Half an hour later, Xu Liang came out with a faint smile on his face.

The Houjin commander Duolong finally succumbed to Xu Liang's threat, he may not care about his own life and death, but he can't help but think about his wife, children and family in his hometown.

As Xu Liang guessed, dramas such as intrigue are not unique to the Ming Dynasty, and although the management of the Houjin is extensive, there is never a shortage of battles. In the same way, there was no shortage of enemies in the Great Bel Amin.

To Xu Liang's surprise, this Duolong was not an ordinary commander, he was actually the chief of guard of the Great Belle Amin, and he was considered Amin's cronies.

Although the information on the deployment of Houjin's troops explained by Duolong was not comprehensive, at least Xu Liang knew the distribution of Houjin's troops. According to Duolong, there are not many defenders in the four cities of Luancheng and Yongping, and there are only five or six thousand people in each city, and the large army of Houjin has already retreated to the outside of the pass under the leadership of Huang Taiji.

Xu Liang got the information from Duolong, and in order to reward Captain Duolong, he made a wise choice, Xu Liang deliberately took back his broken hands before leaving, and called a military doctor to give medicine to Duolong.

Xu Liang took the confession of Duolong back to the study, asked Rou'er to transcribe a copy, handed it to Tietou, and instructed: "Send out all the personnel of the detective department and try to find out the strength of the enemy army." See if this Doron is lying! ”

Tietou responded in a deep voice, and went down to implement Xu Liang's instructions. After a while, Huang Daozhou heard that Xu Liang was back, so he walked in closely, saw Xu Liang, and asked mysteriously: "My lord, have you gone to interrogate that enemy general?" Did he confess something? ”

Xu Liang glanced at Huang Dao and said, "Lord Huang." The officer remembers that you are the commander of the march, and if your wind and cold are all cured. Then worry more about the rations of our 20,000 horses. ”

Huang Daozhou has always regarded himself as Xu Liang's confidant, facing Xu Liang's ridicule. Rubbing his hands cheekily, he said: "My lord, when the lower official thinks that there is an enemy commander in our courtyard, his heart is like a cat scratching, and if he doesn't inquire carefully, he will be uncomfortable. As he spoke, Huang Daozhou slapped his chest with a thump, and pointed to the sky and assured: "Your Excellency, don't worry, all the news about that commander." After hearing this, the lower official must be rotten in his stomach, God knows, you know and I know! He begged again: "My lord, can you reveal a little bit?" ”

Xu Liang looked at the forty-year-old man on Wednesday of the Zodiac, and at this moment, in order to hear the news of the Houjin Qianfu, he actually put on a pitiful and nervous look, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

With a laugh and scolding, Xu Liang threw Duolong's confession into Huang Daozhou's arms. said: "See for yourself." ”

Huang Daozhou suddenly panicked, holding a confession as if holding a stack of silver tickets, his hands trembled, and his eyes widened. watched greedily, and after reading it, his face was flushed with excitement. Tut-tuk sighed: "Good thing, good thing! With this confession. We can be regarded as knowing the other side of the Jin Bing after that! "Amazing. looked at Xu Liang and asked next: "My lord, this confession is extremely important, and the lower official feels that it should be reported to Hong Zhongcheng to know." ”

Xu Liang glared at him angrily and scolded: "Huang Daozhou, how did you promise this official just now?" ”

Huang Dao was stunned on Monday, and said curtly: "Oh, my lord, the news on this confession is very important, and there is no ...... delay for a moment."

Xu Liang snorted, "This is just a confession, the authenticity of the above news has yet to be verified, you just submitted it in such a hurry, what if the confession is false?" ”

"No, you can't, can you?" Huang Daozhou ate and ate, and stared at the paper confession several times.

Xu Liang pulled the confession back from Huang Daozhou's hand and handed it to Rou'er, so that she could keep it. He looked back at Huang Daozhou and said, "Now that I've seen things, is there anything else that Lord Huang has to do?" ”

Huang Daozhou's face changed, he smiled, and arched his hand towards Xu Liang: "No, it's gone." ”

Xu Liang hummed lightly, took a sip of the tea on the desk, and looked at Huang Daozhou with a faint look in his eyes.

Serve tea and send it off!

Huang Daozhou sneered again and withdrew towards the door.

Xu Liang looked at Huang Daozhou's back and commanded lightly again: "Dao Zhou, remember the promise you just made!" ”

Huang Daozhou was stunned when he heard this, smiled bitterly, and his figure disappeared outside the door.

Xu Liang walked out of the door of the residence with Tietou and Rou'er again, two days later. The snow on the main streets of Yutian City has been cleared, revealing a moist and clean blue brick and stone floor. The pedestrians on the street craned their necks, wrapped their big cotton jackets tightly, and walked in a hurry.

