After two days of rest and recuperation, the 20,000-strong landing force, which had regained its combat strength, began to rapidly advance toward the Black Mountains in the north under the leadership of Gongsun Xuanyuan.
Gongsun Xuanyuan held the force distribution map of the Qing army in Liaodong. With his intentional avoidance, he easily avoided the Qing army garrisons on all sides, as well as the villages and towns along the way.
But an army of 20,000 is not a small number after all. No matter how careful you are, as long as the army passes by, it will leave traces. This cannot be concealed no matter how hard you try.
Although the road Gongsun Xuanyuan chose was off the beaten path and according to common sense he should not be discovered in the short term, there happened to be two Manchu spies who unexpectedly discovered the Qin army's march while passing by.
"Is this the trace of a large army marching? No, the Qin army secretly entered the border of Liaodong. Looking at the traces of the march, the number of people is at least tens of thousands."
"How is this possible? Hasn't the Qin army already landed in western Liaoning? Why secretly enter Liaodong at this time?"
"God knows what the commander-in-chief of the Qin Army is thinking. It's better to report it to His Highness King Jin as soon as possible so that preparations can be made as soon as possible."
"That's right."
Liaodong County, the administrative seat is Xiangping, in the prefecture.
Wanyan Aguda looked deeply at the troop distribution map in front of him and asked uneasily: "Military advisor, did you say that the Qin army has entered Montenegro now?"
The reason why Aguda is uneasy is because now he is betraying the interests of a country to protect his own personal interests.
If the Qin Army failed in this operation, it would be impossible to execute its next operations, which would mean it would be stuck at the starting point.
In order to replace Nurhaci, Aguda has done too many things. He has absolutely no way of turning back. Only one person can survive between him and Nurhaci.
Therefore, Aguda and Gongsun Xuanyuan are now grasshoppers on a rope.
When one is honored, both are honored, and when one is humiliated, both are disgraced.
"Your Highness, don't be anxious. The Qin army is an elite army. If you cross the sea to reach Liaodong, you will definitely get seasick. It will take at least a day or two to recover. The Qin army should have just set off now."
Zhang Yi said calmly: "Although these are just his speculations, they are well-founded and convincing. And this is exactly the case."
Aguda didn’t have the slightest doubt about Zhang Yi? He sighed softly: “I hope there can be less twists and turns.”
But it's not that simple.
Soon two spies came to report.
"Report... to the King of Jin, my subordinates have discovered traces of a large number of military activities in the Pingguo County area. I suspect that the Qin Army may have secretly landed in Liaodong."
Hearing this, Aguda and Zhang Yi looked at each other. They both saw murderous intent in each other's eyes, but they both hid it very well.
"Who else knows about this besides you?"
"At present, except for the two of us and His Highness, no one else knows."
"After discovering the traces of the enemy? We immediately came to the prefect's mansion to report, and there was no delay during the process."
The two reported the reports one after another, and Aguda smiled when he heard this: "Well done, you have made a great contribution, I will reward you heavily?"
After hearing what Aguda said, the two spies were immediately overjoyed and thanked him: "Thank you for your gift, Your Highness. This is just the duty of my subordinates..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw a flash of cold light? Then, a trace of blood appeared on the necks of the two people at the same time.
"rub……"
Aguda sheathed the knife with an indifferent look on his face, his eyes calm, as if he had killed not two people, but two ants.
The faces of the two spies were full of disbelief and confusion. They had no idea why King Jin wanted to kill them. However, their throats were already cut open and their vitality was constantly flowing away. Even if they wanted to speak, they could not speak.
, and soon fell to the ground and died without closing his eyes.
The movement inside the house immediately alerted the guards outside. The guards swarmed in quickly, while Aguda said calmly: "These two people are assassins who intend to assassinate me. They have been killed by me. Push their bodies out to feed the dogs."
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"twitter."
After the bodies of the two spies were dragged away, Aguda said to Zhang Yi with a solemn expression: "This is only in Liaodong, and the Qin army has already been exposed. How can we get to Lulong like this?"
Zhang Yi also had a look of surprise on his face and said: "Gongsun Xuanyuan is the number one general in Youzhou. Logically speaking, he shouldn't make too obvious mistakes. This accident should be just a coincidence.
Your Highness does not need to worry about whether the Qin army will be exposed in advance. As long as you help cover it up, the Qin army will never be exposed before entering the Black Mountain. And as long as it enters the Black Mountain, the armies in western Liaoning will definitely find out before leaving the mountain.
Suddenly, Aguda realized that something was wrong, looked at Zhang Yi and asked: "Military advisor, how did you know that the commander-in-chief of the Qin army was Gongsun Xuanyuan?"
Zhang Yi was startled and thought to himself that it was terrible. He accidentally let it slip unintentionally. It should not have been a secret that he knew.
Although Aguda joined forces with the Qin army, both sides were wary of each other. It was impossible for the Qin army to tell him the candidate for the landing general. And how did Su Qin, as a military advisor, know about things that even Aguda didn't know?
If Aguda is as cautious as he is, he will inevitably doubt Zhang Yi.
In an instant, Zhang Yi was thinking a lot about what to say, and although he was extremely anxious in his heart, his face still looked calm and calm.
If he can't get over this crisis, even though Aguda, who has taken the wrong path, will continue to rebel, Zhang Yi will definitely die, and even if Xiang Yu wants to save him, it will be too late.
What to do?
Yes.
In the blink of an eye, Zhang Yi already had an idea in mind, and explained with a faint smile: "Your Highness, Gongsun Xuanyuan is the number one general in Youzhou, and he rebuilt Lulongsai with his own hands. Based on his understanding of Lulongsai, I am afraid that there is no such thing in the world."
The second person can compare with it.
In addition, western Liaoning and eastern Liaoning belonged to the Liao Kingdom before, and Gongsun Xuanyuan was the Duke of Liao Kingdom and was very familiar with the terrain of Liaodong and western Liaoning.
Not everyone can accomplish the task of raiding Lulongsai. Among the current Qing army, besides Gongsun Xuanyuan, who is familiar with the terrain of eastern Liaoning and western Liaoning, and who knows Lulongsai very well, who else can parallel the sea route and detour thousands of miles to conquer the Lulongsai.
The Qin army was brought to Lulong Pass?
Therefore, Qin Hao will use Gongsun Xuanyuan as his general, isn't this a matter of course?"
Aguda suddenly showed a look of astonishment. There was no flaw in Zhang Yi's remarks, so he had no reason to continue to doubt his military skills.
"That's right, but military advisor, you should have informed me earlier."