Chapter 10 Infiltrate into Jingui County

Everyone couldn't help but nodded, and thought to myself that Mo Xiang's words were to the point. The most important thing at the moment was to determine the enemy's movements.

Chen Huantian immediately clasped his fists and said, "Your Highness, leave it to me for inquiries about the enemy's movements. My subordinates are all good at crossing mountains and forests. The misty mountains are no problem. The mountains and hills around Qingzhong City are even more insignificant."

Fang Ling nodded. Chen Huantian's old subordinates were all bandits from Misty Mountain. They were indeed very good at hiding and spying. He tapped his fingers on the desk and said, "In addition to finding out about the enemy's movements, we must also know the strength of the Qingzhong City defenders and their strategies. After all, Zhu Baolin would not bring this information to his door."

Dong Canghai clasped his fists and said, "Let me leave this matter to me. When I was a guard in the palace, I was ordered to go out for official duties many times. I have come to Dingzhou several times and met many generals in the army. When I go to the city later, I may meet someone I know. Even if I don't know, I will talk to those generals. As long as I get familiar with it, it will not be difficult to find out the information clearly."

"If the master says this, I'll be relieved." Fang Ling said with a smile, and said to Mo Xiang again: "After Lord Shen and the master lead the troops out, the matters at this station will be fully handed over to Miss Mo."

Dong Canghai coughed lightly and said, "Your Highness, if you want Miss Mo to be justified, you should have an official position."

Fang Ling slapped his head and said, "I am confused. OK, then let Miss Mo be a military advisor."

"The military advisor is important, how dare I take it as a young woman? This trip is just for Your Highness to serve her in vain." Mo Xiang said hurriedly.

Fang Ling smiled faintly and said, "Miss Mo must not forget it. I once said that since I go to war with me, I have to obey my orders. This military advisor is yours. When I am not here, you will be in charge of the entire army."

Mo Xiang nodded helplessly, but when he heard Fang Ling admired him so much, his heart couldn't help but feel sweet.

Song Ying'er heard the meaning of the words and said in surprise: "Your Highness, are you going out too?"

Fang Ling said seriously: "I'm going to go to those three counties to take a look. Ying'er, you're responsible for the safety of Military Advisor Mo here."

Song Ying'er naturally knew the importance of Mo Xiang, so she obediently stopped talking. After everything was given, Fang Ling and Lu Bei followed Chen Huantian and his side to the mountain.

The two mountains on the left and right of Qingzhong City are very steep, with a large number of dense forests growing, and even poisons appearing. It is basically impossible for a large number of soldiers to advance, and to cross, you must have considerable cultivation.

But this is like a pediatrician for Chen Huantian and others who are bandits in Misty Mountain. It is not difficult at all. Everyone is moving rapidly along the way, and any dangerous area is like walking on flat ground.

When I passed through the mountain and reached the boundary of Dingzhou, it was already afternoon. I stood at the foot of the mountain and looked back at Qingzhong City. The whole city stood like a tombstone in the mountains, showing the solidity of the copper and iron walls, adding a bit of desolate color.

There were graves at the foot of the mountain, and each one was covered with the corpses of a soldier. Everyone sighed inwardly, put away their compassion, and marched quickly outside the city.

When the sun was about to set, they finally arrived fifteen miles outside the city. Everyone lay on a hillside and saw the vanguard of the Yizhou army from afar.

The army specially chose an open area as its garrison. Standing in the distance and watching, the number of people was obvious at a glance. It really looked like there were only 5,000 people.

However, behind this open space is a sparse forest land, and there are many small hills around it, which not only facilitates the enemy's hiding and fighting, but also is not easy to reconnaise. It is very easy to hide a few teams in it.

Fang Ling's heart was so bright. No wonder Zhu Baolin was so sure that he thought it was a bait. It seemed that he was quite familiar with the surrounding terrain. Qingzhong City was a dangerous pass among the two mountains. If he refused to defend it, it would be very easy to defend it with a force of 10,000 people and horses for ten days and half a month. However, if he went to fight, he would be easily eroded by the other party in batches in such hilly areas.

At the same time, Gu Shaofeng is not a fuel-efficient lamp. He deliberately threw the fatty meat of these 5,000 troops here. If a brave general is very likely to act at night and launch a surprise attack. He believes that 10,000 to 5,000 can solve the battle in a very short time.

However, if there are ambushers around, the ones who are afraid that they will be swallowed will be the people from Qingzuka City.

If Zhu Baolin did not go to the battle, Gu Shaofeng could at least analyze that this person is cautious and is very likely to be strictly guarded by the city, so he would find another way to break the city.

Fang Ling silently observed the five thousand men and horses, each with strong soldiers and strict discipline, with long and short weapons, as well as bows and arrows and crossbows. In addition, there were ladders and siege rams in the open space, which was quite difficult to deal with by these people alone.

After staying for a while, Fang Ling instructed Shen Huantian and others to be careful and continue to inquire, and then cross the garrison place with northern Shandong and enter the scope of Jingui County.

