Chapter 1131
The Whistleblower
Chapter 1131 The Whistleblower
Gan Qiang planned to set up an ambush in the nearby mountains, and then use himself as a bait to lure the Haihan horse team into the mountains for an ambush.It sounds like a good idea to make use of strengths and avoid weaknesses in this way, and it seems to be a good idea, and it seems to have a certain chance of winning, but it is not as simple and easy as it is said to be implemented.
Judging from Gan Qiang's previous experience in fighting the Haihan army, the Haihan cavalry has extremely high mobility and has some kind of mysterious long-range weapon at hand. Attacking in front of the Haihan army will cause substantial damage to it, and the opponent will most likely withdraw from the battlefield quickly after realizing the inferiority of its troops.Therefore, Gan Qiang's choice of battle location must be based on restricting the opponent's maneuverability as a prerequisite, preferably in an environment where the opponent can stop and cut off his retreat after entering the ambush location.
There are indeed many places with such conditions in the Cishan mountain area, but the actual combat still needs to consider the difficulty of gathering manpower to this place and deploying before the battle.Even if Gan Qiang doesn't have the time and ability to formulate a detailed battle plan, he still can't deal with such key issues casually. This is gambling with his own wealth and life. Pay it in.
In addition, Gan Qiang had to make a good move with Gan Sheng first, when to bring the Haihan people into the mountains, how to communicate in case of accidents, and how to get out of Gan Sheng when the war started, at least he had to have a plan.One of the main reasons why Gan Sheng was unwilling to agree to Gan Qiang's plan was that he thought it was impossible for Gan Qiang to perfect the plan to the point where it could be implemented in a short period of time. Once the role of cannon fodder is exposed, he will be the first to suffer.
If you really want to achieve something with a relatively high degree of confidence, it will take at least two or three days to prepare, but Gan Qiang is afraid that the Haihan people will not be able to catch up if they go too far, and miss this opportunity to do it, forcing Gan Qiang Sheng set off as soon as possible, even threatening to tear down the inn, and asked him to ride a fast horse to chase the Haihan cavalry team that had been out of town for a long time.
"You bring them back to live in this inn first, and make up your own excuses. In short, it's good to delay them for a day or two. After I go back to the mountain and fix the location, I will send someone to deliver a letter to you as soon as possible, and then you can bring them in again. Mountain." Gan Qiang gradually perfected his plan in his mind while pacing back and forth, and continued to instruct Gan Sheng excitedly: "Be careful, don't expose your roots. Let me tell you, I will also give you a leader, and I will hand over the affairs around Guxian Town to you in the future."
Gan Sheng complained endlessly in his heart, his brother didn't regard him as a relative at all, forcing him to risk his life to deceive the Haihan people, and the so-called reward was just a position as a leader.Gan Sheng knew very well that this kind of position was just a false name, without any real power, and it was hard to say whether he had the life to get it.
Gan Sheng tried his best to calm down his emotions, and said to Gan Qiang, "If my brother accidentally misses and gets captured, then what should I do?"
"Why are you afraid of this and that before you start?" Gan Qiang scolded mercilessly: "If the Haihan people find out, don't reveal the relationship between you and me, otherwise you will die faster!"
Gan Sheng heard that he didn't mention trying to rescue himself at all, and his heart felt ashamed at the moment, he shook his head and said: "Forget it, then act according to your plan, and let the rest be fate!"
On the coastline six or seven miles north from Guxian Town, there are several villages with relatively concentrated populations, such as Baibao Village, Shiwuying Village, and Huangzhuang.According to the information given by the refugees who took refuge in Haihan before, these villages are very close to each other, with chickens and dogs hearing each other and connected by rice fields. It is said that there are at least a hundred families in this area.Sun Zhen planned to stop in this area to publicize Haihan's immigration policy, and by the way, post a notice about wanted criminals to see if he could get relevant news from the local people.
Before the horse team left Guxian Town, they also found two conspicuous places on the street and posted wanted notices.However, the cavalry team has limited manpower, and since this is not a Haihan-controlled area, it is impossible to keep people in the town to wait for news, so they left after posting the notice.If someone really wants to provide relevant information to Haihan, they must either catch up with this horse team and report the news, or they can only report to Haihan's camp near Fushan County.Essentially speaking, this method of posting wanted notices is more of a deterrent effect. Due to the limitations of transportation and information dissemination conditions in this era, it will have a very limited effect on arresting wanted objects. Sun Zhen et al. People didn't expect to rely on these wanted warrants to really let people tie up the prisoner and hand them over to them.
