Delong

Chapter 208 Walking in the Snow (7)

"Or just let it go...His Royal Highness gave us face like this, we have to give face too."

"The two armies are fighting, and we have few people. If we can't take them away, we will kill them all."

"They are all good players, even if they are not good enough, they have skills. Those who are willing to surrender will follow us, and those who are not willing to surrender will be killed again..."

"If you want me to say, don't worry about it, let's go now. While it's dark, King Xiongtian and Chief Xu are here, escorting the queen, Xianggong Zhang, Eunuch Gao, Taishou Cao, and that Shen Zhushou with these five people. Just leave, and these other people will be left here, the so-called life and death have fate and wealth."

"That's right. It's the right time to be frozen to death. If there is a ghost, he will blame the Three Glories and the Four Royals. Being rescued is a blessing from his ancestors. Being hacked by the rebels is because he didn't practice virtue..."

"I think it's better to kill! Ming Zheng's punishment! Don't forget, these people have always bullied us and treated us as nothing. Now that they are in our hands, why let them go lightly?"

"You're right, and you killed them directly! You have to kill Liwei!"

"How to kill to gain prestige?"

"Just like what Dalongtou said just now, break through the ice and sink to feed the fish entwined with the rocks! The fish in the spring water must be fat! When the local people eat fish, they will think of it, and they will be Liwei."

"It's still too cheap for them..."

"I have an idea, why not take a waterwheel, tie them to it, cut through the ice, and let the big dragon roll these people in the ice water for a few times according to their positions and crimes, and those who survive will be let Let him go, and the dead will sink to feed the fish..."

"Where did the waterwheel come from?"

"People can do without a water truck. It's like water torture in a prison... Just push it in."

As we all know, Zhang Xingsu has always been an incompetent person. Before the time travel, he was a so-called talker. Since time travel, he has been able to survive until now, relying on nothing less than three magic weapons:
One is the compass, seeking a life-and-death line when necessary, or having a clear mind; the other is the cheating device of opening the body's true energy lock and key, holding hands when necessary to say hello, and most of the time silently making money; the last one relies on the so-called sincere communication.

Of course, this communication can be divided into two types in detail. One is that Zhang Xing stands up and takes the initiative to talk about it. It is a necessary skill for those who have achieved great things or have not achieved great things throughout the ages, so there is no need to say too much.

The other is to rely on a wide range of opinions, which is the so-called meeting.

As for the so-called soft food, relying on Bai Sanniang's protection, so that some people lamented that "a man can bend and stretch". The heroine of his life... Then he can feel at ease.

In short, Zhang Xing was in a meeting right now.

But as soon as the meeting was held, Mr. Zhang, who was probably not the third dragon slayer on the black list, would realize that the successful surprise attack last night, which could be called a fatal blow, did not delay his relationship with these people. mob.

It's really a mob, and it doesn't matter if their ideas are weird. The key is that there is too much difference in opinions between them, and after thinking about it for a while, they know that they are not doing it for any overall consideration, and they are doing it for some superficial reasons. Statement:
Some people were born at the bottom, and because the queen nodded, they couldn't help but be generous to the end; some people probably couldn't help being ruthless and killing them all because they were bullied by officials before; some people were simply worried about surrendering. These court elites would cause their own status to decline in the Dispelling Dragon Gang, so their words were harsh; some even realized Zhang Dalong's authority after this battle, and began to think of ways to flatter them, but they didn't get the idea at all.

These things, even the paralyzed group of captives on the ground inside and outside the hall, and because of the fire, the captives, who can hardly conceal the smell of urine and blood... They all had their legs broken in Zhang Shizhao With his mouth shut, he frequently went to the hall to watch, probably not just because these people were discussing his own life and death.

What's more, the life and death of this group of people who are speechless are actually determined by such ignorant rural local tyrants, robbers, and local low-level officials who usually don't look down on them at all.

What's even more speechless is that they fell into the hands of such a group of mobs.

What are they?
Is this world so absurd?

