Bai Qi commanded in a deep voice: "Dig a big pit outside the village and bury them all." The people agreed, and two hundred men began to bury them.

Bai Qi continued to walk towards the village, instructing the people to extinguish the burning flames as he went, and finally when the fire in the whole village was extinguished, it was already dawn.

It's not bad, there are really a few people who are alive, all of them are old men over sixty years old, and they have already dried their tears and sat there waiting to die. Bai Qi ordered someone to invite them into a relatively complete house and give them food, and when these people had eaten and had some spirits, they asked for details.

It turned out that this place was close to Henan and Shanxi, and although it was also affected by drought, it could still go to the other two provinces to buy grain, so it would live on it. The thieves who didn't want Shaanxi heard about it and knew that there was grain here, so they came to rob it. So several villages united to protect the land and grain. He has repelled several gangs of thieves one after another, and has also been rewarded by the county.

But the night before, everything was different.

Two groups of powerful thieves targeted them, that is, the lamp and the monkey, these two people are not ordinary robbers, they are not a rabble, they have four or five thousand soldiers, as well as six or seven hundred cavalry, the equipment is also good, spears and machetes, bows and arrows are also a lot, and these two people are a little bit of a strategy to fight, at first they did not attack with all their might, only sent a few small groups of infantry to harass it, causing the strong men in the village to be angry, rushing out, driving out more than ten miles.

The cavalry who didn't want to be a thief lay in ambush on the road, and attacked back and forth, and those strong men passed by this, only to see iron horses like mountains, spear heads like forests, plus crossbow arrows, and within a while, half of them were killed, and the other half had to surrender.

The two gangs of thieves occupied four villages, and began to kill and loot from house to house, and only after plundering the food and money of the village and the young women did they set a fire and roared away.

Bai Qi asked and understood, ordered someone to take care of these old people, and then rode out of the village on horseback to pick up King Qin.

Yuehuazhuang is the largest of the four villages, and there are three or four hundred houses in the scale, and now all the houses have been burned down, so Bai Qi ordered the soldiers to cut down wood and start building houses. In the middle of winter, when the ground cannot be moved, it is built on flat ground with wood, and the outside is covered with cloth and fur to protect against the cold.

Three other villages are doing the same thing.

When the living old people asked, Qin Jun replied: They came from Xianyang and fled to this place. It's good that the old people can live, where will they ask more.

Two days later, Zhang Yi came to report to the king of Qin: There is not enough food. The king of Qin instructed Bai Qi to send men and horses to go out to buy grain, and like the people here, they went far away from Henan and Shanxi.

Bai Qi sent more than 2,000 people, took the money he had received, divided them into several teams, went to buy grain, called Li Kang, ordered him to go too, assigned him four people, and secretly ordered him to investigate the situation in Tongguan. Look at the terrain and draw a map of it so you can attack later.

After Li Dang got up, Bai Qi went to see King Qin, but saw Fan Ju discussing something with King Qin.

Although Bai Qi's resentment towards Fan Ju has disappeared a little, after all, he was still an opponent in his previous life, so he couldn't see him unpleasantly, so he wanted to leave, but King Qin stopped him: "General, come here, I have something to discuss with you." Bai Qi walked over: "What's the matter with the king?" ”

King Qin looked at Fan Ju: "Just mentioned by Prime Minister Zuo, we always use money to buy grain, which costs a lot of money, and there is a risk of sitting on the mountain, after all, an army of more than 10,000 people needs tens of thousands of catties of grain every day." Even if you pawn all the treasures, you won't be able to eat them for half a year. When there is a spring famine next year, life will be sad. ”

Bai Qi asked, "What does Zuo Xiang mean?" ”

Fan Ju made no secret of it: "We have to make some money to use." ”

Bai Qi sneered: "Does Prime Minister Zuo want to do business?" If so, the left minister can do it, and Bai Qi will only fight, and the way of the businessman is not known at all. Fan Ju was not moved, still smiling: "We only have jewelry, no money, we always go to pawn, the benefits are cheaper than the pawnshop, and the loss is too great, so we have to raise some silver money to use." ”

Bai Qi asked, "How to raise it?" ”

Fan Ju pointed to the map on the table: "The county commander in Huayin City is extremely greedy, it is said that he is expropriating and expropriating, and there are huge tens of thousands of silver in the private treasury. The general can send people to infiltrate the city and take the silver taels, not to mention that there is enough money to buy food, and if there is surplus, he can buy weapons and horses. ”

Bai Qi looked at King Qin, and King Qin asked him: "This move is very important, and only a general can do it." Bai Qi arched his hand: "Since the king has a life, Bai Qi will go to the soup and go to the fire, and he will also take this silver money." ”

After saying that, he was going to pay the bill. King Qin called him back again: "The idea was Fan Xiang's idea, but the person who acted was you, the matter was done, Fan Xiang was meritorious, but it didn't work, it was you who sent his life, it's too unfair." ”

Fan Ju also got up and bowed his hand: "King, Weichen is willing to go with the general." ”

King Qin nodded and smiled: "Good, good." Wait and prepare, do it at night, and remember, do everything by counsel, and do not have different intentions. ”

The two of them glanced at each other, and each went down to prepare.

