Chapter 251: The thief is cunning
"I'm worried all day long, and I don't know what the county magistrate thinks, facing the thieves in Duliang Mountain, but this post is not closed. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" a postman said.
The coachman who had gone to the back kitchen answered the call: "What can you think?" If the post is lost, the court blames it, and the official position of the county magistrate must not be guaranteed, and it cannot be said that the post is lost and falls into the hands of thieves, and the emperor is angry and it is possible to kill his head.
Although the county magistrate is in charge of this post, when has he ever been here? It's not all me waiting here to guard, the dead person is not him, he naturally doesn't care. It made me stay awake at night, and my heart was in my throat. ”
"If these people come a few more times, my land will be sold. They ate well, fish, meat, rice, and grain, but they went down the mountain to get it. Another slightly older postman shook his head, sighed, but was helpless, "Fortunately, there is a life, even if one day the thieves in the mountains steal it, not only for rice and grain, what should I do at that time?" ”
There was silence.
Someone hesitated, "Why don't we escape?" ”
This person's name is Jiang Tiancai, his name is a good name, and his grandmother invited a master from the county to give him a name. I don't know if it's too domineering, or it's too direct, not to mention a genius, even a genius can't recognize a single word.
The grandmother went two years ago, the family was poor, Jiang Tiancai is nearly thirty years old, but he still has not married a wife.
Alone.
Chef and Jiang Tiancai are in the same village, knowing his details, he said angrily: "You are alone, you can run away, where can we go with the nursery?" Besides, the whole world is from the Great Sui, and the county passes and passes need to have a certificate to pass. If you really escape, let me get it back, I will kill my head. ”
"Alright, let's not talk about that. Didn't you hear them say that the court guards were coming? If it's for the postman, then guard here. Although these thieves have killed people and taken away people's families, they are not so good that they kill people when they see them. I waited for a poor people, and I had no money, only the rice grain occasionally sent in this post, so I didn't worry about the danger of my life. Cao Ming stopped the nagging of a few postmen, this is just a matter of listening, if it is spread, it will be bad, "You are guarding here, I have something to go to the county seat, I need to make the situation here clear to the county order, if people suspect that we are fornicating with thieves, but there is really nowhere to redress." ”
Several postmen nodded in agreement.
Cao Ming didn't take anything, he left Duliangyi alone, entered Xuyi County, turned a few alleys, and walked into an inconspicuous house.
"The people on Duliang Mountain know that the imperial court guards are coming to conquer." There was only one person in the room, Cao Ming said a word, and then went out of the door, and went to the county without looking back.
When he arrived in the county, Cao Ming did not tell the county magistrate this information, but a few strong men in Bingming entered the post and asked for some food without giving money.
When the man in the room got the news, he immediately changed his clothes, led a horse, and ran out of the county seat.
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On the post road, several teams of guards walked slowly. At the front of the line, four people sat on horses.
"How many miles away from Duliang Mountain?" The sun was scorching, and it was noon, Yuzan, as a chariot general, led the army by him, the chariot general, when there was no need for all the troops in the military palace to travel.
Departure early in the morning, an hour ago into the territory of Xuyi County, thirty miles a post, the last post stopped, drank some water, this will be thirsty again.
"The general is patient with power, there is a river in front, cross the river, and then walk on the five-mile road, which is Duliangyi, and Duliangshan is outside Duliangyi. When we arrived at the post station, we first instructed the post chief to make some food, and when we arrested the thieves, we just had food and strength, so we could escort them back to the military palace. Qian Xingkun said.
Qian Xingkun is also a governor, originally from Liangzhou, Yangzhou, and among his subordinate guards are from Xuyi County. In the past ten days, he has been a brother and brother with Wang Renze, and often goes to the county to drink and have fun together.
"The brigade of men and horses, if it is closer, it is difficult to ensure that the thieves will see it and escape, so it is the advance team of men and horses, hurrying to Duliang Mountain, and surrounding the path into the mountain." Fish praised.
Wang Ren on the side had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, and hurriedly saluted: "What the general said is exact, I will be the vanguard, and the first step is to go to the foot of Duliang Mountain." People come and go on this post road, and it is inevitable that there will be a fine work of thieves in the Liang Mountain in Nadu, and it needs to be faster. ”
Go to Duliang Mountain first and exterminate the thieves, and the credit will go to Wang Renze. More than 100 thieves, most of them are homeless people, they can't eat enough, they don't wear well, and they don't have weapons in their hands, but Wang Ren is confident that he will exterminate these thieves in one fell swoop.
With one's eyes shut.
"Yes." Yu Zan replied and turned to Chen Ping, "Chen Ping, what do you think?" ”
Chen Ping secretly pinched a note in his hand, kneaded it into powder, and sprinkled it under the horse without a trace, frowning and said: "The thief is called Maitreya Buddha, and the thief's head is named Zhang Jizhen, who claims to be the Buddha." There are more than 100 people, according to the mountain, a few days ago they rushed into the county seat, almost killed the Xuyi county order, and seized the county seat. Don't underestimate it, in my opinion, it's better to be cautious, and march to Duliang Mountain together, so as not to fall into the trap of the enemy. ”
Wang Ren was disdainful, lifted the reins, and sneered: "There are no guards in the county, only some white straights, just like this, the thieves did not capture Xuyi County, but killed and injured more than a dozen people." Now that they have too late to escape, how can they still have a trap? There is no need for Chen Dudu to be the pioneer of you, you just have to come slowly, my fifty people are enough to catch the thief and capture the thief Zhang Zhensheng. ”
Chen Ping didn't say anything more, and when Yuzan saw this, he directly gave an order, letting Wang Ren go first.
Leading the fifty guards, Wang Ren ran all the way in the direction of Duliang Mountain.
"It's good for Chen County to be cautious, but to deal with this gang of thieves, if you are too careful, you will lose the opportunity." Wang Ren and the others went away, and Yu Zan remembered the benefits of Chen Ping's daily breakfast, so he mentioned, "In battle, what is important is to come and go like the wind, only in this way can the enemy be incomprehensible." ”
Sun Tzu said, so the method of using soldiers, ten to surround it, five to attack it, and to divide it if it is multiplied, the enemy can fight, if it is less, it can escape, and if it is not, it can be avoided. That's a good thing, but it also depends on the situation, such as now. In the face of a group of people and thieves, although the number of Wang Dudu is small, he can be well-armed, with long knives and spears, which is enough. ”
Yu Zan slowed down his horse's pace, but he was not in a hurry, like an elder, pointing at Chen Ping. Seeing that Chen Ping was silent, he looked like he was listening carefully, and he was very satisfied.
"Don't worry, today I pacified the thieves and reported the merits, and I will also add a sum to you." Yu Zan wooed Chen Ping, "Although you are not as good as Wang Renze, you are better than you are young, and you have opportunities." ”
After nearly a mile of travel, the post road went up, over a gentle slope.
I was only halfway through, but I saw a horse galloping from the top of the slope, with a disheveled hair and an untidy uniform.
"The general saved me, and I was ambushed by the thief." This person is Wang Renze, who went to Duliang Mountain to suppress thieves for the first step, and before he got close, he rolled off the horse, fell into a dog and ate, and cried and mourned. (To be continued.) )