Chapter 175: The only one in the ages, the three realms of the military strategist
Huo Qubing put one hand on the low mat in front of him and thought quickly.
In terms of motivation, when two armies are fighting, it is not surprising that someone wants to surrender when one side is in a bad situation.
In particular, the secret forces in the northeast corner of the Han Dynasty want to seize the land of several counties. They have obviously prepared for this for a long time, using manpower, layout, and preliminary arrangements, and have used huge resources.
But in this case, a single attack by Huo Qubing blocked the strategic key point and turned from active to passive.
From the moment Beiping County fell into the hands of Huo Qubing, the plan of the secret forces and Huainan took a turn for the worse.
The turmoil this brings to the secret forces and the blow to their confidence must be very heavy.
Bai Nanyu saw clearly that the secret forces were no match for the Han Dynasty. It was logical and the timing was right.
Just like the emperor said, if the other party has no good general, no matter how many plans he makes, he will be defeated in one blow.
After Huo Qubing analyzed it, he still found no doubts about Bai Nanyu's surrender.
I felt a little disappointed in my heart. If there was a problem, I would pretend not to know about it and bring it down. The secret battle would be more exciting, and Huo Qubing had enough confidence, means and resources to win.
He was thinking about things in his mind, chatting casually with Li Zhao, the leader of the Li family, and did not respond to Bai Nanyu's request for surrender.
The inherited items of each family were used by Huo Qubing to promote the army. At this moment, the heads of each family were full of gratitude, happily holding the items and leaving.
Bai Nanyu didn't wait for a reply, and followed Zhuo Huai and Zhuo Qingke out.
After leaving Huo Mansion, Zhuo Qingke was unhappy, while Zhuo Huai was completely opposite, with a happy face.
Today there was a banquet at the champion's house. Huo Qubing and Her Royal Highness the Princess treated him with great courtesy, which greatly promoted the Zhuo family's status in the clan.
After everyone left, Huo Qubing and his wife returned to the back house.
"My husband said before that Bai Nanyu was suspicious. Now that I have seen it with my own eyes, are you relieved?"
Liu Qing took off his shirt with a smile, revealing his extraordinary chest.
She was about to take a bath, so she took off her skirt again, revealing her slender and straight legs wrapped in her middle coat. Her white feet poked out of her shoes and changed into the soft embroidered shoes she wore in the dormitory.
Huo Qubing smiled and took off his robe: "Bai Nanyu, you should stay away from her alone. If she comes to visit, you should also see her with Qin Daozun. There are some things, so be careful and you won't make a big mistake.
I’ll observe her for a while and then talk.”
"I understand, husband, do you want to take a bath too?"
Liu Qing glanced at Huo Qubing, who quickly took off his shirt, revealing his muscular body: "Can I make a request... Husband, can you not use your strategy to bless yourself tonight..."
"Why?"
"If you don't use the magical power of military strategy, my husband's military physique, probably... can still sleep in the middle of the night, but if you use military strategy... you won't be able to." Her Highness the Princess's voice was soft and inaudible, and she was pitiful.
Although they have been married for a long time, Her Highness the Princess is still shy and shy about this topic.
Huo Qubing laughs loudly, while Liu Qing is noble on the outside and charming on the inside, and is very good at teasing others unintentionally.
This is one of the characteristics of the phoenix-returning-nest physique, and the details are wonderful.
He led Her Royal Highness to the clear pool in the back house.
In the deep night, the water in the clear pool ripples like waves, overflowing from the pool, and the frequency of the surge gradually increases.
Snow fell outside the window, falling in pieces in the Hou Mansion, continuously, and lasted for most of the night.
After Liu Qing fell asleep, Huo Qubing stood up and put on his clothes. Patterns flashed under his feet, and he appeared directly in an alleyway outside the Hou Mansion.
This lane is very wide and is used to separate the surrounding buildings, forming an open space of nearly ten feet to ensure the safety of the Hou Mansion.
There are also forbidden troops on duty in the alleyway.
After Huo Qubing came out, he felt something for a moment and walked again, arriving at an alley next door.
A graceful woman wearing a dark waisted Han robe walked out slowly.
"I've met Lord Marquis."
The woman under the night has a face as white as jade and moist peach blossom eyes. She is Bai Nanyu.
Huo Qubing is certain that he wants to come here and will come again in the evening.
Seeing that he didn't respond at that time, Bai Nanyu understood that he wanted to talk in detail later, so she came to the door again in the middle of the night.
"I originally wanted to sneak into the Hou's Mansion and show my ability and value to the Marquis, but the Hou's Mansion was heavily guarded and I was afraid of causing misunderstanding, so I didn't go in."
Huo Qubing said calmly: "Your value does not lie in whether you can enter my mansion.
Tell me, your certificate of submission."
