Chapter 148, Extraneous Branch 2
The general was more thoughtful, stopped the county order, said a few words in his ear, the county commander nodded, and ordered a servant to ask for a fine work, not to let him enter the hall, only glanced at it secretly, and recognized these people.
The official didn't go long and came with the fine work, the fine work secretly glanced at the side a few times, and immediately recognized that the leader was Wang Qian, so the official invited the county order and the general, and the three of them talked secretly outside the hall.
He said: "Report to your lord, the first person you have captured is Wang Qian, and he and Bai Qi of Meixian County are both important generals under King Qin. Others are insignificant. ”
When the county order heard it, they were very excited, and they already knew that the King of Qin was reborn in the world and led the famous ministers to revive the Great Qin, although they did not believe in this kind of thing, but they were able to catch the important generals of the anti-thieves, and the credit was not small, so they decided that there was no need to re-interrogate, and the four people were escorted back to the prison, and they went to the book overnight, and sent someone to Hong Chengchou to see how Lord Hong decided.
The things they discussed were all heard clearly by Wu Xinlan, who was secretly hiding. She was shocked in her heart, it seems that Wang Jian and they are more auspicious, and there are only a few people in themselves, so it is not easy to save Wang Jian like saving Bai Qi. The general had already sent heavy troops to guard the prison camp, so he had to find another way.
She returned to the inn and told them to get up and go out of the city by night.
When the officer on duty at the city gate saw them and didn't want to open the city, Wu Xinlan took out dozens of taels of silver, saying that his mother was seriously ill and was eager to see her for the last time, so he must make it convenient.
When the officer saw that they were indeed ordinary people, not like the spies of the thieves, and that he was generous, he no longer doubted them, and opened the gates of the city, and let them go out of the city.
Wu Xinlan and his entourage didn't dare to stay, so they hurried to Meixian.
After arriving at Wugong, they entered the county seat and inquired where Bai Qi was, and some people knew that General Bai had just returned to Meixian after inspecting Wugong. Wu Xinlan and others passed through the city and continued to move towards Meixian.
The next day, they finally arrived at Meixian County, went straight to the county office, and told the soldiers guarding the gate that they were looking for Bai Qi and had something important to report. When the gatekeeper saw that she was a woman, he was a little puzzled, but when he heard her tone was very solemn, he did not dare to slack off, asked her name, and hurriedly replied inside.
Bai Qi was discussing the military situation with Lei Sheng Wang Leopard, and suddenly heard that Wu Xinlan was coming, Bai Qi was overjoyed, and hurriedly took the two of them out of the door. Seeing Wu Xinlan, he rushed forward and handed over: "It turned out to be Miss Wu, who came from afar, and she was unwelcome." As he spoke, he said to the two behind him: "This Miss Wu is my life-saving benefactor, you all come to see it." ”
When Lei Sheng Wang Leopard heard this, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
Wu Xinlan waved his hand: "General Bai, these courtesies are exempt, I have something important to tell you." Bai nodded: "Let's talk about it inside." ”
As he spoke, he took Wu Xinlan and his entourage into the back hall of the county ya, and sat down as guests.
When Bai first saw Wu Xinlan, he saw that her expression was grim, and there must be something important, so he didn't wait for the tea to be served, so he asked, "Miss Wu, if there is anything, just say it." Wu Xinlan told Wang Jian about the fall of Xingping County, and Bai Qi was really a little shocked: "Why did Wang Jian come?" ”
Wu Xinlan said: "I heard that the King of Qin sent you to unite with General Bai. ”
Bai Qi stood up suddenly: "King Qin has returned to the Qin army?" Wu Xinlan said: "It should be." I think the general should immediately send troops to rescue Wang Qian, and then return to the Qin army together, and inform the King of Qin of your grievances, except for that Fan Ju. ”
Hearing this, Bai Qi fell silent. Since being wronged by Fan Ju, Bai Qi has matured a lot in politics. In his previous life, he was unjustly killed by Fan Ju because he didn't understand politics very well, and in this life, he fell in love with his way, and almost lost his life for the second time.
