At dusk, King Guhong summoned the Wan Li Army and the generals above the middle army in Linhai City, and issued a battle order to lure the enemy. During this period, Qingcheng paid close attention to the changes in everyone's expressions, but no one showed his stuff on the spot, but he already had an idea in his heart.

At night, Linhai City completely entered a state of combat readiness, the four doors were closed, no entry or exit, although the people's hearts were a little turbulent, but in order to smoothly find out the ghosts and bandits, this was also a helpless move.

Qingcheng walked in Linhai City with Thunder Shadow and Wind, and the four gates were inspected one by one, but nothing abnormal was found. And as they walked, the wind couldn't help but ask: "Young master, I'm stupid, I still haven't figured it out, let's just patrol like this, can we really catch the inner ghost?" ”

Tempest's doubts haunted him for a night. In his opinion, according to what Qingcheng said, time is urgent, the situation is urgent, and the inner ghost will definitely send information between tonight and noon tomorrow. And tonight is the most likely, because the sooner it is sent out, the longer the Haichuan people can prepare.

However, after Linhai City entered the state of combat readiness, it did not arrange for the soldiers to patrol along the street, but only blocked the four gates, and then Qingcheng took less than 300 people to patrol around. Such an approach, in the eyes of the wind, does not seem to have any effect.

Hearing him ask about this again, Qingcheng couldn't help but chuckle, and then said, "Are you tired and want to go back to rest?" I asked several times in one night. ”

As soon as he heard this, the wind hurriedly said: "Young master, I'm not sleepy, and I'm not complaining, I, oops, I just can't figure it out, and I'm so uncomfortable." ”

"Young master, I think you should talk to him, otherwise you don't know the nature of the wind, and you can really suffocate to death."

Lei Ying laughed, Qingcheng put away his smile, sighed after a moment's silence, "Hey, I know what you are wondering about. Originally, when a city was put into combat readiness, troops would be stationed and patrol the streets. And what we're trying to do now is catch the ghost, which seems to be more so, but I didn't do that, so you're confused, right? ”

Hurricane nodded to indicate that what Qingcheng said was true, and looking at his appearance, Qingcheng did not speak again, but Lei Ying spoke: "Hurricane, you don't want to think about it, the people of Linhai City have just experienced nearly four months of pirate invasion and all kinds of harassment, and they have already been frightened birds. Although the young master won the first battle today, this is far from enough to relieve the people's worries, so entering the state of combat readiness will make them panic, if the army is stationed again, the level of turmoil in the people's hearts will be much more powerful than now. ”

Lei Ying explained, the wind seemed to understand whether he understood or not, what he understood was why the army was not stationed, and what he didn't understand was that since this was the case, wouldn't Qingcheng's plan be meaningless?

Seeing that the wind fell silent, as if thinking about Lei Ying's words, Qingcheng paused for a moment and said: "Not only that, the army is fully stationed, I am afraid that there will be places where the control is not enough, and if it disturbs the people, it is very easy to provoke a civil uprising." No matter what we do, it is to protect the family and the country, and protect the people, if what we want to do will go against this original intention, then it is better not to do it. ”

"But young master, what's the point of us patrolling here?"

Listening to the wind's words, Qingcheng smiled meaningfully and said, "Of course it makes sense, if you don't do this, how can you make the inner ghost feel that we are ignoring his plan?" ”

After speaking, Qingcheng thought that the four gates had been inspected, and there was nothing important at the moment, so he found a secluded place, sat on the ground with Thunder Shadow and Wind, and began to explain his plan.

"Hurricane, do you think it's particularly pointless for us to patrol like this?"

"That's true", the wind is straightforward, how to say what he wants, since Qingcheng asked, he continued bluntly: "The young master can understand what the wind is worried about, and the wind doesn't want to disturb the people too much, but what the wind doesn't understand is that we are just these three hundred people, patrolling one by one, not to mention the ghosts, even the shadow of that person can't be seen at all." I can't even tell if that person is in Linhai City until now......"

"That's right, the wind in a word."

Thunder Shadow interrupted him suddenly, and carried a sentence. The wind was a little puzzled at first, and after a moment of silence, a flash of spiritual light suddenly flashed in front of him, and after thinking about it, he said, "I understand! No one has ever said that the inner ghost must be in Linhai City, but now the four gates are closed, no entry or exit, and we are patrolling the city with such fanfare, anyone who wants to come will feel that the young master is suspecting that there are ghosts in Linhai City. It turns out that the young master, you did it for him. ”

Listening to the wind's words, Qingcheng nodded with a chuckle and said, "Yes, your analysis is very correct, and you have indeed made progress." ”

"Look at the young master you said, the wind is stupid, but I have been following you in the Qingcheng Army for so long, and I should learn something from it."

"Then you ask you again, what am I doing this for?"

Qingcheng asked again, and after a moment of bitter death, he shook his head and said that he couldn't think of it. Looking at him, Qingcheng smiled bitterly and said, "You, you really can't stand the praise." Hurricane, I ask you, what would you be most worried about if you were to do reconnaissance and undercover work? ”

"That would definitely be revealing your identity."

