He was a veteran after all, although Captain Zhao's sudden attack made this guy quite hasty in responding. But when this guy heard the sound of the bowstring, he immediately leaned back on his horse and avoided the sharp arrow that went straight to his head. But he didn't expect that the person who attacked him was so skilled in archery. Even on a horse, he can shoot a series of arrows such as three stars chasing the moon.
He relied on his agility developed from being on the battlefield all year round to dodge the first arrow. The two sharp arrows that came one after another were blocked by his confidants who reacted immediately and risked their own lives. But his vision was disturbed by the incoming sharp arrows, but he ignored the young prince directly opposite him, who in his eyes was probably just a playboy.
Just when Captain Zhao fired the first wave of three-star arrows to catch the moon, Huang Qiong's other hand, hidden in his sleeve, held a copper coin hidden behind the arrow that hit him in the head. At the same time, Captain Zhao's continuous arrows from behind turned his chest into a hornet's nest before his other confidants could react.
Jiang Xin, who had suffered so many blows, could hardly be saved even by the Great Luo Immortal. He was already dead and could not die again. With lightning speed, he got rid of Jiang Xin who was willing to rebel. Huang Qiong took out the pardon letter granted by the emperor and quickly stabilized the morale of the soldiers in Hulao Pass. And immediately, other officials who were unwilling to rebel and were detained by Jiang Xin were released.
Jiang Xin had been transferred to Hulao Pass for less than three months, and he only had five or six confidants. And these five or six confidants can only control the garrison of 500 people. Since Shou Ni has been executed, those close friends will naturally no longer resist. Faced with the fact that his subordinates refused to obey orders, he could only simply surrender.
Huang Qiong quickly conquered the Hulao Pass garrison and stabilized the situation inside the pass. The only pity is that we were not able to catch the person sent by King Jing to contact Jiang Xin. Seeing that the situation was not going well, that guy actually took the poison and committed suicide first. Huang Qiong felt very sorry for this man's death. If we could catch him alive, we should be able to knock out a lot of things from his mouth.
However, although it is a bit regretful, Huang Qiong is more cautious about his real opponent who has not been found out yet. Huang Qiong can now determine whether Jiang Xin is from King Jing. From then on, when people mentioned King Jing, there was no respect in their tone. Huang Qiong knew that King Jing was just a tablet for him.
But who is the person who controls Jiang Xin? With the death of this contact person, he will become a mess again. And that person was not only able to control Jiang Xin, this dignified fourth-grade military attache worked for him. There are actually so many dead soldiers in his hands, this is not ordinary terrifying. If people are not afraid of death, what else can scare them?
Huang Qiong shook his head, knowing that he had more important things to do at the moment, and temporarily took his mind away from here. After ordering Jiang Xin and this contact person to be shown their heads to the public. Huang Qiong was still in shock after being released, but he could only gather his energy to deal with Huang Qiong's colleagues, who accompanied him to inspect the defense of Hulao Pass.
He felt the dark barrels of several cannons that had been moved to Kansai and were pointing in the direction he came from. Looking at the mountains of gunfire and artillery shells inside the pass, Huang Qiong couldn't help but screamed luck. If he failed to capture Jiang Xin in one fell swoop, how much price would the Xiaoqi battalion have to pay if they wanted to recapture this great pass?
In fact, Huang Qiong really wanted to capture Jiang Xin alive. When he made it clear to himself that the person standing behind him was not King Jing, Huang Qiong could clearly see the flash of light in this guy's eyes. This hint of light also confirmed Huang Qiong's guess in disguise. If I could capture this guy alive, I'm afraid I would get more than the contact person.
It's just a pity that the situation at that time was urgent. If he hadn't used the prestige of the three killed generals in the Hulao Pass army to divide the three thousand troops and horses in Hulao Pass. Without giving this guy time to react, he directly eliminated him. It might not be possible to determine who will win by then, and he might not have the last laugh.
However, although no one could be caught alive. But Huang Qiong believed that Jiang Xin's internal status in the other party was definitely not low. Given the emperor's control over the army, even if that person's hands and eyes reach the sky, there is a limit to how much he can insert his hands into the army. A fourth-grade military attache is not a false position. He is a real leader of troops, no matter who is standing behind him, but it would be strange if his status was low.
Today, I have broken one of his generals. Although it may not hurt that guy, at least it can be considered as breaking a support for him. It's even possible that the nail that broke was his highest-ranking nail in the army. Presumably, this time it will make this person stomp his feet in pain, which can be regarded as a blow to him.
Seeing the King of England caressing the cannon and lost in thought, the fourth-grade Hulao Gate officer who had just been released from the Dutong Yamen by the Xiaoqi battalion said cautiously: "Your Majesty, your humble position is guilty. As a Hulao Pass officer, you failed to do so." Discover Jiang's rebellious intentions as early as possible. Not only did three colleagues lose their lives at the hands of this traitor, but he also put the King of England in danger. Please punish him."
Huang Qiong shook his head when he heard that his colleague asked for punishment. The Tongzhi of Hulao Pass is a civil servant, and his full name is Tongzhi, the Governor of Fumin and Pay of Hulao Pass. Customized according to Daqi, it is located at the pass where there are no prefectures or counties. All garrison troops have civilian officials who are not only responsible for supervising the troops and supervising food and payment, but are also responsible for handling civil affairs in the passes.
