When Ang Lee looked up at the sky, he didn't see a bird, so he sighed. But when Li Hanlu stretched her head out, she saw two pigeons flying from the east sky.
"Husband, there are pigeons, and there are two of them."
Li Hanlu reminded him.
Naturally, Li An also saw it. However, why would two pigeons suddenly appear in such a desolate area where even birds don't shit? Moreover, pigeons were generally bred by humans, and their main responsibility was to deliver letters. There were no birds in the sky, so it was very abnormal for two pigeons to suddenly appear. Something was definitely wrong.
"Pigeons, why would pigeons suddenly appear in such a desolate place? It's better to shoot them down and take a look. "
Ang Lee's hands were itchy, so he picked up the bow and arrow and shot an arrow at the pigeons flying over his head.
The two pigeons were flying together, and the distance between them was not very far, but it was impossible to shoot two pigeons with one arrow. Although Ang Lee's archery was superb, he didn't have such great ability, so he only shot one pigeon. The other pigeon was shocked, and then quickly flew away. When Ang Lee pulled the bow again, he found that the pigeon was no longer in the shooting range.
Pigeons generally didn't fly high. After being shot, it wouldn't take long for them to fall to the ground. Of course, if the pigeons wanted to fly higher, they could also fly very high. At most, they could reach a height of four to five thousand meters, which was not much different from the height of an airplane. In this case, the crossbow couldn't shoot the pigeons down. Even the most powerful firearms in the civilized era couldn't shoot such a high pigeon.
Seeing that Ang Lee shot a pigeon, an accompanying guard immediately rushed over and quickly picked up the pigeon, then urged his horse to catch up with the convoy.
"Assistant Minister Li, it's a carrier pigeon."
The guard urged his horse to keep a straight line with Ang Lee's carriage, and raised the pigeon in his hand.
"Carrier pigeon, it really is a carrier pigeon, give it to me."
Ang Lee reached out and took the pigeon, then took the letter from its leg, and then threw the pigeon to the guard.
"It really is a carrier pigeon, what kind of letter would it be?"
Ang Lee curiously prepared to open the letter.
"Husband, perhaps it's a letter from someone else. It doesn't seem appropriate to open someone's letter so casually. Moreover, the pigeon has been killed. I'm afraid that the letter won't be delivered."
Li Hanlu felt that Ang Lee's way of doing things was wrong. He was too reckless. No matter what era it was, it was inappropriate to peek at other people's private messages. According to the standards of the later generations, it was a lack of quality. People might even suspect that he had a special voyeuristic hobby. If this hobby was made public, then this person's reputation would be ruined and he would be laughed at by the world.
"What's there to be afraid of? Weren't there two pigeons just now? The messenger must have been worried that something might happen to one of the pigeons and that the message wouldn't be delivered in time, so he specially prepared two pigeons. This way, even if something happened to one of the pigeons, the other pigeon would be able to deliver the message on time."
Ang Lee said with a smile.
When sending letters in ancient times, if there was an urgent message, in order to ensure that the message would be delivered in time, they would generally prepare several letters and use different methods to deliver the message. For example, using pigeons to deliver the message, it was completely possible to use multiple pigeons. This way, even if one pigeon had an accident halfway, the other pigeons would be able to deliver the message in time.
In the movies and TV series of the later generations, there was often such a plot. In order to deliver a very important message, the person in charge of delivering the message would release dozens of pigeons at the same time. This way, the probability of the message being delivered was very high.
The reason why it was so troublesome was that the probability of an accident happening to the carrier pigeon was still very high. In the sky, there were many birds. These birds could hunt and kill pigeons. In addition, pigeons were definitely not as reliable as humans. If the pigeons got lost, the message couldn't be delivered. Artificial shooting would also cause the message to not be delivered in time. Therefore, it was absolutely safer to release a few more pigeons.
"Madam, can you guess what's written in this letter?"
Li An asked with a slight smile on his face.
Li Hanlu replied without interest, "Husband, how would I know what's written in a carrier pigeon that was casually shot down from the sky?"
Ang Lee sighed, "Yes, it's a carrier pigeon that was casually shot down. However, the message delivered by this carrier pigeon has a lot to do with us!"
