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But apparently Abu was not very proud of this. Instead, his face was full of sadness, and he said in a low voice: "Zhang Mingqi went out with Brother Chang Gong, and Xiaoqian Wang of the building wished them to go with General Huang again. On the contrary, I just looked like a useless person." I am able to mobilize the city defense in this city, and I don’t know if I did something wrong..."

"Don't say that." Qin Ke didn't think so, and said with a smile, "Cai Yan told me that the reason why you are kept is that you are valued enough. Jianye City is the center of Jingwu, and if something goes wrong , no matter how well General Huang fights, it won’t help, so you just need to keep your title and do what you should do well.”

This is what he said from the bottom of his heart, and Abu naturally believed Cai Yan's analysis, sighed, and nodded.

It's just that the haze in his heart could not be dissipated, and his steps became heavy.

In fact, he also knew that the biggest burden in his heart was not that he couldn't go to war, but that he couldn't figure out why things had come to this point at all.

Gao Changgong is his most respected elder brother. Of course he knows that he is definitely not a villain who is greedy for fame and fortune, but why does he help the king and Sun Tong to engage in "the side of the Qing Dynasty", and even secretly communicated with the Tang Dynasty to destroy Jingwu? foundation?

He went to ask Zhuge Wanling, but Zhuge Wanling didn't say anything to him. Huang Hansheng seemed to know some inside information, but he just patted him on the shoulder with a sense of comfort. One hundred thousand troops left Jianye.

Being protected by the elders like a child, or even concealed, this is probably the most painful and helpless thing for Abu.

Qin Ke looked at Abu, and actually wanted to comfort him as much as possible, but finally hesitated for a long time, and stuffed those words back into his stomach.

"I hope the old general can win." Qin Ke looked ahead and said with a heavy heart, "Although I always feel that the old general is a bit rigid, I heard that he has experienced more battles in his life than Gao Changgong, and he has the cultivation level of a master , may not be defeated."

In fact, Qin Ke still has some reservations, because although Huang Hansheng is a master master, in a real fight, it is impossible to beat Gao Changgong who was in his prime and had already begun to climb the peak of the saint realm, but this time Zhuge Wanling Tell him that Luo Fengchu is also with the army this time, and he can always suppress Gao Changgong by a bit.

The world is changing so fast, Luo Fengchu was still an enemy a few days ago, but now Luo Fengchu is on their side, and is going to "crusade" Gao Changgong with the army, I really don't know how to comment.

"Is General Zhu Ran in charge of Jianye now?" Another group of soldiers with spears passed by, Qin Ke looked at their backs and asked.

"Yes, although most of Jianye's soldiers have been taken away, there are still [-] recruits, [-] forbidden soldiers, and [-] Qingzhou ghost riders in the city. In addition, there is sufficient food and grass, and the city's defenses are strong. "Abu counted.

But for some reason, Qin Ke thought of the missing tiger's whereabouts, and the unrevealed curtain in Jianye City, and there was always a big stone in his heart that could not be dropped.

"I hope everything is as you said..."

Chapter 732

In the face of a sudden change, everyone must make their own choices.

The soldiers and civilians in Jianye City have accepted the reality amidst the noise and panic, and have started intense preparations for this, but what they don't know is that in Kangzhou, thousands of miles away, someone is still doing the last battle. Fight hard, want to turn the tide and save everything.

The deep night shrouded the camp, and the endless boilers produced smoke from cooking, like clouds rising up, and a lonely eagle passed through them.

Zhang Mingqi doesn't feel lonely.

Because at this time, he was surrounded by many elite guards, all of whom were brothers who were born and died with him.

"Is Zhenying in the east ready?"

"Well, as long as there's a fire going on, he's going to create chaos in the camp, make things as big as possible, and draw attention over there."

"Very good, do you have enough people in Qionglu? I know you have a strong temper and never open your mouth to ask for help, but I am not joking with you now. If you dare to show your way today, I will take the knife first. cut you off."

There was no fire in the tent, not even a candle, so the Qingzhou Ghost Rider, known as the Qionglu, stood in the shadows, his face unclear.

After a while, he let out some embarrassing laughter and said: "Although I already have a team of people under me, it's not that I can't do it, but Ming Qi, you say that..."

"Give him another team." Zhang Mingqi interrupted him, regardless of what he said next, but turned to a general and said, "You and your people, from now on, obey the orders of Qionglu. If there is anything If you don’t agree, just say it now, if you delay a major event, you know the consequences.”

