Nanyang County, a large county in Dengzhou, known as Wancheng in ancient times, has always been an important place for soldiers to compete for, and has a very long history.

Zhao Bufan and Zhu Lian left Bowang Town, all the way to the hurry, soon arrived here, did not think that Nanyang is the city gate is closed, not allowed to enter and exit at will, the two looked at the city, found that Nanyang can be described as heavily guarded, three steps and a post, five steps and a sentry, and there are countless soldiers on duty.

Zhu Lian was worried about Zhu Bocai's safety, and his pretty face was full of worry: "Extraordinary, what should we do now? I can't even enter the city now, how do I know if Liu Zhongwu is in Nanyang?

"We can't disclose our identities in public, and if we leak them, our trip will be in vain. ”

Zhao Bufan replied casually, frowned and thought for a moment, and then said: "Let's go, let's go around the city and talk, maybe we can meet the nearby residents, and try to find out the current movements of the imperial court's soldiers and horses." “

"Okay!" Zhu Lian nodded slightly.

The two walked outside the city wall for a long time, but they didn't expect to meet an old man passing by with red dates, Zhao Bufan stepped forward and asked: "Uncle, do you know why this Nanyang City is closed with the city gate?"

The old man looked quite young, his face was full of deep ravines, and when he saw them, he looked a little surprised, and even had a sense of vigilance, and looked at them for a long time before asking, "Are you from outsider?"

Zhao Bufan nodded: "Well, I just don't know when this city gate will open?"

The old man took a closer look at them again, and felt that his accent was indeed not local, and his face gradually relaxed: "Don't wait, this city gate will not open, and the grain and grass of the imperial court are hoarded in Nanyang at the moment, which can be said to be the top priority, how can people enter and exit at will?"

These words made Zhao Bufan's brows gradually wrinkle: "After a long day, where will the people in the city get enough food?"

The old man smiled: "Every two days, the east city gate will be opened for two hours, and the merchants in the city can trade with the residents of the surrounding towns and villages outside the city gate. ”

As he spoke, he changed the flat shoulder that was pressed on his left shoulder to his right shoulder, waved his hand, didn't pay much attention to Zhao Bufan and Zhu Lian, and left quickly.

"Let's go! Let's go! You can't enter Nanyang, right now this is an important place for military aircraft, and Liu Zhongwu's three-way army on the front line needs to transport grain from here, how can you let others enter at will. ”

Looking at the back of this old man, the sadness on Zhu Lianqiao's face was so thick that she couldn't dissolve, and asked urgently: "Old man, you know that General Liu Zhongwu's troops are divided into three routes, so do you know where General Liu himself is at present?"

The old man was stunned, and after a while, he turned around and asked in surprise, "What are you asking Liu Zhongwu for?"

Zhao Bufan took a step as if he was careless, but he just stood in front of Zhu Lian, who was about to speak, stared deeply at the old man in front of him, and said with a slight smile: "Don't hide it, our husband and wife have secret military information to tell General Liu." ”

"Secret military intelligence?"

The old man's face flashed a little stunned, but he quickly reacted and asked strangely, "Are you from the government?"

Zhao Bufan smiled quietly: "My uncle misunderstood, although we said that we have learned martial arts, but we are just ordinary people, this time we returned home from Changsha to the north, passing through the area occupied by Wang Qing, but I didn't think about it, but I found some secrets of Wang Qing under the twists and turns, so I plan to find General Liu Zhongwu, if my uncle knows, please let me know." ”

When the old man heard this, the wrinkles on his face deepened, and he was silent for a long time, and then suddenly asked, "What kind of military information have you obtained?"

"How can you just say this. Zhao Bufan shook his head again and again.

The old man's face showed curiosity: "What's so hard to say, I'm really curious." Why don't you tell me what military information you get, and I'll tell you where Liu Zhongwu is, how about it?"

"This ......"

Zhao Bufan pretended to hesitate, and after a long time, he nodded and said, "Okay, but you tell me where Liu Zhongwu is first!"

"Okay!" The old man was also dry, and immediately said: "Liu Zhongwu is currently on the plain south of Sui County, and he is fighting with Li Kai under Wang Qing. ”

"How did the old man know?" asked Zhao Bufan.

The old man was stunned for a moment, and then said unhappily: "Why don't you talk about credit, now you should have told me, and you asked me why I knew?"

Zhao Bufan suddenly smiled and said: "Don't be angry, you have to ask clearly, what if you talk nonsense?"

"I don't have any nonsense, that's what it is. The old man was a little angry, and inadvertently replaced the flat shoulder on the right shoulder back to the left shoulder, and then pointed to the bamboo basket hanging on the flat shoulder and said: "The old man in Nanyang County sells dates for a living, and has been running around for decades. ”

"I see!" Zhao Bufan stared at him and smiled.

The old man waited for a while, and when he saw that he didn't mean to speak, he asked urgently, "Hey, what about the secret military information you said?"

Zhao Bufan thought about it for a while, and said casually: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that when the two of us passed through Xiangyang, we found a group of 100,000 soldiers and horses hiding there, so we rushed to report the news." ”

The old man was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily: "Nonsense! You actually lied to me?"

