Chapter 193: Chess first

Wang Pu, with Lu Liuhe and a dozen guards, rushed to the gate in a hurry. At first glance, he saw that the port outside the suspension bridge was empty, and there was not even a ghost. Where was the Hongniang figure?

Lu Liu said in surprise: "I was still here just now."

Wang Pu urgently asked the guards at night and said, "Where are people?"

The whistleman said: "The man just left."

"Leave?" Wang Pu frowned when he heard this and whispered to himself, "What's going on?"

Lu Liu and the guards could only roll their eyes. Even Wang Pu didn't know what was going on, so it was even more impossible for them to know.

After waiting outside the gate for a quarter of an hour, seeing that Ms. Hong never showed up, Wang Pu knew that she would not appear again, so he had no choice but to go back to the account first.

Fifty steps away from the gate, under the dark night sky.

A graceful figure flashed out like a ghost from behind a dense bush. Looking at the official camp with bright lights in the distance, and Wang Pu, who returned to the central army tent surrounded by guards, the figure couldn't help but sigh faintly, feeling lost and worried.

Of course, this beautiful figure is the Red Lady.

Hongniu rushed to Wuliqiao overnight. She originally wanted to inform Wang Pu and let him leave Wuliqiao earlier, but after wandering outside the official army camp for a while, Hongniu hesitated. No matter what, Wang Pu and Li Yan are both enemies, but she is Li Yan's woman. How could she help her man's enemy in turn?

Looking at the official army camp in the distance, Hongniang sighed faintly and murmured: "General Wang, I hope you will be lucky and will have a good fortune..."

A flash of figure, the graceful figure of Hong Niangzi had disappeared under the dark night sky.

The figure of Hongniang had just left, and another black shadow fell down like a ghost from a tree not far away, and smiled in the direction where Hongniang disappeared. He removed a strong bow from his back, rolled a letter and inserted it into the arrow, then put the bow on the arrow, and shot towards the official army camp in the distance with a whistle...

When Wang Pu turned back to the tent, Tang Sheng rushed in in a hurry, holding a wolf-tooth arrow in his hand and a letter on the arrow.

"General." Tang Sheng gasped, "Faith!"

Wang Pu said: "What letter?"

"I don't know." Tang Sheng shook his head and said in a narrow voice, "Bizhi is taking his brothers to dig trenches overnight. This arrow shot down from the sky, almost shooting a brother's neck through!"

Wang Pu's heart moved and wondered if it was the Hong Madam?

"Quick, come up with the message."

Tang Sheng rushed forward and handed Wang Pu with arrows and letters.

Wang Pu took the secret letter from the arrow and unfolded it. After reading it in a hurry, his face changed drastically.

Tang Sheng asked in a narrow voice: "General, what's wrong?"

Wang Pu slapped the table and said in a deep voice, "Li Yan, the bastard, is not willing to be lonely, and he has indeed come to Chuzhou."

"Li Yan?" Tang Sheng said in a lost voice. "Isn't this kid in Henan? When did he come to Chuzhou?"

Wang Pu said: "The letter said that Li Yan had arrived at Heifengling at the junction of Luzhou, Chuzhou and Fengyang Prefecture, and there were three thousand elite soldiers accompanying him. What's even more terrifying is that this bastard already had a comprehensive plan. He put us, the White Lotus Sect, and even the entire Jiangnan in it. If it weren't for this letter, we would have been hanging."

"The whole plan?" Tang Sheng said with a sniff, "What plan?"

Wang Pu said: "Not to mention anything else, just the 3,000 elite soldiers under Li Yan are all musket teams equipped with firearms! The mobs of the White Lotus Sect are not scary. Even if there are hundreds of thousands of people, they may not be able to break through the camp within two days. But if there are Li Yan's 3,000 musket teams, the consequences will be unimaginable... I am afraid that before Zhao Xin's army arrives, the camp will be defeated, and you and I should be imprisoned by Li Yan."

