Chapter 126: Time to Prepare for War

Night

Outside the big village of the Five Grains Sect

"This is what you said about the Five Grains Sect Dazhai? Nothing? ”

Three masked men in night clothes, with cats in a tree canopy, peering out into a dilapidated building in the distance.

"This is it, ostensibly an abandoned inn, and the real main village is underground." It was a female voice that spoke,

Another tall and thin man responded, "Underground? Is it a hole? So how do we get in? ”

"Do you know how to get in?" The man, who was a little short in stature, but looked quite athletic, asked,

The woman nodded, "I went in, but I entered directly through the gate at the time, I don't know if there are other places, they may have been locked." ”

The tall and thin man kept breaking the tip of the branch, and then with the dagger in his hand, he cut it into various shapes and threw it into the small cloth bag hanging from his waist.

"As long as it's a lock, there's nothing I can't open, I don't see the 'key' in my pocket, poke one by one."

The stout man put his hand on the pergola in his eye socket and looked around, "Are you sure Miss Liu is locked up here?" ”

The woman let out a soft "um" and replied, "The master must have been locked up in the stone room, but I don't know which one." ”

"You still have so many stone chambers here?"

"The Stone Chamber of the Five Grains Sect is arranged according to the Big Dipper, so there are seven in total."

The tall and thin man interjected on the side: "According to what the girl said before, it's seven wells?" Which mouth should Miss Liu be locked in? ”

The woman shook her head, "I don't know about this, these seven wells are all exactly the same, there is no difference at all." ”

"Then it looks like we're going to find them one by one." The stout man withdrew his gaze from afar, and said to the two,

"Let's go, Jiang Junshi gave us five days, let's start quickly!"

As he spoke, he grabbed the trunk of the tree with one hand, bent his legs, and jumped down nimbly.

"Wait for me." The tall and lanky man put the last sharpened pole into the bag, and jumped down after him,

A total of three people, two men and one woman, took advantage of the cover of night to touch the glittering Wugu Sect Dazhai.

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Chengdu

After Jiang Ruyue received An Yi's letter, the first thing she did was to go to the Shu Wangfu and go to Gao Yingshu.

After Ziyun told Jiang Ruyue about the Five Grains Sect, he had already learned about the sect leader of the Zhu Zongchen, and he also mentioned it to An Yi in the letter,

Rao is the two of them knew that Zhu Zongchen and the Wugu Sect had a great relationship, but they were still surprised, but they didn't expect that the Wugu Sect was established by Zhu Zongchen, and it was completely a private organization that created silver tickets for Zhu Zongchen and collected information from all walks of life, and it was through this private organization that Zhu Zongchen was able to reach the sky in the officialdom of Sichuan.

That's why his son Taketori was able to so blatantly turn Long'an Forest Farm into a distribution center for his private sale of official grain, and all the prefectural and county officials chose to turn a blind eye and not do any suspicion and investigation at all.

Therefore, for Zhu Zongchen, Jiang Ruyue is even more careful,

However, An Yi's letter this time didn't seem to care about this at all, and specially told Jiang Ruyue that he must ask Gao Yingshu to bring Zhu Zongchen with him to prepare for war in Chengdu.

An Yi feels that everyone is now a common interest, they are all grasshoppers on a rope, if the city is ruined, no one can ask for anything, except for Gao Yingshu, as long as he does not die in the hands of Yelu Xiuke, ninety percent of them will die in the autumn reckoning of the imperial court.

Moreover, the coordination and handling of various affairs can't be bypassed by the political envoys, but it is better to be generous and frank from the beginning, not to mention the appearance of the Shu Wangfu, as long as Zhu Zongchen is not a blatant fornication with the enemy country, there should be no other changes.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I won't say anything superfluous, everyone has seen the form of the battlefield, and the safety of Chengdu needs the cooperation of all of you here, otherwise, on the day the city is broken, all your wealth will be made into wedding dresses by others!"

In the main hall of the Shu Palace, there are three men and one woman sitting four people, the female is Gao Yingshu, sitting on the top in a water-blue long skirt, and the left and right sides are the political envoy Zhu Zongchen wearing court clothes and the envoy Zhou Rulin, and the last seat has just spoken, which is Jiang Ruyue.

Zhu Zongchen said in a deep voice: "The strong wall clears the wilderness, let the people of the villages outside the city bring all the grain in the warehouse into the city, and burn it if it can't be bringed!" The Liao people are all cavalry, so how much dry food can they bring? There are no offensive weapons, as long as they stick to Chengdu, they will retreat without a fight. ”

"Besides, how many soldiers and horses does the garrison green battalion have in their hands now?"

He turned his head to look at Jiang Ruyue,

Jiang Ruyue continued: "There are more than 6,000 people in the regimental training camp in Songling Village, plus more than 3,000 Chinese military camps withdrawn from Huling, and now we have almost all the men and horses in our hands. ”

"Nearly 10,000 horses? I heard that the Liao people also brought more than 10,000 cavalry to come? ”

Zhou Rulin also felt that there were a lot of soldiers and horses in Chengdu.

