I’m The King Chapter 687: : Why is it too urgent to fry with the same root (9)

Helping Zhao Mu into the room and closing the door tightly, Zhao Shang knelt down on the ground with a bang, and howled loudly, "Taiwei, it's over, it's over, Li Mingjun's entire army was wiped out under Nanzhang City, Li Mingjun, Wu Quan died in battle. Seeing that the situation was not good, Qiao Lei led his troops back to join Zhao Qi at the foot of Xiling City. Qin Chunhua led his troops back to Mazongling. Now Hefeng, Jianli, and Nanzhang are all under the control of Daijun, and there are tens of thousands of troops under Xiling City. , has become the soft-shelled turtle, and it is difficult to preserve."

Zhao Mu swayed, a mouthful of blood reached his throat, and he swallowed it back forcefully. Holding the edge of the bed, he sat down slowly, "Although Zhao Qi's strategy is risky, but Li Mingjun's army has 10,000 elite troops, how could it be defeated by Qin Lei? What's the key here?"

Zhao Shang wiped away his tears, "Taiwei sees thousands of miles away, so Qin Lei naturally doesn't have this ability, but Yan Guozheng's Eastern Army intervened, and Zi Lan has long been in collusion with Gao Yuan, the general of the Eastern Army's infantry, Bai Yu Cheng Jie participated in the battle of Nanzhang, if my guess is correct, there should be soldiers from the East Conquest Army in Xiling City.”

"Gaoyuan!" Zhao Mu slammed his fist on the edge of the bed. A few years ago, the whole city and other five cities were destroyed, thanks to this person. Zhao Qi fought two big battles in his life. , all lost in the hands of this person.

"Daijun County soldiers mobilized the people, first they kept attacking Hu Liang's grain road, which made Hu Liang exhausted, Li Mingjun had to send people to help Hu Liang maintain the stability of the grain road, and then sent Wu Quan and Qiao Lei successively , Qin Lei immediately attacked. In the next battle in Nanzhang City, tens of thousands of people gathered to attack our army. General Li had to retreat. Under the double attack with Qin Lei, General Li was defeated and died."

Zhao Mu took a long breath: "Zhao Shang, this is the evil result of your massacre of the city. The people are angry, and water can carry a boat. It can also capsize a boat. Even if the people of Daijun support Zilan again, It will not be so extreme, Hefeng massacres the city, making them all fear, and this is why the whole people are soldiers."

"The last general is convicted!" Zhao Shang cried loudly, "Taiwei, I left the army and rushed to report to you as soon as I heard the news, Qin Chunhua. Hu Liang's report It will be here soon, Taiwei, please come up with an idea, what should I do?"

Zhao Mu coughed a few times, felt a fishy sweetness coming from his mouth, and quietly swallowed back the blood gushing into his mouth, "Zhao once, you go to the county right away, and ask the county magistrate. County lieutenant, Master Bo, Chang Shi and others come to me."

Once Zhao left quickly, all the officials in the county also came very quickly. A great **** like Zhao Mu was recuperating here, so all the officials were trembling and fearful, for fear that Zhao Mu would be dissatisfied in any way. As soon as he stretched out his hand, he took off their official hats.

"Lieutenant Kongxian County, immediately gather all the troops in the county and blockade the county seat. Any messengers who report from Dai County should be detained immediately, and they are not allowed to contact anyone." Without any politeness, Zhao Mu directly ordered road.

Lieutenant Kong Xian was stunned, looked up and saw Zhao Mu's eyes that were so deep that they seemed to have no bottom, his body couldn't help trembling, "This subordinate takes orders."

"Magistrate Zhou, if there are any rumors spreading in the city, immediately arrest the rumor spreaders and listeners, and lock them up first."

"Yes!"

Zhao Mu paused, "Just lock them up, don't make things difficult for them."

"Subordinates remember."

"Master Bo, Chang Shi!" Zhao Mu looked at the other two, but he couldn't remember their names, "You two, within three days, collect 100,000 tons of grain for me, and I There is an urgent need."

Master Bo, Chang Shi was stunned, "Taiwei, our Taihe County is just a small county, how can we get 100,000 shi of food in three days?"

"That's your business!" Zhao Mu's face turned serious, and the captain's arrogance was instantly revealed, "There is not enough county treasury, so I went to borrow it from rich households, and those who dared not borrow it, led soldiers to seal their doors , Confiscated their homes, I think you are not unfamiliar with such things. If you can’t even do this little thing well, what’s the use of the court supporting you?”

"Subordinates!" The voices of the two trembled. The biggest family in Taihe County was the county magistrate and county lieutenant and the two of them, but looking at Zhao Mu's expression at this time, there was no one who dared to argue.

"Dare to ask the Taiwei, is there something wrong with the battle in Dai County?" County magistrate Zhou must be much smarter. , Zhou Yuan would not lose his composure like this.

"I don't need to hide it from you, but remember it, only you know. I am afraid that Zhao Qi has already lost the battle of Daijun. It is still unknown how many tens of thousands of troops can come back." Zhao Mu sighed. , "The country's catastrophe, if I can get through this time safely, I will not forget your contributions. Once Zhao, pack up and let's go to Tan Chunhua!"

