Chapter 354 Dragon Roar (Part 2)
After Changshan County’s grain transport recruitment was announced, the grain transport point was unexpectedly deserted, with no one there.
The group leader, Li Changsheng, said, "Let's enforce it."
This suggestion was agreed by many people. They gave up so much benefits, but these guys didn't take it. They really don't know what's good for them.
But Lin Wen directly rejected their suggestion. On the one hand, he instructed He Shangsheng to intensify publicity, and on the other hand, he used ancient wisdom to announce a double reward for the first 100 grain transporters.
There will always be brave men when there is a big reward, and there will always be a few brave people.
When the civilians saw that the Changshan County army really paid the transporters the equivalent of food as promised, and saw that they did not harm the civilians at all, they flocked to the area.
Transporting a ton of grain for more than 40 kilometers and getting paid one ton of grain is something you could never dream of.
Every household wanted the whole family to join in the effort. Those who had cars drove, those who didn’t used carts, and those who didn’t even have carts used shoulder poles to carry the load.
Fortunately, Qin Luoshuang has always been meticulous in her work and had already set a rule: an adult can only transport a maximum of 100 kilograms at a time. If you have a means of transportation, you must register the means of transportation and then increase the amount appropriately.
The elderly and children are not accepted, and the allowance for women is halved unless there is motorized transportation.
There were nearly 400,000 people in Hiraiwa Castle, and about 300,000 of them were involved in the transportation.
They took away 80,000 tons of food at one time, which means that when they come back, they will have to pay another 80,000 tons of food as compensation.
A wealthy man who was being escorted saw this scene and burst into tears, cursing: "You are a bunch of unscrupulous bandits! This is the food we have worked so hard to accumulate, and you are just wasting it like this. You don't even care about other people's things."
A soldier hit him with the butt of his rifle until his mouth was full of blood.
"your?"
His tone was full of disgust.
"Did you grow it? Or did you buy it with the gold you pulled out?"
The rich man cursed: "You lowlife, how dare you hit me? I used to kill a dozen stinkers like you in a day, and it wasn't illegal, understand? I can kill people, and it's not illegal!"
A judge from the Forbidden Spell Master Corps came over and shot him dead. He said coldly to the recorder beside him, "Crimes against humanity. Shot on the spot. Prepare the file and send it back to Judge Fang for review."
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Lin Wen took a look.
The Yuan Shen has been used up. The "Goddess Qixi Water" will expire in three hours and can only restore 21% of the Yuan Shen at most.
That's enough.
An hour later.
The scouts reported that a large number of enemy troops were heading towards him. Shizhou's astonishing standing army showed its power. Even though it suffered heavy losses many times, he was still able to gather several large armies.
However, their fate of failure had already been determined.
Because Lin Wen had already led 12,000 soldiers on two trains, heading along the Shanhai Railway towards Hailin City, the capital of Shizhou.
The green train runs at 30 kilometers per hour, which is quite slow.
Logically speaking, Hailin City's rail transit system should have been designed long ago. After all, Pingpan City can be reached directly by train from Hailin City.
However, it was not until the Changshan County army captured Pingpan City for most of the day that Hailin City received the news and closed the train from Hailin City to Pingpan City, so that Changshan County gave away two baskets of meat buns for free.
Although trains from Pingpan City to Hailin City were also banned, there was only a verbal order requiring all train stations to intercept trains heading to various places after Pingpan City was occupied.
Before leaving, Lin Wen asked the Pingpancheng service system to tamper with the train's departure time and change it to a year ago.
This is a ridiculous change. The total length of the mountain-sea railway is only 100 kilometers. Even a turtle can reach it in one year.
This was also the reason why Qin Luoshuang had strongly opposed it before. There was such an obvious loophole, and the other side was not a fool. If they went over there, it would be tantamount to sending more than 10,000 elite soldiers to die in vain.
Lin Wen couldn't explain it, and he didn't know the reason, so he had to use "Democratic Voting" to overwhelm her.
This made Qin Luoshuang very angry.
However, Lin Wen soon found out why.
When we arrived at the first train station, a conductor weighing at least 200 kilograms came over and yelled, "Conductor, get off! What's wrong with your system time?"
The soldiers in the carriage gripped their guns tightly. They only heard County Chief Lin jump out of the car and say, "Sorry."
The sound behind can no longer be heard.
After a moment, I heard the fat man's loud voice: "No!"
Several soldiers almost pushed the door open and rushed down.
"It costs extra money."
This sentence helped them put the brakes on.
County Magistrate Lin muttered outside for a while, but his voice was far less loud than the fat man's, and no one could hear him clearly. They could only hear the fat man's huge voice, as if he was afraid that others would not know that he was embezzling money.
"Let me check the carriage."
"More money."
"I want to check your driving log."
"More money."
"What are you transporting? Fruit? Unload half a box and we'll check for any poison."
"No, pay more."
…
"What the hell is this?"
Hearing the calls for more money outside, a soldier cursed in a low voice.
A group leader immediately said, "This is a corrupt area and corrupt people. Everyone should take this as a warning and never allow such a thing to happen to County Chief Lin."
His words resonated.
“Yes, yes.”
"Anyone who offers bribes will be shot."
"No one is allowed to threaten County Chief Lin's safety."
…
After adding a large amount of money, Lin Wen was finally able to set off.
He suddenly realized that the money seemed to be insufficient.
There are three more stations behind, plus the one to enter the city, so I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money.
