After the two of them sat down on the floor, Qu Douqi said with a serious face: "Does the Grand Tutor want to change the schedule temporarily? I don't know why?"
Xiang Shaolong secretly thought that even King Zhuang Xiang left him alone to do things, and now he is being questioned by such a remote future like you. This shows that he has no status in the Qin Dynasty. At best, he is just a favored minister of the Qin Lord and a confidant of Lu Buwei.
That's all.
Holding back his anger, he said, "Has General Qu Pian heard about Lord Yangquan sending someone to deal with it?"
Qu Douqi pretended to be surprised and said: "If it is because of this matter, Taifu can rest assured. Commander Meng has already given orders, so we will keep releasing the scout cavalry for more than ten days. If anyone follows us, I guarantee that they will not be able to escape me."
Eyes and ears.”
Xiang Shaolong smiled and said, "Have you already planned the itinerary for this trip, Qubiao?"
Qu Douqi was also an elf. He heard the elegant meaning of Xiange and said: "Although it was decided early, except for the generals, leaders and Taifu, even Prime Minister Lu didn't know the detailed plan, so Taifu doesn't have to worry.
There will be news on this."
Xiang Shaolong really wanted to say that I will do whatever I want, but when it came to you to speak, he finally suppressed his words and said calmly: "I'm just afraid that one of my subordinates is a spy, so I'll leave a mark along the way for you to tell me."
The enemy is chasing us with his tail in his mouth, looking for a suitable place to attack us, especially the place adjacent to the Korean border, which is the most dangerous."
Qu Douqi said nonchalantly: "If that's the case, changing the itinerary is useless. They can deal with me before we enter Zhao territory. It's better to follow the original route and escape if we can't defeat them."
Xiang Shaolong wondered: "General Qubiao seems to be very concerned about my changing my schedule. I don't know why?"
This move is very powerful. If Qu Douqi cannot explain the reason, Xiang Shaolong can blame him for disobeying military orders.
Qu Douqi was slightly stunned, his eyes flashed with anger, and he said coldly: "Since Commander Meng has left the safety of the Grand Tutor to the responsibility of the general, the general will naturally consider safety as his first consideration."
Xiang Shaolong was furious and sneered: "Now I really can't figure out who is in charge, General Qu Pian or General Lu? He just took my military order, and now General Qu Pian obviously didn't put my order in
Can you explain the deviation in the eye?"
Qu Douqi was slightly shocked, knowing that Xiang Shaolong had stirred the real fire, softened a little, and said humbly: "How dare you disobey the Taifu's instructions, but..."
Xiang Shaolong interrupted him impatiently and said, "We are going to cross the river tomorrow. Have you sent any swimmers to check it out?"
Qu Douqi was stunned and said: "The wood cutting is not done yet, and the river is so cold..."
Xiang Shaolong stood up, reached the tent door, and shouted: "Jing Jun"
Jing Jun, who was practicing sparring with Meng Wu's sword, walked into the tent and said, "What are your instructions, Master?"
Xiang Shaolong said: "Immediately find a few brothers and swim across the river to see what's going on on the other side. The most important thing is to keep it secret. If anything happens, don't alert the enemy. Do you understand?"
Jing Jun happily accepted the order and went.
Qu Douqi lowered his head, but his expression was extremely dissatisfied. Xiang Shaolong's behavior clearly meant that he was not doing his job well, and the most terrible thing was that it was indeed an oversight.
Xiang Shaolong secretly laughed in his heart. They came prepared for this trip. Among the set of magic weapons, they made a batch of waterproof leather coats according to Shanrou's method. He didn't expect that they would come in handy so quickly.
Originally, he had not thought of exploring the movement on the other side. First, he had reminded Xiao Yuetan earlier that Yangquanju had said that he would be killed by the Koreans. At this moment, he was facing tit-for-tat with Qu Douqi, who did not respect him. He had an idea and came up with this idea.
A way to frustrate the opponent's energy.
Since I can't explain the reason clearly, why not just confront him head-on and teach him to give in?
Failure to comply with military orders is a taboo on the march.
If Qu Douqi or Lu Xiong still defy the situation, simply use the military talisman given by King Xiang to dismiss them and replace them with Teng Yi, and it will be over.
At this time, he was no longer interested in getting entangled with this person and said coldly: "It's okay. General Qubiao can continue to handle your affairs. The change of route must not be disclosed to any third party except you and General Lu.
Otherwise, you will be dealt with according to military law, and I will tell you which route to take tomorrow morning."
