The Golden Age Chapter 923: Sit firmly on the platform

Chen Zhitai rarely heard Geng Shao praise himself, and smiled openly: "It must be so. It's not that there are several leaders in Montenegro. Among them, there must be a leader whose wife is particularly beautiful and is thought of by others, so the brothers are disagreeing. , Make a big fight."

Everyone smiled.

"General Gu, what do you think?" Qin Xiao looked at Gu Baiyi.

Gu Baiyi was named a fifth-rank Ranger General. Although his rank is not very high, everyone on the scene already knows that Gu Baiyi and Qin Xiao have a great relationship, and that in Suzhou’s rebellion, Gu Baiyi has made great contributions, who I didn't dare to look down upon this gentleman ranger general.

Gu Baiyi smiled and said: "I previously suggested to the general that if you want to train in the Songyang pasture, the threat of Montenegro must be eliminated. In the previous battle, the Montenegrin bandits were defeated, and morale must be low. They had been with Liaodong before. The army fought and did not let the wind fall. Now after the defeat, the hearts of the people are floating, and the hearts of the people on the mountain are also flustered." After a pause, he said: "Now that they are internally at odds and meet each other, it should be the best time for us to conquer Montenegro."

Qin Xiao nodded slightly, and Yuwen Chengchao thought for a while and said: "The last time the Black Mountain bandits attacked at night, we received a secret letter explaining the plan of the Black Mountain bandits in detail. I have discussed with the general and felt The person who sent the superstitious letter is by no means an ordinary role on the mountain. The black mountain bandits will attack at night, and they will definitely try to keep secrets in advance, and will not let too many people know. The secret letter will clearly state the forces of the black mountain bandits and the general information. It must be an important person in Montenegro who wrote this letter, and it is likely to be one of those leaders."

Jiang Xiaochun immediately said: "Since he is the leader of Montenegro, why does he send a secret letter? What is the motivation?"

"Kill with a knife!" Yu Wencheng had a sharp gaze and said solemnly: "After repelling the Black Mountain bandits, we have interrogated several bandits. From their mouths, we learned that the Black Mountain bandits have always been led by their second master Xuanyuanchong. In the battle that night, it was the fourth master Du Zitong who was attacked that night, which made many Black Mountain bandits not understand. I thought about it carefully, and I still can’t guess why the Black Mountain bandits didn’t let Xuanyuan Chong lead the troops, but according to common sense, Du Zitong led the troops out of the battle, which probably angered Xuanyuanchong."

"You mean Xuanyuanchong who wrote the secret letter. He wanted to get rid of Du Zitong with the help of Long Ruijun, so he revealed the plan of the Black Mountain bandit in advance so that we can lay a trap if Du Zitong is allowed to die here. Even better, even if Du Zitong was defeated in the first battle if he escaped from the dead, his reputation on the mountain would naturally fall?" Jiang Xiaochun immediately understood what Yuwen Chengchao meant.

Yuwen Chengchao nodded and said: "I guess it is possible, but I am not sure."

Qin Xiaodao: "Before that night attack, I saw Xuanyuanchong. Xuanyuanchong led people to visit outside the camp. I had a conversation with him, and I didn't feel that he was too hostile to us. At the time. I don’t know who he is. Later, from the captives, I asked about the appearances and figures of several leaders in Heishan, and only then was it confirmed that Xuanyuanchong was the one I saw that day." Xiang Gu Baiyi said, "General Gu, about this matter. I have told you in detail."

Gu Baiyi nodded and said: "School Lieutenant Yuwen just said that I don't know why Heishan would not let Xuanyuanchong lead the troops, I think there is a possibility."

"Oh?"

"Zhaoan!" Gu Baiyi said: "If the Black Mountain bandits are not at odds with the court, Xuanyuanchong will not be able to go down the mountain and meet the general alone. He came to test, not to understand the deployment of Long Rui army, but to know the dragon. Whether Rui Jun and Liaodong Army are fellow travelers. If I guess right

At least Xuanyuan Chong did not have too deep hostility to the court, he just regarded the Liaodong Army as an enemy. "After a pause, he continued: "Heishan is located in a barren and remote place. Most mountain bandits live one day, one day, and they don't think deeply, but since Xuanyuanchong can repeatedly defeat the Liaodong Army, it proves this. People have outstanding abilities and brains, but he may not be able to think of things that others can't think of. "

Qin Xiaodao: "You mean he wants to be recruited?"

"Long Ruijun is training troops in the Songyang pasture. The longer the time, the greater the control over this area." Gu Baiyi got up and walked to a map hung in the big tent. It is a very simple map of Northeast China. Many places are not very detailed. I raised my finger to the Black Mountain on the map and explained to everyone: "North of Black Mountain is the territory of the Xile Mabube. With the strength of the Black Mountain bandit, I don’t have the guts to provoke Mahanbe. There are mountains on both sides of the east and west, so I can’t cross it at all.” Fingers slid down: “So their direction of activity can only be to the south. Montenegro’s supplies are limited, and there are tens of thousands of mouths on the mountain for food and clothing. It is definitely not possible to rely on Black Mountain for supply, so we must looted supplies to the south from time to time to supplement the mountain’s needs. To the south is Songyang Grassland. Before we arrived, there was a map of Pingchuan, and there was no garrison. Looting at any time, but if in time, we fortify the entire pasture, for the black mountain bandits, as long as they go down the mountain, they will run into a wall. Once you want to replenish the materials on the mountain, you have to risk your life on the grass. In this situation, other mountain bandits may not have thought so much, but Xuanyuanchong must have thought of it."

