Xu Ping's residence.

Huang Tianbiao sat nervously, looking left and right at the expressions of Gao Daquan, Sun Qilang and Tan Hu on both sides from time to time, all of them were sitting upright, their expressions were serious, and their hearts became more and more uneasy.

In the past two years, he has been smooth sailing, and he has never seen this kind of scene, and he is at a loss when he enters.

Xu Ping stood behind the desk, looking at the nearby map on the table, and didn't speak for a long time. This is considered his strength from his previous life, but also his weakness. No matter what you do, you are always used to planning well, whether it is agricultural or military affairs, you like to draw clearly on the map, without the chart, there is always no bottom in your heart. People in this era, such as Cao Zhizhou, only look at the map to see a general meaning, everything else is in his heart, as long as he has been to the place, how to deploy troops, how to march, he blurted out at once, Xu Ping admired it so much.

After gesturing for a while, Xu Ping raised his head and asked, "County Lieutenant Huang, you are familiar with the terrain in this area, how long does it take to travel from Zhongzhou to Shentong?" Not one person, but hundreds of marches! ”

Huang Tianbiao scratched his head: "If you go from the inspection village, the detour is farther, but the road is easy to walk, and it will take about two days." If you go through the mountain path, it will be an extra day. If you go around Luoyang County, you won't be able to do it for four days. Of course, this is only the time spent by a dozen of us in the mountains to do business, and if a few hundred people march, it will take an extra day or two. ”

Xu Ping nodded: "It's similar to what I thought." Huang Chengxiang walked on the middle mountain road, and he couldn't walk out of the mountains without four or five days. I have ordered people to fly to Guwanzhai, which is not far from Shendong, and let them gallop to Shentong with their soldiers and horses. Another person was sent to the state city and asked Cao Zhizhou to come over and preside over the military affairs. Alas, Shen Zhitong won't be able to hold out for a day or two. ”

Huang Tianbiao said: "There is also a walled city in Shendong, and there are no siege equipment in Zhongzhou, where can I break through the fortress in a day or two?" It's not a big deal, and you don't have to worry about it. ”

After listening to Xu Ping's words, Huang Tianbiao made up his mind again. It turned out that the general judgment had been arranged a long time ago, and the battle was fought by Gu Wanzhai and Cao Zhizhou, and there was nothing to worry about here.

"We can't do nothing here, it's rare to have this opportunity, and we must solve the problem of Chungju once and for all. How can you allow others to sleep soundly next to the couch? Taizu's words couldn't be more right. Lieutenant Huang, this is your chance to make meritorious contributions! ”

Hearing shouting himself, Huang Tianbiao chuckled in his heart, really couldn't escape? I pity myself for just a few days, and I have to go out to suffer again.

Standing up hard, Huang Tianbiao said: "Although the general judgment commands, the wind comes and goes in the rain, and Huang will never frown when he charges into battle to kill people and set fire to him!" Don't let the heroes of the world laugh at me! ”

These words were impassioned, and they made the town's teaching assistant who said three points very emotional.

Xu Ping smiled: "You don't need to go to the soup, you are a local, you must know some hidden paths." From us, can you plug into the path from Chungju to Shendong? ”

Huang Tianbiao thought for a while before saying: "It's okay, but you have to cross the river in the middle, and the road is too remote, I'm afraid of encountering some fierce beasts, and it's dangerous to have fewer people." ”

The two sources of the Milky Way, in addition to the Zhengyuan near the inspection village, there is also a tributary in the mountain, which converges in the east of Shentong after leaving the mountain and flows into the Zuojiang River. From the inspection village into the mountain, you have to cross this tributary.

Xu Ping said: "In the mountain streams, there must be places where you can wade through the water. In this way, I will give you and Gao Daquan a hundred native soldiers, lightly armed and simple, bring gunpowder, and go to blow up the retreat of Chungju, and there is no need to fight. Since Huang Chengxiang brought people out, he shouldn't go back. Gao Daquan, you have also taken a trip to the mountains, how about it? ”

Gao Daquan hurriedly got up: "Listen to the officials!" ”

Looking at the sky, Xu Ping said: "In this case, you two prepare, set off this afternoon, stay in the inspection village at night, and enter the mountain before dawn tomorrow morning!" ”

After instructing, Sun Qilang went to help Gao Daquan and Huang Tianbiao prepare gunpowder, he couldn't fight, so he was better at all kinds of equipment than others. Tan Hu is Xu Ping's personal soldier, and he can't go outward indiscriminately, so he followed Xu Ping with soldiers at this time.

