Chapter 300: The Great Knife (1)

At Li Ming's kind invitation, Hou Qing gave up his plan to return to Dubi Peak and rushed to Nanguocheng with Li Ming.

There is no airship logistics base in Lacco City, so Li Ming and the others have to ride on fast horses.

From Sherlock City to Nanguo City, an important transportation route. Therefore, on this road, the official station is indispensable. Although the current station has lost its important role in transmitting information in the past, it is still very important as an official's transportation route.

With these stations, Li Ming and the others can rush back to the imperial city without stopping.

Among Li Ming's entourage, in addition to the old chef, Lin Yi and others, there were more than 20 secret guards riding on the horse. Although these secret guards had extraordinary martial arts, they could not catch Li Ming and his fast horses if they were on a long journey. Therefore, they had to show their true colors and ride on horseback. Although they had already revealed their true faces, they felt a little gloomy in the eyes of normal people.

After leaving the Shellac City, the horse ran for more than four hours, and Li Ming and the others entered the command center of the Linzhou garrison.

Ren Yong had already been waiting at the gate of the military camp. When he saw Li Ming, he hurriedly rushed over to salute and welcomed them to the central army tent.

In the past two months, Ren Yong has not made any progress. Although he has strengthened the vigilance work in various places, the harassment of the robbers has not stopped for a moment, which has made Ren Yong extremely upset. When Li Mingmeng mentioned this matter, he blushed.

Li Ming did not blame him. After a trip to the Temple of War, he understood the mystery of the formation. If there were really people in Li Jiao's troops who were proficient in the formation, they could indeed be elusive. This time, he brought Hou Qing here to continue to learn the mystery of the formation, and on the other hand, it was also to let him give Ren Yong some guidance.

After listening to Ren Yong's report and looking at Li Ming's expectant gaze, why didn't Hou Qing understand what it means? He brought Ren Yong to his staff and spent more than a day explaining them several simple ways to destroy the real thing. Although they could not learn to crack those complex natural formations in a short time, it was still possible to destroy them or make the formation change its original operation mode. In this way, Ren Yong's troops could destroy those formations in areas where bandits often appeared. If the opponent's proficient in formations could not crack them, the bandits would not be able to get out of the formation, which indirectly prevented the bandits from attacking.

Ren Yong, who got this simple and easy method, was grateful to Hou Qing. For nearly a year, the bandits in Linzhou have made him anxious. Although Li Ming did not punish him or even scold him, as a famous general under Li Ming, he was really embarrassed by the bandits. Therefore, Hou Qing's method can be said to have temporarily escaped from the predicament in front of him. If this method works, he can destroy the formations around Linzhou, and then leave a complete formation in an open place, gathering superior troops to wait there. As long as Li Jiao and the others dare to come out from there, it will be a matter of being captured.

After solving Ren Yong's affairs, Li Ming led everyone to continue on the road. With the support of the station, he finally entered Nanguo City in less than ten days.

At this time, Nanguo City was still in a prosperous scene. Two months after Li Ming left, there were still traffic on the wide Bluestone Avenue. There seemed to be a lot of shops on both sides of the avenue. In the distance, several houses were being pushed down and new buildings were being rebuilt. The wide city gate was also crowded with difficulty. The carriages entering and leaving were loaded with goods to travel between Nanguo City and all over the country. The current prosperity of Nanguo City is incomparable to any time before.

Walking on the crowded streets and watching the crowd move forward with difficulty, Li Ming couldn't help but think of the chaotic traffic situation in his past. It seems that it is really necessary to set up a traffic management department in Nanguo City. With the development of the economy, various management agencies should also be launched accordingly. Fortunately, cars and not used for civil use now. Otherwise, although the streets in Nanguo City are wide, they cannot meet the needs of modern transportation. In this way, the planning of municipal facilities will be entangled with Li Ming again.

After finally squeezing out of the bustling main street, Li Ming and his team took a detour to some alleys and gradually approached the palace. However, the sensitive people were all finding that there seemed to be someone following them.

After exchanging glances with each other, Li Ming said: "Secret Guard, catch the people behind you."

In a short while, a person fell from the air and landed accurately in front of Li Ming.

Marin jumped off the horse, reached out to untie the man's acupoint, and shouted sternly: "To be honest, who are you."

