armyinform Chapter 116 The Power of Ghosts and Gods
Chapter 116 The Power of Ghosts and Gods
Chapter 116 The Power of Ghosts and Gods
Ningrong Street, Liutiaoer Hutong, Jia Heng left home at about noon, and was about to go to his cousin Dong Qian's house. As soon as he left the Wicker Alley, he suddenly met a man wearing a black hat with the word "mountain" on his head. A woman wearing a beautifully embroidered flying fish brocade suit with a goose feather knife on her waist.
The woman has handsome eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and on her clear and icy snowy face, she has a quiet complexion and a serious smile.
Jia Heng was stunned for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "It turned out to be Xiahou's command."
Xia Houying is the chief bodyguard of Princess Jinyang. The day before yesterday, Jia Heng went to the palace to face the saint, to speak to Emperor Chongping, and wanted to dispatch the information about the enemy and captives collected about the beginning and end of the Liaodong War and the towns on the nine sides.
On the same day, Emperor Chongping issued an oral order and asked Xia Houying to assist.
Xia Houying, the official commander of Jinyiwei, is in her early twenties, tall, with a face of icy muscles and bones, covered with frost, with a faint look in her bright eyes, and said: "Jia Ziyu, send information to the Ministry of War. , I have already brought a part, you can take a look at it at night, Your Highness Jinyang wants me to lead you to the mansion later, the manuscript of the Three Kingdoms has been published and printed into a book, His Highness still has some doubts and asks you for advice."
As he said that, he handed over a cloth bag, which obviously contained all kinds of information about the Eastern captives and enemies collected from the Staff Division of the Ministry of War.
Jia Heng said: "Then I'll take these home first, I have something to do when I go out later, can Commander Xiahou tell His Royal Highness Jinyang to go there later."
"How long will it take?" Xia Houying asked.
Jia Heng thought for a while and said, "Let's go to a friend's house in an hour or two."
Xia Houying thought for a while, then said in a clear voice: "Go home and put your things first, I'll go change clothes, and go with you later, the capital is not peaceful recently, Your Highness said that in the past few days, let me protect you."
Earlier, she heard His Royal Highness Jinyang say that some people might be unfavorable to Jia Ziyu, so she ordered her to keep an eye on them recently.
Jia Heng nodded and said, "Okay."
He planned to meet up with his cousin Dong Qian who was on duty at noon to go home for dinner, and went to look for Cai Quan.
As for Xia Houying's reminder, it was a good intention after all, if you want to follow, then follow.
But he thought, no matter how malicious the Siwang Bagong Group is to him, they wouldn't buy murder in the capital, right?
After Jia Heng put away her things and turned back, she saw that Xia Houying had changed into a man's attire at some point, her face was as clear as jade, her eyes as stars, but her heroic eyebrows couldn't conceal the sharpness, she was stunned for a moment, and cupped her hands Said: "Commander Xiahou."
Xia Houying looked pale, and said, "Where are you going? If it's far away, I'll find two horses."
"It's not far, just a short time." Jia Heng said.
Xia Houying nodded coldly and said, "Let's go."
Jia Heng was silent for a while, and walked towards his cousin Dong Qian's house, and when he met Dong Qian, he walked towards Cai Quan's house.
Although Dong Qian doubted who Xia Houying was, Jia Heng explained that she was a friend, so Dong Qian stopped asking.
In the Cai Mansion, when Cai Quan saw Jia Heng, his face was excited, he walked up to him quickly, took Jia Heng's hand, and said, "Brother Heng, you are here."
For the past two days, he has been on tenterhooks. The Shangguan's order to lead his troops to suppress the bandits has become more and more urgent, and his tone has become more and more severe.
But this kind of delay, if it is delayed for a few more days, will cause serious problems. At that time, the charges of "being timid and hesitant to go to war" will be suppressed.
Jia Heng said: "Brother Cai, I have been very busy these two days."
"Brother understands, understands." Cai Quan said with a smile, and said: "Please come to the room."
When the host and guest were seated, Cai Quan looked at Xia Houying in surprise, and said in surprise, "This brother, you look so good."
Jia Heng explained: "A friend."
Xia Houying nodded at Cai Quan, and said flatly, "Just call me Xiahou."
Cai Quan smiled and called out. Although he was suspicious, he couldn't say anything.
Dong Qian joked with a smile: "Hurry up and stop talking about that, brother Heng and I haven't had lunch yet, let's get some food and drink, you just got promoted, so you can't be stingy."
Cai Quan smiled and said, "You are indispensable."
After speaking, he went to order the old servant on the side to send a message to the kitchen.
Jia Heng looked at Cai Quan calmly, and asked, "Brother Cai, have you prepared all the things I asked you to collect this day?"
"It's all ready, brother, come with me." Cai Quan said, and took out a stack of thin books and maps from Gao Ji's case, put them on a black lacquered square table, and said solemnly: "This is Cuihua Mountain. In the surrounding counties, this mountain is deep in the Qinling Mountains, so the officers and soldiers have repeatedly hunted and suppressed them, but to no avail."
"It can't be said that there are thieves' eyeliner in these counties, and they tipped off the news." Jia Heng said casually.
A group of thieves have been entrenched for such a long time, and it is not difficult to get some money to bribe small and medium-sized officials and yamen in the county.
Cai Quan said: "It's also for my brother's sake. Otherwise, this group of thieves, his mother, would not be the same as the long front and back eyes. The officers and soldiers suppressed them a few times, and they all hid."
"The firecracker, I'll take a look after dinner." Jia Heng said while taking the booklet and map, raising his eyes.
