Chen Zhi caught a glimmer of hope and was unwilling to let it go, with hope in his eyes.
Fang Jue said: "You are a member of the royal family, and your life is much more precious than that of ordinary Beiliang people."
"What do you want?" Chen stared at him.
"Hongyi, how many people can be exchanged for him?" Fang Jue asked.
Ye Hongyi shook his head: "The Northern Liang royal family is martial and has a very strong backbone. I'm afraid they won't be willing to make any compromises for him."
Beiliang is not as easy to deal with as Nanqing.
Before Chen Zhi was captured, he also committed suicide, which shows that he also had some backbone.
That's why Fang Juecai spoke like this, making him feel that he still had unfinished business and would not be willing to die easily.
"Master Fang, do you think that I, a man from Beiliang, am greedy for life and afraid of death? Haha..."
Chen Zhi was very proud: "It's useless for you to keep me, so you might as well kill me."
As he spoke, he closed his eyes silently and held his head high.
As if he was about to die heroically.
Fang Jue sneered and waved his hand: "Take him down and don't torture him."
"yes."
Two soldiers came up and took the tied Chen Zhi down.
Before leaving, Chen Zhi took a deep look at Fang Jue.
"Master, this guy doesn't seem very convinced. I think it's better to kill him so as not to cause trouble." Noriichi suggested.
"Don't kill him easily." This was the attitude of everyone.
Ye Hongyi also said: "Chen Zhi belongs to the royal family. He is different from ordinary people. Even if he wants to be killed, he has to be brought back to the capital to be a prisoner, so that His Majesty can issue an order to publicly question and kill him."
"If I want to sacrifice him as a prisoner, what's the point of saying those words to him?"
Fang Jue smiled and had no intention of taking Chen Zhi back to the capital.
"Young Master..." Lin Bei stopped talking.
Fang Jue said: "Don't worry, General Lin. I will show my merits for you. As for the person, I will not let him go easily. I will report it to His Majesty and get approval before I can say anything else."
"That's good. The general is worried that the young master will go back rashly and become the reason for being attacked." Wei Ran said.
Lin Bei glanced at him gratefully and realized that he was a little too eager.
At this time, Bai Qing seemed to understand and rolled his eyes at Fang Jue: "Young Master, are you preparing to repeat your old tricks?"
Old trick?
Everyone looked at Bai Qing, wondering what he meant.
"Yes, I planted suspicion in his mind. Once Chen Zhi can return to Beiliang safely, Luoyang's good days will come to an end."
Fang Jueqing said: "Deliberately taking away the main force and leaving Chen Zhi behind is suspected of being a trap. Even if Luo Yang is not defeated, he will be suppressed very hard."
"This... Young Master is really brilliant."
Needless to say, it is Lu Xin who flatters me.
"Infighting..." Wei Ran and others frowned slightly. As soldiers, they somewhat disliked these power tactics.
But they had to admit that this was indeed a clever idea.
After what the young master said, Chen Zhi must have had doubts in his heart and questioned Luo Yang's intentions.
Once suspicion arises, the truth is not important and the crime has been established.
In particular, the arrogant Chen Zhi and the arrogant Luo Yang would not take the initiative to explain to each other, and the misunderstanding would become deeper and deeper.
Some inadvertent actions will be regarded as ulterior motives by Chen Zhi, and he will hold a grudge in his heart.
"We launched a war for new grains and killed tens of thousands of people. We can't let this guy live in peace." Ye Hongyi nodded.
"Right."
Fang Jue thought of something and looked at a few people: "There should not be many Beiliang troops left in Suzhou now. Send a message to Ganzhou and ask them to take it back."
Upon hearing this, the generals' eyes suddenly lit up.
"Young Master, I am willing to go and recover Suzhou!" Lin Bei immediately recommended himself.
Wei Ran also said: "Liangzhou is closer to Suzhou, wouldn't it be better to send troops from here?"
The counselors and generals also seconded the proposal and expressed that they could lead troops to regain the lost territory.
"The Liangzhou Department does not have any extra troops. After gathering the prisoners and leaving some to garrison, we must dare to go to the direction of Lizhou immediately."
Lizhou cannot be lost anymore, although Fang Jue expected that Luoyang would most likely not attack Lizhou.
But once Lizhou is lost, the Northern Liang army bypasses Liangzhou and the Liangzhou ministries do nothing, which will inevitably become a crime.
Fang Jue is not afraid, but these veterans will take the blame when the time comes.
"Lizhou?"
Only then did everyone remember this.
