Chapter 586: Night Exploration Tonghui Town

On August 21, just when Zhao Yougong was thinking about how to transfer the troops and horses of the Jiangnan Army, an accident happened, I don't know what Hu Xi, the subordinate general of Fang Qifo, thought, and actually washed Tonghui Town in the north overnight, directly cutting off the connection between Qinglong Town and Suzhou Prefecture. The back road was cut off, and I don't know who mentioned it that night, all the officers and soldiers evacuated Qinglong Town, and Qinglong Town, which had been holding on for more than half a month, fell into the hands of thieves.

Qinglong Town is the gateway to Suzhou Mansion in Xiuzhou, and Songjiang is north of Qinglong Town.

Knowing that Qinglong Town had fallen, Zhao Yougong was somewhat angry, Shi Bao gathered 40,000 troops to besiege Qinglong Town, and it was also a matter of time before this ancient town was lost. But Qinglong Town fell too quickly, according to the plan, Qinglong Town should be lost in mid-August, so that there will be enough time to arrange for all troops to gather in Hangzhou. Of course, Zhao Yougong is confident that he can keep Qinglong Town safe for half a month, and there are other reasons, but he can't let outsiders know.

According to the original plan, Huzhou and Changzhou should be sent to threaten Hangzhou, forcing Fang La to gather an army in Hangzhou, so that Fang La can be forced to fight a decisive battle with the imperial army in Hangzhou, so that the time for suppressing bandits can be reduced as much as possible, but now that Shi Bao has captured Qinglong Town, Fang La is bound to increase his troops in Xiuzhou, and the war situation is a little out of control.

The fall of Qinglong Town was a matter of importance, so Xiao Cai, Niu Gao, Shi Wengong and others all hurried to the same paradise to listen to Zhao Yougong's orders. Niu Gao was originally stationed in Wu County, and he had always paid attention to the war in the south, so the situation near Qinglong Town was the one he was most familiar with. Zhao Yougong looked a little bad, and his fingers tapped rhythmically on the table. He asked lightly, "Brother, what's going on over there in Qinglong Town?" How did you get around and hit Tonghui Town? ”

Niu Gao frowned, and said with a stern expression. "Your Highness, this matter is very strange, even our spies did not find any signs of thieves passing through Qinglong Town, but yesterday evening, Qinglong Town was ransacked, and none of the townspeople survived. It was a terrible sight. The strangest thing is that after the thieves slaughtered Tonghui Town, they disappeared without a trace, and then Ma Binlun, the guard of Qinglong Town, ordered the whole army to evacuate Qinglong Town, and withdrew to the vicinity of Chen Lake today. ”

". Who let Chen Hu withdraw, why didn't he hold on for two days and then withdraw? Spread the king's order, take all the original Qinglong Town defense generals, thinking that if you escape from Qinglong Town, you can live, this king wants to see how many heads this gang of people have! ”

"Well, rest assured, Your Highness, the last general will do it in person!" Shi Wengong got up and arched his hand and walked quickly out of the hall.

"In addition. gave orders to Yang Zaixing and Lin Chong, and ordered the two to send troops south from now on and approach Tonghui Town. Be sure to stop the thieves before they cross the river! ”

After an order was handed down, Niu Gao, Xiao Yue and others took the order one after another, and in the end, only Tang Miao and Sanniang were left in the hall, Zhao Yougong frowned, and hummed a little suspiciously, "The matter of Tonghui Town is very strange. General Tang personally went to find out the clues. Wait until you go first, and this king will arrive tomorrow. ”

"Oh" Tang Miao didn't dare to slack off. He knew that what Zhao Yougong said was very reasonable, Tonghui Town was not a small town, and it was close to Qinglong Town, how could it be quietly broken through and slaughtered by thieves, and those thieves could not come out of the ground?

After Tang Miao left, Zhao Yougong lay in the chair and took a long breath, for some reason, he had a very bad feeling. Sanniang leaned over, patted Zhao Yougong's shoulder with her slender hand, and said softly, "Official, don't worry too much, maybe things are not as terrible as you imagined." ”

"I hope so!" Zhao Yougong could only laugh at himself, rested for a while, and then went out of Tongyuan to go to the mansion. Now that Tong Guan has not left Suzhou Mansion, after the two met, they could find that Tong Guan's face was not too good-looking. If you want to say worried, I'm afraid Tong Guan is even more worried than His Royal Highness Zhao, once the Suzhou Mansion is not guaranteed, and the bandits are not effective, His Royal Highness Zhao doesn't want the interests of Jiangnan, just pat his ass and lead people back to Guanzhong, who can manage His Royal Highness Zhao at that time, but Tong Guan can't, he is a veritable Liangzhejiang Road disposal envoy, and he has the heavy responsibility of suppressing bandits. Once things go badly, he Tong Guan will not be able to escape the responsibility for this defeat no matter what.

