Chapter 328: Co-optation
Seeing that the old man was startled and suddenly sat up from the horse, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was also accustomed to it, and the old man did not do less than he did all day long. [Latest chapter reading.]
But after a while, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince found that the old man was staring at him with a smile on his eyes, and he was still talking about something, which always made His Royal Highness the Crown Prince feel strange and uncomfortable to be looked at by the old man.
"Well, uncle, what did you say?" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked when he heard this, looking at the old man suspiciously.
After asking this sentence, the old man did not speak immediately, but rolled his eyes, thought that it was better to tell him about this, and said in his unique voice: "Boy, you come with your ears." As he spoke, he beckoned to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
In this situation, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince became more and more curious, but he did not refuse, rode his horse closer to the old man, and put his ear to it.
Then the old man said as he looked in a direction in the mountains and forests ahead. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince listened to the old man's words calmly, but he was not surprised by what the old man said, and only nodded slowly after the old man finished speaking.
"Boy, what are you going to do?" After speaking, the old man continued to look at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince with a funny expression and continued: "I found that following your kid is really right, there are always constant surprises, old man, I have been walking in the world for so many years, and I haven't been with you kid during this time, I have encountered many interesting things, and a quiet prison can also fall from the sky, tsk." ”
That is, in the mouth of the old man, he can say that such a thing as imprisonment is quiet, and he seems to be enjoying it, which is extremely comfortable.
Hearing this, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked at the old man with some tears and laughter: "Uncle, are you always hurting me, or are you praising me?"
"Haha, what do you kid think, that's what it is. The old man laughed twice, turned his head no longer to look at His Royal Highness the Prince, lifted the wine jar and raised his head and took another sip of wine, the matter had already been told to him, and how to deal with it was his business.
The team continued to move forward, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince pondered for a while, and then had an idea in his heart, and he moved forward and came to Zhang Qianjian's side.
patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother Zhang, come here, I have something to say to you." ”
Zhang Qianjian, who was discussing something with Camp Commander Zheng and was still thinking about why he had been so strange along the way, felt someone behind him pat him on the shoulder, turned around, heard Bai Shaoxia's words, saw his frowning and solemn appearance, and walked to the side with his horse.
"I don't know if Bai Shaoxia has anything important to say?" Zhang Qianjian looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and said.
Hearing this, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not sell Guanzi, nor did he beat around the bush, and directly told the old man what he said about him just now: "There is about less than a mile ahead, and there is a group of mountain bandits of about 1,000 people ambushing, which is exactly the way we must go, and its meaning is self-evident." ”
"Oh, and this, is this the one who told you?" Hearing this, Zhang Qianjian was indeed a little surprised, and then looked back in the direction of the old man Chen Banyang and asked.
After seeing Bai Shaoxia nodding, Zhang Qianjian pondered for a while before whispering again: "No wonder, no wonder. ”
"What is Brother Zhang talking about?"
"No wonder I didn't even see a merchant ranger along the way, I must have been robbed by the group of people in front of me. Zhang Qianjian figured out the key to this in an instant, and suddenly said.
After speaking, he looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and asked, "According to Bai Shaoxia, how is the combat power of those people, but our opponents?"
"No, it's just a rabble, and it's a little more numerous, and it may be okay to deal with the ordinary, but it's still far from dealing with us if we are aware of it in advance. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince shook his head as a matter of course.
There is still a word in my heart, and if there is that old man who is greedy for fun, these people are even less likely to be their opponents.
Thinking of these His Royal Highness the Prince, I remembered again, in the bloody battle by the river that day, the old man alone was like a reef in the river, blocking the torrent led by Feng Yu, and the thousand rabble in front of him, in the eyes of the old man, was probably just playing.
As he got closer and closer to the ambush point, Zhang Qianjian followed closely and said, "Then according to Bai Shaoxia, what should we do?"
"Take the initiative to attack, take him by surprise, and you will definitely be able to wipe out these mountain bandits. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, after finishing speaking, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked at the smile on Zhang Qianjian's face, and suddenly turned around and said: "No, there is a better way, Brother Zhang is afraid that he has already planned in his heart." ”
"Hehe, it's not a long time coming, it's just a thought. Zhang Qianjian smiled and then continued: "What kind of situation is the situation in Yulin County, and to what extent the homeless people are rioting, we still don't know, what can we do with these three hundred people, wouldn't it be beautiful if we could incorporate these more than a thousand people?"
This method coincides with what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thought just now, nodded and looked at Zhang Qianjian with a smile and said, "Brother Zhang can do whatever he thinks." ”
The discussion between the two did not take much time, and after speaking, Zhang Qianjian immediately rode his horse to Zheng Xiuyong's side and said solemnly: "Camp Commander Zheng, what I say next, you believe it or not, but you must do it." Not only was there seriousness in his voice, but for the first time, he showed his majesty as the leader of this team as a county magistrate.
The first time he heard Zhang Xianling speak to himself in such a tone, Camp Commander Zheng was both surprised and unconvinced, and was just about to speak, but Zhang Qianjian didn't wait for him to answer and continued: "There are more than 1,000 mountain bandits in ambush less than a mile ahead. ”
As soon as he finished saying this, Zheng Xiuyong instantly forgot what he wanted to say before, swallowed his saliva, frowned and looked at Zhang County Commander and said, "Can you be sure of the county order?" There was heaviness and confusion in his tone, obviously feeling that he, a person who had been in the army for many years, had not discovered the ambush ahead, how did he, a weak scholar, find out.
After that, Zheng Ying Changzai took a careful look in that direction, and there was a light cloud, and there was a hint of an ambush of more than a thousand people.
Although Zhang Xianling showed a certain opinion on setting up camp before, Zheng Xiuyong was still skeptical about this kind of thing that there was an ambush ahead.
At that moment, Zheng Xiuyong was about to summon spies with a wave of his hand to go to the front to investigate, but he had not used spies before, because in his heart, Camp Commander Zheng still felt that he was walking in his own territory, and there was no need to be so solemn.
"I can't help it, don't startle the snake!" As if seeing what Camp Commander Zheng wanted to do, Zhang Qianjian hurriedly reached out and pressed his wrist, and said with a stop from speaking.