Becoming a stepmother of three children gives me space

Chapter 163: Winning over Wu Kui, the action begins

The Duzhishisi Yamen where Prince Qing lived was in chaos. The garrison troops of the prefecture rushed in from all directions and surrounded the mansion.

Even flies couldn't fly out of this place, and the rest of the city was as leaky as a sieve. The two secret guards brought back by Zhao En directly broke into the house.

The soldiers stationed at the East District Barracks of the Prefecture City were the remnants of the two former camps of the Prefecture City. They were deliberately depleted, and the army that once numbered tens of thousands was reduced to less than 3000.

Now it has been abandoned and is not living a good life.

In Wu Kui's barracks, he was staring blankly with his big eyes like copper bells, his mind full of the scene of his brothers' tragic deaths.

The fate of a soldier is to die on the battlefield, but my brothers died unjustly!

Maybe I was wrong,

He shouldn't have been so proactive and stayed in the county town. His brothers wouldn't have died. It's all his fault.

Wu Kui was lost in self-blame and confusion, and didn't notice someone coming in.

"Do you want to avenge your dead brothers?"

I jumped up suddenly and found a figure in the corner by the moonlight. The other person did not hide his intentions.

"Who are you!"

"It doesn't matter who I am... The Northern Barbarians attacked Beisheng Pass, the capital city passively provided support, Yan Hao disappeared, and you led your team to attack the Northern Barbarians from behind. At that time, there were cavalry under King Qing at Hutou Cliff. They were not dispersed. A single charge would have been enough to attack the Northern Barbarians from both sides, and Daxia would have surely won. Why didn't Zhao Qi do this? Didn't you think about it carefully?"

think?

How could he not have thought about it!

Wu Kui is a bit silly, but not stupid.

The Northern Barbarian army was discovered at Wild Boar Ridge. The capital city said they needed to confirm before sending troops. The process was dragged out.

The northern barbarian army is approaching, and support for Beisheng Pass is even more delayed.

They were stationed at Hutou Cliff, claiming to be resisting the northern barbarians, but in reality they did not allow the people to survive and cut off their way to survival.

The northern barbarians slaughtered the people, refused to send troops to rescue them, and even shot them to death with arrows.

The two sides faced off at Hutou Cliff, and at the most inappropriate time, they led their troops to counterattack.

The Northern Barbarians were clearly defeated, yet they sent more than 10,000 men to disperse the Hutouya Daxia military camp. He led his men to attack from behind, and Zhao Qi knew only to run away.

Is he a straw bag?

Absolutely not.

Then why did he turn a blind eye to the truth that even ordinary soldiers knew?

Seeing his expression change from moody to gloomy, the secret guard knew that he had definitely thought about similar questions before, but just couldn't figure it out, or didn't dare to think about it.

"I'll tell you why... Because Prince Qing colluded with the Northern Barbarians, the reinforcements from the capital were delayed, Yan Hao fought back to his death, and Tiger Head Cliff was breached. It was all arranged."

Breaking through the window paper, unreasonable things become reasonable, and many nonsensical choices become traceable.

"what do you want to do?"

"Lie down and collect evidence."

The camp in the western part of the prefectural city is a camp for new recruits. Most of the new recruits come from the prefectural city and surrounding counties.

Their homes were destroyed, their loved ones were killed, and they had an irreconcilable feud with the northern barbarians. They joined the army not only to have enough food to eat, but also to seek revenge.

"Have you heard that the Northern Barbarians were recruited by King Qing?"

"Hutou Cliff was deliberately given to the Northern Barbarians so they could capture civilians."

"Our parents, wives, and children were all sold by Prince Qing!"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanted to escort the people back to the interior of the country, but Prince Qing sent people to help the northern barbarians intercept and kill the people."

"The northwest will eventually be ceded to the northern barbarians, and we will become slaves of a conquered nation."

There was news spreading in the recruit camp that was unfavorable to Prince Qing, and Prince Qing was still cursing.

"idiot!"

"I told you not to pull, but you kept pulling!"

“He deserved to die!”

He is angry!

If you can master the manufacturing process of wooden-handled grenades, why worry about not achieving your great cause?

But the only sample was used by a fool to self-destruct. It means that he needed to maintain his image, otherwise he would have to whip his corpse.

"Is this weapon still available?"

Zhao En was already injured. He had just rushed forward to show his loyalty and was pierced by debris in the back. His face was pale and he looked like he would fall down at any time.

"Your Highness, Prince Zhou only has eight of these weapons. The last one was only obtained by shooting it down with a hidden weapon when he wanted to use it..."

Prince Qing held his breath and wanted to curse.

"Is there no other way?"

"Your Highness, I think Prince Zhou should still have this kind of weapon in his hands. He is injured now, so it is a good time to approach him. Unfortunately, I don't have the manpower..."

If it was before the explosion, King Qing would definitely doubt Zhao En's motives, thinking that Zhao En was in danger and came to protect him despite his injured body.

Even if he didn't trust it completely, he still had no doubts.

"I'll give you three days to recover from your injuries, then reorganize your assassination team. You can select the personnel yourself."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Not long after Zhao En left, someone came to report that someone in the military camp was spreading rumors, and the content made King Qing's face turn as dark as the bottom of a pot.

"Check it for me!"

"Who on earth is spreading these rumors?"

New recruits are to be added to the army. If the new recruits believe that he is colluding with the Northern Barbarians, there may be an explosion at any time and it must be suppressed!

Spreading rumors is not scary, and it is not scary if the content of the rumor is true. What is really scary is that if nine out of ten rumors are true and one is false, then the false rumor will become true.

Therefore,

What is the purpose of those who spread rumors?

He didn't know that not only inside the military camp, but also on the streets, there were big-character posters posted everywhere, and the content was similar to the news circulating in the military camp.

The remaining secret guards in the city went out one after another to expose Prince Qing's conspiracy to the sun, so that he would be afraid to do anything else.

There are four barracks in the city.

East, South, West, North,

The southern barracks were occupied by the direct troops of Prince Qing, while the northern barracks were occupied by the former subordinates of the King of the Northwest.

Most of them have completely surrendered to King Qing and are loyal to him. After all, when a person dies, the light goes out, but the living still have to survive. This is the reality.

A very small number of people were still similar to Huang Zhong, still loyal to the King of the Northwest, and defected to King Qing to seek revenge. They were arranged in the most remote location of the barracks.

"Master Huang Zhong has been out for so long and there's still no news?"

"Perhaps it was delayed. Now the northwest is full of Northern Barbarians."

“I don’t know if it went well or not.”

The people sitting in the room are all die-hard fans of the King of the Northwest, and the soldiers who are still insisting on avenging the King of the Northwest are following them.

Their leader is Huang Zhong,

When the secret guard appeared nearby, these people immediately became alert and discovered him, and took him down. When they searched him, they found Huang Zhong's token.

"Who are you?"

"I was sent by Lord Huang Zhong. You have seen the token. Open the letter and you will know the purpose of my visit."

Everyone in the room looked at each other, then opened the letter doubtfully. It was written by Huang Zhong, and the content was a code that only they knew.

The codeword and the token were enough to prove that it was Huang Zhong who sent them, but the content of the letter left them puzzled.