Zhang Zhiyong has served as the lieutenant of Zhichong in Lingnan Mansion for nearly ten years, and he knows the geography here very well.

I saw him open his mouth and said familiarly: "Although Qianzhou City belongs to the prefecture city in the area of Guangnan Road, it is next to Lingnan Mansion, only separated by a Heishui River fifty or sixty zhang wide. Therefore, the locals agree that Qianzhou City belongs to the jurisdiction of Lingnan Road. If you want to talk about Qianzhou City, it is not big or small, and it is not ...... to say that it is small."

"Stop!"

Guo Ye raised his hand a little impatiently to interrupt Zhang Zhiyong's eloquent introduction, shook his head and reminded with a cold face: "Captain Zhang, you know all these officials. Let's get straight to the point. ”

Li Jing also waved his hand and signaled: "Zhiyong, it's not early, make a long story short." ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Zhiyong responded in a proper manner, and then said to Guo Ye: "The last general will hide in Lingnan City... Hide... During the days of hiding, the last general found some clues on the bank of the Heishui River in Lingnan City. ”

Zhang Zhiyong went to hide in Tibet and used the word hiding instead, obviously he still wants to be cheeky.

Guo Ye noticed these subtleties, but he didn't take them seriously, but asked, "What clues did you find?" ”

Zhang Zhiyong said: "The last general happened to hide in a fisherman's house on the bank of the Heishui River during those days, and it happened to be found that whenever it was night, there were always river boats from Lingnan City to Qianzhou City, and this back and forth was not just a two-ship river boat, but dozens of back and forth, and this situation lasted for half a month. ”

Guo Yeqi said: "Isn't it normal for river boats to come and go between these two cities? ”

"Guo Jungong is not in a hurry, the last general has not finished speaking."

Zhang Zhiyong took a breath and continued: "The strange thing is that the edges of these dozens of river boats are almost pressed into the water, and dozens of boatmen are paddling, and the speed of the boats is still as slow as the old woman, which shows that all these boats are full of goods. Once, the last general once secretly went to the dock of Lingnan City to observe, and found that both the boatmen on the ship and the coolies on the dock who loaded the goods on the ship were all bandits of the White Lotus Sect. If it is an ordinary cargo ship, where do you need to teach the bandits to carry and load the cargo by themselves? Wouldn't it be enough to bring some people and strong men to the city to help? For half a month, the goods were loaded at night and then transported to Qianzhou City by ship, which shows that these goods are very important to the White Lotus Sect. ”

After listening to it, Guo Ye slowly felt that the information provided by Zhang Zhiyong was quite strange, and kept chanting: "Loading goods at night for half a month, sneaky, and not forcibly recruiting the strong men of the people in the city to help, it can be seen that the matter is confidential." Dead cargo almost pressed the surface of the water over the edge of the ship? Could it be that this is not ordinary cargo? ”

For a moment, he was in a dilemma, what was it that deserved the White Lotus Sect to be so confidential and cautious?

Immediately, he speculated: "Could it be the grain and grass collected in Lingnan City, and then transported to Qianzhou City to be hoarded?" ”

Li Jing smiled: "If it's just grain and grass, where can you be so cautious?" Moreover, the grain and grass in Lingnan City were transported away and hoarded in Qianzhou City, so what did Hu Bilie and his 5,000 bandit army eat in the city? Besides, even if you were loaded with a boatload of grain and grass, do you think it would be so heavy? ”

"I see!"

Guo Ye blurted out: "Gold, silver and jewelry, the so-called cunning rabbit three caves, Hu Bilie's gang must be to store the gold and silver jewelry looted in Lingnan City in the inconspicuous Qianzhou City, right?" ”

Li Jing first nodded, then shook his head again and again, and said, "Yes, it's not right." Gold and silver jewelry, absolutely yes. But it's certainly not just a city of gold and silver jewelry. Otherwise, where would it take dozens of river boats for half a month to transport? How could Lingnan City have such a large amount of treasure? ”

When Li Jing said this, if Guo Ye still doesn't understand, then he is really a good mallet.

He couldn't help the puff and puff in his heart, and said in shock: "Could it be that Hu Bilie looted all the gold, silver and jewelry of the fifteen cities in the Lingnan area, and then secretly transported them to Qianzhou City, which is only a river away but is not very conspicuous on weekdays?" ”

Li Jing nodded again, and then said, "In addition to this reason, do you think there are other possibilities?" Could it be that Hu Bilie spent so much manpower and material resources to transport stones to Qianzhou City for half a month? ”

"Haha, then this time it's really a big deal!"

