Although I don't know what Qin Han has to do with Jiang Min, the Duke of Guangxin, it can be seen from Jiang Min's refusal to "ban the market rationing", and the goods that have entered Guangxin one after another must have been guaranteed by Qin Han to ensure that there is a sufficient supply of goods to supply the market, otherwise Jiang Min will have the confidence to come from.

But Qin Han, as the richest man on the side, what did he want to do with such strong crossbows, and why did he instruct horse thieves to sneak attack the royal guests. If the strong crossbow is not sold to Jiang Min, who can it be sold to, is it possible to smuggle it out of the country and sell it abroad, so it is not cost-effective.

The entanglement of interests is intertwined, and the more you try to dig deeper, the more chilling the results become. Even though they had already thought of this layer, the stakes were very high, and Qin Han and Jiang Min did not dare to explain it to Tang Zhao at all.

Only lit the light and went dark, telling Tang Zhao that the horse thief was most likely disguised as a caravan, and had deceived the detection of the royal guests in the past month, so he continued his activities unscrupulously under his nose.

It's just that he never thought that the bandit cave was captured by the bandit army, so Qin Han finally took a risk. Maybe Qin Han wouldn't have thought that Bai Liyan had completely eliminated Guo Peng's plan at this time.

The horse thief disguised himself as a merchant and quickly informed Song Jie, Fang De and others of the incident, and everyone couldn't help but be incredulous.

Song Jie asked in disbelief:

"Wei Langzhong, this matter is inevitably the opposite, how can a horse thief disguise himself as a merchant?"

"The more dangerous the place, the safer it is. Where would I have thought that the horse thieves would definitely hide, if they were walking in the alleys of the market with ordinary people, how could we check everyone one by one. What's more, it's a caravan, and it won't be able to meet a caravan for a few days in the wilderness, and even if it does, the royal scouts won't pay attention to it. ”

"I think Wei Langzhong's words make sense." Fang De nodded in agreement, and then changed his words: "I don't know if Wei Lang has a basis for asserting that the horse thief is disguised as a merchant." ”

Although Fang De is a sharpshooter, he does things as coarsely and meticulously as Tang Zhao, and some things often can't be hidden from him, but fortunately, Bai Liyan has made up barely plausible lies to prevaricate him:

"Brother Fang De, some of the materials in the bandits' nest were looted, some were purchased with gold, silver and copper coins, and even robbed commercial goods and needed to sell the stolen goods. Why can't horse thieves disguise themselves as caravans and go out to sell stolen goods?

In the same way, the horse thief took the opportunity to investigate the situation in various places and stepped on the next robbery of the village, so that a few people could know about it. ”

"Wei Langzhong is right, the horse thief is indeed very likely to disguise himself as a business traveler, travel to and from the trade route, and wait for the movement while observing our movements."

Tang Zhao was preconceived because of Bailiyan's allocation, and he agreed with Bailiyan's opinion. Fang De also felt that it made sense, but Song Jie, Gu Shan, and the Ma brothers were still noncommittal.

At this time, Bailiyan said again:

"Ladies and gentlemen, I suggest that all the horses be gathered immediately, go to the outside of Guangxin City, and then go south along the trade road from Guangxin, and lead the way by Sikong Nan to identify the horse thieves, so as not to hurt the innocent. If there is no gain, I am afraid that the matter of suppressing bandits can only end here, I don't know what you think. ”

The atmosphere was silent for a moment, and Song Jie clenched his fist and smashed it on the table:

"Okay, just act according to Wei Langzhong's strategy, as long as someone leads the way, I am not afraid of killing the wrong innocent. But what if you encounter a horse thief, and you are outnumbered? ”

"Brother Song can rest assured about this matter. Since the horse thief disguised himself as a business traveler, he will immediately carry goods, as well as carriages, carts and other baggage, and the horse thief will definitely not expect us to find the door. In addition, the war equipment has been prepared below, and the horse thieves will not return. ”

There were less than one hundred and fifty horses at the moment, far less than the number of horse thieves, and the swift attack could not be coordinated by the infantry, so there were less than one hundred and fifty men to call on, so the suddenness, and the special tactics beyond the moment, would determine the difference between victory and defeat.