"Ah! It has something to do with us? How is that possible? "
Li Hanlu was greatly surprised. She quickly took the letter in Ang Lee's hand and read it.
"How could this be? Husband, since this is the case, let's hurry back! Gubai City must be full of danger ahead. If we go now, won't we be walking into a trap? "
Li Hanlu analyzed.
Ang Lee thought for a moment and shook his head, "No, let's continue to Gubai City. If we can lead the Horse Gang to Gubai City, it'll be quite good."
Obviously, Ang Lee felt that this was a very good opportunity. Perhaps it was an unintentional willow that could solve the problem of the Horse Gang in Summer State in one fell swoop.
"With only 100 people, we're too weak. It's very dangerous. Husband, are you going to ask General Guo to send reinforcements?"
Li Hanlu guessed.
Ang Lee nodded and said, "Madam, you're right. That's what I'm thinking. Since we've already known about this, we won't be afraid of the Horse Gang's sneak attack. On the contrary, if the Horse Gang really dares to attack us tonight, they'll be dead. I'll write a letter now and tell General Guo the ins and outs of this matter.
He'll decide what to do. "Ang Lee soon finished writing the letter. Then, he handed it to three cavalrymen and asked them to go to Summer State City as fast as possible to tell Guo Ziyi about this matter and ask him to send reinforcements. Maybe they can wipe out all the Horse Gang in Gubai City in one fell swoop. As for how to mobilize reinforcements, Ang Lee didn't care so much. He was only responsible for delivering the message. He believed that Guo Ziyi would have the safest way.
"Husband, how did the Horse Gang's informant know about this? You only told County Magistrate Cui that we're going to Gubai City. No one else knows about it. Even our guards only know about it temporarily. Then, is there anything wrong with County Magistrate Cui?"
Li Hanlu said.
Ang Lee said, "Madam, do you think there's something wrong with Fatty Cui? It's possible, but I'm not sure yet. After all, Fatty Cui has so many subordinates around him. If any of them ask him, he may tell them directly. In this way, many of Fatty Cui's subordinates will be suspicious of him. But no matter what, there are informants of the Horse Gang in Dejing County, or someone colluding with the Horse Gang. This is enough to show that not only is the Horse Gang in Summer State City a serious problem, but Dejing County is also not peaceful! The Horse Gang's influence is almost everywhere in Summer State. No wonder Guo Ziyi hasn't achieved much in several months. The Horse Gang has been operating for too long and has taken root in Summer State. It's really not easy to uproot the Horse Gang with such deep roots. "
"Husband, you must keep this letter well. The handwriting on it can help us find the Horse Gang's informant in Dejing County. Then, following this informant, we can find the person colluding with the Horse Gang. In this way, we can discover the power behind the Horse Gang step by step."
Li Hanlu held the letter in her hand and said.
"Madam, you're right. This letter is the evidence. As long as we find the person who wrote the letter, we can wipe out all the forces of the Horse Gang in Dejing County. Madam, you must keep it well. Don't lose it."
Ang Lee said affirmatively.
Ang Lee was really annoyed about the Horse Gang in Summer State. These hateful guys were really difficult to deal with because they were best at guerrilla warfare. And the teams that adopted guerrilla warfare were often the most difficult to deal with. Even if there were only a few of them, it was still very difficult to deal with.
For example, the nomadic tribes in the northern part of the Central Plains Dynasty were some tribes with a small population. But because they had fast war horses, they could fight guerrilla warfare with the tribes in the Central Plains. Therefore, the Central Plains Dynasty often had to use a lot of manpower and material resources to defend against the attacks and harassment of these nomadic tribes. It was really annoying, but there was no reliable way to deal with this problem. They could only spend a lot of manpower to build the Great Wall for passive defense. This showed how terrible the guerrilla warfare team was.
The Japanese of the later generation were so powerful that they occupied half of Hua Xia in half a year. But in front of the guerrilla warfare team, they were still helpless. They were often in a passive situation and lost a lot of effective forces. Even if a large number of turrets were built later, the situation did not change. Finally, they were completely defeated and rolled out of China.