Zhao Bufan's eyes narrowed: "I really didn't lie to you!"

The old man was so angry that he opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them back alive, and just looked at him angrily: "You are not trustworthy, I told you everything, but you still lied to me." ”

"I'll tell you the truth, how do you know that I lied to you?" Zhao Bufan asked rhetorically.

"You...... Hmph! How could there be 100,000 soldiers and horses in Xiangyang? If there were so many people, they would have already conquered Xinye?" said the old man angrily.

Zhao Bufan looked over in surprise.

"Uncle, how do you know the battle situation so well, and you know the situation everywhere?"

"I ...... Forget it, I'm too lazy to talk to people like you!"

The old man turned around angrily, picked up the burden and scolded and left.

Looking at his back gradually moving away, the smile on Zhao Bufan's face became more and more obvious, and Zhu Lian next to him looked at him and asked suspiciously: "Bufan, have you found something?

In fact, Zhu Lian had long been a little confused, at first she really thought that Zhao Bufan just wanted to take Liu Zhongwu's position, but as she talked more, she gradually discovered that Zhao Bufan was abnormal, because she knew Zhao Bufan too well, and it was impossible to play around with a strange old man.

"Lian'er, nine times out of ten, this old man is Wang Qing's meticulous work. ”

"Fine-grained?" Zhu Lian was taken aback, a little incredulous. "No, isn't it that you have too much heart, although he does know a little more, but it can't be said that it is Wang Qing's meticulous work! That kind of well-informed people may not know these things he said!"

Zhao Bufan smiled and shook his head: "The most important thing is not this aspect, it is his flat burden!"

"Flat Dan?" Zhu Lian felt a little incredible. "What's wrong?"

Zhao Bufan sneered: "The flat burden is an ordinary flat burden, but this old man is not the person who picks the flat burden at all, I lived in the countryside with my adoptive parents when I was a child, and I have been playing with this thing for several years, so I am very familiar with it." This old man used the most stupid method when he changed his shoulders, and it can even be said that it was ridiculous, he actually went around the front to change his shoulders, how is this like a person who sells things all the year round? It is just like a person who has never worked, I think he just turned the flat shoulder in his hand into a weapon, and habitually changed positions from in front of him. ”

Zhu Lian listened with a blank face.

"Didn't the shoulder change from the front?"

“......”

Zhao Bufan couldn't cry or laugh, thinking that Zhu Lian was born noble and had never done heavy work since he was a child, so he waved his hand immediately: "When I didn't say it!"

"Okay!" Zhu Lian hurriedly stepped forward to hold his arm, and asked with a smile: "I know! But this alone can't be concluded that he is a fine work under Wang Qing's command, right?"

Zhao Bufan shook his head: " will not use the flat tan to explain his disguised identity, but he obviously knows a lot of news on both sides of the court and Wang Qing, which is very unusual, and when he changed the flat dan, I carefully looked at his hand, which is a pair of hands that have been holding a knife for many years, and the distribution of calluses is very regular, indicating that he will do martial arts, so I am a little suspicious of him, and deliberately make a tentative speech, saying that we have Wang Qing's confidential military information in our hands, and you see his reaction, it is clear that he is eager to know, on the whole, he is Wang Qing's meticulous work, if he was not afraid of exposure just now, I am afraid that in the end he will have to make trouble with me。 ”

"Then he ran around outside this Nanyang City, there must be a plan. ”

"Let's go!"

Zhao Bufan quickly made a decision, if he didn't touch it, it would be fine, since he did, it was naturally impossible to let it go, anyway, he couldn't delay too much time, so he chased after Zhu Lian along the footprints at the moment, and secretly followed behind the man, with their martial arts, the other party naturally couldn't find out.

Sure enough, after the old man walked out of a few miles, he threw the red dates he was holding to the side of the road, and quickly ran into the dense forest.

A few hours later, in the middle of the night, he came to a dense forest, faintly heard the sound of dense footsteps, his face instantly showed joy, and he accelerated his pace.

In a short time, a large number of soldiers and horses appeared in view, not to mention thousands.

The old man rushed straight over, and after layers of interrogation, a burly warrior walked quickly in front of him, holding a pair of odd-shaped blades in both hands, which was called steel in writing, that is, a fine steel rod, with a fist at the top, and then a pen in the fist.

This kind of weapon is rarely used, and people who are not good at martial arts can't use it at all, and there are short-handled steel Laos and long-handled steel Laos, the long-handled ones are about the same length as maces, and the short-handled ones are about the same length as steel whips, usually a pair, one for the left and right hands, and the person in front of him uses a pair of short-handled steel Laos.

At this time, when the general saw the old man, he immediately asked urgently: "Old Suntou, how is the situation in Nanyang? Do you find out clearly? When will they open the city gate?"

"General Yuan, the villain has already found out, the city gate will be opened once tomorrow morning, the merchants in the city will trade with the people outside, that is our only chance to attack the city, the city should also be contacted, the agreement is tomorrow, they will create chaos at the city gate, buy me time, today I also went outside the city to confirm the terrain, stealing Nanyang should not be a problem." ”

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