Tong Guan is a smart person, so Zhao Yougong didn't want to talk to Tong Guan at length, and after sitting down, he got straight to the point, "Tong Shumi, no matter what you think of this king, but you and I should work together in this matter at the moment." Tomorrow, the king will lead the army to Xiuzhou, and the king has no other requirements, just that there will be no more thieves pouring into Xiuzhou within half a month. Of course, Tong Shumi can also have some thoughts, but in that case, this king will definitely lead his troops back to Guanzhong, and the heavy task of exterminating Fang La will be left to Tong Shumi and Song Sanlang. ”

To tell the truth, Tong Guan can't wait for Zhao Yougong to die immediately, but now he has to admit that what Zhao Yougong said is very reasonable, working together is good for everyone, if there is another intrigue, His Royal Highness Zhao will not necessarily suffer, but he Tong Guan will definitely suffer a big loss.

"His Royal Highness the King of Qin can rest assured, the ministers will do their best to assist His Highness in exterminating the Fang La thief, but the soldiers and horses of Liangshan are nominally controlled by the ministers, but in fact they only listen to the military orders of the Taiwei Mansion!"

"Don't worry about the Liangshan soldiers and horses for now, then Song Saburo is smart enough to know what is best for him!" Zhao Yougong felt that Song Jiang should not come nonsense, even if he wanted to take revenge, it should not be at this time.

After everything was ordered, Wang Yuyan and Azhu were sent to Mantuo Villa, so that they got up and went south. Sending Wang Yuyan and Ah Zhu back to Mantuo Villa is really a helpless move, compared to the same paradise, Mantuo Villa is much safer. All the way to the south, the horse crossed Yangcheng Lake, and arrived in Kunshan before noon. Now Zhao Yougong is a little glad that he lost Ah Jiu to his master when he came, if there is another Ah Jiu, it will be more fun, because a single Wood Woman is enough to give people a headache, but the Wood Woman is also followed by a Qin Hongmian.

Arriving in Kunshan, Yang Zaixing, Yang Zhi and Tang Miao and others all came, and after a little chat, Tang Miao slowly said the results of the investigation, "Your Highness, after the subordinates got the order, they immediately rushed to Tonghui Town, according to the observation of the subordinates, the situation in Tonghui Town is very strange, and the townspeople in the town have not survived. And all the dead men were cut off and where they went. In addition, the subordinates also found these things! ”

Tang Miao handed over a cloth bag, Zhao Yougong opened the cloth bag, and found that there was a little white silk inside. After looking at it for a long time, I didn't see any clues, "General Tang, what is the truth of this white silk?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, this white silk is not an ordinary silk on the market, it should be torn off the edge of the sleeves of the profane clothes. According to the material, it should be the Huzhou silk cloth used by the Huzhou Xu family for the imperial army. So, the subordinates have a bold speculation! ”

Before Tang Miao finished speaking, Zhao Yougong had already frowned and touched the bit of fabric. said a little coldly, "According to what you think, it was not the thieves under Shi Bao's command who slaughtered Tonghui Town, but the officers and soldiers of the imperial court?" ”

"Your Highness, my subordinates are not sure, but this explanation is the most likely!"

Seeing Tang Miao's reaction, Zhao Yougong nodded with satisfaction, this Tang Miao really deserves to be a genius in solving cases. There are so many things that can be found from just a little scrap of cloth, and if you change people, you probably won't even look at it.

"What is the situation along the Matsue River?"

"A few days ago, the thieves tried to cross the river, but they were repelled by General Xiao. First of all, he has cowered near Qinglong Town! ”

Listening to Yang Zaixing's report on the situation, Zhao Yougong also relaxed a little, with Xiao Yue and Niu Gao guarding the banks of the Songjiang River, the thieves wanted to cross the river, but it was not so easy to think about it. It was night, and Zhao Yougong did not rest as usual. At about the beginning of the year, he changed his clothes and left Kunshan. Leaving Kunshan and heading south at night, two hours later arrived at Tonghui Town on the south bank of the Songjiang River. In fact, Tang Miao didn't know why Zhao Yougong came to Tonghui Town in the middle of the night. Could it be that he doesn't trust him Tang Miao, and he needs to personally inspect Tonghui Town, but even then, there is no need to come late at night.

There are many uncertainties in my heart, but Tang Miao will not ask more. However, Qin Hongmian was a little anxious, she did not come to the south this time to give His Highness Zhao a hand, but to go back to the valley, which is just north of the Jinshan Salt Field, and is still in the hands of thieves. Mu Wanqing was naturally reluctant to return to the valley alone, got off the horse, and whispered in a low voice, "Mother, do you really want to go back?" Isn't it good to go to Guanzhong? ”

"Silly girl, that's your home, what's the reason for my mother to go with me, don't worry, haven't you been like this all these years, what can happen?"

