Ningrong Street, Liutiaoer Hutong, Jia Heng left home at noon and was about to go to his cousin Dong Qian’s house. As soon as he left Liutiaoer Hutong, he suddenly met a man wearing a black hat with a mountain character on his head.
A woman wearing a beautifully embroidered flying fish brocade dress with a wild goose feather knife on her waist.
The woman's eyebrows are handsome and beautiful, her face is cold and snow-cold, and her expression is gloomy and unsmiling.
Jia Heng was startled for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "It turns out that Xia Hou is in command."
Xia Houying is the chief of guard of the eldest princess of Jinyang. The day before yesterday, Jia Heng went to the palace to meet the emperor and advised Emperor Chongping to coordinate the information on the enemy and captives collected from the towns in Jiubian.
On that day, Emperor Chongping issued an order and asked Xia Houying to assist.
Xia Houying, an official in Jinyiwei, commanded the Qianshi. She was in her early twenties, quite tall, with a face of ice and jade bones, covered with clear frost, and a faint look in her bright eyes. She said: "Jia Ziyu, please dispatch information to the Ministry of War.
, I have brought some of them, you can read them slowly at night. His Highness Jinyang has asked me to take you to his residence. The manuscript of the Three Kingdoms has been published and printed into a book. His Highness still has some questions to ask you for advice."
As he said this, a cloth bag was handed over, which apparently contained various information about the Eastern captives collected from the Staff Division of the Ministry of War.
Jia Heng said: "Then I will take these home first. I have something to do when I go out later. Can Commander Xiahou tell His Highness Jinyang that we will 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 for an hour or two."
Xia Houying thought for a while and said in a clear voice: "You go home and put your things away first, and I'll change my clothes. I'll go with you later. The capital has been uneasy recently, and His Highness said that he asked me to protect you in the past few days."
Previously, she heard His Highness Jinyang say that some people might be harmful to Jia Ziyu and told her to keep an eye on them recently.
Jia Heng nodded and said, "Okay."
He later planned to meet up with his cousin Dong Qian, who was on duty at home for dinner at noon, to look for Cai Quan.
As for Xia Houying's reminder, it is a good intention after all. If you are willing to follow it, just follow it.
But he thought about it, even if the Four Kings and Eight Gongs group were full of malice towards him, they wouldn't buy murderers and kill people in the capital, right?
When Jia Heng put away his things and turned back, he saw that Xia Houying had changed into men's clothes at some point. Her face was like clear jade, her eyes were like stars, but her heroic eyebrows could not hide her sharp aura. She was stunned for a moment and handed over her hands.
Said: "Commander Xiahou."
Xia Houying looked calm and said, "Where are you going? If it's far away from here, I'll go find two horses."
"It's not far, it only takes a while," 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 home. When he met Dong Qian, he walked towards Cai Quan's home.
Although Dong Qian was suspicious of who Xia Houying was, Jia Heng explained that she was a friend, so Dong Qian stopped asking.
In the Cai Mansion, Cai Quan looked excited when he saw Jia Heng. He quickly walked closer, took Jia Heng's hand, and said, "Brother Heng, you are finally here."
He had been on tenterhooks for the past two days. The orders from his superior officers urging him to lead his troops to suppress the bandits were becoming more and more urgent and his tone became more severe. He had no choice but to delay on the excuse that the weapons were not in order and the soldiers were not uniform.
But this kind of delay, if delayed for a few more days, will cause big problems. At that time, the crime of "cowardice in fighting and hesitating to move forward" will be suppressed, and the mild case will be demoted, and the serious case will be engaged in military law.
Jia Heng said: "Brother Cai, I have been very busy these two days."
"Brother, I understand, I understand." Cai Quan smiled and said, "Please come to the house quickly."
When the guests and hosts were seated, Cai Quan looked at Xia Houying in surprise and said in surprise: "This brother, he looks so cool."
Jia Heng explained: "A friend."
Xiahou Ying nodded to Cai Quan and said calmly: "Just call me Xiahou."
Cai Quan smiled and called out. Although he was suspicious, he couldn't say anything.
Dong Qian smiled and joked: "Stop talking about that now. Brother Heng and I haven't had lunch yet. Let's get some food and drinks. You have just been promoted, so don't be stingy."
Cai Quan smiled and said, "I can't do without you."
After saying that, he went to tell the old servant beside him to send a message to the kitchen.
Jia Heng looked at Cai Quan calmly and asked, "Brother Cai, are you ready with everything I asked you to collect today?"
"It's all ready, brother, come with me." Cai Quan said, taking out a stack of thin books and maps from behind Gao Ji's case, placing 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 it, but to no avail."
"It's impossible to say that there are spies of bandits in these counties, who keep them informed." Jia Heng said casually.
A group of thieves and bandits have been entrenched for such a long time, so it is not difficult to buy some small and medium-sized county officials and yamen with some money.
Cai Quan said: "I think about it for my brother, otherwise this group of thieves wouldn't be able to have the same eyesight as before and after the officers and soldiers have suppressed them several times, but they all hid."
"I'll take a look at the firecracker after dinner," Jia Heng said while taking the booklet and map and raising his eyes.
Previously, he said that he wanted to see the fire weapons of Chen Han's Jing camp, but he had been tied up by the affairs of the Jia family and the two houses.
Cai Quan nodded and waited quietly for Jia Heng to flip through the books and pictures.
Jia Heng read quickly and extracted key information from the materials.
