Pixiu's clothes were mostly torn and his hair was wet with dew. He didn't know where he came back from.
Dong Tao's brain shut down for two seconds, and he quickly lowered his head and admitted his mistake: "No, it's not true. How dare you say that to an adult? I was just confused for a moment..."
Fortunately for Dong Tao, Pixiu didn't pay attention, but walked straight past him, sat down and closed his eyes to rest.
"Envoy, are you going...?"
Seeing the tired look on Pixiu's face, Dong Tao asked in a low voice.
"How is the situation in the city?" Pixiu interrupted him directly.
Dong Tao was startled and did not dare to neglect for a moment, so he told Pixiu what happened in Lingzhou during the past few days.
"Oh, it's so boring to give them such a long time and think they can find out something!"
"Transfer all the troops from Lingzhou to the capital. This place will soon be in chaos." Stretching his muscles and bones, Pixiu closed his eyes and ordered Dong Tao.
Lingzhou, with its mountains high and far away from the emperor, was simply no challenge to Pi Xiu. What's more, the capital was now in a turbulent state, and the imperial court was simply beyond its reach to Lingzhou.
It can be said that the sky is high enough for birds to fly, and the sea is wide enough for fish to jump!
Pixiu licked his lips. He was extremely excited when he thought that what he was about to do in Lingzhou would affect the capital thousands of miles away and make countless important figures in the court moved.
Dong Tao, who was waiting on the side, heard these words, salivated, and immediately responded with his hands.
That night, people from all over Lingzhou received Dong Tao's order and set out to assemble one after another.
On a mountain trail at night, the chirping of insects sounded from time to time, and the silence was broken as a sound of horse hooves came from far to near.
"Da da da!"
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! The envoy has ordered you to arrive today!"
A team of people galloped at the end of the path, and shouts of urging sounded from time to time. The entire team was focused on rushing forward without any precautions.
At this time, in the woods on both sides of the road, more than a dozen figures have been waiting for a long time.
"Beep——!Beep——!"
Three consecutive rapid whistles suddenly exploded in the night. The people and horses galloping on the trail were startled by the sound. Many horses were frightened and began to lose control.
Before these people could react to what was happening, a burst of killing cries erupted from the mountains and forests on both sides.
Late at night, mountain roads, enemies, the combination of these factors is simply overwhelming!
"Who?! Who are you?!"
"Whoosh whoosh!"
When facing the enemy's fear, the best response is to deepen the fear until the fear turns into a nightmare and swallows them up.
Under the cover of the night, arrows were fired at the people who were ambushed. Many people fell off their horses after groaning, and what was waiting for them was a quick follow-up attack.
The battle started quickly and ended quickly. Looking at the corpses on the ground and the only living person, the men in black who created this wonderful ambush took off their face masks.
"No, no! Don't pick it off, don't pick it off, I understand the rules, but I can't live if I see your faces!"
"What bullshit rules? I have the final say whether to take it off or not, and I have the final say over your life!"
After the leader took off his scarf, he smiled disdainfully.
"Brother Liu, what nonsense are you talking to him about? Let me get the information out of his mouth."
Liu Geng raised his hand to stop the brother who wanted to step forward for execution, "What useful information can a little pawn ask for?"
Hearing that Liu Geng was so considerate, the only remaining survivor among dozens of people nodded wildly.
"You want to live, right? I'll give you a choice. Take me to where you are going, and then let you go."
Liu Geng showed a bright smile, but the expression on the pawn's face suddenly turned ugly when he heard that he had a chance to survive.
"Yes, people will die. If you go, you will die. You guys, it's not because I don't want to. I am afraid that brothers like you will die in vain!"
Liu Geng was delighted. When he came out of Qianlong Mountain, he never thought that he could live to old age in peace and stability.
"Give you three breaths and say it again."
"I said..."
"Brother Liu, do we really want to raid the enemy's lair? There are only a dozen of us, and it seems that this is not included in the mission given by the hall master?"
"You think I'm stupid, don't you? I will take you to die? Just go with me to find out the details of the other party. Of course, it would be better if you catch two little leaders."
