I’m The King Chapter 694: : Why is it too urgent to fry with the same root (16)

In Zhao Guangyang County, in an unknown town, Pan Hong was sitting in a small wine shop, holding a rough wine bowl tightly in his hand, but his ears were stunned, listening attentively to what was going on in the small wine shop. All kinds of discussions.

This small town belongs to Pi County, which is on the border of Guangyang and Dai Commandery. The biggest news in this period of time is the attack of Zhao Guo's standing army on Dai Commandery.

It is precisely because of this battle that Pan Hong came here, but he couldn't go any further. The military has blocked the road to Daijun, and he, Pan Hong, the number one counselor beside Zilan, Naturally, it is also one of the key criminals Zhao Jun wants to capture.

Thinking of this, Pan Hong couldn't help laughing. Although he had been stranded here for several days, the news he heard in this small restaurant every day was enough to make him feel excited. The soldiers of Daijun were victorious one after another, and even Zhao Qi was trapped under the city of Xiling. His business has traveled to many places and achieved good results. In Dazhao, many powerful nobles have already confirmed that Putting aside his dissatisfaction with Zhao Wou-ki, if he can take advantage of this great victory, perhaps great things can be expected.

Just convince Zhao Mu in the end. Part of the reason why he couldn't stay in Guangyuan was because he wanted to block Zhao Mu here, but the strange thing was that Zhao Mu was replaced by Zhao Qi, but he never went back.

There was a sound of horseshoes coming from outside the restaurant. Pan Hong followed the sound and saw a fast horse approaching quickly. Fill me with the wine in the skin, this **** weather is really freezing to death."

"Come on, military lord!" Xiao Er ran out quickly and took the skin bag from the knight's hand. The knight carried a long postbox on his back, clearly a messenger.

"Master, how long will this battle last? Can we win?" A guest in the restaurant asked loudly.

Pan Hong's ears immediately perked up. The courier came from the front line, so what he knew was of course the latest news at the first time.

"How long? Who knows? Maybe it will end soon, or maybe it will take a long time." The knight sighed.

"I heard that our standing army is besieged under Xiling City. Can we still win?" Someone asked again.

"Then don't think about it, these 30,000 people must have been given to the people of Daijun." The messenger pouted.

Someone started to panic, "Mr. Jun, so we are defeated. Will the people from Daijun come to fight? Are you here to rescue soldiers?"

"That's not true, I'm going to report victory." The knight laughed, "Let me tell you a big news, Taiwei Zhao was at the time of our army's desperation. , Now Zilan has been killed by our army, although we lost tens of thousands of troops, but killing Zilan, Daijun has no leader, this battle, we will win in the end."

"Really?" Cheers erupted in the restaurant. Although Zi Lan is in Zhao country, she has a very high reputation. But the king of Zhao is still high above, and in the eyes of ordinary people, the king wants to crusade. Naturally, there is a problem, and Zilan did not just arrest her, but raised her troops against the imperial court, which is naturally treasonous.

No one likes war, and now that Zilan is dead, the war must be over.

Zi Lan almost thought he heard it wrong, but when he heard the cheers in the restaurant, he was sure that he heard it right, and he only felt a buzzing in his ears. Zilan died, is this true? If Zilan is really dead. What's the point of all that I've done. No, this must be false, Zilan could never have died so easily.

He clenched his fist tightly, his body trembling slightly.

"Sir!" The guards around him were also extremely shocked. Seeing Pan Hong's suddenly pale face, they looked at him very worriedly. Wings are also difficult to fly out.

"I'm fine, I'm fine!" Pan Hong took a deep breath.

Three days later, Pan Hong, who lived in a small inn above the small town, finally confirmed that the news he heard that day was true, because he saw Zhao Qi and Zhao Junzhong. makeshift wooden coffin nailed together. Seeing Zhao Qi appear, Pan Hong is sure that Zi Lan is really gone.

Closing the window, Pan Hong slid down the wall, holding his head in his hands, crying silently, what's the point, what's the point? I have won the support of so many people for my running around, but with the Zilan incident, all previous efforts have been wasted. Many people don't even know that there is such a person as Zhao Yong, how can he support Daijun?

What to do? What should we do now?

Pan Hong just curled up in the corner until it got dark. Daijun's future was like the night outside, and he couldn't see the slightest light.

The door was gently pushed open, and the guard came in like a ghost, turned around and closed the door, and walked to Pan Hong, "Sir, I'm back."

Pan Hong supported the wall and stood up, "Have you found any news?"

"I have found out, but the news is too scary." The guard whispered: "I spent fifty taels of silver to find out from the soldiers who returned that Xianggong has indeed passed away, but Zhao Mu He was already dead, and his body was hidden in the army. Zhao Qi was worried that Zhao Mu's death would affect the general situation in the court, so he kept it secret."