Cai Quan, the Deputy Qianhu, brought a total of 1,000 people to suppress the bandits, but the actual full quota was only about 800, and 200 people were vacant.
According to several captured bandits, there were five to six hundred people in this group of bandits in Cuihua Mountain. They were all young and strong, fierce bandits.
"The local soldiers are not strong enough to fight, and they have no desire to die. Although the troops in the Beijing camp are better in fighting strength, the bandits and bandits have become alarmed after hearing the news and fled to the mountains." Jia Heng thought after reading the information in his hand.
He took the map, looked at the terrain, and gradually made some calculations.
Seeing Jia Heng silent, Dong Qian's heart moved and asked softly: "But you have an idea?"
Cai Quan on the side looked curiously at Jia Heng.
Xia Houying's face was pale, she stood with her sword in her arms, her narrow eyes slightly drooped, indifferent.
"The key to suppressing these bandits is to find where their stronghold is." Jia Heng looked at Cai Quan and said loudly.
The bandits are hiding in the mountains, so there is no way they will have a place to stay.
Cai Quan sighed and said, "Isn't that right? If the bandit's nest is found, the Beijing army will directly kill them and take away this nest of thieves! Last time, thousands of people were sent, but they couldn't find the bandit's nest. To be honest,
, once you enter the deep mountains and old forests, tens of thousands of people are inconspicuous."
Dong Qian frowned and said, "Didn't those bandits be captured? Why not let them lead the way?"
Cai Quan shook his head and said: "No, the families of these thieves are all in the bandits' den. If they had to be tortured, they wouldn't even say these things. Now they are tortured to the point of being unworthy. That Master Xu is really cruel.
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When Jia Heng heard this, his face was gloomy, his eyes flashed, and he said: "I read in the confession that these people only knew how to walk, but they didn't know the specific location in the mountains. They estimated the time to cross the mountains from about 10:00 in the morning to 11:00 in the morning.
When the time comes in the afternoon, we can probably figure out where the bandit's lair is."
Dong Qian frowned and said in a deep voice: "How to calculate this?"
Jia Heng said: "This group of thieves only has five to six hundred men. The number of women, children and female dependents they robbed is not mentioned in the confession, but it is estimated to be quite a lot. With such a large number of people, it is impossible to hide in the mountains all the time."
, they do not communicate with the outside world for food, clothing, and utensils, so they cannot build nests in places that are too deep, otherwise it will be very inconvenient for them to go back and forth.”
How is it possible that five to six hundred thieves, plus women and children, and thousands of people, went into the deep mountains and forests to use food, clothing, utensils, eat, drink, and defecate?
Therefore, the bandits' den should not be too far away from Chang'an County across Cuihua Mountain, but it should not be too close. Therefore, it is more appropriate for the mountain road to run from Chen time to Shen time in the afternoon.
After hearing Jia Heng's explanation, Cai Quan's eyes lit up and he said excitedly: "What Brother Heng said is absolutely true. It makes sense."
Jia Heng pointed to a confession again and said: "Look, the confession says that they robbed passing merchants at these three intersections. Here, here, and here, these three official road intersections are at the thoroughfares of Chang'an County.
Along the way, merchants from Bashu and Luoyang in the southwest will pass through it."
As he spoke, Jia Heng pointed at the map of Chang'an County and the locations of the three official road intersections.
"So..." Jia Heng's eyes were fierce and he thought.
Cai Quan on the side felt his heart in his throat and asked urgently: "So what?"
Jia Heng did not answer, but raised his eyes and asked: "How long can you walk on the mountain road in Cuihua Mountain in one hour?"
Cai Quan thought for a while and said: "Six or seven miles away, Cuihua Mountain has rugged mountain roads. The last time the Beijing camp launched a campaign, it moved slowly."
Jia Heng pondered for a moment and said: "Based on these three points, estimate the distance, and do a little calculation on the intersection, it is probably the bandit's nest."
Cai Quan's eyes were as wide as copper bells, and a bright light suddenly flashed in his mind. He instantly understood the beauty of it, and exclaimed: "Brother Heng, this is amazing, it is true to say this."
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Dong Qian also looked excited and said, "We should be inseparable."
Jia Heng said with an indifferent expression: "We can only roughly determine the location in a radius. It's pretty close. When we get to Chang'an County, we'll ask the local hunters, but we must remember to beware of thieves and bandits."
"It would be good if we could determine the approximate location." Cai Quan was excited at this moment, looking at the young man beside him as if he was seeing a god.
"Even if we know the location, it won't work. We have few soldiers and the bandits are defending their nest. We don't want to capture it. We need to use tactics." Jia Heng thought for a while and poured cold water on Cai Quan.
Cai Quan asked in confusion: "How to use a plan?"
Jia Heng thought for a while and said: "The plan doesn't have to be too complicated. I just want to hide it from others. Let's wait until we get to Chang'an County."
He always felt that since all the bandits in Cuihua Mountain were in cahoots with the leader of Ning State, who would believe it if the bandit leaders were not in cahoots with some county officials in Chang'an County?
However, when Cai Quan led 800 men to suppress the bandits, it was impossible for him to stop stationed in Chang'an County to replenish military supplies. At that time, when the soldiers were moving, someone might have tipped him off.
Xia Houying, who was originally the old god, was listening to the discussion of several people, her cold eyes flashing, staring at Jia Heng closely.
This man simply has... the power of ghosts and gods.