"Brother Zhang!"

Absurdity is absurd, but hearing the discussion getting more and more outrageous, someone finally couldn't help it by the new fire outside the hall. "The friendship of colleagues back then, even Huan Shui once came together, why is this?"

"Liu Shishi." Zhang Xing glanced at each other from afar. "This is a battle between the two armies. If you are not captured, you can talk about the old days. Even if you escaped before, I admit it. But if you are captured, how can you talk so much?"

"If you don't talk about it, I'm afraid I will be thrown into the water to make iced wontons." Hearing this, the man became more and more anxious. "Brother Zhang San, tell me, how can I survive?"

"It's still very easy to live." Zhang Xing sighed, speaking earnestly from a distance in the hall. "I remember that you are of the same family as the former Governor Liu of Dongjun. He can leave, and he can bring his family and property... Do you know why? It is because he is willing to cooperate and easily relieves us of seven or eight people from Dongjun. The armed forces of counties, dozens of cities, ferries, towns, and Ka..."

"How can I have this ability?" The man panicked for a moment. "Those people in the hall have this ability..."

"These people in the hall don't have the ability anymore." Zhang Xingyou sighed. "It's not because the troops stationed outside dare not come to attack now because they gave orders... So, even they can't get rid of it easily, everyone has to have an explanation."

"At this point, I just want to survive, and I insist on explaining..." Liu Shishi was keenly aware of something, but his voice dropped.

"Are your parents and wife in Dongdu?" Zhang Xing also realized something.

The other party immediately laughed dryly and stopped talking.

The surrounding area was silent again.

But the silence didn't last long, and soon someone couldn't help shouting out: "Mr. Zhang! I don't know you as well as this Master Liu, but I am young, have no wife and children, and have a family. The central capital is in Taiyuan, and even if the eastern capital wants to manage it, it can’t go beyond the British government... You let me go, and I will do great things with you!"

Zhang Xing wanted to respond.

However, as soon as this person finished speaking, someone sneered and said, "Master Zhang...you haven't been in Dongdu for a long time, but you don't know the origin of this Feng Xunqi. Although he only came to Taichung for a year, he has gained a great reputation." , I always like to torture and abuse when handling cases on weekdays, and I have to peel off my skin when I have nothing to do, nicknamed 'evil ghost'..."

"So what? What does it matter to you?"

"It's none of my business, but it's none other than other people's business. How do I remember that Taichung once said that when Mr. Zhang rebelled, he ordered people to release food and burn debts, and he also asked people to shout that the Dragon Gang raised troops for the common people... I don't know. How can we accomplish great things by enticing such people in the past?"

"If you want to do great things, you have to be eclectic and appoint talents... I think I have strict rules, but I dare to fight hard. If I get kindness today, I will try my best to repay it."

"You can drop today, and you can drop tomorrow..."

"Qian Jiu, how can I provoke you? You are not those rootless Beiya white-skinned dumplings, even if you want to surrender, no one will want you. Why are you delaying me instead?"

"I just can't bear it!"

"Then die together?"

"Fuck your mother! Who do you say is the white dumpling of Beiya? Broke a leg and still pretending to be majestic here?"

"I……"

There was a mess around the fire outside, but Zhang Xing felt a little better because of the farce.Obviously, the Great Wei court had uncovered the outer skin, and there were mobs underneath, but the system was too big to cover it up.

Everyone is a mob. Conversely, if everyone carries a sedan chair, it can be assumed that everyone is an elite, right?

However, there was really no time to think about it at this time, and he had to make up his mind.

"Xiong Tianwang, you have to work hard."

With this in mind, Zhang Xing finally pulled himself together and called someone. "Please go back and forth between Gushu and Xiayi to see if the city is safe and if the reinforcements are in place. By the way, tell Niu Da and Wang Zhen the results of our place so that they can guard the city with peace of mind... Be sure to come back before dawn."

"Understood." Xiong Bonan didn't have much thought, so he got up immediately.

