Chapter 54: Too Much Mystery
General Zhang was originally a general of the third team from the left, but because Ma Chao was transferred to the third team from the left, the second team from the left really had no capable people, so Wu Ming transferred General Zhang to the second team from the left. Now it's actually General Zhang, isn't it the third team from the left that is looking for him, but the second team from the left? Or is General Zhang back on the third team from left?
Wei Qing was puzzled, and looked at the flag, and sure enough, it was the flag of the second team on the left. This time, Wei Qing was completely confused.
According to Wu Ming's arrangement, the first left, fourth left, and fifth left teams are responsible for attacking, the second left team is responsible for peripheral defense, and the third left team is the general reserve team, establishing a defensive line on the inside. Wei Qing came to survey when he found that there was a mistake in the map of the defensive line, simply put, the place where he was located was the defense area of the third team on the left. The second team from the left has to go dozens of miles further. So, when the soldiers he arranged returned, it must have been reported to General Liu of the third left team, and General Liu wanted to arrange people to look for him, how could he arrange the people of the second left team? What's more, the second team on the left is still quite a distance away from here, and no matter what, it can't mobilize 3,000 people to look for him so quickly. But no matter how unreasonable it is, the current situation is indeed true, that is, the 3,000 people of the second left team are looking for him, but there is not a single soldier in the third left team!
"What's going on?" Wei Qing couldn't help but ask.
"Wei Centurion! I've found you! General Zhang came to Wei Qing's side with an excited face, "Are you injured?" ”
Wei Qing shook his head: "No." The last general was incompetent and lost his way on the side of the mountain, but fortunately with the help of Mr. Pang Tongpang and a group of people who lived in seclusion in the mountain, we could see the light of day again. He knew that General Zhang would definitely ask why he disappeared, so he simply told the matter first, so as to save General Zhang from asking back and forth, and it was not easy to hide the affairs of the other world.
General Zhang didn't ask in detail at all, but hurriedly asked his subordinates to give up two horses to Wei Qing and Pang Tong, and asked them to get on the horses.
Wei Qing and General Zhang rode side by side, and heard General Zhang give orders again and again: "Collect the team, Centurion Wei and his entourage have been found!" Send someone to report to General Wu and General Liu! ”
"General Zhang, why did General Wu transfer the second team from the left to look for it, instead of the third team from the left? Why is there such a stirring of teachers? As soon as Wei Qing and other Counselor Zhang finished the order, he immediately asked questions.
General Zhang shook his head again and again: "I don't know about this, it's just that General Wu gave an urgent order three days ago, and I was transferred to look for it, and it was a fluke。。。。。。 ”
"What?" Wei Qing was startled and almost fell off his horse.
It was only half a day from the time he fell into the trap to the time he came out of the mountain again, and he was still in the camp yesterday and did not set off, how could General Wu give the order to look for him three days ago?
He was about to ask a question, but he heard Pang Tong cough. Wei Qing's mind lit up, and he suddenly remembered what Pang Tong said: "If there is anything strange about this place for a while, please don't know anything about Centurion Wei." He thought that Pang Tong meant to let him help keep the secrets of the otherworldly village, and secretly laughed in his heart that Pang Tong's words were too deviant, and now he realized that this "strange thing" was that there was a difference of three days outside the village! That's when he realized that he had taken it for granted.
Not to mention that the eight soldiers under his command could tell the secret of the otherworldly village, even if Pang Tong and the villagers wanted to explain where they came from, they had to say the name of the village, how could they keep this secret? So Pang Tong didn't plan to ask Wei Qing to help keep the secret at all, but asked Wei Qing not to break the three-day date difference.
Wei Qing only felt a chill down his spine. What kind of magical place is this otherworldly village? Why is there such a strange recess in the mountains? And why would anyone build such a thick and strong wall in the recess? Why is there a three-day difference in the mountains and outside the mountains?
But now is not the time to explore these "whys", Wei Qing can only pretend not to know, introduce Pang Tong to General Zhang at the moment, talk about it all the way, and go straight to the camp.
Not far from the camp, I saw a horse galloping over, and it was Bai Buxin. Bai Buxin saw Wei Qing from a distance, cheered repeatedly, rushed to Wei Qing's side, and looked Wei Qing up and down before he could speak.
Wei Qing smiled: "There is nothing missing on the body, and there is nothing more. Bai Buxin laughed, waved his hand, and shouted, "Go, enter the camp!" ”
General Zhang did not follow, but just hugged his fists on the horse: "The task has been completed, I have to go to General Wu to hand over the order, and the three thousand soldiers have to go back to the barracks of the team, please forgive me for taking a step ahead." Bai Buxin and Wei Qing said in unison: "This is natural." General Zhang arched his hand, turned to Wei Qing while leading his horse to the side, and said: "Centurion Wei, please take a break and report to General Wu, since General Wu personally ordered to find you, I still need you to report back." ”
Wei Qing promised again, "It should be so", and took Pang Tong and others into the camp hand in hand with Bai Buxin.
