl and said, "Mr. Hu, you are very knowledgeable. You said, when will our hard days end?"

"When will it be......" Mr. Hu sighed slowly and said: "It's soon, it's soon, right, it must be soon. Tang and Zheng are fighting for the ownership of the Central Plains. If Li Tang wins, Li Tang will occupy Hexi, Xihe, Bashu, Hedong, and the world's three-point part will be based on one of them. In the future, it will be able to unify the world in three or five years!"

"But... what if Li Tang was defeated?" Yang Dazhuang looked at Mr. Hu in confusion and said, "Didn't Li Tang lose a battle? I heard that even the King of Qin and King of Qi of Li Tang were surrounded by the Wang family. I heard in the play that the emperor's son is the prince, and even the son of the Emperor's son of Li Tang was surrounded. I watched this battle. If Li Tang wanted to win, it would be a bit unlucky..."

Mr. Hu shook his head and said, "No one can tell me this. If Li Tang is defeated, it may take more than ten years to fight this battle..."

"Dangdangdangdang..."

The broken gong in the wooden shed on the top of the mountain sounded rapidly. Yang Dazhuang jumped up and shouted, "What's going on?"

A miner who was watching on the top of the mountain roared anxiously: "The army has come down from the mountain, run away!"

"What are you going to run?" Although Yang Dazhuang and others were stealing mining soil, they sold them to private kilns controlled by the clans, so they were protected by them. Generally speaking, officers and soldiers only extorted some money and grain through the border.

Mr. Hu's face changed drastically: "Run quickly, run away!"

Yang Dazhuang shouted: "What are the officials afraid of? What will I go to deal with them? What will I run away from?"

Mr. Hu said anxiously: "You don't know that the Wang surnamed is catching strong men everywhere now. I'm afraid they will be arrested here by them to fill the trenches. At that time, ten people will not even survive alone! Do you know Liujiaying?"

Yang Dazhuang naturally knew that Liujiaying was a mining camp composed of a defeated army during the Yang Xuanxian Rebellion. Its leader was said to be surnamed Liu and was also an Yingyanglang general. Because of his swords and guns, he was very powerful. The miners had five or six thousand strong men.

Mr. Hu said: "Seven days ago, Liujiaying was suppressed. It is said that all the men were arrested and all the women were sold!"

Yang Dazhuang shouted: "Damn it, don't let us live, fight with them!"

As Yang Dazhuang shouted, the miners also picked up guys. The miners who were mining picked up shovels and pickaxes, and the healthy woman who was cooking picked up kitchen knives and hatchets. If she didn't find a suitable guy, she simply picked up a shoulder pole and rushed to the entrance of the mining area like a gust of wind. The child was still at a loss. The old man shouted and pulled these little bitches back into the shack, not allowing them to go out. The entire mining area was like a tiger breaking in, full of fear and anxiety.

...

Liu Tong led the Beiwei Army soldiers to bypass Yanshi and walk on the path in the Songshan Mountains. Of course, ordinary troops cannot walk on this kind of path or hillside without even a road. However, the Beiwei Army is not an ordinary army at all. They are special forces of this era. The Beiwei Army, which disguised as refugees, walked along the rugged mountain road with difficulty.

When he received Chen Ying's order and sneaked into Luoyang, the Beiwei Army disguised himself as a refugee and sneaked into the mountainous areas, picking some sparsely populated places, avoiding the Zheng army's scouts and cavalry whistles. In fact, Wang Shiyun from Yanshi City did not notice at all. The Tang army had already divided into three groups, led by Luo Shixin and Zhang Shigui, and advanced along the river embankment on the south bank of the Yellow River toward Luoyang. Of course, this was a Mingqi journey, with more than 6,000 cavalrymen, and it was impossible to hide the Zheng army's scouts.

But the Beiwei Army was different. Their infiltration was successful and they were not discovered by Wang Shiyun. Four hours ago, they encountered a group of bandits and beaten them hard... Then the guys who were most familiar with the situation in this area became their guides, and the bandits' nest became their base. Now two bandits who were as thin as monkeys were taking these old men to fly in the mountains and forests.