"Taiwei, how can your body hold up?" Zhao once exclaimed.

"I can't die!" Zhao Mu glared at him, "Hurry up and call your own soldiers, Zhao Shang, I'll write a letter, you take this letter, and rush back to Handan immediately, ask to see the king, please grant me Full authority to deal with the affairs of the county."

"Yes, the final general will rush back to Handan in the shortest time even if he stays awake." Zhao Shang nodded emphatically.

At daybreak, Taihe County was already under martial law. You could only enter, but not exit. The emergency memorial from Tan Chunhua and Hu Liang was controlled by Taihe County soldiers as soon as they entered Taihe County. After bringing them to Zhao Mu, Zhao Mu didn't say much, and took these messengers with him on his way back to Dai County. And Zhao Shang, also at this time, flew out of Taihe County and rushed all the way to Handan.

Zhao Shang was so anxious that he rushed all the way. He understood that every moment now represents the life and death of tens of thousands of people under the city of Xiling. He already understood that this battle could no longer be fought. On top of this matter, the imperial court would have to make compromises with Daijun and Xiang Zilan in exchange for Zhao Jun's strength not being greatly damaged.

During the rush, he didn't notice anything strange under the snow on the avenue in front of him.

A tripping rope suddenly bounced, and the galloping horse was suddenly tripped to the ground. Zhao Shang, who fell straight off the horse, landed on the snow and rolled over a dozen times before jumping up just now , several people rushed out beside him, and before Zhao Shang could react, two knives were already on his neck.

"General Zhao Shang, we have been waiting for you all night, and you have finally arrived." A masked man in black came out, looked at Zhao Shang, and laughed.

"Who are you?" Zhao Shang tried hard to identify who the person in front of him was, but unfortunately, he couldn't find the image of this person in his mind.

"Don't waste your efforts, you don't recognize me." The visitor walked over with a smile, stretched out his hand and fumbled in Zhao Shang's arms, found a metal round copper, and unceremoniously tore off the seal on the tube, from which He took out Zhao Mu's secret letter from inside, unfolded it, and looked at it, which made Zhao Shang very angry.

"Sure enough, Jiang Yizheng did not expect it." The visitor laughed: "This is really a great article! Take this person and let's go!"

Three days later, at Mazongling, Zhao Jun, Qin Chunhua's Department and Hu Liang's Department joined forces in the camp. The two men are now joined together. There are only six or seven thousand people in total. Morale is low. Facing threats from the Daijun soldiers from Jianli, Hefeng, and Nanzhang, but they were not ordered by the army and dared not retreat without authorization. They lived in trembling at Mazongling all day long. The arrival of Zhao Mu made both of them relieved, the sky was falling and a tall man stood up for it. With Zhao Mu, the two of them no longer had to make decisions, they just had to follow orders, and if there was a mistake in the future, there would eventually be someone to blame. room.

"I've seen the Taiwei!" The two bowed to the ground, with expressions of relief on their faces.

"From now on, I will take over your troops, do you two have any objections?" Zhao Mu stared at the two and asked in a deep voice.

"The Taiwei is the Taiwei of Da Zhao, and we are all your soldiers. How dare we not follow the orders of the Taiwei?" Tan Chunhua dared to ask.

Zhao Mu nodded. Having experienced the ups and downs of the officialdom, he certainly could understand the thoughts of the two generals in front of him at this time, but at this time he was not in the mood to argue with them, so he went straight into the big tent and achieved the position of master. On.

"How much food and grass are there for the main force under Xiling City? How long can it last?" Zhao Mu went straight to the point.

"There are three days' worth of grain at most." Hu Liang is in charge of transporting grain and grass, "This time when the war broke out, everything was rushed, and the grain and grass logistics were not well stocked. I thought it would be a short-term battle. The conflict can be ended within a certain time, but I did not expect to face such a predicament. It is very difficult to collect food and grass, and the front line can only barely supply it. Now, it is even more difficult to make ends meet. We are already facing the dilemma of running out of food."

Zhao Mu took a deep breath, "Thirty thousand horses, once they run out of food, the consequences will be disastrous."

"Taiwei, are you going to lead us to reopen the grain road?" Tan Chunhua asked.

Zhao Mu glanced at him, "Do you think I'm a god? Now the two of you combined forces, and there are only 6,000 or 7 people. On this road, Hefeng, Jianli, and Nanzhang are all fortified cities. , in addition to the soldiers of the Daijun County, there are also the cavalry of the Eastern Army, can we grow wings and fly over?"

"Then, what should we do now? Do you want to watch the 30,000 main forces disappear?" Tan Chunhua murmured.

"Tan Chunhua, I have a letter, please deliver it to Zilan in Xiling City for me!" Zhao Mu said, "I want to see Zilan."

Qin Chunhua was shocked.

"Why, you dare not go? Don't worry, even if Zilan turns against us, he will never kill you."

"The last general is not afraid of death, the last general is just thinking, will this work, the situation has reached the present stage, and the two sides are already hard to reconcile."

"It's not that there is no chance of reconciliation. Zilan, after all, is still a member of our Dazhao." Zhao Mu sighed: "Do your best and obey the fate!" Mobile version