"Zhao Mu is also dead?" Pan Hong was taken aback, feeling vaguely that this is probably not simple, and there must be a huge article hidden.

"Tell me in detail."

"Since Zhao Qi was trapped under Xiling City, Zhao Mu hurried back on the way back to Handan, and invited Mr. Zilan to discuss in Ma'anshan, but no one knew what happened in Ma'anshan, only the last Both Zilan and Zhao Mu were dead, and the soldier also heard that it was Zhao Mu who designed Mr. Zilan. He ambush the army in Ma'anshan and killed Mr. Xianggong. During the counterattack, Zhao Mu also died, and I heard that in order to bring back Mr. Zilan's body, Zhao Jun paid a price of two thousand soldiers." The news that the guards said was intermittent, and many things made Pan Hong feel unbelievable .

"Since the interview was in Ma'anshan, which is very close to Hefeng, it must be Zhao Mu's intention to show his sincerity in the peace talks, so our army must be responsible for the security work. How could Zhao Mu ambush the army in advance? Since he was trapped under Xiling City, how could he appear here? Who is in charge of Ma'anshan's defense?"

"Sir, that soldier is just a small whistle chief, how could he know so much." The guard shook his head. "The reason why I can find out this is because there are a lot of rumors among Zhao Jun. Everyone is talking about it."

Pan Hong walked around the room a few times, and suddenly said: "Pack up our things, we will leave overnight and return to Dai County."

"Sir, now that the husband has left, what should we do?" The guard was a little worried.

"Although Xianggong is gone, but Xianggong still has a son, let's go back, no matter what, I will protect this inheritance for Xianggong."

"But the young master?"

"The young master is not in good health, but the young master is already married. As long as he has heirs, there is still hope. Now, I am afraid that many forces are eyeing Daijun. We have to go back and help Give me a hand." Pan Hong said resolutely.

A few days later, Pan Hong appeared on Ma'anshan. The place where Zhao Mu and Zi Lan had an interview was now in ruins, with traces of war everywhere. , Wanting to find some clues, on the empty mountain, except for the whimpering cold wind, there is no trace of life at all. The guards around him have already gone to inquire about He Feng's situation. In Pan Hong's mind, there are too many strange things in this incident. If something that should not have happened happened, there must be something wrong.

Hand touched a hard object in the ashes, Pan Hong stretched out his hand to hold it, and pulled the object out. It was a crossbow. Holding this crossbow and holding it up to his eyes, Pan Hong couldn't help but gasped. This crossbow was for the East Army, not a crossbow, but even in the East Army, it was not well equipped. There are a lot of riding crossbow bolts. Pan Hong has seen this kind of crossbow bolts. They can shoot three rounds at a time, and they are extremely powerful in close combat.

Why did the weapons of the East Army appear here?

A big question appeared in Pan Hong's mind.

"Sir." There were hurried footsteps and heavy gasps behind him, Pan Hong turned his head and saw his guards running towards him.

"What did you find out?" he asked.

"I found a lot of things." The guard swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "During the time of the accident, the garrison at Hefeng was a cavalry team led by the infantry general of the Zhengdong Army. It has been swept away by the Zhao army. At that time, the one in charge of the defense of Ma'anshan was also another branch of the Zhengdong army, but I heard that this army was in a conflict with the Zhao army, and the entire army died in battle~IndoMTL.com~Zhengdong Army, it's the Eastern Conquer Army!" Pan Hong's body trembled slightly.

"What else?"

"The young master has officially announced in Xiling City that he will inherit the post of Daijun, but there is another thing, that is, Ye Zhen, the general of the East Army, led 5,000 cavalry into Daijun, and is not far from Xiling City now. Already." The guard swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "I heard that he came to Daijun at the invitation of the young master, in order to prevent another counterattack by Zhao Jun."

"Five thousand cavalry!" Pan Hong gasped, "Where did the Zhengdong army come from? They fought in Hetao, and they were also confronting the Donghu people in Panshan. Where did the five thousand cavalry come from?" Cavalry?"

He stared at the ruins in front of him, and suddenly realized that the Zhengdong army seemed to have expected what happened today, so they began to deploy troops to deal with the situation in front of them very early. Given the situation the army is facing now, how could it be possible to mobilize 5,000 heavy troops to appear in Daijun in time so quickly.

If everything is planned by Zhengdong Army, then their intentions are self-evident. Pan Hong only felt that his body was cold. Daijun, is this rejecting wolves at the front door and welcoming tigers at the back door? (to be continued)()