The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 392
In the evening, as the sun sets, the earth is covered with a golden coat.

In the camp five miles outside the south gate of Gaotang Prefecture, smoke was rising from the kitchen at this time. Except for the soldiers who needed to guard the camp and patrol and were not allowed to leave their posts without authorization, the rest of the people began to gather in twos and threes towards the stove.

Hu Sanniang entered the Chinese army's big tent with a tray, and seeing Mu Xu writing something at his desk, she couldn't help shaking her head, walked to his side, and reminded softly, "Officer, I made you a bowl of mutton soup. Use some heat."

Mu Xu put down his pen, looked up at the oily mutton soup in the bowl, frowned and said, "From tomorrow on, no more special things are allowed. I will eat whatever the brothers below eat."

Hu Sanniang pouted, and said a little unhappy, "My family knows."

Seeing that Hu Sanniang seemed dissatisfied, Mu Xu took the opportunity to teach a lesson, "You, fortunately, you still want to be a general who leads the army, but you don't even understand the principle of sharing weal and woe with the soldiers. You are always so superior. When you go to the battlefield in the future, who will People are willing to sacrifice their lives for you?"

Hu Sanniang blushed, and wanted to explain a few words, but she heard a report from a soldier guarding the gate outside, "I would like to report to the village master, there is an old man outside the camp with his wife asking to see him."

As soon as Mu Xu heard this, he immediately knew who it was, so he got up and walked out. When he reached the door of the big tent, he suddenly thought of something, stopped, turned his head and waved to Hu Sanniang, "Sanniang follow me!" Let's go meet the guests together."

When the two came to the gate of the camp, they saw an old man bent over, supported by a young woman, looking into the camp from time to time, and seeing Mu Xu coming, the old man struggled to come over to greet him.

Mu Xu hurriedly came forward, grabbed the old man by the arm, and asked with concern, "But I haven't seen you for more than a year, why is Uncle Shi like this?"

This old man is naturally Chai Huangcheng, and he sighed, "Oh, the old man has a bad time, if not for the blessing of his virtuous nephew, he almost died this time."

Mu Xu asked curiously, "How did you say that?"

Chai Huangcheng explained, "A few days ago, I was pushed by the Yin Tianci child, and I lost [-]% or [-]% of my life. Fortunately, Jin'er had the precious medicine presented by my virtuous nephew, so I pulled the old man back from the gate of hell."

Mu Xu was taken aback. He thought it was the butterfly effect that caused Chai Huangcheng to die like in the original book. He didn't expect the truth to be like this, so he smiled and said, "That is also the blessing of the uncle, who is blessed by God. Brother Chai and I saved Uncle Shi's life."

Hu Sanniang, who was on the side, saw that the two were chatting non-stop, and quickly reminded, "Officials, let's go to the camp with the guests before we talk about other things."

Mu Xu patted his forehead and apologized to Chai Huangcheng and his step-wife, "It's really rude, Uncle and Madam please hurry up."

After several people entered the big camp, Hu Sanniang took Chai Huangcheng's stepmother to another place with great eyesight, and left the big tent to Mu Xu and the two to talk.

Seeing that the Taoist woman had left, Mu Xu immediately asked about Chai Jin's situation, "I don't know how Brother Chai is doing now, is his life in danger?"

Chai Huangcheng replied with a frown, "That guy Gao Lian beat my nephew half to death, locked him in death row, and didn't let anyone treat his wounds, he was determined to put him to death."

"If that's the case, I'm afraid Brother Chai won't survive the day the city is destroyed."

Seeing Mu Xu's troubled expression, Chai Huangcheng quickly gave Mu Xu a reassurance, "Regarding this, my nephew can rest assured that Lin Ren, the prison city of Gaotang Prefecture, is the son of an old man. My nephew led the army here Before, I had contacted him by letter, and he assured me that he would save Jin'er's life at a critical moment."

When Mu Xu heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and couldn't help but clapped his hands and shouted, "Great, this way, my last worries are gone, and I can wait for the follow-up army to arrive and concentrate on attacking the city."

There is actually another important reason why Mu Xu is so happy, that is, he no longer has to worry about Song Jiang and Wu Yong playing tricks.

Speaking of which, after making an agreement with Song Jiang today, Mu Xu suddenly thought of this problem, that is, Wu Yong is a person who harms others and does not benefit himself. The Nine Meetings revealed the purpose of sending troops to Gaotang Prefecture.

When Gao Lian heard the news, how could he not make a fuss about Chai Jin's safety?At that time, Mu Xu will inevitably throw a mouse trick, and it is very likely that Song Jiang and the others will be taken advantage of in vain.