Marin held it in his hand, the man was not afraid at all, raised his head and replied: "You still dare to ask me? I am a plainclothes patrol of the Imperial City Inspection Bureau. After finding that you are suspicious, I followed you. This sentence should be my question. Who are you? What are your intentions to come to the Imperial City?"

Suddenly, everyone present couldn't help laughing. When Li Ming was on Biquan Island, he was caught by his own people. Today, he was still targeted by his spies with such a large group of people.

"So you see who I am?" Marin took out his work certificate and handed it to the man.

"Don't make a name for yourself, drive away the people who followed us and return to the palace ourselves." Before the man could recover from his dumbfoundedness, Ma Lin immediately ordered again.

The man reacted smartly, saluted Marin, and quickly disappeared in front of everyone.

"How about it, my subordinates are okay. No suspicious clues in the imperial city can escape our palms." Ma Lin said proudly as he jumped onto the horse and followed Li Ming.

Li Ming smiled and nodded, looking into the distance, said: "If your subordinates are really doing well, they will not even know their immediate boss. As a plainclothes, we must be able to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy. Otherwise, if you miss other situations during the period of time you are following us, it will be more than worth the loss."

After saying a few words, Ma Lin never dared to boast about himself again. He followed Li Ming with a flushed face, and said nothing more.

"It's not that I deliberately asked you about your fault. It's true. The real source of information in the Imperial City is these plainclothes, so you should strengthen your training for them. However, it's good to do this without any experience. It's worth commending, but it needs further improvement."

Listening to Li Ming's words, Ma Lin didn't know whether to be happy or ashamed. For a moment, all the complacency just now disappeared without a trace.

Entering the palace, Li Ming arranged Hou Qing and the others into an independent yard next to him, and then took Lin Long to his room quickly.

The room was empty, and there was no one except a few palace maids. Seeing Li Ming suddenly breaking in, the palace maids were surprised and happy and hurried forward to pay their respects.

"Where have Yao'er and Man'er gone?" It's afternoon, and the two of them should have gone to court long ago. They were looking forward to seeing them, but they didn't expect they didn't even have a figure.

"Report to the emperor, the two queens went to the command headquarters and heard that there was an emergency there." Xiaorou, the leader, stepped forward to report.

"Is there a situation?" Li Ming's heart felt a little tight. From time to time, they would not run to the commander's headquarters. Thinking of this, Li Ming couldn't help but think of two possibilities in his heart.

One is that Ximen Hu took action in advance. In that case, the Emperor of the Great Zhou would likely launch a sudden attack on the Tang Dynasty under the instigation of Ximen Hu; the other one is that something happened to Li Chaoyang.

Li Ming has always paid great attention to the matter on the desert. In terms of the development of technology, it cannot catch up with him. However, the modern weapons and equipment of the desert troops are earlier than him, and they are more skilled in using firearms than their own army. If they are equipped with more advanced rifles, they can fight to the border of the Tang Dynasty in a short time with the vehicles they developed. At this time, their troops have just begun to change their equipment and the firearms are not fully equipped. If they fight, their troops will not have an advantage.

Thinking of these two possible points, Li Ming could no longer sit down, so he stood up and pulled Lin Long up and walked out.

At this time, a shout came from outside: "Two queens will return to the palace!"

Li Ming, who had already stood up, made a comeback again, stared at the door anxiously, waiting for Zhang Yao and Man'er to come in.

"How could he become two queens? Could it be that Man'er is also a queen? So where would he put me?" Lin Long suddenly came up and asked quietly.

Li Ming smiled gently, shaved her pretty nose, and said, "Of course you are also the queen. Didn't the master tell you? To me, you three are equally important. During the time you left, Man'er really helped me a lot, so you three are all queens, regardless of size."

Lin Long laughed, gave him a blank look, and suddenly stood up and rushed out.

Suddenly, a scream came from outside the door, and then the chirping sounds of several women reached Li Ming's ears. With the sound, Zhang Yao and Man'er swept in like wind.

After a long separation, the four of them naturally had endless things to say. After shedding a lot of tears, Zhang Yao and Man'er finally calmed down.

"You just went to the command center? Is there anything worth your trip to yourself? What big thing happened?" After a brief greeting, Li Ming asked about serious things.
Chapter completed!