Although it was getting late, Fan Chao was not sleepy at all.
Not only was he not sleepy at all, it could even be said that he felt refreshed at this time!
Because the opportunity to be rewarded for meritorious service is right in front of you!
As long as he pretends to see the envoy of King Ming and then arrests him, he will be a great hero in arresting the traitor!
Now he hasn't told anyone. If he catches someone, it will be all his own credit, and no one can take any away from him!
It is said that the three cobblers are equal to Zhuge Liang. Now it seems that he and Master He together are not incapable of equaling Zhuge Liang.
He himself admires his own brain.
Thinking of this, Fan Chao called thirty personal guards to the courtyard and ordered: "You guys will go to the Shififili small temple in advance to ambush. When tomorrow comes, you will act according to the opportunity and you will definitely catch him."
If the envoy of the King of Ming Dynasty succeeds, he will be greatly rewarded!"
Thirty personal guards immediately said in unison: "Yes!"
The general gave them orders yesterday, and they also sent people to step in in advance.
The small fifteen-mile temple outside Shuzhou City got its name because it was fifteen miles away from Shuzhou City. However, it has long been abandoned. At this time, it was overgrown with weeds, inaccessible, and the terrain was complex. The envoy of King Ming set the meeting place there to see.
Their arrival was well thought out, and they could escape immediately if something unexpected happened.
But now they have sent people to figure out the terrain. King Ming's envoy wants to run away?
There are no doors!
General Cai had just told them that the court's current attitude towards Prince Ming was that they would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go!
If the genuine envoy of King Ming is caught, the court will reward him, and the general and his bodyguards will be able to get a sip of soup if they eat the meat.
With this mood in mind, they set off.
Shuzhou is not like the capital city. Although the city gates are closed at night, there is no curfew.
However, although there will be no curfew, the city gates will be closed.
Of course, this is not a big deal to them. Anyway, they are the general's personal guards and no one dares to stop them.
Governor's House
At this time, Huo Wenshi, Zhong Xing and Zhao Huaiyi were all gathered in the study.
After Zhao Huaiyi received the message, he opened it and said: "Fan Chao arranged for a group of personal guards to leave the camp at night. It seems that he was preparing in advance to meet the envoy of King Ming."
Huo Wenshi said: "In that case, let's act according to the plan and we must capture this thief in one fell swoop! General Zhao, are your people ready to go?"
Zhao Huaiyi cupped his hands and said: "Don't worry, Governor. As early as this afternoon before the city gate was closed, I arranged for my personal guards to leave the city in batches and go to the designated place to ambush. There was no record in the camp. Fan Chao would not find anyone.
Leaving the camp."
Huo Wenshi nodded and said: "Well, be careful and don't alert the enemy. If this matter succeeds, it will be a great achievement for us. If it fails, it will be a big sin for us."
Zhong Xing nodded vigorously and said: "Don't worry, Lord Governor, God will naturally bless this kind of crusade against the traitors, and we will never be defeated!"
Huo Wenshi nodded and said, "That's very good."
Shififili small temple
At this time, Xiao Ye had already led Zhong Xing's personal guards to the small temple in Shifuli to ambush him.
This time Xiao Ye was extremely happy.
He followed Xu Qing to Shuzhou because it was too boring to stay in the mountains without fighting or work.
Now there is finally a decent operation!
Originally, Xu Qing didn't want Xiao Ye to go. If something happened to him, the emperor, he would have to run away with his wives.
The king of a country cannot tolerate any mistakes!
Although the regent is now more like the king of a country than him, he is still Xiao Ye in name.
But it was impossible not to let Xiao Ye go. Xiao Ye couldn't stand the pleading look in his eyes, so he asked him to lead five of his own men and command Zhong Xing's personal guards to ambush him in the small temple at Shilili.
Even for such a small action, Xiao Ye did it very diligently.
Zhao Huaiyi's personal guard Shen Zhong looked at Xiao Ye's movements and asked: "Envoy, what's wrong?"
These people have already set out to hide in advance, and there are a lot of them. When Fan Chao arrives at the Shififili Temple, they will definitely be able to catch them all.
However, the behavior of the envoy that General Zhao spoke of left him a little confused.
Looking here and there, what are you doing?
Xiao Ye looked around the fifteen-mile small temple and said: "I just observed that the terrain around this small temple is complex and seems to be overgrown with weeds. In fact, there are only so many places to hide people. We basically will The place is full of privacy and open sight."
Shen Zhong wondered; "Shouldn't we occupy a private place with a wide view?"
Xiao Ye said; "According to the news, Fan Chao's personal guards will soon ambush at the Shififili Temple. Anyone who ambush knows to find a secret place with a wide view to lie down. Now the place suitable for lying down has been advanced by us. It’s full of people lying down, where can they lie down?”
After Xiao Ye finished speaking, Shen Zhong finally realized the problem. It was not that their location was bad, but that the location they found was too good.
Maybe Fan Chao's people would be like this.
As a result, now they have occupied the best place. Fan Chao's people have come and are all over the place. What should they do if they lie on top of them?
Is it possible to say hello?
"Hello, are you here to ambush too?"
"Brother, are you the same?"
"of course!"
"Who are you ambushing?"
"Fan Chao! What about you?"
"Harmful, King Ming's envoy..."
If such a scene really happened, it would be easy for them to catch all the people sent by Fan Chao to ambush them. If one of them escaped, it would be enough to arouse the enemy.
If Fan Chao had noticed in advance and the military power he held, it was very likely that Shuzhou would be in chaos.
Shen Zhong looked ugly at this time and said: "Envoy, what should we do? Other places are too blocked or not secretive enough. If something happens, we will not be able to respond first!"
Xiao Ye smiled and said, "You all seem to have fallen into a misunderstanding."
Shen Zhong asked in confusion: "Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding?"
Xiao Ye asked: "Who are we trying to catch?"
Shen Zhong said: "Fan Chao!"
Xiao Ye said: "Why did Fan Chao's people ambush in the small temple in Shifuli in advance?"
Shen Zhong said: "Of course it's to catch the messenger of King Ming he calls."
Xiao Ye said: "So he doesn't know where King Ming's envoy lives and which way he wants to come. He has no choice but to let people lie down and wait here in the small temple of Shilili. But we can know clearly. He wants to go from Shuzhou City to the Fifteen Mile Temple, but there is only one road from Shuzhou City to the Fifteen Mile Temple! Do you understand what I mean now?"
Shen Zhong immediately reacted and said: "What the envoy means is that there is no need for us to ambush in the small temple at Shifuli. We can just wait for Fan Chao in the middle and catch him when he comes?"