Stone Bridge Villa.
The person who sent the message hurriedly left when he saw that Wang Luoshen's face was not good. He did not dare to stay here for a long time. What a disaster it would be if he got into trouble.
Li Ci didn't dare to say anything. He could only stand quietly on one side and wait for Wang Luoshen to speak first.
Just now, the person who sent the message said that shortly after Lin Ye invited Lin Ye to go to the government office, Zhao Nanli, the Duke of Lin State, ran out of the government office in a hurry, but instead of going home, he ran to the Forbidden Army camp in one breath.
Zhao Nanli stayed in the Forbidden Army camp for about half an hour, and then left Geling City under the escort of a group of Forbidden Army.
"Zhao Nan pays attention to him..."
Seeing that Wang Luoshen didn't speak for a long time, Li Ci couldn't help but speak first.
"Could he be going to see the emperor?"
Wang Luoshen looked back at him. Although he didn't give a definite answer, it could be seen from his expression that what he was thinking was probably the same as what Li Ci said.
"This Lin Ye has some tricks up his sleeve."
Wang Luoshen let out a heavy breath.
"He first killed people randomly, making us think he was avenging Liu Jigong. Judging from the people he killed, they were all related to Liu Jigong's incident..."
Wang Luoshen said: "Everyone related to what happened back then is in panic, and many have fled Geling. Who would have thought that Lin Ye would take control of Zhao Nanli with a twist of his blade."
Li Ci said: "If Zhao Nanli is allowed to go to see the emperor smoothly, I'm afraid the situation in Geling City will change."
Wang Luoshen said: "Have you noticed that Lin Ye seems to be very willing for people to escape to Geling City?"
Li Ci said: "The Cowardly Army's 100,000 elite troops were outside Geling City. He knew that he could not fight me in the city, so he scared everyone out of Geling. Outside the city, with his 100,000-strong army, no one could escape. Don’t fall off.”
Wang Luoshen walked around the room and said, "Since the incident happened to the people in Zhenyuan Palace, there must be hundreds of people who have escaped from Geling City."
Li Ci replied: "Yes, in fact, there are more than a few hundred people. Zhao Nanli had already sent part of his family members away before, and more than 200 people left."
He looked at Wang Luoshen and said, "Rough calculation, from the time something happened to the people in Zhenyuan Palace to now, at least 1,500 or 600 people have left Geling."
"If nothing else happens, these more than a thousand people are now controlled by Lin Ye's cowardly army."
Wang Luoshen said: "Except for the initial contempt for Lin Ye, I regard him as the number one enemy every day after that."
When he said this, his brows were already frowning deeply.
"I was thinking that Lin Ye clearly had the opportunity to bring the Cowardly Army into Geling, but he promised Ning Weimo to only bring a thousand people into the city."
Wang Luoshen said: "If he noticed that I had arrangements outside Geling City... then Lin Ye's thoughts would be really scary."
Li Ci said: "My original plan was for the undead army to guard the city gate for two hours, at the expense of five thousand elite men, to buy time for the army to enter the city."
After a pause, Li Ci continued: "If Lin Ye is aware of this plan and deliberately leaves 100,000 people of the Cowardly Army outside the city, then it will be difficult for the master's subsequent arrangements to continue."
Li Ci looked at Wang Luoshen and said, "But there is no reason for Lin Ye to know that the father-in-law has deployed an army in Geling City."
Wang Luoshen said: "In this case... you send someone to check and find a way to find out if there is something wrong."
He looked a little worried and said: "The soldiers and horses outside the city come in. This is the most important thing. Once blocked by cowardice, Geling City cannot be taken, and all places outside Geling will become a sway." land."
Nowadays, the strength of the old Xungui clan is naturally not as good as before, but it still has undoubted dominance in the local area.
If Wang Luoshen captured Geling in one fell swoop, his colleagues from all over the country would surely follow him with flags raised.
