A knife in love

Chapter 2648
After hearing Xu Yingyang's words, Qi Jiu's heart became clear, and he knew that Xu Yingyang would send capable men to leave the county magistrate's office and find a safe place to ambush in the city.Naturally, I don't want to involve myself in such a confidential matter.The so-called asking him to accompany Wang Xiaoyu to the backyard to rest and so on is just an excuse, nothing more than sending him away.Thinking of this, Qi Jiu cupped his hands and said: "Thank you, Mr. Xu, for your care. In this case, the villain will leave first. If Mr. Xu still has orders, you can send someone to call the villain at any time."

After Qi Jiu finished speaking, he bowed to Xu Yingyang to the ground, then turned around and left quickly.He was worried that Wang Xiaoyu would go to the backyard by himself, and if he and Jinyi, who was guarding the magistrate's office, got dirty, the two sides would fight, and it would definitely cause big trouble.Therefore, after walking out of the main hall, he ignored the guards in brocade clothes standing under the porch of the main hall watching him, and hurriedly ran towards the corner door on the right.It's just that he just ran three or four steps, and saw Wang Xiaoyu's figure flashing at the corner door, and he had already walked into the middle courtyard.

When Qi Jiu rushed into the middle courtyard, he saw that there were people everywhere in the courtyard. He was startled and couldn't help but stop.Only then did he realize that Wang Xiaoyu was standing in front of the corner gate, looking at the crowd with astonishment on his face.Qi Jiu looked intently and saw that there were four to five hundred people in the middle court, most of whom were defeated soldiers who he brought to the county magistrate's office.Most of the remaining hundred or so people were quite familiar, as if they were volunteers who had practiced in the school's military field.Qi Jiu thought to himself, I heard from Xu Yingyang earlier that in addition to the four or five hundred defeated soldiers I brought back, more than a hundred people escaped from the other three city gates.It seems that Xu Yingyang asked these people to rest in the middle court, and when the Japanese pirates attacked the magistrate's office, he would use these defeated soldiers to fight the Japanese pirates to the death.

When Qi Jiu was thinking about it, Wang Xiaoyu turned to him and said, "Hey, why did you tell Xu the strategy I came up with?"

Qi Jiu had always been worried that Wang Xiaoyu would feel resentful because of what she had said to Xu Yingyang, so when she heard her sudden question, her heart immediately rose to her throat.It's just that he saw Wang Xiaoyu's expression was as usual, not angry, and his voice was the same as usual, so he was a little relieved, and said in his mouth: "The trick that Miss Wang came up with is indeed a good way to escape. It's just that If we escape privately, after the Japanese pirates capture the magistrate's office, they will attack Wangjiazhuang with all their strength. At that time, we will not be able to escape at all. That's why I told Master Xu about this plan, with only a slight change, please ask him Choose a dead soldier to ambush in a safe place in the city, and serve as horns with the magistrate's office. If the Japanese invaders are strong, when the magistrate's office can't support us, we can send out a signal to ambush the Japanese pirates, and we can attack from inside and outside. Disturb the Japanese pirates' offensive. In this way, although I dare not say that the Japanese pirates can be defeated, at least it can make them have some scruples and dare not attack the magistrate's office with all their strength, so we can resist for a while. As long as the Japanese pirates can be held back, The odds are in our favour.”

After hearing what Qi Jiu had said, Wang Xiaoyu snorted, and said in his mouth: "What's the use of being advantageous? We have no reinforcements outside and no food and grass inside. Even if we can last for a few more hours, we will not be attacked by Japanese pirates in the magistrate's office. You once said before that if hundreds of pigs escaped in all directions, it would not be possible for Japanese pirates to catch them in a day or two. In my opinion, there is no need to send people to ambush in the city. Four or five hundred cowards were all driven out of the magistrate's office, and they ran around the city. The Japanese pirates didn't know our details, and when they saw people everywhere in the city, they had to send people to hunt them down. In this way, they would not Dare to attack the county magistrate's office."

