NCCnovel Chapter 170 Panic before Escape
Chapter 170 Panic before Escape
Cheng Zifeng has already communicated with Bai Ying. Once Marshal Lin's troops come to attack Longxing, his county government will first hide in the mountains under the cover of these remnants of the defeated army and the police station. Now dry food has begun to be prepared inside and outside the county government.
He suggested that Su Bai should also prepare.
What Cheng Zifeng said made sense. Considering that Marshal Lin had a feud with the Kong family, as long as his troops entered Longxing, they would probably not treat the Kong Mansion well.
"Just let me know what you need to prepare, Madam." Gao Hu said that when the time really comes, his guards will retreat with the Confucius Mansion.
"Make some pancakes and steam some buns." This was all Su Bai could think of.
Let the Kong family's kitchen and the guards' kitchen make use of all the stoves and prepare as much dry food as possible in the shortest time possible.
Gao Hu looked embarrassed. All the food in the guard battalion had been looted by Yang Huasen and Liu Yiyan. When Battalion Commander Zhao and his soldiers came to the Confucius Mansion to relieve the guard, they only had enough food for a few days.
"What's the point of distinguishing between you and me at this time? The Confucius Mansion still has food, let's prepare together!"
What Su Bai was really worried about was his medicine.
The filling will start tomorrow. Will Coach Lin give himself more than a day?
According to Gao Hu, after being incorporated first and then downgraded, Kong Li and Marshal Yang both became security divisions. The reason why Kong Li was the main force to fight Marshal Yang was because Kong Li's troops were still more than Marshal Yang's. Kong Li had more than 10,000 people, while Marshal Yang had only 6,000 people.
In addition, the provincial government temporarily supplemented Kong Li with some heavy weapons. Although there would be considerable losses, it was still certain that they would be able to defeat Marshal Yang.
Who could have expected that Marshal Lin would rush over two hundred miles to rescue Marshal Yang?
Marshal Lin's organization was still at the army level, with more than 20,000 troops, and it was also the largest force among the small warlords in southern Shandong.
What is not known now is whether Marshal Lin sent out all his forces to aid Marshal Yang, or only sent a part of his forces.
If he had only a small number of troops, he might have been so busy working with Marshal Yang to annihilate Kong Li that he would have had no time to send troops to occupy the small town of Longxing.
If they were to go all out, then whether or not he could take over Longxing would just depend on his decision.
"Is it convenient to get a few donkeys?" Su Bai suddenly asked Gao Hu.
"Convenient," Gao Hu immediately understood Su Bai's meaning: "Young Madam, do you want to move the things from the Li Mansion up the mountain?"
Su Bai nodded, thinking that it is better to be safe than sorry.
When Marshal Lin really sends troops to Longxing, all these equipment will have to be abandoned. When he and the people from the Kong family return from the mountain, he doesn’t know what will happen.
Su Bai didn't want to take away all the equipment, he just wanted to take away the semi-finished raw materials of the purification and filling related equipment.
This batch of medicine only needs the last two processes.
Moreover, the output is expected to be larger than any previous batch.
Even if he took the Kong family up the mountain, as long as he could produce this batch of medicine and get it in his hands, he would have a chance to turn things around by exchanging it for money.
If they left without taking anything, and if Marshal Lin's soldiers entered Longxing, looted and smashed everything, and rushed into Li's mansion, it would be hard to predict whether these equipment could be preserved intact.
"Okay, I'll prepare it right away!" Gao Hu immediately left the yard.
Su Bai asked Zi Yan to notify each room to pack up their most valuable belongings. Each person was only allowed to bring one bag. Regardless of whether they were going into the mountains or not, they had to make preparations first.
Su Bai returned to the backyard and went through the tunnel to Li's Mansion. He took Niu Fuping and the others to pack all the equipment needed for the two steps of purification and filling.
Not too much, not too little, eight large wooden boxes were filled.
The wooden boxes were the packing boxes when the equipment was shipped twice, and Niu Fuping added some wooden boards and nailed them together.
After everything is ready, all that's left is to wait.
Su Bai was itching to get the drugs out, but she didn't dare to open the boxes, fearing that Marshal Lin's soldiers would suddenly rush into the city and she would not have time to escape.
Gao Hu said that Bai Ying and the county government had already discussed and set up a sentry at the west entrance of the mountain. Once they saw Marshal Lin's troops, they would fire guns on the mountain. After hearing the gunshots, the county government immediately set out into the mountains.
As for where to go after entering the mountain, they had no idea and could only take it one step at a time.
Before the big event happened, there was a high degree of unity within the Confucius Mansion, and the concubines and young ladies from each room gathered in Su Bai's backyard waiting for news.
The busier it was, the more chaotic it became. Niu Yanzi brought six people back from Niu Village.
The second wife immediately asked them to go back to the village first, as the Kong family themselves didn't know where to hide next.
Su Bai sent Zi Yan to chase them out, and asked Niu Yanzi to take the six people to Li's mansion first.
In fact, there was nothing wrong with what the second wife did. Su Bai just felt that these people should stay based on her own feelings. Even she herself couldn't explain why she did so.
During dinner, Xu Tianyi also returned from Shanghai.
This made Su Bai very happy, as he now had another capable and capable person by his side.
Xu Tianyi told Su Bai that the gold bars had been returned to Manager Wan, who also gave Su Bai a suggestion that if the pharmaceutical business was good in the next step, he should purchase two radios.
Many big businesses in Shanghai have their own commercial radio stations. With the radio stations, if they need to import any goods from Shanghai in the future, they can just send telegrams back and forth, and Shopkeeper Wan will ship the goods directly from Shanghai, and if necessary, he will deliver them personally.
Su Bai smiled bitterly in his heart. This Shopkeeper Wan was too optimistic about his career. He didn't know that he was now preparing to escape with his entire family.
When it was time for dinner, Su Bai began to feel inexplicably nervous. It was a bad premonition, and never had a premonition been as strong as it was today.
Not only was he feeling nervous, but Su Bai also discovered that his hands were shaking slightly while he was eating.
"Zi Yan, inform Captain Gao to eat quickly, and then we'll leave!"
"What's wrong with you? Is everything okay?" The Sixth Aunt asked Su Bai.
The third and sixth concubines stayed in Su Bai's backyard almost the whole day today and had lunch here.
"I think something is going to happen!" Su Bai said.
"Have you heard any new news?" asked the third concubine.
"No, if we wait until the gunfire from Xishankou comes before running, will we still be in time?"
This was the problem that Su Bai had just realized. Whether going up the mountain through the east gate or the north gate, there was a section of hillside road to walk on. Marshal Lin's soldiers could see them as long as they stood on the city wall.
After all, the Kong family, plus Gao Hu's thirty-odd people, total sixty or seventy people. Such a large group walking on the hillside is very conspicuous.
If Marshal Lin sent troops to chase him, he would have no way of escaping.
"Notify the ladies in each room that they should stop eating if they haven't finished their meals and leave immediately!"
"You just said we'd leave after dinner, but now you're not even allowed to eat?" The Sixth Aunt grumbled, but still followed Su Bai's instructions and went to look for the Second Aunt and the Fifth Aunt separately with the Third Aunt.
The second wife was in the third courtyard in front of Su Bai, and the third concubine came back immediately: "The second wife and the second young lady are missing!"