Horse on the World

Chapter 560 Let's Be a Horse Thief
Inside and outside the forest, Qin Ming fell into a desperate situation.

Ever since he led his troops back halfway, but was rejected by Yang Yidao from Shanglinli, Qin Ming had an ominous feeling. Still ignoring Dingzhou City's order, when Shang Haibo's order also became invalid, Qin Ming suddenly felt that something was wrong, and things were far from being as simple and smooth as they had imagined.

It's not that Qin Ming didn't try hard to hit Lin Li's mind, and his subordinates suggested it several times, but after thinking about it carefully, Qin Ming didn't dare to act rashly, not to mention anything else. The army in his hand at the moment, except for one thousand and five The core of the hundred palace guards can be trusted unconditionally, and the rest are Dingzhou soldiers recruited from the local area. They are suddenly ordered to attack Shanglinli, which also belongs to the Dingzhou Group. Not working hard is another matter. You must know that there are still many grassroots officers in this unit who came from the Jimingze training camp in Dingzhou, and they cannot be bought by themselves.

Furthermore, the upper forest is fortified and steep, when the barbarian army came in aggressively, they returned in defeat, now Yang Yidao is very wary of himself in the upper forest, even if he works together, he may not be able to defeat him.

Qin and Ming were in a dilemma, trapped under the strong city, unable to advance or retreat.For a while, there was a stalemate. Although the original Yang Yidao firmly refused to allow him to enter Shanglinli and Dingzhou, he still provided Qin Ming with food and grass every day. As time passed, all of a sudden, there was no grain left from Shanglinli, and Qin Ming suddenly felt bad.

Not only food, Qin Ming's sources of news were also completely blocked. Some of the secret agents who had previously been secretly contacted were like yellow cranes, and they disappeared after they left. What the hell happened over there?
"General Qin!" A palace guard general with a nervous expression strode into the tent. Behind him was a guy in rags and covered in mud. When he saw Qin Ming, that man fell to the ground, still He didn't speak, but cried loudly.

"General Qin, General Qin, it's over, it's all over!" The man's voice was hoarse, and he was crying.

"Shang Jian, what happened?" Qin Ming recognized that this was the secret agent of the staff who was in charge of contacting him. He was a very capable guy with quite good abilities. How did he become like this.

"Li Qing is not dead. Li Qing is back. In Dingzhou City, blood is flowing like rivers. Brothers, brothers are almost dead!" Shang Jian cried loudly: "I was ordered to sneak out of Dingzhou City to report to the general. But Yang Yidao blocked all the passages, countless sentry cavalry wandered around, I came out day and night, and traveled hundreds of miles to come here."

Qin Ming's complexion changed dramatically. The coup in Dingzhou city was all based on the fact that Li Qing was dead. If Li Qing came back alive, everything would be nothing.

"Where is the princess? How is the princess? Did you escape?" Qin Ming shouted loudly.

Shang Jian shook his head, "The princess won't leave, but let me tell the general that Li Qing has recalled the Hengdao camp, and the Panshi camp has automatically disarmed after Li Qing returned. It is up to the general to decide what to do now."

Qin Ming closed his eyes. He had followed Princess Qingcheng for many years, and he couldn't understand Qingcheng's temper. Since she refused to leave, she was determined to die. The princess would never bow to Li Qing to beg for her life. It took several days for Shang Jian to get here from Dingzhou. I'm afraid the princess would have passed away by this time.

No wonder, no wonder Yang Yidao suddenly cut off his food supply, so the root cause is here, Qin Ming shook his head and let himself make his own choice?Did he decide to surrender to Li Qing?
"Secretly summon all Palace Guard officers!" Qin Ming ordered in a low voice.

"Shang Jian, get up too, so you can rest!"

"General Qin, what should we do?" Shang Jian asked.

Qin Ming closed his eyes and remained silent. At this time, he lost his attention for a moment. It was impossible to move forward, let alone hit the forest. Now, as long as Li Qing appeared in the forest, he raised his arms and shouted. The soldiers had to mutiny immediately, and they retreated. Before the soldiers knew the truth, they led them away to the grassland. But they had no food and grass, and they could persist for a few days. Li Qing moved to the forest to the barbarians on a large scale. One is that the land is vast and sparsely populated, and if you go to grab it yourself, you won't get any targets. Moreover, there is an army of barbarians stationed in Bayan Hara, which may attack you with the Dingzhou army at any time.

"What should we do now? Let's discuss together!" Qin Ming explained the dangerous situation to the palace guard officers, and there was a sudden silence in the tent. The deathly silence made people breathless as if they were suffocating.

After a while, a captain jumped up, waved his arms and shouted: "Fight, attack Shanglinli, enter Dingzhou, kill Li Qing, and avenge the princess!"

The others in the tent looked at him like an idiot, how could they fight to Dingzhou? They were afraid that they would be wiped out in Shanglin, lying like wild dogs under the fortified city in Shanglin.

"What's the matter, are you all afraid? There's nothing to be afraid of. It's just death. General Qin, are you afraid too? Have you forgotten the princess's kindness to us?" the captain shouted excitedly.