As he spoke, he had already walked into Tonghui Town, although the body had already been disposed of, there were still countless blood stains on both sides of the town's path, and there were blood stains everywhere on the door panels and windows, and even had flowed to the middle of the road. What kind of killing is such a tragic situation? Zhao Yougong didn't understand a little, who was so ruthless, I'm afraid that even the thieves under Fang La's men couldn't be so ruthless. A gust of wind blew from the intersection, mixed with a hint of whimpering, which made people shudder.

Zhao Yougong sat in the only inn in the town, and now there was no owner in the inn, so he sat quietly for a while, and finally there was a sound outside, Tang Miao's heart sank, and he immediately shouted in a deep voice, "What person?" ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw a person jumping in from the window, and in the blink of an eye, he exchanged three palms with Tang Miao, and after three moves, the two quickly separated. Tang Miao looked at the uninvited guest in front of him with some surprise, although this person's skill is below him, but to take him down, I am afraid it is impossible without a hundred moves. There was an uninvited guest coming, Tang Miao's face was flustered, but Zhao Yougong sat firmly like a mountain, Qin Hongmian didn't know the truth, and wanted to pull out a knife to help Tang Miao, Mu Wanqing shook his head with a smile.

The person who came to fight with Tang Miao a few times, suddenly no longer stepped forward, but took two steps back, clasped his hands into fists, and made a big salute to Zhao Yougong, "The last general Shibao, see Your Highness!" ”

Hearing the name of Shi Bao, the shock in Tang Miao's heart can be imagined, he looked at Zhao Yougong who was smiling at the corner of his mouth, and kept asking himself in his heart, how many unknown secrets does His Royal Highness King Qin have? Hehe, His Royal Highness's hand is hidden deeply, and it is well hidden, everyone thinks that Shi Bao is the number one general under Fang La, but who would know that his real allegiance is actually Zhao Yougong, the king of Qin? No wonder Shi Bao led tens of thousands of troops to besiege Qinglong Town, but he couldn't take it for a long time, I'm afraid there is also His Highness's intention in this. It's just that I don't understand, how did this stone treasure rise in eastern Zhejiang, and how it was attached to the Qin Dynasty?

In fact, there is nothing strange about Shi Bao, when Dugu was defeated, Shi Bao took his life, it just so happened that Shi Bao was a man who was bright and upright, and he knew how to repay his kindness, and His Royal Highness Zhao was able to endure well, and it was not uncommon to receive Shi Bao for his own use. It's just for the sake of the Jiangnan plan, and he wants to leave Shi Bao to play an infernal role under Fang La. Originally, according to the original plan, Shi Bao should confront Qinglong Town, wait for mid-August to capture Qinglong Town, and then fight with the Dingguo army and retreat to Yuezhou, so that the Dingguo army can also take advantage of the situation to attack Yuezhou, directly attack the back road of Hangzhou, and completely disrupt the overall layout of Fangla. However, what happened now made His Royal Highness Zhao have to use the chess piece of Shi Bao in advance.

"Excuse me, Shi Bao, what's going on with this Tonghui Town? Are your people involved? ”

"Your Royal Highness, the last general doesn't know anything about this matter, and the last general is also puzzled, this Tonghui Town was originally a place where officers and soldiers were stationed, and it was close to Qinglong Town. In fact, the last general also heard that the general reported that there was an accident in Tonghui Town. ”

Listening to what Shi Bao said, Zhao Yougong nodded and looked at Tang Miao, "In this way, General Tang's investigation should be good, Shi Bao, this king asks you, can you control this Qinglong Town?" ”

Shi Bao didn't answer immediately, he thought about it, and said, "At present, there are more than 5,000 cronies in Qinglong Town, and only Xu Fang and Guo Shiguang are trustworthy among the leaders of each department. ”

Zhao Yougong nodded with some distress, what Shi Bao said is also the truth, it seems that Shi Bao is the commander of the conquest of Xiuzhou, but not all the leaders of the various departments are convinced, especially Changsheng and Xie Fu are the cronies of Li Tianrun, the most trusted person in Fang La's sitting, and Xun Zheng is the person of Si Xingfang, and there is also a leader Liu Yunai who is Deng Yuanjue's deputy general. A small Qinglong Town, in fact, is related to the interests of many people, in fact, this situation is also very common, there is a way to share it together, at the beginning of leading so many people to fight Qinglong Town, in fact, it is to find some support for their defeat, after all, all the troops and horses in Qinglong Town have soldiers, once the army is defeated, Li Tianrun, Deng Yuanjue and others have to say something good, and the crime of defeat is not much smaller. It was originally a good abacus, but now it has become a bad abacus, and at this time, Shi Bao and His Royal Highness Zhao really regretted letting Xun Zheng and others follow to reap the benefits. (To be continued) R580