"Murder Team?" Tang Sheng said in surprise, "This bastard Li Yan has also formed a musket team?"

"I should have thought of it for a long time." Wang Pu said, "When I met Hong Niang on Dushan Island, I should have thought that she was buying firearms for Li Yan! A person as smart as Li Yan, after seeing the power of muskets in the Battle of Datong, would definitely find a way to form one or two firearm battalions."

"General." Neng Niang reminded. "The origin of this letter is unknown and not worth believing."

"No." Wang Pu said decisively. "It is better to believe in nothing than to believe in nothing."

Wang Pu believed that this letter was due to the reason, because he thought the letter was sent by the Hongniang.

Wang Pu’s relationship with Hong Niangzi is now hard to explain. With Wang Pu’s understanding of Hong Niangzi, she is not a person who can lie, and she cannot make up such a "wise" lie.

Tang Sheng said in a narrow voice: "General, if Li Yan really brings a team of three thousand muskets, it would be a problem. With muskets and muskets, we do not have any advantage in equipment. What's more serious is that we only have 500 people, and the force comparison is six to one! What should we do now?"

"Let me think about it."

Wang Pu frowned and began to pace back and forth in the big tent, saying in a voice, "Let me think about it."

Now there are two ways to go before Wang Pu. The safest thing is to return to Puzikou, first join Zhao Xin's army, then return to the sword and crush Li Yan's 3,000 musket team and the rebellious White Lotus bandits with the force of Mount Tai. But in this way, the White Lotus leader will definitely be in danger. Wang Pu also lost the opportunity to win over the White Lotus Cult. The Ruyi plan to use the White Lotus Cult to form an intelligence system was completely lost.

Time passed quietly. I don’t know how long it took, but Wang Pu finally stopped and said decisively: “It’s there!”

Tang Sheng, Lu Liu and Neng Niang were immediately excited, and they raised their ears to listen to Wang Pu’s following.

Black Wind Ridge.

The Dongfang Sky just revealed a trace of white fish belly, and Li Yan had already gotten up in his clothes. During the years of marching and fighting, Li Yan had developed the habit of getting up early to patrol the camp. No matter where he went, no matter how wind or rain, he would always get up early in the morning and personally lead the guard to patrol the entire camp.

When Li Yan led the guard to patrol the back mountain, a strange noise suddenly came from behind a bushes in front.

A dozen guards following Li Yan immediately rushed forward and blocked Li Yan behind him. He shouted loudly, "Who?"

A figure bent over from behind the bushes, and while carrying his pants, Li Yan looked at it and said in surprise: "Huzi, what are you doing here?"

Li Hu replied awkwardly: "Brother, I have a stomachache."

"Have a stomachache?" Li Yan frowned, "Why don't you go to the cottage if you have a stomachache?"

"Don't mention it." Li Hu covered his nose, "The thatched cottage in Heifeng Ridge is so smelly that it can kill a cow. It's better to be here, it's ventilated and clean."

Li Yan nodded and asked with concern: "Are you okay?"

Li Hu said: "It's very hard, and I don't know what I've eaten. I'll have some legs floating when I walk."

"Then you go back and lie down quickly." Li Yan said, "I will go to the battle before dark."

"Why."

Li Hu agreed and walked a few steps forward, suddenly turned around and looked at Li Yan with a look of wanting to speak but stopping.

"What's wrong?" Li Yan asked with a frown. "If you have anything to say, just say it."

Li Hu looked at the guards beside Li Yan and didn't say anything.

Li Yan turned around and said, "You go there first and wait."

More than a dozen guards took the order and when they walked away, Li Hu whispered: "Brother, I seem to have seen my sister-in-law just now. I don't know if my eyes are blurred."

Li Yan frowned and asked in a deep voice: "What's going on?"

Li Hu said, "I just squatted down for a while and saw a figure coming up from the back cliff. When I got closer, I looked like my sister-in-law. But it was dark and I didn't see it very clearly, maybe I was confused."

"I understand." Li Yan nodded and said in a deep voice, "Don't tell anyone about this."

