In the daytime, the sun dries up the grass and trees and turns yellow, and the wind is strong by the riverside.
The ink carp stood up.
The result was not able to get up.
The belt was grabbed by a hand from behind and nearly fell back on the bed.
Doctor Mo turned his head silently, Meng Qi put down his hand with a smile, and said with a voice transmission: "In such a big inn, if you want to surround all of them, at least thirty or fifty people will be needed. Otherwise, we must go to the inn's kitchen firewood room. Doctor, go ahead and look at that Huang Liu, and I'll go to the firewood room."
After saying that, without giving Mo Li any chance to "revenge", he jumped out in a single stride.
Ink carp: "… "
It doesn't matter, you can slip for a while, but you can't run away forever.
Being interrupted by Meng Qi, Mo Li also calmed down.
The encounter in Run County made him too nervous. In fact, ordinary Jianghu people would not be as well-planned as Ayan Puka and Shopkeeper Sun, and they could toss out a battle of burning Ganquan soup.
Listening to what this group of people means, is looking for something.
This item should have been stolen, and the people who were responsible for delivering the goods were the smugglers who smuggled goods across the river for the military camp. Since the goods carried by the smugglers had to be inspected before boarding the ship, they could not be carried in the box. Since there is a need for a connection, it is very likely that the businessman from Jingzhou and the businessman from the north will do business. The place where they can meet without attracting attention is the inn where they live.
Mo Li quickly made up his mind, he didn't go out the door, but turned out the window like Meng Qi.
Outside the window is a small deserted courtyard. When the inn was prosperous, it should have been well taken care of. The flowers and trees were scattered, and now only the wild grass and the clutter are piled up.
It wasn't that Mo Li wanted to open the window, the main reason was that the door was too broken.
Even a master of Qinggong couldn't stop the sound of breaking the door when it was pushed open, only the window was always open due to the sultry weather.
The ink carp quietly bypassed the courtyard and came to the lobby of the inn in front.
The traveling merchant Huang Liu was still drinking.
He was drinking rice wine produced in the south, and even three pots could not get anyone drunk.
The shopkeeper's wife held a long dust tail made of rags in her hand, and she casually drove away the mosquitoes that were flying towards the light, with a smile in her mouth. Once Huang Liu's hands and feet are irregular, she will deftly avoid it.
Huang Liu is not annoyed, the proprietress of the Yedian Inn usually has the ability to attract guests but be detached.
If it is easy to be smeared cheap, this store is afraid that it will not be able to open.
In this inn, there is a rough guy like an iron tower as a guy. He is sleeping behind the counter at the moment. Huang Liu won't really find it boring. It's just that after three rounds of drinking, the pockets are about to be filled with money, and Huang Liu is a little flirtatious.
Before crossing the river, Huang Liu was worried that the two unidentified old men would get in the way. Now sitting in a familiar shop, drinking old yellow wine, his heart became more and more settled.
- This is the territory of their traveling merchants. They have been friends with the store for many years, and they can't go to the village or the store. Two old things plus a pair of grandchildren, what can happen
"It's not possible, it's not possible, I'm going to take a break." Huang Liu stood up, his body swayed slightly, he greeted lazily while yawning, "Miss Tao, I'm here to see the goods with Wang Mazi, then If the old boy arrives, you ask the guy to knock on the door and call me."
"to make."
As soon as the shopkeeper's wife spoke, her expression changed abruptly.
Huang Liu took a few steps dully before realizing that something was wrong, and he turned his head in confusion.
"…!!"
Into the eyes of a sharp blade.
Huang Liu broke out in a cold sweat, and instantly woke up from the alcohol.
His limbs were stiff, and his body was still in a half-turned posture, and he couldn't move for a while.
At the entrance of the inn, seven or eight men with black scarves and masked murderous intent poured into them.
After being stunned for a while, the innkeeper's wife squeezed out a smile, and greeted her with a waistband, "A few heroes want to stay in the inn, or to be on the tip? It's the middle of the night, and those who use knives and soldiers make people panic. Ai... Well, I won't say it."