Xunxiang was officially promoted by Chen Ying to the upper level of the fifth-rank General Dingyuan because of the Battle of Xingyang, and was only one level away from Liu Tong's General Mingwei. This level is still in the level of the entire Tang Dynasty, but under Chen Ying's command, he is already a senior general. If the general meeting of the entire army is convened, Xunxiang is already qualified to attend the meeting.

However, Xunxiang is very motivated now. Because he is different from before, he has a family, and he not only has a family, but also a daughter. Although Da Ya and Er Ya are not his biological daughters, he has been with Da Ya and Er Ya for being a newborn. In this era, he has always been married to a high-ranking family and a low-ranking family, Xunxiang is no exception. He now attaches great importance to the title of Tang State, which is not only related to his own status and identity. The key is that with the title, his two daughters can marry into a high-ranking family in the future without suffering.

If he becomes a marquis, Daya will be the female princess of the Marquis' Mansion. Although the aristocratic family is too high and he cannot afford to be a high-ranking family, ordinary officials are qualified to marry and discuss marriages, and they may become the wife of the county magistrate or the wife of the chief minister. He does not have a title yet, but if he is promoted to a higher level of honor, he can be awarded the founding marquis of the Tang Dynasty, and Daya and Erya can also become the female princes of the founding marquis of the Tang Dynasty. Especially Erya, who dares to kill at a young age, which surprised Xunxiang very much. He is even more satisfied with Erya. In the next few years, he will decide to look for Chen Ying to walk through the back door and send Erya to Princess Pingyang for several years. In the future, he may become a feudal monarch or a famous female general.

Whenever I think of this, Xunxiang would like to fly to Luoyang immediately and take down Luoyang City. After finally climbing over a mountain, a rugged path appeared in front of them, extending intermittently into the depths of the forest. Xunxiang kicked a thin monkey on the buttocks: "How long will it take to bypass Gong County?"

The bandit wiped blood from his face and pointed to the path and said, "Master, I'm almost here. After walking along this path for a few more miles, I'll reach the mountain mining area. After passing the mountain mining area..."

Just here, Xunxiang clenched his fists and slewed 360 degrees behind. This is the tactical sign of the Beiwei Army, which means that there is a situation in front, so be careful of concealment.

The bandit turned his head and saw that he was suddenly filled with horror.

Originally, there were hundreds of strong men behind him, but now they could not see any of them. There were only two bandit guides and Xunxiang left here.

The two bandits were just about to speak, but Xunxiang glared at them. The two bandits were so scared that they hurriedly covered their mouths.

Liu Tong quickly made a branch to disguise himself, and his whole body seemed to be a moving bush.

Xunxiang and Liu Tong's eyes touched, and the two of them had a tacit understanding after they had been in contact for a long time. Xunxiang is a man who is good at fighting with his brains. He partnered with Yuchi Gong. With the courage of Yuchi Gong and Xunxiang's plan, he could actually force Li Xiuning into a desperate situation. Obviously, he is not a mediocre character.

Looking at the solemn expression on Xunxiang's face, Liu Tong did not speak and communicated simply with gestures.

Although Liu Tong had some military foundation and had led troops, he was better at upright formations. He was more good at searching for the asymmetric combat method of Beiwei Army, but he was more good at searching for the wild way of origin.

Xunxiang said in sign language: "There is murderous aura, someone has come here, there are quite a few!"

After time passed, a stick of incense came from the sheep intestine path, and a group of people dressed in tattered clothes were running forward, including many elderly, weak, women and children.

This group of people is nothing but Yang Dazhuang and Mr. Hu. However, after the confrontation, the miners suffered a great loss. After only three hours, they were still attacked by the government army.

Yang Dazhuang ran forward panting with Mr. Hu on his back.

Mr. Hu hit Yang Dazhuang's head with his fist: "Let me down, put me down, run away by yourself, what should I do to save me? Let me die..."

Yang Dazhuang ignored Mr. Hu's fist. For Yang Dazhuang, Mr. Hu's fist was at best just to tickle him.

