Chapter 181: First Strikes First
Li Shizhen and the other two doctors were summoned and hurriedly entered the wing room to diagnose and treat Princess Yicheng's pulse. And Fang Xuanling said goodbye to Princess Yicheng and slowly withdrew from the room.
After Fang Xuanling walked out of the wing, he immediately dismissed the dozen or so Turkic guards who were guarding outside Princess Yicheng's wing, and immediately summoned Ouyang Chun, who was a thousand households, and commanded in a low voice: "Ouyang Qianhu, you immediately send someone to inform the commander of Zhan." Ordered him to lead his Jinyi guards into the city in batches, lurk around the inn, closely monitor the surrounding situation, and once they find that an unknown suspicious person appears in the inn to inquire about the situation, they don't need to report it and take it down immediately. ”
Ouyang Chun proposed: "Lord Fang, this group of Turks is acting so ostentatious, I'm afraid that the news has already been leaked. It is advisable to leave this place as soon as possible. Although Princess Yicheng is unable to move due to illness, we can send a few strong brocade guards to carry her out of the city. ”
Fang Xuanling lowered his head and thought for a while, shook his head and vetoed Ouyang Chun's suggestion: "There is a difference between men and women, Princess Yicheng is not only the princess of my Great Sui, but also the Turkic Kedun, and her identity is extremely sensitive. It's better to wait for a few imperial doctors to heal Princess Yicheng before setting off on the road. ”
Ouyang Chun said puzzledly: "Didn't my lord also say that this group of Turks is too flamboyant, but I am afraid that they have already attracted the attention of those who have a heart. Why stay here? In case a large group of bandits hear the news, I am afraid that we will not be able to resist it! ”
Fang Xuanling smiled slightly and said, "Ouyang Qianhu doesn't have to be nervous. Now that Dou Jiande has been captured, and the dragons of Hebei are leaderless, I heard that his two former generals, Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Heimin, have fought each other in order to compete for power, and Luo Yi of Youzhou took advantage of the civil strife in Hebei to raise troops to the south. Now that several forces are surrounding Zhuojun and Hejian, I am afraid that there is no time to take care of such a small place as Gaocheng County. ”
"I asked Commander Zhan to enter the city to guard the surroundings, not from the Hebei bandits, but from Temujin. This person started with thousands of soldiers and horses, and he was able to subvert the Jieli Khan who had millions of soldiers, which shows that this person is by no means an ordinary person. If he learns that the heirs of Jieli Khan have fled to Jiangdu, he will definitely send men and horses to chase and kill. ”
Fang Xuanling said and shook his head helplessly: "I thought that there were many roads from the Eastern Turks to Jiangdu, and Hu Lu couldn't find them at all. Who would have thought that this group of Turks would be so swaggering on the road, and the men and horses sent by Temujin to chase and kill them would probably be able to trace them with a little inquiry. ”
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Fang Xuanling's guess was not wrong, Yelu Abaoji, Xiao Yanyan and others who set out from the royal court found out the whereabouts of Princess Yicheng and her party without much effort along the way, followed their whereabouts all the way, and also chased Gaocheng County at dusk on the fifth day after Fang Xuanling and others arrived in Gaocheng County.
Yelu Abaoji chased after him all the way, and found that the Turkic dead soldiers who were guarding Princess Yicheng were very swaggering on the road, and his party could easily find out where they were, and they also became a little paralyzed and careless. After arriving in Gaocheng County, he randomly sent two soldiers into the city to investigate the situation, and the brigade took refuge in the ruined temple outside the city.
Yelu Abaoji himself began to be careless, not to mention the soldiers under his command who had just experienced a great victory.
The two soldiers of the Yuan army got the order, swaggered into Gaocheng County, and casually entered a hotel to order some food. After he was full of wine and food, he called the shopkeeper and asked with a big grin: "Shopkeeper, let me ask you, has there been a team dressed as Turkic people passing by you recently, and there are two beautiful women among them, and a child of three or four years old?" ”
It's also the bad luck of the two of them. Zhan Zhao and several subordinates were also eating and drinking here, and they happened to be sitting not far away. The voice of the Yuan soldier's question was extremely loud, and Zhan Zhao could hear it clearly.
Zhan Zhao heard the question of the two Yuan soldiers to the shopkeeper, and immediately secretly glanced at several subordinates at the wine table.
It didn't take long for the two Yuan soldiers to hurriedly leave the restaurant and run straight out of the city.
They had just heard important information from the mouth of the shopkeeper, because Princess Yicheng was seriously ill and had difficulty moving, and the group was now staying in the inn in the east of the city. This information was so important that they had to inform their leader, Yelu Abaoji, immediately.
The two of them ran across the street and turned into a small alley, through which the city gate was close at hand.
But at this moment, four big men suddenly jumped out of the alley, looking at the two with a cruel smile. The two of them were stunned for a moment, and before they could react, they received a slap on the back of the head, and their eyes turned black and they fell to the ground.
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Half an hour later, the two stunned Yuan soldiers woke up quietly, and as soon as they opened their eyes, they found that they were tied up by five flowers, and there were four or five big men standing beside them, and there was a scribe sitting not far in front of them, and there were two people standing beside them, and the person on the left looked very familiar, as if he had just seen it in the hotel.
"You guys... What do you want to do? One of the bold Yuan soldiers asked boldly.
This scribe was of course Fang Xuanling, and after listening to the Yuan army's soldiers' questions, he immediately sneered and said, "I still want to ask you what you want to do?" Why did you find out the whereabouts of Princess Yicheng? ”
"Princess Yicheng, who is Princess Yicheng? I don't recognize? The soldiers of the Yuan army knew that something was wrong, but they still quibbled without giving up.
Syllable!
Fang Xuanling slapped the table and shouted angrily: "You dare to quibble, I just heard you ask the shopkeeper about the whereabouts of Princess Yicheng and her party in the restaurant, it seems that you don't cry when you don't see the coffin!" As he spoke, he glanced at Zhanzhao.
Zhan Zhao understood, strode forward, reached out and grabbed the hands of the Yuan soldier, and slammed his arms hard, only to hear the "click", the Yuan soldier's hands were broken alive, and the pain made his eyes dark, and he fainted again.
"Don't, I say, I'll say it all!"
Another Yuan soldier was less courageous, and when he saw the tragic situation of his companion, he was immediately frightened, and kowtowed to Fang Xuanling and begged for mercy: "My lord, spare my life, I will say it all, I will say it all!" ”
The corners of Fang Xuanling's mouth hooked slightly, and he immediately asked, "Okay, then let me ask you, who are you?" Why do you want to find out about Princess Yicheng's whereabouts? ”
The soldiers of the Yuan army hurriedly replied: "The villain is a centurion of the Turkic Yelu tribe. More than half a month ago, our tribal leader Yelu Abaoji dispatched more than 20 tribal brothers south to the Central Plains, saying that he was ordered to intercept and kill the remnants of Jieli Khan. ”
"Yelu Abaoji, when did the Eastern Turks still have such a number one person?"
Fang Xuanling muttered to himself, and then asked, "Where is Yelu Abaoji now?" How many of you are there? ”
"There are about twenty or thirty of us in our group, except for the two of us who went into the city to inquire about the news, the others are resting in the temple outside the city."
Zhan Zhao immediately arched his hand and asked, "Master Fang, what should we do?" ”
Fang Xuanling's face was like a torch, and he said coldly: "Since they have chased here, then we have no other choice. The first strike is strong, and the second strike suffers. Commander Zhan, immediately mobilize all the Jinyi guards out of the city and kill Yelu Abaoji and his party! ”