The steady guy named Old Man Mo was praised, overjoyed, and enthusiastic, hurriedly bowed and thanked him, then raised his head and said: "Chen Tou, there is fraud in this convoy of Tartars, but our people and cars will not be called to drink tea, there must be some use, there is no in the light, there is no ...... in the secret."

He stretched out a hand and made a tiptoe gesture with two fingers, everyone was fine, and their hearts were bright at a glance, Chen Xiang smiled and said: "Yes, we think the same, it's a fake during the day, so it's real, it must be at night." ”

He snorted in his nostrils, slapped his palm on the table, shook up a cloud of dust, and roared in his mouth: "The Tartars have grown brains and started to play tricks, they don't know, we Han are the ancestors of the Han people!" After watching "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", I learned the wisdom of the Han family, and I laughed generously. ”

Old man Mo also laughed and said, "Chen Tou, what should we do?" ”

Chen Xiang grinned and said in a bleak manner: "What else can I do?" Go, all go to rest and sleep, recuperate enough spirits, I come to the first shift, change people every two hours, two people per shift, guard at the gate and stare at the official road, all put the tricks on, and found that the Qing army went out of the city, regardless of whether it was a grain truck or not, they woke up Lao Tzu! ”

In the midst of laughter, everyone agreed.

One day without words, the door of the big car shop was open, facing the official road extending from the city gate, two idlers sat on the stool, open their chests and arms, picking their feet, there was a braggadocio and fart, lazy and not serious, even the signboard flag standing on the door with a long pole, there was also a weak hanging tone, people in the past saw it, they all felt that this was just an ordinary big car shop, there was nothing abnormal.

It's just that they didn't notice that the people sitting at the door were replaced by two every few hours, and these two people, who seemed to be listless and yawning, would look over with bright eyes every time the carriage and horses passed by on the official road, vigilantly examining the goods loaded on the car and the people who were driving the car.

It wasn't until the evening, in the middle of the moon, that there were no people on the official road, and the big car shop was closed, but there was a gap in the door, and there were still four eyes looking out through the crack in the door.

And Chen Xiang, after the change of guard in the afternoon, went back to sleep, woke up once during the second watch, went around the door, and asked the people on duty if there was no abnormal situation, and then went back to sleep.

The silence lasted until the third watch, several lanterns were suddenly lit on the Anding Gate, the officers and soldiers guarding the gate released a horseback sentinel at the city gate, and searched a piece nearby, fortunately, the guys of the big car shop hid in the door, did not make a sound, the sentry did not find that there were still people peeping inside the door so late, and ran back after a circle, and then after a while, the city gate was opened, and a convoy that was larger than the convoy during the day rushed out.

The leader was none other than Ma Lahi, who was carrying a long knife and wearing two layers of armor inside and outside, and walked in front of his head with a vigorous horse, followed by the Baiba Yala guards, and Meng Qiaofang, the governor of Shaanxi, accompanied by him.

"My lord, this governor will be sent here, please take care." Meng Qiaofang pulled the city gate, clenched his fists and said to Ma Laxi: "This trip is critical, there is no room for mistakes, adults should be careful!" ”

"Rest assured, Lord Governor, during the day, Su Le's suspicious soldiers have gone away, Ming Gou does not know that there is a deception, he must be tricked, and he will intercept Su Le in front, although the general has few soldiers, but the future is open and worry-free!" Ma Lahi smiled, lifted his cloak, and said to Meng Qiaofang: "The wind is cold at night, Lord Governor and go back, I will go!" ”

After saying that, Ma Lashi laughed, slapped his horse and whipped his whip proudly, and led a group of Baya cavalry to march towards the official road.

The squeaky grain cart team, following his horse's hooves, under the escort of a thousand Qing soldiers, followed with torches and lanterns, the queue strictly forbade sound, no one dared to speak and speak, there were Qing soldiers on the left and right, once it was found that there was a coachman talking and talking, it was a whip to pull over, so the convoy was very quiet, only the horse whip was whipped on the cattle pulling the cart, "popping" sound.

Meng Qiaofang stood at the city gate, staring at the convoy into the distance, slowly disappearing into the darkness, and the last trace of light was also lost in sight, only to feel a stone fall to the ground, let out a long breath, turned around and went back to sleep.

When the surrounding silence fell, and there was no more neighing of horses, the big car shop on the side of the official road opened the back door, and two people came out to look around, shrank back, and waited for a while before another group of people came out.

Chen Xiang stood in it, looked around vigilantly, and then patted the shoulder of a person next to him, whose eyes were shining in the dark, and he turned out to have a pair of rare night eyes.

Chen Xiang took out a small bamboo tube sealed with wax, handed it to the man, leaned close to his ear and said a few words, the man nodded again and again, and then knelt down on one knee to say goodbye to Chen Xiang, jumped and ran to the wilderness behind the store, a few ups and downs, and disappeared.

Chen Xiang waited for him to walk away before he confirmed again that there was no one around and that there was nothing abnormal, and then closed the door and entered.

The night was calm again, from the city gate to the official road in front of the big car shop, the insects chirped and the grass moved, and the wind blew the leaves, which were as quiet as a picture scroll in the faint moonlight.

This murderous intent after the silence is the most intense.

