The group went out of Meixian County and came to Xingping County. There are more than 100 miles from Meixian to Xingping, and they whipped up, and finally arrived in Xingping an hour after lunch.

Ten miles away from the city, they went around to the south of the city, and made a great circle at a distance, and went around to the east of the county seat, and then they got on the main road, and came to the east gate, as if they were coming from the east.

When they arrived at the edge of the city, they found that the city gate was closed and the drawbridge was hanging high, as if they were facing a great enemy.

It turned out that since the county commander arrested Wang Jian and sent people to report to Hong Chengchou, he was very worried that the Qin army would come to attack the city and rob people, so he ordered that before receiving Hong Chengchou's order, the four gates were closed, and no one was allowed to leave the city and enter the city.

It seems that Bai Qi guessed well, Wang Bao's method really didn't work.

When Bai Qi and the others arrived at the city, the defenders at the head of the city had already seen it, and hurriedly opened their bows and arrows and aimed them at them, and an officer shouted and asked, "What are you doing?" ”

Bai Qi didn't answer, and Wang Bao on the side said loudly: "On the orders of Lord Hong, I have something important to ask for the county order." ”

When the officer heard Lord Hong's words, he was startled, and his voice immediately lowered a little: "Are you sent by Lord Hong?" Wang Bao said impatiently: "Hugh is wordy, hurry up and open the city, or ask the county order to come and see." ”

The officers at the head of the city did not dare to slack off: "Wait a minute, I'll go back." ”

He ran down to the city, rode to the county office, and told the matter, the county commander was with the general, the two looked at each other, they were stunned, and said in unison: "Come so fast......"

They had just sent people out the night before yesterday, and the people sent by Hong Chengchou arrived today, and the people sent did not come back together, what was going on?

The two thought of one thing at the same time: Could it be a fraud?

The general asked, "How many people have come?" ”

The officer said, "About twenty people." The general frowned and looked at the county order: "Such a small number of people don't look like they are here to attack the city." Is it ......?"

The county order was not confused: "Could it be that they pretended to be officers and soldiers and came to save people?" ”

The general sneered: "If that's the case, let them come and go." ”

The two of them came to the city together, and looked down, sure enough, there were about 20 people on horseback, all dressed in ordinary people's clothes, Wang Bao saw that a person dressed as a county order came up, so he asked: "Are you the county commander of Xingping?" ”

The county order said: "The lower official is exact, I don't know who you are?" ”

Wang Bao said loudly according to the words practiced before: "We are sent by Lord Hong, staying in Xi'an City to explore the enemy's situation, a few days ago there were thieves in Xi'an City to contact the thieves of Meixian County, we chased all the way, there was no trace, when we came, I heard that Xingping County caught a few thieves, yes or no?" ”

The county commander and the general were all stunned, according to what the people said, Hong Chengchou arranged it early in the morning to spy on Xi'an's movements, not to receive his own Tang report.

Hearing Wang Bao say this, the county magistrate had no idea, and discussed with the general: "So, let them enter the city?" The general muttered, "This...... Let's ask first......"

Wang Leopard under the city said angrily: "What are you rubbing, Lao Tzu has waited for a long time, hurry up and open the city." ”

The county commander hurriedly said: "Don't be angry, this county is close to the anti-thief territory, you must ask clearly, are you really under Lord Hong?" ”

Wang Bao waved his hand to the people behind him: "Take them all off and let them take a look." ”

Lei Sheng and the eighteen cavalry behind him all took off their outerwear, revealing the Ming army jacket inside.

The county commander looked at it, a little relieved, and was just about to order the opening of the city, when the general asked Bai Qi: "That errand officer, what are you wearing inside?" ”

Bai Qi smiled, took off his coat, revealing the whole body armor inside, and took out the helmet from the burden behind him and put it on his head.

At this moment, Bai Qi is an authentic Ming army general.

He bowed his hand to the city: "Under Lord Xiahong, the guerrilla general Shi Kefa." Then he raised the golden lacquer order in his hand upward: "This is Lord Hong's golden lacquer order, do you want to see if it's true or not?" ”

Bai Qi heard Li Yan talk about Shi Kefa, and he also knew that he was usually only in Xi'an City and rarely went out, so people in Xingping County would not recognize him. So he boldly pretended to be the last time.

Sure enough, the county commander did not suspect it, and he had also heard that there was a general surnamed Shi under Hong Chengchou, so he hurriedly bowed his hand in the city: "It turned out that General Shi had arrived, and there was a loss of welcome, and there was a loss of welcome, so I will open the city......"

