Chapter XXXVIII
Fifteen days later, on a mountain road more than 2,000 miles south of Qianlian City, three figures rushed forward quickly.
Lin You scolded Zong Zhuoyuan while running: "Out of Qianlian City, you are like taking an aphrodisiac, so desperate to hurry, we are distributed, it is not a glorious thing, why are you in such a hurry!"
Zong Zhuoyuan ignored him.
After all, considering that Zong Zhujie said that Zong Zhuoyuan might be in danger, Lin You didn't dare to be careless, and ran wildly, hoping to reach the purging army as soon as possible.
According to Zong Zhujie, the Qing Army encountered some trouble outside Wenqing City and has been stationed for nearly a year.
In the evening, the three of them came to the outside of the barracks of the Qing Army.
The sentry at the gate of the camp stopped the three of them, and Zong Zhuoyuan took out the documents given by Zong Zhujie.
One person took the paperwork and ran to the big tent of the Chinese army.
Not long after, a man in his early twenties, dressed in armor, ran out heroically.
Facing Zong Zhuoyuan and the three of them, the man shouted, "Seventh brother, I can be regarded as seeing you!"
Zong Zhuoyuan stood at the door of the barracks, looking at the people who came motionlessly.
It was Zong Han who came, and I saw that he was quite affectionate, so he stepped forward and hugged Zong Zhuoyuan, and said: "Seventh brother, my mother often mentions my aunt, and when I talk about my aunt, I shed tears, and I sigh when I mention you, alas! If my mother sees you, she will be very happy!"
This Zong Han is a child born to a concubine of Zong Zhujie's younger brother, his mother and Gu Yuemei were very good back then, and Gu Yuemei was already pregnant when she left the Zong family, Zong Han's mother is also a concubine, and she is usually bullied, so she empathizes, and she is sad when she mentions Gu Yuemei, but she told Zong Han a lot of things about Gu Yuemei.
And Zong Han was originally a concubine, so he naturally felt that Zong Zhuoyuan was interested in taste.
Gu Yuemei never told Zong Zhuoyuan about what happened to her in the Zong family, she just said that she was kicked out, so Zong Zhuoyuan didn't know anything, and looked at such a affectionate uncle and brother, and her face was embarrassed.
"I said, let's go in and talk!" Lin You looked at this scene of brotherly affection and said.
"Yes, yes, go in and talk!" Zong Han didn't care whether Zong Zhuoyuan wanted it or not, he pulled him and walked towards the camp.
Although Zong Zhuoyuan looked helpless, his complexion had softened.
A few people entered the camp and talked affectionately for a while, and Zong Han arranged a place for the three to live, and then dispersed.
It is said that Zong Zhuoyuan has been alone since he was a child, and he is used to being withdrawn, and later his mother accepted Lin You, who has an undetermined status of his brother and younger brother, and there is no other benefit except for his anger and pain. And this Zong Han is intimate with himself, but it makes him feel the feeling of being an elder brother, and he is also very close to Zong Hanzhi, at least his face is better than Lin You.
So he didn't hide it, and told Zong Han that Lin You and the others were not his subordinates.
Early the next morning, the four gathered in the big tent of the Chinese army.
After Lin You sat down in the tent, he said to Zong Han: "Zong Han, the old man said that you have been here for a long time, aren't you just a few bandits, you regular army can't deal with it! Let's get rid of these things quickly, your brother still has big things to do when he goes back, you can't stay here all the time!"
Zong Han glanced at Zong Zhuoyuan and said to Lin You: "Brother Lin, don't you know, there are four bandits here, and there are not many people, but there are masters behind them!"
Lin You came to his senses when he heard it: "Let's hear it!"
"We have never seen this person, but he is not simple, and he has gathered these four bandits together, and there are as many as 10,000 people. And this person is scheming, we don't know how many times in the past six months, either the grain and grass have been burned, or the baggage has been robbed, or the ambush has been hit, this guy is either attacked by fire or flooded! You also know, I don't have many cultivators here, plus I am only three, and the rest are ordinary people, we are all the way to the clear, and we leave after the fight, and I am not very familiar with the terrain here, so after suffering a few losses, I retreated to this Wenqing City, no longer fighting, and kept complaining to the family!" Zong Han said.
Lin You was stunned when he heard this: "So here you are a literate bandit, you have experienced a hundred battles, he can make you suffer, it seems that you are proficient in the art of war!"
Zong Han couldn't help nodding.
"Come, tell me about the battles you have fought, and let me analyze and analyze them well!" Lin You's face became serious.
encountered this kind of work, Zong Zhuoyuan and Song Qun never robbed him, and listened obediently on the side.
Zong Han began to talk about it one by one.
The more Lin You listened, the more his brows furrowed, and he was secretly frightened in his heart.
Listening to what Zong Han said, this person is indeed not simple, just after these battles, more than half of the thirty-six plans were used, and they were used crosswise, and each time it was a plan.
However, Lin You felt the taste of the Three Kingdoms and Spring and Autumn from it.
After listening to Zong Han's speech, Lin You thought carefully for a while, and said: "You said that after the merger of this group, the four cottages were stationed, and you pounced every time, and you were ambushed!"
"That's right!" said Zong Han.