On the third day of the bandits' nest, Bailiyan organized craftsmen and strong men to create a meteor tribulus to deal with horse thieves.

Finalizing the plan, Song Jie and the others gathered their own people, and Bailiyan found Sikong Nan, who was sharpening his sword:

"Brother Sikong, the big boss Huo Xing was poisoned, you already know the news."

"Alas...... In the end, he still did not escape death. ”

"Yes, good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and if you don't report it, the time has not come."

Sikong Nan was stunned for a moment, although this sentence was not obedient, but it was reasonable:

"Mr. Wei's words are quite foolish."

"Hehe, foolish people are people who don't eat the ancients and go against their will, so don't mention it. Yuke is about to go to beg for thieves, Huo Xing is dead now, and he wants to make Brother Sikong the vanguard, identifying the bandit leaders such as Niu Gui, the second master, and Wu Shan, the third master, I don't know what Brother Sikong wants. ”

"In the next wish to serve dogs and horses."

Sikong Nan readily agreed, and Bai Liyan patted him on the shoulder and said:

"Okay, from today onwards, let's seek a peaceful world for the people of the world. Let's go, go to the warehouse to get a piece of armor, and get ready to go. ”

"No!"

Although Sikong Nan's status among the horse thieves is not high, because he is in charge of grain and grass, he is familiar with the leader of the horse thieves and the horse boy, and he will never recognize the wrong person if he takes him.

After about a cup of tea, more than 140 people each took five days' rations, as well as some gold and silver, left the deserted village and headed west, and after arriving in Guangxin, they turned southeast and went straight to the official road leading to Dingyang in Guangxin.

Beihai County to Dingyang, Guangxin two become the core, the trade route runs through the north and south, has been leading to the capital city of Lingling, more than 60% of the land transport flow in Beihai rely on this trade route, another 30% of the land trade through Xianxi and Dongyuan two counties imported, and then rely on the flow through Pucheng Guanling Ferry, from the inland to Beihai goods to Beihai, and exported to Beihai coastal cities.

If the horse thief takes Pucheng water and land, it is not very likely, Guanling Ferry is too far away from Dingyang City, not to mention, it is not conducive to cavalry mobility, if the horse is hidden on the shore, the man and horse are separated, the horse thief's combat effectiveness is not as good as the cavalry of the county, but it is easy to have an accident, the best choice is to disguise the land business travel, take the trade route through Dingyang, Guangxin to the Lingling.

At this time, in Guangxin City, the news that an unknown group of people passed through the outside of Guangxin City had not yet spread, and only Taishou Mansion, Guangxin Mansion and Qin Han knew the news.

"Qin Ye, just now the eyeliner came to report, Wei Xian led more than 140 people out of the deserted village to the south through Guangxin."

Qin Han was shocked, and in a blink of an eye, he thought again, could it be that the traces of Niu Gui, Wu Shan and others were discovered, how did Wei Xian find out, could it be that there was really some spell.

But after thinking about it, this possibility seems to be no, even if there is, Wei Xian only led more than 140 people, how could he deal with more than 400 people such as Niu Gui and Wu Shan, not to mention that there were more than 260 cavalry, if he really wanted to fight, even if Wei Xian had the help of the royal guests, the combat power was so different, where could he fight.

Thinking of this, Qin Han said calmly:

"Gao Heng, how is the combat power of Huo Xing's generals?"

"There are many old soldiers, and their combat power is far above that of field soldiers, as far as one person is concerned, it may not be as good as the royal guest, but it is not much worse. What's more, there are more than 400 people, and Wei Xian is definitely not the opponent of Niu Gui, Wu Shan and others. Qin Ye was worried that Wei Xian would not be able to exterminate Niu Gui, Wu Shan and others. ”

"It's not impossible, but I can't think of any mystery in this son, but I can't think of how he must know that Niu Gui, Wu Shan and others must be in disguise City."

