The wind howled by.
Gao Rui stood outside the palace, looking at the sky in the distance, his face ashen and silent.
Gao Yuanhai walked up to him with a smile at some point. Looking at the solemn Gao Rui, Gao Yuanhai clasped his hands together and recited the Buddha's name. "Your Majesty, don't worry."
"Da Qi has its own Buddha to bless it, and the minor illnesses of the fake Zhou Dynasty are nothing to worry about."
Gao Rui turned to look at him. The ferocious look in his eyes shocked Gao Yuanhai and took two steps back. "Your Majesty has changed."
"Although His Majesty used to be fun-loving, he knew the fundamentals of the country. Although he doted on villains, he would not let them interfere in government affairs. He knew that the world was the most important thing, acted decisively, and could listen to advice."
"Why has it become like this in less than half a year after taking the throne?" Gao Yuanhai once again held the Buddhist salute and lowered his head to persuade: "You must not criticize the emperor..." Gao Rui turned to look at the palace behind him.
"This throne has made him dizzy."
"If I had known this, I wouldn't have run for him in the first place."
Gao Yuanhai trembled all over, his teeth were almost stuck together, and he was mumbling and speechless. He turned around tremblingly, and immediately used his hands and feet to escape from here in a weird posture, without any usual dignity.
To die!!
In the palace, Gao Zhan was panting and put on his clothes. He looked at He Shikai on the side with a smile that couldn't be hidden on his face. "Hahaha, great things are done!!" He Shikai also laughed, "This
Yang Zhong came at the right time."
"If it had been another year later, I'm afraid the situation would have been different."
Gao Zhan put on his clothes and nodded, his face gradually becoming solemn, "You are right, Liu Taozi is recruiting troops and his power is getting stronger day by day."
"Now Beishuo, Beiheng, Shuo, Heng and other places all only obey his military orders, and can no longer keep him. In another year, he will be a serious problem for me, and I will not be able to get rid of him even if I want to!"
"When I first came to the throne, I had no military merit and could only indulge Liu Taozi. Now that I have defeated Gao Guiyan, I can use my military merit to promote some generals and stand firm in the army... Liu Taozi and Yang Zhong combined,
It’s not enough for me to fight!”
He Shikai then said: "Your Majesty, there is just one thing. Beware of Liu Taozi jumping over the wall and defecting to the Puppet Zhou Dynasty." Gao Zhan laughed loudly, "Isn't that great?"
"I invited Duan Shao and others over to have wine with them. At the banquet, I hinted to them about the crusade against Liu Taozi, but they were unwilling to send troops. Duan Shao said that he was an old man at home and there was no need to worry... Lou Rui also personally
Vouch for him!!”
"Hu Luguang acted like he didn't hear anything...you were fooling me!"
"If he really rebels, can Duan Shao and others still use this as an excuse?"
"Duan Shao has just defeated Gao Guiyan, and his hands are hot. I asked him to command an army of 100,000 people. Can Yang Zhong and Liu Taozi combined be his opponent?!" Gao Zhan stood up, his whole face radiant and heroic.
.
"How can a human king be controlled by his ministers?!"
"If we don't kill Liu Taozi while his power is still weak, why don't we wait until his power becomes stronger to deal with him?!" "Shikai, you are responsible for these things."
"Seal Shuo, Heng and other border checkpoints, and no one is allowed to enter or leave!"
"Don't allow the frontier states and counties to transport food and supplies to them! Let them defend the checkpoint with all their strength!" "Over there, the Minister of the Fifth Army, go there in person!"
"In this war, the consumption of money and food cannot be easily solved."
"I want to see Liu Taozi's men starve to death everywhere, I want to see him cornered, and I want to see his head brought before me! I want to cut off his face and stick it on the Zhuhua Gate!!
!”
At this moment, He Shikai felt his blood boiling and his whole body was full of energy.
He said with a straight face and extremely resolutely: "I am willing to complete this important task for Your Majesty!!"
He Shikai led many of his cronies out of the palace. He was wearing official uniform and looked very arrogant. He was no longer the high-spirited slave of the Xingcheng family in the past. He got into the car. The knights cleared the way in front, and the soldiers followed beside him.
, rushing towards the south of the city in a mighty manner.
Sitting in the car, He Shikai grinned.
If this matter can be done well, not only can Liu Taozi be killed, but all the opponents in the court who support Liu Taozi can also be wiped out...
The knights roared and drove away the pedestrians along the road. Their targets were not only limited to the common people, but also students, ordinary nobles, and even patrolling soldiers. They were all driven away ruthlessly. The city was full of chaos and chaos.
