After Ling Xia left the dungeon, he immediately issued a stack of arrest warrants, and he asked Yan Sanniang to cooperate with Lao Cui to arrest suspected Japanese spies from the city, this time Lao Cui and they arrested more than 1,000 people, including tolerances, government officials, officials, and a number of female dependents and family servants of important government officials.

"Horse, may I ask what mistakes the insiders have made? Why did your men arrest her? ”

"Ling Xia, I married a total of two concubines, and all the people under your command were arrested for me."

"General Ling, all the servants and maids in my house have been captured and put into the dungeon by your soldiers."

"The surname is Ling, my brother has killed countless widows in his life, why do those dogs under your command slander him as a spy?"

Just when Lao Cui was arresting spies on a large scale, Ling Xia's five-city Terracotta Mansion had been blocked by people, and the people who came were all well-known figures in Hongya Province, from the governor to the political envoy, down to the county order and wealthy merchants, all of whom came to Ling Xia to ask for people.

Ling Xia asked Lao Cui to arrest people wantonly in the name of capturing spies, and almost arrested the female dependents of those officials, and now he has completely aroused public anger, and the officials are blaming Ling Xia openly and secretly, and many people even sued Gu Xiuyuan and Luzhu Weng, under pressure, the two had to meet to coordinate.

Among those who came forward to intercede, Ling Xia saw the prefect of Guijing Mansion, and now that Ling Xia is making such a fuss, the female dependents of the ten prefects of Hongya Province have been arrested, and even the political envoy and the governor's female dependents have been arrested.

Seeing that the fire was almost over, Ling Xia asked Lao Cui to release the innocent people who were suspected of being eliminated and went home, and at the same time asked Lao Cui to come forward to apologize, just like that, Lao Cui apologized and released people, and among the people who were released, Liu Muyao appeared.

Liu Muyao came to the prefect of Guijing Mansion and cried with an aggrieved face: "Master, you have to be the master of the slave family." ”

"How dare those soldiers torture you? Don't worry, I can't spare those people, I'll give you anger when I turn around. After scolding, he comforted Liu Muyao a few words, and then beckoned the sedan chair man to go home.

After safely covering Liu Muyao's escape, Ling Xia launched an investigation into the prisoner camp in the war zone, but just as he was about to start, a military order spread throughout the war zone, and the prince issued a military order in the name of the coalition headquarters, and the reinforcements from the southern theater arrived in advance, ordering all the participating corps to conduct a full-scale war against the Japanese invaders tonight.

After receiving the military order, Gu Xiuyuan and Lu Zhuweng quickly dispatched troops, because the battle plan had been arranged in advance, so after communicating with Zhang Huaji and several commanders in the southern theater, everyone decided to cancel the original rest plan, directly put their troops into the battlefield, and conquered the forward positions occupied by the enemy before dawn.

Ling Xia just had a little eyebrows here, and was about to free up his hands to investigate the prisoner camp in the war zone and the troops who managed the prisoner camp, according to the original plan, he still had two days to go, but the prince's sudden military order suddenly broke Ling Xia's deployment, at this time there were still two hours before the start of the war, which was not enough time at all.

Seeing that the troops were slowly assembling in the direction of the city gate, Ling Xia hurriedly led Lao Cui to find Lu Zhu Weng, and asked Lu Zhu Weng to leave the soldiers in charge of the prisoner camp in the war zone.

But after Ling Xia finished speaking, Lu Zhuweng shook his head helplessly, and he told Ling Xia that the prince had ordered that the Japanese prisoners be used as meat shields, and after the war began, those captured Japanese soldiers would be the first mobile line of defense, and at this time, the Japanese prisoners held in the war zone had been sent out of the city and could not be withdrawn.

Hearing this, Ling Xia's face suddenly changed, and he scolded angrily: "Short-sighted, Xia Yuan is confused." ”