The army was stationed at the same spot, and many dry toilets and furnaces were built.
Cheng Si Niangzi, Xiao Yuanyi, and the hundreds of female soldiers went to the women's pit toilet alone. This was specially ordered by Jia Xuan to be built separately from the men.
As for Jia Xuan, she looked into the distance quietly.
It was late autumn,
The grass and trees withered, and the autumn wind blew, adding a hint of coolness.
"Armament Case"
Jia Xuan narrowed her eyes and pondered deeply.
In fact, he had been thinking about this matter for a long time. The mastermind behind the firearms case was not that simple.
Before the expedition, Jia Xuan went to the Inspection Department and helped Zhou Ke interrogate a criminal. Then, he looked up a lot of information, but he did not find anything related to the Armament Case.
After that, Jia Xuan looked up a lot of information about the defeated battles and discovered something shocking. Many defeated cities were completely wiped out, and not a single person was left alive.
For example, 15 years ago, Cheng Shi and Xiao Yuanyi rushed to the Ancient City Pass that was adjacent to South Yue. When they arrived, the Ancient City Pass had been breached, and not a single one of the Huo family's army was left alive.
There were a few similar things. Jia Xuan carefully selected them and compared them one by one.
Then, he discovered a secret. When the other party replaced the inferior armaments, they did not mess up the defective armaments. Instead, they replaced them densely.
For example, if all the weapons under a chiliarch were changed, the chiliarch and all the soldiers under his command would be wiped out, leaving no one alive.
It was also because of this,
Only then did Jia Xuan deliberately take the initiative on the platform to adjust the personnel distribution and disrupt the original ranks of the 100,000 soldiers. This way, they could minimize their casualties.
Fortunately, Minister Qin did not stop him, and neither did the old Emperor. Instead, he felt that he was able to make good use of people and had the talent of a commander.
"Husband, what are you thinking about? It's time to eat and march.”
She walked over with a bowl of soup.
Jia Xuan came back to her senses and took the soup from Curly Hair's hand. She drank it in one gulp."Nothing much. Oh right, once you reach the pass, stay in the marshal's manor and don't run around.”
"Yes, yes, I understand."
Cheng Si Niangzi nodded,
She was already prepared to stay at Shanhai Pass for a long time. After all, her parents had only returned after 15 years of helping Gu City Pass.
In ancient times, without the intervention of a martial grandmaster, it would be a prolonged tug-of-war. It was not uncommon to take back a pass every fifteen years. In fact, the time taken was considered fast.
After a hasty meal and a few sips of hot soup, they rested for a few hours. The sun gradually set, and the army set out again.
Ta Ta Ta--
The only sound in the air was the footsteps of the infantry and the hooves of the warhorses.
After marching for a while, the sky gradually darkened.
The scouts reported that there were some fires in the villages behind Shanhai Pass and the sound of horses galloping. However, the scouts were far away and could not see clearly.
According to his estimation, there were about fifty to sixty horses.
"General Jia, lead a hundred light cavalry to take a look.”
Minister Qin instructed.
"I accept your orders. Yue Fei, gather the troops.”
Jia Xuan nodded and instructed Yue Fei to order a hundred Snow Dragon Cavalry to charge forward. After the warhorses galloped for a while, they saw a few villages in the distance that were on fire.
Shanhaiguan is close to the Bohai Sea in the east and Yanshan in the north. There are many wild animals in the mountains.
The few villages that Jia Xuan saw were located at the foot of the mountain.
"Let's go!"
Jia Xuan gave the order, and a hundred cavalry marched forward.
Soon, they arrived at the village.
Then, they saw a scene of corpses strewn all over the ground. There was also an old woman carrying a child who had just come out of the cellar. She was digging with her bare hands, wanting to bury the corpses of her loved ones.
"I was a step too late.”
"Old woman, did any Tartars come here just now?" Jia Xuan asked.”
When the old woman saw Jia Xuan, she hurriedly dodged."Let us go, let us go! We only have the two of us to rely on each other-you go and kill the Tartars! What are we commoners doing! Bastard!"
The old woman cried as she hugged her grandson tightly in her arms.
"I'm the general of the Liao Conquest, Jia Xuan. I was appointed by the current Emperor to destroy the three continents of Liaodong. I'm not a soldier."”
"Aren't you a soldier from Shanhaiguan?" The old woman probed.
"No, it's not that. Let me ask you, was it the Tartars or the Zhou people who came just now?”Jia Xuan replied.
The old woman sobbed and said,"Those people are dressed like tartars, but they are speaking Han. How can tartars speak Han?"
"Where did they go?"
"I don't know. I just know that he threw the body into the mountains and then rode away.”