Bai Qi looked at Wu Xinlan: "Miss Wu, you can see clearly, is that really Wang Qian?" ”
Wu Xinlan said: "It will never be wrong." And the news of King Qin's return to the Qin army is also true. General Bai, since the official army occupied Huayin, we people have nowhere to go, so we came to you to join the gang, so there is no need to lie to you. ”
Bai Qi shook his hand: "I didn't mean that." The girl also knows that Fan Ju is cunning, and I am afraid that he will find someone to pretend to be Wang Jian and deliberately fall into the hands of the enemy, lead me to rescue, and let me fall into the net. ”
Wu Xinlan said: "There may be such a possibility, but I know that this time it is not Fan Ju's plan." Because he didn't know that we were in Xingping County. ”
Bai nodded: "That's right." Judging from this situation, the king of Qin sent Wang Jian to unite with me, but he was discovered by the officials and soldiers and intercepted and killed halfway. Hmph, King Qin and Wang Jian are both fine people, how can the officials and soldiers know about such actions. It must be Fan Ju who is making a stumbling block, he is afraid that Wang Jian will see me and say that he has framed me. So he secretly communicated with the official army and intercepted Wang Jian and others halfway and did not let us meet. ”
Wu Xinlan said: "The general's guess is very reasonable. I think that's the case. ”
Bai Qi said: "How are the guards of the Xingping County Prison, and how many officers and soldiers are there in the city?" Wu Xinlan said: "The outside of the prison camp is heavily guarded, as for the officers and soldiers in the city?" They didn't let me check it, and I didn't dare to go. ”
Bai Qi smiled: "Actually, it's useless to ask this, once we attack the city, even if we break through the city, Wang Jian and they will have already been killed on the spot." No matter how fast our horses are, they can't be faster than their knives. Therefore, a forcible assault is not a no-go. ”
Wu Xinlan said: "Then outwit it." ”
Wang Bao came to the spirit: "Miss Wu is right, we can still use the old way, I will take people into the city, set a fire at night, take advantage of the chaos, open the prison camp, rescue General Wang, and then General Bai will attack the city again, we can not only save people, but also take the city down, Meixian County is not like this......"
Lei Sheng also nodded again and again: "Second brother's idea is very good, general, you give the order." ”
Bai Qi sneered: "Do you think the officers and soldiers are all fools? If you use the same move once, it won't work if you use it again. At present, the officers and soldiers of several nearby counties know how Meixian County was taken down by us, and can they not be guarded? ”
Lei Sheng glanced at Wang Bao, and neither of them dared to make a sound.
Wu Xinlan looked at Bai Qi: "What good way do you have?" Bai Qi groaned: "Miss Wu, you said that the Xingping County Order has reported this matter to Hong Chengchou?" Wu Xinlan nodded: "I heard them say so." ”
Bai Qi said: "It seems that they have recognized Wang Qian, even if they don't recognize it, Fan Ju's fine work must recognize it." Wang Jian was an important general of the Qin army, so the county commander did not dare to call the shots, so he had to report to Hong Chengchou first......"
His eyes lit up: "Let's do this." You all come here......"
Everyone gathered together and whispered an order, and everyone looked at each other a few times, and they all nodded in unison: "Good way." ”
At the moment, Bai Qi was not in a hurry to arrange the rescue of people, so let Wu Xinlan and the others live in the county government and have a good rest. In the evening, Bai Qi arranged a banquet to wash the dust for Wu Xinlan and others. Everyone talked about what happened after the separation, and when they talked about the highlights, they all laughed.
A wine was drunk until it was almost ugly, and they went back to rest.
Bai Qi drank a lot, a little drunk, staggered back to his room, collapsed on the bed, and snored without taking off his clothes.
During this day, Bai Qi didn't do anything, just selected some elite soldiers, prepared some things, and played with Wu Xinlan for a while, and then drank in the evening.
Early in the morning, Bai Qi cleaned up and rode to the barracks. At this time, Lei Sheng and Wang Bao were already waiting here. Behind them stood eighteen horsemen, all of them sturdy young men.
Bai Qi looked at it, was very satisfied, and asked, "Are you all dressed up?" ”
Lei Sheng and Wang Bao nodded, and tore off their coats, which were wearing the Ming army's uniform, and then looking at the people behind them, they were all wearing civilian clothes on the outside and Ming army on the inside. There are weapons hidden around him.
Wang Bao handed a golden lacquer order to Bai Qi, Bai Qi took it and looked at it, and said with a smile: "It's very magnificent, enough to bluff people." As he spoke, he picked up the order: "Let's go." ”