Mr. Yangui

Chapter 133 Chapter [-]
Although Shangluo County is close to the capital, it is not prosperous.

The city wall is very dilapidated, there are few people in the city, there are many shops, taverns and inns, but most of them are closed. Li Wuchang and the three finally found a decent inn to settle down.

There are not many guests, most of them are people from the rivers and lakes.

The guy was very enthusiastic. According to Li Wuchang's request, after finding three rooms next to each other, he brought the three of them to a private room, and served a table of food and drinks.

"I passed by Shangluo County before, and it was much more lively than it is now. Although it can't catch up with the capital, it doesn't look like this. It feels like there are [-] to [-]% fewer people." Zhao Xun said with emotion.

Jiang Minglun sighed, and said: "Last year, the severe drought in summer and the snowstorm in winter caused the price of grain to skyrocket. Now it's a time of shortage, and Shangluoben is a place where green forest lunatics run rampant. Even the official warehouses dare to attack. The people in the city Either fall into the grass or run away, it is reasonable for Shangluo to be so clean."

Before coming here, Li Wuchang asked Li Qing for information.

Zhai Changping and his group were ambushed near Niu Mao. There were 42 of them in total. Like Zhai Changping, there were more than [-] martial talents selected by this Martial Arts Conference. Among them, although the other twenty or so people's martial arts are not high, it is still no problem to deal with ordinary green forest reckless men.

It can be seen that the group led by Zhai Changping is a very powerful force. Unfortunately, more than 200 people died on the spot, and the others were missing. According to the report from the people below, they encountered a bandit brigade of about [-] people in an ambush. The ghosts of the joint efforts of the various forces said that they received news that the bandit suppression team was coming to Shangluo, so they intercepted and killed them halfway to prevent future troubles.

Li Qing once said that because of the complex terrain, Niu Mao Mountain used to be a hideout for a group of local green forest people. There were not many gangs, and they occasionally came out to rob, and the government didn't pay much attention to it.

Since last winter, in addition to a few local green forest gangs, some forces from surrounding counties have mixed into the cattle hair, and some grassland people have entered the deep mountains. The forces on the mountains have become more and more complicated, and the government has only paid attention to it.

Unfortunately, due to insufficient manpower, there was no chance to wipe out all the bandits on Niu Mao Mountain.

"The current situation is like this. Zhai Changping may have been captured by a certain force on the cow's hair. Tell me, do you have any good suggestions?" Li Wuchang briefly told Jiang Minglun and Zhao Xun and the two asked for advice.

Jiang Minglun was more on the safe side, and said, "Should I borrow a bunch of people from the government..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Xun interrupted: "You also saw it when you entered the city just now. The soldiers guarding the city were absent-minded, and the officers and soldiers on patrol were listless. The bandits are terrified, even if we go to their superiors, they will definitely find a way to shirk, they will not send troops into the mountains, they will only think about how to hide in the city and wait for the next rescue from the court."

After a pause, he continued: "In addition, every time the imperial court dispatched bandit suppression teams, it was arranged in secret. This time Zhai Changping and his gang were so precisely located by the bandits, one can imagine the secrecy of the government's work. "

After Jiang Minglun listened, he sighed helplessly.

What Zhao Xun said makes sense.

No wonder Zhao Xun looked down on the officers and soldiers of Shangluo County so much. He had heard too many rumors in Chang'an City. The officers and soldiers of Shangluo County were synonymous with cowards.

After Zhao Xun finished complaining, he suggested: "Saving people is like putting out a fire. Let's first assume that Zhai Changping was detained by a certain force on the cow's hair. No matter what their purpose is, Zhai Changping's situation must be very dangerous. I suggest that the three of us mix in." Niu Maoshan, pretending to be a bandit to inquire about news, there are many forces on Niu Maoshan, there should be no problem in pretending, after we find out the news, we will formulate a perfect plan and secretly rescue Zhai Changping."

Li Wuchang smiled and said: "It seems that there are troubles everywhere again. This reminds me of the time when I pretended to be the guard of the Jin Palace and the Hanshui Gang in the west of Chang'an City."

Zhao Xun and Jiang Minglun both laughed when they heard the words.

Last time, under the leadership of Li Wuchang, the three of them made a mess together, making a mess in the west of the city, and alarmed the city defense commander Cui Ping. Finally, the Prince Jin Mansion and the Hanshui Gang completely turned their backs.

Now the Hanshui Gang is not as high-profile and arrogant as before. All members withdrew from Chang'an City, returned to Xiangyang City, waited for the opportunity, and did not make any major moves for the time being. There are rumors that the last time the grain and grass in Hejian County, Jizhou were robbed. It is related to the Hanshui Gang, but it has not been confirmed yet.

Li Wuchang continued: "To be honest, I'm not worried about ordinary bandits in the green forest. What I worry about is that there will be large-scale gangsters and Khitan forces sneaking into Niu Maoshan, trying to fish in troubled waters. Then their combat power will be extraordinary. Even if we ask With the news of Zhai Changping, I am afraid it will not be so easy to rescue him."

Zhao Xun frowned, and said, "This possibility is unlikely, after all, Shangluo County..."

Then he said: "It's possible, there were Khitan spies infiltrating the palace last time, it's no big deal that Khitan people infiltrated Shangluo this time."