However, all kinds of unexpected things always happen in life. The horse team hadn't been two miles away from the town, and a man chased him along the official road from the direction of Guxian Town.After the rider approached, Sun Zhen was slightly surprised, because he had only seen this man in a restaurant not long ago.He still remembered that this person was surnamed Gan, and he ran an inn in the town, but he didn't know where he was going with his horse galloping.
But when this person saw Sun Zhen and his party, he decisively slowed down, and greeted him with a loud voice from a long distance away: "Masters of Haihan, please stop, I have something important to tell you!"
"Boss Gan is chasing so quickly, it seems that it is indeed a very important matter." Sun Zhen reined in the reins and asked the team to stop first, waiting for Gan Sheng to explain the important thing he wanted to tell him.
Gan Sheng chased after him so hard that both man and horse were exhausted and out of breath. It took him a while to recover, and he said to Sun Zhen, "I do have something important to tell you, but before that, I hope Grandpa Sun will forgive you." There are inaccuracies in what I said earlier."
Sun Zhen's eyes lit up and said: "What you said is not true, could it be related to the arrest warrant?"
Gan Sheng nodded and replied, "Exactly."
Sun Zhen thought that Gan Sheng's request for forgiveness was related to rewarding silver, so he responded immediately: "As long as what you said is true and the clues you provide allow us to catch people, rewarding silver will definitely work!"
Gan Sheng glanced left and right, lowered his voice and said, "Can I take a step to talk?"
Sun Zhen guessed that he was so cautious because he was afraid that the people on his side would be unreliable, so he didn't explain much at the moment, and ordered the team to rest in an open space next to the official road.After Sun Zhen and Gan Sheng got off their horses, they called Wang Jinmin together to listen to Gan Sheng's "breaking news".
Gan Sheng said straight to the point: "Gan Qiang, who has the same surname on the arrest warrant as I, actually appeared in Guxian Town a few days ago. By chance, I also happened to know his whereabouts. It's just that there was no one in the restaurant where I met you earlier. There are idlers and others, and I am worried that the news will leak out, so I pretend not to know. I can only wait until everyone leaves Guxian Town, and then chase them out to meet each other."
"Boss Gan really has a heart!" Sun Zhen nodded and said, "Then I would like to ask Boss Gan to give me some pointers. Where is Gan Qiang now?"
"This thief is hiding in the Cishan Mountain to the south of Guxian Town, but the exact location has yet to be reported." Gan Sheng explained: "The thief came to the door a few days ago, and forced me to come forward to buy food, herbs and medicinal materials under the security of the inn, and then tried to deliver Go into the mountains. Now the things have been sent into the mountains, and after a day or two the people sent to escort the goods will come back, and we will know the exact hiding place!"
Wang Jinmin asked suspiciously: "You both have the same surname Gan, could it be that there is some relationship between you and me?"
Gan Sheng had already thought about this point, shook his head and said, "Actually, there is no relative relationship, but this thief insisted on pulling out the relationship by turning seventeen or eighteen corners in order to force me to come forward to help, saying that I have cousins His seniority is there. But this kind of statement is really absurd, if he is really related to this thief, I will not open an inn in Guxian Town."
Sun Zhen and Wang Jinmin exchanged glances, and both felt that Gan Sheng's words sounded like there was no loophole.However, the Cishan Mountain to the south of Guxian Town was a completely unfamiliar environment for them, and the risk of a cavalry squad entering this area to carry out combat missions was relatively high.Among their planned marching routes, there was no part of the journey into the mountains, and almost all of them traveled on the coastal plains. The reason was to avoid risks as much as possible and ensure that the team's mobility in the wild would not be affected by the geographical environment.
There is only one squad in this team that belongs to the special warfare battalion that is good at mountain warfare. I think what Gan Sheng said has relatively high credibility, but he didn't immediately say that he would take corresponding arrest actions.
