Invincible Iron Army 32, Robbery Book Flag

  Dulin and Liu Jiao arrived together in Nancheng. Dulin, with a smile all over his face, said: "Brother Wang, the military situation in Dongcheng is urgent, can you give us some of your oil?" Wang An immediately replied: "Look at what you're saying, we are friendly armies. Mutual support is only natural, but here we are facing the main attack direction of the enemy army, and the pressure is enormous. We also need this oil, it's really impossible to give it to you. You can go into the city to buy some." Dulin said: "Brother Wang, a few days ago you spent a lot of money buying oil in the city, almost all the oil was bought out by you, where else can we go to buy oil?" Wang An replied: "But our oil here is really useful. Originally it couldn't be given to others, but since you're having such difficulties, we have no choice but to sacrifice ourselves for others and sell the oil to you. However, you also know that our financial situation is not rich. To buy this oil, we borrowed a lot of foreign debt. If you use our oil, just give us the cost price, one or two silver coins per catty of oil will do." Dulin took a cold breath and said: "One or two silver coins per catty, how can you not rob?" At that time, seven silver coins could almost buy a cow.

  Wang An said with a bitter and resentful expression: "When I bought the oil, due to the huge demand, they took advantage of it and raised the price. I also spent a lot of money to buy it. Selling it to you at such a high price, I have no choice. Look at my soldiers, they haven't received their military pay, and the governor doesn't allocate funds for us. We don't have any source of income. They need food, medical treatment when injured, and compensation when killed in battle... everything requires money! I really can't sell it to you below cost."

  Liu Jiao said: "Wang An, we understand you, but don't be too excessive."

  Wang An said, "Commander, I'm only selling oil to him because he's a friendly army with Du Lin. You should know that our oil is scarce too, and we really don't have much extra to give you. At most, I can only give him 10,000 catties of oil. If he doesn't want to buy it, I'm not willing to sell either. Others will definitely rush here to buy oil."

  "We'll buy it!" Wang Xueli and Sun Zhicheng shouted together. They thought that money was not important now, but saving lives was the most crucial thing. With this oil, they could effectively suppress the enemy's attack and reduce the casualties of their soldiers.

  Wang Xueli and Qian Xuegui had just arrived at the South City when they heard Wang An's words and quickly responded. Du Lin stood by silently, thinking that it was unbelievable that there were people in this world who were eager to be "robbed".

  Wang Xueli and Sun Zhicheng told the soldiers to go back and get the money immediately. They looked at the oil with greedy eyes, as if they had seen a treasure. Wang An was very suspicious that they would pounce on it in a moment. Du Lin was filled with resentment in his heart, thinking that we were all old comrades-in-arms and colleagues, you should stand on the same front line with me, refuse to buy and lower the price together, but now you have actually stood on Wang An's side, which is despicable.

  Wang Xueli and Sun Zhicheng naturally saw Du Lin's resentful gaze, but they deliberately pretended not to see it. They thought that if they really offended Wang An, he wouldn't even sell them a bottle of oil, and then they would have nowhere to buy regret medicine.

  Wang Xueli and Sun Zhicheng hastily left after paying, they really couldn't bear Du Lin's resentful gaze. "You two, stop right there!" Afraid of what might happen, Wang and Qian, who had just left the south city, were called back by Du Lin. Wang Xueli and Qian Xuegui immediately put on a smiling face and said: "Nice to meet you, it's great to see you." Du Lin said: "What nice to meet you, didn't we meet at Wang An's place?" Wang Xueli said: "Yes, we met." Du Lin said: "I kept making eyes at you two, didn't you see?" The two of them suddenly looked thoughtful, and after a while, they pretended to be like waking up from a dream and said: "We remembered, but we thought your eyes were sick, why did you keep blinking all the time?" Du Lin thought to himself: What kind of eye expression is this? I made eyes at them until my eyes almost popped out, and yet they say I have eye disease.

  Du Lin said, "Cut the nonsense and stop pretending to be stupid. I'm asking you, why don't we stand on the same front line with me and negotiate a price with Wang An?" Wang Xueli said, "Brother Du, what Wang An said is right. Our defense line is already in danger, but if we have this oil, we can crush the enemy's attack. Look at our situation, our soldiers are heavily wounded and our defense line is precarious, it's a tight spot. But look at Wang An's army, his soldiers are leisurely and their battle line is stable, they're constantly eating fried foods, it's a stark contrast. Why is that? It's because Wang An came up with this method of using oil to burn the enemy's siege engines. If we follow his example, we can also defend our city and live comfortably." Qian Xuegui said, "Brother, I'm reminding you, what Wang An said isn't meant to scare you. His oil won't be sold continuously because his storage is limited too. We're inside the besieged city, so naturally, we can't get more oil from outside. But the enemy outside has unlimited resources to make siege engines. Think about it, without ladders, they just need to continue making them with wood, and wood is almost limitless outside."