If Wang Luoshen couldn't take Ge Ling, these people wouldn't act rashly.
What Wang Luoshen is most worried about is precisely that the group of people who are supposed to be his own people will retreat at the critical moment, and someone may even stab him in the back.
Li Ci said: "How should I check this? I don't know what the father-in-law has planned outside the city, and others don't know either. So I guess it was Lin Ye who inferred, and it wasn't someone who leaked the news."
But Wang Luoshen was very stubborn: "If you are asked to investigate, just do it. I always feel something is wrong. Ask more people. Try not to be rude and take it seriously."
Li Ci had no choice but to lean over and say: "I obey, I will arrange for someone to find out if Lin Ye has secretly arranged for many people to collect information."
Wang Luoshen waved his hand: "You go ahead. This matter is important and cannot be delayed."
Li Ci said goodbye and went out. As he walked, he thought something was wrong, something very wrong.
My father-in-law is definitely not a person who gets into trouble when things happen, and he is definitely not a person who is afraid of his opponents.
But now it seems that the father-in-law is a little panicked. Panic leads to chaos, and chaos leads to change.
No one except Wang Luoshen himself knew about the deployment of the army outside the city. This kind of thing should not be inquired about. Once inquired, Lin Ye's people might become aware of it.
The father-in-law is very thoughtful and sees the overall situation. It is impossible not to think of this. If Lin Ye really notices it, wouldn't it be even worse for the big event?
The more I think about it, the more I feel that there is something wrong with Wang Luoshen's arrangement, which is completely different from Wang Luoshen's past behavior.
As Li Ci walked, he thought about how far-reaching Wang Luoshen was.
Even the emperor had not noticed the arrangement of troops outside Geling City over the years. Lin Ye could not have found anything casually. Lin Ye must have been worried, so he deliberately left the cowardly army in Geling City. outside.
The more I thought about it, the more I felt that Wang Luoshen's reaction was a bit excessive.
Thinking again about Lin Guogong Zhao Nanli's betrayal, could it be because of this that Wang Luoshen panicked?
He couldn't understand, but he didn't dare not follow Wang Luoshen's arrangements.
But people like Li Ci have their own opinions on everything.
Wang Luoshen asked him to send more people to investigate. He didn't dare not to investigate, but he thought it would be better to delay the matter for a while.
If Wang Luoshen wakes up and realizes that this move is inappropriate, there is still room for change.
At the same time, the office.
Ning Weimo also heard about Zhao Nanli being sent out of Geling by the Forbidden Army. He heard it from Gao Qisheng himself.
Because Gao Qisheng couldn't figure out the real purpose of Lin Ye's move, after he arranged for someone to send Zhao Nanli out, he rushed to the reception office to discuss with Ning Weimo.
Ning Weimo couldn't help but smile after hearing this. He looked at Gao Qisheng and said, "How many people does Lin Ye have in Geling City?"
Gao Qisheng said: "Why do you need to ask me, Master Zaifu? Isn't that the responsibility of Master Zaifu? General Lin currently has only a thousand soldiers and no weapons or armor."
Ning Weimo said: "He only has a thousand soldiers, so how many available men does his opponent have in Geling City?"
Gao Qisheng said: "I don't know, but it must be far more than a thousand people."
Ning Weimo said: "So it is necessary for the general to let the opponent's people go out by themselves and weaken the opponent's strength in the city bit by bit. Outside the city, Lin Ye's soldiers and horses are waiting."
Gao Qisheng said: "I don't see General Lin acting so cautiously. Although he only has a thousand soldiers in his hands, I have 80,000 forbidden troops."
Ning Weimo looked at Gao Qisheng seriously and asked seriously: "If you were Lin Ye, would you trust Gao Qisheng?"
Gao Qisheng thought for a while and shook his head: "I don't believe it deeply."
Ning Weimo said: "General Lin never puts his hopes on others when doing things, even if the others are from his side. He is more accustomed to controlling the overall situation by himself."
