choke element

Chapter 87 The Tiger Thief

Yi stabbed Chucai and walked into Pinglu village.

The battle just now was very short, but the killing was extremely high.The defeated soldiers in the three states didn't even care about their own lives, so how could they hold back their hands when they were fighting?

At this time, there were still sporadic battles in many places. The place he passed was full of weapon fragments and blood, and corpses lay all over the place. The smell of blood and defecation mixed together and slowly emitted.

The soldiers who invaded the village didn't bother to clean up, and many of them just found a clean place to sit and rest.Some people didn't care about it, just sat on the corpse, letting their own weight squeeze the dirty blood out of the corpse, and flowed freely under their feet.

Not far from Yila Chucai, a soldier stepped on the chest of a dead body, trying to tear off the breastplate sewn on the robe.He used a lot of strength, the head of the corpse shook with his movements, and the protruding eyes seemed to be looking at Yila Chucai.

Yicha Chucai quickened his pace subconsciously.

Seeing him passing by, the soldier who tore off the breastplate laughed and said, "Tongju, I killed six of you, don't let me get credited!"

The agreement reached between Guo Ning and Tu Dan Yi that day did not involve the recruitment of the army, and Guo Ning himself did not intend to ask for an official position at all, so he and his subordinates have always been volunteers without a reputation in the local area.For the sake of command convenience, Guo Ning appointed several generals and military supervisors with reference to the establishment of a capital commander.

Since Chucai was moved to Anzhou, Guo Ning appointed him as the general judge, in charge of prosecution, inside and outside, in charge of the secretary, and took over many trivial matters from the original military supervisor Liu Cheng.

Recording credit is naturally also the responsibility of the general judge.

In the past few months, Yila Chucai has demonstrated extremely superb skills in both matters and people, and has won the general trust of the soldiers.He is very relaxed and willing to mingle with the soldiers.At this moment, the soldiers made meritorious service and specially reminded him, which shows that his usual efforts were not in vain.

This was a good thing, but right now, Yila Chucai couldn't be happy anyway.

"That's natural." He could only squeeze out a smile in response, and quickened his pace.

Yila Chucai is the younger generation of Tu Danyi's family friend, and has always been regarded by Tu Danyi as a rising star who can be entrusted with great things.He is also willing to plan big and small affairs for Tu Shanyi, hoping that one day he can truly enter the core of Tu Shan's political power, so as to realize his political ideals.

But it's one thing to plan many things on paper, but it's another thing to actually be there.

Previously, an order was sent to Guo Ning to attack Pingluzhai, and he did not change his face when he moved Chucai.But when he actually participated in it, he even witnessed the massacre of many court soldiers, and his personal feelings were beyond words.

After all, Yila Chucai was only in his early twenties, and he was just a scholar.

He drove forward for a while, and saw a house in the middle of the village, which was still controlled by an enemy army.Outside, Han Xuan and Qiu Huiluo will bring hundreds of soldiers and are mobilizing large shields, wooden plaques and other anti-arrow devices.

Yicha Chucai hurried forward a few steps, pointed at the house and asked, "But there are court soldiers in it?"

Han Xuan replied nonchalantly: "Exactly. After all, this place is an important military stronghold. Up to now, there are still [-] or [-] strong soldiers fighting in the corner. They have seven or eight strong bows in their hands. When we gather a large shield, we can attack again." Go in and kill them all."

Yicha Chucai stared at the courtyard for a long time.

Suddenly, he heard people in the house shouting and cursing.After hearing a few words, Yiba Chucai's expression suddenly changed.

He immediately asked: "Where is Mr. Guo Lang?"

Han Xuan shook his head not knowing.

He went to ask the soldiers patrolling the city again.After asking several groups of people, the soldier replied, "It's on the west wall."

Move Chucai and leave.

Sure enough, Guo Ning was watching from a high place on the wall of the village. When he saw Yi Asa Chucai rushing towards him panting, he nodded slightly: "I thought Jin Qing would immediately stop Han Xuan and the others."

Yicha Chucai followed Guo Ning's line of sight, only to find that the house was within sight.

His heart trembled, and he quickly said: "They are all Guo Langjun's subordinates, I don't have the right to stop them... However, enough people were killed in this battle. There are dozens of remnants in the area, and they are advised to surrender and collect their weapons. It looks like it’s a bet.”

Guo Ning laughed dumbfounded.

Beside Guo Ning, Li Ting sneered: "The commander of our army drove to Suning and broke the city in one fell swoop. The prestige is very prestige. But if you run out to report to them...and draw the attention of the Hejian Mansion, then you will be surrounded by people who are close to you." In Xiongzhen, a town of tens of thousands of horses, if we take action, won’t we be in trouble? Mr. Jin Qing, we are willing to follow Tu Shan Youcheng’s proposal, but we will not put our family in danger.”

In terms of cruelty and ease of killing, Li Ting is probably the only one under Guo Ning.

Yicha Chucai groaned for a while, but Han Xuan and others had already entered the house and hacked and killed.

Just within the sight of everyone, blood was dripping, and screams kept coming and going.

The dozens of people who retreated to guard the house were all wearing excellent armor, well-equipped, and proficient in martial arts, but how could Han Xuan lead his troops to surround and kill indiscriminately?

In an instant, there were heavy casualties.

Frightened and flustered, several soldiers dropped their weapons and kowtowed in surrender.But Han Xuan and the others were very murderous, so they killed them all immediately.

