East Factory Governor

Chapter 658 Plan
Qin Shuhuai and others stayed in Shunyuan Inn for one night.

The next day was approaching noon, and Qin Shuhuai was refining Qi in his room, operating with the true Qi he was familiar with in Zhongchengjing.

Someone knocked on the door.

"Boss, your relatives are here."

It was Chu Dahai's voice.

Qin Shuhuai opened the door, and three people came in.

"Subordinate Chengdu branch rudder leader Qi Sheng sees the leader!"

"Wang Miao, the sub-rudder of the subordinate Chengdu sub-rudder, sees the leader."

"Subordinate Chu Dahai sees the leader!"

Qin Shuhuai closed the door and said to them, "Get up and sit down."

Qi Cheng, Wang Miao, and Chu Dahai sat down.

Qin Shuhuai knocked on the wall, signaling Li Dingguo next door to come to his room.

Li Dingguo arrived soon, and also called Zhiren and Wang Datong.

Seeing that everyone has arrived, Qin Shuhuai said to Qi Sheng and the others, "I called you here to inquire about the situation in the Chengdu mansion. Let me first talk about the deployment of troops inside and outside the city."

Qi Cheng got up and said, "I want to report to the leader, according to reports from my brothers who are mixed in the army, there are currently more than 1 troops stationed inside and outside Chengdu. Among them, the troops stationed in the outer areas, including the outer city walls and surrounding important places, as long as Wu Yutian The [-] elite soldiers under his command, and the [-] horses of the Chengdu Guard. The inner city, including the governor’s office, the general’s mansion, the Shu prince’s mansion, and the inner city wall, was guarded by [-] guards led by Cao Guozhang’s younger brother Cao Guoqing.”

"Is Wu Yutian's Vice President's Mansion also in the inner city?" Qin Shuhuai asked.

"That's right, the Wu residence is not far from the governor's office."

Qin Shuhuai pondered for a while, and then asked, "How many troops are there to guard the Wu Mansion?"

Qi Cheng thought for a while and said, "There are no people from my teaching in Wu's mansion. However, there are people from my teaching in Li Zhongming's mansion, which can be used as a reference. There were about a hundred guards in Li Zhongming's mansion. In the name of protecting the general's family, they sent about [-] more troops to station around Li's mansion. It is said that there are many experts who are not inferior to Xiao Chengjing, and there are even one or two people from the Western Regions. My subordinates speculate , Wu Yutian, who is at the same level as Li Zhongming, should also have this configuration."

Qin Shuhuai nodded slightly, expressing his approval of this guess.

Speaking of which, although this Cao Guozhang had decided not to obey the imperial edict, he was still very terrified. He couldn't trust any of the generals under him, and even Li Zhongming's family members wanted to control them.

After pondering for a while, Qin Shuhuai asked, "By the way, Master Qi, how many brothers do we have in Chengdu at present?"

"Reporting to the leader, we currently have more than 700 congregants in Chengdu, of which more than 200 are in the army, and there are more than 500 strong believers who have practiced a lot on weekdays and can fight. However, the brothers' cultivation is not very good. Gao, except for the subordinates and Deputy Rudder Master Wang who are in the ninth rank of the Xiaocheng Realm, there are about thirty others in the Profound Realm, and the rest... are mostly no different from ordinary soldiers."

Qin Shuhuai said thoughtfully, "That means there will be a total of [-] troops."

At this time, Wang Miao said, "Master, although there are few brothers, they all have a heart to die for our teaching. As long as the leader gives an order, we will fight to the death and never back down!"

Qin Shuhuai chuckled, "Vice-ruler Wang, brothers, let me know, but I can't bear to let you 'die' casually. Let's discuss this matter from a long-term perspective."

Everyone laughed, Qi Cheng and the others felt a little more relaxed when they saw that the leader was so accommodating.

