Chapter 30 Step by step

"Adult, although the little one doesn't know where Wang San is, he will raid Whitewater Town at night. The update is the fastest and most stable, and you have to be fast. Lao Jiu saw that Li Yuntian had already expressed his position, so he spoke.

"This official already knows." Li Yuntian showed a disappointed look on his face, and waved at Luo Ming, "Give him twenty taels of silver as his hard work." ”

"My lord, do you know what they are doing in town?" Lao Jiu hurriedly said when he heard this.

"Do you know their intentions?" Li Yuntian frowned slightly, looking a little surprised.

"Chen Bozhao Chen has entered a batch of important goods in the warehouse outside the town, and they are coming for that batch of goods." Lao Jiu nodded and said.

"Father-in-law, are there any goods in the warehouse outside the town that are worth the risk of the water bandits?" Li Yuntian couldn't help but look at Chen Bozhao when he heard this.

"Some gold, silver, and jade objects were temporarily entrusted to me by a friend of mine in business." Chen Bozhao looked at Li Yuntian with a surprised expression, "I didn't expect them to know about this, but those goods have been quietly transported away this afternoon." ”

"So it looks like there's a water bandit in town." Li Yuntian's brows furrowed together, and he looked at Lao Jiu expressionlessly, "If what you said is true, then even if you can't catch Wang San, this official will give you two hundred taels of silver, but if you are telling the truth, then don't blame this official for being unkind." ”

"Adult, the small one is willing to stay and vouch, if there is half a lie, let the adult fall." When Lao Jiu heard that he had two hundred taels of silver to take, he immediately swore an oath.

Li Yuntian waved his hand, and Lao Jiu was taken down by the two big men beside him.

"Inspector Zhao, what do you think of our battle?" After Lao Jiu left, Li Yuntian pondered for a while, and asked Zhao Hua with a stern expression, and Zhao Hua was also an expert in fighting among the people at the scene.

"My lord, if the target of the bandits is really the goods in the warehouse, then we might as well catch the turtles in an urn and deploy our troops near the warehouse, so as to wait for work and annihilate them in one fell swoop." Zhao Hua had already thought of a countermeasure and answered in an orderly manner.

"What if this is a plan by the water bandits?" Chen Bozhao felt that something was wrong when he heard this, and looked at Li Yuntian worriedly, "Now the situation is unclear, it is better to divide the soldiers into two ways, one way to stay in the town, and the other to go to the warehouse." ”

"Now the town is not strong enough troops, it is not appropriate to divide the troops, otherwise the water bandits will be broken individually, and the situation will be critical at that time." Zhao Hua's face showed a look of embarrassment, "If they escape, there won't be such a good chance next time." ”

"Zhang Gong, what do you think?" After listening to the words of the two, Li Yuntian's eyebrows tightened, as if he couldn't make up his mind, and saw that Zhang Youcai didn't speak, so he looked at him.

"My lord, if the bandits are coming to the warehouse, then we might as well move the goods in the warehouse and concentrate our troops in the town, they see that it is unprofitable, and we are prepared again, and there will be a chance that Yankuai will retreat."

Zhang Youcai smiled slightly and proposed a way to get the best of both worlds, which would not only save Li Yuntian's face, but also prevent the two sides from clashing.

I have to say that in the face of the current situation, Zhang Youcai's method is a superior strategy, which can make Baishui Town avoid a war.

"Retreating?" Li Yuntian knew what Zhang Youcai was planning, and secretly sneered in his heart, and said expressionlessly, "Since they are here this time, then don't think about leaving again, is it really the official who is the shopkeeper of the inn, and allows them to enter and leave Baishui Town wantonly?" ”

"My lord, I think Brother Zhang's method is a good strategy, Baishui Town has just suffered a catastrophe, and it really can't withstand the toss." When Zhang Youcai heard this, he immediately knew that the shape was not good, it seemed that the young county master could not swallow the evil spirit that he had been played by Wang San before, and when he was thinking about how to persuade him, Chen Bozhao had already said bitterly.

"As an official of the imperial court, how can this official compromise with the water bandits?"

Li Yuntian sneered, and said to Chen Bozhao and Zhang Youcai, "Father-in-law, Zhang Gong, Wang San is a very vicious man, if he is let go this time, then there will be endless troubles, I don't know how many sins he will bring in the future, the official has made up his mind, and he will fight to the death tonight, and I hope that the two children of the clan will help the official." ”

"If you have any commands, please speak." Seeing that things were inevitable, Zhang Youcai couldn't help but sigh secretly, although he was bitter in his heart, he had to show a positive attitude on the surface, and said in a deep voice.

"My lord, the people of the Chen family are all at your disposal." Chen Bozhao glanced at Zhang Youcai quietly, a mocking smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, and said loudly to Li Yuntian, I am afraid that Zhang Youcai would never have thought that he had unknowingly entered the bureau set up by Li Yuntian.

"Okay, with the help of my father-in-law and Zhang Gong, I will definitely let those water bandits come and go tonight!" Li Yuntian was very relieved when he heard this, slapped the table hard, and said loudly, "When Wang San is destroyed, this official will ask the court for credit to you." ”

"I wish to take the lead of the great man." Chen Bozhao, Zhang Youcai and Zhao Hua arched their hands at Li Yuntian and said in unison.

