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"The Song army came in two groups, so we will also split into two groups." Bai Ying blurted out without thinking. He had planned this all along.
"Split into two groups?" Right Prime Minister Taishi Bian Xiang immediately made a dissatisfied voice: "Instead of defending, we attacked in two groups? Why, Commander Bai still thinks that our soldiers are not being depleted fast enough?"
"Defend all the way and attack all the way." Bai Ying sneered: "I didn't say you attacked in two ways?"
Tian Hu became interested and leaned forward: "Commander Bai, please tell me in detail."
Bai Ying chuckled and said: "As the Grand Master said, the Song Army penetrated deeply into our territory on both sides, but it was not because of the rations and cotton clothes that could not keep up, but because of the soldiers."
"Soldier?" Bian Xiang raised his eyebrows.
Bai Ying slowly said: "The number of the Song army is similar to that of our army. If they are divided into two groups, their strength will be weak. If they defend the city blindly, then the two groups of the Song army will merge into one group and their strength will be strong. Only by taking the initiative to attack can they still be strong."
As the number of soldiers of the Song Army is consumed, the strength of the Song Army will plummet."
Tian Hu thought thoughtfully: "Should we mobilize soldiers to intercept the Song army in Yushe County and Huo County?"
"Otherwise." Bai Ying cupped his hands and said, "Nowadays, the soldiers are pressing down on the territory, and people are in panic. Only by personally conducting the expedition, can the morale be high and the soldiers be able to exert their maximum combat effectiveness."
"The imperial commander personally marches!" Tian Hu's eyes suddenly gleamed: "Then who will guard the capital?"
Bian Xiang also seemed to agree with Bai Ying's suggestion of a personal expedition, and said with his hands, "I have my own prince to supervise the country...Commander Bai, did you say you attacked all the way and defended all the way?"
Tian Hu's eyes flickered, obviously he couldn't make up his mind at the moment; Bian Xiang didn't know that Prince Tian Ding was already suspected by Tian Hu, and now that he proposed the prince to supervise the country, Tian Hu also began to doubt Bian Xiang.
Bai Ying nodded slightly: "That's right. The prince can lead his army to rely on the capital to resist the Song army's Ximen Qing road; while the Lord can lead a hundred thousand elite troops to Huo County to meet Sun An's road. The Song army cannot be united.
At this time, the strength becomes weak, and the prince can cope with it in the capital."
"Okay!" Tian Hu patted the table and finally made up his mind: "The Crown Prince oversees the country, who can assist him?"
Bian Xiang bowed and said: "The humble minister will do his duty."
"Okay! Such a good one!" Tian Hu nodded repeatedly, seeming to appreciate Bian Xiang's initiative.
But when the words came out of his mouth, it was something else: "But you are known for your military skills, so you can accompany me on the expedition! I will ask the head of the country, Fan Quan, to assist the prince!"
Bian Xiang was quite surprised. Fan Quan usually had nothing to do and had no ability to assist Prince Tian Ding.
Bai Ying was also a little surprised, but soon saw some clues. Bian Xiang and Prince Tian Ding were already relatively close, so Tian Hu must have weighed his actions.
"Bai Ying is also willing to go to Huo County with the Lord!"
"Okay!" Tian Hu readily agreed to Bai Ying's proposal. For him, it would be better to have Bai Ying by his side to make him feel more at ease.
But what Tian Hu didn't expect was that he would step into the trap arranged by Bai Ying.
At the same time, Shi Qian, Li Dazui, and Xiao Mulu prepared to sneak into Washeng City.
The army was about to arrive, so it was natural to know what was going on. Ximen Qing specially ordered Shi Qian to find out what was going on in Weisheng City so that he could make preparations.
Weisheng City was renovated on the original city wall and was three feet tall, but this was not a problem for Shi Qian and the other three.
The four gates are open at regular times every day, and soldiers are stationed to check the people coming and going. If there is anyone suspicious or someone with a non-local accent, they will be detained on the spot.
Shi Qian had been in the green forest for a long time, and the accents in all the eight villages in the four directions were very vivid. However, Li Dazui and Xiao Mulu didn't have this ability. They could be recognized by others as soon as they opened their mouths. So Shi Qian found a big car from a nearby village.
He piled some vegetables on the cart, but stole a reed mat from the pig pen next to it and covered it with the cart.
"Brother, what do you mean you smell so bad?"
The reed mat was originally used to cover the pig pen and was quite old. When it was thrown onto the car, it smelled really bad.
Li Dazui ducked aside, pinched his nose and asked, and after asking this question, he quickly closed his mouth for fear of getting in the bad smell.
Xiao Mu's reaction was smaller, but he held his breath slightly and kept a distance from the big car.
"What do you know?" Shi Qian stroked Gouyou's beard and chuckled, "How could he have entered the city otherwise?"
"Brother, don't talk about entering the city..." Xiaomuzong complained: "There are still several miles to the city, and our three brothers were dizzy and dizzy on the way."
Shi Qian took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms, poured three pills out of it, divided one pill for each person, and pressed it under his tongue: "I have been prepared for a long time... This is the secret formula of the Imperial City Division to wake up the brain."
Pills are a must-have medicine at home and out."
After taking Xingnao Pills, Li Dazui and Xiao Mulu finally felt a little better. It was a bit difficult to speak with something in their mouths, so they simply gestured to Shi Qian to indicate that it was okay.