So Lin Wen jumped out of the car without anyone noticing, used [Paper Moon Hanging in the Air] to create an optical camouflage, and came to the crew room. The fat man was squeezed in a chair and counting money.
"One thousand, two thousand, three thousand... This one is for the stationmaster."
"One thousand, two thousand, three thousand, four thousand... This one is for the pavilion chief, one thousand, two thousand... This one is for the section chief, one thousand, and this one is for the younger brothers."
"Hmm... I still have, wow, 20,000. It's a payout! I met a fool this time..."
Lin Wen activated the [Object Control Technique], and hundreds of coins suddenly flew up and flew away from the window as if they had wings.
The fat man looked at the flying money stupidly. It took him ten seconds to react and yelled, "My money!"
His voice was filled with grief, as if his parents had died. He slammed the door open and came out, only to find that there was no one outside, not even a penny in sight.
In the empty train station, heart-wrenching screams were heard.
"Where's the money? Where's my money? Where did my money go?"
Lin Wen had already boarded the accelerating train and headed off into the distance.
The next three stations were exactly the same, you had to pay and then get it back, only encountering some minor troubles when entering the city.
The railway inspector who came into the city retrieved the train's departure time and found that it was from a year ago. Lin Wenjian claimed that it was a system error.
He asked Lin Wen if there was anything unusual before departure, and Lin Wen insisted that there was nothing unusual.
He wanted to check the carriage again, so Lin Wen had to use all his cleverness to coax him and stuffed all his money into it, as well as a few extra precious metals he had picked up from the train station.
Finally got away with it.
This guy is the most miserable one. Not only did his money grow wings and fly away, but his gold also grew wings and flew away.
He was so scared that his nerves were broken.
Finally, after a four-hour drive, Lin Wen arrived safely in Hailin City, the capital of Shizhou.
Qin Luoshuang's report also came over the phone.
They had already engaged in a firefight with Shizhou's vanguard troops. In order to avoid affecting the transportation of supplies, they chose to meet the enemy outside the mountains.
"Are you doing well?" Qin Luoshuang asked. Clear gunshots could be heard in the background.
Lin Wen responded directly with an order: "Soldiers, get off the vehicle!"
"start!"
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The news of the train station riot spread rapidly, and Gu Xuanli immediately knew that a group of enemy troops had arrived at Hailin City Railway Station by train.
No one thought that there would be an attack here. Hailin City itself is very safe. Both the rebels and Changshan County are hundreds of kilometers away, and there are many checkpoints on the road. It is impossible for them to fly over, right?
But now, they really flew over.
Gu Xuanli immediately thought that the enemy might have planned a carefully planned surprise attack, with only a small number of elite troops, and they could take the city down by relying on the garrison, security guards and supervisory guards in the city.
However, the people sent were wiped out in the blink of an eye. The enemy army captured the East City District at an extremely fast speed and rushed towards the Governor's Mansion in the South City District.
The report back said that the enemy had at least 10,000 people, and the two trains, with a total of 40 carriages, were all packed with soldiers.
"What a bunch of idiots! They don't even know the enemy has stabbed them in the heart."
Gu Xuanli cursed angrily and hurriedly led all his guards and confidants to retreat from the Governor's Mansion.
At the same time, he immediately called all nearby troops and ordered them to return to rescue. If the capital of Shizhou was captured by the enemy, not only would his prestige be destroyed, but he would also lose his position as governor.
The five main forces among the six troops rushing to the front line of Pingpan Castle were the closest to the capital at this time.
Lu Yuerong sighed, knowing that if he disobeyed, he would be committing suicide.
But if they went to rescue them, they would undoubtedly fall into Changshan County's trap. The vanguard troops were outnumbered and had no support, so they could only retreat.
The encirclement and annihilation of Changshan County ended in failure.
Lu Yuerong felt extremely depressed, as if he felt extremely uncomfortable whenever he fought against these two armies. He couldn't display his abilities, was restricted everywhere, and was always being plotted against.
"Let's quickly withdraw the vanguard troops!" said Chief of Staff Tong Yu.
Lu Yuerong sighed and waved his hand, saying, "Send a message and tell them to retreat quickly!"
At the same time, orders were issued.
"Turn and support Hailin City."
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Lin Wen kept his eyes on his watch. When the time came, he immediately ordered: "Entire army, return to the train!"
At this time, they had already captured half of Hailin City and the Governor's Mansion was also broken through. Unfortunately, the Governor of Shizhou and all the officials had already fled.
It's only a matter of time before the entire city is captured.
But as soon as Lin Wen gave the order, all the soldiers immediately returned and gathered at the train station.
This time they took a different train, a large freight train with sixty carriages, more than enough to accommodate twelve thousand people.
The team included experts who were familiar with the service system. They tampered with the departure log, modified the departure information, re-designated the track route, and then boarded the train, heading west to the heart of Shizhou.
There was chaos in the city, but the train left the city smoothly without any interference.
When the train accelerated to 60 and had left Hailin City, which was still in chaos, far behind, Qin Luoshuang called for the second time.
"Hello."
"Yes, it's me."
"...We won. The enemy had no reinforcements and retreated on their own initiative. They suffered heavy losses."
"very good."
"What about you?"
Just at this moment, the soldier driving the train discovered a group of animals and blew the whistle.
The long whistle drowned out Lin Wen's voice and replaced his answer.
The third update at 11:59…
(End of this chapter)
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