  Here is the translation:

  Wang An looked at the silver in front of him and said, "Having money feels great!" Liu Jiao rolled her eyes at him, thinking he was a money-grubber. Du Lin returned with a smile plastered on his face and said to Wang An, "Brother Wang, please don't mind my attitude earlier. I've thought it over, and I'll give you 10,000 taels of silver for 10,000 catties of oil." Wang An also smiled and said, "You see, Defense Commander? As your subordinate, how dare I get angry with you? You know how prices are skyrocketing these days - everything is increasing rapidly. What kind of world is this?" Du Lin was shocked and asked, "Even if prices rise quickly, it can't be that fast! Your price increase is terrifying!" Liu Jiao said, "Wang An, don't overdo it with the pricing. You're going to go bankrupt." Du Lin gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, I'll buy it. I know you're not easy to get along with, but for the sake of taking care of this army, you even sold your wife. Just for that, I'll buy the oil." Liu Jiao immediately became concerned and asked, "You have a wife? Where is she? I want to see her!" Du Lin thought to himself, "Isn't his wife just you? Could Wang An be so bold as to...?" Wang An quickly changed the subject and said, "Hurry up and transport the oil to Defense Commander Du's military camp." Liu Jiao said with a curious expression, "I want to see your wife!" The flames of gossip were burning brightly in her heart.

  Liu Jiao asked, "Where is your wife?" Wang An replied, "My wife is ugly and I'm too ashamed to let her be seen." Du Lin thought to himself, "He's actually saying she's ugly in front of Liu Jiao, he really doesn't know how to live."

  Liu Jiao quickly asked, "What about her figure?" Wang An awkwardly replied, "It's average, just so-so." Du Lin found it a bit strange and thought, "Looking at their behavior, they don't seem to have any special relationship. I'll try to probe further later, but I don't have time now."

  Wang An said, "In my heart, you are the ideal wife." Liu Jiao said, "That's more like it, you do have good taste. But joking aside, in the future, you're my subordinate, so show respect to your superior, got it?" Wang An replied, "Don't worry, I won't take off your clothes again or tell anyone about it."

  Du Lin rolled his eyes and thought, "You've already said it out loud." Liu Jiao remembered her experience on the beacon tower and blushed, scolding him with a smile, "You're going to die!" Du Lin's suspicions were completely gone, thinking, "I'd better leave quickly and not interrupt their flirting."

  Dongcheng, Xicheng and Beicheng soon ignited a raging fire under the city after being transported back to oil, and in an instant, they burned down the Huns' siege ladders. These noisy battlefields soon welcomed the long-lost peace.

  At this time, the situation in Nancheng became even more tense. The Xiongnu made a battering ram, which was just a long wooden pole. This battering ram was pushed by several people from behind, and one person held it with both hands at the front. Then, several people ran forward together, and when they reached the bottom of the city wall, the people in the back used force to lift up the pole, while the soldiers holding the pole had their bodies parallel to the ground and formed a 90-degree angle with the city wall. They kicked against the city wall and quickly climbed up onto the top of the wall.

  The battle in the south city intensified, with Xiongnu soldiers constantly climbing up to the city wall and fighting with the Jin soldiers. A Xiongnu soldier rushed up to the city wall and saw Wang An, shooting an arrow that hit him right in the heart. Wang An spat out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground. Seeing this scene, Li Li and Jiang Cai were furious. Li Li quickly rushed forward, striking with his staff, but the Xiongnu soldier hastily blocked it with his bowstring, which bent into an arc shape and stopped the staff's descent. The Xiongnu soldier had just let out a sigh of relief when he suddenly felt a pain in his head and fainted to the ground. Li Li looked closely and saw that Liu Jiao was holding a long staff, having snuck up from behind and knocked the Xiongnu soldier unconscious. Li Li thought to himself that after spending so much time with Wang An, people had become corrupted - even a delicate girl like Liu Jiao had learned how to fight dirty. In his anger, Li Li grabbed the Xiongnu soldier and threw him down against the city wall, instantly turning him into mush.

  Jiang Cai and others gathered around Wang An, Liu Jiao's eyes welled up with tears as she said: "Some people say that good people don't live long, but I didn't think bad people wouldn't live long either." Jiang Cai was taken aback for a moment, thinking to himself that Wang's brothers were already dead, why wasn't the governor letting go of his grudge? Liu Jiao said: "Wang An, please don't die, okay? Although you're a bit...no, extremely lecherous, and often act like a wolf, with some greed...no, very greedy! Extremely greedy! Your character is also not good...no, it's very bad! Extremely bad! Apart from these, there's nothing else wrong with you." The guards listening in were sweating bullets, thinking to themselves if this person had any redeeming qualities. Liu Jiao said: "But you still have a bit of charm, please don't die, okay?" The guards thought to themselves that Wang An must have some say in his own death. Suddenly, Wang An's tightly closed eyes snapped open and he said: "I'm touched by your words, I'll live for another hundred years." Liu Jiao let out a sharp scream and fainted on the spot, Jiang Cai was also frightened, thinking to himself: "He's come back from the dead!"

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