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Chapter 140: A battle of wits and strength

Jiang Jie has always been cautious, resourceful and thoughtful. After listening to his analysis, Yue Su nodded and said: "In that case, as Mr. said, I will issue a document to Pei Xuan and let him

Immediately send troops for reinforcements, and as long as we hurry up, he should be able to arrive at the most critical moment when the decisive battle takes place the day after tomorrow."

"That's right." Jiang Jie nodded and said.

"But sir, there must be an elaborate operation by the Dragon Slayer Gang outside the house now. If we send people out of the city to deliver the message, it is inevitable that they will not be discovered by the other party. If they think there is no chance and do not take the initiative to attack, what should they do?" Yue Su said what was in his mind.

concerns.

"Don't you want to send someone to take all the people in the Hong Mansion into prison? It's indispensable to send someone out to deliver the message. Send more people out to make the people watching outside confused. And they all go out on horseback. Forgive those little bastards.

I can’t follow him either,” Jiang Jie said.

"Okay, let's do this"

"My lord, the sentinel just sent news that Yue Su's governor-general has made some moves."

In the courtyard where the Dragon Slayer Gang was located, in the study room of the masked man, Old Yu hurried in and reported the news to his master.

"What action?" the masked man asked.

"In the governor's quarters, suddenly flying horses appeared in all directions. More than fifty people ran out in one breath and headed to different places. Because they were all riding horses, they were very fast, and there were so many people that our people couldn't keep an eye on them at all.

Our people quickly lost their target." Old Yu said with some helplessness.

"It's nothing. Yue Su must know that our people are always spying on him outside the house, so he came up with such tricks. But now that he has made a move, it is also a good thing for us. Let's continue to see what he does.

What's the plan? By the way, we sent people to keep an eye on the garrison Yamen. Yue Su doesn't have many men. If he really plans to send troops, he must recruit troops from the garrison Yamen. We will know how many people he mobilizes.

Also, how is You Sijing's condition, has he come out yet?" the masked man said.

"You Sijing hasn't come out yet, and we don't know the situation inside at all," Lao Yu said.

"Okay, then you go down first. If you have any news, report it to me immediately." The masked man waved his hand, signaling Lao Yu to step back.

"Yes, lord."

Old Yu bowed and retreated. The masked man sat alone in the study, his eyes slowly closing, as if he was thinking about something. After a long time, he still maintained this action, and he didn't know if he fell asleep.

Seeing that the sky was approaching dusk, the sound of footsteps could be heard outside the door. The masked man still did not open his eyes. He only heard Lao Yu's voice coming from outside, "Lord, there is news outside..."

"Come in and talk." The masked man in the room still had his eyes closed and just said lightly.

Lao Yu entered the room, and just like before, he closed the door smoothly, took a few steps forward, bowed and replied, "My lord, now all the people from all the yamen in the city are dispatched to Hong Mansion, and everyone in the mansion is separated.

Take them away. They should be detained in the prisons of various yamen. Only those who have responsibilities in the government will be taken to the governor's residence."

After hearing this, the masked man remained calm, nodded slowly, and said, "From the looks of it, Yue Su is planning to send troops."

"Why does my lord make such an assertion?" Lao Yu said in confusion.

"There are thousands of people in the Hong Mansion, and there are hundreds of people who can fight. Yue Su is not a fool. If he plans to mobilize the soldiers and horses in the city, he must be just in case. It seems that Yue Su will not go out of the city personally to lead the army.

The soldiers will remain in the city, but they will send generals to Taihu Lake." The masked man said.

"Lord, then our opportunity has come. If the troops in the city move, and Yue Su doesn't lead the troops himself, the troops at the governor's camp will definitely be insufficient. We can catch him by surprise and take his life."

Yu said.

"You are wrong. As long as Yue Su sends troops, it means that Ye'er is not a traitor and we have wronged him. This is one. The second is that Yue Su acts cautiously. How can he trust others casually? If he sends troops this time,

It is entirely possible that it is an illusion, and the purpose is to lure us to take the initiative, take advantage of the empty troops in the city, take the initiative to attack the governor's camp, and then fight us to the death." The masked man said.

