On the morning of the next day, a team of captains drove out of Xi'an Guancang, thousands of cars and horses in the convoy, along the long street leading to Andingmen in Guancang, walked a team that could not be seen at a glance, each car had two or three coachmen dressed in sackcloth to carry the car, the car also hung a flag, written "military rations", "ordered to escort" and other big characters, and with it, there were also 2,000 Eight Banner sergeants with helmets and armor, spears and strong bows with twisted martial arts, the momentum was extraordinary.

At this time, when there are many people on the street, the people have the nature to join in the fun, seeing this grand occasion, the three layers on both sides of the street are all people, looking at the soldiers and horses passing in front of them with great interest, and there are many discussions, and the words are speculating where these grain trucks are transported, at this time the Xi'an shaving order has been completely implemented, and the street is full of a head with a srattail tail behind the bald head in front of the street, which looks neat and consistent, and it is spectacular.

Surer rode on his horse, marching in front of the team, still wrapped in armor, looking at everything with cold eyes that were exposed, his expression was blank, but his heart was extremely expectant.

"Come on, the spies hidden among the people, hurry up and send back the news that the grain cart is out of the city, so that the Ming army thinks that another group of fat sheep is coming, and they will show up to rob the grain."

Su Le pondered, his eyes searched the crowd, trying to see if there were any suspicious people, I don't know if it was because of what he thought in his heart, he looked at everyone like spies, and the Han people on the street stood there, although they had the same hairstyle as themselves, but how uncomfortable they looked, they wanted to rush up, grab their clothes, and ask: "Say!" Are you a spy for Minggou?! ”

Su Le tried his best to suppress the impulse in his heart, led the team on horseback, and slowly went out of the city, and the grain convoy walked for half an hour before all of them walked out of the city gate, extending several miles on the official road.

When the team passed by a large car shop outside the city gate, several guys in the shop nodded and bowed respectfully at the door, these people were very distinctive, either they had leprosy on their heads, or they had bald heads like monks, in short, none of them had rat tails.

These guys have been guarding the door, bending down to watch the convoy go away, they also set up a wooden barrel, the barrel is full of water, and there are a few wooden scoops floating on the barrel surface, passing by the convoy people, etc., if they feel thirsty, they can go to drink a few sips and fill the water bladder, after all, it is not easy to find water on the northwest road.

There were many people who went to drink water and poured water bladders, and praised the store for being sensible and hospitable, and even the serious Su Le also ordered his soldiers to fill a sheepskin bag of water for backup on the road, but everyone thought that the leper guy was disgusting, and avoided him intentionally or unintentionally, and even had a bad-tempered flag ding, who directly scolded him in a rough voice, and the guy was not angry, and walked to the side with a smile, carrying a bucket back and forth to add water, without any disrespect.

After the convoy gradually moved away and slowly turned into a black spot at the end of the official road in the distance, a few people who were still guarding the door of the big car shop looked at the way and confirmed that there were no more cars and horses, so they looked left and right, lifted the bucket and put away the melon scoop, went into the courtyard of the big car shop, threw the bucket into the courtyard at random, entered a room together, and closed the door.

The man who was full of leprosy grew tall, and when he entered the house, he wiped the pus-dripping scars on his head with disgust, washed them with water, and miraculously restored a normal bald head, and he breathed a long sigh of relief, and said, "It's so comfortable, this head is so uncomfortable to pretend!" ”

The person next to him smiled: "Chen Tou'er, I didn't listen to you, I told you a long time ago not to make such disgusting things, now you know, right?" ”

The guy who got a thick sore turned out to be Chen Xiang of the Kuizhou Army's secret detective team, and while washing away some of the remaining smelly pus, he said in the sun: "What do you know? If I get these, the people who recognize my appearance smell from afar, they will avoid me, they will not be able to recognize me closely, so that they can keep their peace, avoid risks, although they smell dirty, but they can be safe, life and clean, which one do you choose? ”

The guys laughed again: "Chen Tou is always reasonable." ”

Chen Xiang purified his face, sat at the table in the room, and asked solemnly: "Don't gossip, just now, did anyone see our people in the convoy?" ”

The guys had already put away their giggling faces, shook their heads and replied seriously: "No, the little ones have seen it clearly, and none of the chariots and horses we have been requisitioned are among them." ”

"I didn't see the little ones either."

"There are so many of us, so many eyes, if there are our people in it, we will not miss it."

When everyone said this, they all felt strange, Chen Xiang frowned and thought: "Xi'an transported grain to Hanzhong, was burned by adults in three batches in succession, turned into charcoal, now there are not enough cars and horses, the big car shops inside and outside the city, this time have been requisitioned, we also sent nearly fifty cars and horses, together with the coachman, if it is not used to transport grain, what will our people do?" ”

One of the guys looked steady, thought about it for a while, and said loudly: "Chen Tou, besides, this convoy is quite strange and different. ”

"Oh?" Chen Xiang's eyes flashed, and he turned his face to look over: "What's the difference?" ”

"The small one was born in a big car shop, and he begged for food in this line when he was small, but where he was loaded and transported, there was no small one who didn't know, and the grain was on the car, because of the volume relationship, it was a full car, high and sharp, and the ruts were pressed on the mud, deep and tangible, but the batch escorted by the Tartars just now was different." The man said: "Although the car is covered with tarpaulin, and it is impossible to see the contents inside, but from the outside, there are not many goods, and the stacks are not tall, but the ruts are equally deep, and they are definitely not like grain, so the little one thinks that what is loaded in this car must not be grass and grain, but something else." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, and someone blurted out and asked, "You mean, the Tartar cart is not loaded with grain and grass?" But the car is full of food flags, why? ”

Everyone looked at each other and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Chen Xiang stood up and shouted, "Are you sure? ”

The guy looked serious, and replied very categorically: "If the little one is wrong, Chen Tou, you cut off my head!" ”

Chen Xiang listened, nodded, walked back and forth in the room for two steps, then stood still, looked at everyone, and said resolutely: "There is fraud in this matter!" The Tartars used grain carts to go out of the city with great fanfare, but they were not loaded with grain and grass, and this kind of means of trying to cover up had no other intention than to lure the adults into war! ”

Everyone was shocked again, Chen Xiang said, it is indeed reasonable, the Tartars will not be okay to pull the fake grain cart to Hanzhong to perfunctory Haoge, if it is really to send something else, one will not be so large, and the other is not in the name of sending grain, because everyone knows that the Ming army is here to cut off its grain route, and the grain cart is the most unsafe.

In this way, Chen Xiang's conclusion is logical.

Chen Xiang smiled and patted the shoulder of the long-looking steady guy a few times, and praised: "Old man Mo, you can see through the tricks of the Tartars, and you have made great contributions, saving you a bloody battle for adults, I wrote it down, and I will go back to reward you for your merits." ”

(End of chapter)