Chapter 44: Saving Beauty in the Desert
Du Wenlin jumped out of the house and shouted:
"Hurry back."
The speed at which the three of them went back was extremely fast, but unfortunately it was still too late.
On a street corner, less than a mile from the barracks, the plainclothes lieutenant fell to the ground, also with an arrow stuck in his back.
The opponent is determined not to leave anything alive.
The three of them came directly to the prison army, and Du Wenlin handed the paper roll to Mei Jian Jun.
After reading the paper scroll, Mei Jianjun thought for a moment and said:
"Don't keep quiet about this matter for the time being, the three of you are responsible for monitoring Wang Qianhu's every move. Report anything unusual to me immediately. ”
Wang Ling hurriedly said:
"Since that junior officer is Wang Qianhu's subordinate, he can't escape the involvement. Why don't you just arrest him? ”
"The witness is dead, what evidence is there to prove that the person was sent by Wang Qianhu?"
Wang Ling was stopped.
A few days passed, and Wang Qianhu did not take any action.
It's a buried bane, and I don't know when it happened.
For this reason, Mei Guozhen's supervising army specially sent a letter to the emperor, reminding the imperial court to pay attention to the "red feudal sect" and beware of them taking advantage of the fact that Ningxia was quelling the rebellion and the domestic military strength and finances were empty.
Ma Gui, the chief soldier of Ningxia, led his troops and stationed outside the city of Yan'an.
Now we are only waiting for the arrival of the army of Li Rusong, the chief soldier of Shanxi, and then several large armies will be united and ready to put down the rebels in one fell swoop.
Du Wenlin has now become Mei Guozhen's most trusted person.
The generals who led the troops to fight outside the country, almost no one liked the overseers sent by the imperial court, and in their eyes, the superintendents were burdensomes who did not understand military affairs and were in the way. Therefore, the treatment that Mei Guozhen received here is no exception.
Not only did Governor Wei Xuezeng treat him coldly, but even a general soldier like Ma Gui ignored him.
Although Mei Guozhen felt uncomfortable, he was helpless.
In peacetime, civilian officials can still restrain military attachés abroad, but once the war begins, the generals who charge at the front line become the red men of the imperial court.
That's just the way it is.
As a court supervisor, if you don't have some military knowledge, and you don't have some reasonable suggestions after you get to the front line, it will become inevitable to be rejected by the generals.
Mei Guozhen was desperate to break this embarrassing situation, and after thinking hard for a few days, he called Du Wenlin to the military supervision office, and the two chatted secretly for a whole morning.
"The flowers and birds in Qinzhong have been answered, and the wind and sand outside the plug are still cold."
In early summer, the Central Plains is already a season of green and summer insects.
The daytime is often covered by yellow sand, and the night is cold. There is occasional movement, and it is also the hungry wolf in the desert howling at the moon, which is more and more desolate.
On such a bleak night, a horse galloped out of the military camp on the outskirts of Yan'an and went straight to the depths of the desert in the distance.
The person on the horse was none other than Du Wenlin.
The Ningxia rebellion has passed for three months, and the imperial court has continuously requisitioned and dispatched large armies to encircle and suppress, but until now not only has it not exterminated the rebels, but has lost troops and lost countless money, which makes the emperor angry.
When Mei Guozhen and Du Wenlin were about to leave the capital, the emperor summoned them again, first, to instruct Du Wenlin to protect Mei's army, and second, to tell Mei Guozhen to act when he saw the opportunity, and he could replace the generals who could be mediocre and shrunken in command.
It's easier said than done.
Although a prison soldier holds the emperor's Shang Fang sword, if he doesn't have some special talents, who will obey these generals who lick blood and kill people all day long? One is not good, and it is highly likely that it will be another mutiny.
Mei Guozhen thought about it for a long time, planned with Du Wenlin for a long time, and decided to implement a bold plan: the discord plan.
If successful, this plan will not only greatly reduce the difficulty of counterinsurgency, but also allow itself to gain a foothold in this murderous place.
This plan must be kept absolutely secret, and the slightest carelessness will be a bamboo basket.
In the evening, Du Wenlin announced to Wang Qianhu and the two girls that the Prison Military Mansion had important matters that needed his assistance in the past few days, and they had to rush there overnight. And he commanded them not to go to him.
Although Wang Qianhu had doubts, he didn't want to ask too much.
The two girls chattered for a long time, and they had to go with them, but they were reprimanded by Du Wenlin with a cold face, and finally had to give up.
Already deep in the desert, Du Wenlin looked up at the faint stars from time to time, just afraid of losing his way.
In the boundless desert, there are occasional sparse poplar forests, which can be regarded as extremely beautiful scenery.
It was already midnight, Du Wenlin felt his eyelids heavy, and was trying to find a sheltered place to rest for a while, when he suddenly noticed a faint light flickering in front of him.
Slow down, try not to make a noise from the horse's hooves, and slowly approach forward.
In front of it was a tent, where a small army was supposed to be stationed.
This is the enemy's controlled territory, and this army should also belong to the other party.
I wanted to get around from afar, but I wanted to find out about the enemy by the way.
Get off the horse, stoop down and touch the enemy camp.
Dozens of tents are set up in the desert, except for a few soldiers patrolling, there is no fence around them, and they look like they are temporarily stationed.
Du Wenlin easily entered the barracks.
It was pitch black in the barracks, and there was a snoring sound from the tent.
I walked around the inside, found nothing, and was about to exit, when a figure suddenly emerged from a tent in the middle.
It should be the sleeper who is in a hurry to get up at night.
Du Wenlin hurriedly crouched in the shadow of the tent.
