Signing in the Republic of China: starting from a foot patrol

Chapter 202 Learning to Fight in Journey to the West

With Hong Tianwu's voice, everyone turned their attention to him, Grandma Li from 'Xiangudao' asked: "Commander Hong, what's wrong with you?"

"I have an idea!"

"What idea, you tell everyone!"

Hong Tianwu sat back on his chair, and instead of telling the plan directly, he first told everyone a passage:

"Everyone has heard of "Journey to the West", right? In this "Journey to the West", once, Tang Monk and his disciples passed by a hidden mist mountain. There is a leopard spirit on the mountain, who calls himself the King of Nanshan."

"This King Nanshan wants to eat Tang Monk's meat, but with his little ability, he is no match for Sun Houzi and his three sons."

"So, this leopard spirit came up with a plan called splitting plum blossoms!"

"He used three waves of little monsters to lure Sun Houzi and his three sons away. Tang Seng was left unattended, and Tang Seng was arrested all at once."

Speaking of this, everyone understood in their hearts, Qin Wanying of 'Guan Dao Tang' said:

"You mean, let's also send a few waves of people to lure away Lin Hongfei's militia, and beat it down while Jiangdu County is not guarded by many people!"

Hong Tianwu nodded: "Yes, that's what it means, copy Lin Hongfei's hometown, and give him all the good things in the county!"

"This Lin Hongfei has no money in his hands, so naturally he can't pay the military salary. If the soldiers don't have military salary, who will work for you?"

"At that time, the Lin family militia will be defeated!"

As soon as everyone heard it, they immediately agreed again and again, and they all praised Hong Tianwu for his good brain and strategy.

But although everyone agrees with this strategy, there is another problem that bothers them.

This problem is not complicated, that is, who will be the bait to attract Lin Hongfei's troops.

Everyone here is not stupid. Being a bait means leading Lin Hongfei's team around in circles. Naturally, it is not their turn to rob the county town.

Although the war is over and everyone will share the spoils together, you haven't seen how much they robbed.

For example, if they robbed 1 yuan, and then embezzled 4000 yuan, and told themselves that they robbed [-] yuan, wouldn't they suffer a big loss?

Therefore, there is a strategy, but there is no way to implement it.

Therefore, another fierce quarrel broke out in the Guandi Temple. You pushed me, I pushed him, and there was a lot of trouble.

By the time everyone discussed and came to a conclusion, it was already night.

Since everyone doesn't want to be a bait and wants to go to the county town to grab a shot, then simply select some people from each team to form a separate team as a bait.

Everyone has made bait, and they can all go to the county town to rob, which is fair.

However, Han Sitong of the Red Gun Association raised a question: "I said, things on the ground are easy to handle, but what about the gunboat on the river?"

"Don't we want to rob Jiangdu County's wharf? With that gunboat, it's not easy to do it!"

Hong Tianwu didn't worry about it: "It's simple, the crew on the gunboat didn't just jump out of the cracks in the rocks. After we entered the county town, we tied up their families as meat tickets."

"Then let it go to the riverside like this, I don't believe that gunboat dared to fire."

Han Sitong smiled: "Yes, you still have an idea!"

Hong Tianwu smiled triumphantly, and then attracted a few clever confidants:

"You guys immediately bring together your people and go to Jiangdu County to find out information, such as the residence of the Lin Family Militia, the address of the family members, the location of the arsenal, and so on."

"It must be quick. We don't have much time. After you find out the good news, go directly to Langgou Mountain in the north of Jiangdu County. I will wait for you there."

The spies quickly responded, "Yes, Commander, we're leaving now!"

As the spies left, Hong Tianwu also said to the leaders: "Let's leave tomorrow and stay on Langgou Mountain for a while."

"When the spies report back, let's split up and take down Jiangdu County!"

"Okay, it's up to you!" Everyone said in response.

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Jiangdu Wharf

morning

The nearby breakfast stand was full of people who came to eat. Several laborers gathered around a square table, and each asked the boss for two taels of hot white wine, plus a side dish.

Drinking early in the morning was not because the workers were greedy for alcohol, but mainly because the cargo ships on the river did not arrive at the pier on time, and when the ships arrived, they had to unload quickly.

Therefore, the trackers and laborers on the wharf often have to come to work hard before dawn, and work until dawn.

The pier is humid and the river water is cold. Everyone drinks early in the morning. Firstly, it is to get rid of the cold, and secondly, they have to go home to catch up on sleep after working all night.

But anyone who has worked night shifts knows that, despite being sleepy at work, you really can't fall asleep when you lie in bed to catch up on sleep.

Simply, drink some wine, anesthetize the brain, and go home to sleep well.

In the wharf, there are people from all over the world, and there are people from all over the place, so there is a bit of a hodgepodge in terms of food.

A breakfast market at Jiangdu Wharf contains special foods from southern Shaanxi, Sichuan-Chongqing, and Hubei provinces.

After finishing their drinks, the laborers blushed and yelled at the stall owner to serve them a big bowl of spicy noodle soup.

At this time, a man dressed in shabby clothes seemed to see that there were no tables around, so he also sat next to the hard workers with a bowl of noodles.

When the men drank a little wine, they talked a little too much. You and I talked about some meat and vegetable topics.

The man listened, and made a few accents, blending into the chatting of the crowd.

At this time, the man pointed to the iron-clad gunboat on the distant river with his chopsticks, and asked casually, "Brothers, have you ever boarded this ship?"

The guys shook their heads, and one of them smiled and said, "We don't have the qualifications, but I saw the county magistrate board the ship two days ago."

The man nodded, and then expanded the topic: "You said that the soldiers on this gunboat earn a lot, right?"

"I don't know how much, but a relative of mine is a soldier under the county magistrate. According to him, if you serve as a soldier for the county magistrate, you will be in charge of food, housing, and distribution of clothes, so no matter how much you earn, the family can keep it."

"It looks like we earn more money than farming, but after eating and drinking for the whole family for a day, there are not many big children left!" The man said with a bit of envy.

"Take care of food, clothes, and housing, my God, then they must live in a big mansion!" The man continued to ask.

"No, it turned out to be the mansion of the Liang family, where all the military masters on these ships lived."

"A few days ago, I helped the families of several military masters carry their luggage. Those military masters are really generous. The reward alone is more than their wages!" the man said excitedly.

Just when the man wanted to continue to ask questions, the noodle stall owner was holding a tray with four large bowls filled with steaming hot noodle soup.

There are chopped chili peppers floating on the fiery red soup, and a few emerald green vegetables are adorned, which will greatly increase the appetite at first glance.

"Come, come, eat first, and I'll serve you soup later!" said the noodle stall owner.

The men were already hungry, and one by one hurriedly put the sea bowl in front of them, then picked up the chopsticks and stretched them into the bowl, then picked up a large lump of noodles and stuffed them into their mouths.

Immediately, the men's mouths were swollen, but they didn't seem to even chew, but their mouths squirmed slightly, and the noodles that filled their mouths were just like that.

The men on the side wanted to continue asking, but the men were too busy eating bowls of noodles and going home to sleep, so they didn't answer him.