"They've arrived." Yuwen Chengchao said lightly: "It's just that this speed is too slow." ”

The fat fish has already had someone light a torch and raise it and wave it a few times.

The cavalry quickly slowed down, and then saw a few horses galloping over, and when they got close, those people turned over and dismounted, and only heard one of them: "Is the eldest brother here?" Walking over quickly, Qin Xiao saw that the person who came was Yuwen Chengling, the young son of the Yuwen family.

Yuan Shangyu, the commander of the White Tiger Battalion, followed closely beside Yuwen Chengling.

"Young boy, Lord Commander!"

Qin Xiao, Fat Fish and the others all bowed.

Yuwen Chengling smiled, Yuwen Chengchao stepped forward, and the young man bowed his hand to Yuwen Chengchao again, very respectful: "Big brother! ”

"Hmm." Yuwen Chengchao agreed, sat down on the grass, spread out the map drawn by Chen Zhitai and said, "The map has been drawn, Commander Yuan, you come and take a look." ”

Yuan Shangyu stepped forward and squatted down, Yuwen Chengling hesitated, and also stepped forward, several people gathered around the map, and the torches approached to shine on the map.

Qin Xiao was a little surprised when he saw Yuwen Chengling coming.

It was agreed in advance that once this side was successful, the nearby spies would fly to report it, and Yuan Shangyu would immediately bring someone over.

In the plan, Yuwen Chengling was not among them.

Although there were some surprises, but after thinking about it carefully, it was reasonable for Yuwen Chengling to come with the team.

Yuwen Chengling now has a prominent position in the Yuwen family, in the final analysis, in addition to the preference of the old marquis, it is also because of the support of Mrs. Qiong and Uncle Meng and others.

If it comes to fame and prestige, the eldest prince Yuwen Chengchao is outstanding in cavalry, and he has long participated in the battle to suppress bandits, and even killed many robbers with his own hands, and his prestige is great, which is far from the place where the young prince is far behind.

Now that he finally has the opportunity to suppress bandits, the young man will naturally not miss it.

Even if you can't kill the robbers with your own hands, as long as you appear at the scene of the bandits, you will be regarded as having the skill of suppressing the bandits in the future.

"My lord, there will probably be nothing wrong with this map." Yuan Shangyu took a closer look before he said: "The camp, the sentry post and the path are clearly marked above, and the situation on both sides of the suspension bridge is also drawn very clearly, even if the sentry post in the back mountain is missing, there will not be much of a problem, as long as we can kill the suspension bridge and we enter the back mountain, Ding Zixiu's people will not be able to resist our offensive at all." He pointed his finger at the map: "The most important thing now is whether there is a problem with these checkpoints in the front mountain." ”

"Master Chen, come here." Yuwen Chengchao didn't look back, and shouted directly.

Chen Zhitai had naturally seen the black cavalry in the distance, and knew in his heart that this time the government was going to attack Jigong Gorge with a heavy fist, so he was frightened, and cautiously stepped forward, and said softly: "Eldest prince, what are your orders?" ”

He heard others call Yuwen Chengchao the eldest prince, and thought to himself that he would also call the eldest prince, so that the eldest prince could feel my respect, so that his life would be more secure.

"Surely you didn't miss these checkpoints in the front mountain?" Yuwen Chengchao turned his head and glanced at it.

Chen Zhitai hurriedly said: "There is no omission. The eldest son, the second master..... Well, Zhang Shubao has been sick for several months, and he and I used to take turns inspecting the front mountain, and in the past few months, I have to patrol the front mountain every night, checking every sentry post, just because I am worried that they will be lazy. Ding Zixiu said that the only way for officers and soldiers to attack Jigong Gorge is to pass the suspension bridge, and before that, they must control the front mountain, so

The front mountain is very important and cannot be overlooked in the slightest. ”

"Don't talk nonsense." Yuwen Chengchao frowned and said, "You just said that there are several sentry posts in the front mountain, how many people are there?" ”

"Eight sentry posts, sixteen people." Chen Zhitai immediately said: "Sixteen people are on duty day and night, and there are two people at each sentry. ”

"There are eight sentry posts on the map." Yuan Shangyu said: "Four bright and four dark. Looking at Chen Zhitai, he said coldly: "You have to remember, if you can help the government exterminate Ding Zixiu this time, not only is you not guilty, but also meritorious, the eldest prince will definitely reward you heavily, but if you say that you are one wrong, your head will not be guaranteed, do you understand?" ”

"I vouch with my life, and there will be no mistakes." Chen Zhitai said solemnly: "If it's the wrong one, you don't have to do it, I cut my own throat myself." ”

"Let's go down." Yuwen Chengchao waved his hand, someone retreated Chen Zhitai, Yuwen Chengchao said: "Less than forty miles to the south, it is Jigong Gorge, they are condescending during the day, once they get close, they will naturally find it early." It just so happens that there is no moon tonight, and it is God who helps us. After thinking for a while, he said: "Commander Yuan, I will take people to Jigong Gorge first, and quickly clean up the eight sentry posts, once successful, I will light a torch on the mountain and shake it left and right eight times, you .....!" After a pause, he glanced at the young man who had been silent, and then said, "When you and Chengling saw the firelight, they immediately passed as fast as possible." ”

Yuan Shangyu nodded and said: "The horse's hooves are wrapped in cotton cloth, and they won't make much movement. ”

"Big brother, why don't I take someone to clean up the front mountain." Yuwen Chengling hesitated for a moment, but still said: "The situation on the mountain is unknown, so it's not easy to take risks." ”