What happened in the next few days really confirmed Mu Xu's guess.After Qingfengshan's army failed to attack Gaotang Prefecture consecutively, seeing Mu Xu's follow-up troops coming, Song Jiang's black servant became anxious, and even threatened Gao Lian at the top of the city, saying that if Chai Jin was not released quickly, once When the army enters the city, all jade and stone will be burned.

Hearing this, Gao Lian was overjoyed, and threatened with an arrow on the same day, saying that the day the city was destroyed would be the day when Chai Jin died.

Upon hearing the news, Le He and the others rushed to see Mu Xu and wanted to discuss countermeasures.Unexpectedly, as soon as they entered the tent of the Chinese army, they saw Mu Xu leisurely playing chess with Chai Huangcheng.

Seeing this, several people looked at each other, and Le He couldn't help asking, "Brother, what's the matter now?"

"Don't worry about it, continue to surround the southeast sides of Gaotang Prefecture, and start attacking the city tomorrow." Mu Xu said casually as he settled down.

Seeing Mu Xu's confident attitude, Le He knew that there must be a reason for such a statement, so he hurriedly asked for advice, "Please ask brother to clarify."

Mu Xu asked with a smile, "Let me ask you guys, does Gao Lian dare to really harm Mr. Chai?"

Several people said no, and Mu Xu asked again, "Then, have you ever thought about why Song Jiang made a slip of the tongue yesterday and told us the purpose of sending troops to Gaotang Prefecture?"

Lin Chong frowned and said nothing, but Shan Shiqi said, "I think I saw my army coming, and I was a little anxious, so I was a little unscrupulous."

Le He shook his head and said, "No, who is Song Gongming, how could he make such a mistake?"

Mu Xu said with satisfaction, "What brother Le said is not bad, you continue to talk, what is his purpose for doing this?"

Lehe's eyes lit up, and he blurted out, "He is trying to make us feel scruples and not to attack the city with all our strength, so that they can win the agreement in Qingfengshan."

Mu Xu praised, "That's right, that's his purpose, and I'm sure, it must be Wu Yong's poisonous plan."

When several people heard this, they all showed righteous indignation, and Shan Shiqi cursed even more, "Song Gongming is famous in the Jianghu, and I don't want to be such a person in private, it is really disappointing."

Mu Xu didn't want to save Song Jiang's face, so he immediately said, "It's so strange to know people and face but not to heart. Now there is a leader in Song Jiang's formation, called Princess Tong, do you know how he fell into grass?"

Without waiting for a few people to ask questions, Mu Xu told the story of how Zhu Dian rescued Chao Gai, Song Jiang, and Lei Heng in the past, how he was implicated by Lei Heng, and how he was forced to become a bandit.

Several people were dumbfounded when they heard this, and Chai Huangcheng said even more, "Not to mention being ungrateful, it's not worth mentioning that you can do such a ruthless trick."

Mu Xu sneered and said, "Hmph, when Brother Huarong was in trouble, it was due to Song Jiang's tricks. From then on, I knew that this person was a person who used all means to achieve his goals. In addition to him, there are now more A Wu Yong who loves to make plots and tricks, I expected to act like this yesterday."

"Brother said so, so you have a plan to break the city?" Le He heard that there was something in Mu Xu's words, and hurriedly asked.

Mu Xu nodded and said, "I know Wu Yong quite a bit, he is best at manipulating people's minds, and now he has tricked us, he must think that he will have enough time to break through the city.

In this way, this guy will definitely not want to attack and damage people by force, but will only bluff to intimidate Gao Lian.

In order to save himself, Gao Lian has only two options. One is to lead troops to break through, and the other is to send messengers to ask for help. Come and tell me, which way will he choose? "

Le He resolutely said, "Second, because the nearest Bozhou is a day away by horseback riding, Gao Lian would never dare to take the risk himself."

"Of course, brother, you can think about it further and guess how that guy Wu Yong will use his tricks."

Facing Mu Xu's encouraging eyes, Lehe's brain quickly started to work, and after a while, he said, "He will suggest that Song Jiang let go of those messengers, and then pretend to rescue the soldiers, fight on the road, and wait for Gao Lian to open the door to help , Take advantage of the situation to seize the city."

Mu Xu clapped his hands and applauded Le He's remarks. He had read the original book, and of course he knew that Le He had guessed Wu Yong's strategy very closely.

Lin Chong said excitedly, "Then why don't we act first, how about using this method?"

Several people thought this proposal was good, but Mu Xu shook his head when he didn't want it, obviously he had other plans.

Chai Huangcheng asked the doubts of several people, "Why?"

Mu Xu said with a smile, "This is Wu's strategy. Song Jiang and his gang took the initiative to implement it. We don't need to wait for it. We just need to pretend that we don't know, and break the city first at the critical moment, so that Wu can be defeated." You used to make wedding dresses for us in vain, just to avenge his scheming."

(End of this chapter)