Liu Geng curled his lips, he had not forgotten what Coach Nangong warned them.
"Remember, the only thing you have to do from today on is to obey orders!"
"Don't act without permission without orders. Otherwise, you will harm not only yourself, but also all of us!"
These two sentences, including Liu Geng, are all engraved in the hearts of the fifty people training in Qianlong Mountain. They all grew up in Jiulong Hall, and their loyalty to Jiulong Hall needs no words.
Nangong Ming's missionary work in the past few months has also had a profound impact on them. Although they are not soldiers now, they already have the qualifications to be soldiers or even elites!
.......
"All the informants in Lingzhou City have lost contact. Dong Tao, do you know about this?"
"Little, little, I just found out about this!"
"Does Tang Hao still have such a powerful force hidden under his command? Tsk tsk, it's so hidden!"
Pixiu frowned slightly, but soon relaxed and said to himself: "It's still in vain. I'm fully prepared. The fate of Lingzhou has been decided."
"Are all the people in Lingzhou here?"
Dong Tao shook his head when he heard this and nodded again and again: "We're all here, we're all here. There are more than three hundred people in total, all waiting for your orders."
A flash of light flashed in Pixiu's eyes, and he stepped in front of Dong Tao: "I hate it when people lie to me. There is a team of people who haven't arrived yet, right?"
"Youngster didn't mean to hide it from the adults!"
"Forget it, I didn't put my hope in you people in the first place. Don't let it happen again."
Dong Tao slowly retreated, and when he straightened up, he realized that his back was completely soaked. Recalling the conversation just now, he felt as if he was a prisoner being interrogated with torture.
How terrible!
Dong Tao thought to himself, this Master Pixiu is really thoughtful and has terrifying methods!
From that tone, it seemed that even the magistrates and prefects of Lingzhou didn't take it seriously, as if Lingzhou would be in chaos if they had a chance to win.
"What do you mean by not putting hope in us? Does he have other ideas?"
Dong Tao was thinking hard as he walked outside. On a mountain top ten miles away, Liu Geng put down the monocular telescope in his hand and was very satisfied with this treasure.
"Sure enough, we came to the right place, it seems they are going to cause trouble in Lingzhou!"
"Brother Liu, there must be hundreds of people here. I see that there are overt and covert sentries all around. It's very tight. It's hard for us, a dozen or so people, to collect intelligence and find out the details!"
Liu Geng shook his head and started to teach on the spot.
"Use your brain, have you forgotten what Coach Nangong taught? We are elites. Although we are not now, we will be in the future!"
"What is an elite? Elite means using all means you can find to defeat the enemy, rather than just relying on brute force."
Liu Geng spread out a map, compared it with his fingers, calculated and said: "It takes a day and a half to get here from Lingzhou City. The officers and soldiers in Lingzhou are weak. I am afraid they are no match for these thieves, and they may even be able to fight with them."
The local gentry has colluded and will not contribute. If a fight really breaks out, it will depend on how many troops Tang Hao, the prefect of the state, has in his hands."
"The more soldiers he has, the greater his chance of winning!"
Thinking of this, Liu Geng held his breath and thought: "Two of us go to Lingzhou City to find the brothers there. We will find out how many troops Tang Hao has brought with him and report back!"
At this moment, Tang Hao, who was waiting for Chen Ping at Zhizhou Yamen, suddenly sneezed twice in succession and felt as if he was being watched.
"Isn't there someone who wants to jump over the wall?"
He subconsciously thought of the Lingzhou gentry and Jin scholars who were suffering under Yang Anguo, and he couldn't help but worry.
"Damn it, is it possible that this boy Chen Ping is nostalgic for the prosperity of the capital and is procrastinating?"
"You can't do things well if you don't have a hair on your lips. I'm in a terrible situation now..."
After muttering to himself, Tang Hao looked at several official documents on the table. The official seal of the imperial supervisory censor was clearly stamped on them.
The Lingzhou gentry’s counterattack is coming!
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