As soon as he entered the camp, Bai Buxin whispered in Wei Qing's ear: "Brother Wei Xian, this time the matter is strange, after you disappeared, General Liu wanted to send someone to look for you, but General Wu asked General Liu to assist the second left team in defending, and instead sent the second left team General Zhang to look for you, there may be something wrong here, you better pretend not to know at all." ”
Wei Qing was stunned. He was thinking about asking Bai Buxin why the second team from the left came to look for him, Bai Buxin was Wei Qing's confidant, and he had expected Wei Qing to have this problem, so as soon as he entered the camp, he preemptively said it without waiting for Wei Qing to ask. It seems that Bai Buxin is also unaware of this arrangement. But he knew that since this arrangement was made by General Wu, the best thing for the people below to do was to pretend to be confused.
Not far away, there was an order, and Liu Anbang came. Seeing Wei Qing, a smile barely appeared on his face.
He really didn't understand, why didn't General Wu let him send someone to find Wei Qing? Wei Qing is his subordinate, he disappeared in his defense area, and he has such a close relationship with him, why did General Wu have to find the second team from the left? Fortunately, instead of letting Gu Weidong look for it, let General Zhang look for it, if General Wu asked Gu Weidong to look for it, Liu Anbang would have decided that General Wu was planning to put Wei Qing to death. It's just that he can't say this to Wei Qing, he can only keep this question in his heart.
"Uncle Liu!" Wei Qing shouted affectionately, ran up and grabbed Liu Anbang's arm: "Let me introduce you, this is a strange person who makes organs, Mr. Pang Tong, who is known as the god of the machine, tomorrow we will go to see General Wu together, and ask Uncle Liu to help introduce you!" ”
The next day, inside Wu Ming's big tent. Wu Ming's mood is up and down. The day before yesterday, the fourth and fifth teams on the left each launched an attack, one against the Jin army on the mountain on the left, and the other against the traitors on the mountain on the right. The result was a fiasco for both sides.
He has no other way, Wei Qing is missing, his generals are as helpless as him, he can't wait for Wei Qing all the time, and Wei Qing is not an immortal, it is difficult to say if he has a good way, and the support of the Jin army will arrive at any time, he can only try.
As a result of this "hard work", more than 1,500 lives were taken.
Fortunately, when I heard the report yesterday, Wei Qing found it, and he was unharmed. Wei Qing came here today, and brought him a greater joy: a strange person who had lived in seclusion here for many years could help them defeat the Jin Army!
"Mr. Pang, don't you know that those organs of yours are complicated to make? The result? As soon as Pang Tong sat down, Wu Ming asked impatiently.
Pang Tong laughed: "The general gave me 3,000 people, five days, and after five days, I will see." As for the effect, please see it for yourself! ”
"Okay, that's it!" Wu Ming didn't hesitate at all, "General Liu, just assign personnel to you, and report back after five days, if you have any needs, just ask!" ”
Pang Tong was impressed, and his thumb was cocked: "The general is really bold!" Pang thought that the general would hesitate again and again, Pang Mou's mind was too narrow-minded, and the general was really a general! ”
Wu Ming smiled slightly and did not answer.
In fact, he was also muttering in his heart, he didn't know what kind of person this Pang Tong was, whether he was really powerful, or he was talking nonsense. But he could only take a gamble.
First, although the Jin Army's support does not know when it will arrive, it may come at any time, and once the Jin Army's support arrives, it will be too late for him to think of any way.
Second, apart from betting the treasure on Pang Tong, he has no other way to think of now.
Third, Wei Qing has seen the magic of Pang Tong with his own eyes, at least, he believes that Wei Qing will not look away.
Therefore, he had to take a gamble, and if he won, the Han army was all alive and lost, and the result was the same as if he did not gamble, and the whole campaign ended in failure.
Everyone said goodbye and went out, Liu Anbang deliberately took a step behind, and when Wei Qing walked out of the big tent, he turned his head and said to Wu Ming: "Fortunately, Wei Qing is fine, General Wu asked General Zhang to look for Wei Qing and decisively chose the right person." ”
Wu Ming sat there looking down at the map as if he hadn't heard.
Liu Anbang also walked out, and only Wu Ming was left in the big tent for a while.
Wu Ming's cheeks were suddenly tied tightly.
He is not deaf, he heard Liu Anbang's words, and he also understood the irony in Liu Anbang's words. Maybe many people don't understand why Liu Anbang, who should take the responsibility of finding Wei Qing for granted, doesn't use it, but he wants to use the second team from the left, but he knows very well why he wants to use the second team from the left to find Wei Qing, maybe Liu Anbang also understands this, and now he is just pretending to be confused.
Liu Anbang, we'll see!
Wu Ming secretly gnashed his teeth.
In the next five days, the Left Route Army began to set up camp, digging trenches and trenches, and on the surface, it seemed that they were going to make a long-term blockade here, and the generals of the various teams also declared that although the mountain was difficult to attack, the enemy was holding on the high mountain, and the grain route was cut off, and as long as the siege lasted enough time, the enemy would be defeated without a fight.
Among them, the third team on the left was silent for a while.
On the day he returned to the camp, Liu Anbang ordered the formation of the "Shenji Battalion", with Bai Buxin as the commander and Pang Tong as the military advisor, with 3,000 subordinates and responsible for manufacturing organs.