Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Guo Ye opened the curtain, pointed to the person inside, and whispered to Kang Bao: "Here, this is the person we are going to meet tonight, the idiot you mentioned."

Kang Bao pushed away Guo Ye who was in front of him, and hummed: "Let's go, let's see who this idiot is, who dares to make such a big show, and dares to let us go all the way from Longxi...then What, dad, is he my dad???"

Seeing the people inside, Kang Bao almost twisted his mouth in fright. The idiot in his mouth turned out to be his old man - Yizhou Zhechong Duwei Kang Yueshan.

Guo Ye rolled his eyes at him, and hummed jokingly: "Nonsense, is it not your father or my father? What's the matter, do you dare to say that your father is an idiot?"

"Shh, you kid wants to kill me? If you dare to say the word stupid again, I'll never end with you!"

Kang Bao knew his old man's tricks. He grew up under the army baton when he was young, he dared to show his teeth to anyone, but he didn't dare to show his teeth to his father.

"Cough cough..."

The movement at the door outside also alarmed Kang Yueshan. The old man got up leisurely from the ground, clapped his hands and looked towards the door, and asked with a serious expression: "You guys are here? What were you talking about secretly at the door just now? Two words, who is an idiot?"

Guo Ye looked at Kang Bao with a smirk on his face, and looked at this kid so much that he lost his soul, and kept winking at Guo Ye, signaling him not to cheat.

Then he laughed and ran to Kang Yueshan, and said, "Father, you didn't hear me, we are talking about your shrewdness and sophistication. By the way, why did you come all the way from Yizhou to Longxi County?" ?”

Kang Bao was alert and quick, and immediately changed the topic, for fear that the old man would grasp the word "stupid bag" and study it carefully.

Sure enough, Kang Yueshan's eyes were diverted, he pointed at Guo Ye, and said to Kang Bao: "What? Didn't the Guo family boy tell you the purpose of this trip?"

Kang Bao was stunned. Could this be the secret behind Guo Ye's private conversation with his father at his own home that day?

Shit, this kid is not righteous enough, he is still hiding it from me.

Then, he looked at Guo Ye with a complaining face.

Guo Ye laughed dumbfounded, and said: "At the beginning, the plan was still immature, so I could only discuss it with Captain Kang. Haha, Brother Kang, don't blame me. Now it's finally time to reveal the answer."

As he said that, he walked into the tent from the door, put his arm around Kang Bao's shoulders as a comfort, and then explained: "This hero meeting is just a cover, do you really think that it is up to you to choose a ghost rudder based on a hero meeting? Can these tens of thousands of water bandits really be convinced?"

Kang Bao still looked puzzled, and murmured, "What do you mean? Could it be all fake, just for fun?"

Guo Ye shook his head and nodded again, and said leisurely: "When the truth is also false, the false is also true."

"What do you mean?"

Kang Bao still couldn't understand Guo Ye's nonsense.

"Asshole, it's just a mixture of truth and falsehood, understand? Boy of the Guo family, please speak well, don't go around my Dalang, and explain to him."

Kang Yueshan suddenly threw a cold face at Kang Bao, then found a wooden pier and sat down to urge Guo Yedao.

Guo Ye groaned, and said to Kang Bao: "This hero meeting is just an introduction. Recruiting tens of thousands of water bandits to build a Cao Gang, and fighting in the arena to choose the chief helmsman are just means. The purpose is to gather tens of thousands of water bandits. In Longxi County, completely solve the banditry on the Minjiang River."

I rely on!

Kang Bao's eyes widened, and he asked nazily: "You mean to lure tens of thousands of people to Longxi County, then gather and wipe them out, and kill them all? I'm stupid, tens of thousands of people will be slaughtered at once, don't you kid?" Too harsh?"

"Pooh!"

Guo Ye spat: "You think I'm addicted to killing? After all, the tens of thousands of water bandits are not all the ones who deserve to be killed. I gathered them in the county this time. The ultimate goal is to subdue them and form a gang to make the banditry disappear. Minjiang, but to subdue this gang of water bandits, there is no improvement at all with only one Cao gang, in addition to gentle means, bloody suppression is needed, one hard and one soft, complement each other, understand?"

After hearing this, Kang Bao nodded and said, "I almost understand. This is what you usually say, what about American imperialism, carrots and sticks?"

Guo Ye smiled and said, "That's what it means. On the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, as long as I win the four-person competition, I will be the head of the Cao Gang in name, and then I will reveal my identity. As long as As soon as my identity is exposed, some people will definitely not accept it, or some people will not obey the order and take the opportunity to make trouble. At that time, it will be the time for us to kill and show power. As long as we kill the leaders, hehe, those little guys at the bottom, What else could it be like?"

