Qin Shuhuai led his army to continue southward, and three days later came to the vicinity of Waiji County, more than 200 miles north of Hancheng. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It was late afternoon. The army ran for a day and needed to rest to replenish their strength, so they camped outside Ji County and buried the stove to cook.

They are all well-trained soldiers, and everything is in order.

Forty brocade guards turned into ordinary people and quietly came out of the camp, and then in groups of two or three, they dispersed in all directions.

If the north of Ji County can be regarded as a safe zone, then the south area is a high-risk area. Qin Shuhuai and Hong Chengchou both judged that Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong's men and horses were likely to ambush on the road from Jixian to Hancheng.

If they set up an ambush north of Ji County, then the ambush troops would be too far away from the main force, and this would not be called an ambush, but a lone army would go deep, and it would be easy for them to be eaten by all the officers and soldiers. And the ambush south of Ji County can echo with the large army of Liukou near Hancheng, which can be said to not only reduce the risk, but also increase the probability of success of the ambush - if the ambush troops can't gnaw down the officers and troops who come to help, you can also ask the main force to help, right?

In the tent, Qin Shuhuai and Hong Chengchou sat opposite each other and discussed the next step of the march together. After passing through Ji County, you must be extra careful at every step.

At this time, I saw Chen Jing hurriedly running in, sweating profusely and saying to Qin Shuhuai, "Helper, Lord Lai Xiang and General Du have quarreled, go and take a look!"

Qin Shuhuai was slightly stunned and asked, "Why are they arguing?"

Chen Jing said, "There were more than a dozen homeless people passing by outside the camp, and General Du tied them up indiscriminately. Moreover, the roadside tea shops, restaurants, and pedestrians within a few miles of the camp were also swept away by General Du, and dozens of people were arrested. Lord Lai Xiang couldn't stand it and said that he was disturbing the people. General Du was furious and quarreled with Lord Lai Xiang. Both of them are in a hurry, and they are about to fight!"

Chen Jing looked indignant, obviously he was on Lai San'er's side. This is inseparable from the concept of "the great man of chivalry for the country and the people" advocated by Qin Shuhuai in the Jianghe Gang. As a modern person, Qin Shuhuai is well aware of the importance of ideology, so he has always been very strict about the "ideological and political" work of the brothers in the gang. Not only did they strictly order the gang not to disturb the people under any circumstances, but they also often invited actors to perform bitter dramas that reflected the suffering of the people, and even invited the people at the bottom to show up and speak, so that the Jianghe Gang brothers could always maintain a passionate heart for the people and the world, and the pride and ambition to create a peaceful and prosperous world.

Lai San'er, who was deeply influenced by this kind of thinking and was proud of it, naturally couldn't look at it when he saw Du Wenhuan "disturbing the people" like this.

Even Qin Shuhuai's first reaction was why did Du Wenhuan do this?

However, after seeing the inexplicable smile on Hong Chengchou's face, he knew that Du Wenhuan must have his reasons for doing this, otherwise Hong Chengchou would not be so light-hearted.

So he said, "Let's go, let's go and see." ”

Hong Chengchou also got up and said, "Xiaguan and Shaobao will go together." ”

Under the leadership of Chen Jing, the two soon came to a clearing in the southeast corner of the camp.

The three layers inside and three layers outside the open space were full of people, and Lai San'er's shouts could be heard from a distance.

"The surname is Du, others are afraid of you, Lao Tzu is not afraid of you!

"Du Wenhuan, it's a gentleman, come here, go head-to-head with Lao Tzu! How about Lao Tzu letting you have one hand and one leg?"

"Hehe, you have the ability to be powerful on the heads of the people, but you don't have the ability to fight with Lao Tzu?

Lai San'er's poisonous tongue is well-known in the Jianghe Gang, and once he scolds, he can kill people.

When the officers and soldiers of the former Yuan Wei saw that the main general was being insulted like this, they immediately stopped doing it, and rushed up to surround Lai San'er and the Jianghe Gang brothers tightly. Not to be outdone, the brothers of the Jianghe Gang confronted them in a circle.

The two sides shouted and scolded each other, a group of rough men and a group of old Qiu Ba did not accept anyone, but fortunately, the two sides were still a little sensible, knowing that this was in the army, and no one dared to draw a knife and move a gun.

At this time, someone shouted, "Qin Shaobao, Hong Futai have arrived!"

When everyone heard this, they immediately got out of the way.

Qin Shuhuai walked to the center of the crowd with a dark face, only to see two or three people lying on the ground covered in blood, and several brothers from the Jianghe Gang were stopping the bleeding and healing their wounds.

Lai San'er and Du Wenhuan each stood on one side, glaring at each other.

"What's going on?" Qin Shuhuai asked Lai San'er in a condensed voice.

Lai San'er said, "Helper, oh no, my lord, General Du arrested dozens of innocent people nearby and beat them for no reason. These three people have just been tortured by him, you can see what they have become, if we don't come, we probably won't survive today. ”

Qin Shuhuai glared at Lai San'er and said, "Go back! Go to the camp and stay for me honestly, you are not allowed to come out without my order!"

Lai San'er was stunned, and then said unconvinced, "My lord, I ......"

"I said let you go back!" Qin Shuhuai said coldly.

Lai San'er had no choice but to swallow back what he wanted to say, and said unwillingly, "My subordinates obey orders." ”

Then he took the people of the Jianghe Gang and left.

Qin Shuhuai arched his hand at Du Wenhuan and said, "General Du, Lai San'er is rude, Qin apologizes to you on his behalf." ”

Du Wenhuan immediately said, "The last general will not dare." ”

Qin Shuhuai said again, "General Du, have you found out now, how many of these people are spies?"

"There's no progress yet, but it's always right to catch them. Some of these people look like refugees fleeing the famine, but they are always wandering around the camp, which is indeed suspicious. There are also some tea shop owners and buddies. These tea shops are all on the side of the road, and if it is understandable in the summer, wouldn't it be strange that they are not closed in the winter? In view of the fact that Wang Baochang had been ambushed in the vicinity before, there is reason to think that this road is full of rogue spies. So we have them arrested and tortured one by one, and if we can find out something, it will be in our best interest. ”

Qin Shuhuai did not approve of Du Wenhuan's approach, because it was too simple and rude, for example, the homeless people wandering near the camp probably just wanted to sell a miserable price to the officials and soldiers and then get some help, this kind of thing he had encountered several times on the way from Datong to Taiyuan. There is no doubt that Du Wenhuan will definitely harm some completely innocent people by doing this.

But he was blameless.

The lives of the people are their lives, and the lives of the officers and soldiers are also their lives. For the sake of the safety of the army, Du Wenhuan can't say that it's wrong to do this. From a more rational point of view, if this army is defeated by Zhang Xianzhong and Gao Yingxiang, then it will not only be these ordinary people who will die.

Qin Shuhuai groaned, but suddenly heard a loud roar from a camp tent not far away.

"Quickly release Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu wants to see your Lord Qincha!"