Lu Ming

"It's just that, I'm afraid it's hard for you to explain it to the eldest wife. Well, I need to think of a better excuse..."

Seeing the man in deep thought, Biyu smiled wryly at the moment.Hearing a "snap", Biyu stretched out her hand from under the bed and patted Guan Gong's chest, and then with glowing eyes, she pulled the man back onto the bed: "Dead man, don't say such stupid tricks."

The next moment, when the two people who were stuck under the quilt looked at each other, Biyu whispered, "It just depends on whether you have the courage to fight it out."

"You must have a plan?" How could Guan Gong, who has been with him for a long time, not know that the woman in front of him is a scheming woman, so he immediately asked excitedly after he understood.

"Hmph, the two of us escaped, will the two elders of your family have a good end?"

Hearing this, Guan Gong nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, I knew you had a way."

"Originally I planned to let them go first. There is still enough time. I started to let go three months ago. But..." Biyu smiled when she said this: "Listen, I have a letter here One letter. Tomorrow, you ask for leave, and then go to the Tianhou Palace outside Longyan County, where there are officers and soldiers in green coats, and you hand over the letter to the officials inside."

"Ah? What letters? What officials? What's the use of doing such things?"

"Hey, don't worry, just listen to me slowly."

……

Biyu began to tell Guan Gong the content of the meeting that he heard this afternoon.

"In this way, disaster is imminent in the village now?" After understanding the cause and effect, Guan Gong also reacted: "If Uncle Lin in Maling is really wiped out, wouldn't the Lin family just stop talking? No one in ten miles and eight villages knows that Lin Shiwan is raised by the Lin family!"

"The Lin family cannot hide from the crime of banditry!" Biyu nodded.

"It's just that the officers and soldiers have always had nothing to do with Tsushima Ridge..." After a few excited words, Guan Gong suddenly realized the problem.

"It's not the officers and soldiers who came back, it's a big gang fighting in the rivers and lakes!"

Biyu began to analyze to the man: "Those officers and soldiers in green coats are the powerful troops who have leveled the masters of the sea in Zhangquan! I am from Zhangzhou, how can I not know how powerful they are? Hmph, how do the bumpkins like Lin Shiwan know about those masters of the sea? It's so powerful, it's a monstrous amount of silver, and it will kill them."

"Don't worry, as long as the green coat doesn't fall for the Lin family's plan this time, Lin Shiwan will definitely not be able to please you!" Biyu said with a sneer: "The Chen family in Longyan County was destroyed by this group of people. You When you go, you might as well inquire about it first, if it is correct, it will not be too late to report on it."

"Well, let's do it like this." Guan Gong was convinced of Biyu's plan: from the day the two started hooking up, Biyu had the final say on all the details of their relationship, and Guan Gong only had to nod.

"Besides, remember to cover your face before entering the door." Having said this, Biyu warned again: "There must be spies of Wang Zhubo near Tianhou Palace, and they have to report at night."

"Yeah!" Guan Gong agreed without a word.

The next moment, the two got up, Guan Gong began to get dressed, and Biyu took out a letter from a gap at the end of the bed and handed it to him.

Finally, just as Guan Gong took the letter and got out of the window, Biyu grabbed him again: "Be vigilant in everything, and don't forget the baby in my womb!"

"Don't worry, I'm going to risk my life to keep your mother and child safe!"

After Guan Gong finished speaking, he climbed down along the rope.

Chapter 288 Longyan Battle ([-])

Guan Gong found a supervisor early the next morning, and then he lied that his wife was sick and asked for three days off.

After promising to pay one-third of this month's monthly money to the steward, Guan Gong was able to get away.He changed into a pair of thick-soled cloth shoes that he was reluctant to wear normally, packed some dry food, and headed straight to the county seat with a small burden on his back.

Ningyang County is the former Shuangyang Town of Longyan County, which is similar to the "county-level city" of later generations, with a small economy and dilapidated environment.

