imperial psychologist

Chapter 699 I have a plan

Each of the non-commissioned officers took out a mouthful of rice from their own bowls and scraped together a bowl for him to satisfy his hunger, and then the villager was taken aside.

Wang Meng and a few others sat around again, frowning, "What do you think?"

Several non-commissioned officers looked at each other, but did not speak.

"What's the matter, what's wrong with this?" Wang Meng looked up at several people.

"My lord...you don't need to think about it." One of them hesitated, "You told us earlier that General Chang ordered us to arrive in Yanzhou within seven days, and now we have been delayed here for half a day. If you still want to send troops to Stone Monkey Town rescues people, in case it really delays—”

"Why don't we just send him to both ends and let the local government decide whether they want to send someone out." Another person said, "Anyway, he went to both ends to look for someone."

"Let the local government judge, that is, not save." Wang Meng glanced at the opposite side, "Since it is not rescued, then say no, don't say 'let the local government' judge."

"This is not a question of whether we can save or not, my lord, why do you say that the local government is not going to save? Because now the north of Zhuoyan may become a battlefield at any time. The troops everywhere—whether they are ours, General Shen Yes, it’s still the yamen of the four prefectures—they have their own arrangements. Half a month ago, Zhuozhou issued an ultimatum to enter the city to escape the winter, and these people are still greedy for a little food. In my opinion, they are simply—”

The young non-commissioned officer looked at Wang Meng's slightly gloomy face, and swallowed the word "serve it".

"Anyway, I have only one idea. Not only should we not rescue them, but we should also use this incident as a wake-up call to the people in other state capitals." The man whispered, "When is this, and it's still so unclear—— —”

"Don't say such things," Wang Meng frowned, and looked at the other end, "Where are Ziping and Zi'an? What do you think?"

The two brothers on Wang Meng's left looked at each other, and the fairer brother said, "I think the two guards are right in principle, but..."

"Just what?" Wang Meng asked.

"It's just that, no matter what, we have enough food and grass for our soldiers and horses. If there are no accidents, the firearms for backup will come in a couple of hours." Xue Ziping said calmly, "It is indeed the people of Shihou Town who have fallen to this point. It’s our fault, but it doesn’t make sense if we stand by and ignore it.”

The previous guard immediately raised his eyes and sneered, "Why can't we pass? If the march is delayed, you two juniors, can you bear this responsibility?"

"Then it's better to write a letter tonight, Lord Guard, and present the passage you just said to General Chang." Xue Ziping looked at the guard on the opposite side, and answered neither humble nor overbearing, "Let's see what General Chang will do." What a reaction."

"That's right, those common people didn't follow the rules, and if they were rescued, they would be severely punished by the law. Wouldn't a living alarm bell be more useful than a dead alarm bell?" Xue Zi'an, who followed his brother, laughed, "Or, guard My lord is just afraid of delaying his own future, so he said so much, and wants to let these common people live and die?"

The two guards didn't bother to answer, they just turned to Wang Meng, cupped their hands and said, "Let the lieutenant general make a decision, I hope you can put the overall situation first."

"What if we hurry to Yanzhou after we leave the two ends?" Wang Meng said softly, "Is it possible..."

"But we don't know the origins of the gold thieves in Stone Monkey Town, and we don't know their specific defenses, my lord. If it's true, as the villager said, it's just a small group of rangers, but what if they are just an advance team Or is it a bait? Aren’t we going to linger in Stone Monkey Town for a few days?”

"Yes, Lieutenant General Wang, we are going to rescue Yanzhou, but we fought in Zhuozhou first. This is something that cannot be justified anyway!"

The two brothers on the other side listened to the conversation of the two guards. The younger brother Xue Zian obviously wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Xue Ziping.

The two brothers looked at Wang Meng silently, no longer defending anything, just waiting for Wang Meng to make a decision.

Wang Meng frowned, with a difficult expression on his face, "In that case, then..."

Before the words were finished, Bo Ling stepped on the dead leaves on the ground and walked among the few people.

"Brother Wei," one of the guards looked at Bo Ling, with a bit of dissatisfaction in his words, "Don't come here now, we are discussing military affairs."

"I just want to tell you something," Bo Ling looked at Wang Meng, "May the deputy general listen to me?"

Wang Meng twitched his eyebrows slightly, stretched out his hand and said, "Speak."

"Just now I chatted with the little brother, he said that not all of the more than 40 households were found, only a dozen households were in the village, and the remaining 20 households were all on the mountain at that time, but there were gold mines at the intersection of the mountain road. Guarded by thieves, they didn't dare to act rashly, so they were also trapped in the village..."

Having said that, Bo Ling reached out and poked himself lightly.

"I don't know how everyone's discussions about the rescue plan are going. I have a plan. Your lord only needs to give me a dozen or twenty soldiers with firecrackers. Before tomorrow morning, I will definitely be able to bring these people back safely."

Wang Meng was a little surprised.

In fact, all the way from Tunlongpi to here, he hadn't paid much attention to this young man—not even as much as Li Yiru, after all, the latter meant a lot of money.

It's just that Chang Sheng confessed that this boy is an old friend of the Lin family and his son, so he must be sent to Yanzhou safely.

"What can you do?" Wang Meng asked.

"It's too troublesome to explain, why don't we talk about it when we come back." Bo Ling asked inquiringly, "How?"

"You..." Wang Meng looked at Bai Ling and was about to speak when Xue Ziping took a step forward.

"My lord, I would like to go together." The young man's voice was clear, which attracted Bai Ling's attention for a while, and he heard him say again, "No matter what the result is, I will bring my troops back before dawn."

"It doesn't waste time, anyway, we are going to leave tomorrow morning." Seeing this, the younger brother Xue Zian quickly added.

Wang Meng pondered for a moment.

"Then let's go." Wang Meng didn't hesitate any more, and said in a deep voice, "We do have military orders, and we shouldn't entangle them head-on. If we can outwit them, everyone will be happy. Even if we can't, we are worthy of these common people."

He looked at Xue Ziping, "Be careful on your way, if the enemy is fierce, don't pester him, just retreat immediately."

"Understood." Xue Ziping replied with clasped fists, and then looked at Bai Ling, "Then, brother Wei, follow me to the front camp to gather troops."

"Please." Bo Ling also made gestures of invitation. She turned her head and greeted the villager from Stone Monkey Town. The man cleaned the rice grains in the bowl in two or three steps, and quickly followed Bo Ling and the two of them.

"Sir...this..."

"Let's see." Wang Meng said softly, "See what they can do."

(End of this chapter)