GBP Chapter 434 Enemy Scout
Chapter 434 Enemy Scout
Zhu Biao stared at the injured man with a sharp gaze, pressing him step by step. A series of questions shot out like sharp arrows: "Tell me! Where is your base? Who are your accomplices?"
The injured person's face turned pale with pain, and beads of sweat the size of beans kept rolling down his forehead. At this moment, he just wanted to bandage the wound as soon as possible to relieve the excruciating pain.
Under Zhu Biao's pressing, he panicked and blurted out what happened: "In... in a tavern outside the city..."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Biao immediately turned around and said to his men, "Go to the county town first and take control of the tavern he mentioned. It's outside the city and there aren't many people there. The enemy might be ambushing us. Be extremely careful when you act."
Everyone took the order and left quickly.
Zhu Biao knew that the person who escaped would most likely flee towards the tavern.
Moreover, time is running out. If we go too late, the enemy may slip away like a cunning fox.
While he was thinking about it, the interrogators came back dragging a spy with a bruised face and nose.
One of them complained, "These people are so stubborn. They won't say anything even after being beaten like this."
Zhu Biao frowned slightly, raised his eyes and looked at the people lying on the ground like dead dogs, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and asked, "Who is Pu Xuesong?"
When Pu Xuesong heard his name being called, his heart skipped a beat and his expression was stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted and pretended as if nothing had happened, still lying on the ground like a dead dog.
However, this subtle change in his expression did not escape Zhu Biao's sharp eyes.
Zhu Biao said contemptuously: "It doesn't matter whether you speak or not. I just want to chat with you. Since you don't want to talk, there's no point in keeping you around. Just kill you!"
Zhu Biao's lips, warm with blood, spoke so lightly, as if deciding the life and death of several people was as easy as stepping on a few ants.
When the people on the ground heard this, they were so scared that they twisted their bodies desperately and wanted to stand up and resist, but they were firmly stepped on.
"Don't waste time talking about it. Let's gather together and take down that tavern."
Zhu Biao said this, stood up and waved his hand, signaling to start the action.
Seeing this, Pu Xuesong knew that the matter had been completely exposed.
He took a peek and found that Xia Shao was not there. A glimmer of hope ignited in his heart: as long as Xia Shao could escape, there would still be a chance of turning things around.
Then, his face was instantly filled with a flattering smile, and he said loudly: "I, I say, I say..."
The others looked at him in disbelief, their teeth chattering with anger.
"Oh, so you have something to add. Well, let's talk. If we have a good chat, your life will be saved."
Zhu Biao smiled, looking gentle, but with a hint of cunning in his eyes, he spoke to Pu Xuesong on the ground.
Then, he turned to the other team members and said, "You guys, go chat with them over there. If you don't cooperate, don't waste your time."
Several team members looked at Zhu Biao's cunning eyes and immediately understood what he meant. They dragged the rest of the people aside for questioning.
"Tell me, what do you want to say?"
Zhu Biao seemed unhurried and asked Pu Xuesong calmly, but he was secretly trying to figure out what the other person was thinking.
"Actually, we are from Jinyang and went to Pingyang County specifically to gather some information."
Pu Xuesong simply gave up and didn't get up. He just lay on the ground and talked, thinking in his mind that he would just deal with it casually.
"Oh, is there anything in Pingyang County worth your investigation?"
Zhu Biao pretended to be confused and continued to ask questions, wanting to see what tricks Pu Xuesong was up to.
"Last time you attacked the mining area, the head of the Wang family wanted to know your purpose, so he sent a few of us to take a look."
Pu Xuesong closed his eyes and continued to make up lies, but he felt a little nervous, wondering whether Zhu Biao would believe it.
"So, the Wang family is quite concerned about this matter?"
Zhu Biao followed Pu Xuesong's words and asked casually, while closely observing his expression.
"Just to get to know some of the situation. Maybe we can talk about business later, haha!"
Pu Xuesong still had his eyes closed, pretending to be calm, but his heart was in turmoil.
"Well, in that case, you are not bad people. It's just that we misunderstood you, right?"
