Chapter 481

After dark, Fang Xie and others gathered again.

"General, there are no people in the city!"

Nie Xiaoju said, "at least hundreds of yards have been inspected. I don't see people living. There are only rebels in suixian city."

"I found out where the rebel general lived."

Mu Xiaoyao said, "several people with good cultivation in the city gathered in the same place. Qingfan went in and looked, and determined that it was the residence of the rebel's main general. This person's cultivation was not high, and he had only six grades of cultivation at most. If he wasn't afraid of affecting your plan, qingfan could catch people without being noticed."

Fang Xie said in a voice, "just eat something first and meet him in the evening."

He took off the dry food bag and handed it to Mu Xiaoyao. He drank water: "big dog and I walked around the city and couldn't find a place to store food and grass, so we had to be in the camp. It's difficult to seize food and grass. Even if we can open the city gate and let the cavalry come in, there are tens of thousands of elite rebels in the city. If they are twisted together, the loss will be great."

He sat down on the earth Kang and quickly calculated how to get grain and grass in his mind.

"Now let's find out what the purpose of Li Yuanshan's deployment of heavy troops behind Xiangcheng is. Sui county is 500 miles away from Xiangcheng, and there are tens of thousands of elite here. It's difficult to ensure that there are no troops in other places."

"Have a rest. I'll go to the rebel general's house later in the night."

Although it has reached the end of February, the cold night in the northwest is still very cold. Fortunately, they are all people with excellent cultivation. If ordinary people were changed, they would have been shivering with cold in such a dilapidated house. At the end of the night, the north wind finally stopped, and the night sky seemed as thoroughly washed by water. The moon was still hiding behind a cloud, but the starry sky was very bright.

Fang Xie calculated the time and estimated that it was past Youshi. He asked Nie Xiaoju, the big dog Yankuang, and Mu Xiaoyao to wait outside. He and Shen qingfan jumped in from outside the guard's yard wall. Shen qingfan came once after dark. Fang Xie followed her and found the guard's study without much effort.

There are secret sentries in the yard, but unless their whereabouts are deliberately exposed according to their cultivation, it is difficult to find them with the skills of those secret sentries.

Fang Xie was a little under his feet, flitting behind a clump of evergreen cypress trees. His palm was like a knife on the neck of a guard outside the study. The man fell down soft without even humming. Fang Xie took the man's collar and threw it behind the cypress, then changed the man's clothes and armor with the fastest speed, pulled down the brim with an epithelial helmet, and he went out and stood outside the study.

Fifteen meters away from him was another guard, but the man kept facing out and didn't notice that his companion was turned over.

Fang Xie stood at the door of the study and listened. He found at least three people in the room.

Judging from the shadow of the light on the window, the one sitting is obviously the general of the suixian rebel army.

"The inspector should be here tomorrow."

Someone in the room sighed and said, "the king of Dingxi arranged us here. I don't know what the plan is. He transferred all the mobs to the front line, but we stayed. It's really hard to understand. But there's no explanation for the order, so people can't guess the reason."

Another said: "General, why should we be upset? One of our soldiers is stationed in suixian County, the other is in Lezhen, and the other is in Guanxian county. We know that within 150 miles, the king of Dingxi has deployed at least 30000 elite soldiers, which is obviously a big plot. The king of Dingxi doesn't say anything, but he must be afraid of leaking any news in advance. We are still far from Xiangcheng, and the people of the imperial court will be there for a while and a half I can't get here. Now the first trouble is the inspector. "

The person who spoke before said, "the king of Dingxi must have left a large number of people and horses to the west of Xiangcheng, and they are all elite teachers. He sent patrol envoys to patrol all counties and cities. The last patrol envoys left for less than two months, and the second patrol envoys will arrive again. Last time, the one surnamed Zhang took two thousand liang of silver and left, which is still the same amount this time."

One man said: "those bastards took the military order of Dingxi king as a means to collect money. I heard that Shang Huoxi didn't give money at first, but the patrol envoy directly wrote a letter and sent someone back to Xiangcheng. He simply said that Shang Huoxi neglected his duty and couldn't bear the great responsibility. If it wasn't Shang Huoxi's uncle, it would be Shang Jin, the Chamberlain of the Ministry of war. I'm afraid Shang Huoxi won't come to a good end."

The sitting man sighed, "we laughed at Yan Po Shan and others, but we were not valued at all after following the king of Dingxi for many years. Leading hundreds of thousands of mobs was actually excluded. But now think about it, those of us who stayed with the king of Dingxi were not as good as Yan Po Shan and them. At least, they didn't have patrol envoys to squeeze."

"The patrol envoy has too much power. It can be seen that the king of Dingxi doesn't trust us. The patrol envoy has the right to transfer troops and horses and remove the military post of a general. Who dares to offend!"

"Spend money to avoid disaster. It's like being bitten by a mad dog."

One of them said, "I really hope the inspector meets a horse thief on the way and dies clean!"

