Zhuangzi watched the soldier turn his head, but he didn't have any sense of crisis, and still crept towards the quarry.

The herbs mentioned by the fifth uncle grew on the slope of the quarry, some distance from the edge, and there was no hidden place in the open space around, even if the coolies wanted to escape, no one would choose this route, so the patrol of the Baidi people did not pass here.

The fire was too conspicuous in the dark night, and Zhuangzi could only use the faint moonlight to find the herbs he needed in the weeds.

Knowing that there was a risk of being discovered at any time, Zhuangzi didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, and carefully observed the rhizome part of each grass, for fear of taking the weeds as medicinal herbs.

Soon, after half a cup of tea, a young man wearing Bai Di's low-level officer's soft armor and dressed as a standard quarry guard suddenly appeared behind Zhuangzi, and he didn't say hello, but only whispered while paying attention to the surrounding movements: "Don't worry, the strong man, Lingtang has been rescued from Bai Dijun's hands, and now she is placed in an absolutely safe place in the city, and we will send her old man out as soon as we have the opportunity." ”

Zhuangzi's hand to collect medicine was stunned, his eyes instantly turned red, he forcibly suppressed his excitement, and after a while, he turned his back to the officer and gritted his teeth and replied: "Great kindness, thank you, I Nie Zheng will do what he says." ”

The officer paused for a while, and then released another earth-shattering bomb: "Not long ago, there was news outside the city, Ling Mei was found, and now she has been taken to the barracks and properly settled, and after the matter is completed, the strong man's family can be reunited." ”

Nie Zhenggang's action as he was about to leave suddenly stopped, his pupils instantly widened, and the words of questioning had already reached his throat.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the officer immediately turned his head, glared at Nie Zheng warningly, and then explained gently: "Don't worry, strong man, we have no intention of taking hostages, Ling Mei was accidentally discovered by our people when they followed Bai Di's scouts, and it was also Ling Mei's luck, if she was one step late, she would be captured by Bai Di's people." ”

Nie Zheng's eagle-like pupils stared at the eyes of the person who came without blinking, and the officers looked at each other calmly, and after a while, Nie Zheng slowly relaxed, and his lowered voice became hoarse because of emotion: "Please tell your master, my Nie Zheng will repay my kindness, please take care of Nie Zheng's family..."

"Of course." Seeing that the atmosphere had eased again, the officer turned his head and carefully surveyed the surroundings, "Even if there is no promise from the strong man, we will never save the people of the Central Plains, the time is not early, the strong man should go back quickly." ”

After speaking, the officer took out a stack of flying knives and a small medicine bottle from his arms: "This is a secret weapon and medicine, let the feverish baby eat, pay attention to keep warm, have a good night's rest and sweat, and can't delay tomorrow's work." ”

Nie Zheng blinked, took the flying knife and the medicine bottle and stuffed it into his arms: "How do you know that someone has a fever?" Could it be..."

"What's so strange about that?" The officer smiled, "Not only do I know that the one with the fever is a doll, but I also know that the baby's name is Qian San, and she is the only one seedling left by your benefactor's family, right?" ”

Nie Zheng paused, and finally didn't say anything, arched his hand and left the mountainside, tiptoeing back to the cave, the guard at the entrance of the cave was still the soldier who had looked at the grass before, this time his vigilance was obviously not as high as before, not only with his back to the entrance of the cave, but also left his post and pulled another guard up the mountain, so that Nie Zheng slipped into the cave with almost no effort.

The cave was still dark, and the coolies heard footsteps at the entrance of the cave, and they became agitated.

"Quiet!" Nie Zheng let out a low roar and walked through the crowd back to the innermost part of the cave where Qian San was lying.

The child was still asleep, and from time to time he was making a few painful dreams, and the situation seemed bad.

The fifth uncle and a few young men were guarding next to Qian San, and their eyes lit up when they saw Nie Zheng coming back: "How is it?" ”

Nie Zheng thought for a while, and instead of taking out the medicine bottle he got from the officer, he only took out a few collected herbs and handed them to the fifth uncle: "Bai Di people watch closely, I am afraid of being discovered, so I only find this." ”

Although there is only one point, in fact, there are many adults who are smaller, the fifth uncle happily took the medicine, and patted Nie Zheng's arm again: "It's hard work, do your best to obey the destiny of heaven, I hope this child is blessed." ”

Everyone nodded, nervously watching the fifth uncle crush the herbs, feed the juice squeezed out into Qian San's mouth little by little, and then put the remaining herbs on his forehead, only the man who took the initiative to ask Ying to go out to find medicine together observed Nie Zheng without a trace.

