Chapter 82 The governor and the general were both captured
"Stop making noise, Mrs. Qi has come in!" Seeing that Pang Juan was getting playful, Ji Ming also scolded him with a dark face.
The reason why he turned black to Pang Juan was because Pang Juan told him everything when they were on the road.
It turns out that this guy contributed a lot to his resentment towards Zhen Mi and Li Mu.
Fortunately, Ji Ming has now figured it out and seen it through.
Coupled with the fact that this old man Huang Shi would give him a few words of advice whenever there was no problem, he gradually let go of his feelings for Zhen Mi.
Mrs. Qi came in together with the soldier who came to report.
After coming in, Mrs. Qi bowed to Li Mu without any hesitation and said, "Master Li, I have an unkind feeling, please help me and all the righteous men."
"Let us help you rescue your man who was captured alive by the bandits, Lord Taishou." But after hearing Madam Qi's request, Ran Min also turned to her and asked.
"Yes! I know that it is wrong for me to hide my identity from all the righteous people, and I also know that it is rude to invite you so boldly, but I... I really have no choice... Now my husband's life is hanging by a thread, and I only
Now I have the courage to invite Mr. Li and all the righteous men..."
The eyes were anxious and filled with tears.
Everyone in Li Mu could clearly feel the deep love between Mrs. Qi and her husband.
Frowning slightly, Deng Ai looked at Madam Qi, who was already in tears, and asked: "Where is the general in the city? Why doesn't Madam go find the general in the city and lead the army to rescue the prefect?"
"Guard General?" With a look of shame in his eyes, the soldier standing next to Mrs. Qi said shyly to Deng Ai: "It is precisely because my general was captured by those bandits that our wife has to ask you all for your support."
save."
"What?"
But after hearing what this soldier said, everyone in Li Mu's eyes widened.
The prefect and the guard general were both captured by a group of bandits. This was really the most outrageous thing in the world. How fucking incompetent do the prefect and the guard general have to be to be able to perform such a shocking feat?
The soldier almost laughed out loud when he saw Li Mu and others. He blushed and proved to his governor and general: "It's not that my governor and general are incompetent, but that these bandits are not ordinary mountain bandits."
thief."
"Aren't they ordinary bandits? Tell me, why are they extraordinary?" Ma Di asked the soldier, leaning against the back of his chair.
" They... they know how to use tricks!" But seeing Ma Su showing such a posture that it was clear that you were a stick, the soldier's face turned redder than a monkey's butt and said: "They took advantage of my eunuch's eagerness to save the people, and deliberately
An empty county was left for us, and when we rushed in to rescue the people, they blocked the city gate and then filled it with still stones and sharpened wooden spears."
"When they were almost done, they deliberately left a way out for us. When we fought our way out, they used the fishing nets prepared in advance to catch us all like fish."
"Caught you all up? How many people do you have?" But after hearing what the soldier said, Ji Ming also asked in surprise.
"three hundred!"
"What about those bandits? How many are there?"
"I didn't see it clearly. Anyway, there must be more people than us, otherwise they wouldn't have the guts to come down from Sifang Mountain and attack Lou County."
"Sneak attack on Lou County?"
Now even Deng Ai couldn't sit still.
First they lure the enemy deep, and then they catch the turtle in the jar. It seems that these bandits are not simple.
"What about you?" Li Mu raised his eyes and asked the soldier as he tapped the dining table with his fingers.
"Me what?"
"Since you were all captured, how did you escape?"
"I...I ran away first when I saw that the situation was not good..."
"You ran away from the battlefield?"
"No..." But seeing that the young master put such a big label on him, Zhang Bucheng also argued with him: "I was saving my life and came to bring reinforcements."
"I'm scaring you, don't be so nervous."
After saying this to Zhang Bucheng, Li Mu stood up and said to Qi: "Mrs. Qi, we can't help you with this. Since this bandit knows the art of war, I think you should go to other counties and cities to seek reinforcements."
Go rescue the prefect. Farewell!"
"Sir!" Seeing Li Mu leave as soon as he said so, Mrs. Qi stopped him in a hurry and said, "Where can I go to find reinforcements? Although Changping belongs to Changzhou, Changzhou Mu moved the capital to Yecheng after the emperor followed Wang Mang.
Changping has designated jurisdiction."