Shi Qian held the Xingnao Pill in his mouth, which did not affect his speech at all. He had already switched to a local dialect and said scolding: "You two kids are really useless. You just happen to be mute. Don't talk when you go into the city. Just wave your hands when anyone asks. Wait.
I'll deal with it."
After saying that, Shi Qian pushed the cart on the road, with his mouth wide open and Little Duluo following behind. The villagers he met either pinched their noses and ran away, or they frowned because of the smell and looked at them with strange eyes.
When the reed mat was dried by the sun, the smell became even greater. Shi Qian said disapprovingly: "It's nothing. I thought about the time I slept with the dead in a mass grave for several days. The smell... tsk tsk tsk, it's quite right."
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Opening their mouths and Xiao Dadu were speechless and did not dare to answer, so they followed Shi Qian in a dull tone.
We finally reached the city gate, but before we even got close, the soldiers guarding the gate pinched their noses and looked around.
"What does this smell like!"
"Where does that smell come from! It's time to dig out the manure cellar!"
No one in the crowd preparing to enter the city could stand the smell, so they quickly walked away one by one, exposing Shi Qian and the other three people as well as the big car.
The soldier leader held his nose and brought a few soldiers over. He relaxed his nose tentatively and took a sniff. He quickly turned around and retched.
"Your uncle, what is on this car!"
"My lord, these are the vegetables that will be delivered to Wang's store in the east of the city." Shi Qian bowed and replied, "Of course the vegetables grown in the ground need to be fertilized..."
"Stop! Stop! Stop talking!" The soldier leader finally managed to steady his breathing. Shi Qian's words almost caused him to throw out his breakfast: "Who wants such smelly food? Take it away quickly!"
Shi Qian said with a bitter look on his face: "Sir, our whole family depends on us to make ends meet. If you don't let us enter the city, won't we end our lives?"
"If I want you to enter the city, who will be the one who gets smoked to death?" The leader of the soldiers pinched his nose again and shouted, "If you don't leave, I will be rude to you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier next to him whispered a few words into the leader's ear. The leader's face suddenly changed and he pulled out his sword.
"Good guy, it turns out it's Xizuo who wants to sneak into the city!" The leader shouted from Shi Qian: "You've made such a stink, do you want me to let you go?"
Shi Qian trembled with fear after hearing this, and rushed forward to hug the leader's thigh. The man pinched his nose and immediately hid away.
"We are all villagers nearby, how come we have become craftsmen?" Shi Qian spoke the local dialect so vividly that no one could recognize it, and called to Li Dazui and Xiao Mulu: "You two, why don't you come over here quickly?
Master kowtows?"
Li Dazui and Xiao Mulu were very obedient and rushed towards them. The leader was so frightened that he turned around and ran away: "Don't come here, don't come here! You have something to say! Stay away from me!"
The soldier who just stood up and shouted: "Back off, everyone back off! What is your last name, and which village are you from?"
Li Dazui and Xiao Mulu made some "ahhh" sounds and just waved their hands; Shi Qian stretched out his hand and wiped it on his face, tears and runny noses immediately came down: "This soldier, these two brothers from the same village were both born mute.
, I had no way to survive and finally asked me to tell the manager of Wang’s store that I could just be a handyman and earn a living, so I’ll bring it to you today.”
The soldier was dubious and shouted: "Uncover the reed mat on your car and let the gentlemen take a look."
Shi Qian was on the ground but couldn't get up. Li Dazui and Xiao Mulu were helpless, so they took off the reed mat and threw it on the roadside.
The soldier poked his head around and felt that the smell was a little less intense. Then he realized that the stench was from the reed mats. It was both annoying and funny. He just thought that the villagers were ignorant and didn't know where they got the reed mats.
Looking at the car again, there was indeed a cart of vegetables, which looked quite fresh. The soldier leader saw that the taste was not good, so he came over to take a look, and asked the soldiers to get the flower spears, and then he stabbed them randomly in the car, and that was all.
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"Next time, don't use random things to cover it!" The soldier kindly reminded: "I almost suffocated the master to death! I don't know how you got here all the way!"
Shi Qian bowed and thanked him, made a happy look, pushed the cart, and went into the city with Li Dazui and Xiaodong. They found an alley and abandoned the cart, secretly changed their clothes, and headed to the north of the city.
Shi Qian inquired in the village and found out that there was a Tutu Temple in the north of the city. Usually few people came here, which was a suitable place for three people to live. When he arrived at the Tutu Temple, he saw that there was only an old temple with gray hair, leaning against the door and taking a nap.
Li Dazui and Xiao Mulu pushed the old Miao Zhu in, and he was so sleepy that he thought it was an ordinary child joking with him. When he opened his eyes and saw a bright sharp knife, he was so scared that he was pissed.
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Shi Qian was not polite, tied up the old temple, put a piece of cloth in his mouth, and threw it in the back room; the three of them discussed in front how to spy on the information next.
"I'm going to take a look inside the palace." Gu Shangfiao Shiqian said: "As agreed before, you two dressed up and went to restaurants and other places in the city to find out information... Remember it, talk less and listen more."
Li Dazui and Little Mulu responded and took the clothes from their bags and changed into them. Li Dazui was more lively and pretended to be a member. Little Mulu changed into servant clothes and opened the door and secretly left.
Shi Qian didn't even change his clothes. He came out, closed the door behind his back, and went to the palace.