Chapter 110: Breaking the enemy camp and showing up [asking for votes]
The sunset shines in the evening, and the afterglow of the setting sun colors the sky.
Most of the Jiangxia defenders stopped fighting the Han army after Zuo Wu was killed.
Jinchang still wanted to lead the palace's retainers to resist, so Huo Qubing sent troops to Yao Zhao and Zhao Ponu. The two men's combat power surged. They rode on horseback and held spears, stabbing like lightning. After killing several of the palace's retainers, Jinchang
In a panic, he was also killed by two people, and his body and head were missing.
Zuo Wu and Jinchang both died, and the palace retainers lost their leader and began to flee.
When these retainers escape, the news of panic and defeat will be brought back to Huainan and spread quickly.
Therefore, Huo Qubing did not order a pursuit and annihilation.
When most of the diners were dispersed, he sent an order to withdraw his troops.
The local guards here can take the initiative to stop fighting, and then Zhang Cigong's men will take over.
Huo Qubing's team is only responsible for defeating the enemy, leaving all the aftermath matters to the follow-up troops.
The team quickly reorganized and galloped towards the next target.
The night is already dark.
The study room of Huainan King Liu An is still brightly lit.
In the past few hours, he had received news of defeat in the first battle one after another.
Zuo Wu and Jinchang were killed in battle, the palace retainers dispersed and fled, and the local army took the initiative to lay down its weapons and refused to fight with the Han army.
Bad news comes one after another.
Fortunately, the King of Huainan was not completely unaware of this.
He has other arrangements.
"Report, the Han army Zhang Cigong's troops are approaching Jiangxia from north to south. The Han army Li Guang's troops are hoarding troops to the north of Huainan... The Han general Huo Qubing's troops, who defeated the Jiangxia defenders, are continuing to the east, and their target should be Lujiang County."
Huainan King Liu An's face flickered under the lamp, waving his hand to signal the messenger to go and investigate again.
It was not until noon the next day that new news came back: "After Huo Qubing's troops left Jiangxia, there is still no trace. Judging from the speed of their march, they should have arrived at Lujiang County this morning, but no trace of them was found in Lujiang."
"It is speculated that Huo Qubing may have led his troops across the Lujiang River and directly attacked Jiujiang County, but is now missing."
Liu An's thoughts fluctuated.
Lujiang County was previously demolished due to vertical and horizontal roads, and then was subjected to a secret investigation and a group of officials were eliminated.
Those officials were originally under Liu An's secret control.
After that time, officials in several counties around Lujiang were also purged.
Until now, secret agents have been investigating Huainan and its nearby counties, and they are keeping an increasingly close eye on it.
Liu An actually had no choice but to activate at this time. If he didn't activate, he would have to sit back and watch for years of hard work, being secretly investigated, and being wiped out bit by bit by Chang'an's power. The longer he waits, the less chance he has.
The emperor of Chang'an was the best at starting from small things, breaking them with one point, and then taking control of the overall situation quietly.
By the time you find out, it's too late.
So this time, Liu An decided to take action.
But this timing is obviously not the best choice, it is earlier than Liu An expected.
His most ideal opportunity was to take advantage of the situation when the Huns and the Han were at war. Then the main force of the Han army was restrained by the Huns and unable to stand aside. He took advantage of the situation and united with several surrounding counties to raise troops to the north, echoing the Xiongnu internally and externally, and his plan was promising.
It is a pity that the recent confrontations between Han and Hungary were all ended in one battle and no major war broke out, providing him with ample opportunities.
But this time, he only mobilized his troops slightly, but was immediately attacked by Chang'an's lightning attack. Within only six or seven days, the situation had changed drastically.
At this time, Liu An took a long breath, his eyes fell on the bamboo slips in front of him again, and he wrote: "I will act according to your plan."
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At an unknown location, on the other side of the slip that communicated with Liu An, a man was sitting behind a low mat, staring at the handwriting on the bamboo slip.
He is the secret writer.
After contacting Liu An, he took out a long and narrow bronze box.
The box was opened, and three special pens were listed inside.
Of these three pens, one is made of jade, the barrel of another is made of bronze, and the last one is made of bamboo.
What the three have in common is that the pen barrels are densely engraved with complex incantations that seem to correspond to the stars in the sky.
These mantras linger on the pen, drifting apart and combining on their own, as if they can deduce and write all things in the world, carrying countless secrets.
Among the three pens, the bronze pen has the strongest aura, surrounded by a dark and yellow halo.
The bamboo pen is filled with black air, which is strange to the eye.
The jade pen looks the most ordinary and unremarkable.
At this time, the tip of the bamboo pen in the box suddenly extended and lengthened like a hair, and it moved rhythmically out of thin air, which was extremely strange.
The author hesitated for a moment and chose a copper pen: "We should use this copper pen that once reviewed the affairs of all peoples to write a book... to attract them into the situation."
The copper pen fell into his hand, and the black and yellow air on the tip of the pen became thicker and thicker.
The writer took out a thumb-sized vial from his pocket and slowly poured out a drop of thick ink.
He started writing and ink, and in an instant, he wrote the first stroke on a bamboo slip.
The strokes of the brush combined with the bamboo slips, and the ink created a circular array on the slips.
In the center of the array, the writer slowly wrote the four words "Seeing the Yin, Death"!
Then he wrote: "They walked into the dragon burial place of death, and the whole army was wiped out..."
He only wrote a few words, and the incantations engraved on the pen holder drifted off one after another, blessing these few words.
Then the writing flickered and disappeared.
A sneer slowly appeared on the corner of the writer's mouth.
He put away the copper pen, fastened the box containing the pen, and put it away close to his body.
Finally, I wrote on a pair of bamboo slips with the soft pen I used to write on a low mat: "I have started here, and you can start too."
"How confident are you?"
"It's not easy to disrupt the destiny of the Han Dynasty, but after planning for so long, it's time to give it a try. If I fail, you continue..."
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A few days passed by.
July 26th.
In Changding Hall, noon.
Liu Qing stood up in the palace, ending another process of soul differentiation and entrustment to the falcon.
Since Huo Qubing left for the war, she had used her "eyes" in her spare time these days to follow the progress of Huo Qubing's military expedition.
Huo Qubing was in several counties around Huainan, breaking enemy camps and advancing at high speed.
However, every time after a battle, he would march in hiding.
Liu Qing tried several times but failed to find the specific location of Huo Qubing, who was marching in hiding.
At this time, Huo Qubing was missing again, and Liu Qing felt a little disappointed.
It's like a purdah woman whose husband leaves home and doesn't know what to do. She has no interest in other things.
She has hairpins on her hair, rich clothes, and a red brocade skirt. In the midsummer, the clothes are thin, revealing a slightly delicate collarbone and porcelain-like white skin at the neck. Further down, the clothes suddenly rise up and plump. shape.
Master Qin Qingyu was not here either, so there was no one to talk to.
Liu Qing came to the window, reached out and picked a petal swaying in the wind outside the window, put it on her moist lips and sucked it, feeling a little sweet.
Soon after, a chamberlain came over and informed: "Your Majesty has summoned the princess to come over."
Liu Qing then boarded the carriage and went from Changle Palace to the adjacent Weiyang Palace.
When she saw Liu Che in the study of Weiyang Palace, the emperor was reviewing the memorial.
To be continued...