Qu Douqi didn't say a word, saluted slightly, and left in surprise.
It was just getting dark at this time.
In the main tent, Xiang Shaolong had dinner with his wives and maids.
After Ji Yanran heard the reason why he went to Qi State instead, he said in surprise: "This Mr. Li Si is indeed very insightful, and his analysis of the situation of various countries is very penetrating. He is as thorough as a god in Qi people's habit of speaking loudly. Unexpectedly,
There is such a person in the prime minister's house, can Shaolong introduce him to Yanran?"
Xiang Shaolong knew her personality and was happy to have someone chatting with her. He nodded and said, "I will invite him over later to meet Yanran."
Ji Yanran happily said: "But what surprises me even more is your vision, Shaolong. You actually asked Li Sisheng to accompany you by name." Xiang Shaolong secretly felt ashamed, what kind of vision did he have?
Zhao Qian said worriedly: "But Xiang Lang has already sent someone to notify Mrs. Ya in Daliang, asking them to wait for you there. If you arrive at Qichu first, won't they have to wait for at least a year and a half?"
Xiang Shaolong smiled bitterly and said: "There is nothing we can do about it. But I sent Mr. Jing Jun to find them in Wei State. When we went from Qi to Chu, they met us on the way. It will be March at most."
Zhao Qian thought about it and said nothing.
At this time, Xia Ying helped Xiang Shaolong eat, and the latter smiled and asked her if the journey was hard.
Qiu Ying on the other side smiled and said: "When Miss was in Xianyang, she taught us how to ride and shoot every day. What does this little journey mean?"
Wu Tingfang laughed and said proudly: "With the guidance of my master, these girls have no idea how powerful they have become."
Suddenly, there was a commotion outside the tent, and then Teng Yi's voice sounded outside: "Third brother, come out for a while."
Hearing his serious tone, Xiang Shaolong knew something was wrong and hurriedly opened the account and left.
The open space outside was crowded with people. Lu Xiong, Qu Douqi and others all came.
Jing Jun, who had just returned, said excitedly: "Master, we have captured the enemy and are back. Don't blame me. As soon as we landed, we bumped into this guy while he was urinating. We had no choice but to take action."
Xiang Shaolong's heart skipped a beat as he looked at Qu Douqi and other generals. Everyone looked solemn, and Qu Douqi even looked ashamed.
Wu Yanle and Wu Shu, who were members of the bodyguard group composed of twelve children of the Wu family, pushed a man with his hands tied, soaked to the skin, and his face as cold as death, wearing a herdsman's uniform, to Shaolong.
In front of him, he pushed him to his knees.
Teng Yi said in a deep voice: "Who are you?"
The man's lips trembled, and he lowered his head and said in panic: "The villain Deng Jia is just a Korean herdsman passing through this place. Why do you want to use force to capture this villain?"
Jing Jun, who was still wearing the water, said: "Don't believe him. He is a man with weapons and arrows hidden in his body. He is definitely not a good person."
Teng Yi handed a sword to Shaolong and said: "Looking at the form of the weapon, this person is most likely from the Yan Kingdom."
Xiao Yuetan, who was listening silently on the side, lost her voice and said: "What?"
Xiang Shaolong was also stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that the enemy was actually related to the Yan Kingdom. He felt a strange feeling in his heart. After pondering for a long time, he ordered: "Let him change into dry clothes first, and I will interrogate him personally."
Wu Yanzhu and Wu Shu took orders and escorted him away.
Xiang Shaolong shouted coldly to the sergeants who were watching: "If you don't stick to your posts, please stay back." Then he turned back to Ji Yanran and said, "You guys go back to the tent and wait for me."
When only Teng Yi, Jing Jun, Xiao Yuetan, Qu Douqi, and Lu Xiong were left in the clearing, Xiang Shaolong said calmly: "If this person is really from the Yan Kingdom, we will be in great danger."
Everyone looked grave and silent.
Under the dim camp lights, snow powder fluttered in the sky, and the atmosphere was solemn.
Qu Douqi coughed dryly, knelt down and said, "I will be negligent in the end, and I am willing to bear the blame of the Taifu."
Lu Xiong had no choice but to kneel down and plead guilty.
Xiang Shaolong exclaimed in his heart, but he didn't expect that he accidentally bumped into him and actually dampened the spirit of the two of them. However, the situation was dangerous and he couldn't be happy. He rushed to help the two of them and said: "As long as everyone can cooperate sincerely and cope with the crisis, this will be the end of the world."