Fang Xie, who wanted to go in, hesitated after hearing these words and quietly retreated back. He gestured to the sinking fan, and the two jumped up a tree to watch. After a while, the door of the study opened, and two people came out of the study. They talked in a low voice and walked out. Shen qingfan and Fang Xie looked at each other, and then swept out of the house.

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In the residence where he was hiding, the rebel general captured by Fang Xie looked at the people in front of him with a pale face. On his way home from the general's house, he was knocked unconscious from behind. He was here when he woke up. All the people in front of him covered their heads and faces with black scarves, which made him feel at ease. He was born a horse thief and knew some habits of the road. For example, when he used to do business, he didn't want to kill the captives, so he would cover his face with a black towel. If you want to kill, you don't have to hide anything.

"What can I do for you..."

He swallowed hard and asked in a low voice. The man like the iron tower standing beside him gave him great pressure. He had no doubt that the man could flatten his face with a slap.

"What's your name?"

The thinnest man sat on the earth Kang and asked him with a cold look in his eyes.

"Zheng Duobao"

The rebel general quickly replied, "don't worry. Just ask if you want to ask. I won't shout loudly. Just ask a few heroes not to kill me."

The skinny man nodded: "as long as you answer honestly, we will not embarrass you. What we ask is money and will not easily kill."

"Yes, yes, yes"

Zheng Duobao nodded quickly.

"How many people are there in this city?"

Asked the thin man.

Zheng Duobao quickly replied, "there are 12000 soldiers, 12000 auxiliary soldiers, and less than 15000 in total, plus miscellaneous workers and others."

"Who is the chief General?"

"Li Tan, this man is a member of Li Yuanshan's family, but he is not very close."

The skinny man asked, "our brother has a team and is still short of some food and grass. Do you have any way to get some out of the city?"

"Ah?"

Zheng Duobao trembled with fear: "I can't do it. The food and grass are in the camp. No one has the right to use the food and grass without Li chat's order. There are more than 10000 people in the city. You're too brave... It's easy to say if you only want money. I'm willing to give my family property. I can also tell you that there are a lot of money in the general's Yamen. As for the food and grass, I really can't get it out."

The skinny man asked, "I'm curious about something. Li Yuanshan mobilized a large number of people to Xiangcheng. Why didn't he transfer you?"

"This... I really don't know, even Li chat doesn't know."

"All right"

The thin man sighed and said, "it seems that you don't cooperate at all. In that case, don't blame us for being merciless."

He stretched out his hand to pull the black scarf off his face. Zheng Duobao quickly lowered his head and dared not look: "no, no, no, I'm telling the truth. Many people in Xiangcheng must know why Dingxi King arranged this, but no one here knows, oh... The inspector should know."

"Who is the inspector?"

"It's not a fixed person. Every once in a while, Xiangcheng will send people to patrol the garrison in each county. They have great power. The patrol envoy even has the right to take a military commander first and then report to King Dingxi. It is said that there are seven or eight people, each of whom will patrol back and forth between more than ten counties, and then these people will exchange, so no one knows who the next patrol envoy is."

"You mean there are troops stationed in every county West of Xiangcheng?"

The skinny man spat and scolded, "fuck, I thought Li Yuanshan had emptied his troops. Then I pulled the team out. His mother was hiding in all counties. It seems that I have to go back as soon as possible. Don't be bitten by a yellow rat and a wolf instead of stealing the chicken."

"Yes"

Zheng Duobao hurriedly said, "as far as I know, there are troops stationed in all counties and they are still elite people. You'd better not walk around. Several heroes, I can say whatever I know. When will you let me go back?"

"It's not hard for you."

The thin man said, "last question, when will the inspector come to you?"

"It's fast. It's estimated that it will arrive before nightfall tomorrow, no later than noon the day after tomorrow. I heard that the patrol envoy has arrived in Guanxian County, which is only more than 100 miles away. The patrol envoy is carrying 300 fine horses, which is very fast."

The thin man said, "bye."

"Bye Bye"

Zheng Duobao stood up and wanted to turn around and run away. He didn't dare to see those people for fear of killing each other.

"I'll give you something good to see you talk so happily."

The skinny man suddenly stopped him and asked, "are there any generals in the army who have a holiday with you? Name them and we'll go to his house to do business tonight."

Zheng Duobao was stunned for a moment, and then said cautiously, "yes... The guy from Jiang Yunlai has been targeting me!"

"Lead the way"

The thin man smiled: "if you find more money from his house tonight, you can live."

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That night, rebel general Zheng Duobao somehow sneaked into Jiang Yunlai's house and assassinated Jiang Yunlai. On the way to escape, he lost too much blood because of serious injury. Of course, rebel general Li chat would not think there was no secret about it. He immediately ordered to investigate what was going on!

Just before dawn, Li chat was killed.

After dawn, people were frightened to find that six or seven generals had been assassinated overnight. There is only one general who is still alive.