Chapter 76 Section five

"Forgive me, General." Just uttered a serious sentence, without even drawing out the knife, Huang Man fell to his knees, kowtowed like garlic, with tears and snot all over his face, he talked endlessly, and when he finished speaking, he cried again: " General, please forgive me, we were forced to come here by those bandits, and they said that if we don't obey, they will kill our whole family." Chu Xiuhong was startled and looked at Yang Yi.He had planned that Huang Man would make sophistry, so he confronted him one by one, leaving him speechless, but he only said this sentence, and Huang Man looked like this.He said gently: "Get up, don't be afraid, as long as you tell the truth, we will definitely wipe out those bandits, and your family will be fine."

Huang Man raised his head, his old face was covered with dust, he kowtowed again and said, "Thank you, General. That was yesterday, a leader of the bandits surnamed Qin brought a few people to my house and asked us to come I said that after I met you on the road." Yang Yidao: "Are they trying to set up an ambush on the road and ask you to lead us in?" Huang Man said: "I didn't say that. In fact, I don't need to take this road, it's just this one, just walk along the road." Chu Xiuhong was startled, and said, "Is there only one way?" Huang Man said: "Tiger Claw Pass must be passed, but there are still more than 20 miles to go to Tiger Claw Pass. There are two roads, one is bigger and the other is smaller. They want me to lead you to take the path."

Yang Yi suddenly said: "What does the leader surnamed Qin look like? How old is he? How many people did he bring?" "He's tall, with a fair face, and he's only in his twenties. By the way, he has six fingers on his left hand. When he came, he brought three people with him, all riding horses." "What color horses did they ride?" Huang Man was taken aback, and didn't understand why this person was asking these questions. After thinking for a while, he said, "I don't remember what other people are riding. The leader surnamed Qin is riding a black horse."

Yang Yi blinked, and said: "General Chu, you can ask again, I'm sorry." Without waiting for Chu Xiuhong to agree, he walked out.Chu Xiuhong knew that Yang Yiding was going to see what Huang Yan was talking about.He asked Huang Man a few more words, Huang Man said while crying, and not long after, Yang Yi came in through the curtain.As soon as he entered the door, he gave Chu Xiuhong a wink, Chu Xiuhong understood, and said to the outside of the tent: "Come on, take him down first." Huang Man's face changed, and he shouted: "General, don't kill me. I still have a seventy-year-old mother at home, and my son is not even ten years old. I beg the general to spare his life."

Chu Xiuhong smiled lightly and said, "Don't worry, even if you still haven't told the truth, I won't kill you." After taking Huang Man down, Chu Xiuhong said, "Brother Yang, do you think he's telling the truth this time?" Yang Yi looked at the map on the table, frowned and said, "It doesn't seem to be fake. I went to General Cao to ask, and what Huang Yan said was just average. Six fingers, three people, and a dark horse are all right. .” Chu Xiu red-jawed and said: "It seems to be true." Although he had never worked in the Ministry of Punishment, he had been interrogated before, and he knew that these trivial matters were the easiest to reveal flaws.He thought for a while and said, "Brother Yang, what do you think should be done?"

Yang Yidao: "It's easy to ambush on the small road, but General Chu, look at the map. Although the main road is a little farther away, there is a cliff on one side and a cliff on the other. I asked the guide, because there are few people walking on this small road, it is very difficult to walk now. Last time, Meng Xiong probably took the big road. I suspect that the enemy is playing hard to get, and deliberately let these two hunters come so that we can see the weakness, so that we dare not take the small road." Chu Xiuhong frowned, and said, "Do you think it's safer to take the path? But, if they figured out that we would think so, and deliberately let these two people come, it's not impossible."

Yang Yi was startled, and said, "Yes, this may not be impossible." Both of them are resourceful people, after thinking about it, they can't make up their minds.At this moment, Cao Wendao's voice could be heard outside the tent: "Tong Zhi, did you find out anything?" He walked in with Lian Baice and Qian Wenyi.As soon as he entered the door, Cao Wendao sat down impatiently and scolded: "Damn it, that kid is really hard, he punched him three times before he opened his mouth. Commander, isn't the Huang Man you asked so hard?" Chu Xiuhong knew that Cao Wendao's temper was a little impatient, so Huang Yi must have been reluctant to speak at first, so he moved his hands.He didn't say much, just said: "General Yang and I can't figure out which road this bandit is planning to ambush on."

Lian Baice suddenly said: "Yes, the last general is also unpredictable." Cao Wendao suddenly said: "What are you afraid of? Even if they have two or three thousand soldiers, it is impossible for them to divide into two groups and set up ambushes on two roads. Then we will take the main road. It is not easy to set up an ambush on the main road. Send people to explore the road first. Ambush can also be found." Chu Xiuhong's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile, "That's right. Although this idea is stupid, it is the most effective way." Even if there are two or three thousand bandits, they are far less than the strength of the front battalion. They will never fight head-on. He is an opponent of the former battalion, sometimes he thinks too much, but the authorities are obsessed.Yang Yi also said: "Yes, this is the best way. But, are those two hunters killed?"

Chu Xiuhong said: "Forget it. Lock them up today, and release them when you leave tomorrow."