Chapter 14: Behind the Truth
Looking at the stumbling Wu Zhenshan, Ling Xia did not give it a chance to turn his mind, but used the interrogation knowledge learned in the police academy to increase the interrogation offensive, and on the premise of no evidence, he used the flaws in the incident itself to carry out the interrogation attack.
"General Wu should not be in a hurry to answer the question, in addition to the few doubts I just said, there is also the most important point, that is, the headquarters of the Battle Guard Army is very far away from Feifengling, and it will take a day to arrive even if you ride a horse.
Even the flying pigeon book takes several hours to reach its destination, and the reason why the envoy was able to arrive early in the morning was because he was waiting from the Yamen of the river province in advance, but what about you, General Wu? Why did you come so timely? ”
Wu Zhenshan didn't expect that his unintentional words from the military tent would be discovered by Ling Xia so many flaws, and in the face of Ling Xia's questioning, he rubbed his head with a headache, not knowing how to answer.
"I heard before that General Wu was the champion of Wu ten years ago, I thought he was a hero, but it turned out to be a coward who dared to do it." Ling Xia deliberately provoked Wu Zhenshan.
Stimulated by Ling Xia like this, Wu Zhenshan really fell for it, he snorted coldly, and then raised his head: "What does the general dare not say, yes, this time the Yin soldiers borrowed the way is indeed planned by the general."
As soon as Tuhu and the others left the imperial capital, Ben Jiang had already found out their whereabouts clearly, and the reason why they chose to do it in Feifengling was because Feifengling belonged to Linlangjiang and belonged to their own territory.
Su Jing'an was responsible for receiving Tu Hu and his party, in order to hide people's eyes, he rushed to the Yamen of the River Mansion in advance as the invigilator of the government examination, if nothing else, they will repair the day after receiving people today, and when the government examination is over tomorrow, they will return to the provincial capital together.
But all this was learned by Ben General, Ben General used their plan to specially arrange a Yin Soldier Borrowing Incident, when I chose to start from Feifeng Ridge, I first ordered Yi Shirong to repair the road.
After Yi Shirong paved the road under the col, I ordered someone to lay a layer of tarpaulin for setting up tents on the repaired road. After doing this, I took a few decorated chariots and war horses and hid in the woods near Feifengling.
In order to prevent some of the people in Tu Hu's gang from escaping, I found hundreds of horse trainers, these horse trainers are specially designed to help the army train military horses, a good horse trainer can control ten military horses at the same time, and a hundred horse trainers are enough to control the war horses led by Tu Hu.
However, for the sake of insurance, I also specially found a few animal trainers, who can tame tigers and lions with secret methods, and with the addition of these people, those war horses that control the Praetorian Guard must be foolproof.
Controlling the horses, the matter is half the battle, but the combat power of the 1,000 cavalry of the Praetorian Guard should not be underestimated, and if I want to take down those cavalry, I must send double the force, and in order to be safe, I sent two thousand troops to participate in the plan.
Last night, I asked the soldiers to dress up as Yin soldiers, wearing captured mutilated battle armor, holding white flags and war battles, and painting their faces eerie and terrifying.
After arranging all the details, I waited for the slaughter of the tiger to them, in the early hours of the morning, the intersection of the dark pile to find the whereabouts of the slaughter of the tiger, when the dark pile sounded the horn, the slaughter of the tiger after the message was transmitted, our side began to move.
Perhaps because they heard the sound of the trumpet, they paused for a moment at the entrance of the col, and the hoof prints and traces you see from the entrance on the north side of the col today were left at that time.
Although he noticed something different, Tu Hu didn't take it to heart, and when Tu Hu led all the Praetorian Guards into the col under the Feifeng Ridge, we also happened to arrive, and I first asked the animal trainers to ride their respective tamed tigers and leopards to clear the way.
As the trainers passed, they quietly sprinkled the powder that would tire the horses, and a few lieutenants and I followed in decorated chariots, dressed as headless corpses.
And those horse trainers and soldiers carried paper men and paper horses to follow in a line, if the slaughter of the tiger and they believed in the Yin soldiers' excuses, they would turn around and avoid it, in that way, it would be much easier for us to do it.
But I didn't expect that Tu Hu was alert by nature, and he did not shy away from the legend of the Yin soldiers, and when our team was halfway through, he actually ordered to prepare for battle, but it was too late at this time, because the chariot we were driving had already passed through the ranks of the Praetorian Guards, blocking their back road. ”
I gave the order to attack before the slaughter of the tiger, first leaving the horses of the Praetorian Guard, and then attacking the Praetorian Guard, with some intention or not, the strength was more than double that of the opponent, plus the Praetorian Guard was caught off guard, and soon we subdued all the Praetorian Guards.
After capturing Tu Hu, the deputy general Liu Xun'an, and the chief of the guard, Liu Baiyu, the rest of the Praetorian Guards were also subdued and taken, and the whole process was not even half a cup of tea, and we could be described as a complete victory.
"You have painstakingly arranged all this, risking to attack the Imperial Capital Praetorian Guard, is it just to fight them?" Ling Xia was a little incredulous.