I will never take small things to heart."
He has also become more powerful, and the implication is that if the two of them don't obey, they will never be polite.
The two of them stood dejectedly like cocks that had lost a fight.
Xiao Yuetan said: "Everything is waiting to be tortured. Deng Jia can't tell me that if I were him, I would die if I confessed. If I didn't confess, I would have a chance of survival, so I would never confess."
Teng Yi smiled and said: "I have this bag on me. Fortunately, it won't be cold for a long time. I will go to the nearby crypt to find if there is any helper I want."
After saying this, everyone was puzzled and left the camp.
As Xiao Yuetan expected, Deng Jia denied it.
Xiang Shaolong knew Teng Yi's character well and knew that he must find a way to prevent Qu Douqi and others from torturing him. He only tied him up in a tent and sent people to guard him.
Not long after, Tengyi came back with a cloth bag. It was soft and squirmy inside, and he didn't know what was hidden inside.
Xiang Shaolong and others sitting in the tent all looked at the cloth bag blankly. Only Jing Jun understood and laughed and said, "Let me get the small bamboo basket." He went happily.
Teng Yi entered the tent coldly and shouted to his men: "Take him and stand up."
Wu Yan said that the two men were busy holding him hostage.
Deng Jia looked horrified and stared at the bag Teng Yi held in front of him, with something squirming inside.
Qu Douqi said: "What are Mr. Teng going to do to him?"
Teng Yi reached into his handbag without scruples, deftly took out a furry gray and black field mouse, handed it to Deng Jia and said with a smile: "Do you want to confess?"
Seeing the big vole struggling and squeaking in Teng Yi's hand, even resourceful people like Xiang Shaolong and Xiao Yuetan were confused. How could he make Deng Jia surrender with this thing?
Deng Jia said proudly: "I am just a livestock herder. What can I do for you?"
Xiao Yuetan sneered and said: "You still want to deny it? Not only do you speak with a Chinese accent, but also how can a shepherd remain arrogant and fearless under such circumstances? Do you still want to lie to others?"
When Deng Jia heard this, he realized that there was a flaw and insisted: "I don't understand what you are saying at all. If you still don't believe that I am from Dengjia Village on the other side, you can send someone to ask and find out."
At this time, Jing Jun came back with the bamboo basket and shouted: "Take off his pants quickly!"
Everyone was shocked.
Wu Yan waited for two or three movements, and Deng Jia's lower body was immediately naked, exposed to everyone's eyes.
Jing Jun personally covered the mouth of the bamboo basket on his lower body and tied a rope tightly around his hips.
Deng Jia said in shock: "What do you want to do?"
Teng Yi smiled and said: "You will know soon." Xiang Wuyan told the two of them: "Press him to sit on the ground."
At this time, everyone understood and all screamed, feeling that this was a hundred times crueler than beating him severely.
Teng Yi lifted the lid on the other end of the small bamboo basket, put the field mouse into the bamboo basket, and then closed the basket.
Immediately there was the sound of field mice moving inside, and the basket and Dengjia began to shake at the same time.
Deng Jia screamed: "Xiang Shaolong, you are so poisonous"
Lu Xiong knelt down and said, "Brother Deng Jia, how did you know he was Xiang Shaolong?"
Deng Jiazhi let something slip, but he had no time to argue at this time. His eyes moved at the same time as the field mouse in the basket moved.
Of course, among all the people in the tent, he was the only one who had "personally experienced" the movements of the field mouse.
Xiang Shaolong followed Lu Xiong's example and squatted on the other side, patted his cheek, and said softly: "Good boy, if it proves that you told the truth, we will let you go after walking for a while."
Teng Yi looked at his chest that was rising and falling coldly, and said in a deep voice: "This vole is tired from walking and is about to eat something. Don't you want to wait until then?"
Jing Jun smiled and said: "It may be too late by then. The sooner you speak up, the better your child-bearing and urinating guy will be able to remain intact."
In fact, without them using both force and soft tactics, Deng Jia collapsed long ago, with a look of terror on his face, and groaned: "Take that thing out first."
Qu Douqi shook his head and said, "If you don't tell me, that thing will stay in this little basket forever."
Xiao Yuetan smiled and said: "You still don't know how to buy time? Are you an idiot?"
I don't know whether he was caught or bitten. Deng Jia screamed: "The villain has confessed. This time I am following the order of the prince. Take it out quickly."