Li Wuchang concluded: "No matter what, Zhai Changping must be rescued. Tomorrow morning, we will go make some preparations. After we disguise ourselves, we will go directly to Niu Mao Mountain. We will play by ear when the time comes, and we will make plans after we find out the news."

A night without words.

The next day, the three of them got up early in the morning and went to the street to do a guy's pose.

Black clothes, dry food, sweat medicine, mist, and of course, Li Wuchang's own dispersing qi pill, which was not refined by himself, but given by Han Dazhi last time, all of which were ground into powder.

In addition, Li Wuchang also prepared a special gold thread big ring knife for dragon sets.

"The weapons of the two of you are too conspicuous, why don't you mix them with plaster?" Li Wuchang suggested looking at Zhao Xun's and Jiang Minglun's very attractive weapons.

Needless to say, Jiang Minglun's weapon is a fine product brought out from the Martial Arts Pavilion. It is not only powerful, but also extremely domineering in appearance. At first glance, it is not something ordinary people can hold.

Taking advantage of the few days when Zhao Xun got the millennium cold iron, he spent more than 1000 taels of silver and hired a senior blacksmith to forge a sword.

Li Wuchang had already seen it before, the sword was not only cold, but also amazingly powerful, and its shape was also quite beautiful.

Just kidding, the three of them are going to Niu Maoshan now, maybe they have to pretend to be little guys, holding such a beautiful weapon is really eye-catching.

Under Li Wuchang's suggestion, Zhao Xun and Jiang Minglun had no choice but to decorate their weapons with plaster and paint, making them look like ordinary old weapons.

Niu Mao Mountain is not a single mountain, but a group of mountains stretching for dozens of miles. Although it is not as dangerous as Nanshan Mountain, it is also a first-class and dangerous place. There are very few entrances, and they are easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The three of them, Li Wuchang, were all dressed in black outfits, with simple makeup and blackened faces. They looked to be in their thirties, and with their arrogant walking posture, they looked like three green forest bandits.

The three of them were lying in the grass at the entrance of Niu Mao Mountain, observing the terrain.

"This is the safest entrance. The government has attacked several times, but they all failed. It is really dangerous." Zhao Xun observed the terrain and introduced.

Both Li Wuchang and Jiang Minglun observed carefully.

The entrance is like a gourd mouth, very narrow, a road about two feet wide, leading to the mountain, the road is very empty, only some weeds and shrubs, can not hide the figure, there are towering boulders on both sides, there are simple sentry towers on it, There are many patrolling people standing on the sentry tower.

If hundreds of archers are used to guard it, as long as there are enough arrows, it is estimated that thousands of people will not be able to attack.

Typical easy to defend but difficult to attack, no wonder the government did not send troops to encircle and suppress.

This place is too dangerous.

This is still the safest entrance, so the entrances in other places must be more difficult to enter.

Even if they got in by luck, the bandits only needed to drill into the dense forest and rely on their familiarity with the terrain to fight guerrillas.

When the officers and soldiers can't take it anymore, the bandits can come out to be arrogant again.

In the final analysis, Dayan was powerless to deal with these internal worries because of external disasters.

"At the moment we don't know how to sneak in. If we go in swaggeringly, we may be greeted by thousands of powerful arrows. What's the best way?" After observing the terrain, Li Wuchang found that it is not appropriate to force his way in.

Jiang Minglun said: "There are not many entrances to Niu Mao Mountain, but there are many forces in the mountain. Each entrance should be guarded by a special force, or there may be multiple forces guarding the entrance. No matter what, it's good to go in. , There should be a set of special procedures, maybe it is to look at the code, maybe it is to look at the clothes."

After a pause, he continued: "There are two ways now, one is to wait until after dark, the patrolling people can't see well, let's sneak in through light work, and the other is to go a little farther to see if there are any bandits who have returned from the mountain , while waiting for them to enter the mountain, we will mix with their troops."

Zhao Xun nodded and said: "Both methods are good, I think the second method is better, after all, it is still a long time before dark, we can squat beside the road up the mountain to see if there is a large army , it’s best to stun the three little guys, and then dress up like them, mix in, be careful, it shouldn’t be too conspicuous, if there is no chance to find the single one, then we will quietly hang behind the troops, maybe You can also get in."

Li Wuchang nodded and said: "Then go down a little first and find a place to squat."

So the three of them walked down the mountain, found a place, hid themselves, and kept an eye on the side of the road to see if there was any bandit team returning to the mountain after going out to rob.

The weather in May was neither hot nor cold, and none of the three felt particularly difficult.

Hard work pays off, and at noon, a group of people finally went up the mountain.

The team was very long, with more than 100 people, some on horseback, some on foot, with different clothes and various weapons, such as broadswords, axes, spears, etc., and more people were holding a wooden stick.

Li Wuchang, Zhao Xun, Jiang Minglun and the others looked at each other and smiled.

The group in front of them looked like a mob no matter how they looked.

　Notice: National Day is approaching, the author volunteered to work overtime in order to get a few more days off, after that, only the chapter at 12:00 will be released for the next few days, and the chapter at 21:00 will be suspended for a few days.
　　It will be added next month, all viewers forgive me!

　　
　
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