Hearing what Wang Xiaoyu said, Qi Jiu smiled wryly, and said, "Miss Wang, don't forget that these 500 people are not pigs, but living people. Pigs can only run away when their companions are killed. Run faster and run farther. But if a person sees his companion being killed, most of them will be scared out of their wits. I am afraid that their legs will be weak, and they will immediately kneel down and surrender. Miss Wang, if you don’t believe me, I can fight with you Make a bet. If these four or five hundred people leave the magistrate's office and flee in disorder in the city, as long as the Japanese pirates send people to hunt them down, within half an hour, they will all surrender."

Wang Xiaoyu recalled that after more than a hundred Japanese pirates climbed up the city wall at the top of Beicheng City, the officers, soldiers, police officers and righteous people on the city were several times as many as the Japanese pirates, but they all dispersed in a rush, causing Guan Chang to take his subordinates with them. Jin Yiwei fought alone, and finally all died in battle.And after these defeated soldiers fled into the city, although the Japanese pirates sent many small groups of people to search and kill everywhere in the city, the number of them was not too many.But the defeated soldiers were frightened birds, without the slightest fighting spirit, even if there were only a few Japanese pirates, they would be like tigers entering a flock of defeated soldiers, killing dozens and hundreds of defeated soldiers and fleeing in embarrassment.So what Qi Jiu said was right, if these people were allowed to leave the county magistrate's office, within an hour, they would all die at the hands of Japanese pirates.

Thinking of this, Wang Xiaoyu was annoyed, gave Qi Jiu a hard look, and then walked towards the corner door on the left.Qi Jiu didn't dare to neglect, and followed closely behind Wang Xiaoyu.All the defeated soldiers who were sitting or standing in the courtyard were already exhausted, and everyone was closing their eyes to rest their minds, so no one noticed that Qi Jiu and Wang Xiaoyu walked through the middle courtyard, passed through the corner door on the left side of the courtyard, and walked straight in. Backyard went.

Many wooden frames were erected behind the stone walls around the backyard, and each wooden frame was guarded by several brocade guards.As soon as Qi Jiu and Wang Xiaoyu walked into the backyard, a Jin Yiwei came forward and said to Qi Jiu: "Commander Qi, Mr. Xu has ordered you to rest in the wing room. Please follow me Come on."

Qi Jiu thanked him, then followed the Jin Yiwei across the yard, until he reached the door of the first wing on the right, and then stopped.The Jin Yiwei said to Qi Jiu: "The wine and food are prepared in the wing room, you two can rest at ease after eating. If there is anything, just tell me."

After the Jin Yiwei finished speaking, he turned and left without waiting for Qi Jiu and Wang Xiaoyu to speak. He walked to the front door of the main room in the backyard, and then stopped. Stone statues generally stand still.Qi Jiu saw that there were more than a dozen brocade guards in the yard, some of them were standing still, while others were wandering around, the guards were extremely strict.Qi Jiu looked at it for a while, then turned to Wang Xiaoyu and said, "Miss Wang, please go inside and rest."

After Qi Jiu finished speaking, he stretched out his hand to push the door open, and made a gesture of invitation to Wang Xiaoyu.When Wang Xiaoyu thought of sharing the same room with Qi Jiu, he suddenly felt a little shy and hopeful.With so many thoughts in her mind, she clutched the corners of her clothes with her hands, and she didn't dare to enter the wing room for a while.Seeing Wang Xiaoyu hanging his head in silence and refusing to go into the wing room, Qi Jiu was puzzled and was about to speak, when suddenly he heard a loud bang from the east, as if the ground under his feet trembled.Qi Jiu's face changed drastically, and he said in a trembling voice: "Oops! The Japanese pirates fired artillery in Dongcheng, and they are probably about to attack aggressively!"

(End of this chapter)