In the era of cold weapons, it was not a big deal for a few people to die in a march, and the scouts themselves were a unit with a very high mortality rate. After discovering that they were missing, Ye Mingsheng sent a large team of troops to search and search, which was already very interesting. .
If it were a cool commander, no one would say anything even if they were ignored. After all, the progress of the large army cannot be affected by the disappearance of a few people.
When Chen Yannian, Wang Xian and others had left and the team of 700 people continued to march, Ye Tie quietly approached Ye Mingsheng and reported in a low voice:
"Master, although we did not find the three missing scouts, I found very fresh traces of cleaning in a willow forest eight miles away to the south... If nothing else, these three scouts should be in danger!"
Ye Mingsheng secretly sighed after hearing this. Ye Tie's report undoubtedly indirectly confirmed his suspicion.
"How many people know about this matter?" Ye Mingsheng asked in a low voice:
"That cleaning mark was handled quite skillfully. I should be the only one who noticed it!" Ye Tie thought for a while and replied:
Ye Mingsheng nodded and said: "Don't talk about this matter with others for the time being, and you ask Ye Dong, Ye Kui and the others to be smarter!"
"I understand, young master!" Ye Tie said seriously:
After explaining Ye Tie, Ye Mingsheng turned back and looked in the direction of Liu Jing.
His commander is really evil. The last time he sent an assassin, he didn't kill himself. This time, he didn't know what the conspiracy was. He was determined to fight against him and must kill him!
Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng was also a little confused as to what means Xu Zhaojie would use to kill him.
You must know that Mr. Ye is not alone now. He is surrounded by nearly 700 people wearing cotton armor and iron armor, equipped with swords, guns, swords and halberds, three-eyed blunderbuss, and squatting tiger cannons.
And after the assassination last time, Ye Mingsheng has upgraded the protection around his camp to a higher level. Every night, a full squad of soldiers patrols and guards outside his camp. Like last time, two It was already impossible for the killer to touch the edge of his tent.
Now if Xu Zhaojie wants to send someone to kill him, the only way is to attack by force, but Ye Mingsheng really doesn't believe that Xu Zhaojie will do this.
Although Xu Zhaojie had thousands of troops in his hands, he had no choice but to mobilize these people to kill him. Otherwise, although he could kill himself, he would also give the handle to others.
You must know that in this surprise attack on Liu Jing, although he played a trick on him, in the final analysis, it was Xu Zhaojie who betrayed Shangguan Hongyuan first, otherwise there would be nothing like this.
And now, I am afraid that the great leader of the generation, the First Assistant of the Zhou Dynasty, has probably been eyeing him for a long time. He is just waiting for him to reveal some flaws, so that he can seize the opportunity and kill him directly to set an example!
Therefore, Xu Zhaojie would never take such a risk of death for a small seventh-grade commander like himself.
But Xu Zhaojie had no choice. If he mobilized his army, Ye Mingsheng's safety was quite guaranteed. After all, he had nearly 700 people in the Zhou Dynasty Forbidden Army. Stragglers are out of the question.
If you want to kill yourself under the protection of the 700 Zhou Dynasty Forbidden Army, it means annihilating all your troops. To do this, with the fighting power of those bandits, at least 5,000 people are needed to do this. Let’s not talk about whether Xu Zhaojie has such great influence and can mobilize so many bandits.
Even if he had, Ye Mingsheng might not have so many bandits and bandits for him to call upon on his way back home!
So Ye Mingsheng was really curious about what tricks Xu Zhaojie would use to deal with him.
Although he felt that his safety was very guaranteed, Ye Mingsheng was cautious and never dared to be careless. On the one hand, he deliberately slowed down the marching speed of the team so that the soldiers would not be so tired and could have enough energy. Physical strength to cope with sudden attacks that may occur at any time.
In addition, Ye Mingsheng continued to send out scouts to check the situation around the team. With such caution, Ye Mingsheng walked another thirty miles without any danger and arrived at the county seat of Fengxi County before dark. location.
Because Fengxi County is a large county with a relatively wealthy palace, Ye Mingsheng did not pity them this time. He directly threatened the magistrate of Fengxi County and asked for most of the needed supplies.
Facing the domineering officers and soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty, as the county magistrate of a vassal state, he could only admit that he was unlucky and obediently provided Ye Mingsheng with everything he wanted.
After making arrangements for the night, Ye Mingsheng temporarily requisitioned the official office of Fengxi County as his temporary resting place. Under the protection of the solid courtyard, Ye Mingsheng felt that he could finally have a good night's sleep. ·········
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While Ye Mingsheng was sleeping peacefully in the government office of Fengxi County, eight strong men were quietly gathering together in a small forest outside the city.
Although these eight people were all wearing ordinary people's coarse linen clothes, they looked like ordinary farmers in the palace. However, they did not hold hoes and other agricultural tools in their hands at this time, but each held a long and narrow Japanese knife. In addition, if you observe carefully, you can indeed find that these eight people have a ferocious aura that cannot be hidden.
"Baga! This Zhou army general named Ye Mingsheng is so vigilant, I'm afraid he has alerted the snake and let him find us!" One of the eight people was not tall, but his figure was extremely strong. He looked like a man in his early thirties. Hate He said hatefully:
After saying this, this man was still not relieved, and punched the ground. His name was Yamazaki Yoichi, and he was an ashigaru head under the Black Dragon Association. Three days ago, he got a mission from above, asking him to target this guy. The movements of Zhou's troops coming from Liujing.
Feeling the self-blame in his leader's words, Yoichi Yamazaki's most capable assistant, Hinata Watanabe, said:
"Master Yamazaki, this is not our fault. Who would have thought that these Zhou people would suddenly send scouts out. Those three scouts have already discovered us. If we don't take action, our situation will definitely be worse!"
As Watanabe's words fell, the other Higashishima ronin gathered in the woods suddenly woke up from a dream and spoke to comfort Yamazaki Yoichi.
"Sir, you did the right thing!"
"The people of Zhou are so cunning!"
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