"Alas, if we don't kill them in the past, the people here will not be at peace! It's a pity that we cultivators, the crowd of ten thousand people, are not something we can deal with, it seems that Lao Tzu needs to use his wisdom!" Lin You sighed, turned his head and said to Zong Zhuoyuan and Song Qun: "Let's go touch their lair at night!"
"I can't help it, Brother Lin!" Zong Han said: "Ten thousand people, your cultivation is high, and it is not easy for you to come out of your whole body! Besides, that person is very cunning and ......."
Lin Youyi waved his hand and said: "Let's not go to the cottage where they are stationed, go to the empty cottage to have a look, and we go to see it quietly!"
Several people looked at Lin You in confusion.
"Mountain people have their own tricks!" Lin You said: "Go and touch the enemy's situation, I don't believe it, he doesn't even have a trace of weakness!"
That night, the three of them went up the mountain.
Early the next morning, the three of them rushed back covered in dew.
Zong Han also didn't sleep all night, waiting for the three of them.
"Bring the map!" Lin You shouted at Zong Han as soon as he entered the door.
Zong Han spread the map on the table and looked at Zong Zhuoyuan and Song Qun with a confused expression.
The two shook their heads, indicating that they were only making soy sauce.
"Brother Lin, this is just a detailed map of the nearby city, but the mountain shape is not accurate enough!" Zong Han said.
Lin You looked carefully, pointed to a few places and asked, "Here, here and here, are the roads in these places accurate?"
Zong Han looked at it and said, "These are on the periphery, of course they are accurate!"
Lin You nodded, looking at it and thinking about it.
Finally, he looked up and said, "Do you believe me?"
Zong Zhuoyuan and Song Qun nodded of course.
Zong Han looked at Zong Zhuoyuan and nodded.
"Let's talk about it first, this is also my first time commanding a battle, but don't worry, the worst consequence is to be busy in vain, and there will be no major damage!" Lin You looked at Zong Han Dao.
"Say it, I'll listen to you!" Seeing Lin You say this, Zong Han also made up his mind.
"The mountains surrounding this area, together with this Wenqing City, the Zong family has a total of four cities!" Lin You pointed to the map and said: "I want you to immediately send four people to take a long detour, go around a large circle from the rear to these cities respectively, and inform the city lord that there will be a foreign attack in the rear, and in the name of a big war is coming, they will start to restrict the grain merchants in the city from selling and transporting grain in large quantities! At the same time, only entry and exit are allowed in each city! Remember, be fast, no matter what method you use, within three days, you have to send the command to!"
"This is a bit difficult, but my third uncle gave me a token, which can dominate these city lords, but I only have two cultivators under my command, and there are three cities left, three days, it is impossible for ordinary people!
"I'll go!" Song Qun said.
"Okay!Xiaoqun, you go to Anran City, and wait for us at the city lord when you arrive!" Lin You said, seeing a few people who heard a little strange Lin You said: "Explain in a while, this first thing, do it now!"
Zong Han hurriedly called Song Qun to arrange this matter.
After a while, Zong Han came back and signaled that the arrangements had been made.
Lin You continued: "Zong Han, we will leave a thousand people, and the rest of the people will set off quietly tonight, and also go around to Anran City from behind! In addition, inform the city lord that after we leave, we will gather the people in the city, distribute money every day, and go to our camp to train with the thousand people we left behind every day, and we don't need to take it too seriously, we can practice how we usually practice, as long as the shouting can be heard!"
Zong Han said: "This is also easy to do, but what are we going to Enron City for?"
Lin You smiled and said: "Ambush outside the city and fight with them!" Didn't you say that you are always in a trick and can't meet the main force of the thieves, this time I will let you kill them all!"
"Brother Lin, just make it clear! I'm sweating so much!" Zong Han said.
Lin You smiled and said: "Last night we touched an empty village of thieves, it seems that they just left, and there are not a few people left, I went in quietly." But I took a closer look and found out something!"
"What's the situation!" asked Zong Han.
"They don't have much food, and the ground is almost full of the bones of the beasts in the mountains, and I noticed that there are only a few steamed buns on the stove, and the rest are mountain fowl and the like. This shows that they are running out of food!" Lin You said: "But I guess that the people who purchased their food must have also set off, so I will ask our people to notify these four cities and prevent the grain from circulating!"
After hearing this, Zong Han nodded and said, "Then why do we want to go to Anran City!"
Lin You pointed to the map and said: "We have heavy guards here, and the roads leading to the mountains of the other two cities are not suitable for transporting grain and grass, you say, if they are forced to hurry, they will rob that city!"
Zong Han and Zong Zhuoyuan looked at the map and said in unison: "Enron!"
"Correct!" Lin You said with a smile.
"Brother Lin, wonderful!" Zong Han said.
"Don't be in a hurry to boast, you also have a task!" Lin You said.
"Brother Lin, you say!" Now Zong Han is convinced.
"You quickly find some cultivators in the rear city, block all possible entrances to the back of the four cities, as long as it is to transport food, all will be detained, and people must be retained, this is very important, you can't release people, you know!" Lin You said.
"I know, once someone goes back to report the news, our plan will not work!" Zong Han said.
"Close the city gate today, and spread the news that there is an enemy situation in the rear!" Lin You stretched and said: "Quietly go out of the city at night, damn, play tricks, Lao Tzu will too!"
He didn't blush either, making such a big fuss!