Chapter 164 The Mi family is surrounded
After Cao defeated Yuan Shu's army, the entire army rushed north until the southern bank of Henan began to pursue the defeated Yuan's army. The already clear battle situation made the atmosphere in Xiajiu City faintly become very depressing.
When people who meet on the road are always talking about something, they inexplicably interrupt the topic. They say goodbye in a hurry, and leave. Soon after these people leave, some secret and weird people will pass by where they were standing before.
It is said that this is a secret spy sent by Xia Hou, the new provincial governor, in secret. No one wants to be targeted by these secret spies who suddenly appear and almost omnipresent. No matter who has any strange thoughts in his heart.
The existence of these elusive spies made the originally calm city of Xiaying become increasingly panic. After people's worries grew like wild grass in spring, various rumors began to spread secretly in the city.
"I heard that Cao's army was burned in the granary on the front line, and now the food and grass in the army are in a hurry again!"
"In order to supply military rations, Cao's army will once again purify the people of all regions under their jurisdiction, including us. All the edible things in the city, including human flesh, will be made into food and grass and sent to the front line to work. The wealth of wealthy families in the city will naturally be exiled to buy grain from Jiangnan!"
"Did so many people died in Xuzhou back then, and did they become addicted to Cao's army? Is the man-eating demon back again? God!"
"Oh my God, is Xuzhou going to be bloody again? Everyone should go home quickly and take their families to Jiangnan! Escape one day earlier will be safer. If you are blocked in the city, there will be only one way to die.
"Mom, I don't want to die, I don't want to be eaten alive by the man-eating devil! Daddy and my brother and mother, let's run away!"
Every day, countless rumors of content were added, causing people to fall into boundless panic. However, the evil deeds Cao's army had done in Xuzhou that year made no one in Xiabei City question such rumors.
Although Xia Hou also ordered a strict investigation of the source of the rumors, he could not find out who was spreading it. Every living person in the city was talking about such a message. No matter how capable the secret spies of Cao's army were, they could not catch everyone in the city.
The accumulation of bones will destroy them, and the public will make money! What's more, the true and false of these rumors. Even the Cao army soldiers who are far away from the front line cannot tell the truth or false.
Not to mention the fact that the past is not far away, it is firmly imprinted in the hearts of the military and civilians in Xuzhou.
In the north of Xiabei City, in a secret room in the vast backyard of Mi Family. A bean-like oil lamp emits a dark fire. In the light and shadow, two mysterious figures gathered at a table, whispering.
"Master Mi Family! Your second son and those dozen family members have arrived in Shu County, don't worry. But you should know that your Mi family has been stared by Xia Hou's spies. He will attack your family at any time.
If you still want to transfer people in your family, you must complete it within these two days. Otherwise, when Cao Cao's army arrives, his army will be blocked. At that time, your family will not want to escape again!"
When Mi Zhu heard that his second brother had escaped from danger, he breathed a sigh of relief. The super businessman who knew the key points of negotiation felt that Song Ding was just cheating on him and sat down calmly.
He said with a calm expression: "Oh, thank you for the Song army. However, the army was still too worried. I think the Cao army was pursuing Yuan Shao's defeated army with all their might. It will take at least half a month to one month to one month to return.
At that time, the industry of my Mi family had already been transferred, and there was no need to panic. I asked my second brother to go to Shu County first, just to show your army the firm attitude of my Mi family towards the Jiangnan Army.
As long as the Cao army is not coming, Xia Hou wants to move our Mi family with only more than a thousand county soldiers, will he dare? Can he? Song Junhou just wait a little while. When I pack these industries, it will also support the development of Jiangnan!"
Song Ding looked at Mi Zhu who was talking in surprise, with a very ugly face. He thought to himself: "If it weren't for the lord's destiny, I would have to do my best to protect the staff of your Mi family, so I wouldn't bother with you!
The life and death of your Mi family has nothing to do with our Jiangnan Army! It’s better to die all, and there will be fewer disasters to the playboys in the village. We will also have less business in the future. What a self-righteous guy!”
Although Song Ding was secretly angry, it was of great importance, and he could only persuade again: "Master Mi Family, you said that Cao's army would not return to the army after half a month to one month. I don't know where he heard the news.
Do you know that the leopard cavalry of Cao's army, which acts like the wind, can travel 500 miles a day? Yanzhou to Xuzhou is only a thousand miles away. Now the news of your contact with the Jiangnan Army must have been leaked. According to my estimate, they will come to fight within three days at most.
Are you still thinking that Cao Jun will let your Mi family go? For the sake of your tens of thousands of people, please consider it carefully.
