Chapter 329 Tit for Tat

Six miles outside Baisha County.

Five hundred troops have set up camp, with guard posts spread out two miles each, and a patrol team secretly monitoring the situation near the official road.

"I wrote it so clearly in the letter. They shouldn't be defenseless, right?"

Ning Wanjun squatted by the fire, rubbing her slightly white hands.

Although it was freezing cold, her eyes were sparkling. Days like this seemed to take her back to her days as a frontier army. Instead of sitting in the villa reading documents, leading the army in battle was what she should do.

"If they are not stupid, they will definitely send someone out of the north gate to check the situation." Qiuyue is also wearing a military uniform at the moment, carrying a long bow and an air rifle on her back, "But is this really good for Your Highness? Put yourself before the war begins. Reveal all the main attack directions to the other party..."

"What else? Taking advantage of the opponent's unpreparedness and rushing into the county seat, what effect will that have on training troops?" Ning Wanjun said disdainfully, "If it were an encounter in the wild, they wouldn't even be considered opponents at all. They could only rely on the city wall. Only with weapons can a battle be possible."

"Your Highness." A guard lifted up the curtain outside the tent, and the cold wind caused the fire to sway. "Everyone in the city has evacuated, only five of them, and they also brought a civilian woman with them. Do you want to see them?"

"Let them wait by the campfire, I'll be there right away."

"yes."

Ning Wanjun stood up and put on a thick linen cloak, while Qiuyue tied a neckband on her. Then the princess walked out of the main tent and came to the center of the camp in the light of falling snow.

All five people in the Secretariat were shocked when they saw Ning Wanjun in person.

They never expected that the leader of the upcoming operation against Baisha County would be Princess Guangping!

"Meet Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

The five of them knelt down on one knee and said.

Hearing their names, the folk woman was stunned for a while, and then fell to the ground at a loss, "Cao, Cao people have seen the princess..."

"Get up." Ning Wanjun waved her hand, indicating that there was no need to be polite, "Has the notice I requested been delivered to the county magistrate?"

"Your Highness, yes!" Tang Luming, the leader, said excitedly, "The contents of the letter are written exactly as you requested!" To be honest, at first, he also felt that the contents of the letter were too childish. Not only did he deliberately use the words to offend the county magistrate, There is also the suspicion of arousing suspicion. But since it’s the princess’s intention, it’s totally fine.

She is of royal blood, so what if she points her finger at the magistrate and scolds her?

"Is Your Highness the Princess here to avenge the injustice of the common people?" the woman stammered, her nervous but expectant expression evident.

"That's right." Ning Wanjun nodded slightly, "Don't worry, if it is found out that the injustice was really done, none of the murderers will be able to escape."

Mrs. Pan opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something grateful, but in the end her words turned into rolling tears, choking and flowing into the snow.

When she found Jin Xia's group of outsiders, she had doubts. After all, as the saying goes, a strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake. If she hadn't been desperate, she wouldn't have chosen to make a desperate move.

The moment she received the princess's response, Mrs. Pan's worries finally disappeared.

The tears at this moment are both sadness and relief.

However, the princess noticed that not all the five people in the Secretariat were full of joy. At least two of them showed a slightly awkward smile, as if they were pretending to be excited.

She smiled silently, not taking this discovery to heart.

The subsequent investigation will be handled by dedicated personnel.

All she had to do was focus on the actual combat exercise in front of her.

After all, she had spent a lot of time convincing Xia Fan to get this opportunity.

Now it's finally the guy's turn to sit in the villa and review documents.

…

"What? You said they are all gone?" Qian Zhixian asked loudly.

"That's true." The servant hurriedly lowered his head and said, "I went to see where the Secretariat posted the sign, and even tore off the window paper and took a few peeks. There was no one in the room!"

"Do you know when those guys left?"

"This... I have asked my neighbors, but it was so windy and snowy that no one noticed their movements. I only know that the door of this shop has not been opened since the morning."

"Okay, you can go out." Qian Zhixian waved the servants to leave, and looked at each other with the three of them. The hot pot is still steaming, but no one is holding out their chopsticks now. "Everyone - what do you think?"

"She slipped away quite quickly. The rumor about capturing the troops... is a bit too sensational." Master Zhang said with a solemn expression, "We all know that the princess has private soldiers. When Jinxia City was attacked by pirates, It was relying on private soldiers to support the arrival of the garrison. The question is...using private soldiers to deal with a county chief? Anyone who dares to say this must be a madman."

A pirate and a magistrate are completely different things.

If anyone dares to do this, it will be a serious crime to harbor betrayal and implicate the nine clans if it reaches the capital!

Even if the princess cannot be executed by her clan, she herself cannot escape this disaster.

"Is it possible that someone deliberately framed Princess Guangping?" The chief secretary could only make a bold guess, "Or is there some gangsters who colluded with the affairs branch and pretended to be Jinxia's people?"

"Impossible! If this is the case, I will definitely get the news in advance." Fei Zhuang shook his head and said, "Let's make two plans. While implementing the contents of the letter, we will prepare the people below. If this so-called If the arrest force really comes to Baisha City, it will definitely leave footprints on the road. "

"I will arrange for someone to investigate immediately." Qian Zhixian nodded in agreement. "No matter who takes the lead in this matter, the righteousness is on my side. No matter what, I will never let them set foot in the county!"

"What if they are really from Jinxia City?" The chief clerk asked cautiously.

"Then they are no different from rebels!" The county magistrate slammed the table fiercely. "Sir Zhang, how many troops can we gather by tomorrow at 9 o'clock?"

The chief clerk stretched out his fingers and quickly calculated, "The government office has a team of 100 people, plus the yamen runners and temporary laborers, it can be almost 300."

"What about the two of you?" He looked at Fei Zhuang and Tang Yingzhi.

Tang Yingzhi raised two fingers, "You also know the situation of the Tang family. These people were selected by me. Their loyalty is guaranteed, but the weapons in their hands are not very good, and armor is even rarer..."

"I will transfer them from the warehouse." The county magistrate said without hesitation. Anyway, he can get them back after borrowing them. As for the loss caused by the tossing, he can completely eliminate it through accounting.

"I'll send 500 people." Fei Zhuang said in a deep voice. This matter was caused by him. If he didn't do more, he might cause a rift. Moreover, he was in charge of the Baisha Mine, and he usually needed a large number of people to supervise the workers. He also had many gangsters in private. It can be said that the underground order of Baisha City was decided by him alone.

Fei Zhuang paused and stretched out two more fingers.

"In addition, my family just happened to hire two Qi-sensors. They are experienced and experienced people in the underworld, just suitable for this kind of scene."

"Oh? That's great." When Qian Zhixian heard this, he couldn't help but be sure in his heart that he could gather more than a thousand people, and there were Qi-sensors to support them. With the help of the city walls and crossbows, this force was enough to repel the bandits twice as many as himself, or tens of thousands of refugees.

Although Jinxia City is large, the arrest team is also a private army, which cannot be compared with the Shenzhou garrison.

It's impossible for the other party to suddenly move out a few siege weapons in the wind and snow, right?

By the evening, the investigators sent out by County Magistrate Qian finally brought back reliable news - there were indeed signs of a large number of people and horses moving around in the northern suburbs of Baisha County!