Zhu Biao had a half-smile on his face and looked at Pu Xuesong, who was pretending to be dead, with an amusing look on his face. In his heart, he had already seen through his lies.
“Yes, we are not bad people.”
Pu Xuesong hurriedly followed up on what he said, thinking that Zhu Biao believed him.
"Paws!"
Zhu Biao suddenly shouted.
"why?"
Pu Xuesong was puzzled. He suddenly opened his eyes and asked in horror.
"You are very dishonest!" Zhu Biao sneered.
Pu Xuesong then remembered that Zhu Biao already knew about the incident in the tavern. How could anyone believe him if he was still talking nonsense?
He smiled ruefully and said helplessly, "Doing business is fake, taking action is real."
Seeing Pu Xuesong finally relent, Zhu Biao raised his hand to stop his teammate who was about to hit him, and asked, "Action? What action? Whose action?"
"Retaliation, Wang family!"
Pu Xuesong gritted his teeth, knowing that he could no longer hide it.
Seeing Pu Xuesong say this, Zhu Biao did not expose him and continued to ask:
"The person who ran away must be related to you. What's his name? If I catch him, I will definitely not make things difficult for him."
Zhu Biao knew that this might help him get more useful information out of Pu Xuesong.
"Little Shrimp, you are my best friend."
Pu Xuesong continued to smile bitterly, and his heart was filled with worry when he thought of Xia Shao.
"Young Master Xia?" Zhu Biao thought about the name and sneered, "You still have friends?"
"Yes, my friend, I don't want anything to happen to him."
There was a hint of pleading in Pu Xuesong's tone.
Pu Xuesong's words made Zhu Biao hesitate for a moment. He couldn't help feeling a little emotional. Pu Xuesong was a man of loyalty and righteousness for his friends.
After a short pause, Zhu Biao stood up and said to Pu Xuesong with his back to him, "You've done enough for your friend. I think he should know."
After saying that, he stood up and turned his back, not continuing to chat with Pu Xuesong.
After a while, several interrogation team members came over and reported to Zhu Biao.
The situations explained by several people were basically the same. They did come to Pingyang County to spy on military intelligence, and their destination was the tavern. They did not have any other valuable information.
"Take them with you and let's go back to the city!"
Zhu Biao got what he wanted to know and had no other thoughts. He decided to go back and think about it carefully.
After Zhu Biao and his men returned to the city, their subordinates immediately came to report: "Report, Xia Shao and several people from the tavern put up a stubborn resistance and were killed on the spot."
Everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they learned the result.
Shan Ning also entered the city on that day. After learning about the situation, he hurried to find Zhu Biao.
Shan Ning said seriously, "If that's the case, we must strengthen the county's security to prevent any more enemies from sneaking in and spying on our military deployment."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Biao fell into deep thought. After a moment, he slowly said, "We've brought only light weapons this time. We can leave the city tomorrow. They'll be at the gates by the day after tomorrow at the latest. We can make preparations in advance."
Shan Ning felt that what Zhu Biao said made sense and nodded in praise: "Captain Zhu, what you said makes sense. How did your terrain survey go this time?"
"When Commander Ma arrives tonight, I'll summarize the terrain surveys we've made, and then we can discuss how to conduct the ambush."
Zhu Biao said.
"Well, let's do as Captain Zhu said. Once Commander Ma arrives, we'll discuss the specific deployment."
Tannin agreed.
In fact, it was not that Zhu Biao was unwilling to say, but there were several ways to Pingyang County. Current intelligence showed that it would take the enemy two days to reach Pingyang County. Which route Shi Li's team would take was still an unknown to everyone.
So now we can only wait, on the one hand, for Ma Biao's arrival, and on the other hand, for intelligence from the front on military intelligence.
As the sky gradually darkened, Ma Biao's team finally arrived.
Shan Ning hurriedly sent someone to invite Ma Biao to his military camp.
At this time, Zhu Biao also hurried over with information about the enemy at the front line. A battle that concerns the survival of Pingyang County seemed to be quietly beginning with the arrival of night...