"If this is the case, let's simply keep the same and ignore him." Lao Yu said.

"No, we must seize this opportunity." The masked man said.

After hearing this, Lao Yu was a little confused and said in confusion: "Master, haven't you already seen that Yue Su deliberately led us to a decisive battle and wanted to kill us all in one fell swoop, why did you take the initiative?"

"Yue Su laid out this situation for us. From a clear perspective, we have more than 60% chance of winning, and this is without our knowledge. Now that I have seen through his mind, the chance of winning has increased to 30%, and it is 90% sure.

Why don't you do it?" the masked man said. But he said so, but he couldn't guarantee that it would be 100% sure, but he had to do it because there was a secret involved.

The old man didn't know this secret, so he nodded and said: "My lord is right, but if Yue Su doesn't take any chances, knowing that the soldiers and horses in the city have been transferred, we will raid his governor's compound. In the end, how will he deal with it?"

.Can’t just sit still and wait for death?”

"You are right. Of course Yue Su will not sit still and wait for death. He has a back-up plan. If my calculation is correct, Yue Su's back-up plan will be Pei Xuan from Hangzhou. What he just did was to send someone out of the city to deliver a message.

, let Pei Xuan send troops to Huzhou for reinforcements. Also, let the soldiers and horses leaving the city turn around and return in time."

It's amazing. As the leader of the Dragon Slayer Gang, he really thought carefully. Yue Su's every move was planned to his core.

"Lord, if this is the case, we can't move even more..." Old Yu said eagerly: "Pei Xuan is good at using soldiers, and his family soldiers are even more powerful. We are no match for this kind of head-to-head confrontation. Lord, you must think twice.

ah……"

"Don't worry, Yue Su's letter will never be sent to Pei Xuan. As long as the letter cannot reach Pei Xuan's hands, Pei Xuan will not send troops. Also, the officers and soldiers leaving the city will only move forward. It is absolutely impossible

Turn around." The masked man said confidently.

"Oh?" Old Yu looked at the masked man with an incredible expression, "My lord, you are really so sure..."

"Hahahaha... If you are so sure, how dare you pull out the tiger's teeth... Yue Su is dead..." the masked man said in a confident voice.

Just as the masked man guessed, Yue Su sent fifty riders out. After these people went out, they split up, each with their own documents, to perform different tasks. Some of them went to various government offices in the city to deliver orders, asking them to send people out.

They went to Hong Mansion to pick up people and put them in prison, and some took the opportunity to leave the city.

There were four people who went out from the south gate of Huzhou. These four people were Yue Su's trusted guards. They followed Yue Su when he left the capital. After the four people left the city, they first followed the official road, which was difficult to walk.

I went to a secluded place, changed my clothes, and continued on my way.

The four of them didn't rest all the way. They ate dry food when they were hungry, drank water when they were thirsty, and prepared hard materials for the horses. In this way, after a day and a night, they finally arrived in Hangzhou, which was only fifty miles away from the city.

There was a fork in the road ahead. The four of them parted ways and went their separate ways. Two of them went all the way to Xiaonan Town, which is twenty miles away from Hangzhou City. It was now afternoon, almost dusk, and the two of them were in the middle of the road.

After a little inquiry in the town, I learned the location of Dade's pawn shop.

One person was waiting outside, and the other dismounted and walked into the pawn shop and came to the counter. The accountant on the counter looked up and said cheerfully: "Is this guest here to pawn something or to redeem it?"

"I'm here to redeem myself." The guard replied bluntly.

"What are you redeeming?" The accountant still looked calm.

"Redeem the Emerald Guanyin who was here two years ago."

Upon hearing this, the clerk's eyes immediately lit up. He was no longer as energetic as before. He looked up at the guard and said, "Where are the pawn tickets? How many taels of silver did you pawn?"

"The pawn ticket was lost. I pawned eleven thousand one hundred and eleven taels of silver."

After receiving the answer, the cashier immediately stood up and said, "The shopkeeper is inside, please follow me." After saying that, he walked aside, opened the door to the cabinet, let the guards in, and then led the way and led the people in.

Go to the main room at the back.

