"Tsk, tsk, tsk, eat quickly."
Yue Guanchao took out the dried meat from his pocket and threw it to Bai Ying. Sun Daqiao was more clever than a lotus root. When he saw Bai Ying letting Yue Guanchao stroke his hair, his old eyes widened: "Hey, I really made the old man worry so much. It turns out that Bai Ying recognized him." You are the master.”
"Yes, this white eagle has been tamed by me a long time ago. I don't want to make her suspicious when I follow the old witch. Since I want to act for this old witch, I will do it all and give you false information. It will be troublesome if you find out. By then, all thirteen tricks have been played and the matter has not been completed, how embarrassing it would be!"
"Just give our information to Bai Ying. Bai Ying has to go back and monitor her anyway."
"Then, OK, I'm relieved."
Later, Yue Guanchao took out the map of Shaanxi Province, pointed at Baiying and asked: "Changkong, where is the old witch now?"
The white eagle finished chewing the meat strips, flapped its wings a few times, jumped a few steps, jumped on the map, picked up its talons and grabbed a certain place.
Yue Guanchao looked at its paw prints, and the ancient characters "Tongguan" on the map were clearly visible. They got off the train from Tongguan when they came. This place is not far or close to Xijing and can be reached by horse or car.
Song Siyuan walked to the front of the map, looked at Yue Guanchao and said, "That's right. If White Eagle wants to deliver messages back and forth as quickly as possible, Tongguan is the most convenient place. There are railways here to the outside world, and also to the Weihe River." The waterways along the Luohe River and the Yellow River are much more convenient than those in Xijing, so it is not easy to detect when someone is sent to monitor us."
"It's just!" Song Siyuan changed the topic: "We have only been in Xijing for two days, and Mrs. Zhang has already arrived at Tongguan. This old witch moves very fast. We don't know how many people she brought with her? She is from Yintuo Village. Bandits or someone else, we don’t know.”
"Sun Daqiao, what do you think?"
Song Siyuan looked at Sun Daqiao. Among them, this old man was the only one who was very familiar with Zhang. There were some things that they couldn't guess, but that didn't mean that Sun Daqiao couldn't guess. He stroked his beard and considered, "If I let the old man guess, Zhang Madam will never ask the bandits from Yintuo Village to follow him."
"We can't put these bastards in the same pair of pants as the old witch. No matter what, we have to take them with us. I want to shoot one of them down."
When Yue Erpao heard him mention Yintuo Village and thought of the sins he had suffered, he became angry.
"Little nephew, there are a hundred bandits in Yintuo Village. This is her hard work for many years. They are guarding a hilltop. If Zhang really lets them follow, not only Yintuo Village will be in danger, but also the whole place will be in danger. At that time, even the Tang Mansion may not be able to be saved. If something goes wrong in Shaanxi, everything will be lost."
Sun Daqiao coughed a few times and continued: "Mrs. Zhang is so smart, she must know the pros and cons. I guess the people she brought must be her brother Zhang Hansheng's soldiers and bandits!"
"Sun Daqiao, you are such a talkative person, how can you be so sure it's Zhang Hansheng?"
While they were talking, Sun Daqiao had already written the note. Yue Guanchao took the note, checked it, stuffed it into the bamboo tube at Bai Ying's feet, and let Bai Ying fly out of the window.
Sun Daqiao was afraid that people would look down upon him, so he hurriedly said: "Niece, don't worry, Mrs. Zhang is indeed loyal but also vicious. Most of the treasure she asked for was spent on Zhang Laocao. This person is unfamiliar with this place. In the territory, the bandits from Yintuo Village will do bad things if they come over. In addition, we have to go into the mountains to dig a kiln, so we have to be more cautious and leave some capital for ourselves, so that it is appropriate for Zhang Hansheng's soldiers and bandits to go."
Then, the old man picked up his tea cup, dipped it in the tea and made a few water stains on the table: "First of all, before Zhang Laocao became famous, he was a veteran of Cao Cao operations, and later he started digging tombs. He has this technology; secondly, all his old troops of No. 100 were recruited into the engineering camp. They were said to be digging soil for construction, but in fact they were all digging graves. Let Zhang Laocao take action without spending a single soldier. I guess that’s what she meant.”
"If it's really what you said, then this engineer battalion won't be easy to deal with either!"
When Yue Guanchao heard him mention Zhang Hansheng's old engineering battalion unit, there was a hint of worry in his eyes. Now that Mrs. Zhang has arrived, Zhang Hansheng and his old unit No. 100 have probably arrived at Tongguan in disguise. Thinking that there are hundreds of people in Baili Staring at them outside, I couldn't help but feel numb.
Sun Daqiao thought for a moment and nodded in agreement to everyone. He really couldn't refute what Yue Guanchao said: "That's true. Zhang Hansheng was a water transport officer in Yingchuan County before he became famous. These engineering battalions are his old troops. He started from He followed him as soon as the flag turned upside down, which can be said to be loyal. He has accumulated a lot of local techniques for digging tombs over the years as a water bandit, and he can be considered a semi-expert. He has the nickname Zhang Laocao, and since then he has defected to Fengtian. , his status is not suitable for doing this kind of thing, so I just leave it to my sister."
"It is true that it is difficult to deal with, but since we have all set off, we can only take it one step at a time. But don't worry, these people will probably wait until we enter the Soul Palace before they come out to embarrass us. Before that, Zhang I will never alert the snake and reveal her location in advance."
Sun Daqiao's words made everyone feel relieved for a while. Yue Qingshan finished drying his clothes on the balcony and asked, "Whether your thing can be done or not, don't waste our time too much."
