Lao Guo's guess was right, Lao Chen and his entourage met the soldiers and horses under Lao Guo's command after entering Qiwu Mountain, and followed all the way to the ruins of the old Baicheng, only to find that Lao Guo and Li An went to the horse thief's lair, so they left most of the soldiers and horses, led more than 100 soldiers to gallop over, because I heard that the road is not easy to walk, Lao Chen brought all the cavalry, only he rode a two-wheeled motorcycle.

"Lao Chen, why are you here?"

Lao Guo greeted first.

Lao Chen was a little unhappy and complained: "This road is too difficult to walk, and it will kill Lao Tzu, I knew it was like this, so I came on horseback." ”

After getting out of the car, Lao Chen touched his buttocks, looking very unhappy, this road really choked him upside down, if he walked on flat ground, it must be the horse's bump is bigger, and once into the uneven mountain, the horse's bump is the smallest, any ordinary vehicle in the mountain bump is very serious, and the horse's four hooves can well differentiate the bump of the road, so that the bump as much as possible.

"The car hasn't broken down yet, it's really good!"

Lao Guo didn't care about Lao Chen, and when he came up, he touched the seat cushion and handle of the car.

"Lao Guo! I'm going to die, you actually care if the car is broken, my dignified general is not as valuable as the car? ”

Lao Chen joked unhappily.

"Haha! I have a lot of generals in the Tang Dynasty, but there are not many in this car, hahaha! ”

Lao Guo opened his mouth and smiled.

"Okay, I won't talk to you, how many horse thieves have not been eliminated, and give Lao Tzu a chance to perform, this is so far away that I can't let Lao Tzu run away in vain!"

Lao Chen said.

"There are still three or four hundred horse thieves, but we don't know where to hide for the time being, and our scouts are also looking around, and they haven't found it yet."

Lao Guo replied.

"Hey, these grandsons know how good it is to hide and come out to fight happily."

Lao Chen's hands were a little itchy, and he spoke.

"The horse thief is not a fool, how can he come out to die, don't worry! As long as you find a horse thief, you will definitely be given a chance, and you will not be allowed to run in vain. ”

Lao Guo said thoughtfully.

"What are you talking about? It's so hot. ”

Ang Lee greeted him.

"Li Shilang is too boring, and he won't call me for a fight here."

Lao Chen complained as soon as he opened his mouth.

"It happened suddenly, and I didn't have time to tell it! This is not a planned attack, it is a temporary plan, if the plan is leaked, the horse thief will not be fooled. ”

Ang Lee opened his mouth to explain.

"Oh, the little horse thief dares to give you a trick, it's really bold and fat!"

Lao Chen said.

Li An hurriedly told him again about his visit in Dejing County and his whereabouts being leaked to the horse thief, Lao Guo already knew about it, but Lao Chen didn't know it.

"What a blessing! If you hadn't shot that pigeon, it would have been terrible! It's so risky. ”

Lao Chen gasped when he heard this, if Li An and the more than 100 people under his command were defenseless and were attacked by hundreds of horse thieves, even if they were not wiped out, it was estimated that there would be only a few people left.

"This is called Jiren's own natural appearance, horse thieves do a lot of evil, how can there be good luck."

Lao Guo said with a smile.

The three of them used the horse thief's lair as their base camp and sat in this place, so that it would be more convenient to receive news.

And in order to prevent the moths in Xiazhou City from knowing about the situation in the mountains, the army has blocked the news and hoarded it in Qiwu Mountain in the name of exercises.

However, the news is difficult to completely block, there is always a place to ventilate, and the gathering of so many soldiers and horses to Qiwu Mountain will definitely attract the attention of many people, especially those who have ghosts in their hearts, who are the most nervous.

In order to appease the people of Xiazhou City, Lao Guo sent people back to Xiazhou City and released a public message, telling the merchants and people in the city that the army had entered Qiwu Mountain and was ready to trap the horse thieves to death, so that the merchants were happy.

As soon as such news was released, it naturally caused some people in the city to be nervous, and some people who had colluded with horse thieves were worried in their hearts.

They were not worried that the horse thieves would be annihilated by the officers and soldiers, but they were very worried that the leaders of the horse thieves would be captured by the officers and soldiers, so that some people's bad deeds could not be hidden.

Early in the morning, the main force of officers and soldiers in the city went north to Qiwu Mountain, and this situation was naturally known to the whole city, from the highest assassin to ordinary ordinary officials.

