The troops led by Linton arrived at the meeting point near Qiu Town very smoothly, so smoothly that it was almost unbelievable.
Because Linton and his troops hardly took any detours, theoretically their whereabouts should have been discovered long ago. A cavalry force of 10,000 people, more or less, how could there be no one at all?
Found it.
In fact, they did not intentionally march in secret, nor did they say anything about killing them immediately if they were discovered.
Maybe it was just such "calmness" that prevented anyone from becoming suspicious.
Yes, many people from Linton's troops actually saw it, but no one took care of it. The reason why no one took care of it is because they all thought they knew what was going on.
Isn't this where the imperial court is gathering troops in Qiu Town? Troops from all over the country are concentrating there now. Before Linton and the others, many troops had already passed nearby.
As for why we didn't investigate clearly, isn't this a mistake?
Before Linton's troops came, they really wanted to conduct a serious investigation when they encountered the army. As a result, not only were the army members arrogant and rude to them, but they even resorted to violence. However, the people above were obviously biased.
The army said that they had delayed important military and national affairs, and even wanted to punish them.
Isn't this an order from Emperor Li Qing? All troops rushed to the gathering place as soon as possible without any delay. Because it is true that Li Ying sent troops very quickly this time, and the emperor immediately wanted to assemble the troops to destroy the opponent.
.If the troops who came to gather were delayed by interrogation along the way, how long would this matter be delayed?
Secondly, it is true that no one expected that Linton's force was the rebel force they were going to deal with. After all, the only force that can be fully calculated is 10,000 troops. Do you want to use these 10,000 people to fight?
The 400,000 yuan over there is not the kind of gift you would give me to death.
So everyone agreed that Linton and the others were the troops going to join together.
Xu Jing, who discovered this, kept following this statement along the way, indicating that they were the troops from Jitang City to the east and were going to join the larger army.
This statement obviously has a lot of loopholes, but it went surprisingly smoothly. Someone did come to ask, but they just asked very briefly, with no intention of going into details. Even when Xu Jing encountered a question that he couldn't answer,
Pretending to be impatient, he cursed and hit others, saying that they were delaying the military, but in the end the other party really avoided them.
Li Ying once again admired Linton's plan of "hiding the truth from the truth". He once again expressed that Linton's plan was really a clever plan and everything had been settled long ago.
Linton said that if he could have a question mark on his head, he would have already gained a lot of money. He really didn't understand.
You said it's okay if the people below are left unattended. The God of War Li Jinglong must have received news about their army. After a little understanding of the situation, he should have noticed something is wrong. He should at least be alert.
nothing?
At this time, Li Jinglong, the uncle of the Fourteenth Emperor, had indeed received the news about the appearance of Linton's army. Of course, he would not have thought that this army was actually the army of their enemy, King Cheng Li Ying, but for a while he
I didn't expect which army came to join them.
There were so many troops coming to join them recently that he was a little overwhelmed.
Yes, before this, although Li Jinglong had been in the army for many years, he had never led such a large army.
The most he had ever led before was more than 20,000 troops, but this time, the number jumped to more than 400,000.
Obviously, an army of this size made him somewhat stretched. The coordination of an army of this level was completely different from the situation he had led before.
When there were 20,000 people before, he was the only commander in chief. Basically he just shouted to the soldiers to attack wherever they went.
But this is obviously not the case now. The first thing he has to do is to coordinate the various military towns.
Because armies from all over the country have been assembled, there are many troops from various places, and the organization is all kinds of confusion. First, sorting out these organizations is what he, the marshal, should do. But Li Jinglong doesn't have any knowledge in this regard.
In terms of experience, I have never led so many soldiers.
There were various intricate relationships among the commanders leading troops in various places, and Li Jinglong also dealt with them in a very awkward manner.
For example, when the news about Linton's troops came, Li Jinglong was dealing with more difficult matters and could not spare any energy to manage these 10,000 troops.
The matter that Li Jinglong is dealing with comes from two princes. Both of these princes are military generals, and both are feudal officials of the imperial court. Both of them have military merit and nobility, and come from a family of military generals.
These two people are Yao Guogong Zhang Chun and Shu Guogong Gu Jingteng. The situation of these two people is similar to that of Ma Yixiong, the lord of Yongjin City who was killed by Linton before.
The troops under these two men are also very large. Both sides brought 70,000 to 80,000 people to gather here. The total of more than 100,000 people already accounts for one-third of the coalition forces. According to the priority, things should be prioritized.
Judging from this, it is obvious that the matter of these hundreds of thousands of people is much more important than the 10,000 troops on Linton's side.
The reason why Li Jinglong is in so much trouble right now is because the Duke of Yao, Zhang Chun, and the Duke of Shu, Gu Jingteng, have a personal grudge, and it is a very big grudge. This grudge is called the grudge of killing a son.
Speaking of which, Gu Jingteng and Zhang Chun were close friends at the beginning because they had served in the same military camp. Both of them were born as generals and started their training as junior officers in the military camp.
They both have abilities, and they can be said to be sympathetic to each other, even to the level of brothers of the opposite sex who are not sworn sworn brothers.
Although the two of them later achieved military exploits and were promoted and separated, their love remained. Until the end, the two suddenly felt that since their relationship was so good, they might as well just get married.
Unexpectedly, this knot caused a big problem.
Since these two people really wanted to get married, it was naturally impossible for them to find a concubine or a concubine to get married. Of course, they had to be direct children.
Among Zhang Chun’s legitimate children, the previous ones were already engaged. The only one who was not engaged was his youngest son who was only 6 years old at the time. Zhang Chun loved this younger son very much, so he asked Gu Jingteng
Is there anything suitable over there?
Gu Jingteng has a 9-year-old daughter who is a legitimate daughter and is three years older than Zhang Chun's son. However, Zhang Chun didn't care at all, saying that it was a good thing to be older, so he nodded directly, and the marriage between the two parties was like this
Ordered.
Neither party expected that this marriage would directly lead to a catastrophe.