When everyone went out, Xu Ping thought for a while, and said to Tan Hu: "You send someone to the state city again to urge Cao Zhizhou." Things are urgent, and there can be no sloppiness! ”

Tan Hu received the order and sent another personal soldier out.

It's all arranged, Xu Ping sat down behind the table, always feeling uneasy. Since talking to Huang Congfu that time, the two sides have even decided on the contact information, but I didn't expect that when the matter came, this guy had no news at all. Could it be that Huang Chengxiang's father and son discovered it? It doesn't make sense, I found out that Huang Chengxiang still dared to take someone to Shendong?

If according to Xu Ping's temperament, at this time, he sent someone to cut off Zhongzhou's retreat, he should directly lead people to Zhongzhou and kill him directly, and end his lair, and he will be a hundred. Afterwards, even if Huang Chengxiang led people to defeat Shen Dong, he would not be able to stand there, and he would mobilize troops and horses to kill him, and he was not afraid that he would turn the sky.

However, those 1,000 soldiers were not something he could mobilize with a general judgment. There is Zhizhou, Ning Dujian has no reason to listen to him, and he doesn't dare to listen to him, but the military power is with Cao Keming. The large-scale mobilization of soldiers and horses, and the military orders of the soldiers are all indispensable, and he has judged that there are no talismans and no seals here, so he can only sit and wait.

The word "right" sounds illusory, but in any organization, there will be a specific system, the same token, not you say that you have it. Zhizhou's Yin Xu Ping can sometimes take turns with Cao Keming, but the soldier seal letter does not pass through his hands, and the soldiers must go through Cao Keming. Zhang Rong's more than 200 people are clearly hanging on him, and he can still use them, and Xu Ping can only watch the other soldiers and horses.

Shendong, the former Wuli County Walled City.

Shen Chengrong and his eldest son Shen Yunze sat in the walled hall, both bowing their heads and not saying a word. Moved to this prosperous place from the original small ravine for less than a year, and thought that he would be rich and prosperous for a lifetime from now on, but he didn't expect to attract the evil wolf Huang Chengxiang. Before Xu Ping came, there were few villages in the surrounding mountains that were not robbed by Huang Chengxiang, and he was scared by Xu Ping once, and he was honest for a year, but he didn't expect him to bite him for the first time. Especially Shen Yunze, he went to the table on behalf of his father, but he had been to Tokyo City, and he was deeply shocked by the richness and prosperity like a heavenly fairyland, he understood what wealth was better than his father, and cherished his current life more. When Huang Chengxiang pounced, he was also more afraid than his father, how could he lose the wealth he had acquired?

A family member rushed in, bowed down and said, "Report to the city, the people of Chungju have already left the mountain, and they will arrive at the walled city in half a day!" ”

Shen Chengrong waved his hand weakly: "Got it, explore again!" ”

This is not Shen Yu's old territory, and most of the surrounding residents are not his clansmen, and there are contradictions with them as outsiders, and this kind of life and death situation cannot be counted on at all. Shen Chengrong could only withdraw all his cronies to the walled city and wait for help.

Xu Tongju will always come to save himself, it is he who has pushed himself from a barbarian Xiaotong lord to his current position, and in a year, he has reached the point where he can be on an equal footing with those traditional states. Since Xu Tong's sentence arrived, Yongzhou has undergone earth-shaking changes, and he will always have a way.

Shin Seung-young comforted himself, however, why didn't he have any bottom in his heart?

If, when Ah Shen really followed Duan Fang, and heard that Duan Fang had become the magistrate of the county, the status was much higher than that of the previous county commander, would the Huang family in Zhongzhou still dare to beat himself at such a turn? It's a pity that Shen Chengrong really doesn't know where the county magistrate is stronger than the county order, aren't all Tuzhou counties all Zhizhou magistrates? I still know it. But there is a son-in-law of an official of the imperial court, who always doesn't believe that Huang Chengxiang dares to be rampant, and the court always has to worry about face.

