An oil lamp was lit outside the house. Yao Guangxiao, dressed in black, was walking in front of the chessboard, holding a chess book in one leg and a chess piece in the other, thinking hard about the endgame in front of him.
The door suddenly creaked open. Yao Guangxiao took a closer look and saw Di Meng, who was covered in armor, pushed the door open with light legs and feet, clasped his fists and called out to him: "Mr. Yao."
"General Di." The black-clothed monk put the chess piece in his east leg. "Is there any movement?"
"No." Di Meng said, with a hint of admiration in his tone. "It's just as Mr. and the Emperor expected."
"After a firework went up in the west of Guicheng City, the Ma Salt Merchant stopped setting off fireworks and firecrackers. The lights in the Ma Family Garden were often extinguished and there was no more sound."
"A moment later, several carriages separated from Xiaomenbing and headed for the center of the city."
"Oh, the refugees in the west of the city are poor, how can they have money to set off fireworks? Such a message is really ridiculous..." Yao Guangxiao shook his head gently, as if he was mocking a group of thieves for their short-sightedness and lack of wisdom.
"With a group of thieves, how can we have the master of the palace to strategize with you?" Di Meng said. "Sir, my wisdom is as deep as the sea. I have guessed early on that the Ma family must have an affair with the thieves."
"Amitabha, that's not surprising. Anyone who wants to cause chaos depends on the current situation." Yao Guangxiao seemed to have deliberately cultivated the young man Di Meng, and took the trouble to remind him.
"The more chaotic the current situation is, the more dependent people there will be, and they will become more and more at home. On the contrary, if the current situation is stable, people will naturally be calm and ghosts will not arise."
"If the situation is stable in the Ming Dynasty, the thieves will naturally have no way out. Then, since there is a 'salt merchant Ma'jia' who was robbed by the imperial princes of a large amount of food and property and resented the imperial court, but still has a rich family, how can other thieves and bandits not do it? Trying to win over?”
"It is true that the master of the palace is gifted with wisdom and wisdom. As soon as the poor monk mentioned it, the master of the palace came up with a good plan to kill two birds with one stone. He not only raised food from the merchants, but also deliberately offended the Ma family..."
Di Meng suddenly understood: "No wonder the palace master asked the Jin Yiwei to keep an eye on the Ma family... Did he want to use the Ma family as bait and follow the clues to find the traces of the thieves?"
"So, Dian Dong originally planned to find someone to scare the monkeys, but didn't he choose the salt merchant Ma Fengsun from the beginning?" Speaking of that, Di Meng laughed and said: "Then Dian Dong didn't do it right. That Ma Fengsun is actually not an accomplice of those thieves."
Yao Guangxiao also said: "That's better. Then Ma Fengsun is not a group of thieves, and the thieves will be even more defenseless..."
"May God bless the east of the palace, and that month the horse Fengsun jumped out on his own."
The two looked at each other and smiled. Di Meng suddenly thought of something and asked, "So Mr. Yao, if it turns out that the Ma family's troops are divided into two groups, what should he do?"
"Do we need to separate our troops and keep an eye on them to prevent them from diverting to attack the east part of the palace?"
"No need," Yao Guang said filially. "As a rat, you must be cautious. Of those two carriages and horses, one of them is just for the time being."
"The thieves of this generation want to save the situation, so they will inevitably create chaos in the city. If they want to cause chaos among the refugees and people in the city, they can choose to kill many high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the city outside the palace and paralyze the Suzhou city defense."
"Secondly, can we burn down the preparation warehouses in the city so that the people will be panicked and the city will be in chaos?"
"The east envoy's method to avoid falling into the trap. The sudden rise of the building, and the sudden invitation to the city's dignitaries for a banquet. The traces are really too strong. One look at it will make people suspicious."
"Although if we don't take over this building, Suzhou will be easy to get. But the bandits must worry about gain and loss, thinking that there is an ambush here!"
"Then, the thieves who think they have seen through the plot of the east of the palace will definitely choose to attack the reserve warehouse! After all, all the people in the city who can talk are already in the building. Even if there is someone to guard the reserve warehouse, it is still leaderless!" Di
He suddenly woke up and screamed in admiration. Yao Guangxiao Xijing suddenly woke up again and quickly crossed his legs to apologize.
"That's right. So General Di asked people to continue to keep an eye on the convoy along the way. The rest of the troops can still guard the reserve warehouse." Yao Guangxiao waved his leg to indicate that it was okay and continued to teach him.
"The reserve warehouse is the flaw that the master pretends to be careless, but is actually deliberately exposed. No matter what tricks they play, they must go to the reserve warehouse in the end."
Although General Di Meng is young, he has a rare understanding and a rare malleable talent. In a few months, he may be able to be a powerful and capable assistant to the East Tent of the Five Palaces.
"The general is in the red! Thank you Mr. Yao for clarifying the doubts. In this case, the general will go." Di Meng gained a lot, and his confidence was also greatly increased. Now that the general was in the red, he came to ask what to do.
He crossed his legs to say goodbye, held the long knife on his waist and opened the door to the house.
After Di Meng left, the quietness returned to the outside of the house. Yao Guangxiao lowered his head and picked up the chess book, but there was a hint of worry in his eyes.
"Showing it's weak and taking advantage of it to make it strong..."
"Dongdong, by using the art of war and deliberately showing weakness, you can indeed lure the enemy hiding in the dark to risk appearing and strike..."
"But to show weakness, you also need to expose your true weakness. If the enemy guesses what you are planning, wouldn't you..."
Thinking of Zhu Su's solemn assertion that there would be no problem with the defense of the tall building, Yao Guangxiao had to put aside his worries. The east of the palace had already leveled the surrounding area of the small building, leaving nothing to hide nearby. If someone were to attack, he would stand still.
The guards at high places can be seen at a glance.
It occupies such a favorable location, and even though there are few guards, I guess there won't be any trouble.
So, what's going on with that uneasiness in my heart...
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In the darkness in the west of the city, a group of people filed out under the cover of night, clinging to the walls and silently heading towards the center of the city. The bright moon was New Year's Eve, and every household closed their doors to stay up late, which gave them a wonderful blessing.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, a group of people need to evade the night watchman and reach their intended destination unimpeded.
"Young Master! The car is here!" Not long after he entered an abandoned house, Zong Laosan, who was on guard at the door, saw the cars coming from Ma's house.
Everyone in the Zhang family hiding in the house was overjoyed. Someone opened the courtyard door of the house. The carriage creaked and drove straight into the yard.
The crowd quickly closed the courtyard door, and the coachman who was leading the carriage jumped eastward. He took off his bamboo hat and revealed a face that was clearly that of the salt merchant Ma Fengsun.
"I have met the young master." Seeing Zhang Ren in front of him, Ma Fengsun bowed his head and bowed.
"Uncle Ma doesn't need to be polite." Not in front of Chen Hui, Zhang Ren looked a bit like a young master. He held up Ma Fengsun with his legs: "I heard that Uncle Ma was acupunctured by Zhu Su's child a few months ago.
Teach him to be kind and kind."
"Zhu Su's son wanted to take away the food and grass he was waiting for Chandong, but he really had no choice, so he jumped out to confront him tit for tat." When he said that, Ma Fengsun was immediately itchy with hatred. "Buluo is also
Fortunately, his soldiers just took the food and grass and went away, and all the soldiers and armor hidden at home were there..."
"Where are they going? Are they going to go directly to Zhu Su and the prefect commander in that building and get all the tea?" Ma Fengsun was gearing up.
"No. The Chen family's sister has already made up her mind." Zhang Ren said firmly. "They are going to build a reserve warehouse!"