Seeing the masked man who suddenly pointed at her, Madam Tao hurriedly waved her hand and took a step back to please.
The guy behind the counter was already awake, but before he could move, two masked men charged at him with knives, forcing the guy to sit back honestly.
Mrs. Tao gave the man a wink, and then waited for these people to attack or ask questions.
As a result, the other party didn't say a word, as if he was waiting for something.
There was dead silence in the inn, only the sound of uncut lights and the buzzing of mosquitoes.
Mrs. Tao couldn't stand it at first, she considered her sentence carefully, and asked carefully: "This... Mountain has mountain roads and water has waterways. No matter how many heroes are looking for people or money, they must report a thousand children and keep a name. …”
"To shut up!"
The masked man in the lead roared angrily, looking very annoyed.
waste! Bunch of trash! For so long, I can't even set a fire!
Thinking of the thick smoke, the people in the inn must panic and scream, the people staying in the inn fled in a hurry, and the people under his men blocked several exits, so they could easily catch people. That thing is so important, the connector must carry it with him. If it is hidden in the store, if the proprietress and the staff know about it, the expression will definitely reveal clues.
As a result, I waited for a long time without waiting for the fire.
The masked man's leader was not good at apprenticeship, and he wanted to kill everyone in the inn directly.
As soon as his killing intent was revealed, Mrs. Tao felt it, her eyes flickered, and her palms quietly shrank behind her.
"Cut off a foot and take the person out." The masked leader said viciously.
"Which one?"
The subordinate asked stupidly, and the leader was so angry that he scolded: "Everyone in this inn!"
Huang Liu suddenly felt bad, he slammed to his knees and kowtowed desperately: "The hero spares his life, the hero spares his life, my family of more than a dozen people all rely on small sellers to support, if they lose their legs, the family will be The little ones will starve to death, forgive me!"
As he said that, he tried to hug the thigh of the nearest masked man, but was kicked away by him.
Huang Liu rolled on the ground three times, curled up on the ground and cried out in pain.
Tears streamed down his face, a mess.
The masked man leader suddenly laughed, and this smile made people scratch their heads, and Mrs. Tao stopped moving with the masked men.
"I just like people who are smart." The masked man leader laughed, he stepped forward and picked up Huang Liu, who was full of horror and begged for mercy in a hurry.
The masked man leader threw him heavily, reaching out and groping in the corner where Huang Liu had just curled up.
Immediately, a white cloth was pulled out from the crack in the plank.
Madam Tao's eyes widened, realizing that Huang Liu had just shoved something into the crevice, her expression changed, and she immediately exclaimed exaggeratedly: "What is this, God, I have never seen this thing, Xiaohe Son, did you let it go?"
The guy cooperated and shook his head honestly.
The masked man leader looked at Huang Liu, who was wailing and moaning, and smiled and spread out the white cloth in his hand.
Then the cloth is gone.
The cloth that he held in his hand, his eyes dazzled, a gust of wind beside his ears, and it was gone.
The masked leader's eyes almost fell, and some of his subordinates even rubbed their eyes.
In the dark corner, Mo Li looked at the white cloth he just got, opened it and found many lines, circles, and small triangular flags drawn with charcoal.
Looks like a map.
Fortunately, the knowledgeable people will come soon.
"... This is the defense map of Qi Chao's navy."
Meng Qi appeared behind Mo Li at the right time, and Mo Li raised his eyebrows and asked how the situation was outside.
"They all feed the mosquitoes in the grass." Meng Qi has learned a lot about the "killing move" used in the summer field since he harassed the people from the Yuzhou Dragon Head Association.
It's pitiful to say, the genuine dragon veins can only emit aura to attract mosquitoes or something, but this guy Ayan Puka can spare a small area of aura.
"Navy defense map? That should be an important secret, how could it fall into the hands of a traveling businessman?" Mo Li didn't think Huang Liu was like a secret spy carefully dispatched by Jingzhou.