"Okay, I got it. Two of you take them back to the army. The rest of you follow me.”
Jia Xuan's heart died like lightning.
Since they were taking credit for killing a good person, they would return to Shanhaiguan City after dealing with the corpses. Therefore, Jia Xuan made a prompt decision and chased in the direction of Shanhaiguan.
With the speed of the Snow Dragon Riders,
Not long after, Jia Xuan saw a group of people in the distance.
The group of people entered a village and stopped one after another. They walked into the village and when they came out again, they had changed their clothes. Now, it seemed that it was similar to what Jia Xuan had thought.
This group of tartars were the Shanhaiguan guards in disguise. Each of them had a pocket, which was presumably filled with ears, eyes, and other trophies.
Killing a good person and taking credit!
Yue Fei couldn't help but say angrily,"These bastards are killing good people again!" Bastard!"
Jia Xuan did not say anything. Killing intent instantly rose in his heart.
Ta Ta Ta--
The warhorses galloped and quickly caught up to the group of defenders.
"Who are you?"
"Someone who wants your life!"
Jia Xuan's tone was cold without a trace of emotion. The spear in his hand danced as he swept his Courage Crown Spear. Immediately, four to five people were swept off their horses. Their chests caved in, and it looked like they would not survive.
Bravery is the most powerful spear, famous for its great opening and closing!
Even a martial grandmaster dressed in heavy armor would vomit blood if he took Jia Xuan's strike head-on.
Not to mention these ordinary soldiers. 1
Yue Fei attacked with hatred and killed four to five cavalrymen in a few moves. The Snow Dragon Cavalry also quickly caught up. In just a few breaths, they killed more than 40 people and captured the three leaders alive!
"Tell me, who knows about killing a good person and who gave the order?”
Jia Xuan asked in a low voice. At the same time, he used a Truth Talisman on the person with the highest status.
It was a centurion!
A centurion!
A person who managed a hundred soldiers was no longer a low-level officer. This kind of person actually brought his subordinates to kill a good soldier and claim credit!
One could see the decay of the Shanhaiguan garrison.
Under the effect of the Truth Talisman, the centurion told him everything he knew and said,"It was General Ma Degong who ordered us to kill a good person.”
He pointed at the other two people beside him and continued,"These two are the centurions of the other two platoons. Ma Degong instructed us not to act alone or we would be discovered, so we split up. Each platoon only brought twelve servants who were originally from the Duke's Mansion.”
Jia Xuan nodded.
Ma Degong was the grandson of the Duke of the Country, Ma Kui. His seniority was the same as Jia Xuan's, but he was much older.
Moreover, Jia Xuan vaguely remembered that wasn't Ma Degong a famous fence-sitter in the Ming Dynasty? Why did he come to the Great Zhou and become the grandson of the Duke of the Country, Ma Kui?
Shaking his head, Jia Xuan continued to ask,"Who else is willing to acquiesce now? Not a single one is allowed to fall behind."
"There's also Commander Shui Qing and Commander Chen Yi. They take turns guarding the back city gate and help us cover our tracks.”
Jia Xuan narrowed his eyes. Good heavens, another two people from the High Duke's Public House came.
Shui Qing, the Northern Region Lord's son.
As for Chen Yi, he was the grandson of the Duke of Chen, Chen Yi. He was also the son of a concubine.
"Why are you working for him?" asked Jia Xuan.”
"We're the servants they brought out from the High Duke's Public House and the Imperial Residence.”
"Does Niu Jizong know about this?"
"I don't know. Only less than fifty of us servants from the Duke's Public House know about this. Only the three young masters know. Niu Jizong is impartial, so we don't dare to let him know.”
"Is there anyone else who has done this?"
"No, only us. The other commanders and generals in the army have a lot of opinions about our three masters. Only the three of them are together.”
"Yeah," she said.
Under the effect of the Truth Talisman, the centurion told him everything he knew without holding anything back.
The two servants beside him widened their eyes, not knowing why he had said everything!
"You! Bastard! Didn't they say that they wouldn't betray Young Master Ma and the others even if they died?!”
"I'm really ashamed of Young Master Shui for promoting you!”
The other two centurions cursed.
When the effect of the truth talisman ended, this person seemed to have woken up from a dream. After recalling what he had just said, he even wanted to die.
"You're loyal. Why aren't you loyal when you're facing those unarmed civilians?!”
"Kill them all."
Under Jia Xuan's order, the three of them hurriedly knelt and begged for mercy, but it was useless.
Yue Fei was still shocked by Jia Xuan's magical questioning method. When he heard Jia Xuan's voice, he hurriedly returned to his senses and personally dragged the three of them far away, ending them with three slashes.
