Chapter 495 [Pinghua City]
Pinghua City, the capital of the Pinghua Lord, is also the base camp of the Qi family, compared to other places in the Pinghua Lord, it is still prosperous even now, although there are some ordinary people and big families who have evacuated from here and fled to other places, but there are still a lot of die-hard loyalists who have confidence in the Qi family here, and there are also some people who are unwilling to leave everything they have, so there are also many people and big families who choose to stay here.
Wen Fang also brought people here to intercept and kill the messenger of the Qi family before, which is not a stranger, but for He Ping, any town outside the Qingyang Territory is a new thing for him, although he has been in the military world for a long time, but counting, He Ping is either fighting on the front line, or infiltrating, or in the Qingyang Territory, so he has not been to too many towns in other collars, before going to Wu'an Ling, he has entered more towns, and not long ago he crossed Songjiang Ling, he basically did not enter the town.
That's right, at this time, He Ping was already in Pinghua City, and Wen Fang and Qi Lie came here with him, as well as some other special forces members, at this time, two days had passed since He Ping and they captured Qi Lin's father and son, and He Ping and Wen Fang finally agreed to Qi Lie's request to rescue his family and take his family to Qingyang Territory, and on the other hand, Qi Lie also promised to help He Ping and them evacuate Pinghua Territory as much as possible, and after arriving at Qingyang Territory, he was willing to obey Zhao Zheng's arrangement, Contribute to the Zhao family.
Because the speed of the military world to transmit news is indeed a bit slow, plus He Ping and when they captured Qi Lin's father and son, only the soldiers ran away. There were no generals, so wait until the soldiers return to the camp and inform the other generals about the news. The other generals came to the rescue with a large number of troops, saw that the ground was in shambles, and then returned to the camp to arrange other affairs and then wrote a letter to the Qi family's base camp, which itself wasted a lot of time.
And He Ping's marching speed was very fast, so when He Ping and the others had already arrived in Pinghua City, the news of Qi Lin's father and son being captured had not yet arrived, and the Wen side also specially arranged for some people to continue to intercept and kill the messenger. In this way, the news between the front line and the Qi family's base camp is basically cut off, and the most critical point is. The rest of the Qi family, including the head of the family, Qi Nan, probably didn't believe that Qi Lin and his son were really captured.
They are likely to think that this is simply a play directed and acted by Qi Lin and his son, first of all, the father and son deliberately cut off contact with each other. And he sent a lot of false letters to report his safety. Give Qi Lin a reason to rush to the front line, and then arrange for someone to launch a sneak attack when they meet, and then they will pretend to be captured, so as to break out of the control of the Qi family, and it is likely that they will secretly contact the Qi family's troops and split into another faction.
I have to say that although this idea is only the result of He Ping and Wen Fang's speculation, although it is a bit brain-opening. But if you think about it, it's still very possible. Even after He Ping and Wen Fang informed the three Qi Lin father and son, who had been able to move freely to a certain extent, they did not refute it, but after thinking about it, they reluctantly said that this speculation seemed to be very reasonable.
In fact, the biggest reason is that He Ping and Wen Fang's way of appearing is too strange, the Qi family doesn't think that any of the troops will have such strength, nor do they think that any of the troops will capture Qi Lin and his son at such a time, and all the timing and events are so coincidental, if all this is imagined as the plan of Qi Lin and his son, then it seems to make sense, after all, like some divine soldier descending from the sky, a master of magic and the like, it doesn't sound like something that will happen in reality.
Therefore, even if the news of Qi Lin's father and son's capture reaches the Qi family's base camp and is known by Qi Nan and others, they will probably not quickly block a large area of the Pinghua Territory to search for special forces and Qi Lin and his son, but will find a way to control the Qi family's troops first, so as not to control the troops of Qi Lin and his son, so that He Ping and them will have more time, because the Qi family's attention is not on them at all.
It is precisely because of this that He Ping and they have the time and space to come to Pinghua City, although the alert level has also been raised to a certain extent, and the patrolling Qijia Nursing Home can often be seen on the street, but it has not yet reached the level of martial law, the order of Pinghua City has been maintained to a certain extent, and it has not become a ghost town like many marginal areas of Pinghua Territory, there are many people here, and people still live how they should live, but some Auckland people who look like merchants, It shows that this is no longer the Pinghua City it used to be.
Walking on the streets of Pinghua City, He Ping looked around with interest, his current identity is the young master of a big family, he came to Pinghua Ling to do business, and Wen Fang and Qi Lie, as well as other special forces members, are his housekeepers, guards, etc., although this identity is more conspicuous than some other low-key identities, but to some extent, it can be regarded as avoiding the suspicion of the Qi family.
Looking at the situation of Pinghua City, He Ping also has a new understanding of the Qi family, not to mention the Qi family's discipline and the like, their ability is still quite good, Pinghua City is governed well, although it is now a war period, although the current status of Pinghua Leader is very embarrassing, but the street is still full of vitality, although compared with Qingyang City and Wu'an City, there is less fierce and elegant, more philistine and copper smell, but I have to say that the degree of development here is still very high.
As a family of merchants, the Qi family is more inclined to do business in management, so in Pinghua City, commerce is very developed, which is different from many towns in Qingyang and Wu'an, the Zhao family is a military family, so many towns in Qingyang can make people fully appreciate the true meaning of the words "strong folk customs", the buildings on the street are very neatly built, even the street stalls and vendors are the same, just like a row of military tents.
As a scholarly family, the Wang family often follows the rule of letting it do nothing, they are more inclined to let the common people read and hyphenation, understand the merits, and then follow good morals and order by themselves, so in Wu'anling, the folk customs are very free, the buildings on the street also have a high artistic atmosphere, and the street vendors are very elegant, which can indeed be regarded as a literati's paradise.
He Ping can't say which management method is better, all in all, on the surface, the common people who have received a few collars are not bad, except for the young and middle-aged who need to serve in the military, whether it is a farmer who farms, or a businessman who buys and sells, or a craftsman who eats by handicraft, all in all, he can fill his stomach, and there is a little spare money to enrich his spiritual life, which is already good for an ordinary person.
In fact, He Ping and they have no need to enter Pinghua City openly, with their strength, quietly enter the city, and then find the hideout secretly prepared by Qi Lin and his son, take their families out there, and then leave quietly, however, He Ping had a whim, and wanted to come here to take a look, the Qi family can basically be regarded as an inevitable enemy for the Zhao family, and it is inevitable to face each other in the future, and it is also a very necessary move to understand the opponent in advance.
Wen Fang also agrees with He Ping's opinion very much, and it can even be said that compared to the Cook family, which passively became the neighbor and enemy of Qingyang Collar because of the annexation of part of the land in Reims Province, he took the initiative to betray the country, and the Qi family, who recognized the thief as his father, made Wen Fang even more disdainful, otherwise he would not have scolded during the ambush, so he must have been very willing to let him prepare for the time when he went against the Qi family.
And Qi Lie, who was pulled by He Ping as a guide and hostage, was a little helpless, he was also a well-known big man in Pinghua City, if possible, of course he didn't want to return here, it was too dangerous, if he didn't get recognized by someone on the street, it would be a lot of fun, but this time he entered Pinghua City, the purpose was to save his family, so it was only natural for him to be a little wronged, so he had to dress up a little, and then try to keep a low profile. (To be continued......)