"Why?"
"Because in their eyes Changping is an ominous city."
"It's all nonsense!" But after hearing what Mrs. Qi said, Chao Cuo stood up angrily and said: "Changping is the founding capital of Daqi. There are countless famous generals and scholars in this city. Now that Daqi has lived up to his expectations, they will
To regard this capital city, which has carried four hundred years of glory, as ominous? This is simply unreasonable!”
When Chao Cuo was upset, Li Mu turned around and looked at Zhen Mi.
After one glance, Li Mu sat back down again.
But seeing Li Mu sitting down again, Mrs. Qi was relieved.
After sitting down, Li Mu raised his eyes to look at Mrs. Qi and asked, "Don't tell me that the three hundred soldiers who were captured are all your troops in Changping."
"Yes! Since the common people have left, my husband cannot recruit soldiers and horses. These three hundred soldiers were recruited from households in the mountains."
"Shan households in the mountains? Dare I ask my wife, are there many mountain households in these mountains?"
"There are many, but they don't want to move to the city. My husband has gone to the mountains dozens of times for this purpose, but he can't persuade them."
After replying to Li Mu, Mrs. Qi said urgently to him again: "Master, my husband..."
"Madam, please don't worry!" He raised his hand to interrupt Madam Qi, and Li Mu continued to say to her: "Your husband's life should not be in danger."
"There will be no danger to one's life? How can you be so sure, Master?"
"It's not a conclusion, it's a guess based on the series of actions of this group of bandits."
"Guess?" Suddenly, Mrs. Qi felt that this noble young man was not reliable.
"Yeah, you guessed it! Madam, please think about it, since they are bandits, why are they trying to rob a county? Could it be that they feel that the bandits are tired of being a bandit and want to rob a county to serve as county guards for fun?"
After saying this to Mrs. Qi, Li Mu suddenly turned to Zhang Bucheng and said, "I forgot to ask you just now, where are the people in Lou County? Are there any casualties among the people..."
But after listening to Li Mu's question, Zhang Bucheng hurriedly replied: "I don't know! Probably not! Because as soon as we rushed into the city, we heard them shouting outside about capturing the prefect alive and disarming him without killing him. By the way, then There was also a woman's voice shouting outside. The woman's voice was very rough. Like a big man, by the way, she was the one who took the lead in shouting!"
"Then have you seen what she looks like?"
"That's not true!"
Turning to look at Madam Qi, Li Mu confirmed to her: "Madam also heard it. It seems that the purpose of their coming down the mountain this time is for the prefect."
"Come here for my husband? Why do they want to capture my husband?"
"Perhaps their female village leader has taken a liking to your husband and wants to capture him to be her wife!"
"Then why didn't they come to Changping to arrest them?" Ignoring Bai Qi's joke, Mrs. Qi asked Li Mu for advice.
"Because the city of Changping is high, because Changping is strong and extends in all directions! As long as you can detect them first and close the city gate, let alone these bandits, even a large army will be difficult to capture, so they are here Lou County has a plan to lure your husband there."
After listening to Li Mu's analysis, Wang Jian and others also felt that this was most likely the purpose of the bandits' sneak attack on Lou County.
But why did they want to arrest the Changping prefect?
Is it true that as Bai Qi said, their female village leader has taken a liking to Mrs. Qi's husband? She wants to capture him and go up the mountain to be her village wife?
If this is really the case, then this female village leader is really too tough.
"Madam... Madam..."
A figure suddenly opened the door of the mansion, and before Li Mu and others could see his face clearly, this person also slipped and knelt down under Mrs. Qi's skirt with a pop.
"Madam, the general is incompetent..."
"General Xing? Where is the governor? Where is my husband?"
But upon hearing the sound of incompetence, Mrs. Qi's heart suddenly sank, and her body staggered.
"Tai... Taishou him..."
Lifting up his fat head and big face, Xing Daorong cried bitterly to Madam Qi: "Madam... I will lead the eunuch to break out and fight with those bandits in Lou County for hundreds of rounds. I will soon..."
"You've blown it, General Xing. Who doesn't know you yet? The general was released by those bandits to deliver the message."
Before Xing Daorong could finish telling Madam Qi his heroic deeds, Zhang Bucheng, who was standing next to Madam Qi, opened his mouth to expose him.