Final Chapter. 342. Cai Ning's means
After this delay, the two men in black with cruel methods had already walked quickly in silence to him. The two blood-drenched steel knives were about to slash at his body; From the direction of the dense forest where the two of them appeared, a piercing whistle suddenly came!
I don't know where these people come from, and how discipline they can be! At this critical moment, they were able to stop all hands because of a whistle! The two of them exchanged a glance, and immediately turned and sprang into the forest; From beginning to end, he didn't look back at this "little tail" again......
A hundred-foot-high pole has to survive, and it is resurrected in a thousand waves.
When this survivor walked back to the Northwest Army camp with his legs as weak as mud tremblingly, he immediately came to his senses! He danced and spat to the current "backbone" of the Northwest Army, Wang Baichuan, deputy general of the Northwest Central Army, and told him about his encounter of "surviving in death".
After listening to his boasting of the Spring and Autumn Period, Wang Baichuan pinched his brows and asked helplessly:
"Since your skills are enough to kill two thieves, why don't you save the two brothers Li Bao and Song Danian?"
"This ...... They came out of nowhere! The villain didn't slow down for a while, and the sword technique didn't have time to be used, so they could sneak attack successfully......"
Wang Baichuan nodded, stretched out his hand and pulled out the saber on the other party's waist; In the afterglow of the setting sun, he squinted at it, and then inserted it back into the scabbard:
"You just said that you fought hard with those two thieves for three hundred rounds before you got lucky to win?"
"Not really! Those two thieves are extremely vicious and cruel, and their methods are old and spicy, and they have to put me to death! If it weren't for the life-and-death crisis, I would have been forced to perform the family heirloom knife technique......"
Wang Baichuan is a veteran of the Northwest Army, although the martial arts and tactics are mediocre; But the mind is not stupid and will not believe this nonsense at all. He kicked the other man in the knee, knocking the boy to the ground; Then he took out the Yanling knife on his waist and gently pressed it against the other party's neck:
"Since you have fought with the two thieves for three hundred rounds, why don't you even have a gap in the sword! Now that you have just experienced a bloody battle, not only are there no scars on your body, but your clothes are not half torn, and there is a faint smell of alcohol...... In my opinion, you're afraid that you have 300 rounds of "drinking fist" with those two thieves, right? ”
"This ...... This...... The two of them were bare-handed......"
"Didn't you say that the two brothers, Li Bao and Song Danian, were chopped into meat by thieves? Why is it with bare hands again? Could it be that they tear people apart alive! That's it, I won't ask you anymore, you can go down and explain to the two brothers yourself! ”
As soon as he heard that Wang Baichuan was going to kill someone, this person immediately begged for mercy and told the whole truth. After listening to the ins and outs of this matter, Wang Baichuan was a little confused.
Because there are 3,000 spies in the army to solve the worries, the trip of the three "peace envoys" is a "dead end"; Now that he has received Cai Ning's promise and can come back alive, it is already an unexpected joy.
And the two thieves who shot out to kill people, since they were dressed in black and masked, were obviously to cover up their identities. And the attack is a killing move, not to kill the mouth, or to plant blame; They didn't say a word from beginning to end, either as well-trained assassins or because they were afraid of their accents, revealing their identities and where they came from......
There are all kinds of indications that these two bright and dark men in black are likely to be the spies who "listened" in the Worry Relief Army, or the personal soldiers under Pang Qingshan!
Thinking of this, Wang Baichuan immediately summoned the sentry commander, and after careful questioning, he finally determined the cause and process of the incident.
According to his reasoning, this is how it should be.
From the time the three of them got the task and went to Chaoge City, they had already been targeted by the people who listened to them. After Cai Ning conveyed the meaning of the Northern Yan Imperial Court, the three Northwest Army brothers lost their value. So when the three of them said goodbye to Cai Ning, they were intercepted and killed on the way back to the camp, trying to kill people and sow discord by the way.
It's just that the two of them solved Li Bao and Song Danian, and when they were about to attack this living man, they happened to meet the sentry of the Northwest Army passing by; And the three of them were afraid that the main purpose of "discord" would fail, so they had to let one of them come back alive.
The kung fu of a knife did not dare to delay, and it also proved from the side that these three murderers were either veterans who were accustomed to obeying military orders, or well-trained dead soldiers. Only such a person, when he hears the warning from the secret whistle that is letting off the wind, can he turn around and leave, and dare not be greedy for gains......
This Wang Baichuan's imagination is rich enough, but he is simply "smart but mistaken by cleverness" and fell into the thinking trap he weaved. He thought that he had "figured out" the cause and effect, so he immediately summoned the military academies of each battalion and told his guess in public.
In fact, as early as when the generals and colonels of the battalions gathered in the big tent, Wang Baichuan still remembered this "so-called truth", which was just his speculation; But when he finished speaking, it immediately caused an uproar in the banquet! All his fellow brothers praised him for his unparalleled wisdom and cruelty, and by the way, he spit on Pang Qingshan's ruthlessness; In addition, there is a survivor who is helping from the side, and no one cares whether there is real evidence or not, and whether it is Pang Qingshan's purpose......