After arranging things one by one, Zhang Mingqi looked around and looked at those officers in armor, or from Qingzhou Ghost Riders, or from the infantry, and said in a deep voice: "Masters, what happened tonight is related to the root of my Jingwu. Well, the general didn't show up for several days, but in the end he issued such a reckless order, there must be a villain holding him back. As Jingwu people, we naturally have to throw our heads and blood, and would rather be smashed to pieces than let Jingwu lead to a war Civil unrest."

"understand!"

The people present were all loyal subordinates to Gao Changgong, otherwise it would be impossible to listen to Zhang Mingqi's gathering together to plan a terrifying plan.

Even though they suppressed their voices at this time, these majestic men in the army still agreed firmly, as if a sharp knife had been clanged out of its sheath in the darkness.

"Let's go our separate ways." Zhang Mingqi also nodded heavily, holding the handle of the knife at his waist with one hand, and slowly closed his eyes.

Ever since he entered Kangzhou without a single shot, Zhang Mingqi had already sensed some strange changes in the army.

First, Gao Changgong was unwell, and then the medical officer in charge of taking Gao Changgong's pulse died of a strange illness. Then Gao Changgong's personal guards were changed inexplicably, and several people were even imprisoned for committing crimes.

Later, few people in the entire barracks saw Gao Changgong in person, and even Zhang Mingqi was refused to enter the tent in the name of the general's need for rest.

Moreover, following orders from the big tent, the titles of many officers were also changed, and they were either sent away or separated...

After the Great War, this kind of officer rank change is common, even in peacetime, it is not surprising, but this has just entered the anti-wrinkle period, and Sun Tong has not yet disappeared, but the military camp has already begun to change course. Know what's going to happen next?

It wasn't until that day that the news about Yidai Zhao spread throughout the army, and when people were in turmoil, Zhang Mingqi suddenly realized that a crisis might be at hand.

At this moment, Zhang Mingqi took a deep breath, knowing that if he didn't do something, he might not be able to do anything.

riot.

Yes, start an incident.

This is exactly what he planned, and it is also the only possible way to save Jing Wu now. If he and others can successfully welcome Gao Changgong back, a military disaster may be eliminated, but if even they are all dead Now, then Jing Wuzhen is about to face a catastrophe.

"Speaking of people's fate is really interesting. A few years ago, I was just a dandy rich man who didn't do my job every day and only knew how to walk the dog and play birds in the brothel, but now..." Zhang Mingqi smiled self-deprecatingly, " But now he starts to worry about the affairs of his family and country, and even dares to risk his life to protect some things."

But that beautiful figure appeared in his mind, thinking of the acquaintance with her, thinking of her usual carefreeness, thinking of that night on the marriage bed, her shyness at the beginning and her enthusiastic response afterwards...

Marriage is really a strange thing. It is not just the fusion of blood and body fluids, but it can really make people feel an invisible connection. Since then, two people who have been separated from the world have returned to one, and they have felt the same.

Jing Wu is safe, so is she.

Jing Wu is uneasy, how can she be?

"Rebellion." Zhang Mingqi spit out these two words, then made up his mind, opened his eyes suddenly, opened the camp tent and strode out, the red tassel on the helmet fluttered in the wind like a banner.

Four watches and five watches alternate, which is the time when people sleep the most.

However, lurking in the darkness tonight is not only the grasshoppers in the grass, nor the birds on the treetops, but also countless lurking shadows, moving forward from the barracks like ghosts.

Gao Changgong's personal guard battalion has always been notorious, and the reason is naturally that they have a general who is stronger than most.

But this does not mean that they are lacking in strength. On the contrary, this personal guard battalion has gathered the most elite fighters in the army, and almost everyone is a practitioner. Once it is launched, it must be like a thunderbolt.

As the first figure turned over the camp, the second and third followed closely behind, and touched the watchtower along the camp. Only a few short muffled groans were heard, and several watchtowers were silent. A group of people were changed among them.

"Soldiers of the Sun family, that's all." A Qingzhou ghost rider looked at the lying corpse. Although he was wearing Gao Changgong's armor, he was actually a soldier of the Sun family. He couldn't help spitting contemptuously.

This is not surprising. The soldiers of the Sun family have not fought fiercely for a long time. In this fertile land, they even grew fat. They move slowly and carelessly. In front of the tiger and wolf division, they look like a group of monkeys crowned ridiculously. exist.

But now this group of rotten fish and shrimps can transform themselves into guards outside the big tent. It is obvious that something is wrong with Gao Changgong's camp.

