Yuan Fang smiled and asked, "Just now he said that you don't recognize the coins of our Eastern Saint Empire, is it true?" ”

The villagers glanced at Yuan Fang, bowed their heads and replied aggrievedly: "That, general, we are the Ningyuan Empire, and the copper coins of the Eastern Saint Empire can't buy anything here." Yuan Fang nodded and didn't speak.

After a while, Xia Yi came over with two trembling villagers, and those villagers were frightened by those cold and shining swords, and immediately knelt on the ground, and even called for the military master to spare his life.

Yuan Fang turned over and dismounted, personally helped the two of them, pointed to the middle-aged villagers before and asked, "Do you know the three of them?" Are they from your village? ”

The older villagers glanced at the middle-aged villagers with some fear, and said, "Yes, yes, Master Jun, they are from our village." Yuan Fang could see that the old man was not lying, which surprised him a little, he didn't expect these guys to be really villagers here, but the performance of the three of them was too weird.

Huo Bingyan smiled gently at Lai and said: "Old man, don't be afraid, our soldiers of the Eastern Saint Empire will not embarrass you ordinary people, we have passed back and forth here many times these days, we have never harassed anyone in your village, our Eastern Saint Empire is people-oriented, since we occupy Guangyuan County, the people here are members of our Eastern Saint Empire, rest assured, if there is anything unspeakable, just tell our general, he will call the shots for you." ”

When the old man heard this, he secretly glanced at Yuan Fang, who was kind and kind, and he could see that this young general was indeed different from the military masters he had seen in the past, at least those military masters would not talk to him like this in a gentle voice.

The old man looked at the middle-aged strong man opposite again: "This, this, they, them." ”

The middle-aged strong man glared and said, "Old man Liu, don't talk nonsense. The old man shuddered when he heard this, and immediately shut his mouth.

Yuan Fang and his entourage broke away from the brigade, and Yuqing hurried over after discovering it, and when she saw several villagers being surrounded, she couldn't help but ask curiously: "Brother-in-law, what's going on here?" ”

Yuan Fang shrugged, pointed to the three middle-aged strong men and said, "The three of them are either scouts or deserters from the Ningyuan Empire, and the worst ones are the scum in the township who harm one party." ”

Yuqing rolled her eyes, and said disappreciatively: "You still personally ask about this kind of trivial matter?" Isn't it over if you kill it? ”

Hearing Yuqing's words, the old man's body shook, and the joy on his face flashed, but the three middle-aged strong men were taken aback, and they regretted it in their hearts.

Yuan Fang glanced back, the large army had already passed, Yuan Fang was in no mood, looked at the three villagers and said coldly: "If you confess honestly, I can guarantee to spare your life, if you don't tell the truth, then there is nothing to say." ”

Yuan Fang pointed to a small mountain bag on the side of the road and said to Xia Yi: "The feng shui in that place is not bad. ”

Xia Yi understood and waved his hand: "Take them there to be executed." The female soldiers didn't say a word, but pushed the three of them and walked to the hill, and the knives in their hands were even more around their necks to prevent them from jumping off the wall.

The middle-aged strong man was so frightened that his face was pale, and he only took a few steps and begged for mercy loudly: "I said, I said, the general spares his life, I will say everything." ”

Yuan Fang pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "Hmph, you don't cry when you see the coffin." After speaking, leave Xia Yi and Ye Qingru to deal with this matter and leave with the rest of the people.

After a while, Xia Yi and Ye Qingru came back with the guards, and Xia Yi asked curiously: "Brother-in-law, you are so powerful, how can you see at a glance that something is wrong with those people?" ”

Yuan Fang said proudly: "Who am I?" Playing tricks in front of me is looking for death. ”

Ye Qingru scratched her head and asked, "Brother-in-law, don't sell Guanzi, how did you see it?" Why didn't I notice anything wrong? ”

Yuan Fang smiled: "Salutation." ”

Yuqing was puzzled and asked, "Title?" ”

Yuan Fang nodded: "That's right, it's a title, maybe you're used to it and don't care, they call me a general." ”

Yuqing frowned and asked, "There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with this." ”

Yuan Fang spread his hands and said: "I'll just say it, you are used to being called like this, but think about it, what do those ordinary people call when they see soldiers?" Just like the old man just now. ”

Xia Yi suddenly realized: "That's right, that old man calls you a military master, not a general." ”

Ye Qingru nodded and said, "Well, that's right, only those who are soldiers will call generals, brother-in-law, you are too powerful." Facing the adoring gaze of the women, Yuan Fang was about to take off to the sky proudly.

After a long pause, Yuan Fang remembered the matter and asked, "What's going on with those guys?" ”

Xia Yi replied: "They are indeed from that village, but they also have an identity, the heavy cavalry under Ling Hu. ”

Yuan Fang nodded suddenly and said, "I'll just say, although they are wearing ordinary clothes, they have a different temperament, and they are also a little too strong." By the way, since they are a rout, why didn't they go back to Guangyuan City but hid in the village? ”

Ye Qingru replied: "A few of them should be regarded as deserters, they escaped in the first battle of Wanmuling, they didn't dare to go back to Guangyuan City, and there were all our men and horses outside, they didn't dare to run around, so they returned to their hometown, that is, that village." ”

Yuan Fang continued to ask: "Then why don't they hide and run out to make trouble?" ”

Xia Yi covered his mouth and smiled and said: "I also asked about this, a few of them were impulsive at the time, and they wanted to secretly kill a few of our soldiers and get a few sets of military uniforms to pretend to be our people and flee to Anping County, but I didn't expect you to arrive in time, brother-in-law, otherwise those soldiers would be in danger." By the way, brother-in-law, how do they deal with it? ”

Yuan Fang thought for a while and said, "Let's take it first, aren't they stationed in Guangyuan City for a while?" You should be familiar with it, and maybe it will be useful in the future. ”

There was nothing to say all the way, and at ten o'clock in the evening, the Taiji Army came to camp five miles west of Guangyuan City, waiting for Tang Jian and Shi Ping to arrive, and finally determined the siege plan and time.

Encamped, buried in the pot to cook, in the big tent, Yuan Fang was not idle, and asked the three deserters in detail about the strength and distribution of the defenders of Guangyuan City during the day, etc., the three guys knew everything, and told everything they knew, especially some unknown insiders, such as the matter of the generals and the city lord eating empty salaries, as for why they are so clear about this kind of thing, the reason is very simple, only those officials and generals think that they have done a good job of secrecy in this kind of thing, in fact, Almost everyone in the defenders of Guangyuan City knew about it, but everyone dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, but there was no way to know how much of the empty pay those officials ate and the three of them.