Guo Ning glanced at Chucai, and said calmly: "We did this because we have been through a lot of corpses and blood, and we want to understand one thing."

"what's up?"

"If I want to live, the enemy must die; no matter where the enemy comes from, I will be safest when they are dead."

"……rational."

Guo Ning continued: "The great figures in the court think that the temple calculation is outstanding, and they can strategize and win thousands of miles away. But the so-called temple calculation is actually implemented, how can it be accurate? There will always be all kinds of things. Variables still depend on the soldiers to fight with their lives."

Yi Shi Chucai just nodded and said nothing.

Guo Ning pointed to the house: "Those guarding there are variables. Those people are all soldiers. The prison army usually stationed in Pinglu Village, even among the [-] people, can't make up one set or two sets." This kind of armor...and if there are important generals stationed here in Hejian Mansion, they will be playing with great fanfare, and we will have seen the banner a long time ago. Therefore, they must not be from Pinglu Village, nor are they garrison troops of Hejian Mansion."

Hearing what Guo Ning said, Li Ting reacted instantly and frowned.

"After the fight is finalized, Mr. Jinzhi will go to interrogate them." Guo Ning stared at Yiba Chucai: "Jin Qing arrived in such a hurry, he must have recognized their special identities, right?"

Yicha Chucai let out a long sigh, and bowed to Guo Ning: "Guo Langjun, I definitely didn't intend to hide some things, I just got some clues."

Guo Ning looked stern: "Jin Qing... let's talk about it."

Yicha Chucai gritted his teeth: "Guo Langjun, please screen back to the left and right."

Guo Ning waved his hand, and the servants stepped back immediately.

However, Li Ting's face was full of curiosity, but he took a few steps closer.

Chu Cai looked at Guo Ning, who only smiled slightly.

Yicha Chucai said in a deep voice: "According to the news from Zhongdu, there should be private soldiers stationed in the Pinglu village. They came here to meet the inspection and transfer on the West Hebei Road. Let Zhang Wei, and the large amount of food and fodder that accompanied him..."

"Zhang Wei?" Guo Ning thought for a while.

Li Ting shouted from the side: "I know him! It is said that this is the number one person in the court who is good at raising funds. I remember that in the third year of Da'an, he went to the front line on a mission, and ended up bringing dozens of vehicles. Banknotes were used as military pay, and the soldiers scolded them..."

He wanted to say more, and Chu Cai nodded: "Zhang Wei is the remnant party of Xu Zhiguo. He is going to the central capital with supplies and fodder. achievements."

"I understand this. At that time, Tu Dan Youcheng was serving as a left-behind in Shangjing, and he became the governor by virtue of his achievements in sending troops into the guard. Xu Ding and others just wanted to follow suit." Speaking of this, Guo Ning Laughed a few times: "After all, the Mongols are coming at any time, and the merit is nothing more than saving them."

"That's true." Chu Cai nodded, "Xu Ding and others were suddenly promoted by the emperor, which has already caused a change in the court situation. Tu Dan Youcheng is not happy to see this generation resurgent, so we have to break through the Pinglu village in one fell swoop and create a new one." The false appearance of banditry scares Zhang Wei away and suppresses their private connection. But..."

Du Shisheng came up from the other side of the wall, with an ugly expression on his face: "But these people in the city are not ordinary private soldiers at all. They are all Jurchens, Hezha Meng'an stationed on Zhongdu Road! I asked carefully Well, according to them, I was sent by the order of the Supreme Being to come here secretly to welcome a certain nobleman!"

Everyone went to see Yicai Chucai.

Yi Ra Chucai nodded: "Sure enough."

"However, Xu Ding does not have the power to mobilize the ministries of Meng'an." Du Shisheng said in a deep voice: "And Zhang Wei is just a minister of financial management. With his weight, he is not worthy of Zhongdu Luhe Zha Meng'an. Come and answer."

Chucai lowered his head and raised his eyebrows, murmured while guessing: "And this Meng'an's transfer was silent, and Tu Dan Youcheng in the Central Capital was also concealed..."

He looked up at the crowd: "With Tu Shan Youcheng's arrangement, the emperor's movements cannot be hidden from him, so the one who dispatched them must not be the emperor."

Li Ting couldn't help but sneered again.

"That's because some of the Jurchen imperial clan ministers in Beijing intervened, and their status is very high, and they can exert influence on Zhongdu Road Hezhameng'an." Du Shisheng sighed: "Besides, this trip to Zhongdu In the food and fodder supplies team in the capital, there is more than one inspector and transshipment envoy Zhang Wei, and some people with special identities are also entrained."

Yira Chucai then sighed: "The worst possibility is that Wanyan Gang got on the line of the imperial family and ministers, and they wanted to transport someone to the capital city under the cover of Xu Zhi's remaining party. And this person's Identity must be extremely important, and it can even overturn the situation in the court."

These words couldn't be more straightforward. Except for Li Ting who was still at a loss, all three people present understood.

"Jin Qing thinks, who is this person?"

Yira Chucai pondered for a moment: "Zhang Wei is the magistrate of Hebei West Road, and those who can conspire with him and use him as a cover will not leave his jurisdiction... In all likelihood, it is the one in Xiangzhou. bit."

Du Shisheng nodded: "Prison Zhang Dejun Jiedushi, promote Wang Wanyan Congjia."

(End of this chapter)