Encountering refugees along the way and giving them help change Jinyiwei's original plan.

After ordering the pioneer battalion to infiltrate Zigong according to the previous arrangement, Zhu Qing climbed the top of the hill in Zigong Xicheng alone.

By this time the sun was already in the west, and in a few hours it would be dark. The reconnaissance battalion can't carry out reconnaissance operations if it can't sneak into the city before dark, which is tantamount to wasting a precious night, and time is fatal for Jinyiwei!

Zhu Qing stood on the top of the mountain, looking at Zigong City with clairvoyance, Xu Dingguo had indeed set up heavy troops on the city defense, and the city gate inventory had also sent additional manpower, presumably the Zigong prefect had been controlled by Xu Dingguo.

Zhu Qing could see from the clairvoyance that it was difficult for Jinyiwei to blend into the city even if he disguised himself as a refugee, because there were too many refugees crowded at the city gate at this time. And they all seemed to have a bag on their backs, and they scrambled to the salt officer's side.

Although the Jinyi guards are more skilled than these refugees, and can even easily deal with the city gate guards, exposing themselves before they have figured out the enemy situation is tantamount to throwing themselves into a trap.

"Hey......" Zhu Qing couldn't help but sigh lightly when he looked at the state of the city gate being glued, and his face was at a loss. He even wondered if he was too presumptuous and shouldn't have told the refugees the news......

"What? Do you regret it? A cool breeze blew, and a cloak was draped on Zhu Qing's shoulders, Chen Yuanyuan had already come to his side at this time, and seeing Zhu Qing's appearance, she probably guessed in her heart that the operation of the Jinyi Guard Pioneer Battalion was not going well.

"Thank you." Zhu Qing put away the cloak and smiled at Chen Yuanyuan. Although he said that he wanted to be alone for a while, he wanted someone to be by his side at this time.

"I'm sorry, I can't help you if...... If Miss Ning'er is here, maybe she can help you think of a way......" For marching and fighting, Chen Yuanyuan is naturally inferior to Ning'er.

Zhu Qing really misses Ning'er at the moment, he still misses Xuanwu, Heisha, and those comrades-in-arms who can fight side by side and support each other, but he still looked at Chen Yuanyuan and shook his head lightly, and said with a smile, "You have been helping me all the time......"

Of course, Chen Yuanyuan knew that this was a kind word, but she was already very satisfied, a person can take into account your feelings, which means that you still have some weight in his heart.

"Seeing that the wall is so high, I really don't understand why they have to build fortifications again, are you too scared of the enemy?" Although Chen Yuanyuan couldn't see the situation of the city gate clearly, he could still see the outline of the city wall from a distance, and compared it with the pedestrians on the ground, he probably had a number in his heart.

Chen Yuanyuan's casual but seemingly ridiculous words made Zhu Qing stunned for a moment, he nodded and smiled, "Maybe." A while ago, Heisha pursued all the way south, until he entered Sichuan, and Xu Dingguo must have become a frightened bird. Zhu Qing said, and couldn't help but look at the city wall of Xicheng a few more times.

At this time, the gate of Xicheng was crowded with hundreds of refugees, and there were people coming nearby one after another......

The scouts of the Jinyi Guard Pioneer Battalion finally squeezed in several times in the crowd, but this was far from enough for the mission. More brocade guards were squeezed out of the crowd, making it difficult to move. In this way, you pushed me and squeezed me for about an hour, and the Jinyi Guard Pioneer Camp still couldn't get in halfway, and the worse happened, at this time, the fan that recruited the salt workers suddenly closed slowly, and under the noisy questions of the refugees, the response given by the guards was, "There are enough salt workers today, come back tomorrow!" So saying, the door shut.

If the door is closed, even if it's a brocade guard, it's not easy to break in! The scouts who were unable to enter the city had to retreat with the flow of people.

At this moment, another door suddenly opened on the other side of the city gate, and this door was relatively small and must not be opened often.

Seeing that a door was opened, the crowd crowded over there again.

But he was stopped by the guards outside the door, at this time, a person came out of the door, it seemed to be a petty official, after signaling the crowd to be quiet, the petty official shouted, "Be quiet and quiet, today's salt workers are indeed full, and those who want to be salt workers will come back tomorrow." ”

"Then you have to let us into the city, right?" Suddenly, a refugee shouted, and then someone followed.

But the junior official smiled coldly, "For you people, is there any difference between going into the city and staying outside the city?" I'll be honest with you, and if I'm hired, I'll let you into town!" ”

When the petty official said this, the refugees were unhappy and dared not speak out.

Seeing that the scene suddenly quieted down, the junior official sneered proudly, "However, there is a job right now, I just don't know if any of you can serve this bowl of rice?" ”

"What job?" Hearing that there was work to do and food to eat, the refugees came back to their hearts.

"Artisan work...... Have you ever been a craftsman or a mason? The junior officer greeted him and continued to shout.

When the Jinyiwei reconnaissance battalion heard this, they couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly sent someone to report back to Zhu Qing.

"Adjust your strategy and let the scouts follow the equipment of the baggage battalion into the city! The grain and grass soldiers stayed first. Zhu Qing immediately ordered after hearing this, and he seemed to see hope again.

"Order!"

After the messenger left, Chen Yuanyuan saw a rare smile on Zhu Qing's face, and he was relieved, "Is it solved?" ”

Zhu Qing nodded excitedly, "It's thanks to you!" ”

"Me?" Chen Yuanyuan was puzzled.

"That's right, when you mentioned the city wall, you reminded me that the enemy is going to build fortifications, so let the equipment soldiers lead the scouts into the city at that time, and as for the grain and grass soldiers...... Hmph, I think it will be solved tomorrow at dawn. "The grain and grass are not in a hurry at this time, and tonight we will mainly let the scouts and equipment into the city, and everything will be easy.