The grievances of the grain and grass being confiscated, the grievances of unequal treatment for many days, and the inexplicable and unexplained blood debts between the two sides have turned Wang Baichuan's personal speculation into ironclad facts!
As the saying goes, three people become tigers, and everyone is gold! When this news reached the ears of the low-level soldiers layer by layer, it sounded even more noses and eyes!
Sanqin men, most of them are hot-tempered, happy and bold personalities; For many days, in order to survive in the troubled times, they have gritted their teeth and endured many grievances and injustices; Today, the fact that his three brothers were assassinated by "Pang Qingshan" and attempted to "blame the trouble" finally became the fuse for the outbreak of resentment between the two armies in southern Qin!
In fact, this matter is not so complicated at all, it was sent by Cai Ning. And the most infuriating thing is that the spies who listened to the truth also knew the reason for this incident, and even reported all the changes in the Northwest Army to the commander Pang Qingshan.
It's just that in Pang Qingshan's heart, he has never regarded the Northwest Army as a friendly army; After Chen Ziling died in his own hands, he didn't even take these stragglers as people! The Northwest Army's flattery to Beiyan may be that the two sides did not talk speculatively and did not negotiate, which eventually led Cai Ning to ambush and kill the "Northwest Army Envoys......
What does this mess have to do with my Relief Army?
Soon, Pang Qingshan knew what this dog-eat-dog incident of "two deaths and one escape" had to do with his worry-relieving army.
In the early morning of this day, the spies who listened to him reported that Cai Ning's department in Chaoge City had moved from time to time last night, and the direction was unknown; In the direction of the northwest military camp stationed outside Handan City, the army was also lined up in the school military field in the early hours of this morning, and it seemed that preparations were being made before the expedition......
Listening to these two news together, Pang Qingshan naturally regarded it as the same thing. He thought that this was Cai Ning's assassination of the "Northwest Envoy", and now the two sides have officially turned their faces and are ready to start a big fight! This is a dream good thing for Pang Qingshan, who is eager to break through!
He was afraid that the soldiers of the Northwest Army would be hungry and weak, and the fighting between the two sides would not be fierce enough to pull out enough battlefield space for his side; Therefore, he immediately ordered his subordinates to urgently transfer a batch of grain and grass to Handan City, so that the Northwest Army could eat enough and "go on the road......
When the pawn army was finished, dressed neatly, and ready to lead the army to take revenge, Wang Baichuan, when he received this batch of grain, he was also a little puzzled......
Could it be that I plan to lead the army to raid Xingzhou and avenge Chen Shuai, Pang Qingshan already knew in advance? The spies who listened to the truth lived up to their reputation, and they were really pervasive! But what did he mean by sending this batch of food? Please? Repentance? Beg? Disdain? Or is it a "provocation" that disdains our Northwest Army......
Wang Baichuan is quite clever, but his ability to command in battle is just ordinary. Now these 80,000 Northwest Army are already full of murderous intent in their hearts, and the military spirit cannot be taken lightly! And he is a "general" who was publicly promoted by the soldiers, and he must not show half a bit of cowardice at this time!
"Brothers, you have seen it! Pang Qingshan knew that we were going to clean him up, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly sent a batch of food, what does this mean? It shows that the dog is afraid of us! What kind of thing is his Worry Army, to put it mildly, that is, our Northwest Army is not in Zhongzhou! Otherwise, I would have beaten Huajiang a long time ago! Pang Qingshan, a dog thief, "robbed" us of food and killed our brothers, and now that we pick up the knife, he is begging for mercy...... Brothers, let's talk about it, are we still fighting this battle today? ”
"Hit! Why don't you fight? "We have to fight, we have to beat them until they kneel and beg us for mercy!" "I thought about it when I sent some food, and I didn't take our three Qin masters seriously! "This is our own food, what kind of good person is he Pang Qingshan! ”……
When Wang Baichuan saw the excitement of the crowd, he waved his hand:
"Since everyone said to fight, then let's beat the fuck! Firing! Bury the pot! Make rice! The brothers are well fed and drunk, and then go and give those "Nanban" long memories! ”
This batch of unexpected grain and grass delayed the advance time of the Northwest Army by about an hour; At the same time, it also bought some more time for Cai Ning's troops, who had been marching rapidly since last night......
Wang Baichuan, who was full of wine and food, led 80,000 Northwest Army to the north, steadily set up a camp, and carried out a strong wall to clear the wilderness. Looking at his appearance, he planned to completely end the grievances between the two sides with Pang Qingshan's subordinates in this Xingzhou city. At the same time, Cai Ning, who was going to take advantage of the chaos to "cut off the beard", had just led the army to Handan City, and received a reply from the sentinel in front:
"Report !! Returning to General Cai, Handan was defenseless in the city, and the people in the northwest military camp went to the camp empty. General Kong of the pioneer battalion sent a villain to ask for instructions, should he immediately lead the army into the city? ”