There was a chubby middle-aged man sitting in the main room. It was obvious at a glance that he was a businessman. The accountant introduced the guard to the guard: "This is our shopkeeper. If you need anything, just tell him."

The guard was very nimble. He took out a letter from his arms, took two steps forward, came to the shopkeeper, and said: "This is a letter from my master to your boss. Please deliver it to your boss as soon as possible."

In the owner’s hands.”

The shopkeeper took the letter and without even looking at it, he immediately put it into his sleeve and said, "Don't worry, it will be delivered as soon as possible. Is there anything else you can do?"

"No, my master is still waiting for a reply, so I will leave now. Farewell."

"Okay, I'll see you off not far away. He Shan, take me to see this brother off. I'll go see my boss right away."

These two guards completed their mission, and the other two rushed to Hangzhou City on horseback. Because they had to travel an extra twenty miles, it was already dusk when they arrived in Hangzhou. Under normal circumstances, they could not walk twenty miles.

For a long time, I just kept walking, and the horse really couldn't run anymore.

At this time, the city gate was about to be closed, and the officers and soldiers guarding the city were opening the city gate outward. Seeing this scene, the two men quickly shouted: "Don't close the door, we will enter the city immediately." After saying that, they hurriedly urged their horses.

Want to rush in.

When the soldier closed the door, he glanced at the two of them and saw that they were in a hurry, with sweat on their faces and dust on their bodies. He guessed that something was urgent. Under such circumstances, it was really unreasonable not to extort money, so he continued to close the door.

A gap was left intentionally, but the gap was too small to allow entry.

Two guards arrived outside the city. They were Yue Su's subordinates. They must have a sense of pride. How could they take ordinary gatekeepers in their eyes? They immediately shouted: "Open the door. Let me enter the city."

"The time has come. The city gate is closed. No one is allowed to enter or exit. If you want to enter the city, please wait until tomorrow." The soldier closing the city gate shouted unceremoniously.

We are all traveling together, how come the guards don't understand each other's thoughts and know that they want money. But who are the two of them, and now they are passing on text, how can they give money? Originally, Yue Su asked them to keep a low profile before leaving, don't

It made people realize that they had forgotten it now. One of the guards said directly: "We are the guards of Governor Yue. Now we are here to deliver the document. If there is a delay, I am afraid that you will not be able to bear the consequences, so hurry up and open the door."

His voice was not quiet. Not only the soldiers on the opposite side, but also the soldiers on the city could hear him clearly.

The soldier who was closing the door was shocked when he heard this. It can be seen that the two people outside were only in casual clothes. He thought to himself that since it is a routine matter, he must put on a posture and not be short of breath. Besides, if you said they are the governor's subordinates, then that's it.

The governor's subordinates must have some evidence. So he said: "Do you have the command arrow?"

The order given to Pei Xuan must not only be written in writing, but also have the governor's order. The two guards naturally carried it on their bodies. One of the guards took out the order arrow from his arms and shouted: "Look carefully, this is the order arrow from the governor's office."

"

Seeing this object, the soldiers guarding the gate didn't dare to stay in trouble. They quickly opened the door and let people into the city.

The two of them knew where the General Soldier's Mansion was. They rode all the way and rushed there to give orders to Pei Xuan. However, it was such a big deal that no matter how tired they were, they did not dare to delay. They rushed to Lion Street, and beyond was the General Soldier's Mansion.

It's getting dark now, and there aren't many people on the street. If the horse wasn't tired, he could rush to Pei Xuan's door in the blink of an eye. But the horse is really failing. It's almost to the point, but it can't run anymore. So these two

When walking, the two guards were not as anxious as before and simply let their horses move forward at a leisurely pace.

But at this moment, two people suddenly appeared from the alley nearby. The two people moved very quickly. When they approached the horse, they suddenly rushed towards the two guards.

The General Military Mansion is not located in a downtown area, and not many people pass by on weekdays. There is no one on Lion Street, just the four of them. The two guards are very tired. The other two soldiers came suddenly and did not react in time.

He was thrown off his horse.

The two men were well prepared and knocked down the guard, then drew out their daggers and stabbed them downwards.

"Put" "Put"
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