Qin Shuhuai said again, "In this way, it is not difficult for us to snatch the family members from the Wu Mansion. The difficult thing is how to get out of the city. Now the city of Chengdu is probably full of soldiers. If we want to fight from the inner city to the outer city, and then kill them from the outer city It may be difficult to reach the sky outside the city. Li Canjun, what is your strategy?"

Li Dingguo frowned and thought about it, then asked Qi Cheng, "Master Qi, Chengdu is a big city, and the imperial court has been operating here for a long time, so it should have dug a secret road out of the city as usual, right?"

Almost all big cities will have secret passages out of the city, which are used for emergency when the city is besieged by the enemy.

Qi Cheng understood what Li Dingguo meant, but he said with a distressed face, "There are secret ways out of the city, but the entrance of the secret way is said to be in the Governor's Yamen, and it is even more difficult to break into the Governor's Yamen. And even if you attack It will be difficult to find the entrance for a while, and when the garrison from the inner city rushes over, we will have no chance to fly."

Li Dingguo smiled slightly and said, "There is a secret road out of the city at the Governor's Yamen, and there is also another place."

"Where, where else?" Zhiren couldn't help asking.

Qin Shuhuai also looked at Li Dingguo curiously, thinking that this kid has never been to Chengdu, how could he know so much?

Li Dingguo calmly spit out three words: "Shu Palace".

Everyone suddenly realized.

The King of Shu is the vassal king sealed by the imperial court in Sichuan.The current king of Shu is Zhu Zhishu, the tenth grandson of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and the eldest son of Shu Gong Wang Zhu Fengquan.

Although Yan Wang Zhu Di successfully rebelled, in order to prevent other vassals from following his example, he deprived the military power and participation power of the vassals of various places, making them only in name, but the vassals of various places are still the lords of a place in name.If the governor’s yamen has a secret road out of the city, then the Shu Palace must also have it—after all, under normal circumstances, if something happens to the King of Shu, the governor of Sichuan will definitely lose his head, so which governor dares to dig a secret road for himself? The back road, and dare not leave it to the king of Shu?
At this time, Zhiren said, "Li Canjun, what do you mean, let's rob people from Wu Yutian's mansion first, and then go to attack the Shu Palace, and then find the secret way? I'm afraid it will be very difficult."

Qin Shuhuai said with a smile, "Brother Zhiren, if you think about it again, do you still need us to attack the Shu Palace?"

After a pause, he said to Li Dingguo, "Forget it, Li Canjun, you should explain it clearly, so as to save everyone from wasting their time."

Li Dingguo said, "Although the king of Shu has no real power, the vassal kings of various places have always been responsible for guarding the land. If Sichuan refuses to obey the edict and the king of Shu does nothing, after Sichuan is pacified, the king of Shu will be held accountable by the court. Lightly He would cut his position and confiscate his family, demote him to a commoner, and most importantly, he would escort the capital and put him in prison. Moreover, the status of the king of Shu is embarrassing. If Sichuan is really self-reliant, even if Cao Guozhang does not kill him, he will not be able to live a good life. Therefore, the current The King of Shu must be the most terrified person in Chengdu. Let's talk to him now, he should be able to listen."

Zhiren laughed, "It makes sense! So that's the case, I didn't expect it just now."

At this time, Wang Datong said, "Then, will Cao Guozhang's people also guard the Shu Palace?"

Qi Sheng said, "As far as we know, Cao Guozhang has indeed increased his troops at the Prince of Shu's Mansion. There is no specific statistics on how many troops there are."

Li Dingguo said, "Cao Guozhang will definitely increase his troops in the palace of the king of Shu to prevent the king of Shu from escaping. After all, it will benefit him a lot to pull the king of Shu to 'refuse to obey the edict'." The imperial edict is not a rebellion, so I dare not imprison the King of Shu directly. Therefore, there should be many personal guards of the King of Shu in the Palace of Shu, so as long as we ask the King of Shu to help, we will definitely be able to open the door of the Palace of Shu."

Qin Shuhuai nodded, "Then, now there is only one question left, that is how far is it from Wu Mansion to Shu Palace, and how many troops might appear on the way."

(End of this chapter)