Quanzhou has a vital position in Zhao Mengqi's development blueprint and cannot be lost.

"Originally, I thought that although Xiang Xie had few troops in his hands, it should be no problem to hold Quanzhou City, but now it seems that things are not so simple...... I'd better go myself."

"No." Chen Wei immediately objected and said solemnly, "This chaos was originally aimed at His Highness, and the forces of all parties in Quanzhou are complicated, and there is no absolute strength to guarantee it, so it is too dangerous to go rashly, and the old minister thinks that as long as he reminds Xie Xiang and asks him to be vigilant, it is enough to temporarily stabilize the situation."

Zhao Mengqi pondered for a moment, "The bachelor is right... However, now that Quanzhou is like a puddle of muddy water, Xie Xiang may have limited people available, so he still has to be supported with some manpower and troops."

"Only with reliable elite soldiers in hand can we deter Xiaoxiao."

Chen Wei agreed, and then the two discussed it and decided to send a battalion of the right army to command Kadongwei, a total of more than 700 people, and also selected more than a dozen civilian posts from the staff of Jiedu Mansion.

Just as he was about to send the order, Qian Xiaopang suddenly begged, "Your Highness, I also want to go to Quanzhou."

"What can you do when you go?" Zhao Mengqi glanced at him, and his gaze naturally fell on his round belly.

Qian Xiaopang scratched his head, "This... That one...... Isn't Wu Qiong on a mission, and we are all around His Highness, so we have to do something......

"Yo, are you afraid that you won't be tough enough to fight with Wu Qiong in the future? Okay, go as you like."

Zhao Mengqi joked casually, and agreed, these guards around him will be released in the future, and it is always good to have more experience.

The arrangement was carried out, and two hours later, two warships of the Dinghai Navy escorted six merchant ships out of port.

At this time, Wu Qiong was still ten miles away from Gutian County, and met Zhang Yi, the scout captain who was waiting.

Zhang Yi knew Wu Qiong and couldn't help but be surprised, "Why is Commander Wu here?" How long will it be before the big army arrives?"

As he spoke, he stood on tiptoe and looked behind the official road, probably thinking that this horse team was just the lead.

"Don't look at it, you don't know the situation in the army, it's just us who can come so quickly, and the others will be tomorrow night at the earliest, gossip, you can also get on the horse, find a place to place horses for us, and tell me about ......the situation by the way."

Zhang Yi led them along the official road for another while, then turned into a mountain road and entered a small village, where there were more than a dozen scouts resting.

"The places near the county seat have been plagued by bandits, and even people and belongings have been looted, leaving only a few old people who can't walk, and they still have a little humanity and leave some food for the old people."

Wu Qiong looked around the terrain, "The bandits' sentry has been cleared?"

"A rabble, where will there be any sentinels, and no one will come again in these places that have been swept away." Zhang Yi's face was disdainful, and he said, "But in the mountains, I have met more than a dozen villagers who are hiding from bandits, and they have all been brought back to this village and locked up."

If it is a scout of the ordinary army, in this case it is usually wiped out.

"I'll have them help carry the equipment later."

Wu Qiong nodded silently, and then asked everyone to set up the horses first, and then rested for more than a quarter of an hour, and under the guidance of the scouts, they walked to the mountains four or five miles southeast of the county seat, and they could see the "big camp" of the bandits clearly from a high position.

It is said that it is a big camp, but in fact, it starts from two miles away from the county seat, and there is a large area of shacks in a mess, and the only decent point is that there are dozens of simple bamboo liao houses in the center, but the most conspicuous thing is the three cowhide tents, which look like the style of the army.

At this time, the sun had not completely set, Wu Qiong took a telescope to observe, while Zhang Yi talked about the detected situation.

"The leader of the bandits is named Yang Xiao, who calls himself Chimu Long, who was the head of the mine in the Dayan Silver Farm in his early years, and was beaten by the field supervisor five years ago because of the incident, so he broke away from the silver field and gathered more than 100 people to open a private mine......

"He now has more than 1,000 miners under his command, and the other 10,000 or so are ordinary people, most of them are coerced, and some are voluntary, men, women, and children......

"That one

The field supervisor is now the chief bookkeeper of the county, so he claims that he must attack the county and kill the master bookkeeper to avenge the revenge of the year......

"Now there are three tunnels dug in the south, two in the west, more than ten zhang away from the city wall, the northwest of the county is Cuiping Mountain, and the northeast is the lake, each with more than 1,000 people blocking the ......

At this time, the county town of Gutian has become a lake area in later generations because of the construction of reservoirs.

"In this case, it will take another hour or two at most to dig under the walls." Five

Wu Qiong clearly saw from the telescope that the front end of the tunnel was still working, and after digging a little forward, it would stretch out the wooden plank to cover it, so that the archers on the city wall would have nothing to do.

At the end of the tunnel, baskets were constantly coming out, pouring out the dirt and carrying it back again, and many ragged people carried the earth away in various containers, including women, children, and the elderly.

Seeing this, Wu Qiong couldn't help frowning.

It is not difficult to deal with this bandit, after all, their backbone is only more than a thousand miners, but if they use these people as meat shields, it will be very tricky.

At this time, Zhang Yi suddenly said, "Commander Wu, look at that, the big black man in the middle is Yang Xiao."

Wu Qiong moved the binoculars and saw a shirtless sturdy man slowly walking to a place sixty feet away from the city wall, surrounded by hundreds of people.

The more than fifty archers in the city immediately became nervous, and half-pulled their bows to aim at the group, but this distance was already beyond the killing range of the archers.