After feeding the medicine, the fifth uncle looked at the men in the circle again: "It's humid at night, you can't let Qian San suffer from the cold, which of you is stronger, take off your clothes and cover San'er." ”

This middle-aged man named Fifth Uncle seemed to have a lot of prestige in the coolies, and as soon as the words fell, several strong men immediately took the initiative to take off their clothes and handed them over, including the strange man, he handed over the clothes with a smile, and patted the muscles on his arms jokingly, but Yu Guang kept paying attention to Nie Zheng's movements.

Of course, Nie Zheng couldn't take off his clothes with a flying knife and a medicine bottle hidden in his arms, but he also noticed that someone was watching him all the time, and with the degree of care he cared about San'er, it was impossible for him to be willing to starve and take risks, but he was unwilling to contribute a thin piece of clothing.

But the coolies are not monolithic, Bai Di people promised that as long as they report and expose the people who want to escape, they can rest for two days and have a full meal, and if they catch the spies who are mixed in outside, they can not only regain their freedom, but also get a lot of money!

For the sake of this charity, many coolies are willing to betray their brothers who share weal and woe, and day and night open their eyes to the eyes of aliens, hoping to sell their brothers in exchange for freedom.

Nie Zheng's actions tonight are too high-profile, and they must have attracted the attention of this kind of person, if they can't cope with the past, not only will Nie Zheng himself suffer, but the plans outside will also be in vain, and they will also be affected by the fifth uncle and Qian San'er.

The sight never disappeared, there was no way, Nie Zheng had to make the action of undressing, and at the same time quickly thought about how to deal with it.

Fortunately, the fifth uncle stopped Nie Zheng's actions in time, not only did he not let him take off his clothes, but also took a piece of clothes that others took off and asked Nie Zheng to put it on: "Don't follow the blind mixing, I haven't eaten for a day, and I was so tossed just now, warm and warm and hurry up to sleep, don't be good and you will fall down again!" ”

Nie Zheng's heart was relieved, and he hurriedly thanked the fifth uncle again and again, took the clothes and put them on, closed his eyes and lay down next to Qian San.

"Oh, what a good boy." The fifth uncle sighed, and grabbed the arm of the person who was staring at Nie Zheng while the others were also resting, and looked at it fiercely: "Ergen, what do you want to do?" ”

Ergen's honest face showed an extremely complicated expression, and his eyes met and avoided the fifth uncle: "Uncle, what are you talking about, what can I do." ”

There is no single room in the crowded cave, head to head and foot to foot, and naturally there is no soundproof place, no matter how low the voice is, there will always be someone who can hear whoever talks to whom, and there is no secret and privacy between each other at all.

So as soon as the fifth uncle grabbed Ergen, the people around him who were lying or sitting all pricked up their ears, trying to hear clearly what these two people were saying.

In this environment, even if Ergen wanted to persuade the fifth uncle to spy on Nie Zheng together, he couldn't do it, because once he revealed his intention to betray his brother in front of everyone, these men would be able to make him corpse in the quarry the next day.

"I can warn you, Zhuangzi took risks to collect medicine for San'er." The fifth uncle reached out and wanted to grab Ergen's collar but found that the other party was already shirtless, so he had to retreat and pinch the thin neck in front of him, "Ergen, San'er has grown up since you were a child, and you can't violate your conscience!" ”

"Uncle!" Ergen was anxious, "What are you talking about, will I be the kind of person who betrays my brother!" ”

Although Nie Zheng and the fifth uncle were separated by a Qian San, his excellent ear power still allowed him to listen to the conversation between the two word for word.

It turns out that the owner of the ubiquitous sight that I felt before is Ergen.

Nie Zheng was secretly vigilant in his heart, although he was sure that Ergen didn't know what was going on outside the cave, but there was such a person who was an unstable factor in the plan to rescue the coolie after all, and he had to find a way to get rid of him.

He promised his benefactor to assist the Tang army in rescuing the coolies, and also promised that he would definitely mobilize the coolies who were willing to respond.

But now that the two of them think that they have a problem, they will definitely follow him inch by inch in the future, and the Bai Di guards will not care at all about this kind of action that obviously has the meaning of tracking and surveillance.

There is only one day left before the agreed date of action, and if it is not discussed with the brothers before the end of tomorrow, the benefactor's actions will definitely be affected, and the Central Plains people in the city will definitely be affected.

