Chapter 14: Hidden talents are widely accepted, and the reckless heroes are widely collected

Everyone worshipped the Lord and then discussed the uprising. He Anping talked happily, so he dipped his fingers in wine and drew a picture on the table to tell Zhao Jin about the general situation of the new city.

The table was so small that soon the painting was full, and He Anping changed to painting on the ground. Zhao Yu also squatted on the ground and asked the questions in his heart one by one. He Anping knows everything. He is actually the chief planner of the new city and knows the situation in the city very well. The Wuda and Lu brothers are the general leaders who led carpenters and blacksmiths to work. They are not only responsible for construction, but also for the manufacture of ordnance. At present, they want to tell Zhao Zhenze what they know.

What Zhao Jin said is Mandarin with ancient vernacular, and some ancient classical Chinese. He is really a "great man". Although everyone didn't understand it, they didn't think it was strange. They just felt that the master was not a mortal, and it was natural to use different words!

Zhao Yu asked: I learned from Li Tu, Xiao Yu and others that they said that 100,000 soldiers could be organized in the city. Is it really okay?

The four leaders are Zhao Yu's rough estimate: Han people, Jurchens, Khitans, Turks, Qiang people, Dian and other oriental craftsmen and coolants in the city, with no less than 300,000, most of them are young and middle-aged people. After the uprising, as long as the logistics can afford, 100,000 soldiers can be completely organized, not a lie.

Zhao Yu asked again: How many ordnances are there in the city?

The four leaders explained to Zhao Jin: In terms of long-range weapons in the city, there were a large number of bows and crossbows, but the Tamur expedition basically took away the good bows; now the long-range weapons in the new city are mainly about 20,000 crossbows that are convenient for defending the city and inconvenient to fight in the field. Most of the melee weapons were also taken away, but after the expedition left, a large number of ordnance craftsmen in the city continued to manufacture, so tens of thousands of weapons were accumulated. The same is true in terms of armor. There are a large number of helmets, armors, leather armors, military uniforms and other things produced in the future, which are enough for 10,000 or 20,000 people to hang them.

Zhao Jin looked at He Anping drawing the location of the main arsenal in the city and nodded, thinking that as long as he could seize these places, the weapons needed for the uprising should be enough.

There is no shortage of people and weapons, so what about logistics?

The new city is the foundation of the country painstakingly managed by Mokuo Timur, and all kinds of materials of the whole Khanate have been transported here. The city has been covered with grain and grass for more than three years, and copper, iron, wood, fur, cloth and other materials are also filled with warehouses. As long as you can take the new city, you don't have to worry about food and clothing, and there are also materials for making ordnance and daily necessities.

Knowing these, Zhao Jin confirmed that the conditions of the uprising were sufficient. He rubbed his hands and smiled happily, "There is a saying: 'If there are conditions, you have to go, and if there are no conditions to create conditions, you have to go!" Now we are 'conditional'. When will we wait?

The four leaders have never heard this sentence. I don't know if this is a famous saying of a worker leader in later generations, and they can only speak in a row. He Anping sighed, "The Lord is brave. If you climb high and shout, you will definitely shout Bainuo! This is a good opportunity for a thousand years!"

The plan was proper, so from the next day, the four leaders rumored to the small leaders, and the small leaders rumored to the vast number of craftsmen and coolies. Soon thousands of people knew that the previous hero who robbed the BMW, robbed the court, and went without a trace turned out to be a Taoist master sent by God to save the suffering! He will appear again to save us!

On the one hand, the rumors were widely disseminated to create momentum for the uprising; on the other hand, the four leaders selected candidates who could participate in the event, pulled them in, and told them about the idea of the uprising. So a group of key figures knew the plan of the uprising and took them as the core and called on the craftsmen and coolies of the whole city to follow Zhao Jin's uprising.

Of course, Zhao Jin is not idle. The four leaders recommended a group of outstanding talents among craftsmen and cooli to Zhao Jin. Zhao Jin went to visit and found Li Gui, Liu Shang, Dai Degong, Gao Jinghe, Ge Lishen and others one by one. They are all happy and willing to rise from Zhao Jin. Therefore, Zhao Jin took the location of the four leaders as the "general headquarters of the rebel army", and Li Gui and others developed their own "departments".

Li Gui also has a lot of history. He is a member of the Qiang clan. His ancestral home is Lingzhou. He is a branch of the Western Xia royal family and many famous generals. More than 50 years ago, Mongolia launched an offensive to destroy Xixia. Li Gui's great-grandfather was loyal to the country and fought unyieldingly. As a result, the city was broken, his great-grandfather died in battle, and the whole city was slaughtered. Li Gui's grandfather and four brothers broke out of the city. In order to save his brother, only one person in the big family survived. In order to preserve the blood of the family, Li Gui's grandfather had to endure grief and fled to the Western Regions and the end of the city. He married a local Khitan woman and continued his descendants. Li Gui's father seized an opportunity to revolt, but failed, so the whole family was slaughtered again, leaving only the young Li Gui mixed in the captive crowd, leaving his life and became a slave. Now in the new city, Li Gui, as a hardman, does heavy chores day after day, but he still carries a family letter. The military book is so dilapidated that it can no longer be read, but every word in the book has been memorize. Why should we endure humiliation and steal life? First, it is to pay off blood debts from the Mongols. Second, it is a deep-rooted concept of the Party members.

How can there be a cooly day like this, how can it take revenge, and how can it reproduce? Therefore, when Zhao Jin asked Li Gui to mobilize the uprising, Li Gui was greatly refreshed and sacrificed his life to follow each other! The rest of the people are almost the same. Survival is too hard. Once they are given a chance, they will follow them!