A man in front of Yang Dazhuang had a bloody crack on his face suddenly kicked a small tree and said angrily: "I won't run away, Xiu Niang falls into their hands, I have to rescue her!"

Yang Dazhuang turned his head and looked at the team of less than 100 people around him: "Li Damazi, come back for me..."

"Dazhuang, let's be brothers in the next life!" Li Damazi roared with a ferocious face: "It's better to die than to live, and it's better to die early than to be reborn early than to die early!"

Li Damazi raised a chisel in his hand and turned it around and ran in the opposite direction.

Yang Dazhuang gritted his teeth and said, "Mr. Hu, you are very knowledgeable. What should you do now? Should you fight with the bitch or these bastards?"

Mr. Hu pulled his gray goatee and pondered: "If the king treats his ministers as his hands and feet, then the minister treats his king as his heart; if the king treats his ministers as dogs and horses, then the minister treats his king as a countryman; if the king treats his ministers as earth, then the minister treats his king as a enemy..."

Yang Dazhuang said in amazement: "Mr. Hu, what did you say?"

Mr. Hu continued: "Heaven and earth are not kind, and treat all things as straw dogs. The sages are not kind, and treat the people as straw dogs..."

Yang Dazhuang was going crazy: "What did you say..."

Yang Dazhuang couldn't understand Mr. Hu's meaning at all. Mr. Hu looked murderous and came out majestic, even Yang Dazhuang trembled unconsciously.

At this moment, Mr. Hu seemed to be no longer the weak private school teacher, but a general who was determined to be a stern general.

Mr. Hu suddenly pulled out a horizontal knife from Yang Dazhuang's waist. This was the horizontal knife that Yang Dazhuang killed and snatched from an officer and soldier general. Mr. Hu murmured: "Officials force the people to rebel, but the people have to rebel. Let's fight with them!"

Yang Dazhuang finally understood this sentence.

Yang Dazhuang shouted: "Mr. Hu said, let's fight with the government army!"

Xunxiang's muscles twitched, and he and Liu Tong looked at each other, feeling full of unbearableness. At this time, the vanguards of the Beiwei Army had already sent back the reconnaissance information. There were more than 800 Zheng soldiers in front of them. For some reason, they captured the mining area of ​​these miners. It was impossible for these 100 people who looked like refugees to rescue their families, relatives and friends from more than 800 officials.

The Zheng army unit is a fully equipped Zhechong Mansion, with four regiments, including one group of Shooting, one group of Yue cavalry, one group of swords, shields and long soldiers. Not to mention more than 800 Zheng army soldiers, even a Shooting Group can easily turn these more than 100 elderly, weak, sick and disabled people into corpses in just a short incense stick.

Yang Dazhuang and the others left and gradually disappeared from sight.

Xun looked at Liu Tong and asked, "General Liu, what do you think we should do?"

"Don't make trouble..." Liu Tong originally wanted to sneak into Luoyang and complete the task assigned by Chen Ying, but when he said that, he couldn't say anything. If the Beiwei Army did not help, then Yang Dazhuang and others would definitely turn into a pile of rotten flesh or broken limbs and arms.

Liu Tong asked back, "Looking for General, what do you think?"

"The rabbit dies and the fox is sad!"

When I searched for the picture, I knew the best way was to take advantage of Yang Dazhuang and the others to attract the attention of Zheng army officers and soldiers. They quickly bypassed the mining area and successfully sneaked into Luoyang City.

But Xunxiang suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "A real man does what he does, he does not do what he does."

As he said that, Xunxiang handed the horizontal knife in his hand to Liu Tong and said, "Please General Liu to take care of Xun's wife..."

Before Xunxiang could finish speaking, Liu Tong had already understood the meaning of Xunxiang. Xunxiang was ready to help these poor miners as he was, and let Liu Tong complete Chen Ying's task.

Liu Tong chuckled and said, "Liu is not a stern heart. Since the general has decided to make a decision, then let's do it. Liu's commander is on the left wing and the general is on the right wing. I will lead the attack from the middle and kill the submersible!"
Chapter completed!