Not long after Qi Huan went out, he came back again and said to Nie Chen with a solemn expression,
"My lord, the brothers in the county have discovered that Liu Jia sold off all the property in the county yesterday to local wealthy businessmen. He has disappeared today."
Hearing this, Nie Chen was startled and said,
"She heard the news and ran away."
Weng Qiuchan also asked quickly,
"Where did she go? Has she been found?"
Qi Huan shook his head with an ugly expression and said,
"Liu Jia has always been surrounded by dead soldiers she trained herself. They are lurking deep. As soon as our people get close, they will be killed. We have fought with them several times, and each of them suffered casualties.
Later, we stopped sending people over and could only watch from a distance.
The place where Liu Jia keeps his silver coins is even more heavily guarded and cannot be approached at all. A few days ago, Liu Jia quietly moved his assets outside the city at night. Our people followed him, but none of them came back.
After Liu Jia disappeared today, my people went to investigate where they stored their silver coins and found that they had all been emptied.
Even the money that Liu Jia sold off his property yesterday was secretly transferred.
Wherever they went now, we can't find them at all.
I'm sorry, my lord, it was the incompetence of my subordinates that allowed Liu Jia to run away. "
Looking at Qi Huan who was kneeling on one knee, Nie Chen helped him up and then sat on the chair. After thinking for a moment, he said leisurely,
"Forget it, just run away. Wherever she can run, it must be to Guiling Pass. She can't run to Hukou Pass to King Pingxi's territory, right?
But she has many people, and the Shadow Guard alone cannot stop her without a large army, and it is unrealistic to intercept her with a large army. Our main target now is the county town, and the entire Weihu County. "
Weng Qiuchan frowned and said,
"But, your hatred..."
"My revenge is not important. What is important is to avenge the boss. Liu Hu cannot be allowed to escape."
Nie Chen picked up the teacup, took a sip, and suddenly smiled,
"This Liu Jia is really capable. King Pingxi's army arrived just the day before yesterday, but she started transferring assets several days ago, which shows that she is already preparing for Liu Hu's defeat.
The prince's army arrived the day before yesterday, but yesterday she was able to sell all her properties in one go and then leave the city smoothly. I don't believe she said she didn't prepare in advance.
This woman has a delicate mind, quick thinking, and is meticulous in everything she does. That is to say, she does not have a large army in her hands. If she had soldiers and horses, she would dare to personally command and fight me. "
Hearing this, Qi Huan also frowned and said,
"Liu Jia is indeed a formidable opponent. If she were alive, we would be in constant trouble."
"No, no, no, you are thinking too much. Liu Jia only has interests in her eyes, not hatred. This time I forced her to flee Weihu County. She will only go to other places to develop. As long as we don't hinder her, she will not He will come to trouble me when he has nothing to do.
Unless I'm strong enough to make her feel threatened again.
That's all, let's do this for now. After our shadow guards spread across the country, we will slowly find her whereabouts. "
"As commanded."
"Don't let the Shadow Guards investigate Liu Jia anymore, focus on winning this siege first."
"knew."
After hearing their conversation, Yue Dongwen curiously asked Lin Guang in a low voice,
"Old Lin, who is Liu Jia?"
"A woman."
Lin Guang said expressionlessly.
"Of course I know it's a woman. What kind of woman is she?"
"A very powerful woman."
"You're like a fart, tell me now."
Looking at Yue Dongwen who was full of gossip, Lin Guang pointed at Nie Chen and said,
"This matter is my lord's private matter. You want me to tell you his private matter in front of him? Can't you come to my tent in the middle of the night and ask me?"
Nie Chen:? ? ?
The next morning, after a night's rest, the army broke out of camp and set off again after breakfast.
During the lunch break, he didn't even set up camp and just rested and cooked on the spot. However, Liang Peng sent his scouts far away and carefully explored the movements within a radius of dozens of miles. Once there were enemy troops, he could immediately take action. Prepare.
After four days of long journey, more than 20,000 troops finally arrived outside the county town.
Weihu County is mountainous, with a flat basin in the middle, and the county seat is located in this basin.
There used to be an army camp outside the county city, but now because Nie Chen's army is about to attack the city, all the army has entered the city to guard it.
It was already dusk. After Nie Chen's army arrived at a distance of five miles to the north of the city, they left the official road and began to set up camp and bury pots to make rice.
This move made the soldiers on top of the city think that they were going to attack the city again tomorrow, so they relaxed a little.
While the leading soldiers were cooking, other soldiers were assembling city-breaking crossbows and trebuchets, and collecting stone bullets. There was no one idle among the more than 20,000 people. Even Nie Chen himself was in the supply camp, helping to assemble the trebuchets.
At this moment, Qi Huan found Nie Chen and told him,
"Lord, the brothers inside are ready. A dozen brothers have entered the city gate, but there are more than 30 people guarding the south side of the north gate.
The brothers of the Shadow Guard have all gathered in the houses near the north city gate with their repeating crossbows. As soon as the brothers at the city gate take action, they will immediately respond and kill the enemy troops guarding the city gate. "
"Okay, who is the person in charge over there? What is his ability? This time is extremely dangerous, and it can be said that there is a narrow escape from death."
"It's Qiu Ying and Li Mo."
Qi Huan said seriously.
"What? Qiu Ying and Li Mo?"
Nie Chen frowned and said,
"These are the only two names I can call out in the entire Shadow Guard besides you.
Qiu Ying is your deputy commander of the Shadow Guard, and Li Mo is your right-hand general. How could you let them do it? "
"You and the boss can personally go into battle to kill the enemy, so how can we pity our lives? What's more, with greater ability comes greater responsibility. While holding a high position, you will naturally have to bear more dangerous responsibilities.
This siege is related to your life and the survival of our newly rising force. There is no room for sloppiness. We must defeat the city in one battle, no matter how many people die. "
"Oh, I still hope that you can all survive, that everyone can survive."
"My lord, this is impossible. No one is immortal in a war. Please stop having pity and unrealistic illusions and be a decisive and ruthless lord."
Seeing Qi Huan's serious look, Nie Chen punched him in the chest and said with a smile,
"You even taught me a lesson."
Qi Huan also grinned.
"Okay, let's go, eat, attack the city after dinner, tell Liang Peng the good news, we are going to implement the first plan."
After speaking, Nie Chen led Qi Huan towards the handsome tent, with high fighting spirit in his eyes!