Earlier, he said that he wanted to see the firearms of Chen Hanjingying, but he had been entangled in the affairs of the Jia family and the two houses.
Cai Quan nodded, quietly waiting for Jia Heng to flip through the notebooks and books.
Jia Heng read very quickly, extracting key information from the materials.
Cai Quan, the Deputy Thousand Household, brought a total of 1000 people with him this time to suppress bandits, but the actual quota was only about 200 people, and [-] people were empty.
According to the captured thieves, the group of thieves in Cuihua Mountain numbered 600, and they were all young and strong.
"The local soldiers are not strong enough, and they don't have the will to die. Although the troops in the Beijing camp are better in combat, the bandits are alarmed when they hear the news, and they flee to the mountains." Jia Heng read the information in his hand, thinking, and again I brought the map, looked at the terrain, and gradually became concerned.
Seeing Jia Heng groaning silently, Dong Qian's heart moved, and he asked softly, "Do you have an idea?"
Cai Quan, who was on the side, cast his eyes on Jia Heng curiously.
Xia Houying's complexion was pale, she stood with the knife in her arms, her eyes drooped slightly, indifferent.
"The key to whether we can suppress these bandits is to find out where their village is." Jia Heng looked at Cai Quan and said loudly.
It is impossible for bandits to hide deep in the mountains without a place to stay.
Cai Quan sighed, and said: "Isn't it? If the bandit's nest is found, the Beijing army will directly kill the generals and take this nest of thieves away! Last time the top sent thousands of people, but they didn't find the bandit's nest. To be honest , Once you enter the deep mountains and old forests, tens of thousands of people will not be conspicuous."
Dong Qian frowned and said, "Didn't those thieves be caught? Why don't you let them lead the way?"
Cai Quan shook his head and said: "No, these family members of the thieves are all in the bandit's lair, if they had to be tortured, they wouldn't even say these things, now they are all tortured and tortured to the point that they are not human, that Lord Xu is really ruthless. "
Hearing this, Jia Heng's complexion was gloomy, his eyes flickered, and he said: "I see from the confession that these people only know how to walk, but they don't know the exact location in the mountains. Estimated the time, they crossed the mountains and ridges from Chenshi in the morning. In the afternoon, then you can probably figure out where the bandit's lair is."
Dong Qian frowned, and said in a deep voice, "How do you calculate this?"
Jia Heng said: "This group of thieves has five or six hundred people. Although the number of women, children and female relatives who were looted was not stated in the confession, there are quite a few. With such a large number of people, it is impossible to hide in the deep mountains all the time. , do not communicate with the outside world for clothing, food and utensils, so it is impossible for them to build nests in places that are too deep, otherwise it will be very inconvenient to travel."
Five or six hundred thieves, together with women and children, and thousands of people, went into the deep mountains and old forests, used them for clothing, food and utensils, ate, drank and scavenged, how could it be possible?
Therefore, the bandit's nest cannot be too far away from Chang'an County in Cuihua Mountain, but it can't be too close. Therefore, it is more appropriate for the mountain road to run from Chenshi to Shenshi in the afternoon.
Hearing Jia Heng's explanation, Cai Quan's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "What Brother Heng said is very true, it is such a truth."
Jia Heng pointed to another confession, and said: "Look at the confession, they robbed the passing merchants at these three intersections. Here, here, and here, these three official road intersections are at the thoroughfare of Chang'an County. In other words, merchants from Bashu and Luoyang in the southwest will pass through it."
With that said, Jia Heng clicked on the map of Chang'an County, where the three official roads fork.
"So..." Jia Heng looked aggressively and thought.
Cai Quan, who was on the side, felt a heart in his throat, and asked anxiously, "So what?"
Jia Heng didn't answer, but raised his eyes and said, "How far can you go in one hour on the Cuihua Mountain?"
Cai Quan thought for a while and said, "It's six or seven miles away. Cuihua Mountain is rugged. The last time the Beijing camp attacked and suppressed, it moved slowly."
Jia Heng pondered for a while, and said: "Using these three points to estimate the distance, and a little calculation of the intersection, it is probably the bandit's nest."
Cai Quan's eyes were as wide as copper bells, and a light flashed in his mind, and he suddenly realized the beauty of it, and exclaimed: "Brother Heng, it's amazing, what you said is true."
Dong Qian also looked excited, and said, "It should be close to ten."
Jia Heng said indifferently: "We can only roughly determine the location in a radius, which is not bad. When we arrive in Chang'an County, we will ask the local hunters, but we must remember to beware of thieves' eyeliner."
"It would be nice to be able to determine the approximate location." Cai Quan was excited at the moment, looking at the young man beside him as if seeing a god.
"Even if we know the location, we have few soldiers, and the bandits are guarding their nests, so it's not easy to attack. We need to use tactics." Jia Heng thought for a while, but still poured cold water on Cai Quan.
Cai Quan wondered, "How to use tricks?"
Jia Heng thought for a while, and said: "The scheme doesn't need to be too complicated, it's just to cover people's eyes and ears. Let's talk about it in Chang'an County."
He always felt that since the Cuihua bandits had hooked up with the chief of Ningguo, if the bandit leader hadn't hooked up with some county magistrates in Chang'an County, who would believe it?
However, it is impossible for Cai Quan to take 800 people to suppress the bandits without stationing in Chang'an County to replenish military supplies.
And Xia Houying, who was originally an old god, was listening to the discussion of several people, her cold eyes flickered, and she stared closely at Jia Heng.
This man has... the power of ghosts and gods.
(End of this chapter)