Chapter 368: Searching in the Mountains
The man who spoke flashed in front of him, and saw Meng Tian standing in front of him, startling him.
"Big ...... General!" The man's voice trembled, and his legs were a little weak from Meng Tian's sudden momentum.
Meng Tian stared at him straight and asked, "You just said that the people you saw in Liu's Mansion look exactly like the rebels you saw in the mountains?"
Not only Meng Tian, but also Li Qing and several others were also looking at him. Li Qing said eagerly: "Xizi, the general asked you something, you say it quickly, have you seen anyone from Liu's Mansion in the cottage?"
Xizi looked at Meng Tian and Li Qing beside Meng Tian, and carefully recalled the things in the cottage in her mind. After a while, he slapped his forehead and exclaimed: "General, I remember that I did see the two Liu Mansion guests I saw today in the cottage that day. ”
"Xizi, are you sure? We haven't been back to the cottage for more than a year, don't fool the general!" Li Qing and the others have fled the cottage for more than a year since they were discovered by the rebels that they were not their own people, and some things may not be remembered clearly.
Meng Tian didn't speak, but what Li Qing said was what he wanted to ask Xizi. This matter is not trivial, if what Kiko said is true, then it is easy to say. But if it's fake, it's not just as simple as scaring the snake, it will move the whole body with one hair, which will make his next extermination of the rebels very passive.
Xizi looked at Meng Tian and his eldest brother with resolute eyes, and then replied in a categorical tone: "General, eldest brother, I guarantee that what I said is true. I don't remember the others, but I remember these two people too well. ”
"How do you make sure you're not looking at the wrong person?" Meng Tian asked.
Xizi said to Meng Tian: "General, why don't we go back first, this matter is a bit long-term, this is not the place to talk, in case it is discovered by the people of the Liu Mansion, it will not be good." ”
Li Qing also said: "Yes, general, otherwise we will go back first and then listen to Xizi explain things clearly." ”
"Well, it's really not a good place to talk about it. But we won't be guarding the county today, just going to the barracks. ”
The military camp of the Mengjia army was on the other side of the city, five or six streets away from the county guard's mansion, which can be said to span half of the eastern county town. Because the rebels have not taken any action during this time, the extermination of the rebels has been put on hold for the time being, and Meng Li ordered people to continue to go to the mountains to inquire about the news, but there was no useful news from sending several groups of people one after another, and the rebels seemed to have sensed something, and several times the people sent there fled back as if they had almost lost half their lives, so Meng Li became very cautious and would not send people to inquire about the news.
When he arrived at the barracks, Meng Tian directly took Li Qing and others to the big tent of the Chinese army in the barracks, and only here would Meng Tian feel at ease.
"General, why are you here?" Meng Li was looking at the topographic map outside Dongjun City in the big tent of the Chinese army, and noticed that someone had come in, and when he looked up, it turned out to be Meng Tian.
Meng Tian nodded to Meng Li, and then said, "Big brother, where do you guess I went today?"
Meng Li smiled, "Of course I know this, in addition to the county guard's mansion, there are only one or two places to go to this eastern county town, in my opinion, you went to Liu's mansion, right?"
"Big brother is really clever! Yes, I did go to Liu's Mansion today, and I made a major discovery in Liu's Mansion. After Meng Tian finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and pointed to Xizi who was standing behind him.
Meng Tian asked Li Qing and the others to sit down, and then he and Meng Li sat on both sides of the mat, and Meng Tian opened his mouth and said, "Okay, Xizi, now you can say, which two people did you see in Liu's Mansion today?"
After finishing speaking, Meng Tian motioned to Meng Li, and Meng Li immediately took out a roll of cloth from the shelf where bamboo slips were placed beside him, and then spread it on the table in front of the two people.
Xizi clasped her fists at Meng Tian and Meng Li, and then said, "No." The two people that the villain saw in Liu's Mansion today are very similar to the two rebel leaders that the villain saw in the cottage more than a year ago, and although more than a year has passed, I still clearly remember their appearance. Kiko spoke with five points of anger and five points of murderous energy, as if he had said something that he particularly cared about.
It turned out that the two people Xizi saw during the banquet in Liu's Mansion today were the two people who had entered the cottage at the beginning, and then raped and tortured his wife and daughter to death in front of Xizi. Fortunately, God blessed, he met these two murderers, and Xizi himself also met Meng Tian, the general of the Qin State, so that he could have the opportunity to avenge this blood revenge.
"I see, where are those two sitting, and do you remember their appearance?" asked Mengli as he opened his mouth to Kiko.
"They are my enemies, and I will recognize them even if they turn to ashes. Today, the two sat in the second row, in the middle. One wears a plain black robe, and the other wears a brocade white robe, and the villain doesn't know the lives of these two people, so he can only say so much to the general. Kiko said.