Guan Gong is tall and has long legs, so he arrived at the county seat in half a day.After that, he spent another copper coin to catch a pair of donkey carts to Longyan.

After eating some dry food on the road, Guan Gong rushed to the outside of Longyan County at nightfall.

Now he couldn't move away: outside the south gate of the county seat, a large lamp as bright as the sun hung on a tall wooden pole, illuminating the surrounding area like daytime.

Hundreds of peasants were chanting chant and carrying large rocks to the river in an endless stream.There are rumbling iron beasts beside the pier, huge iron buckets, and there are plaster being stirred by iron hands in the bucket, and the peasants are queuing up to carry the plaster.

On the edge of the bright lights, many idlers gathered to watch the excitement.The astonished Guan Gong hurried over at this time, and it didn't take long for him to figure out one thing: all these green-coated officers and soldiers brought them here.

After watching the scene that made him stunned, Guan Gong became more confident about the mission of this trip.Then he went to Tianhou Temple, and after observing the outside for more than an hour, he planned to find a place to spend the night.

County Guo has been much more prosperous than he remembered.Not only are there more inns and shack restaurants, but also a few more Datong sheds for migrant workers to stay overnight.

According to Guan Gong's temperament, sleeping is naturally the most cost-effective in Chase Shop.But considering the letters on his body, he still gritted his teeth and took out a piece of silver that Jasper gave him, and rented a single room in an inn.

Early the next morning, he inquired about the news he wanted to know in a shack restaurant: the nearby Chenjiazhai was indeed destroyed by the green-coated officers and soldiers.

After listening to the diners' explanations, Guan Gong went out and covered his brows and eyes with a straw hat, and then ran around the county.

By dinner time, he had collected enough information from the time-traveling people--information that was so easy to collect, because some people had turned this peaceful place upside down, and everyone was talking about their monsters and infinite things. Endless wealth.

That night, Guan Gong, who had already made up his mind, rushed to the gate of Tianhou Palace.And when the sentinel at the door stopped the tall man wearing a straw hat who was bent over and rushing in, Guan Gong began to explain: "Deputy Master, Deputy Master, I have military secrets and I want to report them to the General!"

What Guan Gong didn't expect was that when the team leader heard this sentence, he immediately led him into the second gate, as if he had to receive hundreds of petitioners every day.

The squad leader ordered the sentries to search Guan Gong, and went in to report. Not long after, Guan Gong saw the general himself in a wing room outside the second gate.

The 6-foot-tall general is easy to recognize, and as for the one next to him who is waving a fan and wearing a bun, he must be the master, so why not ask?

So Guan Gong knelt on the ground and kowtowed his head: "Cao Min Guan San (Guan Gong's real name) see General."

"Well, okay, get up." The kind general master skillfully helped the grassroots people on the ground, and then sent someone to pour tea for Guan Gong like a spring breeze, and then gently explained the promise to him: First, no matter who Guan Gong intends to inform Or whatever force, he will be fully protected here, and the tainted witness can go to live in a big coastal city afterwards.

Second, this brother must have seen the construction site outside the south gate, so it is recognized by everyone that there is no shortage of money here.As long as Guan Gong can tell useful news, according to the degree of importance, there will definitely be a reward of 50-500 taels of silver.

The kind tone and targeted remarks dispelled the last trace of Guan Gong's doubts, and the next moment, he pulled out the letter from his belt.

The first time the master next to the general opened the letter, what caught his eyes was a delicate and beautiful small handwriting.After reading the content calmly, Ding Liqiu nodded secretly.Next, he signaled the clerk sitting on the side to start recording, and then he opened his mouth to ask Guan Gong.

It took almost an hour for Ding Liqiu to ask everything Guan Gong knew about the Lin Family Tulou Group and Lin Shiwan's gang—it was already like this, Guan Gong naturally knew everything, of course, Except for Jasper.

In fact, Biyu has been exposed: she is the only woman in the Lin family who can write her name neatly, let alone write a letter.