The man was about thirty years old, and had a beard. After looking around, he went straight to a tent next to him.
"I sleep with a transfer bed." Du Wenlin smiled in his heart.
When the man entered the tent, he was about to leave when he heard a faint sound of fighting coming from the tent.
"Could it be that this guy got up in the middle of the night to seek revenge?" Du Wenlin was curious, and quietly turned to the back of the tent, lifted a corner and looked inside.
Although there was no palm lamp in the tent, with Du Wenlin's eyesight, he could vaguely see what was happening inside.
In the middle of the tent was a bunk on the floor, on which a man and a woman were scuffling desperately.
The person who had just come in was riding on top of a woman in white underwear, covering her mouth with one hand and grabbing her hands on her chest with the other, trying to subdue her.
The woman struggled desperately below, but the man's size was larger, and his strength was sufficient, and the man still had the upper hand even though the woman resisted desperately.
Tears of shame flowed from the woman's eyes, and the strength of the resistance became smaller and smaller, and the man showed a wicked smile.
Seeing that the prey is about to lose its resistance, prepare to feast.
Although the other party is an enemy, a big man bullied a weak woman with such violent means, so that Du Wenlin really couldn't stand it.
With a heat in his head, he lifted the tent, got into it, and came behind the man in one step, stretched out his right palm, and slashed the back of his head.
The man was bowing his head and preparing to kiss the woman's lips, and the Ruolan breath exhaled from the woman's mouth had already drunk him before kissing.
It's a pity that the delicate lips that are close at hand will never kiss again tonight. He tilted his head and passed out.
Du Wenlin turned around and wanted to leave, but the woman suddenly whispered:
"Wait a minute!"
Although the woman's accent has a strong northern atmosphere, it sounds very comfortable.
Du Wenlin couldn't help but stop, turned around, and looked at the woman.
The woman took out the fire fold, lit the candle, and looked up at Du Wenlin.
After seeing Du Wenlin's decoration clearly, he showed a look of surprise.
"You're not our soldier!" She's sure to say.
Du Wenlin nodded, arched his hand, turned around and was about to leave.
A white shadow flashed in front of her, and the woman had blocked the way.
"You're Han, why did you come here tonight?" The woman asked, but not in a stern tone.
Du Wenlin couldn't answer this question, no matter what excuse he used, he couldn't explain the reason why he suddenly appeared at this time and place.
At this moment, he began to regret his impulsiveness and got himself into trouble for no reason.
Biting his lip, he hesitated for a moment, and said:
"Miss, please get out of the way, I happened to pass by here occasionally, and I happened to see this man bullying you, so I reached out to help."
This explanation is so flawed that even I feel too reluctant.
Of course, the woman didn't mean to let him go like this, and a pair of big eyes as bright as stars stared at Du Wenlin above her straight nose:
"Warrior, are you sure you're not mistaken? We're in a barracks, and there are a lot of soldiers patrolling outside, so you just 'pass by here occasionally', do you think you can believe it? ”
Du Wenlin felt that he was short of words and was a little annoyed:
"Girl, I can't explain anything to you anymore, please get out of the way!"
The title has changed from Miss to Girl.
He didn't want to inquire about the identity of the young lady in front of him, nor did he want to know who the man he had cut down was.
After all, this is in the enemy's barracks, and if it drags on for a long time and attracts the attention of the patrolling soldiers, it will be troublesome.
You have to get out of here.
Seeing Du Wenlin's resolute attitude of leaving, the woman reached out and took out a jade plaque from her arms, and said softly:
"It doesn't matter where you came from or why you came here, after all, you saved me! This is my jade plate, if you go to the north and encounter any trouble, take this jade plate to the local yamen, or garrison, and say that it is my friend. Almost all of them know this jade plaque and will do their best to help you. ”
Du Wenlin's heart moved when he heard this, he stretched out his hand to take the sign, put it in his arms without looking at it, and said again:
"Thank you, Miss, for your attention!"
The woman dodged away, and Du Wenlin didn't look back to get out of the tent.
The soldiers patrolling the perimeter did not notice the change here, and the camp remained the same.
But the night wind was much stronger than before, blowing through the roof of the shed, making a sharp whistling sound.
Du Wenlin rode a military BMW, and his feet were fast, and he entered Ningxia City in the evening of the third day.
According to his plan with Mei Guozhen, he should first find Liu Dongyang, the leader of the Han Chinese who rebelled against the bandits.
Bibaiben was a minor chieftain of the Mongol-Tatar tribe who surrendered to the Ming army because of a disagreement with the Tatar tribal leader.
It is only an expedient measure, not a willingness.
Later, because of his exploits in the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Tatars, he was promoted to the deputy commander-in-chief of Ningxia.
It's a pity that his ambitions have not changed, and the former governor of Ningxia, Dang Xin, has been corrupt and deducted military salaries, which has created an opportunity for the Bibai rebellion.
So Bibai instigated the Ming Dynasty's lower-level officers Liu Dongyang, Xu Chao and others to mutiny, and killed the governor Dang Xin and other Ming officials, openly raising the flag to rebel.
Bibai promised Liu Dongyang that after defeating the Ming army, he could make Liu Dongyang the "king of Ningxia".
The two of them were embarrassed, conquered the city, and lost their lives.
Mei Guozhen and Du Wenlin planned to attack the Han Liu Dongyang first and rebel against him. and then find a way to separate the relationship between Bibai and Liu Dongyang, so that the two of them turn against each other and break their alliance from the inside.
This is a two-pronged strategy that would kill two birds with one stone, and if successful, it would most likely end a war that had lasted for months.