Seeing the flash of light, Zhang Xingfu looked at Xu Shiying again: "Xu Dalang, you can watch the hall for me for a while...give me the pen and paper in your arms."

Xu Shiying originally wanted to hand over directly, but he couldn't help being stunned when he heard the second half of the sentence, and immediately took out a roll of white paper and a charcoal pencil from his arms.

"Xiao Zhou." Zhang Xing took the paper, stood up, and finally looked at Zhou Xingfan. "I'm going to find a wing room with a table and desk lights. After half a quarter of an hour, you and Lao Jia will drag these people over one by one... I will go to the hall one by one and ask about things."

Xiao Zhou and Jia Yue naturally had nothing to say, but the leaders around them all looked sideways, but they didn't dare to say anything, and the prisoners outside also calmed down.

In this way, Zhang Xing left the hall and came to a side room in the front yard where the couch was covered with blood and there was a half-turned corpse on the ground. Reflected by the lights, he leaned over the small table on the couch and drew a simple form with charcoal... He originally wanted to draw the form in more detail, but for some reason, in the end, he only roughly listed the place of origin, age, official status, and family members , and a long list of whitespace.

A while later, Xiao Zhou and Jia Yue dragged a patrolman in Jinyi with his legs bent over on time, and after Zhang Xing signaled, he lowered him to the bloodstained couch opposite the table.

Zhang Xing looked at the other party, and seemed to have an impression, so he filled in the previous information by himself, and asked in a low voice, "Old Zhao...do you want to surrender?"

The man supported the blood stains on the couch below, looked at Zhang Xing, and shook his head slowly: "Brother Zhang, you know me. My little wife and children are all in Dongdu. I really dare not, unless you find a way to report to me." Dead...but it's difficult, and I still don't dare...I still beg you to let me go on the basis of past love, I am grateful to you in this life."

Zhang Xing was noncommittal, but continued: "I just asked if you will surrender or not?"

"No, I dare not surrender." After all, this person still lowered his head and gritted his teeth.

"What if I can try my best to ensure that the news of your descending is not known?"

"Then...then I am willing to give it a try."

"Okay... Let me tell you a few more names... Among these people with broken legs, point to Xunqi to point out the three worst people, and the three most suitable people." Zhang Xing spoke directly without raising his head.

The man was finally taken aback, but after a while, he still lowered his voice and said a few names, and then he couldn't help but immediately asked: "Do you die if you don't surrender? Or do you mean that if you have a bad reputation, you will die if you surrender? If you have a good reputation, you will die." , can you live without surrendering?"

"Don't ask, and don't say unnecessary words, everyone understands the truth...you choose the road yourself, and all I can do is to open half of the net." Zhang Xing sighed, and then looked directly at Xiao Zhou. "Go! Throw it into the hall and put it aside."

Xiao Zhou and Jia Yue are both excellent executors.

After a while, another person came, and just after being thrown on the couch, he collapsed, as if he was about to kowtow, but fortunately Xiao Zhou grabbed him again.

Zhang Xing looked up and saw that it was an unnecessary person, and immediately changed the paper: "Name?"

"Sun, Sun Qiao."

"Where are you from?"

"Dongdu... No, Nanyang, probably Nanyang..."

"Where are the family members?"

"It's already dead, I don't remember anyway."

"What job?"

"The servant of the Beiya clerk..."

"What document?"

"Specialized in going in and out of Cangcheng..."

"Will you surrender?"

"I'm willing to... beg Mr. Zhang to give me a way out, to be a cow and a horse..."

"Keep your voice down... For those who accompanied me this time in Beiya Nei, say the three most hated names in daily life, and then choose the three best names."

"Yes Yes Yes……"

"Okay." Zhang Xing wrote down the names, and then went to see Xiao Zhou and Jia Yue, carefully admonishing them. "Take him down, and put them in the hall...the same goes for the people in the future, but you have to put three or four points in the hall, and you can put them outside, highlighting a mess, but dividing them into piles...don't let them Talking nonsense."