"Let's talk about the Yellow Chariot messenger Yu Chu first. His father and son ranked first among the ten scholars in the secret forces. After his father Yu Yao was captured by the secret agents in Luoyang and escaped, Yu Chu did not disappear.
He changed his appearance and sneaked back to Chang'an."
Bai Nanyu's beautiful eyes brightened and she said: "The Marquis and I are going to a place. Let's talk in detail? Or should I go back home with the Marquis?"
"Let's go and see your place." Huo Qubing said.
The next moment, Bai Nanyu flew up silently and disappeared into thin air like a ghost.
She walked forward erratically, passing through houses, and within a dozen breaths, she came to a quiet courtyard at the junction of Chang'an's Nancheng District and DC District.
Bai Nanyu floated into the courtyard first, went straight into the main house, and turned on the lamp.
When she looked back, Huo Qubing was standing silently three feet away behind her.
Bai Nanyu was slightly surprised.
She came along the road and could feel Huo Qubing behind her, but she couldn't tell his exact location. His whole body was in harmony with the void, and he was more ghost-like than her ghost mother. There was no movement at all.
"Huo Hou is really bold. If this is a trap set by me, would Huo Hou be so confident that he can handle it?"
Huo Qubing curled up the corner of his mouth. This woman was unobtrusively bringing the two of them closer to a trusting relationship, signaling that she was being honest with each other and had no second thoughts.
Chang'an is the place where the Han Dynasty has its national destiny. Someone is hiding in the city secretly, which is the ultimate. If you dare to do something in the city... Haha!
Huo Qubing's status as the leader of the 100,000 Chang'an Guards, and the force that instantly gathered in the city can teach any opponent to start a new life.
"This is the courtyard I built secretly. When I have free time, I will come here to think about things.
Huo Hou is the first guest here." Bai Nanyu's voice is gentle and beautiful, with the unique magnetism of women.
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The two of them were in a quiet room in an inner house. It was not large in area and only had a low mat with yellow wood grain. The floor was also made of wood, which was simple and natural.
There is a faint fragrance in the house.
Bai Nanyu asked Huo Qubing to sit in the first place, and she sat with him at the side. This was the etiquette of subordinates. Even in his own home, he would let his superiors sit in the chief seat, which showed a sign of self-effacement and respect.
"I will never hide anything Huo Hou wants to know."
The two met tonight, and Huo Qubing was willing to come with her, indicating his attitude and accepting her surrender.
In turn, it's time for her to show her value.
"Tell us about the secret forces." Huo Qubing asked very broadly, without asking any specific point.
"The first vertical and horizontal tunnel that Huo Hou pulled out was the name of the secret forces. However, the vertical and horizontal tunnel that was destroyed by the Marquis was just a chess piece used for death, and was far from the real full picture of the vertical and horizontal tunnel.
Its full name is Chunqiu Zonghengdao, which was originally established by people of the Zongheng lineage during the Spring and Autumn Period.
It developed slowly, and began to change during the Warring States Period, integrating and merging various families, secretly promoting many things.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, Zonghengdao once tried to prevent the unification of Qin and maintained the growth soil of chaos and chaos in the world. However, the Emperor of Qin saw through it and suffered heavy losses.
However, the death of Qin Li II in the later period and the fall of the world were also related to Zonghengdao's plan.
I have read an ancient book circulated in the Dao. At that time, someone around Emperor Qin should be a political strategist in the Zongheng Dao. The collapse of Qin was related to his plan."
Bai Nanyu sat under Huo Qubing.
The close-fitting Hanfu that is easy to move in the night outlines the regular rise and fall of her figure, making her graceful and attractive.
Huo Qubing thought secretly: How could people from Zonghengdao lurk around Emperor Qin without being discovered?
Bai Nanyu continued: "The person in power at the top of the Spring and Autumn Period is called 'Zi', which corresponds to the status of the various schools of thought."
Huo Qubing nodded slightly. He also knew that under the son, there was a 'Zun', and the body that was resurrected from a corpse was one of the 'Zuns', and was called a hidden Zun.
"In the heyday of Zonghengdao, there were three sons and nine saints."
The three sons and nine ministers correspond to the official positions of the three princes and nine ministers.
This shows the ambition of Zonghengdao. They secretly regard themselves as a dynasty.
"All affairs in the Zonghengdao are handled by the three sons and nine deities.
Each of them has dozens of people under their command, and they are in different areas inside and outside the Han Dynasty, mastering different affairs.
The people under the command of the Three Sons and Nine Lords also have various levels of soldiers and generals, and they also correspond to various levels of official positions, which is indeed similar to that of the imperial court.
Xiong Yan, whom Huo Hou killed in Youbeiping County, and Yu Chu, whom I just mentioned, were among the ten soldiers and four generals respectively.
The core personnel of the entire Zonghengdao are about three to four hundred people, and the rest can only be considered peripheral and do not understand the core composition of the Zonghengdao."