Shikai did not hide his arrogance at all. Surrounded by nearly a hundred soldiers, he arrived at his destination.
The Minister of the Fifth Army led many of his followers to greet him.
This minister is tall and handsome. Standing there, he makes people feel amiable. If Liu Taozi were here, he would definitely recognize him. Cui Ang among the two Cui of Boling.
Unlike Cui Jishu who was deposed and driven out of Yecheng, Cui Ang reaped the dividends. Relying on his extremely good relationship with Liu Taozi, after Gao Zhan ascended the throne, Cui Ang took charge of the five military ministers and commanded the military affairs of the world. Daqi
The military management of the Ming Dynasty was subdivided. The five military ministers were in charge of the five military affairs. Their main responsibility was the logistics of the world's armies, so they were mostly filled by civilian officials.
"Meet Kazuo!"
See you Cui Angxing.
He Shikai strode up to him and helped him up.
The two looked at each other.
"Hahaha~~~"
The next moment, the two of them laughed loudly.
He Shikai took Cui Ang's hand and the two walked towards the official office. Many close friends looked at this scene in shock and followed them one after another. They came all the way to the study room. Cui Ang stopped.
He stepped down and looked at the officials behind him, "You can go about your business! I'm discussing important matters with Mr. He! Don't disturb me!!"
The officials said yes and turned to leave.
Cui Ang and He Shikai sat in the house. As soon as they sat down, He Shikai said with a smile: "It's done!"
"Okay! Okay!"
He Shikai lowered his head again, "It's just that I might have to wrong Mr. Cui."
"As long as I can get rid of this scourge, I will not hesitate to die!!!"
Cui Ang's eyes were red, and his lips trembled, "My family has all died in the hands of this villain, and I am the only one left. Every day, I think about how to get rid of this villain for the world."
What a disaster!”
"In order to achieve this goal, I won't dare to neglect it for a day!"
"My lord, just give me your orders!"
"good!!"
He Shikai was also very excited. He took Cui Ang's hand and whispered, "Before setting off, the food you sent this time was inspected by Shi Yushi and people from the Taiwei Mansion.
It's easy to say, but the censor's side is all manpower arranged by Gao Che. I sent people to try several times, but nothing came of it!! If you want to remove him, it's hard to deal with Gao Xun's backing."
"What should we do?!"
"It's okay. After verification, the imperial censor will not be traveling with us. Only a minister from Taiwei Mansion will accompany him. This minister... was promoted by me."
Cui Ang snorted, and Shikai continued: "When the grain is transported to Sizhou, someone will be waiting there with a second convoy in advance. As long as the officials exchange convoys, the convoy that actually escorts the money, grain, ordnance will be hidden in
Sizhou, the rest of us can just continue our journey with the grain trucks waiting there."
"There are high floods here in Shuozhou, so you can't enter the city. When the grain truck approaches Shuozhou, you can abandon the truck and run away."
"As long as Gao Yan is not allowed to see the grain truck in the first place... You are here to kill the grain truck. The grain truck has gone to Shuo. Various ministries have verified and testified for you. The states along the way have also verified and testified. Shuozhou will
I can’t explain clearly.”
Cui Ang pursed his lips and asked in a low voice: "The real money and food..."
"Mr. Cui! This matter is for the sake of the world, how can we care about the money and food?!"
"My lord, it's not that I care about it. It's just that to do something like this, you always need to take care of it. Which one can be less, the officials or the soldiers who escort the money and food?" "I'll give you 30%."
"He! I'm not doing it for my own profit! I'm doing it for the success of this thing! This money and food supplies are only delivered once every six months, between March and September. If you miss this opportunity, you'll have to wait until September!"
"
"Forty percent! No more!"
The two discussed important matters in the study.
Outside the study, a person lowered his body and listened very seriously.
The man looked around cautiously, then put his head against the door and heard clearly. He gritted his teeth and his eyes were filled with anger.
Footsteps were heard in the distance, and the man hurriedly fled.
Soon, the man changed his clothes and led a few close associates out of the official office. The clerk at the door looked at him and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
"He Bagong? Do you want to go out?"
"Go home and rest. If you need anything, come to my house and find me." "Wei!!"
The man got into the car expressionlessly and led the soldiers away.
The clerk looked at him with envy and said to his colleagues on the side: "He Bagong is really happy. He can come and leave as he pleases and no one will care about him." "Oh, if your uncle is a Taibao, you are better than
He’s quite happy!”