Xiao Zhou and Jia Yue woke up immediately.

In fact, there were not many prisoners, because there were not many people who could be placed in the other hall, not to mention that they killed a lot, leaving aside the few officials and nobles in the hall, there were four or fifty people in front and back.

However, these four or fifty people were either patrol riders with cultivation base, or Beiya father-in-law who knew words and arithmetic, and some were local officials who connected with logistics and intelligence.

In other words, at least they are people who can be called skilled, otherwise some leaders of the Dethrone Dragon Gang would not be afraid.

In this way, it took about an hour and a half. It was the fourth watch, and Zhang Xing had just completed the statistics. However, he looked at the list in his hand and listened to the wind outside the house, and was silent for a long time.

To put it bluntly, it’s not that Zhang Xing is ignorant of the superficial pursuit of interests behind these people... Those who desperately want to survive, those who want to survive but worry about their families, those who want to put on a fight, including the messy xenophobia and jealousy inside the Dragon Gang, As well as killing red eyes to the bottom and soft knees to the top.

However, if he knows what he knows, he can't easily ignore these objectively existing superficial interest demands and the superficial performances of those people.

Especially for those captives, everyone is destined to be complicated and must have their own stories. Those who may be cruel are particularly loyal, and they are really useful when they go to battle; They look down on the Dismissing Dragon Gang in their bones, and they will directly turn against them when the time comes; maybe there are real heroes hidden among the silent people, but these people who show their surrender are loyal ministers who have a heart for Wei, and are ready to find an opportunity to give themselves a knife to repay the king's kindness.

But so what?For him to be able to do this, he is already worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth.

Zhang Xing sighed for a while, and then immediately asked Xiao Zhou outside the door to call Xu Shiying in.

"Sit." After a while, Xu Dalang came over, and Zhang Xing, who looked down at the form, raised his hand and pointed, which made the big leader Xu, who was shining today, panic inexplicably, then folded his hands and feet, and carefully sat on the opposite couch , at first glance, it seems that they are more honest than those captives before.

"Take a look." After the other party sat down, Zhang Xingfang handed over the form in his hand. "I have some ideas, come and give me a palm."

Xu Shiying is a smart person, he only scanned the form in his hand once, and when he heard this again, he immediately came to his senses, but he still kept his posture, and asked in a low voice: "What is the third brother?"

"I thought about it for a while. After all, the Dragon Clan's rebellion needs to employ people, so we should try our best to attract talents... Let Xiong Tianwang hide for a while, because his status is too high, and he insists on killing them all. Fu Jiang is a little dissatisfied, he is here, and there are people below him, there are some things that are difficult to say... This is one of them." Zhang Xing introduced seriously.

And Xu Dalang also nodded immediately, it's not that he didn't miss the debate in the hall just now, since Xiong Bonan was dismissed, he knew that Zhang Xing was going to surrender.

"However, how to attract talents requires rules... For example, if two armies are at war, the one who surrenders will naturally die, and the one who does not surrender will die. Otherwise, even those who do not surrender will be sent back. How can we explain to those who are willing to take risks and surrender? ? This is the basic and the second.”

Zhang Xing continued to talk, but he did not exceed the other party's expectations.

"In addition, since you are willing to surrender, you have to treat them as half of your own family, and you have to consider their difficulties. Those who change their names and want to keep the court and family members from knowing must also cooperate... This is Third.

"Fourth, I think that since we are going to rebel, since we are clamoring for peace in the world, we should do something upright... Those who surrender must cover up, but those who do not surrender are the enemy, and they should be clear. Canonical punishment... So, when King Xiongtian comes back, I am going to let you take some people and those who are willing to surrender to escape by night, and go back to Gushu to resettle. .”

Xu Dalang was finally taken aback, and immediately nodded his head to express his support.