After Gan Sheng finished speaking, he saw that the two men were expressionless and did not speak, and he felt a little panicked at the moment, fearing that the other party had discovered a loophole in his words and became suspicious.His rhetoric was also made up hastily, and he was not sure where there might be problems. If he did not gain the trust of the Haihan people, then the follow-up plan would not be able to proceed at all.
Gan Sheng was afraid that the two of them would taste something if they continued to ponder slowly, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "If I help Mr. Haihan catch this thief, the news will definitely leak out, and the thief will definitely retaliate. I can no longer open an inn in Guxian Town, I wonder if there is any compensation for this besides rewarding silver?"
Sun Zhendao: "What kind of compensation does Boss Gan want? Money or something else?"
Gan Sheng gritted his teeth and said, "I heard that Haihan is recruiting immigrants to settle in the south. Is this true?"
"Of course it is true." After hearing this, Sun Zhen understood what the other party meant: "If Boss Gan thinks that because of this incident, he will not be able to stay in Dengzhou in the future, he can go to the south to settle down and start his life again. Itinerary And the destination, including future livelihood, we can arrange it on our behalf, without the need for the boss to bother."
Wang Jinmin also said: "If you are afraid of accidents, we can escort your family to Zhifu Island now, and there will be no danger there."
Gan Sheng shook his head and said, "I don't have any family members. I'm alone. I can leave at any time. I'm just a little worried about whether I can adapt to the local living conditions after going to the south."
"Don't worry about that!" Sun Zhen patted his chest and said, "I'm from Dengzhou. When Dengzhou was in war, I fled to the south and joined Haihan. When I went there, I was alone. Now I'm back. ?”
"It turns out that Uncle Sun is also from Dengzhou, no wonder his accent sounds like a local!" Gan Sheng only knew Sun Zhen's background when he heard this.If Sun Zhen's accent hadn't changed subtly after he went to Haihan, he should have been able to hear it a long time ago.
Gan Sheng took the initiative to try to leave the local area through immigration, which undoubtedly gave Sun Zhen more trust in him.However, this does not help solve the current problem, and it does not reduce the risk of cavalry entering the mountains to perform combat missions.Sun Zhen thought about it for a moment, and said to Wang Jinmin, "How about this, let's stay near Guxian Town and wait for news from Boss Gan, and send people back to Zhifu Island to apply for support."
When Gan Sheng heard this, he quickly interjected, "I think this is a wrong move. The thief may still be watching secretly in the town. If your army makes a big move, I'm afraid they will scare the snake before they enter the mountain!"
Gan Sheng knew very well that Gan Qiang's plan was full of loopholes. The biggest reliance was to gain advantages in military strength and environment through pre-planning. If either of the two was not satisfied, the whole plan would have no possibility of success.If the Haihan people sent more reinforcements into the mountains to encircle and suppress, then Gan Qiang would probably lose money by stealing chickens. Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough and immediately came up with a plausible reason to persuade the other party to give up this plan.
Sun Zhen also seemed to have a point, but it is impossible not to report to the headquarters. This is not only a matter of operational risk, but more importantly, it is inconsistent with Haihan military regulations. Unplanned combat operations.
"Then what is Boss Gan's plan?" Seeing that Sun Zhen did not express his opinion, Wang Jinmin continued to ask Gan Sheng.
Gan Shengqiang said with a smile: "I don't know how to march and fight, so I can't have any plans. I can only tell the two uncles what I know. Everything depends on the two of you!"
"It doesn't matter if you talk about it, it's all from your own people and won't spread it." Sun Zhen also encouraged.
Seeing that the other party insisted, Gan Sheng could only bite the bullet and said: "In my opinion, the people you brought with me can stay in the inn first, and after a day or two when I get news, I will immediately set off into the mountains and fight there. The thief was caught off guard! I know a thing or two about the terrain of Cishan Mountain, so I can guide the way for you two."
After hearing these words, Sun Zhen suddenly became slightly suspicious, and did not express his position at the moment, but said that he would discuss it with Wang Jinmin first.Gan Sheng walked a few feet away knowingly, leaving room for the two to talk.
After seeing him walk away, Sun Zhen asked, "What do you think?"
Wang Jinmin shook his head and said, "This person has a problem."
"It's the same as I thought." Sun Zhen said solemnly: "He said that our reinforcements would scare the snakes, but suggested that we live in the town, and the whole town knows our origins. Isn't this more self-explanatory?"