Yuwen Chengchao nodded and said: "I took people around the grassland a few days ago. Although the environment here is not good, the grassland is really not small. The total length of things is more than 100 miles. Spread out, so they may find a breakthrough in the line of more than one hundred miles of defense, sneaking over and looting, but once we block the entire line of defense, they can’t get past the grassland at all, and if they want to looting, they can only go. In the north, a detour from Zhenyu Grassland to the west, to the northern part of Liaoxi County, and then south to Liaoxi County. This journey is extremely long, and it is necessary to walk through the Zhenyu Grassland, which is more risky."

"Xuanyuanchong naturally understands the key. He should have thought that if such a situation develops, the Black Mountain bandits have only two ways to go." Gu Baiyi smiled and said: "Either we can wipe out the Long Ruijun. Let the Songyang Grassland Garrison disappear. But are the Black Mountain bandits capable of annihilating the Long Rui Army? The Long Rui Army is a Sage Qin faction. Once it becomes an enemy of the Long Rui Army, it will truly be the enemy of the entire Datang Empire, and the Black Mountain Bandits are also He became a real traitor. Xuanyuan charged against the Liaodong Army, but he did not necessarily want to be an enemy of Datang."

Jiang Xiaochun came to understand and said: "Xuanyuanchong didn't dare or didn't want to move Long Ruijun, but he couldn't just watch the people in Heishan trapped in the mountains. The other way is to be encumbered by the court." /

Chen Zhitai grinned and said: "I’m telling you that, after falling into the grass, as long as the court can comfort you, the brothers on the mountain still want to be encumbered. At the beginning... hey, he was a bit of a knife on the mountain. On the day of licking the blood, maybe one day they will be wiped out by the officers and soldiers. If the court can give an official and a half, who is willing to be a bandit? If you want to be enrolled, why don't you ask the court early and have to wait until now?"

"If the Black Mountain bandits had asked the court for security early, the court would certainly not fail to agree." Gu Baiyi treated people kindly and smiled and said: "The Black Mountain bandits are the most powerful bandits in the four northeastern counties, if

It was an active request for security, and the court couldn't ask for it. It was nothing more than spending some money to settle it. And the black mountain bandits were recruited, and it must have a deep impact on the bandits in the four northeastern counties. Other bandits must also want to return to the court. "After a pause, he sighed: "However, the court really wants to recruit them before. It must be done by the Liaodong Army. Since the Liaodong Army has been repeatedly defeated by the Black Mountain bandits, it will inevitably resent in his heart, and Xuanyuan Chong will do so. I know that if the Liaodong army is really recruited, the Black Mountain bandits will definitely not get any good resettlement, or even...! "

"Will the Black Mountain bandits be recruited smoothly and make other baskets in the middle?" Chen Zhitai said immediately.

Qin Xiao smiled and said: "The third master has followed General Gu for a while, and his head has become a lot more flexible."

Everyone laughed when they heard this.

"Long Ruijun went out, Xuanyuanchong must have learned about the general's information in detail." Gu Baiyi said with a serious face: "He knows that the general is upright and respected by the saints, so maybe he feels that the long-awaited opportunity has finally come. For this reason, I went down to the mountain and met the general, just to understand and test the general, to see if the general might recruit the Black Mountain bandits. Since he wanted to be recruited, he would definitely not agree to the Black Mountain bandits attacking the Long Ruijun, but other people in Montenegro. But not all of them have the same mindset as Xuanyuanchong. Some people feel that being happy on the mountain, not under the control of the government, and not paying taxes, is much better than the day after the enrollment, so it is inevitable that there will be different positions on the mountain. Two factions."

Yuwen Chengchao sighed: "The words of General Gu made me feel right. Yes, if this is the case, everything will make sense. Xuanyuanchong wants to recruit security, the other people on the mountain, especially the leader of Heishan. Zhou Hongji is unwilling. In this way, it is naturally impossible for Xuanyuanchong leaders to attack us."

"In that case, the letter sent from the mountain was not for the purpose of killing someone with a knife?" Jiang Xiaochun said: "The purpose of Xuanyuan Chong sending this letter is to make the Black Mountain bandits return in a big defeat, and thus fear Long Ruijun. So he can persuade others to accept the recruitment?"

"Of course, it is possible that Xuanyuanchong sent someone to send this letter, but I personally think that this is not very likely." Gu Baiyi said slowly, "If Xuanyuanchong doesn't want to be with the people in Heishan , He can leave soon. Since he has tried his best to recruit security, he naturally wants to consider the future of those people on the mountain. Leaking the plan of the night attack allows us to prepare. The most terrible result is likely to involve participation. The Black Mountain bandit that attacked was wiped out. The general at that night was merciful and didn't hurt the killer. Even so, it caused heavy losses to the Black Mountain bandit. If the killer was really brutally attacked, not many people would be able to go back alive. Xuanyuanchong could not be sure whether the general would be merciful. Since he wanted to recruit for the Black Mountain bandits' future, he sent these people into desperation. This is unreasonable and inconsistent. It is hard to make sense."

Everyone thought that Xuanyuanchong must be the one who sent the secret letter. Hearing Gu Baiyi's words, they were all surprised. Jiang Xiaochun couldn't help but said: "It's not Xuanyuanchong, who can it be?"

"No matter who it is, if this secret letter was not sent by Xuanyuanchong, then there must be another leader on the mountain who also wants to accept Zhaoan." Gu Baiyi said calmly, "This person is hidden very deeply, if Xuanyuanchong I want to recruit security on the bright side, so this person is in the dark. But no matter who he is, his presence should be beneficial to us." After a pause, he continued: "Now the black mountains are in flames. , If I’m not wrong, it’s the other leaders who think Xuanyuanchong is the inner ghost and want to get rid of Xuanyuanchong, and then they meet each other."