"Lizhou is in danger. It's just the right time for us to rush there. No matter how unfavorable Lizhou is, we can still defend it for a few days." Wei Ran said seriously.
"Alas." Lin Bei could only nod.
If Lizhou is lost before their eyes, they will be doomed.
"Young Master, can I go to Suzhou?" Lu Xin said.
Fang Jue glanced at him, and all the generals were secretly scolding him. No one could hear your calculations.
"Do you have any soldiers?" Fang Jue rolled his eyes at the guy.
"Ahem..." Lu Xin shook his head and closed his mouth, secretly regretting that he had lost a military merit.
He ordered everyone to go down to prepare, and after gathering the prisoners, he planned to lead the large army eastward.
Noriichi was left behind.
"What are your orders from the young master?" Seeing that the young master deliberately left him alone, Noriichi knew that he had a mission.
Fang Jue whispered: "The pigeon house of Emperor Zun Pavilion is in Liangzhou, do you know the way?"
"Of course I know the way. When we were on the mountain, the old pavilion master drew a map of the locations of various places for me." Noriichi pointed to his mind, feeling very confident.
"Well, you send a message back to Jinling and ask Fang Fu to take it to Zhuge Qingshan and deliver it to His Majesty, telling him that I want to take advantage of Chen Zhi."
"Just let me know when you reply."
"Young master, you want me to stay in Liangzhou and wait for a reply?" Dianyi shook his head, resisting.
Fang Jue: "With Hongyi and the others here, my safety will be fine. Besides, I still have... no one can get close to me."
Thinking of that thing, Dianyi nodded.
…
Direction to Lizhou.
"Commander, if we leave like this, will anything happen if we leave the deputy commander alone?"
Luo Yang said calmly: "I just let him feign an attack and then retreat to Beiliang. How can anything happen?"
"But if the soldiers and horses in Liangzhou know that most of us have gone east, will they attack the Suzhou army in turn?"
As soon as these words came out, the high-ranking generals of the Beiliang Army who were marching were all stunned.
Luo Yang glanced at the general who asked the question: "The deputy commander shouldn't be so incompetent."
Everyone was silent.
Boye's eyes were teasing. He had already thought of this possibility, but he didn't say it at all.
In order to change the subject, he said: "Commander, do we really want to capture Lizhou?"
"No need," Luo Yang shook his head, "Our people have already received new food from Prince Qi's Mansion. Two teams will return to Beiliang from Donghai Port. We will be responsible for picking up the team that takes the main road."
The new grain received will be divided into three teams and left separately.
"How to pass the levels?" Luo Hao asked.
"Don't worry, that team has already succeeded. Before the new grain entered the Prince of Qi's palace, our insiders got a small amount of grain. At that time, all parties in Qi didn't know what the new grain looked like, so they just passed it generously."
Luo Yang was disdainful: "Even if they noticed that we were going to take away the new grain, the focus of the investigation would be around Prince Qi's Mansion, but they never thought that our people would be waiting at the border."
"Ouch!"
Everyone was overjoyed: "The commander is really strategizing. If he can successfully bring back grain seeds, it will be an incredible achievement!"
Everyone praised him one after another.
Luo Yang turned back and looked in the direction of Liangzhou: "It's a pity this time. In order to ensure that the new food is safe, I don't dare to rashly compete with the wizards... If we meet again next time, I really want to see his methods."
"If you can capture Chen Zhi, you will make me look at you." Luo Yang said this to himself softly.
…
North of Lizhou, middle section of Beimangxueling.
It's even colder here, and even though it's late autumn, it's already covered with snow.
It is very difficult to walk in the snow, and it is easy to step into pits and fall off cliffs, so this group of horse bandits did not ride horses after all.
"Brothers, work harder. We can ride horses as long as we cross this snow-capped mountain. Someone will meet us at the border then."
"Brother, you really know how to choose a place. Take this road, how much time you waste." Someone complained.
"What do you know? There are no troops stationed in this snow ridge. Lizhou is fifty miles south of the mountain. Although it is slower for us to walk here, it is absolutely safe."
The borders are too long, and no big country can control all the borders.
There are bound to be gaps.
This snow ridge is a natural barrier, blocked by the snowy mountains. The snow on the mountains is too thick to allow horse racing, and the forest is not dense and is not suitable for Tibetans.
So there is no need to be alert at all. If a large force wants to pass through here, it will be a living target. The scouts wandering around Lizhou will find them long ago.
At this time, one of the horse bandits pointed down the mountain: "Brother, look, there are scouts from the Xia Army coming!"