"Brother Emperor, this is crazy! Do you really want to help them?"
"No! If you do this, I will definitely report it to my father. I don't want to be punished along with you!"
Liu Qi looked at him coldly.
"Okay, you can write a book and pass it on to your father now."
"But Liu Yin, please think about it for me. We still have a lot to do next. You should be honest with me. It's best not to let me catch you!"
Hearing Liu Qi's threat, Liu Yingang was about to say something, but Yan Wenhu patted his arm lightly, and he immediately swallowed his words.
Just now.
Liu Qi ordered everyone.
"Bai Qi, you will mobilize five thousand soldiers and horses later, and Lieutenant Qin and I will stay in Yongcheng."
"Old General Han, Yan Wenhu, and Liu Yin, you take the remaining 20,000 troops and horses and all the supplies and continue to march towards Pingcheng."
Liu Qi decided to stay and personally solve the current troubles in Yongcheng.
This is what happened at this time.
"After arriving at Yongcheng, I will personally write a letter to let Your Majesty know the situation here. Regardless of whether the court will send troops here, now that I have arrived, I will not sit idly by and do nothing."
"Everyone do it!"
When the prince gave the order, everyone had no doubts and quickly followed it.
At this time, Zhao Wenhui ran to Liu Qi's side.
"Your Highness, aren't you going to take me with you?"
Liu Qi gave her a strange look.
"Why do you ask?"
"I...I just heard Your Highness say my name."
"Since you are my personal bodyguard, you naturally have to be by my side! Needless to say?"
Of course Liu Qi had not forgotten her, but she was too public and had a bad influence in the army.
Just a few nights ago, what happened in the military tent is still lingering in my mind.
I just don’t know if there will be further development when I go to Yongcheng this time?
Pooh! What are you thinking? Labor and management are there to do business!
.....
The guard of Yongcheng is called Jiao Huang, an old man who has passed his destiny.
When he saw Liu Qi for the first time, he knelt down with a sigh, looking sad.
"Your Highness, save the people of Yongcheng!"
Understood through Jiao Huan’s dictation.
The bandit leader Song He has been leading his men to commit crimes for nearly two years.
The slogan is very loud, do justice for heaven, rob the rich and give to the poor.
In the beginning, those who did do so also distributed a lot of money and food to some surrounding poor villages.
But later on, they did a lot of bad things, but no one ever really saw them helping the poor.
Even the villages that were mentioned as being rescued were later investigated. It was also because the people in the village had taken them in and hid them, just in return.
Now, they occupy Wutang Mountain, and all the people who want to pass by there have to pay them some tolls.
How about a chivalrous person?
What kind of bullshit!
Isn't this just a bully who is bringing trouble to one party?
"Jiao Huan, please relax. Now that I'm here, I won't let you go."
Jiao Huan looked delighted and thanked the prince repeatedly.
However, at this moment, a man who looked like a military attache standing behind him spoke.
"Your Highness, I would like to ask you this boldly. How many troops did you bring with you when you came here?"
"Five thousand."
Unexpectedly, as soon as Liu Qi finished speaking, the group of people standing behind Jiao Huang suddenly sighed.
Liu Qishi was a little strange and a little unhappy, and his brows gradually furrowed.
"What's your expression?"
The military attache whom I had just asked stood up immediately.
"Your Majesty, you don't know. Our Yongcheng city currently only has 3,000 soldiers available. Including the 5,000 soldiers and horses you brought, the number is only 8,000."
"It's impossible for these people to capture Wutang Mountain!"
As soon as he finished speaking, another person beside him followed suit.
"Yes, Your Highness, I thought that you came with all the troops. Alas, now it seems that we, Yongcheng, are hopeless."
Grass! Labor and management gave you face and came to support, but you have such an attitude.
"Okay, since you said so, I would like to go and see how tough Wutang Mountain is tomorrow morning."
.......
Early the next morning, Liu Qi took Bai Qi, Qin Wei, Zhao Wenhui and others to a high mountain opposite Wutang Mountain.
Wutang Mountain is really big. Looking at it, it is at least more than ten miles away.
The most important thing is that the entire mountain is covered with trees. Even if you stand on the opposite side, you can't see what's going on inside.
Bai Qi looked around, walking here and there for a while, and kept asking Jiao Huan about the situation in Wutang Mountain.
After a while, Bai Qi finally came back.
But from his expression, Liu Qi could feel that the situation was not very beautiful.
"Your Highness, I have just observed carefully. Wutang Mountain is indeed a very complicated place. If you want to enter the mountain, there is only one entrance, and it is very narrow."
"If we lead troops to attack forcefully, I'm afraid the casualties will be huge."
When he said this, Liu Qi had a thought in his mind.
"Can't we burn this mountain? Then these bandits can just go down the mountain on their own?"
Although this method is a bit extreme, in Liu Qi's opinion, it is the most direct and effective.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Jiao Huan stepped forward and gave up his idea.
"Your Highness, you must not do this!"
"Wutang Mountain is very large. There are several villages connected to it, and there are many acres of fields. If a fire is set, it will be difficult to control it, and it may also affect the lives of the surrounding people."
Liu Qi took a deep breath and nodded.
It's really not possible. Although suppressing bandits is the most important thing, it must be done at the cost of destroying people's homes. This kind of thing must not be done.
"General Bai, do you have any good ideas?"
Bai Qi thought again and again.
"The general's idea is this. A group of people can conduct a feint attack on the road. From this forest, each will lead two teams of people and attack them from the left and right. In this way, it may be possible to attack the mountain."
"However, the general is not sure about this method at the moment. After all, the environment on the mountain is complex and anything can happen. If we follow this method and attack the mountain stronghold, it may not be a problem, but the casualties may still be huge."
Liu Qi's brows suddenly became serious.
He only has 30,000 men and horses in his hands. Even if there are 1,000 men less, it will be a huge loss.
But judging from Bai Qi's method, if only half of the eight thousand people can come out, it would be very good.
Liu Qi was thinking hard.
The military attachés from yesterday began to chatter behind the scenes again.
"Humph, I thought I had any abilities. It's just a strong attack. I have these people, so can I?"
"There is no point in attacking by force. Just use his method. Let alone attack the opponent's stronghold, I'm afraid they will be discovered by sentries halfway. By then, the whole army may be annihilated."
"Haha, we all thought we were living on dry food, but now you know, this is such a hard nut to crack, let alone eight thousand people, even if it is twice as many, I think we may not be able to eat Wutang Mountain. "
"Stop talking, stop talking, the prince is looking at us."