There is only a vague concept of what civil and military barbarians have, and it is not clear that their own officials are all large and small envoys who belong to the military series, and the official positions of the envoys have the meaning of envoys, which cannot be compared with Duan Fang. They are analogous to those military ministers who serve as supervisors of warehouses and liquor taxes, not pro-people officials.

Shen Chengrong's heart was confused, fidgeting, and he couldn't help but shudder when he thought of Huang Chengxiang's previous fierceness. Ruhe County has been here for several days, and Xu Tong judged whether he could come over.

In the mountains between the inspection village and Zhongzhou, Huang Tianbiao was dressed in short clothes, wrapped in leggings, and carrying a steel knife, and opened the road with Gao Daquan.

Before coming, Xu Ping specially instructed the two people not to walk together, but to separate one in front of the other, one to lead the way and the other to escort the team behind, so as not to get separated. This is the common sense of the army marching at this time, that is, on the battle formation, the chief officer of a team of soldiers and non-commissioned officers is the front flag bearer, and the deputy commander is also at the last escort. Only by keeping a watchful eye on people one after the other can we ensure that the army does not carry out its orders out of shape.

But as soon as he entered the mountain, Huang Tianbiao was blinded, and he resolutely did not walk in front, he had to change with Gao Daquan, saying that he couldn't see anyone in front of him, and he panicked. No matter what Gao Daquan says, even if he uses Xu Ping to suppress him, saying that Huang Tianbiao will be dealt with by military law when he goes back, he can't say that he can move this mountain man who is used to living a good life.

Before leaving, those bold words had already been thrown out of the sky by Huang Tianbiao. I haven't walked the mountain road for a long time, and as soon as I enter the forest that doesn't see the light of day, I only think of the partners who walked the mountain road with me before, which one was eaten by a tiger, which one was pounced on by a leopard, and which one was dragged away by a big bear, Huang Tianbiao was so panicked that it was difficult to move a step.

Gao Daquan had no choice but to find a local soldier leader who usually had some prestige, to replace him in the back, and accompany Huang Tianbiao to lead the way in front. Put Huang Tianbiao behind, who will show the way? Not to mention that Gao Daquan is not worried about him at all now, and he is at the end of the line and he is not sure when he will turn around and run.

With Gao Daquan by his side, Huang Tianbiao came back to life and became vibrant.

"You say, how can that road be blown up?"

Huang Tianbiao asked Gao Daquan excitedly.

Gao Daquan said in a sullen voice: "Blow up a big pit, or blow up the rocks on both sides, in short, you can't pass people anymore." ”

"Blow up the big hole, and the people of Chungju won't fill it? Blow down the rocks, they won't move away? Gao Daquan, I didn't say you, you look like you're five big and three thick, but your brain is not very flexible. Think again? ”

Without waiting for Gao Daquan to speak, Huang Tianbiao said again: "The general judgment is also sloppy, why don't you make it clear to us before you leave?" Gao Daquan, did you say that the general judgment was also a little panicked? ”

Shaking his head, he spoke again before Gao Daquan: "It's not right, the general sentence is to panic, and the brain is better than the two of us, there must be a way." He is the only Jinshi in Yongzhou City, who knows astronomy and geography, how can he be stumped by such a trivial matter? Gao Daquan, did the general judgment tell you? The general sentence is also eccentric, although you are his personal entourage, I am still a county lieutenant, why don't you tell me? ”

"Gao Daquan, what did the general judge tell you? Tell me too. ”

"High-"

Without waiting for Huang Tianbiao to finish speaking, Gao Daquan couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted angrily: "Huang Tianbiao, it's just to let you walk in the mountains, not to go into battle to kill the enemy, you are like a mother-in-law!" If you were afraid, why didn't you make it clear yesterday? You bastard, I'll cut you with a knife if you talk so much! ”

Huang Tianbiao was a little dazed: "What are you afraid of?" I'm not afraid, I just don't know how to blow up the road, I don't understand that we didn't go for nothing? Sure enough, did the general judge tell you? Tell me about it—"

Just when Gao Daquan was about to be tortured by Huang Tianbiao to go crazy, Zhizhou Cao Keming finally arrived in Ruhe County.