After a round of searching,
Yue Fei reported," General, we've searched their bodies. There are many human ears and tongues. They're indeed taking credit for killing good people."”
"Damned thing."
Jia Xuan cursed," Peng Ju, throw their corpses into the mountains to feed the wild beasts and return the way we came.”
"Yes, sir!"
"Forget it. This is evidence.”
"Yes, sir!"
Soon, Jia Xuan and Yue Fei led the Snow Dragon Cavalry back to the army and brought back the corpses of the soldiers who had killed the good soldiers.
"General Jia, how is it?"
Minister Qin hurriedly asked.
"They are indeed killing a good person and taking credit. The three sons who came to guard the border for the Duke of the State, the Duke of the Chen Kingdom, and the Northern Region King's Mansion are respectively..."
"The corpses of the rebels, as well as the human ears and tongues they cut off, are all behind."”
Hearing the answer, Minister Qin's eyes were filled with anger.
"Phew-"
Xiang Qin took a deep breath, his eyes filled with killing intent as he said,"Kill! If he didn't kill them, Shanhai Pass would definitely be breached, let alone the three continents of Liaodong!”
"Yes, sir!"
Jia Xuan nodded. Since Minister Qin had asked to be killed, he would not be polite.
Those who killed good people deserved to die.
The surrounding armies were being defeated because too many of these noble children held important positions in the army.
Although Shui Qing and the others were the sons of concubines and did not have a high status in the manor, they were important figures outside the manor.
Shui Qing and the others even made their former servants centurions. This corruption was too serious.
However, Shanhai Pass was still considered good. The Xiongnu side was filled with noble children from top to bottom. It was no wonder that they were defeated by the Xiongnu and massacred the city every day.
.......
The army marched forward, lit torches, and whistled.
The night wind was a little cold.
They arrived at the majestic city of Shanhai Pass very quickly. However, the Shanhai Pass that Jia Xuan and the others saw was the back door, so there were not many soldiers guarding here. There were only about 200 people.
Shanhai Pass was four miles long, and two hundred people were standing guard at the back door. It seemed that Niu Jizong was very experienced in commanding troops.
Ta Ta Ta--
The deafening sound of horse hooves had already alerted the commander guarding the back door of Shanhai Pass, who was also the son of the Northern Region King's Mansion. Shui Qing.
" Why are you here so quickly?!"
Shui Qing's expression turned ugly as he hurriedly stood up.
Four days!
Shouldn't it take seven days?
The people he had sent out to hunt wouldn't have been encountered, right?
Shui Qing looked into the distance and found that there was no end to the densely packed army, let alone looking for someone.
"I am the general of the Liao Dynasty, Jia Xuan, who was bestowed by His Majesty. Quickly open the city gates and let me in!”
Jia Xuan said in a deep voice.
Shui Qing shook his head and walked over. He wanted to put a stop to the Liao army's prestige. Madam Wang had already sent him a letter.
Madam Wang instructed them to use their connections to get Jia Xuan to do some dangerous missions. At the very least, they could suppress Jia Xuan. Shui Qing wanted to curry favor with Wang Ziteng, so she naturally agreed.
Now that he saw Jia Xuan, Shui Qing walked up and deliberately made things difficult for him."General Jia, if you want to enter the city gate, you should at least give some silver. I won't ask for too much. I'll ask those refugees to take one tael per person.”
"Scum."
" What did you say?!"
Whoosh--
With a flash of the blade, Shui Qing's head was raised high up in the air. His eyes were still wide open, and they were filled with disbelief.
Tsk--
Blood splattered everywhere.
Hiss--
The soldiers on duty widened their eyes in surprise.
A few soldiers hurriedly beat the drums and gongs as a warning.
Minister Qin was also dumbfounded.
Slaughtered just like that?
He did say kill, but he didn't say kill now!
Qin Xiang looked at the frightened soldiers, heard the warning gongs and drums, and thought about Shui Qing's identity as a Northern Region Lord. Qin Xiang understood.
Minister Qin smiled bitterly." I'm old, I'm old. If I want to quickly control the military, I can't boil a frog in warm water anymore. Jia Xuan did the right thing."
It seemed that Jia Xuan had killed Shui Qing.
In reality, he wanted to blow up the matter and establish his authority. He wanted to help Minister Qin control the situation in the shortest time possible and kick out these disobedient young masters.
It seemed reckless,
In fact, he was meticulous.
Qin Xiang's evaluation of Jia Xuan increased even more. He already had the intention of letting Jia Xuan take over his position.
Dong dong dong--
Gongs and drums roar to the heavens,
The Shanhai Pass guards were all startled awake. Niu Jizong and several of his commanders and generals hurriedly led their troops to the back of Shanhai Pass.
The matter had completely blown up.
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