After Li Jiguang met Nagaze, he whispered to him.
Nagasawa's eyes flickered, "That female Imperial Preceptor of Chongnan was really taking advantage of Mu Rencheng. The fourth prince was killed, and then she had people spread rumors in the army to disturb the emperor's mind, and then took the opportunity to attack Huangsha Pass by surprise! "
Li Jiguang frowned, "Chongnan is planning to capture the twelve cities behind Huangsha Pass in a row!"
The appetite is really not small.
pity.
The Holy One had already planned it.
The factory guards of Dongchang had already infiltrated into the "Mu Family Army". At this time, they took advantage of the situation to expose Mu Rencheng and disintegrate the so-called "Mu Family Army".
A smile appeared at the corners of Nagasawa's lips, and he waved to the factory guard behind him who was also dressed in black. The factory guard immediately dragged the dead man in black to a dark place, and then returned to the man in black led by the enemy. The man didn't notice anything unusual, so he took out his fire stick and lit it at the third sentry post on the city wall. That little bit of fire was fleeting in the dark night, but it was enough to send a message to the enemy below.
The man in black whispered: "Send the zipline down the city wall and open the city gate. Be sure to hurry..."
As soon as the word "quick" came out of his mouth, the cold tip of the knife was pierced into his throat, and he fell to the ground before blood could even spurt out.
Nagasawa waved his hand, and the sentry originally standing on the wall immediately moved the "special" zipline that had been prepared in advance down the city wall. He whispered to the guards around him: "Lure the enemy into the city and kill them!"
The order was passed on, and Nagasawa and Li Jiguang each led a team of people to wait secretly.
After a while, another group of figures appeared in the enemy camp. Apparently they got the signal from the previous group. They reached the bottom of the city wall as fast as lightning and climbed up the city wall smoothly. , not long after, dozens of people had turned over and entered the city...
One of them was faster and more agile than the others. He lurked under the city wall and grabbed a zipline. With one kick, he climbed up the ten-foot-high city wall without even a moment's pause.
Landing lightly, the man suddenly felt a pinprick-like sting on his hand. He couldn't help but laugh at himself for a moment. He hadn't done such rough work for a long time, and even his skin was tender!
After collecting the twelve cities of Huangsha Pass, he will have to reward himself!
It was also pitch black above the city wall. He opened his eyes wide and carefully determined the direction, and moved his feet cautiously, but at this moment he kicked something. His heart was shocked, and he stopped and held his breath for a moment, but nothing happened.
He bent down to touch something on the ground, but before he could touch what was on the ground, he felt a numbness in his arm. Then the numbness quickly spread to his chest and abdomen, and he felt his heart suddenly shrink. The severe pain made his scalp explode, and his hands and feet began to lose control.
He bent his knees and plopped down on the stone floor. He heard the sound of his knees touching the brick floor, but he couldn't feel the pain in his legs. He secretly yelled, "Oh no, there's an ambush!" He wanted to scream to alert his other companions, but he couldn't feel where his throat was.
He fell headlong onto the thing he had stumbled over before, and now he finally knew what it was! That was one of his own who climbed the zipline before him! His head fell to the ground, his face pressed against the cold stone, and his heart felt cold.
He wanted to grit his teeth and muster some strength, but he couldn't do it...
Yes, the pain that came from my hand just now! The flying rope must have been coated with something like castor seed juice. The liquid seeped into the punctured skin and quickly numbed the senses!
Suddenly there was a rustling sound not far away. It turned out that someone was dragging away the person who had fallen to the ground. Soon, the other party came to him, pulled his feet, and dragged him upside down to a place, and his hands and feet were tightly tied. His eyelids drooped down, revealing only a small gap. Although his body didn't feel anything, he could vaguely see that the other party seemed to be searching him.
"Take these people away!"
He was driven to a dimly lit place. He thought that as long as the other party wanted to question him, they would give him the antidote, and then he would have the opportunity to send a signal. However, he never expected that the other party didn't mean to ask him a word at all. The person who took him away just threw him into a dungeon-like place and said: "There is something wrong with this person! Focus on custody. Don’t let him run away, if anything unusual happens, kill him!”
He almost vomited blood after hearing this! How come these people don't act according to common sense at all?
However, no one paid much attention to him anymore.
Li Jiguang stood in the dark and looked in the direction of the enemy camp, muttering, "When did the Chongnan people learn to play tricks, or were they actually pretending to be stupid before this, in order to paralyze us?"
Nagaze said: "Although there are 100,000 soldiers stationed at Huangsha Pass, the army has been almost wasted in the hands of Mu Rencheng over the years! Chongnan has repeatedly provoked disputes in the past, and deliberately showed weakness and ended in failure. Over time, Huangsha Pass The soldiers have long ignored the Chongnan army. This time, the female national advisor is determined to capture twelve cities in a row. Naturally, she has various means. Therefore, we must not only win over the Mu family army from Mu Rencheng, but also Defend Huangsha Pass under the offensive of Chongnan's 200,000 troops."
Li Jiguang's scalp went numb when he heard this, "Just rely on Mu Rencheng to support these Mu family troops?"
Nagasawa took a deep breath, "We just need to hold on until the court's reinforcements arrive..."
Li Jiguang understood.
Reinforcements from the imperial court will come, but they have to survive until then.
*****
Beijing.
The fourth prince was executed, Concubine Mu was thrown into the cold palace, Mu's mansion and the fourth prince's mansion were confiscated. Things changed overnight, and the illustrious Mu family disappeared. To outsiders who didn't know the inside story, it looked like a yawn. So simple.
While all the ministers in the court felt the majesty of the emperor, new vitality sprouted everywhere.
Wei Shicheng helped the emperor eliminate the remnants of the four princes. After a long period of preparation, he finally entered the cabinet and was only one step away from the chief minister.
Since the time of the first emperor, the power of the prime minister has been weakened, and all decision-making power belongs to the emperor. The cabinet was originally established to assist the emperor and participate in military affairs, but it still has an important influence on the emperor's decision-making.
The chief minister is the most virtuous and respected among the ministers in the cabinet and has the most say. Like the prime minister, they were the most talented people around the emperor. However, the chief minister initially only made suggestions and had no right to make decisions.
However, by virtue of their proximity to the emperor, the cabinet ministers' official ranks and cabinet power began to rise rapidly.
Nowadays, the chief minister of the cabinet is also called the "prime minister" and has even more say than the prime minister.
Li Qingyi felt heavy about this, but at the same time he was happy that Qin Zeng could regain his health.
However, the so-called restoration of his body only meant that his identity as the legitimate son of King Zhenbei was made public. In order to facilitate the process, the emperor did not clarify his identity as a "eunuch".
Even so, the news that Qin Zeng, the admiral of the East Factory, was the legitimate son of King Zhenbei was enough to shock the entire capital.
The Xiao family's corruption case and the Zhenbei King's rebellion case were brought to justice together.
The ancestral home and property of the Xiao family that had been confiscated that year were returned intact to the Xiao family's grandson Qin Zeng.
As for Zhenbei Palace, it is more complicated.