Meng Li unfolded the cloth in front of him, and the portraits of all the guests of the Liu Mansion were painted on it, and their lives, origins, and origins were all marked on it. Meng Li opened the cloth, Meng Tian looked carefully at the portraits painted on it, and then selected two people among them.
"Xizi, come over and see if it's the two of you?" Meng Tian beckoned to Xizi and asked him to come over and identify if the people on the cloth were the two people he said.
Xizi walked to the table and saw the portrait on the cloth, although the portrait looked a little blurry, but the facial features were quite detailed, so Xizi recognized these two people as her enemies at a glance.
"General, it's the two of them, and it was the two of them I met in the cottage that day. ”
Meng Tian and Meng Li glanced at each other, Meng Li nodded, and then put away the cloth and put it back in its place. Meng Li said to Meng Tian and the people in the tent: "One of the two people mentioned by Xizi is the son of Wei Wuji, the Xinling Jun of Wei State, who was once one of the four gentlemen of the Warring States Period, and later changed his name to Wei Keqin. The other person is the youngest son of the former Wei State doctor, named Lu Fei. These two people have been wanted in my Qin State for several years, but I didn't expect to hide in Liu's mansion, no wonder there has been no news of these two people for so many years. ”
Meng Tian raised his hand and signaled Meng Li not to say more, he said to Li Qing and the others: "It's not early today, you go down first and have a good rest, tomorrow I need you to take me into the mountains to check the terrain, so that I can destroy the rebels as soon as possible." ”
Li Qing and the others got up and bowed and bowed, "No." ”
When Li Qing and the others walked out of the camp, Meng Li looked at Meng Tian and asked, "The general is going to enter the mountain tomorrow, and I will send five hundred soldiers to follow the general." ”
"Don't bother with big brother. Meng Tian touched the beard on his chin and said to Meng Li: "This time I went into the mountain to survey the terrain, Li Qing They have lived in this mountain forest for a long time, and they are very familiar with this place. ”
Meng Tian pointed to the terrain sand table placed on the side, and said with a smile: "This sand table is certainly useful for sand field troops, but the actual terrain must be carefully surveyed. I am naturally relieved that our scouts are alive in this place, but after all, they are born in this place, far inferior to Li Qing and them, so what will happen in this mountain forest will have to wait for me to come back tomorrow. The eldest brother was born as a martial artist, didn't he hear about Zhao Guo's defeat of Changping when Zhao Guo talked about the horse clothes on paper?"
Meng Li laughed, "Brother Xian, you came to make fun of me again, I have learned a lot by your side over the years, you want to say that I will lead the troops and fight hard with people, brother, I will do it desperately without saying a word, but you told me to use my brain to play peek-a-boo with the enemy, this is not what I do." Okay, but I warn you that although I have swept the mountains with men, there is no manned garrison, so I cannot guarantee that the rebels will return, so you must be careful on this trip. ”
"Big brother, don't worry, you don't know my temperament, just rest assured. ”
The next morning, after Li Qing and the others got dressed and had eaten, they saw Meng Tian waiting for him at the gate of the barracks early, so everyone did not dare to slack off, hurriedly rode on the horses lent to them by the Meng family's army, and followed Meng Tian out of the barracks.
After leaving the north gate of Dongjun and going straight along the official road for a short distance, he began to enter the mountains and forests. The location of the East County City is special, each of the four city gates has an official road, but the official road pedestrians of the north gate are the most scarce, for no other reason, although the official road of the north gate is flat, but there are more mountains on both sides of the road, and there are many bandits around, almost passing by the caravan can not be disturbed, so gradually everyone would rather go around the official road than take the mountain road of the north gate. Even the north gate of Dongjun City is basically closed to the public in normal times, which shows how rampant bandits are in the north of the city.
"General, there is a mountain road not far ahead, and we will enter the mountain from this road. Li Qing rode on his horse and pointed to a mountain col in the distance and said to Meng Tian.
"Okay, Li Qing, this place is your territory, after entering the mountain, I will rely on you to lead the way, I hope you don't let me down. Meng Tian glanced at Li Qing with a little meaning, and said quietly.
Li Qing's face changed slightly, and he said lightly: "Don't worry, the villain will definitely help the general to exterminate the rebels." ”
When I got to that col, the col was overgrown with weeds, and I couldn't see a road at all. Li Qing and the others didn't care, and rode their horses and continued to walk towards the mountain col. After a short time of walking, we turned a corner in the col, and a rugged sheep intestine path appeared in front of everyone.
"General, please see, this road is the road that our brother took to go down the mountain to rob the wealth, this road is not hidden, but there are many forks in the road, as long as you take the wrong one, you will go to another mountain. Li Qing pointed to the path and said to Meng Tian.
Meng Tian looked along the path, only to see the path winding and circling, leading to the depths of the mountain forest, although the road is narrow, it can accommodate horses to move forward, and there is no trace of people passing on the path, it seems that it should be safe.
"Okay, let's go into the mountains!"