As for why so many soldiers and horses rushed to Qiwu Mountain, everyone was not very clear, because the army set off in such a hurry that it was too late to ask, and they had no right to ask.

"Wang Tingshi, something is wrong with the situation! Why did the officers and men leave in such a hurry early this morning, and whether something had happened in the mountains? ”

A small official spoke.

"There is another situation, Li Shilang didn't seem to come back last night, he left the state city early yesterday morning to go to Dejing County, and he didn't come back overnight."

Another horse thief said.

"What's so strange about this, I must be living in Dejing County, and it's inconvenient to come back late in the morning."

A small official said.

"By the way, I heard that last night, General Guo quietly went out of the city, only brought a few entourages, and never came back, my nephew was on duty at the city gate, and told me early this morning."

A small official spoke.

"In the middle of the night, what did General Guo do when he went out of the city, is it related to the fact that the officers and soldiers rushed to Qiwu Mountain early this morning, could it be that General Guo sent troops to raid the horse thieves last night, and encountered difficulties, so early this morning, a large number of officers and soldiers went to reinforce."

Another official opened his mouth to guess.

These petty officials have nothing to do, they just need to deal with some small things every day, and when they have nothing to do, they like to get together to chat and talk to pass the boring time.

"Ah Lang, there is news from Dejing County."

Thorn Shi's butler came over and whispered a few words in Wang Thorn Shi's ear.

"Let's talk first, I'll come as soon as I go."

Wang Tingshi opened his mouth and said.

There are some things that cannot be casually let others know, even if they are subordinates who are very close to them, because the more people who know, the greater the possibility of things being leaked, so naturally, the fewer people know, the better.

Walking to a corridor and seeing that there was no one around, Wang Tingshi asked in a low voice, "Say it!" What the hell is going on? ”

"Ah Lang, according to the news that our people just sent back, Cui Dahai was tricked by Li Shilang yesterday evening, and he flew a pigeon in a fit of anger to pass a book to the horse thief, he wanted to borrow the hand of the horse thief to get rid of Li Shilang, and the more than 100 officers and soldiers who followed Li Shilang were also very lucky."

The henchman said in a low voice.

Wang Tingshi was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "This Cui Dahai really ate the bear's heart and leopard's guts, he even dared to do such a thing, it seems that it is wise to ambush eyeliner around him, otherwise, maybe one day he will target me, oops!" It's so bold, by the way, tell me everything you know. ”

So, Wang Tingshi's henchmen told everything that had happened, and he told Wang Tingshi all the news he had obtained, and he didn't dare to hide it in the slightest.

"It's really hard to say this, if Li Shilang's 100 people are really camped in the old Baicheng, the horse thieves only need to launch a surprise attack at night to be able to win a big victory, so that more than 100 people, including Li Shilang, can't run away! This one...... As the assassin of Xiazhou, this official has an unshirkable responsibility! ”

Wang Tingshi said nervously.

"Ah Lang, this matter has little to do with you, Li Shilang didn't tell you when he went out, and the people who are responsible for protecting him are also his guards, if you talk about responsibility, the responsibility of General Guo, who has nearly 10,000 mercenaries, seems to be greater, otherwise, he wouldn't be so nervous, and he ran out in the middle of the night, didn't he?"

The henchman spoke.

"It makes sense, General Guo left the city in the middle of the night, it seems that at that time, he already knew that something was going on in the north, but why didn't a large number of officers and soldiers set off for Qiwu Mountain until early this morning?"

Wang Tingshi said.

"Ah Lang, there are also garrisons outside the city, maybe General Guo was in a hurry last night, and it was too slow to transfer troops from inside the city, so he transferred the troops outside the city first."

The henchman spoke.

"That's right, it's so right, it seems that something really happened!"

Wang Tingshi's expression looked a little worried, although even if something really happened, his responsibility was secondary, but after all, he had to bear a considerable responsibility, how could this make him not nervous? Even if it is a half-level demotion, it is enough for him to be painful, since ancient times, officials have liked to be promoted, and there is no one who likes to be demoted, and the demotion is simply a great shame, and it is something that many officials cannot tolerate.

"Ah Lang, this Cui Dahai really needs to pay special attention, this kid is too ruthless, so Baicheng is in Xiazhou City, but not in Dejing County, even if Li Shilang really encounters an accident, it has nothing to do with this Cui Fat Man! And Ah Lang is still more or less implicated, so ...... Maybe ......"