(End of this chapter)
Gan Qiang planned to set up an ambush in the nearby mountains, and then use himself as a bait to lure the Haihan horse team into the mountains for an ambush.It sounds like a good idea to make use of strengths and avoid weaknesses in this way, and it seems to be a good idea, and it seems to have a certain chance of winning, but it is not as simple and easy as it is said to be implemented.
Judging from Gan Qiang's previous experience in fighting the Haihan army, the Haihan cavalry has extremely high mobility and has some kind of mysterious long-range weapon at hand. Attacking in front of the Haihan army will cause substantial damage to it, and the opponent will most likely withdraw from the battlefield quickly after realizing the inferiority of its troops.Therefore, Gan Qiang's choice of battle location must be based on restricting the opponent's maneuverability as a prerequisite, preferably in an environment where the opponent can stop and cut off his retreat after entering the ambush location.
There are indeed many places with such conditions in the Cishan mountain area, but the actual combat still needs to consider the difficulty of gathering manpower to this place and deploying before the battle.Even if Gan Qiang doesn't have the time and ability to formulate a detailed battle plan, he still can't deal with such key issues casually. This is gambling with his own wealth and life. Pay it in.
In addition, Gan Qiang had to make a good move with Gan Sheng first, when to bring the Haihan people into the mountains, how to communicate in case of accidents, and how to get out of Gan Sheng when the war started, at least he had to have a plan.One of the main reasons why Gan Sheng was unwilling to agree to Gan Qiang's plan was that he thought it was impossible for Gan Qiang to perfect the plan to the point where it could be implemented in a short period of time. Once the role of cannon fodder is exposed, he will be the first to suffer.
If you really want to achieve something with a relatively high degree of confidence, it will take at least two or three days to prepare, but Gan Qiang is afraid that the Haihan people will not be able to catch up if they go too far, and miss this opportunity to do it, forcing Gan Qiang Sheng set off as soon as possible, even threatening to tear down the inn, and asked him to ride a fast horse to chase the Haihan cavalry team that had been out of town for a long time.
"You bring them back to live in this inn first, and make up your own excuses. In short, it's good to delay them for a day or two. After I go back to the mountain and fix the location, I will send someone to deliver a letter to you as soon as possible, and then you can bring them in again. Mountain." Gan Qiang gradually perfected his plan in his mind while pacing back and forth, and continued to instruct Gan Sheng excitedly: "Be careful, don't expose your roots. Let me tell you, I will also give you a leader, and I will hand over the affairs around Guxian Town to you in the future."
Gan Sheng complained endlessly in his heart, his brother didn't regard him as a relative at all, forcing him to risk his life to deceive the Haihan people, and the so-called reward was just a position as a leader.Gan Sheng knew very well that this kind of position was just a false name, without any real power, and it was hard to say whether he had the life to get it.
Gan Sheng tried his best to calm down his emotions, and said to Gan Qiang, "If my brother accidentally misses and gets captured, then what should I do?"
"Why are you afraid of this and that before you start?" Gan Qiang scolded mercilessly: "If the Haihan people find out, don't reveal the relationship between you and me, otherwise you will die faster!"
Gan Sheng heard that he didn't mention trying to rescue himself at all, and his heart felt ashamed at the moment, he shook his head and said: "Forget it, then act according to your plan, and let the rest be fate!"
On the coastline six or seven miles north from Guxian Town, there are several villages with relatively concentrated populations, such as Baibao Village, Shiwuying Village, and Huangzhuang.According to the information given by the refugees who took refuge in Haihan before, these villages are very close to each other, with chickens and dogs hearing each other and connected by rice fields. It is said that there are at least a hundred families in this area.Sun Zhen planned to stop in this area to publicize Haihan's immigration policy, and by the way, post a notice about wanted criminals to see if he could get relevant news from the local people.
Before the horse team left Guxian Town, they also found two conspicuous places on the street and posted wanted notices.However, the cavalry team has limited manpower, and since this is not a Haihan-controlled area, it is impossible to keep people in the town to wait for news, so they left after posting the notice.If someone really wants to provide relevant information to Haihan, they must either catch up with this horse team and report the news, or they can only report to Haihan's camp near Fushan County.Essentially speaking, this method of posting wanted notices is more of a deterrent effect. Due to the limitations of transportation and information dissemination conditions in this era, it will have a very limited effect on arresting wanted objects. Sun Zhen et al. People didn't expect to rely on these wanted warrants to really let people tie up the prisoner and hand them over to them.