After everything was over, Ding Liqiu and Wei Yuan looked at each other and nodded. Ding Liqiu first laughed, and then extended a slap: "Brother Guan, your news is worth 500 taels of silver in my opinion. , after the successful suppression of the bandits, the person who wrote this letter can also take away 500 taels worth of jewelry from the Lin family's floating wealth."

After hearing the word "jewelry", Guan Gong knew that Jasper had been exposed.However, it doesn't matter anymore, the wild couple has already fought it out.

Looking up at the general who was sitting beside him, Guan Gong knelt down and kowtowed after seeing the lord smiling and nodding, and kowtowed again and again: "Thank you, lord, for your success."

……

After obtaining a few pieces of broken silver and an ebony waist plate carved out of an industrial machine tool, someone quietly left the Tianhou Palace in the dark, and went to spend the night in an inn.

At this time, he definitely can't reward him with a large ingot of silver. Once he is found out after returning, the "crime of unidentified property with a huge amount of property" is not so easy to explain, especially when the rain is about to come in Linjiazhai.

... After Guan Gong left, Wei Yuan and Ding Liqiu returned to the headquarters of the Inner Court.

The main hall of the headquarters is now brightly lit. Various materials and equipment are piled up on the long table that has been put together. On the wall are high-scale maps of western Fujian and the surrounding Longyan map. The sound of ticking telegrams echoes in the space, bringing There was a tense and chilling atmosphere.

"It seems that Huluyu is the key point." After entering the door, Ding Liqiu walked under the wall and stared at the map for a few moments, then turned his head and said to Wei Yuan.

"Well, since several aspects of information have been mentioned here, then Calabash Valley must be famous."

Speaking of this, Wei Yuan raised his hand and looked at his watch: "Fortunately, Commander Du will be here tonight. It seems that we can find out what medicine is sold in this 'gourd' tomorrow."

The work and rest time of the ancients was regular. When the moon was in the middle of the sky, all the lights on the South Gate pier were turned off... Today, the masters showed mercy, not only got off work an hour earlier, but also slaughtered an extra pig for dinner, so eat People who are full and full of wages in their pockets will already be sleeping happily in the work shed.

At exactly 11 o'clock in the night, a string of black shadows emerged from under the black poncho in the boats farthest from the pier.

At the same time, some supervisors around the dock began to patrol around as if they were facing an enemy—the patrolling position just separated these shadows from other areas, so that the shadows quickly left the dock area , entered the Tianhou Palace from the side door.

"Commander Du is working hard, brothers are looking forward to you." Wei Yuan, who had already been waiting at the side door, grabbed the hand of Du Dewei, the deputy commander of the Special Forces.

Well-proportioned, Du Dewei, who "before his death" was a mercenary in the South American guerrillas, is a more easy-going person...at least compared to Qian Tieshan, the boss of the Special Forces, Du Dewei is far less aggressive.

"Hehe, wait for the rush. It's okay, let the team members rest, we will set off tomorrow morning."

"Eat first, everything is ready, beef stew, and sleep after eating."

... After a simple greeting, 9 special forces members wearing jungle camouflage and equipped with various special warfare weapons were taken to the small cafeteria for dinner.

Du Dewei and Wei Yuan Ding Liqiu went to the headquarters together.

Next is the briefing on the war situation that Wei Yuan is in charge of speaking.After listening to the briefing, Du Dewei called up the map from the ipad he carried with him, flipped through it for a while and said, "The situation is similar to before I set off, but this 'Calabash Valley' that suddenly appeared, is there anything special about it?"

Wei Yuan nodded: "This is exactly what you need to focus on investigating."

"Oh, it seems that you guys are a bit behind in terms of intelligence gathering?"

Wei Yuan and Ding Liqiu looked at each other, and then said to Du Dewei with a wry smile: "Old Du, you don't know that in recent days, people from all walks of life have come here, and our intelligence analysis work is very heavy now."

