"It's here, so let's do as you say! I will arrange for Zhao Feng and others to gather the guards in the clan to capture the south gate at night, open the city gate and let you in in time to control the soldiers and horses in the city and occupy Yujiang City. Fortunately, Na Sun Jue sent the soldiers of the county out to practice today, and the number of people returning was not large, so it was a good opportunity for us to take the city. ”

Gao Cang arched his hand and said: "Yes, the lower official will go to Nanshan according to the will of the adult, and I hope that the lord will make proper arrangements in the city to successfully capture the south gate, and after I introduce the soldiers and horses into the south gate, the general situation in the city will be determined, and then I will think about what to do later!" ”

Just as Gao Cang turned around and was about to leave, Zhao Huajun suddenly stopped him again, and asked inexplicably, "Where do you think that Shao Xi will flee now?" What's next? ”

"My lord, he may not be fleeing, maybe he is rushing to the state, or even returning to the capital to accuse your lord of murdering the court officials, if the people we sent die at his hands, it's okay to say, the most afraid is to leave a witness, and then I am afraid that it will be difficult to get rid of the crime."

"Alright! It seems that there is really no way back, you should set off for Nanshan! ”

After Gao Cang left, Zhao Huajun sat there alone in a daze. Thinking about the Zhao family's prestige in Yujiang County over the years, no matter how big the matter is, someone in the court has solved it for them, and they have never encountered such a big crisis.

At this time, Zhao Huajun scolded Shao Xi in his heart for being insatiable, if he hadn't wanted to swallow up most of his Zhao family's property in Yujiang County, he would not have made such a decision to make it like this.

It's funny to say, he actually thinks that Shao Xi is insatiable, but he never thought about how his Zhao family has been insatiable for so many years, looting private wealth, bullying and dominating the market, and privately setting up harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, making the people in Yujiang County miserable.

Maybe people do too many bad things, and they will take it for granted and be justified.

Gao Cang hurried out of Yujiang City before the night gate was closed, and now the east, west, south, and north gates are all under Sun Jue's control, if he doesn't hurry out of the city, it will be difficult to get out of the city after nightfall.

Last night, he already felt that Cui Qi, Sun Jue and others were going to show up with their Zhao family, if it was just a confrontation in the officialdom, it would be better to say, but now that it is going to develop into a military confrontation, Sun Jue and others have become the biggest threat to the Zhao family.

Just as Gao Cang was hurrying to Nanshan, the hundred-man team on Shao Xi's side was also ready. Shao Xi and Lao Wu took this team to sneak into Nanshan, and according to the map, they quietly approached the military depot of the private army in the center of Nanshan.

Their task was to quickly occupy the arsenal after the battle of encirclement and suppression, and hold on to it for reinforcements. Before that, it is necessary to avoid being discovered as much as possible, and even less to clash with others, otherwise you will be surrounded by many people and will not be able to escape with your whole body.

I have to say that this group of elites trained by Sun Jue himself is indeed well-trained and has a tacit understanding.

In the process of infiltrating the Nanshan march, the captain who was responsible for cooperating with Shao Xi and Lao Wu provided Shao Xi with a lot of useful suggestions along the way, both in terms of the route of travel and the way of travel.

None of the hundreds of people fell behind or made a sound, and they all marched quietly and quickly, which shows that Sun Jue trained them strictly and ordered them strictly on weekdays.

As the team crept through the woods from east to west, the scout team that was scouting ahead reported that they had captured a man on the north-south mountain road ahead, tied to a tree and waiting to fall.

Shao Xi and the captain who led the team were quite surprised, if it was dark today, who would still get into this mountain forest at this time? It seems by no means simple.

Shao Xi ordered the 100-man team to pause their march, and he took Lao Wu and the lieutenant to the front first to see who was captured? When he arrived, when he saw the captured person, Shao Xi didn't feel shocked and broke out in a cold sweat, but fortunately, it was okay! If you take a step slower, I'm afraid it's really going to be bad.

It was none other than the scout team who had been captured, but Gao Cang, who had come to deliver the news and prepare the soldiers and horses in the mountains to capture Yujiang City.

Speaking of which, he was really unlucky, he didn't come early, he didn't come late, but he arrived at the same place at the same time as Shao Xi and them, and happened to be discovered by the scouts who were scouting in front, so he directly pressed him down.

Fortunately, if this is not the case, let him go into the mountains and transfer the soldiers and horses out, Shao Xi's encirclement and suppression plan may be frustrated, at least it will increase the difficulty of encirclement and suppression.

At that time, it may turn into a scuffle, and a large number of rebels will flee out of Nanshan, and at that time, it will be too difficult to pursue them, which will seriously affect the effect of this encirclement and suppression.

Shao Xi came to Gao Cang.

At this time, Gao Cang was sitting on the ground, his hands tied behind his back to a tree, his mouth was stuffed with something and he couldn't make any sound, and his eyes were covered with a black cloth by the scouts.

In fact, even if he is not blind, he can't see anything clearly at this time, the black light is blind in the mountains and forests, if it is not a well-trained soldier, ordinary people are basically blind and headless flies.

"Gao Cang, do you know who I am?"

