I want to embrace the moon for nine days

Chapter 22 Patrolling the city like the wind
"How could it come so fast?!"

Although Wu Ning was shocked, he asked carefully, "How many people are here?"

Zhu Hui spoke very quickly: "You can't see clearly, the dust is billowing, there are hundreds of people at least."

Wu Ning breathed a sigh of relief: "The trampling of horses' hooves and the flying dust can easily make onlookers overestimate the number of those people. There are actually more than 1000 of them. If they have all arrived, you would think that there are many good people at a glance. Thousands of people.”

"So, they actually only came with a hundred people?"

Zhu Hui said quickly, "But they put up two flags, both with big characters in gold on a black background. One wrote a letter to the Imperial Envoy Governor Dongchang Official School Affairs Eunuch, and the other said Jinyiwei North Town Fusi. It seems that Cao Wubo has already In it.”

Zhu Ji touched the handle of the knife: "Let's meet the enemy!"

"Even if they only come with a hundred or so people, they are twice as many as us, and most of us haven't been able to properly recover from our injuries..."

Wu Ning pondered for a moment and said decisively, "There are many empty houses in the west of the city and the terrain is complex, which can be used. Let's go there."

Everyone immediately started to move.

At the same time, Dongchang's troops had arrived at the city gate.

Wu Ning's judgment was not wrong. The actual number of them was only over a hundred, and a large number of other people were still near Gaohe County and failed to come over.

In order to delay the progress of the Dongchang Brigade, Wu Ning and others harassed them extremely frequently, and even sent people to assassinate Cao Wubo more than once.

But starting from the past two days, these enemies who followed them around Dongchang seemed to have suddenly disappeared, and they were so quiet that they were a little too quiet.

Cao Wubo immediately noticed something fishy, ​​and made up his mind to set off for Pingyang City in advance with a hundred elite troops using only the more than 100 horses he had just found.

Of course he didn't know that Wu Ning had speculated that there would be a strong wind and sandstorm on March [-]th, but he knew very well that he would never let his opponent predict what he wanted to do.

Although some people in Dongchang and Jinyiwei were quite worried about this, Cao Wubo considered himself to be highly skilled in martial arts and full of confidence, and his judgment was unquestionable.

After what he had seen and heard along the way, he had already concluded that even if the opponent's number in Pingyang City was gathered together, they would be far smaller than the hundreds of people he had, so naturally he would not take this risk seriously.

However, with such a arrogant attitude, after arriving in Pingyang City, he did not ignore the local county government and do his own thing like Lu Xiaochuan and others did.

Instead, after sending ten men each to carry the sounding arrow signal and guard the city gates in all directions, he took the initiative to go to the county government office to ask for the help of the local people.

"Dongdongdong, Dongchang, Mr. Factory?!"

When the Pingyang County Magistrate was dragged out of the yamen by two guards in golden robes, he saw a mighty man with silver hair and red face on the road in front of his door. He was wearing a strong military uniform and a black cloak. He was sitting on a horse with his head hanging condescendingly. Come take a peek.

The big stall scalper Shaotang was also on the horse. He threw a token from behind and said: "You are a small official, but you still have some eyesight. This is indeed the governor of our Dongchang, Zhaowu Bocao, who was granted the title by the imperial court. grown ups."

When the county magistrate saw the big characters on the two flags, his legs were already weak, and he had no intention of distinguishing the authenticity of the tokens in his hands. He cried bitterly: "Xiaguan has been working hard in Pingyang City these years..."

"It is precisely because of knowing your achievements that Mr. Cao gave you a chance to rise to the top."

Pi Shaotang interrupted him, "Recently, there are traitors staying in your city. As the head of a county, you should keep track of the whereabouts of outsiders. As long as you report the clues, after the matter is resolved, you will be transferred back to the capital. There is nothing wrong with being an official."

The county magistrate was stunned for a moment.

Going to the capital as an official?Even if he cannot become an official and is just a petty official, the life he leads in Beijing cannot be compared to that of a border magistrate like him.Isn't this just a meteoric rise?
"There are outsiders, there are some!"

Before his mind could fully wake up from the surprise, he had already started shouting, "There are indeed many strong men coming from outside these days. A few nights ago, they used knives in the west of the city, killing them like rivers of blood."

"Everyone on one side is dead, but there are even more people on the other side. It's a pity that I only have a few useless government officials, and I don't dare to provoke them."

"They should be at the General Temple in the north of the city now."

Pi Shaotang's expression changed: "Is one of them all dead?"

Uncle Cao Wu seemed to have expected it. His face was not moved at all, and he said, "How many people are left alive?"

A clever government official next to him immediately stepped forward and said first: "The county magistrate sent me to negotiate with them. There were more than a dozen at first, and then more than 30 came. Now there are more than fifty in total, and there are two of them. A child, a cripple, many with injuries.”

"It seems that Jia Ting and the others have really been harmed by this group of people."

Qianhu Bai Qi wondered, "The child must be from the Yu family, but who is that cripple? They didn't forget to take it with them when they fled?"

Pi Shaotang snorted coldly: "She must have been disabled during the process of rescuing Yu's children. She even refuses to deal with such a drag. It's really ridiculous. He deserves to die!"

He bent down, grabbed the clothes on the back of the neck of the yamen servant who had just spoken, lifted him up in the air, and shouted, "Show the way!"

The yamen officer hurriedly pointed the direction.

When everyone was galloping, Pi Shaotang always held him in the air with one hand. His body sitting on the horse was very stable, without any imbalance, and his waist, legs, and arms were as strong as cast iron.

They arrived near the General Temple in the north of the city. Before they reached the temple gate, they found many fresh horse hoof prints.

A group of royal guards entered the temple first to check, and sure enough, no one was there.

"There is a lot of noise when we enter the city. I'm afraid these people have noticed it and will run away."

Qianhu Bai Qi felt that he had no time to delay, so he ordered everyone to turn their horses and look for traces to catch up.

When Cao Wubo saw the tattered clothes in the temple, he narrowed his eyes, raised his hand and shouted, "Wait a minute."

"There are too many clothes here. You said your county magistrate sent you to negotiate with them. How did you negotiate specifically?"

Cao Wubo turned to look at the government officer, "On what night did they fight with the other party? How long have they been here for the thirty or so people behind them?"

The yamen servant was carried all the way, with the wind in his ears and his feet not touching the ground. His thoughts of asking for some favors were overwhelmed by panic. When he faced Cao Wubo's eyes, he felt goosebumps all over his body, but he did not dare not to answer. .

After hearing what he said, Uncle Cao Wu closed his eyes for a moment. When he opened his eyes again, he looked calm and composed. He chuckled and said with unclear meaning: "You are really bold... Okay, okay."

"Listen to my order, slow down your horse, and check your bow, sword, and shield."

Uncle Cao Wu waved his hand and gave orders to everyone with a sound like a loud bell, without any shrillness of an ordinary eunuch.

"No need to rush, pay attention to your surroundings, let's chase slowly!"

(End of this chapter)