"Master Qin, I'm afraid this can't be. Huo Xing's matter is not leaking, just waiting for Guo Peng's head to land, how could he know that Niu Gui, Wu Shan and others are disguised as business travelers, unless there are really gods and monsters. ”

As soon as Gao Heng's voice fell, Qin Hanmeng's heart jumped:

"No, this son must have discovered Niu Gui and Wu Shan's flaws!"

"Why did Qin Ye say this?"

"Guo Peng has not died so far, it is nothing more than two situations. First, Wei Xian was worried that once Guo Peng died, Huo Xing might disappear from now on, so he wanted to kill Huo Xing and others first, and then punish Guo Peng.

Second, Wei Xian killed Guo Peng first without thinking deeply, but he scared Huo Xing away, and Huo Xing disappeared from then on.

Now that Guo Peng is not dead, that is the third situation, Wei Xian mistakenly thought that Guo Peng was raising thieves, and Guo Pan was behind him, so he robbed the trade roads and villages with thieves, and at the same time disguised himself as a merchant to sell stolen goods. In this way, if Guo Peng is killed in advance, even if Huo Xing is dead, it is still possible to alarm Niu Gui and Wu Shan, and the other two of them will lead the men and horses to flee elsewhere. ”

"But if An Qin Ye said, why didn't Wei Xian doubt Qin Ye?"

"There is such a possibility, as soon as Guo Peng dies, Guo and Zhang will inevitably withdraw from Guangxin, and the shares vacated by all the bankrupt merchants will be in my pocket, and Qin Fu is the biggest beneficiary. But it is said that it is impossible for him to think of this layer, in which the intricate interests are inextricably linked, and he can definitely understand it at his age and experience.

But if he really found the clues, after annihilating Niu Gui and Wu Shan, he would not kill Guo Peng, and if he hadn't found it, he would definitely kill Guo Peng.

For today's plan, I can only sit and watch the changes, if Guo Peng dies, then Wei Xian must not be able to see through my plan, if Guo Peng does not die, this son will not be able to stay. ”

Qin Han said coldly, Gao Heng was still worried:

"Qin Ye, do you just watch Niu Gui and Wu Shan be defeated by him?"

"Hmph." Qin Han snorted disdainfully: "Horse thief, if you die, you will die, what a pity." In this world, the winner is the king and the loser is Kou, and the winner is Junjie. It is not a fluke that a character like Wei Xian can clean up Huo Xing and the others to this point, if he can use Jiang Min to subdue him, it will also be a quick knife to kill.

It's just that you must be careful in doing things in the future, and you can't leave a handle behind. Huo Xing is simply dead, Niu Gui, Wu Shan and others have nothing to do with us, but it is a pity that the hidden pile has been buried.

It's better to be like this, if Wei Xian can really defeat Niu Gui and Wu Shan with more than 140 people, he will never kill everyone, you carefully let people investigate, if the hidden stake we buried is alive, rescue or extinguish it according to the situation.

From Wei Xian's point of view, all horse thieves will not be brought to justice, and there must be a possibility of escape for the secret pile. ”

"No, I'll do it."

Gao Heng turned around to leave, but Qin Han called him again and said:

"Slow, after Xiaochangyuan learned that Huo Xing died, what was Guo Peng's movement?"

"According to the report from the dark pile, Guo Peng is feeling strange, but Huo Xing is dead, and he has nothing to do with Guo Peng, Guo Peng is also calm in this matter, but most of them are guessing who poisoned Huo Xing."

"As far as his virtue is concerned, most of them think that Huo Xing was killed by other employers, or that the horse thieves were infighting, but they are worried about leaving some evidence to implicate him again."

When the news of Huo Xing's poisoning reached Xiaochangyuan, Guo Peng's first reaction was to be suspicious, whether it would be Huo Xing's trick to get away with it. After confirming that Huo Xing was indeed dead, Guo Peng immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but within half a moment, he suddenly felt strange.

Huo Xing was poisoned, and even he never gained Huo Xing's true trust, which means that those who can poison Huo Xing are either the horse thieves themselves, or there is a powerful force behind Huo Xing. In this way, did Huo Xing betray himself a long time ago?

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