Xu Liang stopped in front of a stall selling bean curd. The old man looked up and saw that Xu Liang and the three of them were dressed well, so he guessed that it was an official stationed in Yutian City, with a humble smile on his face, he walked up to Xu Liang, nodded and greeted: "Three guest officers, come to a bowl of bean curd?" It's a cold day, and it's warm and warm. ”

Xu Liang looked at the two diners on the small table on the side eating bean curd sweetly, and sighed: "I haven't eaten bean curd for many years," nodded at the old man, and said, "Give each of the three of us a bowl." ”

When the old man heard this, he was overjoyed, warmly beckoned Xu Liang and the three to an empty table, took off the towel on his shoulder, wiped the four stools clean, shouted to wait a while, and quickly returned to the stall to prepare the bean curd.

Xu Liang and Tietou, Rou'er and others sat down, and after a while, the old man and the old woman each brought a big bowl of bean curd, and put a bowl in front of Xu Liang and the three of them, and the old man brought a small plate of sauerkraut, and said with a smile: "The guest officer tasted the sauerkraut made by the old man himself, put it in the bean curd, and ate it with a lot of fragrance." ”

Xu Liang nodded, thanked him, and picked up the bean curd in front of him and ate it. I have to say that the fire of the bean curd made by the old man and his wife is very well controlled, the bean curd tastes smooth and refreshing, and then mixed with some sauerkraut, Xu Liang's appetite is opened, and after a while, he drank up a bowl of bean curd.

At this time, Tietou and Rou'er had not finished eating, so Xu Liang sat and waited patiently.

At this time, a Ming army general in armor walked in with two personal soldiers and sat down at an empty table. The general raised his throat and shouted, "Boss, come three bowls of bean curd!" ”

I heard the old man answer. The general casually glanced around the stall and his gaze fell on Xu Liang's table. couldn't help but be taken aback, and immediately got up and walked in front of Xu Liang, and said in surprise: "My lord, where are you too?" ”

Xu Liang nodded lightly, looked at the general and said, "General Sima, who are you?" Just returned from a patrol? ”

Sima Qiu said with a smile: "I just came back from outside the city, and I was hungry and thought that the bean curd here was very fragrant, so I rushed over to drink a bowl, but I didn't expect to meet an adult." ”

Xu Liang gestured to the empty stool at his table. "Sit down and say." ”

Sima Qiudao was suddenly flattered, sat down carefully, greeted Tietou again, and then bowed his hand to Xu Liang and said: "My lord, the outside of the city has not been peaceful enough in the past two days, and several secret posts have found traces of Houjin soldiers. ”

Xu Liang's heart moved when he heard this, Yutian City and Luancheng, which was occupied by the Houjin soldiers, and Yongping were all some distance away, as usual. There is basically no trace of the Houjin soldiers around Yutian City. Now Sima Qiudao actually said that he had found the traces of Houjin Bing, which made Xu Liang immediately vigilant.

"How many are there?"

At this time, the old man brought Sima Qiudao's bean curd, and Sima Qiudao took it. took a big sip, sighed with satisfaction, and said, "There aren't many people." From a dozen to dozens of people, all of them were cavalry. I didn't touch our secret whistle and immediately ran away. Well. It doesn't look like he's here to provoke trouble, but like he's looking for something! ”

Xu Liang frowned and asked, "Have you ever seen where the soldiers are?" ”

Sima Qiudao thought about it for a while, and said: "The last general chased after him for a while when he was inspecting, and looking at the direction they fled, most of them came from Zunhua. ”

Tietou asked: "Young Master, could it be because we killed a team of fifty people on the other side on the snow mountain, and then the Jin soldiers came to find someone?" ”

Xu Liang groaned, nodded slowly, and said, "Don't rule out this possibility!" Now that the main forces of Houjin have retreated to the outside of the pass, there are not many defenders in the pass, otherwise they would never send a small force of troops out to investigate. He looked at Sima again and asked, "What is Hong Zhongcheng's countermeasure to this?" ”

Sima Qiu said: "After discovering the small cavalry of Houjin for the first time, Lord Hong ordered the last general and General He to send additional men to various secret posts outside Yutian City. The number of daily patrols out of the city has also doubled. ”

Xu Liang frowned, and asked dissatisfiedly: "I found enemy soldiers, could it be that Lord Hong just ordered you to wait for the patrol and defense?" Have you ever sent troops in pursuit? ”

Sima Qiudao shook his head and sighed: "Lord Hong strictly ordered the last general not to take the initiative to pursue. ”

Xu Liang listened, stared, and was silent for a long time. Seeing that Sima Qiudao was still staring at him, he sighed and said, "Drink bean curd quickly, otherwise it will be cold." ”

But in his heart, he sighed, Hong Chengchou blindly sought stability, holding Sun Chengzong's instructions to stick to Yutian City, and did not dare to take a step beyond Lei Chi! Although this did not disrupt Sun Chengzong's strategic layout, it also missed a good opportunity to thwart the enemy.

In particular, Xu Liang learned from Duolong's confession that there were not many Houjin troops left behind in the four cities in the Guannei, so Xu Liang boldly guessed that even if the Ming army and the Houjin soldiers found a small-scale battle, as long as they did not take the four cities of Luancheng, Yongping, and Zunhua, presumably the Houjin army would not enter the customs from outside the Guan.