"True, false, our own people, undercover gangsters, and more than N people who came out to inform us... The enemy and I are in a complicated situation." Ding Liqiu took up the conversation at this time: "Collected from various channels There is a lot of messy information, so the top priority now is intelligence analysis and personnel background checks."

"This is also the reason why you need to go to the field for investigation. A lot of information needs to be compared and verified with the information you provide." Wei Yuan said seriously at this time: "I can't move now, and the gangsters will know if I move. Besides, these Musketeers are also I don’t have the ability to detect the terrain in the jungle..."

"OK, OK! I understand, I understand." Du Dewei stood up and said, "Don't worry, you two. I will lead the team to the target area for detailed investigation tomorrow, including the detailed terrain around Tsushima Ridge. I will send you information one after another. come over."

"Then please!"

……

What the time-traversing people have now is only the electronic map obtained from later generations.

Although the accuracy of these maps was sufficient in the 17th century, they are not accurate... Hundreds of years have passed, and the vicissitudes of life have changed. Most of the roads and towns in later generations are still wilderness and jungle. All electronic maps can only be used as a reference. Troops can only be used after reconnaissance and mapping, especially in areas with extremely high forest coverage like Longyan.

So in the early morning of the next day, in the darkness before dawn, the real trump card of the Red Gun Battalion, the 10-member tactical unit led by Du Dewei, disappeared into the vast forest in western Fujian.

Chapter 289 Longyan Battle ([-])

On the same day that Du Dewei's team set off to investigate in the north, a meeting was held in Yantou Village, more than 40 miles south of Longyan County, to discuss the future of the whole village.

Yantouzhai is also one of the famous local gangsters.The steep terrain of Yixiantian is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is stuck on the commercial road from Meizhou and Shanghang to the west of Fujian, so there have been an endless stream of gangsters emerging from this place for hundreds of years.

Now the toll booth in Yantouzhai is run by a group of strong men headed by Ma Shixia.Under the horse's posture, this man is fat and fierce, with high martial arts skills. He was born in the frontier army in his early years.Later, because his boss took the credit, he killed his boss in a fit of anger, and then ran back to his hometown to occupy the mountain and become king...

Generally speaking, the style of Yantouzhai is a bit similar to that of Pingfeng Mountain after its transformation: they mainly set up card charges, supplemented by robbery.

As for the robbery-based bandits in the North Maling, they were naturally at odds with Yantouzhai at this time, so the relationship between the two parties was once tense.

This kind of situation is very normal: colleagues are enemies, liars look down on robbers, saying that robbery has no technical content, robbers also look down on liars, what are wretched people dragging?

In fact, the two sides had gone too far—Tumaling had a lot of people, and the leader of Yantouzhai was the leader of the three armies. The two gangs finally fought to a tie, so everyone now uses Longyan County as the boundary and does not communicate with each other.

……

This situation was broken by the time traveler not long ago.After the security notice was posted with the endorsement of Chenjiazhai being Miaopo, the big and small gangsters in the vicinity couldn't help but ignore it.

Now, at least in theory, the "defense according to danger" of one of the gangsters' two magic weapons is no longer feasible.Of course, it's meaningless to face the Gang head-on. The gangsters can't even beat the battalion soldiers, let alone the elite of the 200 Red Gun Battalion.

And if it is not a last resort, who is willing to give up the feng shui treasure land of their own wealth and turn to the arduous guerrilla warfare?

Therefore, Tsushimaling Lin Shiwan, who was facing huge strategic pressure, had to break the routine this time and send the Seven Leaders surnamed Shi to contact Yantou Village.

In fact, after seeing Ma Shixia, Qi Ye only said one sentence: "When you meet such a strong army, if the brothers on the road don't join hands, everyone will meet at the gate of the county government...it's nothing more than me." The heads of those who were waiting had only been hanged up for a few days, but Ma Dang is very skilled in martial arts, so it may be a few days late."