"Finally." Zhang Xing made one last addition before the other party could speak. "Rewarding the good and punishing the evil should not be the first priority in war, but if possible, we should do it and tell the world that we are not rebels who don't know anything. We have ideas and ideas. We can Take them to settle down in the world... So I selected three with bad reputation and three with good reputation from Beiya, Jing'antai, and local officials according to the list, and then compared with the list of those who surrendered and those who did not surrender, and got four. Those who are unwilling to surrender will be publicly pardoned; the six who have surrendered will still be executed! What do you think?"

"Third brother has tried his best to deal with it thoroughly, but I don't know what other specific orders third brother has besides taking the surrender away? I am willing to do my best." Xu Dalang suddenly put down the form and stood up with his hands tied.

"Naturally, I have to rely on you." Zhang Xing answered calmly. "One is to wait for his Xiong Tianwang to come back, you have to make it as clear as possible with him, and the other is to appease the leaders who are a little confused before the Xiong Tianwang comes back..."

"It's natural." Xu Shiying nodded immediately.

"Besides that." Zhang Xing asked seriously. "Let me ask you, how is Cao Wang's official voice? Is there any special statement or thing that I don't know?"

Xu Shiying was stunned, but he immediately reacted, and then lowered his voice and responded seriously: "I haven't heard that it's particularly good or bad... It's just that the usual spectrum is a bit big."

"That's the same as I know." Zhang Xing nodded. "It's nothing. Tomorrow, I will take him back with Hexiong Tianwang, then kill Gao Dugong and pardon Shen Ding...you go and bring Zhang Xianggong in."

Xu Dalang was finally completely stunned, and after a few breaths, he asked in a low voice: "Do you want to kill even Mr. Zhang?"

"If he didn't surrender, why didn't he kill him?" Zhang Xing asked earnestly with his usual expression. "Besides, this technique of rewarding the good and punishing the evil, and acting on behalf of the heavens, would be insufficient if only one governor of the northern government was killed... On the other hand, if one can majestically punish the governor of the southern government, it would be enough to shock the world."

Xu Dalang was in a trance and could only respond.

After a while, Zhang Shizhao was carried on the couch by Xu Shiying himself, and then the latter tore off the rope around his mouth, took out the rags from his mouth, and put them on the table... After all this was done , Xu Dalang just stood at the threshold, he was not willing to leave.

The other party was a big boss, and Zhang Xing was not easy to get rid of, so he could only pick up the form, show it to Zhang Shizhao on the opposite side for a while, then immediately take it back, first fill up the first few boxes for the other party, and then seriously ask:

"Zhang Shizhao, are you willing to surrender?"

Zhang Shizhao, who had been locked up for almost a night, opened his numb mouth, but there was no sound.

"If your mouth is sour, nod or shake your head." Zhang Xing reminded seriously. "Will you surrender?"

Zhang Xianggong stared at the young man in front of him, for a long while, he said seriously: "I am afraid of death, but you have to tell me, what happened last night, you have become famous, but how do you deal with the queen?"

Xu Shiying also came to see Zhang Xing immediately after hearing the words.

"I tell you, you just tell me whether you will surrender or not?" Zhang Xing asked seriously.

"good."

"I'm going to loot all the accompanying property here, and ask Liang County officials to send Songcheng armaments, money, food, and grass to redeem the queen and Cao Taishou. Hand it over to the Huai You League, let them be middlemen to receive it, and then continue to escort the south to Jiangdu." Zhang Xing answered calmly. "As for Liang County, it doesn't hurt to use a few more cities as a buffer."

"That's right! It's enough to plunder to seek fame, but you don't have to keep the queen as a target of public criticism, and you can drag the Huaiyou League into trouble." Zhang Shizhao replied earnestly, but he couldn't ask again. "But why can't they also come to redeem me?"

"Surrender or not?" Zhang Xing didn't have time to ask, so he hovered over the form with his pen.

Xu Shiying also stared at the famous Nan Yamen again.

Zhang Shizhao was silent for a long time, and slowly answered: "I am the prince of the court after all, and it is not impossible to die in Huanshui..."

Zhang Xing sighed and wanted to write the word "No Surrender".