Bantai County, Wu County and Jingui County are distributed from west to east, almost in a straight line, parallel to Qingzhong City, and a distance of more than twenty miles.

Jingui County is originally a variety of osmanthus. Its flowers are golden and have a strong taste. Jingui County is famous for its abundant golden osmanthus. Now when the flowers are blooming, both the roads and the roads are full of the fragrance of flowers.

However, the arrival of the war makes people have no time to enjoy the beautiful scenery in front of them. Jingui County, located next to the river, has now been occupied by the Yizhou team. There are tents outside the city, and people come and go in the camp.

Fang Ling calculated roughly that there were more than 2,000 soldiers stationed outside the city. In this way, Fang Ling became more convinced that the people stationed outside Qingzhong City were baits, because a small county town like Jingui County had a population of only tens of thousands, and the number of county soldiers was only four or five hundred at most, and a thousand soldiers were more than enough to garrison here.

Of course, this judgment is not absolute, because there is another possibility that there will be so many people defending the city, that is, Gu Shaofeng is here!

The gate of the county town is wide open. The soldiers of Yizhou State stood outside the city gate and strictly inspected the incoming people's road guide and household registration. The packages they brought will be opened and inspected. If it is a truck, it must be searched inside and out.

At the same time, Fang Ling also noticed that everyone who enters the city must pay a certain amount of silver. The common people only use a few stakes of copper coins, and those who wear rich clothes need a small piece of silver. The merchants who transport goods must pay a few pieces of silver when entering the city.

Lu Bei frowned and puzzled, "What's going on? Why do you have to pay for entering the city?"

Fang Ling thought for a while and said with a smile: "It seems that Gu Shaofeng wants to collect some city entrance fee to subsidize military pay. Although this amount of money doesn't seem to be painful, it can be collected by several hundred taels a day."

Lu Bei snorted coldly and said, "It seems that Gu Shaofeng is not a good person. If you come up with such a trick, wouldn't you exploit the people?"

Fang Ling said with a deep look: "He even exploited the people. The rich people in the city are afraid that they will be exploited more. However, in order to save their lives, those people are afraid that they will rush to give gifts without the other party's words. But this time, there is no need to worry about entering the city."

After saying that, he untied Kun Chongdao and Cun Ding and said, "You are waiting for me outside the city. If I go in alone, the other party will not be suspicious."

Lubei put away two objects and continued to lurk in the jungle outside the city. Fang Ling walked straight towards the city gate and came to the city gate. Without saying a word, he stuffed a silver ingot in the leader and said that this was his hometown. Because he heard the news of the war, he specially rushed back from another place, so he did not bring anything else with him. Please forgive him.

Seeing that he was young, with a good temperament, he looked like a scholar, and his money was enough, he waved his hand to let him into the city.

As soon as he entered the city, he took the initiative to ask a middle-aged businessman who came in at the same time: "Uncle, I just came back from another place, Isn't it going well in the city?"

The middle-aged businessman was in his thirties and had a peaceful appearance. He obviously heard Fang Ling talk to the little leader just now and said kindly: "Little brother, don't worry, the city is still the same as before, and there is no war."

"I didn't even fight a war. So, did everyone surrender?" Fang Ling said in a strange way.

The middle-aged businessman looked around and lowered his voice and said, "Surrendering is not all about surrender. Originally, the county magistrate Zhang led the county soldiers to defend the death, but the county magistrate Tan was a guy who was greedy and afraid of death. When he saw the army of Yizhou coming over, he was scared and ordered people to tie Zhang County magistrate Zhang, then opened the city gate and surrendered."

"What happened like this?" Fang Ling frowned.

The middle-aged businessman sighed: "We ordinary people can't say who is right and who is wrong in this war, but County Magistrate Zhang is really a good person. He has served in the city for ten years, and Jingui County has been peaceful for ten years. Now he has been thrown into prison. I don't know if he can come out alive."

Fang Ling continued, "What about the magistrate of this Tan County?"

The middle-aged businessman sneered and said, "He? Of course he was firmly his county magistrate. And I also heard that this guy gave all the people's money and ointments he had plundered to General Gu, and this position was saved."

Fang Ling felt aroused when he heard this. It seemed that although Gu Shaofeng had military talents, he had a lot of appetite. If he conquered a place, he would receive a large amount of gold, silver and treasures, and he would be afraid that he would have a treasure trove around him.

He pretended to be casual and asked: "Then is this General Gu in the county?"

The middle-aged businessman shook his head and said, "I don't know this anymore. We ordinary people don't dare to inquire so much. Now the city is full of soldiers from Yizhou, so you can't talk nonsense. You should go home quickly, little brother."

Seeing that he was unwilling to talk more, Fang Ling stopped asking questions. After breaking up with him, he thought to himself while walking that the army had arrived and Gu Shaofeng should have arrived. It is unlikely that he was in the ranks of five thousand people, so he must be in these three counties, but it is unknown which one it is.
Chapter completed!