It's ridiculous that these personal guards obediently obeyed the order at the beginning, transferred out of the camp by themselves, and left Gao Changgong's side.

After capturing the watchtower, the Qingzhou Ghost Rider did not act in a hurry, but stood in the darkness holding the handle of the knife, beating a finger lightly, as if he was calculating something.

And when he tapped his fingers 120 times, he suddenly saw a flame rising into the sky in the distance, like a surging red tide, illuminating the military camps stationed in the outer city!

Zhang Mingqi, who was standing under the watchtower, knew that the flames were not burning straw or horse grass, but real grain. Only in this way could everyone's attention be drawn to it.

However, in this way, at least more than [-] shi of grain will be affected, and it is not known how much can be preserved afterwards.

There is no one who does not cherish food in the army, because no one knows when food will run out or when they will be hungry. If there is a war, the availability of food and grass is almost the deciding factor for victory or defeat.

But tonight Zhang Mingqi is going to take advantage of this momentum to win the camp in one fell swoop!

When most people were attracted to leave the vicinity of the camp, Zhang Mingqi suddenly pulled out the long knife at his waist and shouted loudly: "Kill!"

The guards who sneaked into the camp made their actions almost at the same time.

Different from ordinary people, they don't need to climb down from the observation tower step by step, but just stomp their legs on the observation tower, and the whole person jumps out of the observation tower, with their arms outstretched like a falling eagle. It didn't get into the back of those guards.

For a moment, the sound of shouts and killings shook the sky, while another place was raging fire, which re-dye the decades of peace in Kangzhou with a layer of blood red.

733 Chapter Haoyue

"Professional Guard! That's from the General's Personal Guard!"

"Damn! We are our own people! Our own people!"

Without witnessing it with my own eyes, it's hard to imagine that just a hundred-man team could charge around in a camp guarded by thousands of people, tearing the formation apart.

However, this is Gao Changgong's personal guard battalion. Their strength, their unity, and their fighting will all make them become unstoppable beasts on the battlefield.

However, what the soldiers were most puzzled about was that the guard battalion, which was supposed to be marked with a distinct "one of our own" mark, suddenly turned into a hungry wolf in the dark night, and opened its fangs to ruthlessly dig into their chests, tearing at the soldiers. To lay down their flesh and blood, as if they were enemies, they were merciless.

"Don't love to fight! Drive them to the west!" Zhang Mingqi's hoarse roar was especially loud in the guard camp.

Naturally, the sergeant of the Guards Battalion resolutely carried out his will. Their strong cultivation allowed them to use a team of hundreds as a team of thousands. The soldiers kept retreating.

To the west is a corner formed by the wooden wall, on which there is also a high platform for archers to stand on, which can generally be used to resist enemy soldiers and prevent surprise attacks.

However, today this wall seems to be built specially for Zhang Mingqi. With the help of the terrain, this funnel-like corner directly blocks the enemy's retreat. Countless people crowded together as if they were driven into the sheep pen The poor sheep are blocked from the left, right, front, and back, and can only make desperate cries.

"Those who put down their weapons will not be killed!" Zhang Mingqi had no intention of killing them, after all, they were all brothers Paoze, even if he really gave the order to kill them, I am afraid that other people would not be able to do so ruthlessly.

That being the case, recruiting and surrendering naturally became the best choice.

The thousand-man team was already on the verge of despair under such a violent offensive, and when they found out that there was a chance of life, they didn't struggle anymore, and began to drop their weapons one by one and surrender.

A few people even cried out to the guards loudly, "What are you doing..."

But Zhang Mingqi didn't have the time to listen to those voices anymore. After basically controlling the entire camp, he left more than [-] people to guard nearly a thousand prisoners, and led them towards the most heart of the camp.

The purpose of this battle is to tear off the absurd banner of "Qing Emperor's side" and bring this army belonging to Jingwu back to Zhuge Wanling's hands.

Only Gao Changgong himself can do this.

Zhang Mingqi took a deep breath, and with all his strength, suddenly lifted the felt cloth of the big tent, pointed the torch at the interior lighting, and found a fact that shocked him.

"The big tent...is empty!" Facing the empty inside of the big tent, Zhang Mingqi froze in place as if struck by lightning.

When did Gao Changgong leave the army?Who hijacked him again?And when the great general of the family is not in the tent, who is going to issue military orders and control the entire army?

In just a moment, Zhang Mingqi had countless thoughts in his head. Unfortunately, no one could answer these questions for him.

"Ming Qi, what should we do now?" The guard general Lang Qing who was also shocked asked, "Where is the general now?"