In addition to Hulao Pass, all key pass points where troops are stationed in Daqi are equipped with this kind of knowledge to support the people. At such a big pass as Hulao Pass, the actual rights of these people who support the people are not even smaller than those of a magistrate. Even because he was responsible for the food and wages of the garrison, the maintenance of the city, and the request and distribution of baggage, his rights were even greater than those of ordinary magistrates.
Although the jurisdiction area is smaller, these passes are often set up at water and land strategic points, as well as on the main transportation routes for merchants and merchants. Often due to objective circumstances, there is a kind of abnormal prosperity. As someone who is in charge of both military and civilian affairs, even in a remote mountainous area like Xichuan Road, there is not much oil and water.
Judging from the chubby figure of the colleague in front of me, I am afraid that he has made a lot of money. But in this matter, he is indeed responsible. After all, as a Tongzhi who cares for the people, his first duty is to supervise the army. Such a big thing happened in the army, and he only knew that something was wrong when he was caught. Presumably, this guy usually puts more thought into how to make money.
But to say that he bears the main responsibility is hard to say. After all, he is a civilian official. Although he has the name of supervising the army, in fact, he is still limited in what he can do in the army. And now that the war is about to begin, it's time to deal with him now. At least this chubby guy still has some say in the military affairs of Hulao Pass.
After thinking for a while, Huang Qiong waved his hand and said: "Forget about pursuing the responsibility. This time such a big thing happened in the customs, and everyone knows that you do have a part of the responsibility, and the responsibility is not small. The imperial court sent you here, your first responsibility is Supervising the army does not make you a decoration. It also does not mean that you do nothing but make money all day long."
"But now that things have happened, it's too late to hold anyone responsible. The war is about to begin, and I don't want to cause more trouble. What you need to do now is to cooperate with Zhao Wuye to prepare Hulao well before the Xiaoqi battalion arrives. Guan's defense. If you do it well, I will give you a reward for your merits and demerits. If you fail, you will be punished for both crimes. I will send you back to Beijing in a prison car. "
"You are a child of a noble family, and you have heard of my king's methods. If I want to punish you, it will be useless even if I, the King of Heaven, come here. You come from a family of military generals. Although you are now a civil servant, I hope that you The martial spirit left behind by our ancestors’ hundreds of battles has not been completely lost.”
Although he scared this guy, Huang Qiong decided to give him a sweet date. The only way to control your subordinates is to use both soft and hard tactics: "This has been done. Although I can no longer let you do this as the Tongzhi of Hulao Pass, I can recommend you to be released to the outside world. I think you can still be a magistrate of the state if you are released to the outside world. .”
To be honest, Huang Qiong was not generally disappointed with this guy. Not only because in this matter, he was obviously not an ordinary derelict in his duties. Moreover, the time this guy was transferred to Hulao Pass was much longer than that of Jiang Xin. He had almost completed his term of office, but when such a big thing happened, he didn't even have a single person to inform him.
When it comes to intrigues, this guy is also a member of a noble family, so how can he be any worse? But to allow a person who has only been in office for less than three months to be fooled around is probably not something that can be justified as dereliction of duty. It's just that the matter has reached this point, even if you kill him, you can't recover the loss. Besides, he is also an old man from Guanzhong, so keeping him is at least better than keeping a pig.
As for recommending this guy to be released as a magistrate, even though he has been downgraded in level. However, he was not held accountable for the crime of dereliction of duty, and there was a real shortcoming. It is estimated that this guy will be happy to do things for him. In this rebellion of King Jing, almost all the officials of Zhengzhou, big and small, were involved, so it was not a big deal to create a real vacancy for the governor of the state.
Sure enough, as soon as Huang Qiong's words fell, this guy said with a grateful face: "His Royal Highness will not pursue the crime of dereliction of duty, and I will be grateful. Please rest assured, King Ying, I will do my best and cooperate with Zhao Du." Lieutenant Commander will do a good job in the defense of Hulao Pass and will never let down the prince's high expectations."
After hearing this guy's words of loyalty, Huang Qiong waved his hand to indicate that he did not want to continue to be entangled in this matter. Instead, he focused his attention on the cannons in front of him. Yes, this kind of cannon is called the General Cannon. I heard that this name was given by Emperor Taizu back then.
Seeing that the King of England was interested in these cannons, the colleague who was eager to atone for his sins quickly said: "Your Majesty, these cannons were made into copper coins by the King of Guilin in Tongzhou during the founding war of the People's Republic of China. They are made of iron and made of iron. These cannons are extremely powerful, with a range of up to ten miles, and are almost indestructible especially when attacking a city."
"It's just that although these general cannons are extremely powerful, they are also too bulky. When moving, they need dozens of tall horses to pull them. They are not very useful in field battles. Therefore, most of them can only be placed at passes. Defending the city and field battles are of almost no value. Except for some strategic pass points, there are almost no other armies."
"In addition, casting these cannons requires a large amount of copper. The copper produced by our dynasty can only be used to make coins, so we really can't get too much copper to make cannons. At that time, the king of Guilin almost used the copper coins of the former Tang Dynasty in Tongzhou , only a few cannons were made by collecting the embers. The cannons made of pig iron, although lighter in weight, often exploded. Even if a few can be used, the effect is much worse."
"Furthermore, our cavalry has always been elite. In field battles, it is no worse than the Northern Liao cavalry. However, this artillery is too heavy and has limited use in field battles. In addition, the world was initially settled and people's livelihood was exhausted. We, all our businesses have withered away, and the annual income in the court is barely enough to maintain the army's pay and silver, and it is difficult to even maintain the salaries of hundreds of officials."