However, all kinds of unexpected things always happen in life. The horse team hadn't been two miles away from the town, and a man chased him along the official road from the direction of Guxian Town.After the rider approached, Sun Zhen was slightly surprised, because he had only seen this man in a restaurant not long ago.He still remembered that this person was surnamed Gan, and he ran an inn in the town, but he didn't know where he was going with his horse galloping.
But when this person saw Sun Zhen and his party, he decisively slowed down, and greeted him with a loud voice from a long distance away: "Masters of Haihan, please stop, I have something important to tell you!"
"Boss Gan is chasing so quickly, it seems that it is indeed a very important matter." Sun Zhen reined in the reins and asked the team to stop first, waiting for Gan Sheng to explain the important thing he wanted to tell him.
Gan Sheng chased after him so hard that both man and horse were exhausted and out of breath. It took him a while to recover, and he said to Sun Zhen, "I do have something important to tell you, but before that, I hope Grandpa Sun will forgive you." There are inaccuracies in what I said earlier."
Sun Zhen's eyes lit up and said: "What you said is not true, could it be related to the arrest warrant?"
Gan Sheng nodded and replied, "Exactly."
Sun Zhen thought that Gan Sheng's request for forgiveness was related to rewarding silver, so he responded immediately: "As long as what you said is true and the clues you provide allow us to catch people, rewarding silver will definitely work!"
Gan Sheng glanced left and right, lowered his voice and said, "Can I take a step to talk?"
Sun Zhen guessed that he was so cautious because he was afraid that the people on his side would be unreliable, so he didn't explain much at the moment, and ordered the team to rest in an open space next to the official road.After Sun Zhen and Gan Sheng got off their horses, they called Wang Jinmin together to listen to Gan Sheng's "breaking news".
Gan Sheng said straight to the point: "Gan Qiang, who has the same surname on the arrest warrant as I, actually appeared in Guxian Town a few days ago. By chance, I also happened to know his whereabouts. It's just that there was no one in the restaurant where I met you earlier. There are idlers and others, and I am worried that the news will leak out, so I pretend not to know. I can only wait until everyone leaves Guxian Town, and then chase them out to meet each other."
"Boss Gan really has a heart!" Sun Zhen nodded and said, "Then I would like to ask Boss Gan to give me some pointers. Where is Gan Qiang now?"
"This thief is hiding in the Cishan Mountain to the south of Guxian Town, but the exact location has yet to be reported." Gan Sheng explained: "The thief came to the door a few days ago, and forced me to come forward to buy food, herbs and medicinal materials under the security of the inn, and then tried to deliver Go into the mountains. Now the things have been sent into the mountains, and after a day or two the people sent to escort the goods will come back, and we will know the exact hiding place!"
Wang Jinmin asked suspiciously: "You both have the same surname Gan, could it be that there is some relationship between you and me?"
Gan Sheng had already thought about this point, shook his head and said, "Actually, there is no relative relationship, but this thief insisted on pulling out the relationship by turning seventeen or eighteen corners in order to force me to come forward to help, saying that I have cousins His seniority is there. But this kind of statement is really absurd, if he is really related to this thief, I will not open an inn in Guxian Town."
Sun Zhen and Wang Jinmin exchanged glances, and both felt that Gan Sheng's words sounded like there was no loophole.However, the Cishan Mountain to the south of Guxian Town was a completely unfamiliar environment for them, and the risk of a cavalry squad entering this area to carry out combat missions was relatively high.Among their planned marching routes, there was no part of the journey into the mountains, and almost all of them traveled on the coastal plains. The reason was to avoid risks as much as possible and ensure that the team's mobility in the wild would not be affected by the geographical environment.
There is only one squad in this team that belongs to the special warfare battalion that is good at mountain warfare. I think what Gan Sheng said has relatively high credibility, but he didn't immediately say that he would take corresponding arrest actions.
After Gan Sheng finished speaking, he saw that the two men were expressionless and did not speak, and he felt a little panicked at the moment, fearing that the other party had discovered a loophole in his words and became suspicious.His rhetoric was also made up hastily, and he was not sure where there might be problems. If he did not gain the trust of the Haihan people, then the follow-up plan would not be able to proceed at all.
