Chapter 662 Extra Story: The Hero and the Lady (9)

Ningxia Wei used to be poor, but because of Wujiabao's business, there are still many horse dealers or individuals who come here every year.

When they come here, they need to eat, stay and spend money, so they support a group of people.

But Wujiabao is also very domineering, and there are as many people who died because of it as the families whose families were destroyed.

In the past, there were bandits in Baihujian, but the real disturbance to this extent was after the collapse of Wujiabao. Now there are several groups of bandits hiding in the mountains that were recruited by people from Wujiabao.

Before the county magistrate of Ningxia Wei wanted to suppress the bandits, he sent hundreds of people to help. Only after entering the mountains did he know how powerful and rampant the bandits were.

He has always wanted to exterminate them, but there are only 5,000 troops stationed at the border, and he has to guard against the Tatars, so how dare he transfer all of them into the mountains?

But with fewer people, the bandits can't be surrounded at all when entering the mountain. If the encirclement is not dense enough, those bandits occupy a favorable location and can easily sneak into the woods and never find them again.

Moreover, the mountains are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and you must multiply your troops to capture them. The soldiers under his hands are very precious, he is reluctant to use them to fill this hole in the mountains. So seeing the bandits rampant, he has nothing to do.

However, now he has finally managed to open up the mutual market in Ningxiawei. In the future, Ningxiawei's business trips will increase. He can borrow a batch of military equipment from Yan'an Mansion when he has collected enough money to suppress the bandits, and then recruit some strangers. Orion as a guide, maybe you can really wipe out those bandits in the mountains.

Even if it cannot be completely wiped out, the number of people must be reduced so that they dare not act rashly again.

Otherwise, if we really robbed all the business travelers who came to the mutual market, who would dare to come to Ningxiawei to do business in the future?

Then why is he wasting so much energy fighting for the qualification of this exchange market?

Bai Yitang was one of the strangers he had his eyes on, and because he was a bandit leader when he made a move, and he led so many businessmen to break out from the bandits' encirclement, he valued him very much.

When he knew the identity of the other party, he was dazed for a moment, but thinking about his plan, he still gritted his teeth and revealed all the information he had collected. At worst, he would lead the team himself, take care of him when the time comes, and try not to let him Injury is. Gu Taifu shouldn't blame him too much, right?

When he marked the collected information on the map and said that it was almost the same, the captain also hurried over with the military division.

The military adviser looked at Bai Yitang and Qin Wenyin carefully, and reminded General Yuan with a smile: "General, it's getting late, why don't we invite Mr. Bai and Mrs. Bai to the table first, and we can discuss things after dinner."

"Yes, yes, look at me, I was so busy talking, I forgot that you have only just arrived in Ningxia Wei, and you haven't eaten yet, have you?"

General Yuan smiled and was about to invite the two of them to move to the side hall for dinner. The military adviser smiled and teased General Yuan and asked the school lieutenant to lead them there.

Bai Yitang and Qin Wenyin smiled and followed the captain, giving up the space to them.

"How is it?" General Yuan lowered his voice and asked, "The military commander thinks they look like Mrs. Gu's parents?"

"I've never seen Taifu Gu before, so how do I know if he looks like it?" The military adviser stared, but seeing the general sweating profusely, he still couldn't help but soften his heart, and couldn't help but whispered: "It's not that they drove a car. The strange carriage is coming, the general might as well let them live in the general's mansion, and let me take a look at their carriage."

"Can you tell their identities by looking at the carriage?"

"I can't be sure, but I can always guess something." The military adviser glared at him again and said, "If you didn't pull back to the barracks when you saw a capable person, why would we be so passive?"

General Yuan stared unconvinced, but the military adviser continued without waiting for him to speak: "I was an official in the capital in the same year, but I told me about Taifu Gu's family. It is said that Taifu Gu's mother remarried, but Married to his wife's master, so it is considered a family, his mother has not moved out of the Gu residence."

"Doesn't Master Gu live in the Qin Mansion?"

The military adviser ignored him, and said to himself: "It's no secret that Mrs. Gu's parents have been traveling outside. I heard that Mrs. Gu even made them a very comfortable carriage. Now many wealthy families in the capital are rushing to buy it." That kind of carriage costs more than a thousand taels."

General Yuan was speechless, "Is this a horse-drawn carriage or a golden one? It's too expensive."

The military adviser sneered, "So as long as you have seen the carriage, although you are not very accurate, you can judge it with 80% certainty. Besides, they always have to lead the way when they go out. If they want to apply for a special document, they need an ID card. When the time comes, the reflection of the two phases will naturally tell the truth."

General Yuan nodded.

"But just in case, I'll take portraits of them and send them to Beijing for questioning."

General Yuan nodded again and again, "Military commander understands me, I came here because I wanted to draw a portrait of you."

The special customs clearance document has no other great utility, that is, you don't need to check when you leave the customs, which means you can entrain things.

The relationship between this matter is not big, but it is not small. It is not big when there is nothing to do, but it can pierce the sky when there is something to do.

Who knows what Bai Yitang and the others will carry in their car? If some goods are fine, but if it is Daqi's secrets, then General Yuan, he is not enough to apologize.

Therefore, special customs clearance documents need to be cautious, at least General Yuan has not issued such a thing for so many years since he became a general.

It is natural for Bai Yitang to wish not to live in the inn, thinking that he would not be able to bring Qin Wenyin with him when he followed others into the mountains, so it would be safer to live in the General's Mansion. So Bai Yitang agreed and brought Qin Wenyin to live in.