Hurricane answered Qingcheng's question without thinking, and after hearing what he said, Qingcheng also nodded to say yes, and said at the same time: "So, I told him with great fanfare that I was suspicious of Linhai City, that is, to let him know that no matter what he does, no matter how he sends the information, as long as this information is sent out in Linhai City, it is equivalent to verifying my conjecture." ”

After Qingcheng explained, the wind suddenly realized and said: "I understand, that is to say, the so-called thorough investigation of the inner ghost is actually a strategy to lure the enemy, right, young master?" ”

Listening to the words of the wind, Qingcheng was silent for a moment, and seemed to think of the scene when he and King Guhong formulated this strategy that day, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Hey, when it comes to this matter, it is indispensable to say that although King Guhong has a bad character, his wisdom is indeed worthy of the identity of the head of the king." After listening to my plan that day, he formulated a strategy to lure the enemy, although he was silent, but from the strategy he summoned the generals to announce that he would go to sea in two days, I could understand that it was not actually a lure to the enemy, but a real strategic deployment. ”

"What? Isn't that a trick to lure the enemy? In other words, in two days, we are really going to sea to suppress bandits? ”

Listening to Qingcheng's explanation, the wind was puzzled again, and seeing him like this, Lei Ying chuckled and said: "That's right, the strategy to lure the enemy is actually to thoroughly investigate the inner ghost, and what King Guhong said is the real strategic deployment. Because King Guhong and the young master both understand that if they want to find out the ghosts, the two days are too tense, but the matter of going to sea to suppress bandits cannot be delayed, after all, King Guhong, the eastern general, has come in person, if the pirates avoid and do not fight, is it difficult to wait so much? ”

Hearing Lei Ying's explanation, Qingcheng nodded, and said, "That's right, the battle strategy formulated by King Guhong is actually to force the Haichuan people to fight. We have already guessed their identities, and we have pointed to Haichuan, since they are Haichuan's soldiers, they have to ambush us along the way. Otherwise, if we really want to go to Haichuan, with the 'great name' of King Guhong, they must think that even if they don't see pirates at that time, he will definitely find a reason to start a war against Haichuan, and even then, won't these people become sinners in Haichuan? Therefore, when I say that King Guhong is resourceful, it lies in his careful deployment. With this sword, the pirates have to fight, and they don't need us to look for them at all, they will take the initiative to appear. And the so-called thorough investigation of the real strategy to lure the enemy is actually to ensure that this strategy can be smoothly delivered to the hands of the Haichuan people. ”

After listening to Qingcheng's explanation, the wind understood, stood up and said, "So although the young master showed the behavior of thoroughly investigating the inner ghosts, he did not strictly guard against it, just so that this information could be sent to the hands of the Haichuan people. And once they receive the information, they will definitely show up to fight, we don't need to look for them, just be prepared for a big war, it is indeed clever. But young master, how did you know what King Guhong meant? ”

Hearing Tempest ask about this, Qingcheng was silent for a moment and explained, "This is what I said about his cleverness. When the two-step strategy was formulated that day, he repeatedly mentioned to me that he would use intelligence to lure the enemy into battle, and I was still thinking at that time, even if I successfully caught the inner ghost, how to ensure that I could use it back. Once caught or exposed, this inner ghost will no longer send information to the Haichuan people, or even commit suicide to protect his accomplices. It wasn't until he said the next step of strategy that I fully understood what he meant. Now that I think about it, he didn't say it directly at the time, first, he was worried that the wall had ears, and on the other hand, he was also testing whether I knew it. ”

Hearing this, the wind completely understood, thinking of King Guhong's mind and Qingcheng's keenness, he couldn't help but nod frequently. After explaining the so-called real deployment, Qingcheng paused for a moment and said: "So it is imperative for us to go to sea to suppress bandits in two days, and you must also be prepared." ”

"Whoa."

"At the same time, if this ghost really comes from Linhai City, I don't expect him to do anything out of the ordinary tonight, it should be said that he must have received the news and sent the information out in advance before the lockdown of the city. So, we are only tempting him tonight, so that they think that we have no idea what to do, and as for the thorough investigation of the inner ghost, we will leave it to us when we come back. If I really meet a Haichuan man when I go to sea two days later, it means that my conjecture is true, and at that time, I will definitely have a way to find out his identity. ”

That's right, although there is acting in the city, Qingcheng outside the city has found trustworthy people and made a careful deployment. And the so-called strategy of luring the enemy, in fact, has a deep meaning, which can ensure that before the army is divided, the inner ghost will not make any further moves.

And after Qingcheng said, two days later, he went to sea to suppress the bandits and really wanted to fight, but he didn't know whether King Guhong or Qingcheng was ready or not. And now thinking that the play that should be done still has to be done, Qingcheng thought about it again and again, and divided into four detachments with Lei Ying, Hurricane, and Xu Liang, and continued to patrol, which can be regarded as a trick that has been done enough.

It's just that I don't know what kind of identity this so-called inner ghost is, and in what way it will appear......