Chapter 526: Mystery

To get Muye, you must first cross the Yellow River. After getting all the ships together, three more days have passed.

Of course, this is Qin Lei’s explanation to the emperor. In fact, he is waiting for his scout to come back... he is about to enter a dangerous situation, so it is better not to trust others so much.

On the fifth day after entering the pass, he finally waited for his own information. "All signs indicate that the Qi army gave up Muye City and set up the first line of defense in Chaoge City to the north." Xu Tian, ​​who was exhausted, panted and said: "They have begun to transfer the food and grass of Muye City, but there is too much food in the city. The Qi army lacks large animals, and it is said that it will take a month to transport it."

"Where is Zhao Wujiu?" Qin Lei was still worried.

"It's not clear, but there was no trace of a large army in the area where our scouts were investigating." Xu Tian said in a deep voice: "We can explore again!" The Jingshan Army's scout camp was extremely capable. As soon as it entered Hulao Pass, the entire camp was dispatched to investigate the situation outside the pass. The farthest distance was 300 miles away, and the average was 200 miles. However, Zhao Wujiu's army was still not visible. What can this mean?

This shows that Zhao Wujiu was either really obedient and led his army to the capital, or he hid it. Qin Lei had read the military books written by Zhao Wujiu, and knew that he particularly praised his grandson's words: "The general is outside, and the king will not accept the order." Such people are unlikely to see the country decay, and they still have to abide by the king's life.

Therefore, the scout should have discovered that Zhao Wujiu's troops were returning to the army, and at least it should be stationed somewhere. Now the Qi army is gone without a trace, and the biggest possibility is to hide it.

What are you hiding? You are afraid of being discovered by the Qin army. Why are you afraid of being discovered? Because they want to knock on the stick.

"And it takes patience to knock on the stick," Qin Lei rubbed the hard and short beard on his lips and murmured: "As the commander of a country, he is not in a hurry to lose his own door. He actually has the leisure to knock on the stick. What does this mean?"

"He wants to close the door and beat the dog!" Yang Wenyu, who was also silent for a long time, raised his head and looked at the prince.

"But now ours?" Huangfu Zhanwen said unconvincedly.

"So the Emperor of Qi was critically ill, and he recalled Yumeng Gong with twelve gold medals, and Chaoge City with millions of stones of food and grass!" Qin Lei's heart suddenly became clear, and all the problems he could not understand in the past were solved: "I can't bear to leave my children but can't trap the wolf, I can't bear to catch my wife or find a hooligan... Zhao Wujiu's capital is big enough!"

"Where is the evidence?" Huangfu Zhanwen whispered: "It is impossible to convince Your Majesty by speculation alone."

Qin Lei was just excited about guessing the mystery, and then he heard this and sighed, "Think of a solution."

"Prince, there is a eunuch who has been sent to the emperor." Before Qin Lei finished speaking, Shi Gan said in a deep voice outside the door.

"Your Majesty has an order, Prince Cheng Lei does not respect the imperial edict, does not want to make progress, and will stop moving forward, and will miss the opportunity to fight. He is now deprived of his vanguard's seal and will be appointed by other troops. He is also ordered to think about his mistakes behind closed doors and discuss his crimes after the army. I respect this."

The eunuch finished reciting and smiled apologetically: "Don't blame your highness, I will also recite as I do."

Qin Lei frowned and said, "Where is Your Majesty?"

"The East Gate is practiced for the expedition troops." The eunuch said little, and looked around at his left and right.

Qin Lei waved his hand knowingly and stepped back. Seeing that there was no one around, the eunuch whispered: "My master, you don't take the sage seriously. Even clay figures have a three-part nature, let alone Your Majesty?" In the past five days, Emperor Zhaowu has urged Qin Lei at least twenty times. If you don't give him some color, do you really think that Emperor Shizong Lie is a sick cat?

Qin Lei smiled bitterly, and then heard the eunuch muttering: "You don't want to go out, the other generals are so envious. There have been people around His Majesty these two days, and they are tossing and turning around just to take over the prince's errands."

"A shit errand." Qin Lei couldn't help but cursed angrily, then walked out.

"Oh, Master, where are you going?" the eunuch quickly followed.

"Go to the East Gate." Qin Lei said without looking back: "I want to meet the Saint."

"Your Majesty can let you think about your mistakes behind closed doors..." The eunuch was embarrassed.

"Who dares to stop me?" As he said that, he turned over and left the eunuch on the spot.

When Qin Lei arrived at the east gate, the two armies of Shenwu Yingyang were ready to go, and the two generals were saying goodbye to His Majesty the Emperor on the city tower.

"I drank this wine and went to the bustle." Emperor Zhaowu poured wine for Xu Zaiwu and Luo Yun with his own hands and said, "I am waiting for the good news for the two generals to return!"

The two of them took the wine with excitement, and before they could drink it, they heard the crisp sound of horse hooves. Then Prince Cheng shouted loudly: "Father, my son has reported the military information!"

Emperor Zhaowu's face, which was originally quite kind, suddenly pulled down and said in a deep voice: "No see." After saying that, he waved his hand and said, "You go." The two generals quickly drank two sips and kowtowed to the emperor again. Then they went downstairs and looked towards Prince Cheng involuntarily. He was blocked by the strict guards and was reaching out to say hello to the two: "Two generals will speak with one step!"

The two looked up at the Majesty on the city tower in embarrassment, and then heard him say angrily: "Don't go, go quickly." The two generals had to smile bitterly at Qin Lei and headed towards their respective mounts.

