Chapter 574 Explosion and Explosion

Let’s talk about what happened two months ago…

Have you ever asked if Qin Lei is almost in trouble in the north of Qi State? What did the legendary Yumeng Gong do? Why did he sit and watch the country be surrounded and ignore it?

The reason is very simple, because there are more important things to be needed.

To be precise, there was a series of prisoners of war riots in Shandong and Henan. Under the leadership of a religious figure named "Zen Master Wuzhao" and nicknamed "Flower Monk", these prisoners of war conquered more than 30 farms in succession under the banner of "rescuing prisoners of war in Qin". The number of people was like snowballs, and the number was growing more and more. At its peak, it had even reached 60,000 people... The most nonsense is that not only Qin prisoners, but even Qi refugees and bandits also joined them.

It can be seen that what is never short of any organization in this world is traitors.

When the news of the rebellion appeared in front of Zhao Wujiu along with the imperial guards of Qin, the scheming and conspiring Duke Yusheng immediately smelled a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

He personally interrogated Ma Guangzu, and the two generals sat across a large case. The difference was that there were two soldiers standing guard behind Ma Dazong, who were standing guard with a tiger back and a bear waist, which seemed even more imposing...

Facing the thin and haggard Marshal Ma, Zhao Wujiu said straight in one fell swoop: "Tell me, where is Emperor Zhaowu?"

"Of course your Majesty has returned to Hulao Pass." Ma Guangzu said contemptuously: "Can Chen Liefeng's material stop our Majesty?"

"Stop making a fool of yourself." Zhao Wujiu sneered: "You might as well tell you that there are spies from Qi in Hulao. He will send messages every day." As he said that, he threw a stack of letters on the table to Ma Guangzu and said: "Look at it yourself, is it made up by me?"

Ma Guangzu took out a piece of it and saw it: "On the tenth day of the eighth month, there was no major event in the city. Huangfu Xian trained soldiers at the time of Mao, and had lunch, and ate fried beef with rice and three bowls of white rice. In the afternoon, he played chess with Li Zhuo, and each won one game. When Huangfu Xian got off the plate and took advantage of the market, Li Zhuo played tricks and disturbed the situation...'Similar trivial matters, he used fly-headed small calligraphy to record three pieces of letter paper, and presented Hulao Pass on the tenth day of the eighth month to outsiders in detail.

Before he knew it, Ma Guangzu was already sweating profusely. Only then did he realize that everything in Hulao Guan could not escape the eyes of Yu Shenggong.

It seems that the old thief Zhao already knows that His Majesty is still in Qi State.

After this enlightenment, Ma Guangzu chose to remain silent forever. No matter how Zhao Wujiu threatened and tempted him, he would never tell the whereabouts of the emperor. He was afraid that he could not stand the punishment, so he spoke some clues of words, which led the Qi people to find His Majesty. He actually bit off his tongue...

Ma Guangzu proved with his own actions that loyalty has nothing to do with ability.

Seeing that he could not pry something out of his mouth, Zhao Wujiu, who was angry and embarrassed, immediately wrote a letter to Chen Liefeng, asking him to report the case of capturing the Marshal of Qi and the whereabouts of the captured person with him.

At the same time, he led a large army to cross the south, preparing to cast a net all over the sky, and he would catch the big fish no matter what.

After crossing the Yellow River, Yum Shenggong was in charge of Dongping Prefecture... Sixty thousand enemy enemies had captured Daming Prefecture, with strong morale and more sophisticated armed forces. Zhao Wujiu judged that the enemy might have the possibility of going west to Hulao Pass... and Dongping Prefecture was the only way to go from Shandong to Hulao Pass.

So Yumeng Gong did this with just one go, commanding his 400,000 troops to start suppressing the bandits.

However, the number of Qin prisoners of war army was only about 60,000.

With 400,000 regular troops, including most of the elite, to attack 60,000 Qin prisoners, why did Zhao Wujiu kill chickens and use a ox knife?