Bai Qi selected forty sturdy men, all of whom were skilled in martial arts, bold and careful, and they didn't need to wear makeup, they were already wearing ordinary people's clothes, bringing some money, pretending to be countrymen who were buying things, and preparing to enter Huayin City.

The affairs here are entrusted to Wang Jian as his assistant.

At this time, Fan Ju also came, looking like a teacher, on such a cold day, he still held a folding fan in his hand, shaking his head while walking, which looked pedantic and ridiculous.

Bai Qi arched his hand: "I was about to send someone to invite Fan Xiang, but you came first." ”

Fan Ju smiled: "How dare you bother the general, should we leave now?" Bai nodded: "Fan Xiang, please ......" Fan Ju replied: "General, please ......"

The two glanced at each other, sneered at the same time, and walked together.

Huayin City is not too big, the city wall is not too high, but it is heavily guarded, many Ming soldiers in the city and under the city stand with guns, and there are soldiers at the gate of the city to carefully check all the people who enter the city. The men searched the men, and two women checked the women who had entered the city.

Because the lanterns and the monkeys burned and killed in the villages and towns outside the city, everyone in Huayin County was in danger, and the county magistrate was even more frightened, for fear that the people's army would enter the city.

This time everyone is even more afraid, at night, Huayin City almost became a dead city, only soldiers patrolled back and forth, and there was no one in sight.

Fortunately, in the past few days, the spies have come to report, and the thieves who lit the lamps and waited for everyone have fled and disappeared, and the county magistrate has announced the lifting of strictness, but all those who enter the city must be strictly checked, for fear that there will be thieves mixed in, and the inside and outside should be combined. It is said that some county towns were breached in this way, and as soon as the thieves came outside at night, the inner part of the advanced city should kill the soldiers defending the city, open the city gates, and lead the thieves into the city.

There's no way, I have a lot of money in my house, how can I do it regardless of it.

Bai Qi and his party of more than 40 people, divided into ten groups, except for Bai Qi's team of six people, the other team of four people, very close to each other, Bai Qi and Fan Ju walked in the front, came to the city gate to cut close, took a closer look, nodded to the people behind him, and issued a secret order, which means to follow closely, don't get separated after entering the city.

When the two came to the city gate, the Ming soldiers came to search, Fan Ju only held a fan, and Bai Qi carried an empty cloth bag, and there was nothing else. The soldier touched the two men, and did not carry any weapons, so he let them in.

When he was white, he ordered that no one should bring weapons, and this is the hand to guard.

When they entered the city, everyone followed Bai Qi into a remote alley, everyone gathered around, and Bai Qi ordered everyone to form a group to find the inn, and gather here at the time of the shift tonight. When gathering, it is best to find a wooden stick, which can protect yourself.

The crowd answered and went their separate ways.

Bai Qi looked at Fan Ju: "Fan Xiang, to be honest, this kind of work is not done by Wensheng, I think you should go back and deliver the letter." ”

Fan Ju was stunned: "What kind of letter to send?" ”

Bai Qi replied: "I have seen the situation in the city, you go back and tell Wang Jian that you will come to attack the city at the second watch, attack on three sides at the same time, keep the east gate, remember not to attack, only to feint, the greater the momentum, the better, to help us succeed in the city." ”

Fan Ju shook his head again and again: "I won't go, let others go." Escaping from the battlefield is not the prime minister's style. ”

Bai Qi sneered: "If you don't go back, when the fight starts at night, I can't take care of you." Fan Ju smiled: "Don't worry, maybe the general will ask me for help at that time." Bai nodded: "Okay, this is a voluntary stay, you can't keep up when you run, don't blame me for not reminding you." ”

Fan Ju snorted: "Don't worry, general, if you want to run, I will definitely be faster than all of you." ”

Bai Qi instructed a sergeant beside him to deliver the letter, then looked Fan Ju up and down, and suddenly said suspiciously: "Fan Xiang, if there is a fight at night, I will secretly give you a knife, and then say that you were killed by the Ming army, what can the king say?" ”