A few non-commissioned officers took out a mouthful of rice from their own bowls and reluctantly made a bowl for him to satisfy his hunger, and then the villager was taken aside.

Wang Meng and a few others sat around again, frowning, "What do you think?" ”

Several non-commissioned officers looked at each other without speaking.

"What's the matter, what's so hard to talk about?" Wang Meng looked up at a few people.

"Your Excellency...... You don't need to think about it. One of them hesitated a little and said, "You also told us before, General Chang ordered us to arrive in Yanzhou within seven days, and now we have been delayed here for half a day, if we have to send troops to Shihou Town to rescue people, in case it is really delayed-"

"We might as well send him to both sides and let the local yamen decide whether they want to leave or not." Another said, "Anyway, he was looking for someone from both ends." ”

"Let the local yamen judge, but don't save it." Wang Meng glanced at the other side, "Since you don't save it, then say no, don't say anything about 'let the local yamen' judge." ”

"It's not a question of whether we can save it or not, my lord, why do you say that let the local yamen judge that it is not saved? Because now the north of Zhuoyan may become a battlefield at any time. The troops in various places—whether it's ours, General Shen's, or the Sizhou Yamen—have their own arrangements. Half a month ago, Zhuozhou gave an ultimatum to enter the city to escape the winter, and these people are still greedy for that little grain, if you want me to see, they are simply -"

The young non-commissioned officer looked at Wang Meng's slightly gloomy face and swallowed the word "deserved".

"Anyway, I have only one idea, not only should we not save it, but we should also use this incident as a wake-up call to beat the people in other state capitals." The man whispered, "When has this been, I still don't know what to do—"

"Don't say this kind of thing," Wang Meng frowned, and looked at the other end, "What about Ziping and Zi'an?" What do you guys think? ”

The two brothers on Wang Meng's left looked at each other, and the whiter elder brother said, "I think the two guards are right, but it's just ......."

"Just what?" Wang Meng asked.

"It's just that, no matter what, we now have enough food and grass for our soldiers, horses, and horses, and if nothing happens, the firearms that will be backed up in another hour or two will also come," Xue Zi'an's voice was calm, "It is indeed the people of Stone Monkey Town who have fallen to the point where they are now, but if we stand by and ignore it, we can't say anything." ”

The previous garrison immediately raised his eyes and sneered, "Why can't you say it?" If the march is delayed, can you two juniors bear this responsibility? ”

"Then it's better for the garrison lord to write a letter tonight and present what you just said to General Chang as it is." Xue Ziping looked at the garrison opposite, and replied neither humbly nor arrogantly, "Let's see how General Chang will react." ”

"Yes, those people who do not follow the rules and save the same severe punishment with the law, is not the alarm bell of life better than the alarm bell of death?" Xue Zi'an, who was following behind his brother, said with a smile, "Or is it that the garrison is afraid that he will delay his own future, so after saying so many big truths, he wants to let these people fend for themselves?" ”

The two guards didn't bother to answer any more, but turned to Wang Meng and arched his hand, "It's better to ask the deputy general to decide, I hope you can focus on the overall situation." ”

"What if we leave Liangtouwang and hurry up to Yanzhou?" Wang Meng said softly, "Is it possible to ......?"

"But we don't know the origin of the gang of gold thieves in Stone Monkey Town, and we don't know their specific defenses, my lord. If it was just a handful of guerrillas, as the villager said, what if they were just an advance team or a decoy? Wouldn't we be pestering Stone Monkey for a few days? ”

"Yes, Vice General Wang, we are the team that went to the aid of Yanzhou, but we fought in Zhuozhou first, this is something that cannot be said no matter what!"

The two brothers on the other side listened to the conversation between the two guards, and the younger brother Xue Zi'an obviously wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Xue Ziping reaching out.

The two brothers looked at Wang Meng silently, no longer arguing anything, just waiting for Wang Meng to make a decision.

Wang Meng frowned, and his expression was a little difficult, "Since that's the case, then ......"

Before the words fell, Bai Ling stepped on the dead leaves on the ground and walked among several people.

"Brother Wei," one of the guards looked at Bai Ling, his words were quite dissatisfied, "you don't want to come here now, we are discussing the military." ”

"I just have something to say to you," Bai Ling looked at Wang Meng, "Can the Adjutant General listen to me?" ”

Wang Meng's eyebrows moved slightly, and he stretched out his hand and said, "Speak." ”

"I talked to the little brother just now, and he said that not all of the more than 40 families were found, only more than 10 families were in the village, and the remaining 20 or so families were all in the mountains at that time, but the intersection of the mountain road was guarded by gold thieves, and they didn't dare to act rashly, so they were also trapped in the village......"

With that, Bai Ling reached out and poked himself lightly.

"I don't know how you discussed the rescue strategy, I have a plan, my lord only needs to give me a dozen or twenty soldiers with firearms. Tomorrow before dawn, I will be able to bring these people back safely. ”

Wang Meng was slightly surprised.

In fact, all the way from Tunlongpi to here, he has not paid much attention to this young man - it is not even as good as Li Yiru, after all, the latter means silver for nothing.

It's just that Chang Sheng confessed, saying that this young man is the deceased of the Lin family's father and son, so he must be sent to Yanzhou safely.

"What can you do?" Wang Meng asked.

"It's too cumbersome to explain, so we might as well wait until we get back." Bai Ling asked inquiringly, "How?" ”

"You ......" Wang Meng looked at Bai Ling, and was about to speak, when Xue Ziping had already taken a step forward.

"My lord, I would like to go with you." The young man's voice was clear, which attracted Bai Ling's attention for a while, and he listened to him again, "No matter what the result is, I will bring the troops back before dawn." ”

"It won't be delayed, we're all going to leave tomorrow morning anyway." Seeing this, the younger brother Xue Zi'an on the side quickly added.

Wang Meng groaned slightly.

"Then go ahead." Wang Meng no longer hesitated, and said in a deep voice, "We do have military orders in our bodies, and it is not appropriate to entangle them head-on, if we can outwit them, we will all be happy, even if we can't, we are worthy of these people." ”

He looked at Xue Ziping, "Be careful on the road, if the enemy is fierce, don't entangle, retreat immediately." ”

"Understood." Xue Ziping replied with his fists clasped in both hands, and then looked at Bai Ling, "Then, Brother Wei will follow me to the front camp to order troops." ”

"Please." Bai Ling also made a gesture to invite, she turned around and greeted the villager of Stone Monkey Town, who pulled the rice grains in the bowl in three or two times, and quickly followed Bai Ling and the two.

"Your Excellency...... This ......"

"Let's see." Wang Meng said softly, "Let's see what they can do." ”