Of course, Ma Shixia understood the seriousness of the situation, so after sending Qi Ye to rest, he held a high-level meeting in the lobby of Yantouzhai to study countermeasures.

The seven or eight heroes present at the meeting are all the core figures in Yantou Village, and they are dressed in strong clothes, burly, with round faces and thick eyebrows, and they are sitting on the top chair at the moment, with his name standing next to him. The nine-ringed sword that shakes the rivers and lakes.

"Boss, if you want me to tell you, you don't need to care about Shi Laoqi's nonsense." A hot-tempered little boss couldn't help getting angry when he saw that everyone sitting there was frowning, and said loudly: "That red gun The camp is all about flattening Maling and making a name for itself, but Lin Shiwan is sitting on the bench, so what are we going to do? We don’t have to give someone a back.”

"Nonsense!" A man in his 40s with a wrinkled face leaning on crutches slammed the crutch on the ground.This person is Chen Youshou, the third head of the Yantou village. He injured his leg a few days ago, so he is currently on crutches.

Chen Youshou, who was the oldest in the audience and had the longest time of "entering the industry", was quite popular in the village at this time and said fiercely: "In the recruitment notice, you will start with Maling, and then we will follow. Once Maling is suppressed , the officers and soldiers turn around and kill with the momentum of a big victory, how to deal with it then?"

"Hmph, the big deal is that the whole gang climbed over the mountain to escape, how long can the officers and soldiers stay? Isn't that how the old people came here?" The little boss still refused to accept it, and sacrificed the gangster's final inheritance: the enemy advances and we retreat.

"Living."

Just when Chen Youshou opened his mouth to refute, the horse sitting on top stretched out a palm and pressed it down.After seeing the big shopkeeper speak, the rest of the people also stopped talking.

"For the matter of abandoning the village and entering the mountains, let's listen to the news from Xiao Wu."

Following the words of the horse's posture, everyone turned their attention to a man sitting at the bottom.

This man was short in stature, dark-skinned, with a simple and honest face. He was the first man who went to Tianhou Palace to sell hens to the cross-travelers: Lin Dajin.

After hearing the big shopkeeper's words, "Lin Dajin", who was originally sitting there, suddenly changed his expression - a clever and treacherous face appeared on his face.

"Everyone knows the charcoal pit in Heipigou, right?" The man named Lin Dajin, whose real name was Xiaowu, didn't enter the topic, but talked about an irrelevant matter.

After seeing everyone present nodding slowly, Xiao Wu continued: "Recently, that group of short hairs transported tens of thousands of catties of gunpowder from the lower reaches, and the ground of Heipigou was completely covered by the short hair gunpowder. Now that group of people who are struggling to dig coal no longer need to go down the pit."

"Short hair has silver, gunpowder is endless, and it is still being brought in by boat recently." Xiao Wu paused for a while when he said this.After seeing the reaction of several people present, he continued: "I heard the news in the short-haired kitchen that monks would blow up temples if they ran away; no matter whose village, any dangerous place would be blown up."

Having said this, Xiao Wu pointed to the direction of the gate of the village: "If you leave this time, when you come back, the sky will be broken."

"What a guts!"

Someone in the room immediately scolded.

After listening to Xiao Wu's words, everyone here knows that guerrilla warfare seems to be a dead end—once this group of short-haired people occupy the village and blow up the sky at the entrance, then Yantou village will be completely destroyed.

The same reasoning goes on: officers and soldiers do not need to go all over the mountains and plains to fight guerrillas in the future: no matter where the gangsters settle down, they only need to attack the stockade.

... a suitable location, with both natural dangers and accommodating gangsters, some buildings need to be built to store food and goods, and some old nests to build some barracks are not so easy to find, not to mention that this place will be blocked by traffic arteries It is convenient to set up card charges.

Although bandits are good at drilling through mountains and forests, they are just means: setting up card charges, or sitting on the ground to attack and rob big households and business travelers is the goal.If there is no bandit den, what's the point of eating and sleeping in the open?