"Lieutenant Fan!" Lieutenant Yan Kai couldn't stand it anymore, stood up, and reprimanded in a low voice: "What nonsense are you talking about, let alone the general, everyone in our tent, and which one is afraid of death? Yes, but death must be worthwhile. What is the difference between going to the forest like this and committing suicide? Let me ask you, how many people can you command to fight in the forest with [-] soldiers under your command? Even if you can command, What if Li Qing suddenly appeared in Shanglin? Will those Dingzhou soldiers attack him? I'm afraid that countless swords and guns will attack you!"

"General Yan, according to what you said, we can clean our necks now and wait for Li Qing to chop our heads?" Fan Xian said in a vicious voice. (Speaking of which, the tricky new book, Jiang Ye, is still very coquettishly written. It takes the name of Fan Xian to pay tribute to Qing Yu Nian!)

"Isn't General Qin summoning us to discuss it?" Yan Kai said, "Where to go, the general has his own decision, why are you clamoring?"

Qin Ming patted the table and said: "Everyone, we are indeed in a desperate situation now. The thousands of Dingzhou soldiers in the battalion don't know the details. Once they know the truth, they will immediately become our enemies. Since Shang Jian has come , I think someone from the Statistics and Investigation Department or the Military Intelligence Department must have arrived in the barracks, and perhaps at this time, they are also plotting how to deal with us!"

Everyone's expression changed. The more than 1000 palace guards are indeed excellent in combat power, but these Dingzhou soldiers are not cowards, and the palace guards are scattered among the sentry teams. No matter which sentry team, they are an absolute minority , Once there is internal strife, they are definitely dishes on the felt board.

"Moving forward, it's in the upper forest. We can choose to fight, but the result is of course self-evident. We all died in the battle!" Qin Ming said.

"General, we may be able to detour to the secret road of Jiming, and break through into Chong County from there, and then enter Dingzhou!" Fan Xian said.

Yan Kai sneered, "If we move here, Yang Yidao will not notice it, and Jiming Lake is now a large lake hundreds of miles away, and there is only one road leading to Chong County. May I ask, how do we get in?"

Fan Xian couldn't help but fell silent.

Qin Ming knocked on the table, "The second way is to surrender to Li Qing!"

Everyone in the room raised their heads, and Fan Xian jumped up all of a sudden, "I will never surrender to him!"

Yan Kai gritted his teeth and said: "General, I would rather die in battle than surrender!"

"What do the others mean?" Qin Ming looked at all the officers in the tent.

"Never surrender!" All the palace guard officers stood up and roared in a low voice: "I would rather die in battle than surrender!"

Qin Ming nodded, "Very well, then, we can only go the third way!"

"The third way?" Yan Kai asked in surprise, "General, how can we go the third way?"

Qin Ming pointed to the outside of the tent, and said loudly: "In and out of the Shanglin, there are thousands of miles of grasslands. When we go there, we can't take all the soldiers, because they may become our enemies at any time, and there are not so many soldiers." Supplies for us, but our [-] palace guards are okay. We have few people, but our combat effectiveness is strong, and there are advantages to having fewer people. At least in the vast grassland, we can go to a cat at any place. It is extremely difficult for Li Qing to find us. Even if he wants to wipe us out, if the number is small, it will be a plate of snacks for us. If there are too many people, hehe, how many people can he send to track us now? Wait until he recovers Come on, maybe we have found a place to stay, maybe he thinks we are just small fish and shrimps, not worth mentioning, so maybe he just ignores us."

"We have to survive first. If we survive, we will have a chance. If we survive, we will be able to avenge Princess Qingcheng. If we survive, we will be able to wait until the day when His Majesty hits Dingzhou!" Qin Ming stood up and said excitedly: "There really will be a day, We can also lead our brothers to fight back from the grassland and do our part for His Majesty, so that the princess under the Nine Springs can rest in peace."

"If Li Qing wins, then let us become a group of horse thieves in his territory. Even if we can't kill him, it's good to add disgust to him. Let us go to the grassland and become his thorn in the side and thorn in his flesh, but It can't be removed, and making him suffer is our greatest pleasure, isn't it?"

"Yes!" All the palace guards responded.

"Then, next, you immediately summon all the palace guards secretly, prepare sufficient supplies and weapons, and we will rush out of the camp in the early hours of the morning and go to the grassland. Starting tomorrow, we will start from a proud palace guard." Turned into a horse thief!" Qin Ming laughed loudly.

The officers split up to make preparations, Yan Kai looked at Qin Ming and said, "General, what about the family members who stay in Dingzhou City if we leave like this?"

Qin Ming sat down dejectedly, "Do you think that everyone hasn't thought about this issue just now? The princess is dead, and we are her loyal confidantes. How could Li Qing let me go? I'm afraid that the family members in Dingzhou City are already dead. Caught in the net, Yan Kai, you and I have been in Luoyang for many years, this big crime didn’t flow into rivers, it didn’t implicate the nine clans, everyone kept quiet, it’s just that we didn’t have illusions.”

Yan Kai lowered his head, tears fell from his eyes, he still has his wife and young son in Dingzhou city.

Qin Ming patted him on the shoulder and said: "Why should a man have no wife or children? As long as he is alive, he will have everything!"

It was night, early in the morning, the Qin Ming camp suddenly opened wide, and the assembled [-] palace guards, one man and two horses, rushed out of the camp like the wind with all the rations left in the camp, and galloped towards into the depths of the grassland.

At the sentry tower at the gate, the sentries looked at the iron cavalry rolling away in bewilderment, not knowing why.

(End of this chapter)