But soon, the Zhang Xianggong sitting on the couch continued: "But if you can cover up for me and change your name, you may not necessarily kill me in Huanshui...Zhang Sanlang...I may not be unable to descend to the rear, Only, I only surrender you, not the Dragon Gang, do you dare to accept?"

Xu Shiying inside the threshold can't count how many times he has changed color tonight, and he doesn't know whether he should intervene.

On the other hand, Zhang Xing, after a moment of silence, immediately responded seriously: "I can find someone from among the captives to pretend to be you, and pretend to kill you in Yu Huanshui, but you must join the Dragon Gang, and you can be a gang member. It doesn't matter if it's an ordinary leader, it's fine... except that you don't let me down."

"Why?" Zhang Shizhao was puzzled. "Isn't this Dragon Gang a set for you to do things? It will be thrown away sooner or later. Or, if you want to do big things, you don't even have this capacity? Or is it because he is here?"

As he spoke, Zhang Shizhao pointed to Xu Shiying who was inside the threshold.

"I hate the sage and the Great Wei, but I have no grudges against you, and you are ready to surrender, so there is no need to avoid it." Zhang Xing sighed, but he was sincere. "Mr. Zhang, I've always known that I'm a waste, but I have the ambition I shouldn't have. I want to do something big. If this is the case, I can only do it by gathering everyone's strength."

Zhang Shizhao sneered: "It's all right."

"Of course the truth is right. I know you look down on the members of the Dragon Gang, and think they are just mobs." Zhang Xing responded politely. "I feel that everything should be guided by a wise man. But with all due respect, once a wise man is overwhelmed, he will still make a mistake, and if everyone gathers fire, he can become a torch. Isn't Mr. Zhang defeated by us mobs tonight?" ?Secondly, if today’s mob can be sharpened, after the big waves wash away the sand, they may not be able to become real heroes in the future... Besides, the rules are the rules. I am recruiting today as the right-wing leader of the Dragon Gang. What about selfishness? If you do too much of this kind of thing, it looks like you are taking advantage of it, but it will actually be embarrassing."

"Ha!" Zhang Shizhao was stunned for a moment, then he let out a long breath and laughed. "That day in Nanya, they all said you were Xiao Zhang Shizhao, but I feel that you are faintly a little Cao Lin now."

"Can't it be both?" Xu Shiying took a step forward, but finally couldn't help interjecting.

"Mr. Zhang." Zhang Xing glanced at Xu Dalang, and asked seriously with a pen. "Are you going to surrender or not?"

"I'm afraid of death, so I surrender." Zhang Shizhao also looked back at Xu Shiying, and then replied seriously. "In the future, in the gang, you can still ask me to be a secretary for a county."

Zhang Xing nodded, carefully wrote the word "willing to surrender" on the form, then put down his pen, and pouted at Xu Shiying.

The latter also hurried forward to help, ready to tie his mouth again and go outside to confuse the public.

"Although I didn't surrender you personally, after all, I received protection from you. Tonight's defeat was also a fatal blow from you. It was a beautiful blow." At this moment, Zhang Shizhao suddenly raised his hand to stop Xu Shiying, and then calmed down. Open your mouth. "So Zhang Sanlang, I'll also take this opportunity to tell you a big truth... Since you have done this as honestly as possible, it's not impossible, the road is chosen by yourself... But remember, no matter what in the future, you have to , don’t throw it away, otherwise it will be a time of complete failure for you; on the other hand, even if the situation reaches a certain level, as long as you can still fool it on the surface, it will be the end of the mountain, and you may be able to repeat it for a while .”

After finishing speaking, Zhang Shizhao took the initiative to stuff the tattered linen balls on the table into his mouth, let Xu Shiying come back to his senses, tied his mouth, and carried him out again.

PS: Thanks to the new alliance leaders, Master Cola No Snow and Master Aytchzee, this is the [-]th and [-]th alliances in this book... The business of the Dragon Gang is in full swing, and it is only a matter of officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress it.

(End of this chapter)