Yuwen Chengchao said lightly: "Since I have already made the deployment, don't argue." Pointing to the map, he continued: "After cleaning up the sentry post, you can just use Chen Zhitai to let the back mountain lower the suspension bridge, if my estimate is good, Ding Zixiu is cautious, he will not let too many people pass at a time, and there are too many people, it is likely to make them suspicious, so when the time comes, I will take a few capable brothers to follow Chen Zhitai across the bridge, after crossing the bridge, immediately control the bandits by the bridge, then you can pass quickly, as long as you enter the back mountain, and then divide a part of the people to guard the suspension bridge, then Ding Zixiu will have no way to escape." ”

Yuan Shangyu said: "The eldest prince's plan is very safe, although the mountain behind Jigong Gorge is big, Ding Zixiu must have many hiding places, but as long as we control Jigong Gorge and dig three feet into the ground, we can also find Ding Zixiu." ”

Yuwen Chengchao picked up the map, handed it to Yuan Shangyu, and said, "You first take the map and discuss with your subordinates, how to deploy it when you enter Jigong Gorge." Waiting for Yuan Shangyu to take the map, he turned around and said: "Fat fish, Dapeng, and crazy people, you choose eight brothers with neat hands and feet to go with me." Seeing Qin Xiao beside him, he hesitated, and finally said, "Wang Xiao, you can go with me too." ”

Qin Xiao arched his hand and said, "Obey." ”

"Big brother, are there too few people?" Yuwen Chengling immediately said: "Do you want to bring more people?" ”

"Not necessarily." Yuwen Chengchao said: "These sentry posts are not together, they can be solved one by one, there are too many people, but it is easy to be discovered." Turning around and walking a few steps, thinking of something, he glanced back at Yuwen Chengling, and finally said: "When killing thieves, don't act rashly, the terrain on the mountain is dangerous, and there are ambushes in many places, so it's better to be careful." ”

Yuwen Chengling bowed deeply and said, "Don't worry, big brother, I will protect myself, and big brother himself must be careful." ”

Yuwen Chengchao snorted softly.

Fat Fish did not delay, picked eight knife hands, plus

Dapeng, Ning Zhifeng and Qin Xiao, together with Yuwen Chengchao, a total of thirteen people, changed into the clothes that the minions had taken off before, got ready, and drew fourteen horses from the cavalry, letting Chen Zhitai lead the way.

Chen Zhitai was helpless under the knife, but he had to do what Yuwen Chengchao wanted, picked up his two big plate axes, and hung them on his waist.

Yuwen Chengchao did not delay, took people on the horse, shook the reins of the horse, and led everyone to Jigong Gorge.

The hooves of the horses were wrapped in cotton cloth, and almost no sound came out.

The night was like ink, and it didn't take long for thirty or forty miles at all, Qin Xiao followed the team and galloped, looking at the back of Yuwen Chengchao in front of him, but he vaguely understood in his heart that this time he attacked Jigong Gorge, Yuwen Chengchao of course could not just kill Ding Zixiu.

Speaking from the heart, there are not a few thieves like Ding Zixiu hidden in the mountains in the entire Xiling, and there are even more thieves and horse thieves on a smaller scale.

It sounds like Ding Zixiu has more than 200 people, and it seems to have become some climate.

But for the Xiling Gate Valve, it is really not worth mentioning.

There are more than 200 people, most of them are poor people who can't survive, desperate, they can only fall into the grass, these people have hardly undergone any training, and they may still be arrogant in front of the weaker people, but when they encounter trained officers and soldiers, they can only be beaten.

The three counties of Xiling, every year because of the desperate and the grass for the people of the grass, if the three major valves want to exterminate all these robbers, it is really whimsical, as long as the people can not eat enough belly, the bandits are always inexhaustible.

Every time a bandit is suppressed, the dead and wounded must be compensated, and meritorious service must be rewarded, and it is a special matter of spending money.

Therefore, if the Xiling bandits do not threaten the interests of the gate valve, the gate valve usually turns a blind eye and does not care about it, after all, the original intention of the establishment of Xiling Sanwei is to suppress the bandits, if all the bandits and horse bandits are really wiped out, Xiling Sanwei seems to have no need to exist.

Although the Yuwen family horse farm was robbed, according to the young son, the culprit may be Ding Zixiu, but there is no conclusive evidence.

It stands to reason that the Yuwen family will not quickly attack Ding Zixiu without being completely sure that it was Ding Zixiu.

But Yuwen Chengchao used this as an excuse, after finding out Ding Zixiu's hiding place, he didn't hesitate without any hesitation, and immediately organized this expedition, strangely, the old marquis of Changyi did not stop this shot, otherwise Yuwen Chengchao wanted to transfer troops to suppress the thief, and it was impossible to do it without the consent of the old marquis.

The White Tiger Battalion sent troops, at least nominally, it needed an order from the Duhu Mansion, and the old marquis did not speak, only relying on Yuwen Chengchao, of course, it was impossible to let the Duhu give an order.

Qin Xiao knew in his heart that Yuwen Chengchao wanted to solve Ding Zixiu so quickly, in addition to perhaps increasing his prestige, but more importantly, he was afraid that he wanted to ask Ding Zixiu whether the matter about the horse robbery was true or false, and if possible, he even wanted to ask who those Tusun people were ordered to kill him.

He may have the answer in mind, but he needs to prove whether the answer in his mind is right or wrong.

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