Chapter five hundred and fiftieth IX retreat steadily
Two soldiers carried the assassin to the camp, and Qi Ziming squatted down to see the cause of the assassin's death.
"This is Chen San from the cavalry battalion. He has been a soldier for several years..." Deputy General Wan muttered. If it were normal times, he would never believe that this Chen San could be an assassin.
"General Qi, this was found on the assassin." Someone handed over a secret letter, Qi Ziming waved, and Vice General Wan stepped forward to take the secret letter and read it carefully.
It was indeed a secret letter. It was written by the enemy army of Nanming to instigate Chen San to rebel and let him take the opportunity to kill the general. However, he did not expect that he would be caught before he could succeed.
"How is it?" Wan Li asked about the cause of Chen San's death. Logically speaking, if it was an assassination by an ordinary assassin, it would be very common for him to commit suicide when his deeds were revealed. However, the problem was that Chen San was a soldier, so it made no sense for him to die like this.
"Poisoned." Qi Ziming replied concisely and forcefully, but while speaking, the hand holding the back of Chen San's head paused slightly, a glint flashed in his eyes, and then he stood up without saying anything.
Military Master Hu seemed to have noticed something. He looked at Qi Ziming and asked, "What did your Highness see?"
Qi Ziming held his breath and listened, and glanced outside. Wan Li immediately understood what he meant. He picked up his sword and tiptoed towards the only window of the camp. Sure enough, when he was approaching the window, he saw a black shadow passing outside. He moved very quickly.
, almost jumped out of the window in a flash, and started fighting with the black shadow.
After a while, Wan Li walked in carrying a man, who seemed to be the man who had reported that he had taken down the assassin. He looked at the man stroking his chest, looking like he had suffered internal injuries, and curled up and collapsed on the ground.
"I'm afraid Chen San is not an assassin, but you are." Qi Ziming looked at this man steadily, "You and Chen San started a fight. Of course you can't escape when the soldiers outside the tent enter the tent, so you just
He can kill people and silence them, and besides, he is an assassin. Is that right?"
Bashan was curious this time: "How did His Highness know?"
"What made Chen San fatal was the Achilles' heel at the back of his head. As for the poisoning, it was just a cover-up." Qi Ziming responded in a deep voice. Just now, when he touched the back of his head with his fingers, it was obvious that a protruding lump made him doubtful, and the ghost
The sneaky man was the one who confirmed his suspicion.
"It's you." Military Advisor Hu finally figured it out. They had met near Caozhou City a few years ago. He was indeed from Nanming.
"Since I have fallen into your hands, I will kill or behead you as you wish." The man gritted his teeth. Originally, he should have left after the assassination failed, but he suddenly thought of using the trick. If he could sneak into the Ling Army and create some chaos, then he would be considered.
He fulfilled his mission, but he didn't expect that his identity was revealed without accomplishing anything.
Qi Ziming glanced at Wan Li, and Deputy General Wan immediately escorted him out. He would also interrogate him carefully when he came back.
After waiting for the people to be escorted out, Military Advisor Hu asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who looked thoughtful: "What do you have in mind, Your Highness?"
How else can we say that military advisors are resourceful and good at observation? In an army, the military advisor's status is still very important.
"If... the news that Nanming sent people to assassinate King Ling spreads, I'm afraid our soldiers will work hard to avenge King Ling, right? Anyway, the emperor is unconscious now. If the news is spread first,
I'm afraid it's not good for the morale of the military." Qi Ziming is not a person who is good at creating public opinion, but after all, he has known Dongfang Ye for so long, and he has learned a lot about that guy's methods. Doesn't he put "attacking the heart first" all day long?
In the mouth?
"This is a good idea." The way to use troops is to see who has the upper hand.
"The Nanming people have repeatedly provoked us. We have always been unnamed and can only resist the enemy passively. If they send people to assassinate the general, then we will be famous." Although I don't understand how Nanming could be so stupid to give them the clue.
Those who have advantages but don’t want them are fools. Naturally, Qi Ziming would not be such a fool.
"Lieutenant General Wan, go and prepare. We will attack tomorrow to seek justice for the general." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince smiled. Nan Ming would never have thought that they would launch an offensive so quickly, under the guise of being fair and aboveboard.
"Yes." Lieutenant General Wan's blood was boiling. He had been here for so long and had been feeling aggrieved for so long, and finally he could have a good fight.
After that, they started arranging their troops according to the southern border map, and chatted until late at night.
Early the next morning, the army broke out of camp and moved forward slowly. Vice General Wan and Bashan took the lead in attacking the Nanming Army. A melee broke out for a while, and Nanming retreated steadily. Nanming retreated for several miles, but the Ling Army no longer pursued the enemy, just because
Nanming retreated into the Exile Mountain, which was difficult to attack and easy to defend. The valley in this line of sky was very steep. After the vanguard camp attacked, it was easy to be ambushed by the enemy. It was also difficult for the reinforcements to support and could easily be cut off by the enemy.
In the end, Exile Mountain was used as the boundary, and each camp was on the top of the mountain. There were several fierce battles at the foot of the mountain, with each winning or losing. It turned into a protracted battle.
Just when there was a stalemate, a war broke out on the Xiongnu side, and chaos also broke out in the southwest. I heard that the imperial court sent the battle-hardened Tong General to go out, but the Xiongnu cavalry was brave, and some southwest troops were transferred to resist Nanming.
In just two days, two cities on the southwest border had been captured.
Everyone with a discerning eye murmured in their hearts. The Huns and Nanming seemed to be fighting on their own. If they united, the consequences would be disastrous. Fortunately, there was no border between Nanming and the Huns. They had to pass through the Ling Kingdom, and so did the imperial court.
Worried about the alliance between the two countries, they sent people early to set up an ambush on the only way to prevent the two countries from intersecting.
However, just when no one expected it, the two armies of the Xiongnu and Nanming were actually twisted into a line. They were still fighting on their own, but everyone in the know could see that they were covering for each other, but they didn't know.
Intentionally or unintentionally.
The imperial court immediately sent an order to let the soldiers from the southwest quickly return to the southwest. Just as the 50,000-strong army had just evacuated, Nanming repeatedly provoked it as if it had received the news. Finally, it was decided that Lieutenant General Wan would lead 20,000 troops to bypass the Exile Mountain and cut off the army.
They will seize Nanming's food and fodder, and when the time comes, they will attack from both sides and drive Nanming away from the Exile Mountain.
Everyone discussed in the prince's camp all night, and before it was dark, Wan Li took the people and set off, going around the edge of the Exile Mountain and around to the back of the mountain.
"General, it's bad. The battle report from the front shows that the army of ten thousand deputy generals was intercepted and fell into a hard battle."
"General, the Nanming attack has come out. Our soldiers in the vanguard camp are retreating steadily. General, please give me your instructions."
"General, the No. 1 grain and grass was burned, it seems like it was done by the Huns."
With each soldier's report, Qi Ziming's face became increasingly ugly.