Chapter 273 It’s okay if you don’t come, but if you come, you will definitely become a turtle in the jar!

“The grain-transporting boats follow the Dalang River from Hulao Pass all the way to the capital, and the distance is more than 800 miles! However, if the king of the south of the Yangtze River wants to rob the boat to grab grain, the most suitable location is near Gongxu Mountain.”

“Because here, there is a river that leads directly to the south of the Yangtze River. Even if you take the land route, the route is relatively smooth, and it is convenient to transport grain! At the same time, it is far away from the front and rear cities, so it is difficult for the court to rescue!”

“This distance is about 200 miles.”

The Empress nodded: “Ai Qing, continue to talk!”

“Gongxu Mountain is the best place to rob food! But if you want to rob food, you must prepare enough manpower! Firstly, you need to transport food, and secondly, you must reserve enough manpower to deal with the court!”

Lin Beifan raised 5 fingers: “I estimate that this will require about 50,000 to 60,000 troops!”

“To sum up, if the King of Jiangnan wants to rob food, it is very likely that 50,000 to 60,000 troops will be dispatched to attack Gongxu Mountain, so as long as we guard this place, we will basically be able to sit back and relax!”

“So, the strategy of this minister is like this!”

Lin Beifan chuckled: “In the name of food protection, we can set up checkpoints 100 miles away from Gongxu Mountain and guard them heavily. No one is allowed to approach, and all pedestrians have to detour! However, we can secretly open a road. Kouzi, as long as you bribe the soldiers, you can let them in secretly!”

“Under such circumstances, if the King of the South of the Yangtze River wants to rob food, he must not send troops here with great fanfare, otherwise he will be exposed in advance, and the gain will not be worth the loss! Therefore, the other party is most likely to pretend to be a passer-by and enter Gongxu Mountain in pieces!”

“But you have to pay to enter Gongxu Mountain! Ordinary people are reluctant to part with money, and would rather walk a little more than pay money! So once he pays the money, it proves that the common people are soldiers of the King of Jiangnan in all likelihood. We can break them one by one, arrest them all, and let the king of Jiangnan lose his troops and generals!”

The Empress’s eyes lit up: “It’s wonderful!”

“But what if the Jiangnan King’s people don’t come?” A minister asked.

“It’s fine if you don’t come, but if you come, you will be a turtle in the urn!” Lin Beifan said loudly.

“Everyone has a lover, what’s the plan?” the empress asked all the officials.

All the officials looked at each other and said in unison: “I have no objection!”

“What to do!” The empress made a decision.

Therefore, heavy troops were sent out, with Gongxu Mountain as the core, 100 miles away, and numerous checkpoints were set up to prevent anyone from approaching.

At this time, a group of court officers and soldiers were dispersing the common people on Gongxu Mountain Road.

“This place is sealed off, you are not allowed to approach!”

“Why was it blocked?” The common people were puzzled.

The officers and soldiers said loudly: “Because the imperial court’s grain transport ship is going to pass here! For safety’s sake, we temporarily closed this section of road and river, and no one is allowed to approach!”

“But, we are going to the capital!”

“You take a detour, and you will arrive there in two or three days!”

“My God, why is this…?”

……

The common people complained one after another.

This situation was quickly monitored by Jiangnan Wang’s spies.

Hurriedly ran back to report: “My lord, something is wrong!”

The King of Jiangnan came out: “Why are you so panicked, tell me in detail!”

The spies urgently reported: “My lord is like this. In order to escort the grain ship, the imperial court sealed off all the roads in Gongxu Mountain…”

After hearing this, King Jiangnan’s face became gloomy: “The imperial court’s action is clearly aimed at us!”

Wang Fugui smiled wryly and nodded: “Yes, my lord! They knew we were short of food, and they were afraid that we would take food, so they heavily guarded Gongxu Mountain to guard against us!”

The king of Jiangnan was unwilling: “Is he just giving up like this? Fugui, you should quickly find a way for this king!”

Wang Fugui was also very anxious: “My lord, wait, let me think about it!”

A day later, Wang Fugui came back with a happy expression on his face: “My lord, this subordinate has figured out a way!”

Jiangnan Wang urged: “Speak quickly!”

“My lord, it looks like this!”

Wang Fugui cupped his hands and said: “The subordinates asked people to pretend to be ordinary people to test the imperial soldiers and horses. Guess what happened? They are all very greedy for money. As long as they give three or four taels of silver, the imperial soldiers will secretly let them go!”

Jiangnan Wang’s eyes lit up: “There is still such a thing?”

Wang Fugui smiled and said: “My lord, the imperial court is corrupt from top to bottom. Big officials are big greedy, small officials are small greedy, and sometimes small officials are big greedy. It’s not like you don’t know!”

Jiang Nanwang nodded: “That’s true!”

“So, here’s what my subordinates do!” Wang Fugui laughed softly: “We can let our soldiers and horses pretend to be ordinary people, bribe the soldiers of the imperial court, break them into pieces and enter Gongxu Mountain, and take the opportunity to grab food! “

“They definitely didn’t expect that under such a tight guard, someone would go to grab their food, and they would definitely relax, which would be of great benefit to us!”