Gao Cang shook up and down unconsciously when he heard Shao Xi's voice, how could he not know who was speaking? Shao Xi's voice he had heard too much these days, he never dreamed that Shao Xi, who had disappeared all day, would appear here at this moment, a place they had always thought no one would find.

He already knew in his heart that now that the Zhao family was gone, Shao Xi's appearance here had already explained everything. He knew that it was too late for anything, and if he had had some illusions before, all his illusions were shattered at the moment.

If he wanted to survive, the only way out was to betray the Zhao family and cooperate with Shao Xi, so at this time, he nodded very calmly. This action is equivalent to showing Shao Xi his attitude, not resisting, and willing to cooperate.

Shao Xi naturally understood what he was thinking when he was so calm at this time, and he was happy to have such a person to cooperate with his actions.

If he is willing to turn his head and accuse the Zhao family, it is not difficult for Shao Xi to raise his hand and let him live, and the more witnesses, the better.

"I think you know the purpose of me bringing the troops here this time, so you don't need to talk nonsense, you do two things for me, if these two things are done, you used to be a tiger in the Zhao family, this official can not blame the past, raise your hand and let you live, if you dare to have other ideas, I guarantee that the first Zhao family to die must be you."

Gao Cang didn't even think about it, he nodded desperately without hesitation, no matter what Shao Xi asked him to do, he would obey unconditionally. As long as he can save his life, betraying the Zhao family does not have much psychological burden on him.

Shao Xi saw him nodding in agreement, and smiled slightly, as if everything was expected.

"First of all, take us to the military depot in the mountains, pretend that we are your retinue, come and inspect the state of security at night at the various garrison points in the mountains, and cooperate with us to occupy the military depot until the end of this encirclement and suppression; The second thing is that after the encirclement and suppression is over, this official will definitely investigate and deal with the entire Zhao family, and if you stand up and testify and accuse the Zhao family of what they have done in Yujiang County over the years, as long as the Zhao family is convicted, you will have merit. This official can exempt you from all the crimes you have committed in the Zhao family, remove your official position and return to your hometown to be a commoner, and your existing private property will not be checked by the official, and will be left for you to take away. What do you think of this condition? ”

Although Gao Cang's eyes were blindfolded at this time, he was really about to cry.

Now that people are swordsmen, he is fish and meat, Shao Xi can still give him such conditions, this is not to let him make a choice, this is a gift to him, and it is to give him a chance to be a new man.

He never dreamed that things would develop to this point, and in the face of him, the person who single-handedly planned to assassinate him, he would have taken his head a long time ago, how could he still have the opportunity to escape without being damaged?

Without hesitation, he nodded again.

Shao Xi raised his hand and asked the soldier to pull out the thing he didn't know what he was stuffing in his mouth from his mouth, and said to him again: "I need a clear commitment from you, and I want to know if you have any evidence of the Zhao family's guilt?" If so, hand it all over, and it will reduce your guilt. ”

Gao Cang took a few breaths, and after calming down a little, he replied to Shao Xi: "Lord Shao, I make a clear promise that from this moment on, I will help you eliminate the rebels and expose what the Zhao family has done in Yujiang County over the years, because I have been helping the Zhao family all these years, so I have all the evidence of the Zhao family's crimes, for example, this time I will transfer troops to attack Yujiang City and support the army to stand on its own." As long as Lord Shao is willing to let me live, I am willing to serve the adults as dogs and horses. ”

Shao Xi sneered, and said mockingly: "The work of dogs and horses? Forget it! Have you been working for the Zhao family for so many years? Isn't it still betraying the Zhao family now? So this dog and horse of yours, this official really can't afford it. You just do what I asked you to do, and what I just said to you counts. ”

Gao Cang was scolded by Shao Xi for a while, and he didn't know how to talk for a while, so he could only hang his head and let Shao Xi arrange for him.

"Let's go! Take us to the arsenal, as long as you cooperate with us to take the arsenal, you will complete the first thing. I don't think the rebels in this mountain necessarily know you, and you must have brought a token from the Zhao family to you when you went into the mountain, so as long as you take out this token when you get to the military warehouse, those soldiers in the military warehouse will definitely obey the order, am I right? ”

Gao Cang nodded and replied: "My lord is right, it is true, I have the token given to me by Zhao Huajun, and the people in the mountains will obey orders as long as they see this token." ”

Shao Xi waved to the soldiers next to him and asked them to untie Gao Cang.

"With you, we don't need to sneak in anymore, you and me and Lao Wu go in front, and the others follow behind. I'll just warn you once, don't think anything else, none of the people you sent to assassinate me will have a chance to live, and if I want to kill you, I'll just move my fingers. ”

Gao Cang couldn't help but shudder when he heard Shao Xi's words, the people who were sent were indeed killed by Shao Xi, although this adult looked young, he was really hidden.

"The villain doesn't dare, the villain doesn't dare! Now that the adult has given the villain a way to live, how dare the villain have other ideas? Don't worry, adults! ”

"Lead the way!"

"Yes!"

In this way, the hundred-man team led by Shao Xi changed from secretly sneaking in the woods to now swaggering along the mountain road, just because he had a live pass in his hand.

It wasn't long before I saw a campfire in the distance, and I could vaguely see that it was a camp with several large wooden houses in the camp.

The arsenal is here.