The henchman frowned and analyzed.

Wang Tingshi is also a smart person, and he immediately understood when he heard this, and continued: "In this way, maybe this official will be demoted to a county order, but Cui Fatzi can take the position of this official and be the assassin of Xiazhou, this dead fat man's wishful thinking is loud enough!" However, he would never have dreamed that there were people with his own officials by his side, as long as the matter was reported to the imperial court, this dead fat man would not want to live, hmph, he also wanted to step on the official to climb up, and the official wanted to let him die without a place to be buried. ”

As soon as he thought of his subordinate county order, he dared to play such a big game with himself, Wang Tingshi was angry, and he wanted to drag Cui Fatzi over and beat him hard to relieve the hatred in his heart.

"Ah Lang rest assured, the relevant evidence has been prepared, as long as there is an accident in the north, let's report what Cui Fat Man did to the imperial court, in this way, not only Cui Fat Man will be punished with death, but also Ah Lang can be regarded as a meritorious service, and this merit will naturally not be demoted, in this way, Xiazhou City is still Ah Lang's."

The henchman spoke.

Wang Tingshi nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand lightly, and let his henchmen rest.

At the moment, the most important thing he needs to do is to find out what happened in the direction of Qiwu Mountain as soon as possible, whether the horse thieves successfully attacked and wiped out more than 100 officers and soldiers, or the horse thieves only eliminated some of the officers and soldiers and let Li An escape, or the horse thieves failed in their sneak attack and were defeated by the officials and troops, and even, this itself was a trap for the officials and troops.

What kind of situation it is, Wang Tingshi really doesn't know, and neither do the small officials under his command, they can only get together at the moment to discuss and predict the possible outcome through speculation.

"Thorn history, just now the people who entered the city brought a news, saying that there are a thousand elite soldiers and horses also rushing to Qiwu Mountain, and it is a soldier and horse that has never been seen before, in addition to soldiers and war horses, there are many very large vehicles, and there are no horse-drawn carts."

A small official walked in and spoke.

"Oh, such elite soldiers and horses, I'm afraid only the capital has them, it seems that they are reinforcements from the capital, this is a big deal! Even the soldiers and horses of the capital were dispatched. ”

Wang Tingshi opened his mouth and said.

"Thorn history, the capital is quite far away from here, such a team of soldiers and horses must not have just been transferred from the capital, it should be stationed in Xiazhou, so many soldiers and horses are very good! We don't even know. ”

A small official said.

Wang Tingshi immediately felt that someone was guarding against them, otherwise how could he deliberately hide such an elite army of soldiers.

"General Guo's soldiers and horses and the soldiers and horses in the capital are desperately rushing in the direction of Qiwu Mountain, there must be something wrong here! Something must be wrong! ”

"Really, what is it that you want to deliberately hide from us?"

"Hey! We have low qualifications, and it is normal to hide it from us, but the assassin is the parent official of a state, and they even hide the history of the king, which is completely ignorant of our Xiazhou officials! ”

"Yes! Oh, yes! No matter how big something happens, you have to let us know! ”

"I met a little captain from the mountains on the road just now, and I didn't say anything, and I didn't even want to care, what is the cow!"

Wang Tingshi waved his hand and said: "Everyone, don't complain, it was General Guo's duty to encircle and suppress horse thieves, he didn't tell us, naturally there is a reason not to tell us, everyone should be considerate!" By the way, according to reliable sources, Li Shilang went to the old Baicheng last night, and I heard that he spent the night there, and there were only more than 100 guards around him. If something happens, we won't be able to get out of it. ”

"There is actually such a thing, it seems that the officers and soldiers rushed to Qiwu Mountain to have something to do with this matter! In this way, Li Shilang will have an accident. ”

"Crow's mouth, dare to say nonsense, Li Shilangji people have their own natural appearance, how can there be something, if there is really something, who dares to hide this news."

"Could it be a horse thief raid, Li Shilang fought his way out of the encirclement under the desperate protection of the guards and soldiers, and temporarily hid, and a large number of soldiers and horses entered the mountain to meet Li Shilang and exterminate the horse thief."

"It's possible!"

"That's not a small matter! Let's pray all the best for Li Shilang! ”

A group of officials spoke.