Jiangnan Wang nodded again and again: “That’s right, that’s right, you are absolutely right!”

“In addition, we will send tens of thousands of soldiers outside to respond. Once we succeed in cooperating internally and externally, we will surely catch the imperial court by surprise, and at the same time we can get the food back!”

Jiangnan Wang Daxi said: “Okay!”

“My lord, we can still contact the King of Hebei and act together according to this law! In this way, the court will inevitably lose sight of the other, and our chances of winning will be greatly improved!”

Jiangnan Wang clapped his hands again and again: “You’re right, let’s do this!”

So, he let his elite soldiers pretend to be passers-by and ordinary people who were going to pass Gongxu Mountain.

“My lord, I’m going to the capital to make a living!”

“This place is blocked, no approaching is allowed, please make a detour!”

“Detour? The detour is too far, and it will take three or four more days. You may think that I am strong, but I am actually very weak! Officer, please do me a favor, please!”

“I’m a principled person, so there’s nothing to talk about!”

“Officer…”

Jiangnan soldiers pretending to be ordinary people secretly took out a tael of silver and stuffed it into the hands of the imperial soldiers.

The court soldier put the money in his pocket as if nothing had happened.

At this time, several other court soldiers saw it and secretly coughed a few times.

The soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River were very knowledgeable. Each of them stuffed a tael of silver, which was quickly accepted by them.

“It seems that there is nothing wrong with you, so go in! But I tell you not to run around, especially not to approach the river, otherwise something will happen, don’t blame me for not reminding you!”

“Don’t worry, officials and lords, we are all ordinary people, we know how to do it!”

The imperial soldiers opened the gate: “Go in!”

“Thank you! Thank you, gentlemen!”

The Jiangnan soldiers who succeeded in bribing went in thankfully.

However, not long after I walked in, I ran into another group of imperial soldiers, who looked even more elite.

“Don’t move! Get down and raise your hands!”

“Masters, you have misunderstood me. I am just an ordinary citizen. I only came in after paying money!”

“It’s you people who gave money that were arrested, take them away!”

So, the fake ordinary people couldn’t even resist, so they were arrested.

However, the outsiders didn’t know about it, and the Jiangnan King didn’t even know about it, and sent people to throw themselves into the trap continuously.

In just three or four days, the imperial court arrested 50,000 Jiangnan soldiers.

On this day, King Jiangnan was a little excited.

Because the grain transport ship finally sailed slowly into the boundary of Gongxu Mountain, the grain grabbing operation was about to start. As long as he grabs this batch of grain, his food shortage problem will be solved, at least until the harvest season this autumn.

Once the food problem is resolved, he can continue to seek the throne.

This matter is of great importance, and the kings of the south of the Yangtze River have come in person.

Waiting and waiting, very anxious: “` “Why hasn’t it started yet? Is something wrong?”

“My lord, there is no rush!” Wang Fugui smiled and said, “The imperial court’s grain ship has just entered Gongxu Mountain. It will take at least two days and one night for him to leave Gongxu Mountain. We can wait slowly!”< /p>

“Besides, it is General Zhao Gong who is in charge of commanding the battle! General Zhao has always been prudent. He should choose to attack at night when the troops are exhausted and defenses are lax, so that we can get twice the result with half the effort!”

“As long as we succeed, General Zhao will definitely send out a signal to remind us, so we can act! We should cooperate internally and externally, catch the court by surprise, and grab the food!”

King Jiangnan clapped his hands and said, “Okay! This king will wait until night for your good news!”

“Yes, my lord!” Wang Fugui cupped his hands.

The day time passed quickly, and night finally fell.

The weather is good tonight, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and there is a faint breeze blowing, which is very comfortable.

After Jiangnan Wang finished his dinner, he became anxious again: “Why hasn’t General Zhao sent out the signal yet? Hasn’t he succeeded yet?”

“My lord, don’t worry!” Wang Fugui smiled and said, “Now that everyone has just finished dinner and is very energetic, it’s not a good time to make a move! In the middle of the night, General Zhao should be able to make a move!”

“Okay, I’ve been waiting for him for two hours!” King Jiangnan gritted his teeth and found a clean place to squint and take a rest.

Two hours passed quickly.

Jiangnan Wang woke up, looked at the time, and asked the left and right: “Why is there no signal yet?”

Wang Fugui was still very calm: “My lord, everyone is falling asleep now. I think General Zhao should be ready to act. Let’s give him a little more time!”

Jiangnan Wang said loudly: “Okay! This king will give him another hour, and if something happens, wake up this king immediately!”

An hour passed quickly.

No one called, Jiangnan Wang himself woke up, and said in a daze, “Is it all right? It will be dawn if we go any further!”

Wang Fugui was also a little panicked, but he pretended to be calm: “My lord, although he is not healed yet, we have to trust General Zhao, he will definitely not let us down!”

King Jiangnan worriedly said: “There’s been no news for so long, is something wrong? Why don’t we go straight in!”

“My lord, this matter is absolutely inappropriate. It will alarm the court, and it may disrupt General Zhao’s actions! Let’s wait patiently, maybe it will be over soon!”

“Okay, I will wait a little longer!”

Just like that, the night passed quickly, and the sky was already bright.