Chapter 119: Preparation
Ye Feng suddenly realized, yes, these people can escape when they are surrounded by the Yellow Turban Army, then they must have a way to escape, and said in surprise: "Is there a secret passage to the county?"
Qi Xiu smiled and shook his head, "No, no, at least not all." The so-called Three Caves of the Cunning Rabbit, most of the powerful towns will at least have a back road, but the choice at the other end of the secret passage is different. ”
Ye Feng frowned, in this way, it would be difficult to confirm that the town had a secret passage to the county seat, and there were still dozens of broken towns in Zhang'an County, and it would be very troublesome and time-consuming to try them one by one.
What's more, if these people escape, they will still destroy the part of the secret passage, and it will take manpower to dig it again, and in the end, it may be in vain.
He thought about it carefully, and suddenly saw Qi Xiu's confident expression, shook his head and smiled: "It seems that Mr. has already made up his mind, but I am worried about it."
"Lord Lord is too modest, I just have a little immature idea." Qi Xiu didn't dare to pretend to be too much, and immediately bowed.
"My lord, if a powerful man with amazing wealth and insufficient strength would he think would be safest in the face of such a situation?"
"The county seat." Ye Feng understood it at one point, and immediately praised it, Qi Xiu was worthy of being a strategist, and the way of thinking about problems was different.
In fact, this problem is very simple, it is not safe to go anywhere without strength and amazing wealth, only the county seat is the safest.
Therefore, the preferred escape place for this kind of strong is the county seat, not to say that it is certain, but at least there is a 50% chance of more than it, and the target will be narrowed down at once.
Qi Xiu nodded and said, "Not bad." I have already found out that there is a powerful Ji family in Zhang'an County, who started in business, but for more than 30 years, the wealth can be regarded as one of the best in the county, and this time the town of the Ji family was also broken by the Yellow Turban Army. ”
Ye Feng can be regarded as having seen the ability of the strategist, but he didn't expect Qi Xiu to start the layout when he inquired about the news, and he didn't know if he had a plan for a long time or if he had come up with a plan after hearing the relevant news.
In short, this is definitely information that ordinary people can easily ignore, but it is also very valuable information, and whether it can play a role can be seen to see a person's ability.
Just Qi Xiu, a half-man, has such ability, I don't know what will happen to the powerful strategist, Ye Feng is very much looking forward to it.
He bowed deeply and said, "Thank you Mr. for your advice, Mr.'s talent is admirable."
The plan was agreed, and Ye Feng did not delay any longer, and immediately began to implement it.
Obviously, Qi Xiu was very well prepared, and immediately pointed out the direction of Jijia Town, which was really worry-free.
Jijia Town is in the northwest, more than 30 kilometers away from here, and you have to walk around the Yellow Turban Army besieging the city along the way.
Fortunately, some of the soldiers were originally from Zhang'an County, so they were very familiar with the route, and as long as they knew the direction, they knew how to go.
Along the way, they needed to avoid the wandering Yellow Turban Army, and finally arrived at the deserted Jijia town when it was close to dark.
I saw that the farmland outside the town could still see the traces of the withered seedlings, and only the debris that fell on the ground was left at the main entrance, and the surroundings were quiet, like a ghost town.
The situation in the town is similar to the situation in the previous town of the Haoqiang Li family, but it was obviously breached later.
And the Yellow Turban Army selects targets from weak to strong, plus the Ji family's wealth is very famous, and it is easier to become the target of the Yellow Turban Army, so it can be judged that although the strength of the Ji family is weak, it is also stronger than the Li family.
This can also be seen from the fact that Jijia Town is an intermediate town, and he does not dare to show off too much if he has no strength.
Therefore, in terms of wealth, the Ji family has surpassed the level of a high-level town, and its strength is only at the level of a middle-level town that is shown.
Ye Feng sent soldiers to search, and he didn't know where they dug the secret passage, so he could only not let go of every place.
Obviously, there will be no harvest in the short term, and the search will continue after eating the next morning, and there is nothing of value here, and the Yellow Turban Army will basically not come.
At about three o'clock in the afternoon, the whole town was finally turned upside down, but a total of two secret passages were discovered.
Moreover, the location of the two secret passages is not in the mayor's mansion, one is in a private house in the east of the city, and the other is in the warehouse of a shop in the south of the city, which is really tightly hidden.
The two secret passages were buried, and it seems that at least the Yellow Turban Army was deceived, which reflected that the elite quality of the Yellow Turban Army was still a little worse.
Separately sent people to dig the two secret passages again, and the end points of the two secret passages were basically impossible to be the same, and the question of how to judge which one led to the county was placed in front of Ye Feng's eyes again.
The secret passage is very narrow, at most two people can go to parallel, obviously you can't test rashly, as long as the other party lays a trap at the exit, how many people go will also deliver food.
In the end, Ye Feng could only gamble, this place was nearly 10 kilometers away from the county seat, he didn't believe that the two secret passages were the same length, and the long end point was basically in the county.
If the Ji family was really so afraid of death, dug such a long secret road leading to the county seat, and dug a longer one, then he could only admit it.
Send two teams of soldiers down, let them scout at their usual speed, and return as soon as they see the exit, and he waits for the results in the town.
After more than an hour, the team that entered the secret passage south of the city was the first to return, and they found the exit in a forest five kilometers away, and at the same time found traces of a group of people at the exit, apparently a group of people who had escaped from here not long ago.
Qi Xiu arched his hand and said, "My lord, these people should be the generals and descendants of the Ji family, and they don't carry much belongings."
Ye Feng thought for a while and nodded: "Yes, it seems that it is really a cunning rabbit three holes!" Even if the clansmen in the county are gone, they can still leave their bloodline. ”
Although he doesn't understand much about this kind of family's way of survival, he still knows a little bit through the experience of novels and film and television works.
That can basically determine that another secret passage leads to the county seat, and Ye Feng entered this secret passage to take a look.
To be honest, he was still very impressed that they were able to dig such a long secret passage, and he didn't know how much manpower and material resources were consumed.
Moreover, the secret passage is too long, and the oxygen supply is also a big problem, so the secret passage is not deep, only about three meters from the ground, and he guesses that there should be a vent in the middle.
However, immediately after the question of how to prevent water accumulation, Ye Feng was puzzled, and it seemed that he needed to ask a professional architect in the future.
After nearly two hours later, the reconnaissance team returned to the secret passage, and they reached the end of the secret passage, but at the end was an iron door, and it seemed that they had set up a trap behind the door.
The length of the secret passage basically confirmed the suspicion, and the next step was to send someone to contact the leader of the town's border army.
Originally, it was best for Qi Xiu to go to this matter, but when the battle was going to be fought at that time, he still needed his help, so he could only be escorted by Sun Cheng to the volunteer Tian Bo.
That night, the two went to the county seat through the secret passage according to Ye Feng's instructions, and the trip was unpredictable.
"Mr. Tian, you can first visit an old Mr. Feng Shi in the civilian area north of the city, who used to be an official at least the mansion. I've had a good friend with him and I'm sure he can help you. After speaking, Ye Feng bowed deeply.
Tian Bo is a respectable person, although he has not joined the territory, but as long as he can help the people, he is very enthusiastic.
Qi Xiu said in surprise: "Great, in this case, the threat of this trip will be much smaller, and the chance of success will be much greater."
In this way, everything can only wait for news from the county.