After some discussion, Li Yuntian decided to divide his troops into two routes, one to guard the wharf, and the other to guard the Chen family's warehouse outside the town.

According to the information provided by Lao Jiu, Li Yuntian put Zhao Hua's inspection department in the Chen family's warehouse outside the town, and he led the Chen family and the Zhang family to squat at the wharf in the town.

In order to avoid leaking the news, the inspection department left the barracks fully armed under the pretext of night training, and quietly ambushed in a small forest near the warehouse outside the town.

Since the Inspection Division had conducted such training before, the sergeants were not suspicious and the operation proceeded in an orderly manner.

As for the people of the Chen family and the Zhang family, Li Yuntian asked Chen Bozhao and Zhang Youcai to secretly gather more than 200 people on the grounds of deliberations, plus more than 20 people under Luo Ming, and after the three parties were mixed, they quietly hid in the houses near the dock, and no one was allowed to leave without his order, otherwise they would be punished as gangsters and killed.

Those people from the Chen family and the Zhang family felt very strange, and they didn't know what Li Yuntian was tossing in the middle of the night, but they couldn't investigate, so they had to keep their doubts in their hearts.

Under Li Yuntian's strict arrangement, Zhang Youcai had no way to inform Wang San of the news that there was an ambush in Baishui Town, and besides, even if he could send someone to deliver the news, he didn't know how to contact Wang San in such an emergency.

This made Zhang Youcai a little uneasy, hoping that Wang San would not be angry with the Zhang family because of this incident, so it would be difficult for the two sides to cooperate in the future.

At this moment, he never thought that Wang San or Wei Kun would be caught by Li Yuntian, in his opinion, Wang San has been crisscrossing Poyang Lake for 20 years, and several large-scale encirclements and suppressions by the official army can't hurt him at all, not to mention the small Baishui Town Inspection Division, it's just a big deal to suffer some losses.

At the same time, two fast horses galloped to the south gate of Hukou County.

"Listen, I'm Luo Hai from the county government station, and I want to enter the city on the order of the county lord, and open the city gate quickly!" One of the leading knights shouted loudly at the city gate, he was Luo Ming's cousin.

"It's really Brother Luo, open the city gate quickly." A person on the tower of the city gate looked down, recognized Luo Hai, and hurriedly ordered the people at the city gate.

The city gate was immediately opened, and the two knights galloped on the empty street, Luo Hai went to Li Manshan's barracks to patrol the city, and the other went straight to Zhang Youde's residence and took the lead in telling Zhang Youde about the matter.

Li Manshan had long known that the water bandits were going to attack Baishui Town tonight, and he was anxiously waiting for news from Baishui Town in the house, and after Luo Hai conveyed Li Yuntian's order to him, he immediately gathered all his subordinates and rushed to Baishui Town to support.

"Master, master, there is an urgent report from Baishui Town, Wang San and his gang are going to attack Baishui Town, and the county magistrate asked you to take the county doctor and herbs to Baishui Town to treat the injured." Zhang Youde was entangled by the concubine last night, tired and exhausted, and was sleeping soundly with the concubine in his arms at this time, and was sleeping in a daze, when he suddenly heard a servant standing outside the door shouting.

"What did you say?" After learning the news, Zhang Youde was taken aback, suddenly jumped down from the **, put on his coat and hurriedly opened the door, glared at the servant and asked.

"Just now, a servant from the county magistrate's side came to report that Wang San was going to attack Baishui Town, and the magistrate asked you to bring a doctor and herbs to treat the injured." The servant saw Zhang Youde's anxious look, and hurriedly said.

"What about the messenger?" After making sure that he heard correctly, Zhang Youde's face changed, and he asked in a deep voice.

"After passing the news, I went to Wang Xiancheng." The servant found that Zhang Youde's face was not good, and he hurriedly bowed down to answer.

"Quick, notify all the people in the county government to get up." Zhang Youde wanted to know the specific details, but when he heard this, he had to give up, and instructed with a grim face.

The servant did not dare to slack off, and the trotter left all the way.

"Okay, you Wang San, you just don't know whether you live or die, do you really think Baishui Town is a soft persimmon?" Zhang Youde frowned, sneered, and walked back to the house with a somewhat hideous face, he was so annoyed by Wang San's behavior that he didn't even say hello in advance.

For a while, the silent county government became lively, and the officials of the county government and the officials of the third class were woken up from their sleep and began to prepare for the aftermath after Baishui Town was attacked by water bandits.

Zhang Youde sent people to gather several doctors in the county seat, and took the herbs overnight in several carriages and hurried to Baishui Town, with a grim expression along the way.

He has to find a way to stop Wang San's stupid move, the soldiers and horses of Baishui Town are no longer the Wuxia Ameng of the past, and the people of the Chen family are even more desperate for Li Yuntian, Wang San will definitely suffer a big loss if he dares to come this time.

Zhang Youde didn't care about Wang San's life or death, he was worried that if Wang San or Wei Kun were arrested and said something that shouldn't be said to involve him, then things would get worse.