"Besides, for the tens of thousands of water bandits, what's the difference between being a water bandit and being a member of the Cao gang? As long as whoever can make money, we can do that? So we just need to get rid of those so-called big bosses, and the second After the head of the family, the third head of the family, and their hard-core minions, do you still worry about not being able to subdue the tens of thousands of water bandits scattered in the sand?"

After Kang Bao heard Guo Ye's overall plan, he was in a daze. It turned out that this was his overall plan.

This kid really has a big heart to subdue tens of thousands of water bandits for his own use.

But there are still problems.

Kang Bao hurriedly asked: "Brother, there are tens of thousands of water bandits in the city, plus your six hundred regiments training soldiers, my six hundred soldiers from the government, even if you add the six hundred soldiers from the government that my father brought to Jiangxin Island, it will be impossible for you to fight." There are nearly 2000 people, how can you stop these water bandits? Are you thinking too simply, kid?"

"Ha ha!"

Guo Ye laughed wildly with confidence in his eyes, and then asked back: "The water bandits got ashore and were trapped in the county town, and they just left the water with the fish, so what is there to be afraid of? Besides, do you really think we Only two thousand people? You underestimate me, Guo Ye.”

Then he glanced at Kang Yueshan, who was stroking his long silver beard, and looked at him with a pair of eyes of admiration, and smiled at the corner of his mouth: "Of course, you underestimate your father too much, Mr. Kang is struggling on the battlefield." I'm an old man, don't you think so? Mr. Kang."

At this time, Guo Ye still didn't forget to slap Kang Yueshan's flattery.

Kang Yueshan heard Guo Ye's flattery slapping his ass, and he was so comfortable, then he looked at his son with contempt, and said, "I know how to fight and kill every day, I told you to read some strategies on the art of war." Yes, bastard."

Speaking of this, he patted his chest at Guo Ye and said, "Boy Guo, our old Kang family has stayed in Sichuan for more than ten years, how can some trivial matters be difficult for me? The things you discussed with me before are inseparable." Ten."

"Haha, Dashan!"

Hearing this, Guo Ye happily gave Kang Yueshan a thumbs up, and hurriedly asked: "It's really a veteran, one is worth two! Mr. Kang, please tell me quickly, how many reinforcements did you ask to help me conquer this number?" Wanshui bandits?"

I'm sorry, Kang Bao was terrified again, and there are reinforcements?This kid Guo Ye can actually send my father to ask for reinforcements?

Gua Wazi, what a face!

Chapter 188 The Great Siege Weapon of the Hero Conference

Kang Yueshan said to Guo Ye: "After you left the official mansion that day, the old man sent nine urgent letters in a row, and I have already received a response. There are nine colleagues in the Duwei's mansion who are willing to join in the grand event. Hehe, help the old man here. Another bandit suppression operation. Including the old man’s Yizhou Zhechong Duwei’s mansion, there are about [-] troops, how about it, is it enough?”

enough,

Enough is enough.

Guo Ye was overjoyed when he heard the news.

During the secret conversation with Kang Yueshan that day, the biggest thing was how to get reinforcements.

I really didn't expect that Kang Yueshan had such a wide face and such a wide network of contacts that he was able to attract soldiers from Zhechong Duwei's Mansion from nine states and counties to assist in this operation.

Immediately afterwards, in order to reassure Guo Ye, Kang Yueshan said in a deep voice: "Don't underestimate our more than ten thousand soldiers, boy, let me tell you, if you talk about real swords and guns, you will die. The water bandits in the Minjiang River are not our opponents who eat soldiers. In order to successfully suppress the bandits and quell the chaos this time, to achieve the effect of one hit and thunder, hehe, the old man personally borrowed from the Zhechong Duwei of the Chengdu Mansion, Mr. Su, Come ten large heavy weapons. Do you understand?"

Large heavy weapon?

Guo Ye blurted out and asked, "Bows and arrows?"

Kang Yueshan shook his head and replied: "This is a thing equipped by manpower, it's nothing. To tell you the truth, this time other Zhechong Duwei's mansions will carry large trebuchets, and the old man borrowed them from Chengdu Zhechong Duwei's mansion." Ten three-bow bed crossbow machines, when ten three-bow bed crossbows click and swing out of the city, those water bandits will be shocked and pee the bed?"

Trebuchet?Guo Ye understands this stuff, it was seen in the TV drama Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a bunch of big rocks were thrown into the city, like meteorites from the sky, it looks awesome.

Three-bow bed ballista?

Guo Ye carefully searched for the information he knew in his mind, could it be the "eight bull crossbow" commonly known by later generations?

The eight-ox crossbow, officially known as the three-bow bed crossbow, uses hard wood as the arrow shaft and iron sheet as the feather. It is known as "one gun and three sword arrows" in the world. When shooting in volley, the arrows are like javelins, and they can be directly nailed into the city wall when fired at close range. When firing in volley, rows of stepping arrows are firmly nailed into the city wall. superior.