He ran down the wall, commanded the gates to be opened, and then stood at the gates himself, ready to meet them.

The general was still a little puzzled, although Bai Qi and the others did not have the slightest flaw in their answers, but he always felt uneasy, as if something was going to happen, at this time the county order had already ordered the city to be opened, and the general suddenly had a plan, ran to the county order, and muttered a few words in his ear.

At the beginning of the county order, he was surprised and showed a strong disagreement, but as he listened, the expression on his face softened, and then he nodded slowly: "The general is extremely worried, and this official will listen to the general." ”

At this time, the city gate was wide open, Bai Qi took the lead, entered the city gate, came to the county order, jumped off the horse, and stepped forward to make a noise.

The county commander was full of smiles, holding white hands, walking side by side, very affectionate.

The group entered the county office together.

As soon as he sat down, Bai Qi asked: "Dare to ask my lord, did you really catch the leader of the anti-thieves?" ”

The county commander looked at the general and said with a smile: "Exactly, these anti-thieves disguised themselves and wanted to unite with their accomplices in Meixian, but they were detected by our army, intercepted them halfway, and captured them all in a net, and none of them escaped the net." ”

Bai Qi said: "In this way, your county has made great contributions, and I will make it clear to Lord Hong and reward you according to your merits." ”

The county commander and the general bowed their hands together: "Thank you general, I hope there are many good words." ”

Bai Qi said: "I don't know what kind of thief it is?" I've fought with this gang of thieves, and I may know it, but I'm not going to meet them. The county commander smiled: "This is natural." The general waved his hand: "Bring the thief up." ”

Not long after, more than 30 officers and soldiers were fully armed, and three people were escorted, it was the three Qin soldiers, but there was no trace of Wang Qian.

It turned out that this was a ghost idea from the generals, among the four Qin soldiers who were caught, Wang Jian was the most important, and the other three Qin troops were just soldiers, insignificant, and the generals were a little bit trusting Bai Qi and others, so whether they were sent by Hong Chengchou or not, they did not hand over Wang Qian, but they could use this to create news that all the captives had been sent by Lord Hong to take them away, so that the thieves would not come to rob people. A few days later, as soon as the rumors passed, they secretly escorted Wang Jian to Hong Chengchou, thinking that Hong Chengchou would not blame them, and praised them for their dexterity.

The general was able to come up with this solution, and he was really not a vegetarian.

The three Qin soldiers were escorted to the hall and knelt on the ground, but they all raised their heads and looked straight at each other, not afraid.

Bai Qi stepped forward, leaned down, and looked at the three Qin soldiers one by one, those three people all knew him, and when they saw the Ming army officer in front of him, it turned out to be Bai Qi, and they were all surprised, but fortunately, the three of them were still smart, and no one spoke.

Because Bai Qi blocked the sight of the people behind him, the faces of the three Qin soldiers changed color, and no one saw it, and when Bai Qi returned to his seat, the three Qin soldiers had already recovered their original looks.

But they were secretly ecstatic in their hearts, knowing that Bai Qi had come to save them.

The county commander looked at Bai Qi: "General Shi, do you recognize these three thief leaders?" ”

Bai Qi shook his head lightly and said slowly: "I don't recognize." At this time, his heart was thinking quickly, why didn't he see Wang Qian? Was he killed?

The county order waved his hand: "Escort these three people down and wait for them to fall." ”

The soldiers stepped forward and pushed the three Qin soldiers down the hall.

Bai Qi looked at the faces of the general and the county commander, and suddenly woke up, they were testing me. Because in my capacity, it is impossible to know that there is still a captive who has not been brought up, and if I ask, it means that I know in advance, then I will be exposed.

In the current situation, we can only take these three people away first, and as for Wang Qian, I have to find another way.

So he got up and said: "The county commander and the general have a merit in capturing the thief alive, and the general must have more kind words in front of Lord Hong, and you two are seated in this merit." For now, without further ado, I will bring the three of them to Lord Hong and ask him to interrogate Fa Luo. ”

The county commander and the general also stood up and bowed their hands together: "This is very good." Do you want us to send some men to escort the general? Bai Qi shook his head: "There are too many people but mistakes, how did we come, how do we go back, as long as we are far away from Xi'an City, there will be no thieves to find out, so I will leave." ”

After speaking, he got up and took Lei Sheng, Wang Bao and others out of the county office. The county commander and the general were sent to the gate of the city, and then the three Qin troops were handed over to Bai Qi, and then they were handed away.