Dominate the Country

Chen Ming's asking price is one hundred thousand taels of silver, ten thousand pieces of cloth and silk, ten thousand stones of grain, five thousand kilograms of gunpowder, five thousand kilograms of medicinal materials, and five hundred rock salt candies! This is a number that far exceeds Wang Jun’s promise.

"Bang!"

Wang Jun slapped his palm on the table, making a loud noise, and the paper and inkstone rose into the air. Wang Jun used his angry expressions and actions to express his indignation and anger to the wealthy gentry of Ruzhou who were sitting in rows.

However, there are no eggs.

Wang Jun banged the table loudly, but Li Jiannan's expression remained unchanged. If Wang Jun really had a temper, he wouldn't ask for peace from the Chen family thieves. Now it's all performance and performance.

Wang Jun slapped the table and yelled, while looking at the six directions. Seeing that all the wealthy Ruzhou gentry present here were "eclipsed" by the amount of money Chen Ming asked for, I felt satisfied.

Wang Jun cast an ecstatic look at Li Jiannan, who nodded slightly to Lord Wang Zhizhou with a bitter look on his face. He said, "Chen Ming, the traitor, is greedy and threatens to give the city only one day. If money and food are not delivered tomorrow morning, he will attack the city with artillery."

With Li Jiannan's words, the voices in the signing room became louder.

A fat man in his thirties was the first to stand up. His body was round and wrapped in fine silk: "One hundred thousand taels of silver? People named Chen are not afraid of being choked to death. With these one hundred thousand taels of silver, I can give it to the city." We can defend Ruzhou City with our own troops, but it is no better than giving it up to a bunch of bandits! "The consequences of redeeming the city will be endless. The best option for Ruzhou City is to hold on to the city.

As soon as the first one speaks out, there will be a second one, a third one...

Although Li Jiannan knew that this was a very normal scene, he still couldn't help pinching his eyebrows: "You guys, please stop making lies here. If the team in the city can be relied on, Lord Zhizhou and Lord Zhoutong will Why take such a big risk to secretly deal with the rebels? If you really have the strength to defend the city of Ruzhou, not to mention one hundred thousand taels of silver, even only five thousand taels of silver will be enough to reward the warriors and defend Ruzhou." Li Jiannan called out to the shrinking Minzhuang and Lvying people at the head of the city. Soldiers and government officials felt that they had no confidence at all. How could such a team defeat the Chen family thieves? I was afraid that if Chen Ming fired two cannons outside, everyone in the city would run away.

This is a Achilles' heel, the Achilles' heel of Ruzhou City. Wang Jun, Hu Rulin, and no one in the entire Ruzhou had confidence in the current defense team.

"Chen Ming, the thief, has been invincible and conquered every battle since he started the uprising. He is a giant thief and bandit that has never been born before. As Li Jiannan said, you can't count on the strong men who defend the city. If Chen Ming's demands are not met, Chen Jiajun has entered the city. Say something. If you say anything bad, I will die regardless of whether I burned the food, burned it with the city, or was punished by the court." Wang Jun's face was full of sighs, and Hu Rulin and Ruzhou Jiao were beside him. Yu, all of them looked sad.

"The Chen family thieves can't enter the city. No matter how they save Ruzhou City, I will still be punished by the court. This official can't do anything anyway. This is the end of Mr. Wang now. So what's your end? Don't tell me that you haven't heard of the fate of the wealthy gentry in Lushan, Baofeng, and Jiaxian counties.

How many times have Ruzhou organized militia groups, but which one has been less successful than yours? If Chen Jiajun breaks into the city, you will die together with me. I will wait for you on Huangquan Road for a while. "

Wang Jun sat back on the chair and closed his eyes. He made his words very clear, and now it depends on the choices of the next group of people.

"One hundred thousand taels of silver is not a small amount, and Chen Ming and I have never dealt with him, so we don't know what his credibility is. Li Xiucai went to the bandit camp again. He just said that he couldn't come up with so much in a hurry. First, Half of it..." An old man with gray braids said in a long voice.

Hu Rulin also said his first words at this time: "One hundred thousand taels of silver, ten thousand pieces of cloth and silk, ten thousand stones of grain and rice, five thousand kilograms of gunpowder, five thousand kilograms of medicinal materials, and five hundred rock salt candies, in a short time It’s not easy to raise money. Just tell Chen Ming that you won’t be able to get it out in the short term! Not even half of it.”

"Let's give him one-third first, let him retreat temporarily, and let us slowly raise the remaining part." Both Guide Town and Yunyang Town are actively deploying troops. It is estimated that the army will be ready in less than a month. They will fight in two directions to Ruzhou. At that time, the siege of Ruzhou City will naturally be lifted.

Li Jiannan didn't show any uneasiness. He had already been to Chen Jiajun once, and he wasn't afraid the second time.

Chen Ming laughed and said nothing after listening to Li Jiannan's words. He took one third and slowly raised the rest. Even the devil knew it was a delaying strategy. Chen Ming insisted on one-half, and the full amount of gunpowder and cloth was required. Then he waved his hand and urged Li Jiannan to go back.

Li Jiannan had nothing to think about. This time he was a messenger who didn't need to use his brain.

Return to Ruzhou City easily and bring Chen Ming's words with you. The group of people fell silent, and pairs of eyes met each other. Chen Ming just moved the time from morning to afternoon, but he really didn't have much time for these gentry to discuss over and over again.

Ruzhou City's biggest difficulty now is that they appear too fragile in front of Chen Jiajun. Wang Jun, Hu Rulin and others did not dare to risk their lives to test whether Chen Jiajun's cannon was really that powerful, so they were at an absolute disadvantage.

"Master Ming. Are we really not going to attack Ruzhou?" Zheng Hongyu asked Chen Mingdao after Li Jiannan left. This is Chen Hui's old teammate. The person who was imprisoned by Chang Rui is now the quartermaster of Chen Ming's team. In addition to him, there is Wei Xiuzhi, who is also in Chen Ming's team and is another person in charge of material statistics.

"There is no big benefit in attacking Ruzhou City. We still have too few people. If we take Ruzhou City, we can't hold on to Yiyang County. Our current strength can take care of Lushan, Baofeng and The three places in Jiaxian County are very lucky.

Whether it can be expanded southward depends on the development of the Southern Route Army.

Didn’t Nanyang Prefecture start organizing team training? If the south route troops led by Uncle Erbao can really completely block Fangcheng, the Chen family will have Ye County and Wuyang in their pocket. In this way, an inverted triangle can be formed, with the vertex being Lushan Mountain, one corner in Jiaxian County, and the other corner in Wuyang.

Lushan and Baofeng can be used as the hinterland, while Jiaxian, Yexian and Wuyang can be used as the frontier. "

The middle and senior management in Chen Jiajun's team had already memorized the location of Ruzhou's circle map. When Chen Ming said this, Zheng Hongyu immediately asked Xiang County what to do? If that place had not been blocked, the Qing soldiers would not have led a swarm of swarms from Pingxi Lake [located in the urban area of ​​Pingdingshan City] to Baofeng County.

"There is no way. Who told us to have fewer soldiers?"

The current Qing troops are Guide Town in the east and Yunyang Town in the south + Nanyang Town remnant troops. If Fangcheng is blocked, the two Qing troops will meet in Yancheng, which will become one road. Chen Jiajun will fight head on. That’s it!

At that time, except for Lushan and Baofeng counties, other positions can completely control only the county seat.