Therefore, Yang Xiao swaggered, he didn't look scared at all, and he raised his slap and slapped his chest, "Mother Selin, I can't shoot you guys, it's useless to do that."

Then he continued to shout, "Ah, I won't beat you today, don't be afraid...... For the sake of the folks in the big hometown, Lao Tzu will give you one last chance, hand over Zhong Genci's old turtle family, and make up another 100,000 yuan, and Lao Tzu will let you go and stop attacking the city, otherwise when Lao Tzu enters it, don't blame me for being ruthless."

After a while, a reply voice came from the city, "Yang Haohan, this official Xu He'an, the magistrate of Gutian, is here to say a few words to you."

"Although Master Zhong has a personal grudge against you, he is an official of the imperial court, and there is no reason to hand it over to you for disposal, and his family is even more innocent, and this official cannot give it to you."

"As for this money, we can discuss it, but we are only a small county, and it is impossible to have 100,000 yuan for scraping three feet of ground, and this official can give you 5,000 yuan, what do you think?"

"Hehe, call Hanako!?" Yang Xiao sneered, and then pointed to the city wall, "Listen to me, Lao Tzu is too lazy to talk nonsense with you, give you a night to make money, if you can't do it tomorrow morning, then wait for Lao Tzu to smash your turtle shell to pieces, go in and get it yourself!"

After speaking, Yang Xiao turned around and retreated with the people, and the city fell silent after a commotion.

After Yang Xiao Yaowu finished his might, he sent his men to eat and drink, and he went into the big tent alone, and there was a person dressed as a businessman sitting inside, who was leisurely drinking.

Seeing Yang Xiao come in, he said lightly, "I said that Xu He'an is a stubborn person, and it is absolutely impossible to agree to your request, so why should you waste your efforts?"

"It's idle to be idle, and it's okay to scare them."

Yang Xiao shook to the table, picked up a roast chicken, sat down and nibbled on it, "I have eaten boiled meat in white water for the past few days, and birds have faded out of my mouth...... Mr. Tian should bring more delicious food......

"The city is broken, and there is nothing to eat." Mr. Tian was still indifferent.

Yang Xiao muttered while gnawing, "Speaking of which, although your method of digging a pit and attacking the city is good, but if you really kill it, you still have to rely on my brothers to fight for their lives, and those big families inside can't really move, where can they have any money, besides, then the army of King Yan can come at any time, why should we take this risk?"

"The truth in this, it's useless to talk to you, anyway, as long as you attack it, the benefits we give you are enough for you to live happily for the rest of your life, as for King Yan's soldiers, they are still in Fuzhou to recuperate, even if the troops are sent normally tomorrow, it will take at least three days to get here, enough for you to run away, what is there to be afraid of."

"What if they move early? King Yan has been here for several days, how can he not send someone to investigate

What about it?"

"Put a hundred hearts, they can't escape our eyes if they make any changes, at least I haven't heard anything before I come."

"I don't understand what you're saying, but I always feel a little hairy in my heart......

"If you're really worried, then let those mud-legged men hurry up and dig up, and I'll stay here tonight and watch you break the city tomorrow."

"Haha, since Mr. Tian is not afraid, I have nothing to be afraid of."

Subsequently, Yang Xiao ordered his subordinates to continue digging the pit with torches, but it didn't take long to dig, because many poor people in this era had night blindness, and night work was too embarrassing, so he had to give up.

Seeing that the bandits stopped digging, Wu Qiong on the mountain was relieved and began to discuss the plan of action with the team members.

"Wu Tou, although His Highness has given us the task of delaying the attack, this pit is three or four feet away from the city wall, and we are afraid that it will not last long."

"That's right, in my opinion, we don't have to bother so much at all, just kill it at night, and if we behead it, the bandits will definitely collapse!"

"That's right, it's not that I look down on these bandits, even if we fight them openly in broad daylight."

All the team members said that they wanted to do it directly, Wu Qiong was also a little moved, and after glancing at the "big camp" under the mountain, she nodded, "Okay, then fuck it."

Zhang Yi next to him shook his head, thinking that these people were crazy, and thirty people wanted to rush more than 10,000 troops at others, and they also wanted to kill the bandit leader......

After choosing a plan, the members of the special service team began to take turns to rest and prepare, and when they estimated that when there was only a faint starlight left in the sky, they were all fully equipped and quietly touched down the mountain.

They don't wear chain mail or piercing armor, but similar to half-body plate armor, which may be less protective, but lighter and more flexible, and there is no sound of armor colliding when moving, and after being painted black, it is very hidden.

Although the thief camp didn't even have a fence, the outer area was pitch black, and the disorderly shacks hindered Wu Qiong's movement in disguise, making them have to be extremely careful.

Listening to the snoring and dreaming around them, Wu Qiong and the others tiptoed to the "Chinese Army".

There were a lot of pine oil torches lit here, and a dozen sentinels, but all of them were dozing.

Without Wu Qiong's order, the team members were like ghosts and shadows, touching each sentry's side and ending their lives quietly.

Then they divided into several teams and touched the three cowhide tents from all sides, without any accidents, and the smooth operation surprised Wu Qiong, which was ten times easier than during training.

Since this is the case, Wu Qiong is not polite, directly opens a tent door, and walks in with three team members.

There was an oil lamp lit in the tent, which was very bright, and Yang Xiao was sleeping soundly with two naked women in his arms.

Perhaps sensing something, Yang Xiao suddenly opened his eyes, only to see a black hideous ghost face appear in front of him, and a pair of eyes stared straight at him.

He was about to exclaim, but a large hand covered his mouth and nose.

"Shhhh If you want to live, be obedient......

"Thank you for the koi at Midway."