The Song Dynasty on the Sand Table

Chapter 58 Calculation
When Wu Jialiang saw this scene, his heart skipped a beat: Oh no! Could that young woman and the businessman dressed like this be the Gong Da Wang tribe entrenched in Dongmiaozi Village?

It has been a month since he came to Jimo County to take office. His subordinates have made inquiries from various sources and have long found out that Gong Yi is dead. The Gong Dawang army is now led by his daughter Gong Erniang. Qian Zhuoqun, the second-in-command of the rebel army, likes to dress like a businessman.

Now when I saw the combination of the girl and the businessman, I immediately guessed their origins.

Seeing Zheng Qibu and Madam Gong Er recognize each other, Wu Jialiang secretly thought it was bad: "This is over! One group of big bandits has joined forces with another. If this happens, the hundred or so archers under my command will be useless." Even if Master Ye and Bruce Lee were good fighters, they would be no match for so many bandits, not to mention that King Gong's men knew how to fight.

What should I do?
Wu Jialiang's head became twice as big...

At the entrance of Dawang Village, the four rebel leaders were "joyed to meet their relatives" and chatted for a while about the long-awaited reunion. One hundred million words are omitted here.

Finally getting to the point, Zheng Hao said, "After Lao Jiu and I escaped from Jimo County, we ran into each other over thirty miles northeast of the county. We joined forces and headed east. When we reached the coast, we found a few tattered ships and fled to an island. There, we encountered a large group of refugees fleeing the Jin bandits, and that's how we gathered the men we have now."

Zhang Jiaozi chimed in, "Life on the island was truly hellish. We finally managed to survive for two or three months, but when we couldn't stand it any longer, we rowed back to the mainland. When we heard the Jin invaders had retreated, we decided to fight our way back to the county and rally the rebels."

Madam Gong Er: "You have suffered."

Zheng Hao: "Second Madam, Second Brother Qian, where have you been making a living these days?"

Madam Gong Er said: "We first fled to Mount Laoshan. Fortunately, thanks to the True Lord's protection, life in the mountains was not too hard. We hid in the mountains for a month, trained our soldiers for a month, and then went down the mountain and captured Guanhai Salt Field and Dongmiaozi Village. Now we control three villages, a salt field, a coal mine, and an iron mine."

As soon as she said this, strange expressions appeared on Zheng Hao and Zhang Jiaozi's faces: What is a True Lord?
Qian Zhuoqun saw their confusion and explained with a smile, "The True Lord is a deity. He sent celestial generals to help us train our soldiers. Now our soldiers are all well-behaved and energetic, and they no longer act like bandits."

Madam Gong Er smiled and said, "Yes, our military discipline is very strict now. I can even recite a few sentences... If you disobey your superiors, disobey orders and prohibitions, kill civilians to claim credit, or rape women, you will be executed..."

She and Qian Zhuoqun talked about the new military regulations, and when they talked about Zhang Dashu making a mistake and getting beaten, they couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Zheng Hao and Zhang Jiaozi also smiled when they heard this: "The Jimo Volunteer Army was built up by Brother Gong. Although Brother Gong is gone, we should obey the orders of the Second Lady. You two should go to the village and rest for a while. After the soldiers have rested, we will follow you to Dongmiaozi Village."

"it is good!"

The two men did not suspect anything and entered the village with a dozen scouts. They sat down to rest in a dilapidated house and tied their horses in front of the door.

Zheng Hao and Zhang Jiaozi went to another room...

Yue Wenxuan's heart moved and he turned his attention to the two people. Seeing them enter the house, Yue Wenxuan simply lowered his head, put his face close to the sand table, and looked inside through the small window of the house.

In the small room, Zheng Hao and Zhang Jiaozi had changed their expressions. They were no longer smiling like before, but their faces were dark.

Zheng Hao whispered, "I never thought that the Second Lady is still alive."

Zhang Jiaozi said, "She's just a 16-year-old kid. I really don't agree with her being my boss." Zheng Hao said, "Yeah, and that Qian Zhuoqun is just a lousy businessman. I've been fed up with him for a long time. Why should a businessman who can't even fight get the second job?"

Zhang Jiaozi: "Listen to what she just said. She said she was going to rectify military discipline, forbid burning, killing, looting, and raping women. Ugh! If we don't allow these things, how can we be happy?"

Zheng Hao: "We can't go with her to Dongmiaozi Village. Once we meet up with her men, we'll have no choice but to obey her. We won't be able to live freely anymore."

Zhang Jiaozi nodded. "Then why don't we find an excuse and go in another direction?"

Zheng Hao: "Are you stupid? Didn't you hear her say that she controls three villages, a salt field, a coal mine, and an iron mine? What are these? They are all money and grain! If we part ways with her, we won't get a single cent of these money and grain."

Zhang Jiaozi seemed to understand something: "Seventh Brother, what you mean is..."

Zheng Hao wiped his neck and said, "I'm going to do it once and for all! Kill him and Qian Zhuoqun, and take over her territory. From now on, I'll be the big brother, and you'll be the second in command."

Zhang Jiaozi whispered, "This might be difficult to handle! It's not tenable in terms of martial arts ethics. Nearly a hundred of our subordinates are loyal to Brother Gong Yi. If we order them to kill Brother Gong Yi's daughter, I'm afraid..."

The two men had broken out of Jimo County, each with dozens of brothers, a total of one hundred people. These people all obeyed Gong Yi. If they were asked to kill Madam Gong Er, they would probably turn against her.

Zheng Hao said: "Let's not move our old brothers, let's use the more than one hundred new subordinates we recruited on the island."

Zhang Jiaozi: "How can I hide this from my brothers?"

Zheng Hao: "This is easy. We'll have the old brothers go to Dongmiaozi Village to rest first, then say we're going to take the new brothers who joined us back to the island to pack up. Invite Second Lady and Qian Zhuoqun to go with us to the island. She won't be prepared. Halfway there, mobilize over a hundred brothers from the island to besiege Second Lady and Qian Zhuoqun. One of them is a weak woman, and the other is a fat businessman. As long as we kill the dozen or so scouts around them, wouldn't it be easy? We can easily kill them."

Zhang Jiaozi nodded: "Good plan."

The two of them had made their decision and were ready to make arrangements...

After listening to the whole thing, Yue Wenxuan couldn't help but sigh deeply. What a mess this was.
He glanced at Huagai Mountain, near the village, and saw Wu Jialiang leaving dejectedly. He knew he was powerless to prevent the two bandits from merging, and his job as a county lieutenant would be difficult from now on. He had originally planned to use his eloquence to persuade Zheng Qige to submit, but now that he saw the two "violent bandits" acknowledging their kinship, he realized that his rhetoric was useless.

With a gloomy look on his face, he left with Master Ye, Bruce Lee and four old subordinates.

Yue Wenxuan watched Wu Jialiang go away, thinking to himself: After you go back, you should change your attitude towards the Jimo rebel army.

Forget it, now is not the time to think about this! Now we have to save Gong Er Niangzi and Qian Zhuoqun.

Yue Wenxuan turned his eyes to his toy cabinet... What kind of "benefits" should he give to Zheng Hao and Zhang Jiaozi?
(End of this chapter)