Chapter 197: Take a City
In the early morning of the second day, Xie Wei still changed into the plain clothes he wore when he practiced medicine on weekdays, and quietly left the convoy.
The wound on her leg had healed completely, and she ran after her, occasionally startling butterflies resting under the blades of grass.
In the distance, the convoy stretched, and the rising sun was a little faint, spilling on the surface of the lake, sparkling with light spots.
The wind lifted a corner of the grenade curtain, revealing a man sitting on his lap inside, looking intently at the figure walking away in the morning light and grass.
"Madame is going again." One next to the car sighed helplessly.
Xie Wei insisted on going to the clinic for the first few times, and several guards in the convoy were like facing a big enemy, always guarding her from finding a gap to escape, but after a month, Xie Wei really just went around to diagnose people, and several people gathered together to discuss for a long time, and finally came to a conclusion: It was the young lady who was too naughty and thought that the car was boring all day long, so she "slipped out" from time to time to see people.
Jing Xuan didn't seem to hear the sigh of the sword guard, until the white figure of Xie Wu turned into a small dew drop on the endless grass, and he could no longer see clearly, then he withdrew his gaze, lowered the curtain, and asked in a deep voice: "Did Barberry ever accompany him?" ”
"Yes." Jian Wei responded without thinking, "At the time of Pingdan, Shi Bai was already waiting by the side of the road. ”
Jing Xuan nodded, relieved his worries and routinely went to the doctor, and Barberry accompanied him again and again, and there was never any accident, so there was no need to worry.
"Lin." Jing Xuan called out in a low voice, raised his hand again to open the curtain of the car, leaned out, and looked at the people who had just woken up from their rest by the lake and were busy preparing for the morning meal.
Sima Shang brought about 700 people from Dongting, and they occupied half of the lakeshore scatteredly.
Although the number is not large, these people were once the elite division of Zhao State, under the command of a generation of famous generals Li Mu, although they have been in seclusion for ten years, but compared to the Qin army after arriving in Chu, the garrison force composed of slaves and poor people who were requisitioned and collected at will should still be more than enough.
"Lin." Jing Xuan called again, this time retracting his gaze from afar, and falling on the sword guard. "Where is Huang Gong?"
Lin Copied his hand and said: "Huang Gong got up in the morning to play against Xiangfuzi, and the outcome has not yet been decided. ”
The convoy was very boring, and people with a little knowledge got together to debate and play games to relieve their boredom.
Jing Xuan pondered for a while. Looking at the mountains in the distance, he said in a deep voice: "The private soldiers in the clan should come, send Huang Gong and Ah Ju to welcome them." ”
Once the emperor had a fief, he had the qualifications and ability to raise private armies, and these soldiers were responsible for guarding the fiefdom on weekdays. In wartime, they follow the monarch's army to fight, and when they have a conflict with the doctor next to them, they will also attack each other, just like some wars between small countries.
When Shouchun was besieged, the major families saw that the momentum was not good, and they had already quietly sent their private soldiers back to the feudal province to preserve their strength.
Since he was entrusted with such an important task, it was naturally not a simple matter to transfer private soldiers. An army that can be mobilized with a light and clever sentence will have no future.
Huang Yao was a retainer of the Jing family, a high-ranking and powerful position, quite familiar with current affairs, and a military strategy, so Jing Xuan sent him to accompany Jing Ju to meet those soldiers.
"Tsukasa ......" Lin got the order, but he didn't move his steps, and solemnly saluted, "I heard that Huang Gong had a lot of complaints about Mound, and often talked to people, and Mokazi insisted on going his own way." If you start a rebellion, you will be punished by the sky, and the worship of the Juejing clan will ......"
The more Lin said, the lighter it became, and the people of the time were heavy on sacrifices. Chu Di is even more so, Huang Yao's words are really a bit heavy, even if he wants to use this to warn Jing Xuan, it is still too much.
Jing Xuan frowned slightly, and directly threw the matter away, "Send a few sword guards and Zhao pawns all over the mountains and fields." ”
“……?” Lin was puzzled. Could it be that Jing Xuan was worried that there was an ambush of the Qin army nearby?
"I heard that there was an old man hiding here, so I sent someone to ask for it." Jing Xuan explained blandly.
Lin twitched the corners of his mouth, daring to love his own mound to invite the old man to meet, and it turned out to be a "rope"?
But he remembered that when Barberry came back yesterday, he told Jing Xuan that Xie Wei met a person while practicing medicine, and she saw that his identity was a nobleman hidden here. Jing Xuan was interested in this person, mostly because he was still a private soldier in his hands.
Thinking of this, Lin bowed his head and was about to leave, when Jing Xuan stopped him again.
"Something else." Jing Xuan took out a rolled-up silk book from his sleeve, shook it slightly, and spread the corner on his lap.
It was a map, with ink brushes drawing mountains, gardenia outlining roads, green daisy dyeing rivers, and red brushes delineating several passes and cities.
"The name of this place is Pang, also known as the pet city, hundreds of years ago it was a small country city, intercepting the water of Xiangshui, ? The intersection of water, near Hengyang, but the Qin army is not strictly guarded, and it can be captured by surprise. ”
Lin felt a chill on his back.
These sword guards had long known that Jing Xuan had sent people to send private soldiers lurking in the Dongting area to come here, but it was not until this time that they understood that Jing Xuan's move was to secretly seize a small city.
Lin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, this is really a bit of a risk, now this area is controlled by the Qin army, and the Qin army guards in Pangcheng are loose, and they have to take it down unconsciously, but I am afraid that it is still not easy.
And once a little rumor leaks out, on the territory of the Qin army, these soldiers are not at the mercy of others?
Lin now suddenly felt that Huang Yao's words were too reasonable...... Jing Xuan's move was too risky, and he was careless, but it was really the consequence of the absolute sacrifice.
Jing Xuan disagreed, "Send Luo to infiltrate Pang Cheng, blend in between Li Shu and the homeless, and help his people kill the guards of the Qin army in the name of medical worries, thinking that it should be an internal response." ”
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Xie Wei walked along the gravel mountain road to the nearby village.
A man and a fox appeared and disappeared in the dense forests of the mountains, and ten paces behind them, the barberry followed unhurriedly with his sword in his hand.
No one spoke, only the "rustle" of the grass and trees as they were moved.
Xie Wu stopped from time to time, picking fresh herbs by the side of the road, not too much in his skirt, Xie Wu called the barberry to his side, and threw the grass stems and leaves and colorful berries that were still oozing with emerald green juice to the barberry.
Barberry hurriedly took them one by one, and when he turned around, he found that the fiery fox was gone.
frowned, lowered his head to the plain-clothed girl in front of him, and shook his head secretly, "Where is the fire fox?" ”
"Return." Xie raised his eyes, brushed the hair on the sideburns, there was cunning and smugness in his eyes, but a pair of eyebrows were loosely locked, full of amazement, looking at her appearance, it was really impossible to guess what kind of thoughts she was hiding.
"Madame shouldn't be." Barberry sighed, hung the sword on his waist, raised his hand to remove the grass stems on his shirt one by one, and looked at Xie Wu, "The mound is busy with other things all night, and the lady is in peace, which is good for others and herself." ”
(To be continued.) )
PS: Repay the debt today, and there is a watch at nine o'clock in the evening~