The soldiers who had received Zhu Qing's orders had already arrived at this time and squeezed into the crowd.

Looking at the situation at the scene, Zhu Qing is right, this craftsman work is not something that any person can do. It's a technical job.

The petty officials shouted for a while, and only a dozen or so people dared to sign up. The others were unskilled and did not dare to fish in troubled waters, but there were a few bold ones, but they were soon found out by the petty officials, and they were beaten up. As a result, gradually no one dared to move forward.

But the petty official is in a hurry at this time, because there are recruitment quotas above, and if the recruitment is not enough, or the number of indiscriminate fillings will be punished. Xu Dingguo didn't want to do the fortifications, and he couldn't help but be tinkered with by Jinyiwei.

"Tsk, what's going to be done?" The petty officer was in a hurry. Seeing that the sun was getting wester, there were still not a few craftsmen in the crowd.

"My lord, you see, there are still people coming behind, and it is estimated that there should be a few of them." The guard next to the petty officer pointed to the refugees who came one after another.

At this moment, the Jinyi guards in the crowd glanced at each other and decided to sign up.

"Big ...... My lord...... This is for salt workers? A brocade guard asked pretendedly.

"The salt workers are full today, and now they are recruiting craftsmen, will they? Won't rush away! The petty official said impatiently, because he was a newcomer who didn't understand the situation.

"Craftsman?!" Jin Yiwei said, and smiled in surprise at the other person next to him, "This ...... This really bumped into us, huh? ”

"Isn't it? I thought we had nowhere to use our technology......"

When the junior official heard this, he carefully looked at the group of people in front of him, "You will?" ”

"Yes! We were originally craftsmen, but now we can't eat enough, who still has the strength to tinker, fight and build, and have to come out to find work, but the situation is similar in other places, no, the villagers heard that Zigong is recruiting salt workers, so they followed, but I didn't expect to recruit craftsmen here! A brocade guard replied.

When the junior official heard this, his heart suddenly rejoiced, but he pretended not to show it, coughed lightly, and asked in a deep voice, "Where are you from?" ”

"The ...... over there in Huguang"

"Huguang's?"

"Lingqu, Lingqu has heard of it, right? When the imperial court was repairing before, our brothers all worked over there, ditches, city walls, stone steps, and mud tiles...... We've done all of that......"

When the junior official heard it, he felt that it was a little reliable, who doesn't know Lingqu? It was a well-known water conservancy project, and if you really ran into these craftsmen today, you would really be able to make a difference.

However, the petty official was still a little suspicious, and took out a few things to test, what planing, chiseling, clamping, ink fountain, measuring tape...... They are all craftsmen's equipment, which is not difficult for the equipment soldiers of Jinyiwei, not only answered the first word, but also showed a few hands on the scene, a little to cover up. Only then did the junior officer nod with satisfaction.

"Well, it's a connoisseur indeed, let's register!" As soon as the petty official gave the order, several brocade guards walked towards the city gate.

"Hey, wait, why do you bring one person? Will they? The petty officer was skeptical.

"My lord, I have a deputy to do this work, which is efficient and does not delay things, and this work is passed on, and the deputy workers have to watch from the side...... Rest assured, the treatment of the deputy can be weighed by adults, as long as the brother has something to eat. Jin Yiwei explained.

When the junior official heard this, he nodded and motioned to continue the registration.

But when it came time to search the body, the equipment in the soldier's bag was in trouble again.

"Report to your lordship, find these things!" The guard approached with a barrel of a gun.

Of course, this Tiangang Wulei has been dismantled into various large and small parts, just looking at this iron cylinder, ordinary people can't see any problems.

"What is this?" The petty officer asked.

"Oh, my lord, this is an iron pile, used to drive piles and fill mud, such as pillars, beams, foundations or whatever, this thing is the best, these are all eating guys, you have to take them, you see, there are still behind them, just to deal with those long columns, and these, you see, the iron frame is used to fix the wooden planks, this pump hammer, used to beat stones, like this kind of city wall, you have to rely on these things, and it is solid and ......" Although the brocade guard knows some craftsman work, but he can blow like this, it still makes the others sweat, He even fished out other instruments and lit them up, as if he was afraid that others would not be able to see them.

In fact, this little official is really not so professional, and he was stunned by Jinyiwei at this time, thinking that he had never actually operated these things, but since he was from Lingqu, and he was such a good and unshy bright guy, there must really be such a thing......

"Adults are experts in this area, you should have seen all of these, right?" Let's say, the brocade guard also asked deliberately.

The junior official was stunned for a moment, and then nodded again and again, "I've seen it, of course I've seen it, we often use these things." But I guess there is no need for it at this time, so let's do it, you can take it in, but we don't keep it for you, and you can't blame us if you lose it......" The petty official didn't want to lose face in front of everyone, so he pretended to be an expert, and in the end, he exonerated himself, afraid that these craftsmen would not see these things after they entered, and laughed at themselves......

"Of course, of course, that...... Brothers, take care of your belongings, don't lose them and delay the adults, it's not good......"

"Yes, big brother......"

"Well, let's go on......" After hearing this, the junior official nodded with great satisfaction and waved his hand haughtily......

In this way, the scouts of the Jinyi Guard infiltrated Zigong under the cover of the equipment soldiers......

Zhu Qing couldn't help nodding and smiling while looking at the mountain opposite. It wasn't until he saw that the scouts and equipment soldiers had entered the city that he turned to Chen Yuanyuan and said, "Go!" Down! ”

At this time, the sun was setting, and in the evening breeze, the two young men walked down the mountain with fluttering clothes and chatting happily.