Jiang Ruyue smiled bitterly: "Boss, in the battle of Qingchuan River, he Yelu Xiuke took more than 10,000 people, first defeated the same number of Wugu Sect, then annihilated more than 2,000 cavalry, and then broke through the two camps of Lord Zeng and Lord An overnight, this little person in our hands, among which more than 3,000 are firearms soldiers, I am afraid that they are not the opponent of the Liao people at all." ”

Gao Yingshu, who was sitting on the first seat, said: "Let's follow what Lord Zhu said, the strong walls are clear, all the villages are moved to Chengdu, the whole city has entered a state of combat readiness, and there are more than 5,000 people and horses in An Yi's hands, and the Liao army must at least break through him to reach the city of Chengdu, so we still have enough time to make adequate preparations." As for the possible public order disturbance in the city, it is necessary to trouble the inspector. ”

Zhou Rulin arched his hand towards Gao Yingshu, "It's an official matter." ”

"During the extraordinary period, in order to ensure the completeness of the three, I will send about three to five hundred people to carry out necessary patrols around the Shu Wangfu, the Political Envoy Division, and the Inspectorate Division.

"Good!"

Gao Yingshu stood up and looked down at the three of them, at this time she had a feeling of empress,

"No matter what contradictions and conflicts you have before, in front of the foreign races, I hope you can put it aside for the time being, and during this time, you can help each other in the same boat, share honor and disgrace, and fight against the Liao people together. In extraordinary times, Ying Shu presented an invitation to the emperor's three grades and below officials to cut off and then play, and it has been sent to the northwest for 800 miles. ”

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Jiang Ruyue also listened to Gao Yingshu's words, and only then did she understand the meaning of An Yi and asking him to find the Shu Wangfu to come forward to pull these people together, let everyone be honest with each other first, and no one should do this to each other, this is a courtesy; Then Gao Ying soothed the identity of the royal family and the privilege of controlling the ministers in an emergency, this is a soldier, a good means of saluting first and then soldiering, and the political envoy who is constantly entangled with his grievances is tied to a hemp rope!

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Fox Ridge Fortress

Upstairs of the fortress city

Xu Xiaoyuan was dressed in Hanfu, standing with his hands in his hands, looking at the direction of the sky, frowning tightly.

"What's the matter, Old Xu, but what's the trouble?"

Zeng Ziren happened to pass by here with a bang, and when he saw Xu Xiaoyuan's sad face, he asked with a smile.

Xu Xiaoyuan turned around when he heard this, bowed his hand respectfully towards Zeng Ziren, and replied: "If you return to the commander, I don't worry about anything else, I'm worried about my prefect's official position." ”

Listening to what he said bluntly, Zeng Ziren smiled and asked him: "Does the old gentleman not believe my words?" I said, as long as this matter is completed, I will definitely promote you to be the prefect of Long'an! ”

Xu Xiaoyuan shook his head and said slowly: "It's not that I'm afraid that adults will lose their words, but I'm afraid that there will be a glimmer of heaven and won't give adults a chance at all." ”

Zeng Ziren frowned when he heard him mention the first line of heaven, and asked puzzledly: "What does the old gentleman mean by this?" ”

"Yesterday, I saw that there seemed to be some disagreement between the Lord and the guard of the first line of heaven, I wonder if there is such a thing?"

Zeng Ziren was angry now when he mentioned comfort, snorted coldly, and responded: "It's just that I'm afraid that I will rob this first gong." ”

The corners of Xu Xiaoyuan's mouth smiled without a trace, and then continued: "Yes, since you are here to rob the adult's credit, have you ever thought that you are now stationed in this Fox Ridge, in case that person has bad intentions and seals the valley entrance of this line of heaven in advance, then this Fox Ridge Fortress will be dangerous!" ”

"Impossible!"

Zeng Ziren obviously had a trace of panic in his heart, but he hadn't shown it yet, and shook his head and said: "Impossible, he has a few heads, and he dares to close the road before I cross the canyon!" ”

Xu Xiaoyuan saw the nervousness in Zeng Ziren's heart and decided to add another fire,

"That comfort has always been willful, and in the battle of Qingchuanhe, without your permission, he withdrew the troops and disobeyed the battlefield without your permission, which one did he do less? Haven't you seen it yet? He is comfortable at all, he simply wants your life, and then he will be your commander! ”

This sentence can be regarded as a sore spot for Zeng Ziren, he must not allow anyone to touch the black yarn that should belong to him, especially Anyi, Rao is now Anyi is Yang and Yin is against him, and then let him ride on his head, then he can still have a way to live?

So he hurriedly asked Xu Xiaoyuan: "That...... Sir, do you have any ideas for me? ”

Xu Xiaoyuan saw Zeng Ziren take the bait, and said with a smile on his old face covered with folds: "Your Excellency, you don't need to worry, you just need to move your troops to the north of the first-line sky canyon in advance and ambush them, even if An Yi has ten guts, it is impossible to block the first-line sky in front of you, right?" When the time comes, as long as the Liao people step into the sky, thousands of arrows will be fired on both sides, and you will block the valley mouth again, will it be to catch turtles in the urn? ”

"Smack!"

Zeng Ziren slapped one hand on the battlements of the Fox Ridge Fortress,

"That's it!"

It's night

Zeng Ziren followed Xu Xiaoyuan's method, collected about 3,000 Xia troops from Long'an Mansion who had retreated from the Battle of Qingchuan River, withdrew from the Huling Fortress, and marched in the direction of the first line of heaven.

This victory is particularly important to Zeng Ziren, as long as he can win, he can get everything back, and he will also rise to prominence because of this.

So he brought all the men and horses with him, and he didn't even leave a single sentry in the Fox Ridge Fortress.

however

Just after Zeng Ziren's men and horses completely withdrew from the Fox Ridge Fortress and disappeared into the night,

Several groups of Liao cavalry wearing round-necked and narrow sleeves roared past the fortress of Huling, and also quickly disappeared into the night........