Bai Nanyu glanced at Huo Qubing with charming eyes: "I am one of the Nine.
There are no longer as many ‘Venerables’ in Zonghengdao as there are nine people. I judge that there should be between five or six. Only Sanzi knows the specific number.”
"Who is the third son?"
"I'm not sure, but I guess King Huainan is one of them."
This was somewhat unexpected by Huo Qubing.
"Does Marquis Huo think that King Huainan was secretly seduced by Zonghengdao and wanted to rebel?"
Bai Nanyu: "According to my judgment, the King of Huainan is apparently the king of the Han clan, and there is indeed a 'venerable' from the Zonghengdao who is responsible for inducing him to rebel.
But secretly he is one of the three highest-ranking sons in Zonghengdao, and the venerable person who seduced him does not know his true identity."
It sounds a bit confusing, which means that the hidden identity of King Huainan is not even known to the level of Zonghengdao Venerable.
Bai Nanyu made her own guess based on some signs.
Huo Qubing thought that if this was the case, it would be necessary to re-examine King Huainan.
His identity is true or false. The more we know about him, the more blurry he becomes. It is difficult to construct any accurate characteristics about the King of Huainan.
Is this person one of the biggest gangsters in the dark?
Bai Nanyu thought to herself: "My Bai family and Zhuo family are family friends, and we have known each other since we were young.
Zhuo's eldest son, who was also my nominal husband, was frail when he was young. He stayed in my Bai family for a long time to seek medical treatment. He died of illness a few months after I married him."
Bai Nanyu glanced at Huo Qubing: "He died of illness, not me."
"The Zonghengdao itself is divided into different factions. Since the death of my master, my faction has been headed by me...many people in the Zonghengdao want to get involved in our...our lineage. Taking refuge in Huo Hou also means self-protection." p>
Huo Qubing was silent.
There is a high probability that what this woman said is the truth. At least he, who specializes in spiritual acuity and has developed the Soaring Snake and Spirit Turtle Yuanshen from the Seven Yin Talismans, did not detect anything unusual.
"In addition, apart from me, there may be someone of the venerable level dormant in Chang'an in Zonghengdao.
That person may even be a 'zi', or a great lord who is the head of the nine lords. His status is almost as good as that of the third son. Moreover, he is most likely a member of the clan or a relative. I suspect he is from Pingyang Mansion.<
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This is a judgment I made after spending many years dormant in Chang'an and observing some signs."
Marquis Ruyin... Huo Qubing skipped a name in his mind, secretly thinking that the lurker Bai Nanyu mentioned could be left to Ru Bohu to investigate. Now that he has a general direction, he doesn't have to worry about finding the person.
As expected, this woman knew everything, and what she said was the core secret of Zonghengdao.
"Where are the secret hiding places of the two vertical and horizontal passages you mentioned?" Huo Qubing's eyes were bright.
"One of them is east of Fuyu, where Zonghengdao trains soldiers and horses. His hidden identity is Fushan tribe, one of the tribes under Fuyu."
"There is another place, just in Lishan Mountain, hidden under the earth's veins. It is a large tomb built by one of the overlords of the Spring and Autumn Period. It was transformed from a secret cave. It can be hidden in the earth's veins and is difficult to find. It is Zongheng
The most important gathering point of Tao.
At the level of Three Sons and Nine Lords, if we meet occasionally, we will choose there.
And there are two or more people stationed there for a long time."
Bai Nanyu said: "This is also my greatest sincerity in surrendering to Huo Hou.
Destroying either of these two strongholds will be an irreparable loss to Zonghengdao.
Based on my understanding of Zonghengdao, their people are all connected by a single line. Cutting off these two locations will cause them to lose the basis of contact with each other. For Zonghengdao, it will be devastating damage. p>
This is enough to prove my sincerity in surrendering to Huo Hou."
If these two places are destroyed, the Zonghengdao will really be doomed.
Lishan, the Tomb of the First Emperor... Huo Qubing thought for a while, then stood up and said, "Get ready tomorrow, find an excuse to come out of Zhuo's house, and go to Beiguan with me."
Bai Nanyu said in surprise: "Huo Hou didn't first remove the Zonghengdao people who might be hiding in Chang'an?"
"This is Chang'an, not everything needs my personal participation."
To arrest people in Chang'an, Ru Bohu is enough.
Huo Qubing still didn't completely trust Bai Nanyu, so taking her with him and letting her participate when he attacked the foundation of Zonghengdao was the most intuitive way to check whether there was any problem with her.
The next morning, when Huo Qubing left Chang'an, in the bedroom in the backyard, Her Royal Highness the Princess was still asleep and could not get up to see him off.
After the snow falls, the earth is completely white.
Huo Qubing rode out of the city with only a hundred or so soldiers. On the way, a woman wearing a bronze mask quietly joined him.
Under the influence of the magical marching method, the entire team disappeared immediately.