Bai Yitang knew that they wanted to verify his identity, so he gave them time. After all, this is a border gate, and some aspects are a hundred times stricter than the Central Plains.

However, there is no need to wait for the suppression of the bandits. Bai Yitang suggested that the sooner the better, because the number of business travelers coming here will increase recently, and a quick decision can save more lives.

General Yuan took people to collect some bandit suppression taxes with the merchant brigade, and then borrowed a batch of armaments from Yan'an Mansion with his previous savings and began to enter the mountain.

General Yuan wanted to suppress the bandits a long time ago, so he was naturally not completely unprepared. At least he has found the approximate locations of several bandit dens in the mountains, but the mountains are high and densely forested, making it easy to get lost and easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Therefore, after much deliberation, General Yuan wanted to lure out the bandits in the mountains, first to suppress a wave outside, and then enter the mountain to suppress a wave.

And the reason why the bandits in the mountains can come out of the mountains is naturally because of the big fat sheep. As early as a month ago, General Yuan started to make arrangements, and people let out the wind that the Li family of Shanxi merchants was going to transport a batch of silk and tea to Ningxia Wei. Hundreds of thousands of taels.

The Li family is very famous in Jin, and General Yuan borrowed the third treasurer of their family to escort him, and the bandits in the mountains would not suspect him.

And the caravan is naturally all his soldiers pretending to be, and when the time comes, there will be a flanking attack from inside and outside.

"A good plan," Bai Yitang said softly, "as long as they are fooled, I'm afraid that many bandits will be wiped out in this battle, and even if they go into the mountains without gaining anything, they will still be able to deal a heavy blow. With such a good plan, you still need me to do it." What?"

General Yuan and Bai Yitang whispered: "Hero Bai doesn't know something. Several of these bandits came from the former Wujiabao. They are very good at martial arts. The reason why the bandits are flooding in Baihujian is because they took the lead. If If you don’t kill those people, even if you wipe out all the bandits, they can still recruit a group of bandits later.”

"All my soldiers have learned how to fight the enemy in battle. There is nothing we can do about these Jianghu people who have learned martial arts since childhood and have internal strength to protect them." General Yuan sighed: "If I can use enough people, then I can't help them." It can be said that ants kill elephants, and random arrows can kill them, but Ningxia Guard must have 3,000 people stationed here, plus those who need to patrol outside, I can only call 1,500 people in the end."

General Yuan said in a low voice: "And these people will be divided into three groups, and the team that enters the mountain will take up more than half..."

In the final analysis, General Yuan had a big heart, he was reluctant to let go of the bandits in the mountains, and wanted to wipe them all out, but they were at a disadvantage when they entered the mountains, and they had to bring enough people.

Therefore, the talents who stay outside are very important, especially those who "escort the goods" with the shopkeeper Li Jiasan. If the bandits who came out of the mountain escape and return to the mountain, then their previous efforts will be wasted.

General Yuan stared at Bai Yitang with piercing eyes and said, "Hero Bai, this is why I have spent so much time finding these talented people."

"Aren't you afraid that the bandits will notice if you spread the word so widely?"

"Of course I'm not afraid. Who doesn't know that I'm always trying to kill the bandits in Baihujian?" General Yuan said confidently, "But I'm sure no one will know when we will do it."

This strategy was proposed by the military adviser, and only General Yuan, the captain and the military adviser knew about it until now, and now Bai Yitang has been added.

The reason why General Yuan told Bai Yitang was because he hoped that Bai Yitang could go to Yan'an Mansion and set off for Baihujian with Li San's treasurer.

At that time, there will be a big killer in the bait.

"But the bandits won't notice the big movement of your troop deployment?"

"Don't worry, this hero Bai, we have our own way to cover people up."

As for the method, of course General Yuan would not tell Bai Yitang, because it involved the secrets of the Ningxia Wei Army Camp.

Bai Yitang didn't ask any more questions, and nodded his head as a response, "Since I won't go into the mountain, I will take my wife with me."

General Yuan frowned, "Why did you put Mrs. Bai in danger? It's better to let her stay in the general's mansion, and people with me will feel at ease."

Bai Yitang shook his head. He has seen and heard a lot about copying back camps since he was a child, and Qin Wenyin is his weakness. If he enters the mountains, it's fine, and the battle is quick, but now he has to go to Yan'an Mansion first. , the time is too long, how can he rest assured.

Although it is dangerous to bring her, at least under his nose, he will not let her have an accident.

General Yuan naturally couldn't agree, if Bai Yitang took Qin Wenyin away, his trust in him would be compromised instead.

Bai Yitang turned cold, and said: "It will take two days to go to Yan'an Mansion on a fast horse, and you are not sure when the caravan will leave Yan'an Mansion, nor when will it arrive at Baihujian, this trip will take at least six days. It's impossible for me to rest assured that my wife will stay here alone for six days."

"Madam Bai has so many people watching at the General's Mansion, why worry? Is there a safer place in Ningxia Wei than the General's Mansion? With her, the sword has no eyes. What if you get hurt?"

"Either I will take her with me, or I will change teams to enter the mountain." The team that enters the mountain only needs to set off on the same day, and they can come back on the same day if they are fast.

General Yuan was so angry that he didn't expect Bai Yitang to be so stubborn, "She's not your mother, and you don't want to nurse, what's wrong with being separated for a few days?"

Bai Yitang said flatly: "It will kill people."