My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 415 Double the Ransom

"Uncle, do you think Zhu Dianji's words are credible?"

Tang Sai'er in the room pondered for a long time before asking Zhu Xu Wengong.

Zhu Dianji is exactly the name Zhu Zhanji gave himself. As the grandson of King Ning, his names all start with Lian. In this detail, Zhu Zhanji has also achieved perfection, so as not to be seen by Tang Saier again. There is a flaw.

"It should be credible. King Ning lives in Nanchang. He sent his grandson to give the emperor his birthday present. It makes sense to go by sea, but when there is a storm, this Zhu Dianji is afraid of death, so he took people to go by land, and he was kidnapped by us. Now, King Kong let his people go, and they ran to Qingzhou to move reinforcements, that's why today's incident happened."

Xu Wengong analyzed at this time.

"This is troublesome. If King Ning's grandson dies in our hands, the people in the government will definitely not let it go. Even the emperor's old son will be alarmed. When the army gathers, I'm afraid none of us will be able to escape."

When Tang Sai'er finished speaking, her long crescent eyebrows also frowned.

"Then why don't you let him go? As long as he's fine, the government may not make any big moves."

Xu Wengong hesitated at this moment and proposed.

He was really scared. After all, this time he tied up a royal family. Although he was only the grandson of the prince, he was still a great figure in the local area. It was no wonder that Qingzhou's soldiers and horses would kill him so quickly.

"No, even if we let him go, the emperor will know that we kidnapped the other party afterwards, and he will definitely not let us go. He will still send troops to clean up the other party, and our village can only be abandoned. In this case, it is better to get the other party Earn a lot of money on me!"

Tang Saier suddenly gritted his teeth and said.

No matter what the result is, the Xiishipeng village where they are located will definitely not be able to be kept. In this case, it is better to use Zhu Dianji's identity to extort a sum of money from the government before leaving to make up for his loss.

Of course, in this process, Zhu Dianji's life must be guaranteed. After all, as long as people are alive, even if the government sends troops in the future, they will not fight them to the death. But if people die, the emperor will be furious, and the whole Ming Dynasty will not have them Shelter now.

"It makes sense, then let's send someone to contact those Qingzhou officers and soldiers and ask them to prepare money, otherwise we will tear up the ticket!"

Xu Wengong nodded.

As long as the money is in hand, they immediately break it up into pieces, give up unloading the stone shed village and take refuge in other counties and counties. When the limelight passes, they can still find a place to gather again.

"How much did King Kong ask for before?"

Tang Sai'er asked again.

"One hundred thousand, I think it can be doubled now!"

Xu Wengong's eyes began to light up when he said the last thing. If he can extort 20 yuan, he can almost rebuild a stone shed village.

"Twice the amount, 30 guan. There are refugees everywhere in Shandong recently. We have already spent a lot of money on porridge. This money must be paid by the government!"

Tang Sai'er was even more ruthless and added another [-] guan.

At the same time, in the defeated Qingzhou Army, Gao Feng looked at the map on the table with red eyes. The map was transferred from a nearby county, and it was a topographic map of Xiishipeng Village.

Before, he personally commanded the army and launched several attacks, but there was nothing to be gained except the loss of soldiers and generals. Therefore, he wanted to find another way up the mountain and bypass the opponent's defense to fight to the top of the mountain.

However, when Xiishipeng Village was first built, it was obviously a desperation that was specially selected. Except for a mountain road, there was no other way up the mountain.

What's worse, according to the local mountain people, there is still water in the Xiishipeng village. If there is enough food stored on the mountain, it may be useless for them to surround it for a year.

"General Gao, the grandson is trapped in the enemy's nest and may be in danger at any time. How can you retreat so easily?"

At this time, Wu Guang, a hundred households of Jinyiwei, found Gao Feng again, and immediately asked Gao Feng when they met.

"Wu Baihu, it's not that I want to retreat. You also saw it today. The stronghold was too difficult to fight. My soldiers suffered heavy casualties. If the fight continues like this, I'm afraid all of us thousands of people will die on the mountain road."

Gao Feng replied helplessly.

"That's the grandson. Compared with the grandson, those people under your command are nothing. Even if they are exhausted, they must be rescued!"

Wu Guang said unreasonably.

"you……"

Gao Feng was in a hurry, wanted to retaliate but didn't dare, and if he didn't retaliate, he felt that what the other party said was simply inhumane, the grandson's life is fate, and the lives of their Qingzhou soldiers are not fate?

"I don't care what your reasons are, anyway, you have to attack the cottage again tomorrow, if you can't take it down again, don't blame me for turning my face and denying people!"

Wu Guang threatened with hatred.

In fact, Wu Guang was also in a hurry. As Wang Zhi's confidant, the other party sent him out to ask for help, but the rescuers who moved in couldn't take down the cottage. If something happened to Zhu Zhanji, I'm afraid he would be the first It is not an exaggeration to ask for a crime.

"I will try my best!"

Gao Feng said without confidence, and then buried himself in the study of the surrounding terrain.

In the next two days, Gao Feng commanded the soldiers under his command to launch fierce attacks on Xiishipeng Village many times, but a considerable part of his men were old, weak, sick and disabled, and most of the rest were soldiers who didn't work at all. No effort, so in the end no results were achieved.

Until the afternoon of the third day, Gao Feng's army retreated again, no matter how much he shouted, the soldiers under him were unwilling to go up to die again, and the morale of the army dropped to the extreme.

"A group of drunkards and rice bags, a battle like this, no wonder even a group of bandits can't be wiped out!"

Wu Guang was extremely angry again, pointing at Gao Feng and others and yelling.

"Wu Baihu, we've tried our best, if you think I can't do it, then you can direct it yourself!"

Gao Feng was also angry, and immediately insisted that there was really nothing he could do.

"you……"

Wu Guang wanted to scold again, but seeing the expressions of Gao Feng and the others were not right, he held back abruptly. After all, Gao Feng's people were all around him, and it wouldn't do him any good if the other party forced him to jump over the wall. .

"Are there any other usable troops around?"

Wu Guangqiang suppressed his anger, and then asked.

Gao Feng and his group could no longer count on them, so they could only find a way to transfer troops from other places.

"Either go to Jinan or Yanzhou, but they are all far away. It is estimated that it will take seven or eight days at the earliest."

Gao Feng replied.

"No, it's too late."

Wu Guang beat his thigh. When he came out, the other party had already told him that he would only be given ten days. If he didn’t pay within ten days, Zhu Zhanji and Wang Zhi would be dead. And now the tenth day is coming soon up.

But at this moment, someone suddenly rushed to report: "General Qi, a group of people from Dongchang came outside and asked the general to come and greet him!"

(End of this chapter)