Xiang Shaolong knew that he had completely collapsed, so he winked at Teng Yi and asked him to get the field mouse out. To be honest, he himself was very afraid of this little guy, and if he asked him to do it, he would inevitably feel embarrassed.
Teng Yi shook his head and shouted: "Why don't you tell me quickly?"
Deng Jia had no choice but to tell the whole story at the fastest speed in the history of torture.
When Teng Yi took out the field mouse, despite the cold weather, Deng Jia was still urinating and his whole body was soaked with sweat. This shows how severe the "poison punishment" was.
His confession not only exposed the Yan people's conspiracy, but also made Xiang and Teng understand the attack on Lord Longyang outside Handan that day.
It turned out that Prince Dan of Yan State was besieging the capital of Yan State because of Lian Po. He could only defend the capital and was unable to rescue the siege. He had to resort to his own hands and sent his famous general Xu Yiluan to lead three thousand warriors to break out of the siege and sneak into the Zhao Kingdom secretly.
He hoped to create chaos and make the Zhao people retreat voluntarily.
So he first assassinated Lord Long Yang, and after his defeat, he killed the Qi people he had bribed so that he could blame Tian Dan.
If this plan fails, another plan will be devised.
Prince Dan was a man with many connections and foresight, and he had spies bribed by him in various countries. When he learned that Xiang Shaolong was on an envoy to Wei, he immediately notified Xu Yiliang who was hiding in Zhao, and asked him to pretend to be a Zhao man and attack him.
Xiang Shaolong.
You must know that if King Xiang, represented by Xiang Shaolong, is killed, the Qin people will not sit idly by and ignore it. As long as the Qin people use troops against Zhao, the Yan people will relieve the siege of the capital. This move is indeed powerful.
Xu Yiluan was also a very resourceful person. He posted sentries on Xiang Shaolong's way to Wei and waited for an opportunity. He finally decided that when they crossed the river tomorrow, they would disguise themselves as Korean troops and take advantage of the opportunity to make a sneak attack. At that time, Xiang Shaolong could not cross the river, so he
Dare not go deep into the Korean territory, but are forced to move to the Zhao territory. Xu Yi Rebellion can rely on their superior strength and danger to ambush them. They must put Xiang Shaolong to death to make the conspiracy succeed.
When everyone heard this, they frowned deeply.
These Yan people committed crimes in other places without any scruples, and they did not dare to alarm the Zhao and Han people in order to avoid further complications, which would be a real headache.
In addition to the Yiluan group, Yangquanjun's people may have colluded with the Koreans to deal with them. With their massive team of over a thousand people, under the deliberate attack of the opponent, the target is obvious, and there is really nowhere to escape.
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If you find a favorable defensive place to build a fort for defense, it will become a battle between trapped beasts, and you will not be able to go anywhere, which is even more inappropriate.
Xiang Shaolong and others discussed outside the tent for a while, but couldn't think of any good way to deal with it.
Qu Douqi suggested: "Now that we know that Xu Yi's rebellious people are hiding on a hilltop on the other side, why not sneak over there secretly and attack them in the dark to catch them off guard."
Xiao Yuetan said: "This is too risky. I have heard of this person a long time ago. He is good at using military skills. He will definitely send someone to monitor me closely. Moreover, Deng Jia's disappearance will arouse his suspicion. The number of opponents is three times that of ours."
, Doing so will only lead to death."
Lu Xiong's face was green and his lips were white, and he said in a trembling voice: "If we had not left immediately overnight and left the camp empty, by the time the Yan people woke up, we would have been unable to catch up."
Although Xiang Shao despised this person, he proposed that it was indeed the only way to go. He nodded and said: "We must leave, but we have to think long term about how to leave. With such a team of thousands of people, even if they move quickly, there is a big river.
If you block it, sooner or later they will catch up."
Qu Douqi nodded and said: "The worst thing is that whether we enter Zhao or Han, we must be cautious and send out reconnaissance cavalry to explore the road to avoid Zhao and Han. Therefore, the route must be circuitous and the march will be slow. With Xu Yi
If we mess with such shrewd people, we will be able to catch up with us easily."
Teng Yi, who had been silent all the time, said: "I have a suggestion, which is to break it up into parts and divide the troops into multiple groups. This way the enemy won't know which group to pursue, and we will be much more flexible in escaping."
Everyone fell silent, chewing on what he said.
Xiang Shaolong said decisively: "This is the only feasible way, so we've decided."
The rain and snow are getting heavier and heavier.
The murderous intent in the wilderness has become more intense.