Chapter 323: The Sword and the Horse
Pan Cheng's heavy punishment soon spread to everyone, causing a storm in Runing.
After Li Wu and Cui De divided their troops to garrison Luoshan County, the thousand households in Runing City were only Guan Duo, Pan Cheng, and Li Tieniu.
Now that Li Tieniu has returned from a fiasco and is seriously injured, Pan Cheng has been punished so heavily, and the morale of the Runing defenders is even lower.
The battle situation has reached a critical moment, and the worse the situation of the Red Turban Army in the city, the happier the Yuan soldiers outside the city become.
In the Yuan soldier sentry camp, a group of soldiers patrolling near the camp gate were also discussing this matter.
"It is estimated that in two more days, this group of red turban thieves will go out of the city and surrender!"
"How can it be that easy? Don't forget, Liu Futong, the leader of these red turban thieves, is in the city, and even if a hundred of his heads are not enough to cut off his crimes, he will be willing to die? ”
"Alas, then we can only hope that it will not be our turn to go into battle during the siege!"
As a few people were talking one by one, the ten-captain who took the lead suddenly coughed lightly: "The time for the inspection of Lord Qianhu is coming, so be in good spirits!" ”
As soon as these words came out, several people immediately obediently closed their mouths.
It didn't take long for the newly promoted Yuan soldier Qianhu to come to inspect as the ten-captain said.
The young man who followed him half a step behind him was Mu Chong, as the saying goes, "one person attains the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven", Mu Chong's status in the Yuan soldiers has also risen, and the officers below 100 households will inevitably take the initiative to salute politely when they see him.
Qianhu symbolically inspected all parts of the camp, and asked Mu Chong as he walked: "Mu Qi, do you say that the news flowing out of Runing City is true?" ”
Mu Chong thought for a while and replied respectfully: "This news is true or false, I don't dare to say anything, but I think of an idea to help you listen to the truth." ”
Hearing this, Qianhu immediately became interested: "Oh? Let's hear it. ”
Mu Chong didn't move at his feet, lowered his upper body slightly, leaned over the shoulders of Qianhu and said his idea: "Although we can't be sure whether there is infighting between those red turban thieves, it is true that there have been deserters in Runing City who have fled out of the city for their lives in recent days, as long as they can find a way to catch one or two of them, they can naturally interrogate the situation in the city." ”
"Great idea!" Qianhu first smacked his lips and praised, but then frowned again: "But during the war, most of the main forces of our army were stationed in the north of the city, and those deserters on the side of the red turban thieves fled from the west and south of the city, so unless they send them to the door, it will be difficult for us to catch people." ”
The worries of the Yuan soldiers and thousands of households are not unreasonable, and it seems that the sloppy men and others who presented the city defense map also came out of the city from the south of the city and came to the sentry camp on the mountain road outside the city.
Mu Chong, who had been prepared for a long time, laughed hehehe, and continued to lure Qianhu to take the bait: "Isn't it okay for adults to send a small group of people to intercept these fleeing red turban thieves?" ”
Qianhu shook his head: "Transferring soldiers out of the camp without permission is a serious crime, I just got promoted to this position, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring behind my back, at this time, you can't lose a big one because of a small one." ”
Mu Chong immediately answered, put on a look of righteousness and said, "Since this is the case, then let the little one go!" If the small one can do this, the adult's worries will be naturally solved, and if it fails, the small one will take the fault on himself anyway! ”
Qianhu's eyes lit up, turned around and patted Mu Chong's shoulder and said, "Good boy, I really didn't see the wrong person!" As long as you can get this done smoothly, I guarantee that you will be promoted to a proper military position after this battle! ”
After Qianhu promised the benefits, he untied his sword and handed it to Mu Chong: "You just ride my horse to chase the wind, if there is any danger, safety must be the priority!" ”
In this way, how dare Mu Chong, who was added to his blue eyes, not pretend to be grateful, and knelt down on one knee and said: "Don't worry, my lord, I, Mu Qi, will never live up to your expectations, and I will definitely do this matter clearly!" ”
Qianhu was extremely satisfied with Mu Chong's attitude, but he didn't notice the sly look in Mu Chong's eyes that flashed when he lowered his head......
Mu Chong quickly found out the camp gate under the arrangement of Qianhu, and in addition to giving him a sword and a famous horse, he also allowed him to bring two guards with him, these two guards were the two shadow guards that Mu Chong had just transferred by using his authority.
"It's a good horse, but it's a pity that you didn't have a good master before." Mu Chong sat on the back of the horse and kept caressing the mane of the mount, and the BMW chased the wind as if it was extremely well-behaved as if it had been human.
Mu Chong's mission was completed smoothly, and the two shadow guards were naturally happy: "It's really yours, it's only been a few days since you got in, and you've become the henchman around the thousand households!" ”
"Needless to say? Otherwise, it could be our leader! ”
Since Wen Xuan left Zhedong, he handed over the night shadow to Mu Chong to take care of, Mu Chong not only has outstanding skills, but also has trained the Mu family gun perfectly, and he is gentle and humble, and all the shadow guards admire him very much.
Mu Chong chuckled twice: "You two don't want to praise me, this action is just luck, if there is no Brother Li to cooperate that day, how can I become the savior of the thief?" ”
A shadow guard laughed: "We get rid of thieves every day, but now we have become the guards of the Yuan thieves, it's really funny!" ”
The other person was a little melancholy: "No wonder Gongzi Wen wants to transfer us to Runing this time, so far I still think that the rebel army has little chance of winning." ”
Mu Chong replied confidently: "What's the hurry? The show has just begun......"
Mu Chong said that he would ride his horse, and the three of them left the camp gate and went straight to the south of Runing City.
On the other hand, Liu Futong in Runing City finally finished his work and hurried to Tie Niu's residence.
As soon as Liu Futong arrived, he saw Guan Duo slamming the door at the door: "Brother Li, now is the most critical moment for the brothers, you can't go!" ”
The two relatives behind him saw Liu Futong arrive and immediately greeted him, and Guan Duo stopped moving.
"Marshal, you have to persuade Brother Li well, why does this good man suddenly want to go back to the helm?"
Liu Futong sighed, waved his hand to drive all the people except Guan Duo away, and then walked forward and knocked on the door in person.
"Iron Bull, it's me."
There was no movement in the house for a long time, and Guan Duo was anxious and angry in the back, and just wanted to rush up and knock the door open, but Tie Niu suddenly opened the door by himself.
"Brother Liu, Brother Guan."
Iron Bull's wound had already been bandaged, and at this moment, he couldn't see the wound at all after putting on his clothes, but his pale face was enough for anyone to see his weakness.
"Brother Li, you ......" Guan Duo wanted to persuade him again after seeing that he was carrying a sorted bag, but was stopped by Liu Futong.
"Have you thought about it?" Liu Futong asked with a complicated expression.
Tie Niu nodded firmly, and then said with a smile: "The village has been deserted since Wenbo burned down, and I have to go back and rebuild the village." ”