Thinking like this, Xu Liang lost the interest of hanging out outside, and ordered Rou'er to settle the beans and money of Sima Qiudao and the other three people, and rushed to Yutian County to see Hong Chengchou.

In Yali, Yutian County, Hong Chengchou stood under a military map, tightened his eyebrows, and looked at several directions on the map, with a few points vaguely dotted with white chalk.

To Xu Liang's surprise, Huang Daozhou was actually in the Yali of Yutian County.

Hong Chengchou saw Xu Liang and Tietou coming in, so he beckoned to Xu Liang and said, "Guozhong, you came just in time, this official is about to send someone to find you." As he spoke, Hong Chengchou stretched out his hand and clicked on the map a few times, and said, "Come and see, this is the place where the small cavalry of Houjin found yesterday and today appeared, here, here, and here." Look at it, in your opinion, what does Hou Jin Bing's move mean? ”

Xu Liang looked at the place where Hong Chengchou's finger pointed, and several points on the map were arc-shaped, surrounding Yutian City.

Xu Liang squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while, and asked, "Zhongcheng, are these enemy soldiers all in small teams, and the number of people is no more than a hundred?" ”

Hong Chengchou said: "Not bad. There are as few as a dozen rides, and as many as dozens of rides. ”

Xu Liang said: "According to the lower officer, the enemy soldiers are testing the reality of our army. I think it was probably because I killed a fifty-man squad of the enemy on the snowy mountains in the north, and let General Houjin know about it, so I sent troops out to find out about the situation of our army. ”

Hong Chengchou's face was worried, and he said, "If that's the case, then it's troublesome." Houjin is murderous by nature, and he can't afford to lose. Let's kill their people, and in the future, the temper of the Jin soldiers, they will definitely find an opportunity to kill them back. ”

When Xu Liang heard this, he chuckled disapprovingly: "Zhongcheng don't worry, let's garrison Yutian City, with 20,000 defenders and a few rangers, rush to spread wilderness in front of us, and send troops out to kill them." ”

Hong Chengchou shook his head, his eyes were fixed on the map, and he pointed to Zunhua City on the map, and said, "A few small groups of cavalry are indeed not worried, and this official is not worried about this." What this official is worried about is the Houjin soldiers in Zunhua City. Judging from the current situation, Houjin is likely to make a comeback. ”

Xu Liang laughed and said: "Zhongcheng is too worried, the main force of Houjin is not in the pass for a long time, and the enemy soldiers in Zunhua City will not attack in a big way at all." ”

Hong Chengchou looked at Xu Liang in surprise, "Guozhong, why are you so sure?" ”

"Huh?" Xu Liang suddenly felt that he was talking too much, he had basically believed that Duolong's confession was true, and there were not many Houjin soldiers in the pass. However, he couldn't tell Hong Chengchou about this, so Xu Liang said: "If the enemy soldiers have the ability to commit it again, why wait until now and there is no movement, they should have come before the year." ”

Huang Daozhou on the side listened, and when he wanted to speak, Xu Liang glared at him fiercely, and Huang Daozhou was helpless to keep silent.

Hong Chengchou paced a few steps in the house, and said categorically: "No, the Houjin cavalry appeared around Yutian City, this is a big matter, and the official has to report to Lord Sun immediately in case of accidents!" With that, Hong Chengchou turned around and walked out.

Xu Liang looked at him dumbly, chased him out and shouted: "Zhongcheng, the lower official asks for his life, lead the troops out of the city, if you encounter a small group of cavalry in Houjin, kill him without leaving a piece of armor, so as to strengthen the prestige of our army!" ”

Hong Chengchou waved his hand again and again when he heard it, and said in a deep voice: "Absolutely not!" Before the return of the officer, the national loyal should not act rashly, so as not to provoke the enemy. Everything will be discussed after Lord Sun decides. With that, Hong Chengchou jumped into the carriage that was hastily summoned, hurriedly left the county office, and headed in the direction of Tongzhou.

At the entrance of Yutian Yamen, Xu Liang looked messy. Huang Daozhou followed to the gate of the yamen, and saw Xu Liang standing outside the door, watching the direction of Hong Chengchou's carriage leaving, without saying a word, Huang Daozhou sighed lightly and said: "My lord, let's just hand over the confession of the commander of the thousand, maybe Lord Hong will not be so cautious." ”

Xu Liang turned his head to look at Huang Daozhou, hey, pouted, and said: "Daozhou, you are wrong, with Lord Zhongcheng's blind pursuit of stability, if he knows about the confession, Zhongcheng will most likely doubt the authenticity of the confession." ”

Huang Daozhou was silent, and most of the Huang Daozhou knew something about Hong Chengchou's style of doing things. After a while, Huang Daozhou looked at Xu Liang and said, "My lord, Lord Hong has gone to Tongzhou, what should we do?" ”

Xu Liang suddenly stepped forward, stood in front of Huang Daozhou, grinned, and asked faintly: "Dao Zhou, I know that you have always hated Houjin Bing, and now you have an opportunity to personally go into battle to kill the enemy, do you want it?" (To be continued......)