He had three considerations. First, capturing the Qin Emperor was only the beginning of his grand strategy. This matter must be completed in the shortest time to not affect the subsequent actions; second, the 400,000 Qi troops are the last mobile force of Qi. If they are killed, Qi will fall into a passive attack, so he will not be able to withstand any carelessness. However, in the Battle of Makinohara, the Qi army suffered too much and had to promote and replenish new forces... Among the 400,000 troops, 50,000 were newly upgraded to the garrison of the border guards, and 50,000 were newly upgraded to the military farming soldiers of the garrison. Although these 100,000 people were destined cannon fodder, their quality was too poor, and it was not reasonable. It would be better to improve their combat power through this bandit suppression.

Finally, you can use this quick knife to cut the mess to inspire morale and restore your confidence that has been sluggish since Makinohara.

Besides, the Emperor, who was ordained in the south, took a month to struggle with an army of 60,000, which made the "Monster" reconfidant, began to command the troops in a well-deserved manner, and formulated a route to return to China.

The first stop he chose was Daming Mansion City. Although he was not from a corps, he saw that his subordinates were holding wooden sticks and shovels, and he knew that these weapons could fight and farm, but they were not very smart when fighting.

‘If you want to do a good job, you need to sharpen your weapons first.’ Your Majesty decided to arm your subordinates first. By interrogating the captured Qi officers and soldiers, Emperor Zhaowu knew that there was a large arsenal in Daming Mansion, and the weapons and armor inside were enough for use in six or seven states including Qingzhou and Dengzhou.

So His Majesty chose to attack Daming Mansion, but the guerrilla master who did not promote Liu Shou Ge was a useless fool. As soon as the news of the Qin army's attack came, he ran away with softness. Seeing that the adults had run away, the soldiers also scattered and handed over the huge Daming Mansion to Emperor Zhaowu.

He captured Daming Mansion without any effort, stayed in the city for three days, and was equipped with a newly equipped prisoner army, and then got off the road under Emperor Zhaowu's repeated urging. Why did he stay for three days? Isn't this nonsense? The man escaped from death and had not seen a woman for several months. How could he not burn, kill, loot and then enter the city?

Looking at the prisoner-of-war army with clear armor and sharp swords and guns, His Majesty the monk was full of confidence and believed that he would be able to return home smoothly with his own strength... Although he didn't know that the terrible Duke Yum, with an army of 400,000, blocked the retreat of the prisoner's army tightly.

Let’s talk about Hukou Pass on October 11th...

"Dongshou?" Qin Lei scratched his head and said, "Have you gone to the east to hunt?"

"No..." Xu Xu said with a serious expression: "This means that His Majesty may be restricted from his freedom."

"What?" Qin Lei stood up suddenly and widened his eyes and said, "You said Your Majesty was captured?"

"It's just a rumor." Xu Xu swallowed and said with a mouthful of foam: "The news I just received the day before yesterday, according to the time, should have happened seven days ago."

Sitting on the bed, Qin Lei said straight: "Tell me your basis." As the marshal of the army, he dared not spread rumors about the emperor's capture, otherwise it would be a serious crime.

Xu Xu couldn't help but lower his head, and said in a low voice: "The direction of Hulaoguan said, Your Majesty has never returned to the country."

"Zhao Wujiu never went north," Qin Lei continued: "Even if he surrounded the capital, he did not show up."

"The information the day before yesterday showed that the Qi Yusheng Army wiped out a group of prisoners of war. It is said that one of the monks dressed exactly the same as His Majesty. Then the Qi people took this monk and went to Hulao Pass to demonstrate." Xu Xu said incrediblely: "This information is a bit inconsistent."

Qin Lei nodded without answering the conversation. Then he heard Xu Xu continue, "But General Huangfu from Hulao Pass once went out of the city to see the monk himself. Although he did not admit it after he came back, he did not deny it."

Qin Lei sighed and said, "As you expected, it is probably true..."

Before he finished speaking, a loud noise was heard in his ears. The sudden explosion made Qin Lei and Xu shiver both tremble.

"What's wrong?" Xu Xu blurted out.

"What's the explosion in the east?" Qin Lei said pale: "Listen to the direction...it seems to be where the plank road." The explosions continued, just like the Chinese New Year's fired, which made Qin Lei think of a possibility.

"Go and investigate quickly and report quickly!" Xu Xu ordered angrily when he opened the car door.
Chapter completed!