"They? They're all little shrimps, how can I make a big deal about them? With a sneer, Wu Zhenshan angrily snorted at Su Jing'an, and said to Ling Xia, "Do you know why he didn't dare to disclose the secret of the Praetorian Guard's coming here during the day?"
Do you think that he, a dignified political envoy, came to the River Mansion alone just to receive a small deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard? Wrong, very wrong, let me tell you the truth, in fact, we are all here for your stupid sister. ”
"For ------ and for ------ Baiyu?" Turning his head to look at Ling Baiyu, who had fallen unconscious from the horse, Ling Xia's mind kept turning, but he analyzed it for a long time, but he still couldn't think of a reason.
"Hehe----- actually, I have to thank you for all this." Seeing Ling Xia confused, Wu Zhenshan sneered, and then said, "I obviously finished doing the Yin Soldier last night, but I didn't leave, don't you think it's strange?"
The reason why I didn't leave was because last night's mission failed, and although I captured all the Praetorian Guards, I lost one person, a vital person, and that person is your so-called sister.
What do you call her? Think about it? Oh, by the way, Ling Baiyu, you call her Ling Baiyu, hehe------ you mistook her for the accompanying guard chief Liu Baiyu, thinking that she was the female general who followed Tu Hu's side.
In fact, you are wrong, she is not Liubaiyu, the real Liubaiyu is being imprisoned by me in the cave at this time, her surname is Xia, her name is Xia Ning'er, the first princess of the dynasty, and she is the daughter of today's saint and the queen's mother. ”
"What----- what----- she ----- she is Xia Ning'er------ it's not right, it is said that Xia Ning'er went crazy because of her practice, which led to her disfigured face......" Speaking of this, Ling Xia was suddenly silent, because he saw the birthmark on Ling Baiyu's face.
At this time, Su Jing'an spoke: "She is indeed Princess Xia Ning'er, General Tuhu is escorting the princess to Linlangjiang for treatment, half a year ago, the princess went crazy because of her practice, which led to the backlash of internal force, not only her face was sick, but she was also confused.
Worried about the disfigurement of the princess, and in order to restore the princess's sanity, the emperor made a list of the world and sought a famous doctor, but for the sake of the royal family's face, His Majesty concealed the princess's confusion, and only mentioned the princess's facial disease, saying that whoever could cure the princess's illness would be canonized as a concubine.
The princess has been studying art under the Yiren sect since she was a child, and she lives in the palace after returning from her studies, so those of us who are courtiers have never seen the appearance of the princess, and because of this, when we see your brothers and sisters today, none of us recognize her as a princess. ”
"When I went out of Beijing, I was worried that the princess would get lost on the road, so the emperor ordered someone to lock the princess with iron chains, and sent two Ouchi masters and the chief of the guard, Liu Baiyu, to take care of them, but I didn't expect that when we fought last night, the princess actually broke away from the railway and escaped.
The scene was so chaotic that no one noticed this detail, and when Tu Hu and the Praetorian Guards were subdued, and we went to check the carriage in which the princess was riding, we found that the princess had fled.
After looking around, I didn't find the whereabouts of the princess, I was worried that the night was long and the dream was too much, so I could only take care of the aftermath first, we used medicine to make those Praetorian Guards incapacitated, and let the horse trainer restore the war horses, two people and one horse, and take those Praetorian Guards prisoners to a specific place and detain them.
After sending off the Praetorian Guards, we began to deal with the wounded, who could not sleep in the wilderness, so I sent the wounded into the river mansion and let those people pretend to be students who came to take the exam, and scattered and hid in various inns.
Then, we loaded the strange clothes and paper men and horses on our bodies, as well as the soldiers who died in battle, into the chariots, transported them out of the city overnight and buried them, and finally, we put away the tarpaulins that were spread on the ground, took them back to the camp and burned them.
Because I didn't think about the princess's escape, so after dealing with the scene on the side of Feifengling, I could only return to the camp where I was stationed before.
If the princess is not caught, I can't leave, but Su Jing'an is in the river mansion, and I don't dare to act rashly, after thinking about it, I notified Yi Shirong and asked him to spread the news, saying that the Praetorian Guards had encountered the Yin soldiers and disappeared.
Today, I worried about the princess for a whole day, but I didn't expect Ling Xia to suddenly come to my tent at night, he saw Su Jing'an robbing Ling Baiyu, thinking that he was the murderer, in order to seek my help, he told me what happened to Ling Baiyu.
He regarded Xia Ning'er as Ling Baiyu, so he told me his analysis, and when he said that Su Jing'an had robbed people, I was immediately anxious, and then ordered to rob people, Ling Xia thought that I was anxious for him, but in fact, I guessed Ling Baiyu's identity.
When I was arguing with Su Jing'an during the day, I heard Su Jing'an carry out the governor, I said it casually at the time, and I moved out of the general army, and at night I unintentionally said that the general would be outside, and the king's order was not affected, but I didn't expect that these two sentences revealed flaws and were caught by Ling Xia. ”