"This kind of thing just takes more time, more eyes, and walks around the barracks, and you can draw almost the same thing." Meng Qi said to Mo Li disapprovingly, "The two armies face each other, if one side takes advantage of the geographical advantage and seizes the high ground, Isn't the enemy's defense unobstructed? I hope that the enemy will never know their own arrangements to fight, and sooner or later die on the battlefield."
How can it be so simple to fight, after knowing the distribution of strong and weak troops, you can follow the map.
What if a trap is set up in a place with few people
What if there are few people who are all elite soldiers
Sun Tzu said, Soldiers are deceitful. Therefore, if you can, you can show what you can't, if you use it, you can show what you don't use. If you are near, you show it's far.
"Going to fight a war, fighting a war is a process of more chances to win than others. Whoever counts one step ahead of the other will win." Meng Qi looked at the defense map with disgust and shook his head, "Such a rough map... Really The plan only exists in the hearts of generals, no matter how powerful spies can steal it, even if it is stolen, An Zhi is not my trap? Do they dare to use it?"
Ink carp understands.
To put it simply, it was ridiculous that the generals of Qi Chao smuggled goods into and out of the barracks, and even drew a defense map. Now I find that it is not like facing a great enemy. It turned out that when the navy of Qi Chao was on defense, he had no back-up and could not deal with all possibilities. The changes of the people can't even be counted, and can only be tossed about killing people and setting fires.
shame.
They all lead troops to fight, how can one generation be inferior to one generation? Meng Guoshi can't see it!
Aside from Meng Qi's evaluation, Mo Li asked intently, "So these are all soldiers of the Qi Dynasty?"
"The scout battalion can inquire about information, occasionally be an assassin, and basically knows a little bit of martial arts, and is better than ordinary soldiers."
Then you can't come up to kill and set fire.
"I think it's their own opinion, and they didn't go back and report to the generals above." Mo Li has figured it out. Huang Liu's smuggling of the defense plan was not discovered in the Qi Dynasty, but the Qi Dynasty faction. The scouts who came to Jiang's side were in the process of inquiring about the information, and found that there was someone who wanted to trade Qi Chao's defense map, so they caught the person who connected with Huang Liu before they found the inn.
"I don't know what went wrong in the middle, whether the Wang Mazi that Huang Liu connected with died or ran away... Oh, just now Huang Liu mentioned this person. Anyway, this group of scouts don't know who is going to trade with Wang Mazi. Only know the time is tonight."
It's good to be able to catch people, but it doesn't matter if you can't catch them. As long as the entire inn is burned down, the defense map will naturally not flow out.
The people who have seen the picture are nothing more than those who crossed the river with the picture, as well as the innkeeper's wife and staff who may be accomplices.
Wang Mazi didn't come, and the defense map must still be in the inn.
- I don't know if it's on the person or hidden somewhere in the inn.
In the end, Huang Liu was a tough guy, panicked as soon as he was bluffed, and sold himself upside down.
"Who
"Who hides his head and shows his tail? Come out to me if you have the guts!"
The masked man leader roared sternly in the lobby of the inn.
Huang Liu, who had broken his bones, shivered. He knew that he was finished. Even if he didn't die today, the sailor of Qi Chao would not tolerate him.
At the critical moment, Huang Liu struggled violently and screamed: "I was instructed, someone gave me 10 taels of silver and this piece of cloth, and told me to send it across the river. That person was very skilled in martial arts, and he hit a stone with one palm. It's cracked, and the little one is greedy for money and afraid of death, so he has to go this way. The little one doesn't know anything!"
All the people in the inn turned to look at him.
Huang Liu closed his eyes and shouted incoherently, "That person... Said that his surname was Meng, and he was the national teacher of the former dynasty."
The author has something to say: Meng Qi: ? ? ?
Meng Qi: The man was lying beside the doctor, and the black pot came flying from the other side of the river