It seems that if Ergen is obsessed, he can only let him go to the Netherworld to meet his master Bai Di first.

Just when Nie Zheng was worried about the plan of the riot, Fang Li was drooling over the pie falling from the sky in his big tent.

It was enough of a surprise to be able to find Nie Zheng's fragrant bun in the coolie camp, but God actually sent his sister to himself.

Haha, if saving my mother is a transaction between you and me, then he Fang Li rescued Nie Zheng's sister under the hooves of Bai Di people, this is a real kindness!

Although I don't know why my sister in history became a younger sister in the Spring and Autumn Continent, Nie Zheng is a person who knows how to repay his kindness, and he has no feelings for his home country, such an assassin is much cuter than Jing Ke's generation.

As soon as his thoughts drifted around, he couldn't take it back, and when Fang Li came back to his senses, Nie Zheng's sister Nie Jing on the opposite side couldn't help but shrink her neck.

Nie Jing is only eighteen or nineteen years old now, it is the age of Shui Lingling, although he looks a little gray for various reasons, but he can see that he is a beauty embryo through the layer of ash, if it is not the right time and place, Fang Li really doesn't mind having a good story of a hero with a beauty.

But now it definitely won't work, Fang Li smiled and asked his soldiers to take Nie Jing down to settle down, and then looked at Jia Xu, who rushed to hear the news, couldn't help but be happy: "Wenhe, God treats widows really well, I thought I only got a Nie Zheng, but I didn't expect to give him a family!" ”

"The lord is right, and it is also thanks to the previous rebellion in Jindi that Nie Zheng gave up his plan to flee to the Qi country, and happened to temporarily take refuge in the Qianjiazhuang around Beiqu, and happened to be arrested by the Bai Di people, so that the ministers and others picked up a bargain," Jia Xu nodded in agreement, "However, the riot of the coolie battalion alone is not enough, our army will attack the city, and we will definitely have to face the old and weak on the city wall..."

I thought that a sudden attack during a riot in the city could make a time difference and avoid killing the old and weak women and children who had been taken captive, but I never thought that Xian Yuwu was extremely cunning, and since the first temptation, he has never let the old and weak go down the city wall, eating, drinking, and sleeping on the city tower, obviously always guarding against the surprise attack of the Tang army.

In this case, the riot in the city could only save the lives of the people who had not been dragged up the city wall, and the Tang soldiers still had to face the psychological pressure of slaughtering the people with their own hands.

At this time, the first camp specially designed for siege did not work.

Fang Li opened the curtain of the tent: "Go and call General Zhang Liao over." ”

The pro-soldiers were ordered to leave, and Jia Xu in the remaining tent smiled: "The lord is ready to let General Wen Yuan lead the troops to attack?" ”

"Exactly." Fang Li's expression looked a little obscure under the lights, "Gao Shun's training and fighting are never ambiguous, and the second battalion is from him, but his heart is sometimes too soft, I'm afraid he can't take on such a big responsibility." ”

Halfway through the words, Zhang Liao's loud voice sounded outside the big tent, and then the sound of opening the curtain of the tent, Zhang Liao, who was only wearing a military uniform inside and no armor, appeared in front of Fang Li and Jia Xu.

Jia Xu was stunned for a moment: "Isn't General Mo already resting?" ”

"Exactly." Zhang Liao touched his head embarrassedly, "As soon as the minister fell asleep, he heard someone come to report that the lord had something to summon, and the minister didn't dare to slack off and rushed over to lift the quilt, and asked the lord to forgive the minister for the crime of misconduct." ”

"Okay, where did you get so many crimes?" Fang Li waved his hand carelessly, repeated what he had said to Jia Xu before, and finally concluded, "Therefore, the widow wants you to lead the soldiers in the camp to attack the city as the vanguard, what does Wen Yuan mean?" ”

As the saying goes, Dao Ci is not in charge of the army, as early as the first time he saw the enemy using the people as a meat shield, Zhang Liao was already mentally prepared, and when he heard Fang Li's words, he did not hesitate to respond, but he couldn't help but worry: "Lord, the minister is no problem, but in this way, the soldiers below will inevitably affect the morale..."

"Don't worry, the widow will put the White Army in it." Fang Li was relieved, "As soon as the order is given, they will take the lead in shooting the people on the city tower, and then raise morale, as for the previous preparations, it will depend on Wen Yuan." ”

If you don't communicate with the soldiers in advance, your combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced under the extreme impact, and it is not impossible to be killed by the cruel and cold-blooded Bai Di cavalry.