Zhang Mingqi shook his head, and could only make some simple inferences: "The biggest possibility is that people from the Sun family hid somewhere in Kangzhou City. From the beginning, Kangzhou surrendered without a fight, which made me feel a little weird. The Sun family has always had such an arrangement since then. Since the last expedition, the general has been suffering from physical problems, if the Sun family really took advantage of it..."

He didn't finish, because he couldn't imagine how terrible the consequences would be if this happened, and it was even more difficult to accept the fact that Gao Changgong might have been hijacked.

However, before he could continue to think deeply about how to get out of the predicament, a person from the personal guard battalion rushed over and said in a hurried voice: "A group of cavalry suddenly appeared at the outer door to attack the door. They are Qingzhou ghost cavalry!"

Everyone's expressions tightened suddenly, even Zhang Mingqi was surprised: "How could it be so fast?"

And when he looked into the distance, he found that the fire that should have been soaring into the sky had been suppressed and was gradually dimming, but he suddenly accepted the display and only sighed slightly.

"It's already come to this point, brother, why can't you just stand up?" Zhang Mingqi looked at the sergeant of the guard camp behind him, and asked coldly.

Under Lang Shi's shocked gaze, the crowd moved slightly, and then a personal guard wearing the black armor of Qingzhou Ghost Rider came out slowly, bowed his head and saluted Zhang Mingqi.

"Li Zhu..."

Zhang Mingqi stretched out a hand, stopped Lang Qing's words, and took a step forward as if looking down at the man, his eyes were a little cold: "I don't understand, if you really want to report, we would have done so a few hours ago. You've been caught, but since you've got to the point of being stabbed with awareness, why did you tell others about it?"

A huge drop of sweat slowly flowed down from Li Zhu's forehead. Even though he lowered his head, he could still feel the stern gazes of his brothers all around him.

There is no doubt that as long as he has any suspicious actions, he will be shot and killed on the spot.

But he still clenched his fists, and kept his hands in the air: "A few years ago, the Sun family promised me gold and silver, but I never promised. Since I entered the Qingzhou Ghost Rider, I have sworn to be loyal to the general. It has not changed before, but now It hasn't changed, and it won't change in the future. What happened today, I just did what I was supposed to do."

"It's a matter of duty, but I don't know whose duty you are talking about." Zhang Mingqi's voice was sharp as if holding a knife and gun, "The general is currently being held hostage, and we desperately rescued him, but in the end you betrayed him. Shall we repay the General?"

"I didn't betray the general, it's just..." Li Zhu looked up at Zhang Mingqi, then lowered his head, "I can't say."

"I don't want to listen to you anymore." Zhang Mingqi showed a tired look on his brows, but he just waved his hand and motioned for several people to take him away.

In this incident, he chose the personal guard battalion that has always been against Gao Changgong. In addition to the strong strength of the guard battalion, he chose to avoid the news from leaking.

But he didn't expect that traitors appeared even among these people who should have been the most loyal. Now it seems that everything may be God's will.

"Could it be that Jingwu is destined to be in turmoil again?" Zhang Mingqi looked at the sky and murmured.

Although some people in the army said that Gao Changgong even meant to regard him as his successor, Zhang Mingqi never felt that he was qualified to be Gao Changgong's successor.

That is a star in the sky, who dares to imagine that one day he can stand side by side with him, and even take away its light?

What happened this time also proved that there is still too much distance between him and Gao Changgong. At least if Gao Changgong himself, he would definitely not be caught by such an omission and lose everything.

But he is still not reconciled, even if he can't become that star, how can he stop there?

He knew that everyone was watching him, expecting what he could say to lift their low spirits in such a desperate situation.

But he suddenly didn't want to say any more, just clenched his fist, Zhang Mingqi held the handle of the knife, and started walking in the opposite direction against the crowd without saying a word.

Surrounded by young or mature faces, their expressions are either puzzled, surprised or thoughtful, but there is one thing in common, their eyes all stay on Zhang Mingqi.

Zhang Mingqi passed by everyone's side, imprinting their faces one by one into his mind, until finally he walked out of the crowd and began to unsheath his sword with one hand, like an old soldier carrying a heavy burden, hunched over and facing the battlefield go.

Without words, many people naturally followed his back, one, two, three...the number continued to increase, and finally hundreds of people followed his pace, and the silver blade was unsheathed, gathering into a moonlight .

Zhang Mingqi thought, he doesn't need to be that morning star, as long as he can be as pure as the bright moon in the sky, and go through this last journey, even if he dies, there is nothing to be afraid of.