"I know." Li Hu nodded, "I can pay attention."

In Chuzhou City, the White Lotus Sect Headquarters.

The leader of the White Lotus Sect has summoned Bian Yujing and more than a hundred young men and women. Compared with Li Qingshan, Yuan Shizhong, Liu Badao and others, these more than a hundred young men and women are the real backbone elements of the White Lotus Sect. Most of them are orphans, raised by the White Lotus Sect, and are also loyal to the White Lotus Sect.

Tomorrow at noon, she will worship Wusheng's mother outside the South Gate. At that time, the White Lotus Sect will do one major thing, which is to seize Yuan Shizhong, Li Qingshan and Liu Badao and others' military power, and then hand over the sect saints to Wang Pu Tong. Of course, she will also make corresponding arrangements at the sacrificial ceremony and completely cut off Wang Pu's intention to return to the Ming Dynasty.

However, Wang Pu would definitely not obey the arrangements, and Li Qingshan, Yuan Shizhong and Liu Badao would not surrender. They would definitely resist, and the more than 100 disciples in the sect could not subdue these people, so they still needed to mobilize 5,000 elite soldiers in the north camp. Now it is time to take back the control of the 5,000 elite soldiers.

The White Lotus Sect Master said, "Yu'er."

Bian Yujing replied: "Disciple is here."

The leader of the White Lotus Sect said: "You will now take fifty people to the Wuliqiao Official Army Camp to receive the muskets. After you get the muskets, you will immediately send them to the Chengbei Camp. Then, cooperate with the army of the Chengbei Camp to arrest Monk Zhang and the spies in the infiltrated government officials and soldiers. Remember, it is best not to use force, let alone hurt them."

Bian Yujing asked, "Master, what if General Wang doesn't give the musket?"

"No." The White Lotus Sect Leader said confidently, "This guy sent hundreds of official troops to sneak into the North Camp in the City. He thought we were kept in the dark by him. The reason why he promised to transport these muskets to the North Camp in the City was to equip these hundreds of official troops, so he would definitely give it."

Half an hour later, Wuli Bridge.

As soon as Bian Yujing brought fifty male and female disciples into the official army camp, hundreds of officers holding muskets emerged from the tents on both sides and surrounded Bian Yujing and others. Bian Yujing and the fifty male and female disciples were afraid of the power of the firearms and did not dare to act rashly.

Bian Yujing's face changed and he said sternly: "What are you doing? I want to see your general!"

"Miss Yujing, don't be excited, don't be excited."

A faint voice suddenly sounded from the front. Bian Yujing looked up when he heard the sound and saw Wang Pu walking out of the tent surrounded by the guards.

"General Wang." Bian Yujing pointed his slender hand at the surrounding officials and asked in a delicate voice, "What do you mean?"

"No other meaning." Wang Pu smiled, "I just want to feel sorry for the girl and you all first."

After saying that, Wang Pu waved his hand and shouted, "Take it all!"

The official army was waiting for the battle to flock to the scene. Bian Yujing and fifty male and female disciples were surrendered.

Bian Yujing said angrily: "Wang Pu, you have no faith in your words!"

"Miss Yujing is a little restless." Wang Pu smiled, "You will soon know that this general is just to save people, save you, your master, and even everyone in your White Lotus Sect."

"Save people?" Bian Yujing said disbelief, "You are lying to others."

Wang Pu ignored Bian Yujing and waved and shouted, "Tie them."

The official army had already come forward. Bian Yujing and every White Lotus disciple wrapped a circle of cloth waist bags around the waist. Wang Pu ordered someone to wrap another circle of cloth waist bags around a scarecrow prepared in advance, and then pointed to the scarecrow and said to Bian Yujing and others: "Miss Yujing, do you know what the floor is inside the waist bag?"

Bian Yujing snorted and ignored it.

"It's gunpowder."

As he said that, Wang Pu pulled out his short gun and shot the cloth pocket tied to the scarecrow's waist with one shot.
To be continued...