Soon, while the Dongsi people were intrigued and prepared for relaxation, the craftsmen in the city secretly informed the information and organized. Zhao Jin asked Grishen to apply to Archduke Cheryev to let the craftsmen continue to work and manufacture weapons for the army. Cheryev was overjoyed and saw that Grishen was from Dongsi. He was relieved to give Grishen a free pass card so that he could lead people to freely.

Grishen is a Dongsi native. Why didn't he go after the Dongsi coalition occupied the new city? It turned out that Grishen's motherland had long been destroyed by the Grand Duchy of Vladimir (now the Grand Duchy of Kiev). Grishen's family was killed, and he was also captured by the Kievans and transferred to the Mongols as slaves. Greshen was worried about the hatred of the country and family. He knew that the head of the coalition was the Grand Duke of Kiev and refused to serve them. It was Zhao Jin who tried his best to enlighten him, so that Ge Lishen turned his mind and pretended to work for them. Greshen has worked with craftsmen of various ethnic groups in the East for many years and can speak Chinese, so he serves as a communicator with the Dongsi army. Ge Lishen also won a free pass for Liu Shang and Gao Jinghe, so the three led three labor teams to deliver production materials to the labor camps, which secretly played the role of spreading rumors and contacting the uprising.

With so many powerful helpers, especially Anping who is responsible for planning and scheduling, Zhao Jin saves much more trouble and just shows up everywhere and engages in political propaganda.

At this time, Zhao Jin found that the number of Dongsi civilians in the city had increased greatly. It turned out that since the coalition forces occupied the new city, civilians have come one after another, and the migration speed is amazingly fast! Why is it so fast? This is like the Crusade. Under the temptation of "honey butter everywhere in the East", it was also received by the religious propaganda of "following God's instructions, and you will go to heaven even if you die". Many poor people who live in difficulties have pulled their families to follow the army for a place to settle down. There are also adventurers who dream of becoming rich and come to seek opportunities for development.

Zhao Jin was observing everywhere, but he found a rare talent.

It turned out that when the coalition forces captured the new city, they damaged part of the wall, and Grand Duke Cheryev's men have urged them to repair it these days. Zhao Jin swam to the vicinity of Nancheng Gate and saw that the Dongsi army drove a lot of hard work to transport soil and stone. At dusk, many of the hard men were tired and difficult to walk. A strong man worked for his companions, carrying a big stone that had to be carried by four people, and still walked vigorously when he went up the steps!

When Zhao Jin saw this, his eyes were straight. Because of curiosity, I also tried to move stones when there was no one at night. Zhao Jin, who had been practicing hard and had a lot of strength, finally carried such a big stone, but he couldn't walk a few steps. He already felt weak and could no longer support it! Zhao Yu hurriedly dumped the big stone on the street and saved his life. The big stone hit the ground heavily and made a muffled sound, alarming the nearby patrols.

Zhao Jin hid in the dark and stuck out his tongue. I don't know if I don't try. After a try, I feel that the strong man is really a great strong man. He is really like a giant and a black man!

I saw a small group of tall Dongsi soldiers taking a lot of effort to lift the big stone and move it to the side of the street. At this time, an officer shouted, "Let's put it here first!" Ask that big man to move away tomorrow! Hurry up and search. Maybe it's the weirdo who wants to trip our Grand Duke!"

Zhao Jin laughed secretly. I dare not. It was indeed done by a strange man, but it was really not intentional! If your grand Duke is tripped, you'd better ask for more blessings and don't blame me.

Since Zhao Jin robbed the Dharma field, the city has been full of soldiers and suspicious ghosts. The patrolling soldiers have been nervous several times, treating cats, dogs, crows and magpie and so on as strange people, chasing them with torches, causing peace in the whole city. But he didn't know that the strange man was indeed in the city, but he didn't want to make trouble. Except for stealing something to eat and drink, he was completely harmless to people and animals. He has a grand plan in his heart, but it is not to murder the Grand Duke and trip his horse.

So Zhao Jin found Liu Shang, who was in charge of contacting the south of the city, and told him to visit the strong man. Liu Shang took the order. Zhao Jin made an appointment with He Anping again for the date of the uprising, which was set for September 25, when it was ugly in the early morning.

After the arrangement was made, Zhao Jin quietly sneaked out of the city and returned to Shuangshuyuan. As for the city, the leaders continued to prepare for the uprising, and the magical rumors continued to spread widely; Archduke Cheryev continued to supervise the patrols of the city to guard the strange people, but after tossing for a long time, they still did not even find a ghost, and the soldiers gradually slackened; Kurefaru continued to drink every day; Utita continued to fight with her husband The soldiers fooled around and loved to go out to play around, which made many men in the city who had met her fascinated and couldn't help wandering to the place where they had met her and looking forward to the reunion, but she went to a new place to see the scenery. Kuo Kuang continued to guard the palace, and even her daughter Li Hua really tied the Dongsi army below and threatened her. ; Li Huazhen was also very tough. Even if she was whipped all over her body, she would not surrender, let alone persuade her stepmother to surrender.

(to be continued 15th episode: people who went to the battlefield in the middle of the night are not able to get up, and they don't know anything in the early morning)

Note:

Big Mac: a famous ancient wrestler, born in the reign of Wang Mang, with a height of one foot and a circumference. It was used as a synonym for "big guy" in later generations.

Wu Huo: Qin Guoshi in the Warring States Period. Mencius's article said that he raised Baijun (three thousand catties).