The man is none other than He Bacheng.
After being convicted at the frontier fortress and escorted to Yecheng, he was quickly reactivated and served as the Prime Minister of the Five Soldiers.
Sitting in the carriage, He Bacheng's face looked quite ugly. He hurriedly returned to his house, closed the door, and then led many of his cronies back to the study.
He Bacheng sat in the upper position and looked at the people around him, "Liu Zhizhi is in trouble!"
Everyone was shocked. One of them had followed He Bacheng when he was at the frontier and also knew Liu Taozi.
"In the past few days, Cui Ang has been secretly changing the escort personnel, finding reasons, dismissing many people, and promoting some people I have never seen." "I thought he had some conspiracy, and today I and Shi
When he came forward, he was extremely excited, so I sent someone to remove the guarding soldiers and went to listen myself."
"They want to replace the money and food sent to the frontier and let General Anxi go to war hungry!!!"
Speaking of this matter, He Bacheng was particularly angry. After all, he himself was one of the victims of the money and food problem. He obviously had the strictest verification system, but the money and food could never reach the frontier completely. The previous winter supplies were
Like this, now it's happening again, and this time it's even more ruthless. This is not a deduction, this is preparing to send the truck directly to the frontier with nothing!
The confidant hurriedly said: "My Lord, you can report this matter to Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty?! I think your Majesty is leading this matter!"
"Your Majesty does not dare to force Liu Zhizhi openly. He is not the one who speaks in court. Many generals and ministers will not allow him to do this, so he secretly uses the tricks of these villains!!"
Everyone was a little surprised, "Then what should we do?"
"Su Ti, you pass by as a merchant, pretend to be a horse dealer, quickly go to Shuozhou, and inform Zhizhi's subordinates of what's going on here!" "You must be quick!"
"You have to see people clearly. Tian Zili can be trusted in Shuozhou. You also know him. When you arrive, go directly to Tian Zili!" "Wei!!"
"Gao Chen, in the name of buying grain, you go to Cheng'an to find Cheng'an Linglu to cure the disease. This person is the closest to Liu Zhizhi. Cheng'an has a lot of grain. He may be able to help..." "Wei!!"
He Bacheng's eyes widened, "The rest of you, please don't go out yet. Contact your friends and call them all to come to me!"
"I was the Prime Minister in Yecheng! Cui Ang and those people despised me, saying that I was a Hu from the frontier. The nobles in the court refused to associate with me, saying that I was Liu Zhizhi's minion! Even my uncle said
I ruined his friendship with everyone and I was not allowed to see him!!"
"Why am I being wronged like this here?!"
"Damn it, if things don't work out, I will cut off He Shikai's head and take you to Liu Taozi! Can he still treat us badly?!" "Wei!!!"
Beishuo.
Han Qinhu lowered his body and led the mighty thousands of horsemen, advancing rapidly along the mountain path. The sound of horse hooves was particularly clear.
The official road became much easier to walk. They walked through a mountain road and finally came to the flat and wide official road. The villages and towns in the distance were empty, and there was no human habitation in sight.
Han Qinhu was not surprised and immediately issued an order, "Prepare siege equipment quickly!!"
The sergeants immediately got busy. Although the Zhou people had a government military system, they also had auxiliary troops. Yang Zhong's 10,000 infantry and cavalry were only elites, not auxiliary troops. Usually, auxiliary troops did not directly participate in the battle, but
They were responsible for transporting food, opening roads ahead, building siege equipment, cooking, setting up camps, etc.
The civilians quickly started to get busy, and the trees on both sides kept falling down. Han Qinhu looked at the garrison town in the distance.
An extremely important garrison town in the Puppet Qi Dynasty, Baima garrison.
Yang Zhong came with his troops and formally fought with Liu Taozi. Taking advantage of Liu Taozi's still in Shiben, Yang Zhong led the main army to storm the three garrisons that Liu Taozi had just captured, recaptured Xin'an garrison and Tianzhu garrison, and stayed behind.
The army fled to Niutou and re-defended.
Yang Zhong did not choose to fight steadily, which was not in line with his marching style. He decided to take advantage of the extremely long defense line of the Qi people to cut the enemy open, bypass the well-defended city walls, and capture those traffic arteries, making Liu Taozi's orders unable to do so.
Pass the message to the garrison town in the distance, break them into pieces, and defeat them one by one.
