Due to the urgent military situation, Shen Lie did not dare to stay here for too long. He briefly explained to his subordinates the reason for his temporary change of plan, and asked a few key questions in particular, and then hurriedly got up and left, embarking on the journey back to the imperial capital.
Li Jiangyao looked at the Nilin Division officials who were still in the room waiting for his command, and felt a strange feeling in his heart that things were unpredictable. Just yesterday, he was still thinking about how to sneak into the palace and assassinate the prince. Today, he began to lead Beiya elites to plan to rescue His Highness Li Bing.
He sighed secretly, and said solemnly: "Everyone, I have just arrived, and I haven't fully understood the situation yet. As for the plan to rescue the prince, you might as well talk about it first."
Everyone looked at each other, but no one said anything. It's no wonder that the Nilin Division has strict rules. If the superiors don't speak, the subordinates must not say anything easily.
Qiao Shengchun, the deputy commander-in-chief, had the highest official position. He coughed twice and introduced: "Master Li, we have been coming to Luoyi for some time with Chief Shi. In terms of news, we have roughly the same information, and we are currently preparing to enter. Action stage. The specific plan is this: His Highness has a young father-in-law who is from our company. We are trying to get in touch with him and ask him to use special medicine to cause His Highness to develop a strange disease. Of course, this This disease is just an illusion and will not harm the emperor's body. When the Xuanjia Army invites famous doctors from all over Luoyi to do nothing, we will send people disguised as doctors to sneak into the palace in the name of treating diseases and replace His Highness. .”
Zhou Xing, the flag-bearer of the Second Section, added: "When the time comes, I will go in disguised as a doctor from a humble position, personally disguise the prince, and leave alone disguised as me, to ensure that the Xuanjia Army will not notice any clues."
"The prince has left, what will you do?" Li Jiangyao asked.
Zhou Xing smiled slightly: "As long as His Highness is safe and sound, there is no need to think too much about the issue of humble positions."
Li Jiangyao knew very well that when Zhou Xing said this, it was clear that he was determined to die. He couldn't help but secretly admire him. He nodded and then asked: "What happens after we replace the prince? How do we leave the city?"
"Based on common sense, it will take an hour or two at the earliest for the Xuanjia Army to detect an abnormality." Qiao Shengchun replied: "Our personnel outside the palace will take advantage of this period to use the Jiangnan caravan as cover. , protecting the prince and leaving Luoyi. The team first walked southeast for a while, then turned back to the north and made a large circle to leave the Xuanjia Army's territory."
Li Jiangyao thought for a moment and then asked: "If this plan doesn't work, what are the backup options?"
Qiao Shengchun turned to look at Chang Xiong, the Flying Cavalry Commander, and signaled that he would do the talking. Chang Xiong hurriedly reported: "Oh, another plan we have prepared is to try to control the captain on duty of the Xuanjia Army in the palace, and at the same time take him All his men were replaced by Nilin Division troops. After preparations were completed, we forced him to take advantage of the shift change to lead our team into the palace and directly rescue His Highness. The target candidate for the captain on duty has been determined, and we flew Qi is responsible for capturing them. In addition, Brother Honglie from the Third Division cooperates with Lao Xu from the Luoyi branch to keep an eye on the captain's wife and children. With just one order, they can be kidnapped as hostages at the same time."
"This is tantamount to a semi-forced attack," Li Jiangyao frowned: "If there is an unexpected situation or the enemy detects it, and the two sides start fighting, it will be difficult to ensure the safety of His Highness."
Xi Ouyang Qili, the chief instructor of the Nilin Division, replied: "Sir Chang Shi has also considered this issue you mentioned. When the time comes, the brothers will hold back the Xuanjia Army, and I will protect the prince during the breakout. But it is indeed as you said. , we not only have to leave the palace, but also leave the city. With such a long journey, I cannot guarantee that His Highness will be safe."
Li Jiangyao thought about it seriously, then turned to ask Qiao Shengchun: "How many rebel troops are there in Luoyi City now? Who is in charge? Is Xie Guang here?"
Zhou Xingdai replied: "According to reliable information, Xie Guang has already gone to the front line of Mianchi, accompanied by Lao Jianhua and several generals from the Xuanjia Army. Currently stationed in Luoyi is Xie Guang's adopted son Xie Bao, who has about There are 20,000 elite soldiers. The official responsible for guarding the palace is Yu Lin Zhonglang General Di Xian."
"Master Zhou, have you forgotten?" Wang Hai, the old book clerk, reminded: "Yesterday another army came outside the city, Xiangzhou Prefecture soldiers, about 13,000."
Zhou Xing said: "Oh, yes! Mr. Li, what Mr. Wang said is right. With the new troops arriving from outside the city yesterday, Xie Bao currently has more than 30,000 troops."
"Xie Bao and Di Xian, what's the specific situation of these two people?" Li Jiangyao continued to ask.
Qiao Shengchun replied: "Xie Bao is the godson adopted by Xie Guang in the army. This man is very powerful in martial arts and is very important in the Xuanjia Army. He is known as the brave man who is unworthy of all men. He has been stationed at the Qingzhou base camp of the Xuanjia Army. , just came to Dongdu to help out recently. Because of his special status and great abilities, he is extremely arrogant, and I heard he has a very bad temper, so he is probably a foolhardy person."