Gan Sheng was afraid that the two of them would taste something if they continued to ponder slowly, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "If I help Mr. Haihan catch this thief, the news will definitely leak out, and the thief will definitely retaliate. I can no longer open an inn in Guxian Town, I wonder if there is any compensation for this besides rewarding silver?"
Sun Zhendao: "What kind of compensation does Boss Gan want? Money or something else?"
Gan Sheng gritted his teeth and said, "I heard that Haihan is recruiting immigrants to settle in the south. Is this true?"
"Of course it is true." After hearing this, Sun Zhen understood what the other party meant: "If Boss Gan thinks that because of this incident, he will not be able to stay in Dengzhou in the future, he can go to the south to settle down and start his life again. Itinerary And the destination, including future livelihood, we can arrange it on our behalf, without the need for the boss to bother."
Wang Jinmin also said: "If you are afraid of accidents, we can escort your family to Zhifu Island now, and there will be no danger there."
Gan Sheng shook his head and said, "I don't have any family members. I'm alone. I can leave at any time. I'm just a little worried about whether I can adapt to the local living conditions after going to the south."
"Don't worry about that!" Sun Zhen patted his chest and said, "I'm from Dengzhou. When Dengzhou was in war, I fled to the south and joined Haihan. When I went there, I was alone. Now I'm back. ?”
"It turns out that Uncle Sun is also from Dengzhou, no wonder his accent sounds like a local!" Gan Sheng only knew Sun Zhen's background when he heard this.If Sun Zhen's accent hadn't changed subtly after he went to Haihan, he should have been able to hear it a long time ago.
Gan Sheng took the initiative to try to leave the local area through immigration, which undoubtedly gave Sun Zhen more trust in him.However, this does not help solve the current problem, and it does not reduce the risk of cavalry entering the mountains to perform combat missions.Sun Zhen thought about it for a moment, and said to Wang Jinmin, "How about this, let's stay near Guxian Town and wait for news from Boss Gan, and send people back to Zhifu Island to apply for support."
When Gan Sheng heard this, he quickly interjected, "I think this is a wrong move. The thief may still be watching secretly in the town. If your army makes a big move, I'm afraid they will scare the snake before they enter the mountain!"
Gan Sheng knew very well that Gan Qiang's plan was full of loopholes. The biggest reliance was to gain advantages in military strength and environment through pre-planning. If either of the two was not satisfied, the whole plan would have no possibility of success.If the Haihan people sent more reinforcements into the mountains to encircle and suppress, then Gan Qiang would probably lose money by stealing chickens. Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough and immediately came up with a plausible reason to persuade the other party to give up this plan.
Sun Zhen also seemed to have a point, but it is impossible not to report to the headquarters. This is not only a matter of operational risk, but more importantly, it is inconsistent with Haihan military regulations. Unplanned combat operations.
"Then what is Boss Gan's plan?" Seeing that Sun Zhen did not express his opinion, Wang Jinmin continued to ask Gan Sheng.
Gan Shengqiang said with a smile: "I don't know how to march and fight, so I can't have any plans. I can only tell the two uncles what I know. Everything depends on the two of you!"
"It doesn't matter if you talk about it, it's all from your own people and won't spread it." Sun Zhen also encouraged.
Seeing that the other party insisted, Gan Sheng could only bite the bullet and said: "In my opinion, the people you brought with me can stay in the inn first, and after a day or two when I get news, I will immediately set off into the mountains and fight there. The thief was caught off guard! I know a thing or two about the terrain of Cishan Mountain, so I can guide the way for you two."
After hearing these words, Sun Zhen suddenly became slightly suspicious, and did not express his position at the moment, but said that he would discuss it with Wang Jinmin first.Gan Sheng walked a few feet away knowingly, leaving room for the two to talk.
After seeing him walk away, Sun Zhen asked, "What do you think?"
Wang Jinmin shook his head and said, "This person has a problem."
"It's the same as I thought." Sun Zhen said solemnly: "He said that our reinforcements would scare the snakes, but suggested that we live in the town, and the whole town knows our origins. Isn't this more self-explanatory?"
(End of this chapter)