Han Qinhu was the vanguard, and his destination was Baima. By capturing Baima, Liu Taozi could be trapped outside Beishuo. Unless he went around the Turks, he would not be able to easily communicate with Shuozhou and other areas.
The people of Qi had already learned the news, and the villages and towns along the road were all deserted, and the civilians probably returned to the garrison. Han Qinhu looked at the white horse garrison in the distance with fierce eyes.
On the top of the white horse garrison, the garrison leader Li Qihu stared at the Zhou army in the distance with a cold face. The lieutenants on the left and right pressed their swords with their hands and said, "General!! We invite you to fight!!"
"While they are coming from afar, send out troops to fight them and prevent them from building good equipment!"
Li Qihu said seriously: "There are only a few hundred soldiers in the city, and we don't know the enemy's specific strength. We can't go out to fight rashly and defend the city!!"
"Even if you die, you can't lose the White Horse Guard!!"
"only!!!"
The Zhou army slowly approached the city, tall shield chariots appeared outside the city, knights and infantry were shouting, and dust was billowing in the distance, making it impossible to see the specific strength of the Zhou people.
"Kill!!!" "Whoosh~~~"
Arrows pierced the sky, and the two sides continued to shoot at each other. Han Qinhu was wearing heavy armor and charging forward. The white horse was not too strong, and there were not many soldiers in the city. He wanted to work hard and win the white horse in one battle!
!
Han Qinhu roared and led the soldiers to charge. Arrows fell from the sky. Han Qinhu didn't know how many times he was hit. The shield in his hand was almost full of arrows. The soldiers roared angrily.
After rushing up, ladders were heavily placed on the city wall, and crossbowmen kept shooting at the top of the city to suppress the defenders inside the city.
Han Qinhu took the lead, climbed the ladder, and kept moving forward. His white horse leaned against the mountains. Under the three city walls, there were densely packed Zhou people. Even the auxiliary soldiers also joined in. Some raised their big shields, and some died.
Holding on to the ladder for dear life.
Soldiers kept screaming and falling down. "Pfft."
Stones fell on the city wall, the big shield was smashed, and the soldier under the shield fell to the ground. "Ha!!!"
The ladder was pushed away by several soldiers, and the soldiers screamed and flew out of the ladder.
Han Qinhu roared and sped up. He smashed the spear in front of him with his shield and jumped onto the city wall. He held a broadsword and slashed left and right. More and more Zhou people rushed up the city wall.
"The city has been destroyed!!" "Surrender without killing!!"
Li Qihu held a long soldier in his hand, his eyes were full of anger, and he looked to the left and right, "We have received a great favor from the general!! It is time to repay us today!!" "Unless I die, the city will not fall!!"
"kill!!!"
The soldiers fought angrily with the Zhou people who climbed the city. Han Qinhu killed four or five people in succession, but there were still a steady stream of soldiers charging from the front. Han Qinhu was killed and kept retreating.
At the edge of the city wall.
Fortunately, some more soldiers rushed up from the left and right. They surrounded Han Qinhu and formed a formal formation to ensure that there would be a steady stream of soldiers behind him to rush forward. Han Qinhu's sword was curled, and he had dozens of wounds all over his body.
, there were corpses piled inside and outside the city walls.
He was crumbling, but fortunately, there were not many Qi people left. The densely packed soldiers on the city wall gradually became sparse.
He saw the enemy general roaring into the crowd in the distance. His condition was not much better than his own. Suddenly, the sound of war drums sounded in the city.
"kill!!!!"
The next moment, a group of soldiers rushed up at the steps of each city wall. These soldiers were armed with weapons and full of physical strength. Most of them were not wearing armor, their weapons were quite crude, and they were not tall.
From a human perspective, this sudden appearance of a new force is a huge blow.
Han Qinhu didn't even react, and everywhere was occupied by these living forces. They rushed up and killed the Zhou people who stood in front of them, killing more and more fiercely.
"Kill!!!" The shouting of killing started again.
The enemies seemed to have no specific number at all, and they were rushing out of the steps and rushing up the city wall. Han Qinhu was shocked and angry, "Auxiliary soldiers?! Where did so many auxiliary soldiers come from?!"
The next moment, he saw the soldiers rushing up in the distance, some holding hoes, some raising axes, and some holding hunting bows. Are these still soldiers?!
Coercing civilian husbands into battle??
The heavily armed elite soldier had just raised his shield, and the broken swords, sticks, and arrows all fell together. The soldier screamed, and the shield left his hand. The next moment, he was overwhelmed by those people, and was directly submerged. There was no more
sound.
Chapter completed!