"Di Xian is just the opposite." Zhou Xing continued Qiao Shengchun's words and introduced: "Master Chang Shi has always suspected that there may be a special relationship between Di Xian and Lao Jianhua, so we pay more attention to him. This man has great martial arts skills. Maybe, but he is scheming, cunning and suspicious. Xie Guang asked him to guard the palace, which is exactly the biggest threat to our two plans. "
Qiao Shengchun nodded in agreement: "This is also the main reason why Mr. Shen has not taken action. We have been waiting for the opportunity, hoping to wait until Di Xian is not in the palace before taking action. Otherwise, whether it is a fake doctor or a fake guard, The army may be discovered by Di Xian, causing the plan to fail."
Li Jiangyao asked curiously: "Since it's so difficult, haven't you thought of killing Di Xian first?"
Qian Honglie, who was responsible for the assassination, sighed: "Oh, if we could succeed, we would have taken action long ago. As Zhou Zhangqi said just now, that turtle son Di Xian is as cunning as a poisonous snake. We attacked him twice before, They all ended in failure, and several brothers were lost in vain.”
Qiao Shengchun also sighed: "Well, it's our fault for being too impatient. This made Di Xian more cautious and guarded His Highness the Crown Prince even more closely."
Li Jiangyuan raised his head and looked at the beams of the room. He pondered for a long time and murmured: "Have you ever thought about it? Why does Xie Guang care so much about the prince and guard him so closely?"
Everyone was slightly stunned when they heard this, and Qiao Shengchun said in confusion: "Do you still need to ask? Now that the rebels are fighting against the imperial court under the banner of the prince, they have a little appeal. Without His Highness, they will immediately become unknown. The morale of the military is in great disarray.”
Chang Xiong also said: "Moreover, Old Thief Xie can also use His Highness as a hostage. When he is defeated, he can use His Highness as a shield to hinder the counter-rebellion army and try to blackmail the imperial court."
"To put it bluntly, use His Royal Highness as a bargaining chip to save his life." Zhou Xing said angrily.
"So, what Xie Guang is most worried about is..." Li Jiangyao looked around at everyone with piercing eyes: "If you say something disrespectful, please don't beat me up. What Xie Guang is most worried about now is that the prince is dead! "
The Nilin Division officials present met Li Jiangyao for the first time. They were not as clear about Li Jiangyao's behavior as Shen Lie was. However, compared with the upright soldiers, the guys in front of them were all vicious and ruthless people. , when investigating and handling cases in daily life, where are the ideas and methods that are different from ordinary people?
Therefore, when Li Jiangyao said this, several people on the spot reacted: "It makes sense! The prince is dead, and old thief Xie is still jumping up the ass!"
Wang Hai pondered and muttered: "What do you mean, sir, is Xie Guang more afraid of us killing the prince than rescuing the prince?"
"Mr. Wang is right." Li Jiangyao smiled faintly: "There is a saying in the art of war: the winner must rescue the enemy. If we follow the idea of rescuing the prince, then the opponent has the strength of the home field, complete conditions, and We are waiting for work, but on our side, we are afraid of danger and looking forward and backward. How can we let go of such actions? On the contrary, if we create an illusion for Xie Baodixian: Nilinsi is not here to save people at all, but We are here to kill people directly. We are determined to destroy the most important bargaining chip in Xie Guang’s hand and kill the prince at all costs. Then, those who are in constant fear will become the other party!"
Zhou Xing showed a sly smile: "I think it will work! Once the other party changes from the role of a prison guard to the role of a bodyguard, their previous arrangements will inevitably become awkward and dysfunctional, giving us an opportunity to take advantage of them."
"Yes! Even with a few tricks, we can force them step by step into the trap we set in advance." Li Jiangyao looked around at everyone, and then told them in detail his fantastic ideas.
The leaders of Nilin Division are all old Jianghu who are full of bad ideas. They follow Li Jiangyao's ideas and constantly supplement and improve them. They chat happily and burst into laughter from time to time. They have swept away their previous frowns. pessimistic atmosphere.
"Oh, it looks like we have a pretty good chance of success!" Li Jiangyao looked at the new plan that everyone had discussed together and couldn't help but said happily: "Now everything is ready, all we need is the east wind."
Qiao Shengchun asked curiously: "Sir, what do you mean by east wind?"
Li Jiangyao did not answer and asked instead: "How are your martial arts? Whose martial arts is equal to Shen Changshi, or better than him?"
Everyone's eyes widened when they heard this, Qiao Shengchun said: "Master Chang Shi's kung fu is second to none in our Nilin Division, no one can match him."
When they joined hands to fight the enemy in Metasequoia City, Li Jiangyao had seen Shen Lie's abilities and naturally had a clear understanding of his level. Hearing what Qiao Shengchun said, he smiled and asked, "You're not deliberately complimenting your boss, are you? Don't be humble, everyone. It doesn't matter if your martial arts skills are higher than yours. It won't affect your career."
"No, no, no," everyone waved their hands: "We are indeed not humble. Except for Mr. Ouyang, who can fight dozens of moves with Chang Shi, everyone else is far behind."
Li Jiangyao scratched his head and said slightly worriedly: "This is not easy to handle. In our plan, even if I are included, we still lack one or two truly top masters, otherwise it will be impossible to say that it is foolproof."
