"Zato Dao!"
Still in the middle of the night, Bai Lang was knocked on the door by his guards in his bedroom. He hadn't slept at all and had meditated instead of sleeping, but when his practice was interrupted, he still frowned subconsciously.
However, it is impossible for the guards under his command not to know that this is the time to practice, and to come in a hurry to disturb him, it must be something extremely important.
"What's the matter?"
"Zu Dao, it's an urgent report from the south!"
When Bai Lang heard this, he stood up quickly, walked out of the bedroom, and took a long copper box from the guard.
After dismissing the guards, Bai Lang took the box and sat in front of the desk in the room. Then he took out a small odd-shaped key to open the lock on the box, then opened the lid and took out a secret scroll.
After checking the sealing wax on the secret scroll, he unfolded the contents and quickly read it, with a look of deep worry on Bai Lang's face.
I saw the secret scroll written: Pengshan Pass was broken, Black Tiger General Zhao Panshan, Commander-in-Chief, died in the battle, and the Panshan Army retreated with only more than 3,000 seeds left. Now all roads from Pengshan City to Tianfeng Plain are locked, all materials are directly requisitioned, and no one can move at will.
It's short, but worth a lot of money.
"Everything is going to be different now!"
At dawn the next day, Bailang summoned all the red knives in the knife shop in Hemp Rope Alley and forwarded the news he had received a few hours ago.
Although everyone was mentally prepared, when they actually saw the news, their hearts sank and a sad look appeared on their faces.
"Zu Dao, you still have the foresight! I judged that Pengshan City could not be defended before, but now it is really broken. Then the whole country will be turned upside down by Yunyan's barbarians, and our Yongchuan City will not be safe. We Can you first move the necessary things and people to the retreat you mentioned last time?"
Hong Dao, who was present, had been informed by Bai Lang before, and the whereabouts of manpower and some money in the sword shop had also been falsified in the accounts. The final flow was the "escape route" Bai Lang had mentioned.
Everyone knew that Bailang was arranging an escape route for the sword shop to avoid the military disaster, but what exactly this escape route was and where it was, few people knew.
I just heard that even Liu Xu and Zhou Dong, two people close to Bai Lang, didn't know about it. Only Yang Xiu, who was responsible for the matter, knew the inside story.
"You want to run away now?" Bai Lang looked down at the red knife who just spoke with a half-smile. He was not surprised at all that the people below had this reaction. The people in the sword shop are relatively brave and fierce, but when they really meet Yunyan Barbarian, they still feel weak. It is urgent to have a safe place to avoid disaster as soon as possible.
"Zudao, once the situation changes, it will happen in an instant. By then, all water and land routes will be blocked, and it will be too late to leave. Moreover, the matter is very important, and we also want to help Zuodao share his worries."
This was said in a humble way, but it actually meant that he wanted Bai Lang to tell the truth.
"Are you teaching me?"
"Ah? I don't dare!" Hong Dao was startled when he spoke, and quickly stood up and handed over his hand.
"It's not appropriate to tell you about the retreat for the time being, lest someone take advantage of it and disrupt the overall plan. Moreover, it is not easy to find a retreat that can accommodate our knife studio, and it will take some time. Before that, I I hope you will continue to remain silent on the information about the retreat, and do not reveal the slightest bit to anyone."
After this short meeting, it seemed that Bailang was announcing the news that Pengshan Pass had been broken. Zhou Dong, Liu Xu, and Yang Xiu were called alone to the small courtyard where Bailang handled matters.
He dismissed his guards. Bailang first asked Yang Xiu to give a detailed introduction to Zhou Dong and Liu Xu about Daomen Village.
After Yang Xiu finished speaking, he finally said: "Daomen Village treated us as fat sheep at first, and then agreed to open the village gate and let us rent some places to store our things. Later, they found out that we had brought the large house there deliberately to show them. After the crossbow, his attitude became much more cautious.
However, after being in contact for a period of time, several brothers also discovered a lot of weird things about Daomen Village there.
First of all, we often smell the smell of medicinal materials in Daomen Village, especially after the batch of medicinal materials we promised them, which is counted as the rental fee, has been shipped. Every morning, we can vaguely smell the smell of the medicinal materials being processed, but it is also related to the smell of medicinal materials. The smell of cooking in the hospital is different. And no one in Daomen Village has any illness that needs so much medicine.
Therefore, it is suspected that Daomen Village should have the habit of specially preparing medicine. It's just that I don't know what kind of medicine is prepared. This is one of the strange ones.
The second strange thing is that Daomen Village has recently been recruiting troops with the money we gave them, with the intention of expanding their momentum. But weird. Most of the people they recruited were ordinary people who had lost their livelihood and had nowhere to go. They were strong and fierce, and many of them had families to support. Often when one person is recruited, three or two families will be brought into the village.
The third is that Daomen Village seems to be very good at training Bai Ding. He can teach you how to use a knife and a gun, and you can see that he has good routines. And he also teaches people how to practice bow. I heard Qiu Chongxi say that there used to be a bow and arrow array with about thirty people in Daomen Village, and they were very good at it. "
Yang Xiu had already told Bailang these things before. Regarding this Daomen Village, Bailang never thought that there would be such incidents. These three strange actions are not what a normal bandit gangster would do.
Zhou Dong and Liu Xu also noticed the unusualness. But their focus is different.
Zhou Dong said: "It sounds very planned. This is different from ordinary thieves. How did this kind of copycat fail to do business in the first place? How about sending two more street wanderers who are good at getting information to explore again? Exploring the bottom?”
Liu Xu bluntly expressed his worries: "This Daomen Village is not a normal bandit group. Whether it is training bow and arrow arrays or recruiting people with families, they are not compatible with bandits. And if there are Why not use such means to rob the Tao? In such a situation?
Zuodao, there must be some kind of trouble hidden in a place like this. I think it would be better to change places. "
The different ideas of Zhou Dong and Liu Xu are actually not contradictory in Bailang's view. He himself had thought about these issues.
"Let's not talk about whether there is such a favorable geographical location, and it is already too late. So now we can only deal with Daomen Village.
Yang Hongdao, in terms of manpower, how many more can you mobilize here? "
Bailang didn't talk about or make any speculation about Daomen Village. Right now, as mentioned in the Red Knife Club, the time is tight and may change at any time. Instead of guessing and hesitating, it is better to jump in first and take it one step at a time.
"If you return to the sword, there are only a dozen or so people available at present. But they all have mastered the basic usage of large crossbows and can form simple crossbow formations."
Bailang frowned slightly when he heard this. The manpower was much tighter than he imagined. And the crossbow that he had previously regarded as a "hidden danger" has now become a trump card that he can use.
But the quantity is too small.
(End of chapter)