Chen Xiang's subordinates do not take the official road, but take the mountain trails, in order to be safe, this kind of urgent news is escorted by three people, but the three do not set off at the same time, but there are first and last, and the same content is sent, in case one person dies in an accident, and two people can ensure that the news is delivered. Once one of them is caught, the first thing is to destroy the letter paper sent, this is the first lesson of the Kuizhou Army secret agent, if the military information is not disclosed after being caught, then the family deserves to enjoy the treatment of martyrs, and the children can still enter the Kuizhou Army, and they can also study, but once they defect to the enemy, then all this is gone, and the family members who live in Wanshou City as hostages can imagine the end.

Therefore, since the formation of the spy team, there has been almost no defection and surrender after being captured, everyone is loyal and unyielding, once there is no hope of getting out, they have killed themselves, and would rather die than affect their families, which of course has the cold and ruthless side of the Kuizhou army, and also has the deep trust of the spies in the Kuizhou army.

The law becomes an army, and the rules are above all else, this is Wang Huan's concept of governing the country.

The secret agent crossed the mountain and walked the path, although the trek was difficult and dangerous, but it was much closer than the official road, and the convoy was huge and the foot was slow, so when the secret agent arrived at the contact point in the Qinling Mountains agreed with Wang Huan, and the people from the contact point sent the news to the valley where Wang Huan was hiding, Ma Lahi's convoy had just arrived at the mouth of the Meridian Valley, and Su Le's decoy team had only just arrived outside Chencang City.

Wang Huan pried open the wax seal on the bamboo tube, and after reading the letter carefully, the corners of his mouth twitched and he laughed.

He handed the letter to the Kuizhou army sitting in the wooden house to circulate it, and said with a smile: "Chen Xiang did a good job, he actually saw through the Tartar tricks with just his eyesight, and he has to make a credit!" ”

"But the Tartars are good at learning, and they know that we are going to intercept his grain, and they came up with the idea of Li Dai Taozhuang, this is not like the Tartars' behavior, when did they grow brains?" Zu Bian read the secret letter, also laughed, and echoed.

Ma Long frowned, raised his head and asked, "Since we know that Chen Cangdao is a fake to lure the enemy, and Meridian Valley is still the main master, what should we do?" Do you plan and go straight to the Meridian Valley, or do you pick hard persimmons to eat first and defeat this group of Tartar soldiers? ”

Zu Bian was stunned for a moment, then looked at Ma Long strangely, bared his teeth and said, "Old Ma, are you stupid?" Why bother with him when you know it's fake? Let him go, we are the right thing to do. ”

Ma Zuoheng shook his head, and said for Ma Long: "Lord Zu is bad, Lord Ma means that there are four or five thousand people in this group of Tartars, there can be so many Eight Banner soldiers in Xi'an City, it must be the defenders of Hanzhong, if we can eat them, then the entire Hanzhong Plain, and eliminate a great enemy, Lord Wang often said, there are few Tartars, destroy one less one, we have many Han people, one eliminates the other, and the Tartars are consumed to death." ”

Zubian was stunned for a moment, obviously not thinking of this, and was stunned, while Ma Long and Wang Huan looked at Ma Zuoheng with some appreciation, this Qianzong who was born as a white pole soldier, has not been by Wang Huan's side for a long time, and has already comprehended the military common sense of destroying the enemy's living force so deeply, it is not easy.

Wang Huan smiled: "Yes, Ma Long's proposition is reasonable, how we should choose, we should think carefully." ”

He spread out a map for everyone to gather, this map is very simple, obviously hand-drawn by himself, the scale is seriously distorted, but the geography of mountains and rivers, the large direction can be seen at a glance.

This is the map he drew by virtue of the memory of later generations, plus after asking the nearby mountain people, it is the first line of the Qinling Mountains, including the geographical map near Hanzhong and Xi'an, and the various passes in the Qinling Mountains, all of which are drawn on it, which is rare in this era.

He used his finger to draw and commented: "Meridian Valley and Chencang Road, separated by long mountains, walking the mountain trail is at least nearly five hundred miles, if you want to eat two groups of people and horses at the same time, with our existing military horses, it is almost impossible." ”

Chen Xiangmi said in the letter that the Tartars lured the enemy's military horses, and there were 2,000 guards alone, all of whom were fierce soldiers of the Eight Banners, not the ordinary Han army and the surrendered Ming army, and the difference in combat strength was not trivial. And since it is to lure the enemy, it is speculated from common sense that there should be more than 2,000 people, and the chauffeur and miscellaneous servants who escorted the car are probably all pretending to be banner soldiers, plus them, this force of Tartars to lure the enemy, at least nearly 5,000 people, with our 6,000 people to fight the same number of Tartar soldiers, even if we can win, it is a miserable victory, which is not in line with our purpose. ”

"So eat this Tartar, not the best policy, our focus should still be placed on the main body, since there is a lure in front of the enemy, then the grain convoy walking behind should not have many soldiers, Chen Xiang said that there are only a thousand people, we will add another thousand people to him, two thousand eight banner soldiers, our six thousand Kuizhou army three times as much as him, enough to win the battle!"

Wang Huan's voice was subdued and frustrated, echoing passionately in the house, inspiring everyone's hearts: "The disaster in the northwest in recent years, it is not easy to raise grain and grass, as long as this batch of grain and grass is intercepted, Haoge will definitely not be able to stay in Sichuan, either go back to the teacher to beg for food, or, just wait in Guangyuan to gnaw bark and grass roots!" ”

(End of chapter)