"I have the latest information!" Qin Lei was anxious and shouted desperately: "This is a conspiracy! Don't go either!"

Emperor Zhaowu's expression became extremely ugly, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Qin Yutian, you are too much. Just wince at the battle, but you still have to find a reason for your cowardice!" As he said that, he pounded the railing hard, and shouted with a blushing face and thick neck: "Take this shameless thing!"

The guards on both sides agreed to slow motion, but no one dared to take action... Almost as the emperor shouted, the black-clothed guards showed off their crossbows and looked at the blue arrows, the masters in the inner world were sure that as long as they acted rashly, they would be shot through.

While in a dilemma, he heard Prince Cheng whisper: "Put down the arrow." The black-clothed guards hung the crossbow without hesitation. Qin Lei took two steps forward, took off the protection of the black-clothed guards, and slowly knelt down for Emperor Zhaowu.

Emperor Zhaowu was actually a little surprised. He was no longer used to accepting his son's kneeling.

Qin Lei looked down and said, "My son, please ask your father to report. If you insist on sending troops after listening, you will have nothing to say."

After all the words were over, Emperor Zhaowu couldn't force himself to stop him anymore, so he had to say angrily: "If you talk nonsense, see how I deal with you!"

Qin Lei said his guesses in full. After hearing this, Emperor Zhaowu sneered and said, "Where is the evidence? Is it because your scout didn't see Zhao Wujiu, so he asked me to give up this action?" As he said that, he patted the railing and said, "I think I'm still shirking responsibility!"

Qin Lei sighed in his heart and said lightly: "War on the battlefield is not about solving cases by the government, but about meticulous reasoning and being ahead of time."

"What a clever mouth!" Emperor Zhaowu sneered and said, "Then you just reason slowly, I don't believe it anyway." He said, looking down at the two generals who were still in a daze, and said unhappily: "Why are you still here?"

The two of them obediently turned over and bowed to the emperor: "Let me go!" Then they led the team out of the east gate, left Hulao Pass, and ran towards the Yellow River Ferry.

Looking at the team far away, Qin Lei got up and stamped his feet: "Zhao Wujiu, you have played our Qin State so miserably!"

Emperor Zhaowu snorted coldly and said, "You feel worried, so you should also bring Jingshan Army to follow you!"

Qin Lei looked ugly and said, "My son thinks that Hulao Pass is the foundation of our army, so he would rather garrison here."

"Coward!" Emperor Zhaowu cursed disdainfully, and turned around and left the city tower.

In the next few days, Qin Lei led Jingshan Army soldiers to patrol and strengthen the city defense. The soldiers had to spare no time to talk about it, but also endured strange eyes from friendly forces.

After a long time, there were quite some complaints in the army, but Qin Lei didn't care at all. He believed that the prestige he had established in the past could withstand these consumptions... The key was that the Qi army could not take advantage of the loopholes.

Fortunately, Qin Li also joined the patrol team with Longxiang Army, which made the soldiers stop talking... When you see someone's mental disorder, you will laugh, but when you see people around you are abnormal, you will most likely wonder if there is something wrong with you. This is the reason why three people become tigers.

In this way, in early August, the only laurel tree in Hulao Pass was blooming, but the fragrance seemed to spread throughout the city.

"Good news!" Early on the second day of August, Qin Lei had not taken his men out, but he heard the big inner guard shouting outside the door: "My Shenwu Yingyang Army rushed for a long distance of 100 miles and captured Muye City at night! Seizing a million dan of food and grass, and was confronting the Qi army in Chaoge Muye..."

Qin Lei smiled bitterly and cursed: "This emperor is really useless. As for sending someone to yell at the gate of my camp?" But he finally had nothing to say. No scam can afford such a large amount of money. It seems that the emperor of Qi has really died. He has sent a scout to carefully check the radius of 500 miles, but he did not find Zhao Wujiu's shadow.

'It seems that I'm really nervous.' Qin Lei smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty convenes a military meeting." Shi Gan walked over quickly and said indignantly: "But no notification to you."

When he dug his ears, Qin Lei sneered: "I guess he doesn't want to listen to me sing the opposite tune." Now he has no confidence in his judgment, so he naturally doesn't want to find that boring one anymore.

But he was still shocked by Shi Gan's subsequent words: "The inside line said that His Majesty wants to move to Makino City and personally direct the battle with Chaoge."

Qin Lei shivered, and his thoughts that were weaker just now became stronger again. He said in a deep voice: "I want to stop me!" After that, he got on his horse and headed straight to Hanyue Tower where Emperor Zhaowu held daily meetings.

Although the guards were very cautious, they did not dare to stop Prince Cheng, who looked gloomy and allowed him to go to the second floor.

As soon as Qin Lei entered, he saw the boss kneeling on the ground and kowtowed and said repeatedly: "Father, please think twice. There is a saying that 'a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall'. You are alone in the safety of the whole country, so you should not easily take risks and enter the territory of Qi rashly!"

Many years later, Qin Lei and Qin Li couldn't understand why Emperor Zhaowu was so stubborn about this issue. He only heard him firmly say: "I follow the army, and my Qin army is the safest place!"

"That's not as good as Hulao Pass!" Qin Li broke his forehead and said wailingly: "Just keep your foot in the city and leave it to me and my fifth brother!"

As soon as the boss talked about the 'five brother', Emperor Zhaowu looked at Qin Lei, his old face suddenly pulled down and said to the two marshals: "What do you two think?"

Li Hun and Li Zhuo looked at each other and said respectfully: "We think what Your Highness says makes sense, please think twice."
Chapter completed!