Gao Qisheng said: "You want to control the overall situation with a thousand soldiers? Then General Lin underestimates the people in Geling City."
Ning Weimo said: "He didn't underestimate him. If he had underestimated him, would he have gradually weakened his opponent like this?"
When Gao Qisheng heard this, he thought deeply.
After a while, Gao Qisheng asked: "Even if General Lin wants to weaken his opponent, he still only has a thousand soldiers."
Ning Weimo said: "I once heard that what General Lin is best at is actually arithmetic... Arithmetic is not just about numbers."
He calmed down for a moment and then said: "He is always calculating when his thousand people will be able to free their hands and feet to do things."
Gao Qisheng shook his head: "No matter how you calculate it, the situation in Geling City cannot be changed by a thousand people."
He couldn't believe that Lin Ye could control the entire Geling City with a thousand soldiers.
Even if his 80,000 Forbidden Army didn't move a single soldier, just sitting on the mountain and watching the fight, letting Lin Ye do whatever he wanted, Lin Ye would not be able to win with only 1,000 soldiers.
This is not a matter of who is better at fighting, so having fewer troops can make up for it.
Not to mention how many capable people the opponent has hidden in Geling City, but only the guards of each family and the manpower of each industry, which add up to tens of thousands at least.
Gao Qisheng even believed that if Wang Luoshen and others really put aside all wariness of each other and truly united, they could mobilize a hundred thousand people in Geling City.
Although these 100,000 people may not all be good soldiers, it is not impossible to gather 100,000 people.
A thousand soldiers...what can a thousand soldiers do? Besides, those thousand soldiers didn't even have any decent weapons.
Without weapons and equipment, just a few Wuyue realm masters can cause chaos for a thousand soldiers.
There is no shortage of experts on Wang Luoshen's side.
Every major family has talented people and strangers, not to mention a few martial arts masters, it may not be possible to put together dozens of them, no... it is definitely possible.
Of course Ning Weimo could see that Gao Qisheng didn't believe it, and even now he still doesn't believe that Lin Ye has the ability to steadily control Geling with a thousand soldiers.
"Just...just wait and see."
Ning Weimo smiled and said, "I don't think I should be surprised if General Lin does anything earth-shattering."
Gao Qisheng said: "Humans are human beings after all, not gods."
Ning Weimo said: "The general is the one who leads the troops, and he is far superior to me in the art of war, so you might as well think carefully after you go back, general, how can Lin Ye control Ge Ling with these thousand soldiers? "
Gao Qisheng nodded: "I will do a deduction after I go back. If I can't deduce it, I will ask all the generals and staff in the army to deduce it... But I still don't believe that a thousand people can hold down Geling City. Under my command."
Government office.
Lin Ye stood by the wall, staring at the huge map of Geling City hanging on the wall.
This map was snatched by Lin Ye. He had previously sent people to the Ministry of War, arrested some people, and snatched a map.
Lin Ye had been standing here for a while, his eyes always wandering on the map.
At this moment, General Jiao Tianbao came in from outside, clasped his fists and said, "General, we have confirmed that the Forbidden Army has arranged for eight hundred elite troops to escort Zhao Nanli out of Geling."
Lin Ye said: "Gao Qisheng is stingy. He only arranged for 800 people to escort such an important witness."
Jiao Tianbao smiled and said, "It's okay, there are many people outside the city."
Seeing that Lin Ye's eyes were always on the map, he couldn't help but ask: "What is the general looking at?"
Lin Ye said: "Let's see...how I can capture this city with a thousand soldiers."
These words startled Jiao Tianbao. He thought he heard wrongly, but looking at the general's calm face, he knew that the general was right and he wasn't joking.
"Jiao Tianbao, I give you a thousand men, how can you use them to capture Geling?"
Jiao Tianbao thought for a moment and shook his head: "I...can't do it."