Guo Ye bared his teeth with golden light in his eyes and grinned: "Count him for half a month, count him fifty ships, how to put together a total of seven hundred and fifty river boats, gold, silver and jewelry hoarded in Qianzhou City." This damn almost swept away fifteen cities in the Lingnan area. This wealth is truly unrivaled by a country. Boss, I understand your intentions, you want me to take the wealth looted by the White Lotus Cult in the Lingnan area as my own, and first frustrate the spirit of the hundreds of thousands of White Lotus bandits in the Lingnan Road area, and cut off their thoughts. Moreover, as soon as the news of Qianzhou City being captured by my Guangnan Road army comes out, the bandit leaders everywhere will be moved, and they will definitely think about snatching back this treasure of the rich and rival country as soon as possible, right? For these rabble, Lingnan City can be recaptured if it is lost, and the sect leader Hu Bilie can be rebuilt after he dies, but such a large sum of gold, silver and jewelry is gone, and it is a matter of the sky falling. In this way, you can successfully attract the firepower of the White Lotus bandits from all over the world, and reduce the pressure of being besieged by the bandit armies of the cities after you take Lingnan City, right? ”

"Yes!"

Li Jing nodded and said with a smile: "And take this opportunity, the old man can also take advantage of the situation to recover the cities in various parts of Lingnan Road, and re-plant my Tang Dragon Flag on the fifteen cities of Lingnan Road." As long as Lingnan is recovered, the old man will dispatch garrisons to several other provinces in the name of the military department, so you and I can merge into one, specialize in the area of Guangnan Road, exterminate all the White Lotus bandits gathered in the area of Guangnan Road, and successfully recover the lost city. ”

When Li Jing's words fell, even Zhang Zhiyong, who was extremely depressed and depressed just now, was even glowing with brilliance and looking forward to it.

Guo Ye was also happy and then worried when he heard this, but after a moment's effort, his face was resolute and nodded in a deep voice: "Okay, just listen to the old handsome." ”

Li Jing obviously noticed that Guo Ye's face was wrong, smiled bitterly, and sighed: "Guo boy, the old man knows that this time he is embarrassing you." As long as you occupy Qianzhou City and take down this treasure that is rich and rivalile, it will inevitably become a thorn in the side of the entire White Lotus Cult, and this Xi'er is bound to exterminate you as soon as possible. It is possible that you will face hundreds of thousands of bandit troops from all over the country who have come to reclaim the treasure, and it is even more likely that you will face the siege of millions of White Lotus Sect Dharma Protector armies on both Lingnan and Quang Nam roads. You have more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, even if you are an elite soldier and a strong general, sooner or later the city will be broken. The truth that ants bite and kill elephants, how can the old man not understand. But the old man hereby pleads with you—

Even if you fight to the last soldier, you will give me half a month to defend this Qianzhou City. As long as you can drag on for half a month, the old man will definitely wave his army to save you. At that time, the two of us will fight inside and outside, and we will happily fight these bandits! ”

With only more than 20,000 regular troops, it would take at least half a month to defend a small city that might face a siege of hundreds of thousands or nearly a million rabble.

Guo Ye's heart was indeed slightly shaken, because although the other party was a rabble, the disparity between the strength of the enemy and us was always too great.

If it should be inherited this time, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a life of nine deaths or a life of danger.

However, he had to admit that Zhang Zhiyong's intelligence was too valuable, and Li Jing's methods were too risky.

It's just this risky and bold way, but it's the fastest and most effective way to break the game right now.

Guo Ye glanced at Li Jing, who had a bitter face, and finally nodded resolutely, and said in a deep voice: "Old handsome, I will answer you if you are rich and dangerous!" ”

"Good!"

Li Jing clapped his hands and applauded, and said loudly: "Guo boy, if the old man's move really makes you die in Qianzhou City in the end, then the old man will not swallow the heavenly merits alone after quelling the rebels, let alone steal his life." The day when the class teacher returns to the dynasty is the time when the old man kills himself to accompany you. ”

Guo Ye shook his head with a brisk smile and waved his hand: "Old Shuai, this battle hasn't started yet, why be so pessimistic?" But the kid finally has a reluctant request, I hope the old man agrees! ”

Li Jing generously stretched out his hand and asked: "If you have any requests, just say, at this moment, if the old man doesn't agree to you, it will be too petty." ”