"Cao army will arrive in three days?" Mi Zhu frowned in an instant. Although Mi Zhu, the largest businessman in Xuzhou, was confident, he was still a little amateur about the secret troops in the army.
Seeing that Song Ding was so serious, it seemed that it was not a false intimidation. He couldn't help but take it seriously.
But Mi Zhu stared at Song Ding's young face for a moment, and after thinking carefully for a while, he was unwilling to believe that Cao's army could have such a powerful and fast-moving army.
"In two days, they can run to Xiayoucheng thousands of miles away. Could it be that Cao's army's troops are so idle? Can they escape from the battlefield at any time? This is simply because he is too exaggerated. I didn't expect that there were such timid people in the Jiangnan army.
It seems that I am too young and have never seen a truly fierce enemy. I don’t know where the news I heard was just a sensation here! Fortunately, I have met many people in business, but I almost fell for him!”
Feeling that he had figured out Song Ding's plan, Mi Zhu smiled and said, "Haha, Song Junhou has been worried too much. I will arrange the family affairs as soon as possible. After all, this is a major matter that concerns the survival of the family. I will act carefully!"
"Oh, I understand! Then I will say goodbye! The head of the Mi family takes care of himself!" Song Ding did not have so much patience for such self-righteous merchants. No matter how big the merchants in Xuzhou are, how can there be the Wu family in Jiangnan and the Zhen family have strong strength?
I am used to the spectacular scene of Wu Yong and the Zhen family delivering goods to the whole world at the same time, dozens of caravans loaded with goods, from four gates in the southeast, west and north. Ordinary merchants even look down on them, even generals in the army.
After seeing off Song Ding, Mi Zhu just smiled slightly and continued to arrange his family and property in an orderly manner. He moved outside Xiabei City, and he didn't want to transfer too many people and property at once, so as not to cause Xia Hou to turn against him.
But even so, the situation became sharp and serious. Mi Zhu received feedback, and the caravans of the Mi family began to undergo severe inspections day by day. Several caravans were directly detained in the provincial governor's mansion for various strange reasons.
This was a situation that had never happened before. Mi Zhu immediately understood that Xia Hou was forcing him to see him, but Mi Zhu finally felt that something was wrong, but began to feel worried.
He didn't know if he could safely return to his home guarded by many of his guards after going to the provincial governor's mansion.
Just when Mi Zhu was still hesitating, Mi Zhu, who was still sleeping peacefully on the fourth morning of the fourth day when he had seen Song Ding, was suddenly woken up by the butler: "Head of the family, the head of the family, it's not good. We, we are surrounded by Cao's army!"
Mi Zhu, who was called, suddenly woke up, turned over and sat up in shock, and almost sat on the ground in front of the bed: "What? He was surrounded by Cao's army!"
Mi Zhu, who was completely awake, slowly calmed down and no longer anxious. He asked in a deep voice: "What's going on? There are so many guards at home, so what's there to panic! Did Xia Hou take action? He was very brave.
Are you not afraid that we will just take his head and ask the Jiangnan Army for credit?”
The housekeeper who had always been calm was panicked this time: "Master, no, the ones coming from outside did not seem to be the county soldiers to which Xia Hou belongs. Could they be the leopard cavalry mentioned by the Song Jun of the Jiangnan Army, and the elite of their Cao army."
"What? Impossible! Let me go and have a look!" Mi Zhu just called out the three words "Impossible", as if to make him understand that everything in this world is possible. A violent impact came from the gate of Mi Mansion.
No matter how strong the Mi family’s door was built, it would not be possible to block the attack of the city hammer. When Mi Zhu hurriedly put on his clothes and walked to the front yard, he saw the huge door of his house falling down in a loud bang, stirring up a high dust.
The Mi family soldiers who had been on high alert immediately began to shoot arrows at the enemy that might appear outside the door at any time. Looking at the family soldiers around him who were shooting arrows with all their might to block the enemy, Mi Zhu suddenly felt relieved.
He thought to himself: "There are at least two thousand well-trained family soldiers in the mansion. With the little troops from Xia Hou coming to attack the Mi family, it was just a death sentence. Moreover, there are three thousand soldiers stationed in various courtyards of the Mi family in the city.
When they saw something different from the Mi family's house, they would inevitably come to help from all directions. At that time, they were afraid that the elite soldiers sent by Xia Hou would only steal chickens without losing rice, and would be directly made by their Mi family army, and they would turn into a big dumpling.
With so many people guarding the Mi family, what else can I worry about? At most, let thousands of soldiers break out of the city together."
I still felt that my family soldiers were numerous and powerful, and I was not afraid of Xia Hou's attack at all. A family soldier who was looking at the arrow tower in the mansion suddenly screamed.
Chapter completed!