Therefore, when he heard that the Horse Gang spent the rest of their time hiding in addition to robbing merchants, Ang Lee knew that such a team was not easy to deal with. It would take a lot of effort to eliminate them.
A group of more than a hundred people ran in an orderly manner to the ruins of the Old White City in the distance. As for the fact that the Horse Gang already knew their whereabouts, except for Ang Lee, Li Hanlu, and a few people in the carriage, the rest of the guards did not know for the time being. But when they arrived at the destination, Ang Lee would tell them.
The speed of Ang Lee's group was very fast, but no matter how fast they were, they were not as fast as the flying speed of a carrier pigeon. Before Ang Lee arrived at the ruins of the Old White City, the leader of the Horse Gang had already received the news in advance and frowned very worriedly.
The leader of the Horse Gang was actually not old. He was at most forty years old, which was considered very young. The reason why he chose this line of work was naturally because doing other jobs was too hard and tiring. Moreover, the income was very low. If he was a Horse Gang, he could just rob directly. It was very easy and refreshing. He could live a very comfortable life. He did not have to suffer hardships to earn some small money. He also did not have to worry about offending people and being framed. Therefore, he chose to risk his life to be a Horse Gang.
In other words, these people chose to be bandits in order to live a more relaxed life and to let themselves live a more prosperous life. Therefore, they made such a choice. They did not intend to fight against the imperial court, nor did they want to overthrow the imperial court. They simply wanted to be a carefree bandit and live a life where they could do whatever they wanted.
However, they seriously neglected the determination of the imperial court of the Tang Dynasty to protect the people. They robbed ordinary businessmen. It seemed that they did not go against the imperial court of the Tang Dynasty, but these businessmen were the people of the Tang Dynasty. Businessmen paid taxes and made a great contribution to the imperial court's tax burden. Therefore, when the interests of the businessmen were damaged, the imperial court would not sit idly by. Protecting the interests of the businessmen was what the imperial court must do. Therefore, thousands of soldiers and horses entered Xia Province.
They thought that by robbing the businessmen, they would be able to live a good life of robbing others' wealth forever. Unexpectedly, they were attacked by the imperial court. In order to escape the attack, they could only hide in the deep mountains. Then, they used the intelligence network that they had painstakingly built for many years to accurately obtain the movements of the imperial court's troops and the businessmen's goods in a timely and accurate manner. Then, according to the specific situation, they cleverly avoided the imperial court's troops and plundered the carriages of the businessmen that were left alone.
They wanted to use this method to gradually wear down the imperial court's troops and horses and force the imperial court to give up the encirclement and suppression. After all, when 8,000 soldiers and horses were in a combat-ready state and frequently dispatched, the consumption of financial resources was many times that of normal times. The consumption of financial resources was huge. It was okay for the short-term consumption, but if the consumption continued for a long time, even the rich imperial court of the Tang Dynasty would be under great pressure. They bet that the imperial court's troops and horses could not do anything to them and could only give up the encirclement and suppression in the end. Anyway, what they were doing was just robbing goods. They thought that it was not very harmful to the imperial court and would not let the imperial court pay too much to deal with them.
However, when the leader of the bandits saw this letter, he felt that he was wrong. He was completely wrong. He was very wrong. He had been hiding from place to place for three months and robbed several caravans. The losses of his bandits were not great. He thought that this could force the imperial court to admit defeat and give up the encirclement and suppression. However, not only did the imperial court not give up, but they also sent a higher official. This meant that the imperial court was watching them closely and would not give up until they were all wiped out. Obviously, this was not what he wanted to see.
Ever since the soldiers of the Spiritual State were transferred here, they had been having a hard time. They had to keep one eye open even when they slept, and they had to be prepared to move their bases at any time. They even had to hide the treasures that they had plundered so that the Imperial Court wouldn't seize all their treasures after their bases were raided.
But now, the imperial court sent a higher official. They would not give up until they were all wiped out! Therefore, the leader of the bandits was very worried. He did not want to continue playing hide-and-seek with the imperial court. However, as long as he did not give up robbing merchants, the imperial court would not stop encircling them, which made him very miserable.
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