The king behind the empress

Chapter 251
During the time when Nanjun was in chaos, Mo Zizai seemed quite at ease.

All the officials in the capital were taken by his power, basically he did what he said, and no one dared to sing against it.

Of course, this is what Mo Zizai thinks, but those officials secretly think that Mo Zizai is a lunatic, and it is obviously irrational to argue with a lunatic, so they feel that they are only temporarily giving in to Mo Zizai.

Mo Zizai also heard about this, but he didn't pay attention to those people.

During this period of time, he actually had no major issues, but a lot of minor issues. He had to go to the Military Weapons Bureau several times a day, just waiting for the finished product to be produced there, and the recruitment order issued before was looking for seed talents. It won't be obvious for a while, but many talents sometimes need him to watch the review in person.

It's not that he can't trust those selected officials, but his standards for talents are sometimes different from the current officials' standards, so in order to prevent missing talents, he often goes there for a visit.

Although he didn't select any special talents, he was barely acquainted, and he probably had a picture of the abilities of the people he recruited. top.

And today, just when he wanted to go to the Military Weapons Bureau as usual, Zhou Qi stopped him.

"My lord, there are changes in Nanjun."

Zhou Qi held a piece of information in his hand. It was an urgent military message sent to the palace by Mei Wei from Nanjun with a letter eagle. After Tang Weiyi read it, someone sent it over.

"It seems that Qi Xiu and the others really can't solve it."

Mo Zizai was not too surprised. After the chaos in Nanjun, Qi Xiu and the others immediately led troops to suppress it. In just three battles, three of the seven leaders of the White Lotus Sect, that is, the seven heavenly kings, were killed by Qi Xiu. , and the [-] rebels they gathered together, after [-] were killed, the rest either surrendered or fled.

If it wasn't for Qi Xiunian's sake that they were all the people of the Great Zhou and didn't kill too much, I'm afraid that at least half of the 5 people would have been killed by Qi Xiu.

Normally speaking, it would not be a problem for Qi Xiu and the others to deal with the remaining tens of thousands of White Lotus Sect rebels who had lost their morale, but Mo Zizai knew that this matter was not so simple. Can't help but shoot.

So the only thing Mo Zizai is curious about now is how those aristocratic families chose to make their move.

"Huh? This information is wrong."

Mo Zizai frowned tightly after reading the letter in his hand.

According to the intelligence, Qi Xiu used tricks to open the gate of a city occupied by the remnants of the White Lotus Sect, but after entering, he found that he had been tricked. The final result was that Master Yuan Zhi was seriously injured, and more than 500 people who rushed into the city , killed more than 200 people.

After Qi Xiu's defeat, the White Lotus Sect swept over the refugees outside the county. Now there are almost [-] people, and they surrounded Nanzhou County.

"The information is wrong?"

Zhou Qi was stunned for a moment, "My lord, the information is all in the secret language specially made by the palace, unless Mei Wei over there has all rebelled, there can be no problem with the information."

"I don't mean that, I mean, there's something wrong with this situation."

Mo Zizai looked at the information, pondered for a while, and then said, "Zhou Qi, go and invite Mr. Yang Ge, Yang Yanzhang, and Wei Huang over. I need to confirm this with them."

After Yang Weishang and the others arrived, Mo Zizai handed them the information in his hand, and after they read it, Mo Zizai said: "I always feel that there is something wrong with this information, but I can't tell what is wrong. , do you have any ideas?"

"There is indeed a problem."

Wei Huang put down the information in his hands, nodded and said: "Although there have been many incidents of fraudulently opening city gates in history, this matter is extremely dangerous. Once the other party notices it and sets up an ambush in advance, the fraudulent city These people are often the end of annihilation."

"As for Qi Xiu, he's not just talking about war on paper. Since he chose to open the city gate by fraud, it shows that he is absolutely sure that there is no ambush in the city, otherwise he would never have taken such a risky thing."

"Also, if there is really an ambush in the city, it is impossible for people like Qi Xiu to only suffer more than 200 casualties, and the remaining 200 people are almost the same."

"Could it be that Qi Xiu and the others are too strong." Yang Weishang didn't know much about fighting. Hearing what Wei Huang said, he interjected and said, "After all, they are all warriors, stronger than ordinary soldiers. It should be normal to have fewer casualties, right?"

"Father, this is not normal."

Hearing what the old man said, Yang Yanzhang opened his mouth to analyze: "Commander Wei said that there are more than 200 people left, it's because they are warriors, otherwise, none of them can survive."

"And I've seen all of Qi Xiu's soldiers. Most of them are only in the tempering state, and they can't show much strength when they are ambushed."

"In my opinion, their casualties don't seem like they were ambushed at all, but more like an encounter with other warriors."

"Especially according to the information that Master Yuanzhi was seriously injured. He is a marrow-washing martial artist, and he has the least chance of being injured on the battlefield, but he was seriously injured. Obviously something is wrong."

Hearing what Yang Yanzhang said, Mo Zizai nodded and said, "If this is the case, then the matter is very clear."

"Qi Xiu and the others didn't encounter an ambush, it's just that a family has ended up. It's a pity that the county is under siege, and the news can't get through. Otherwise, with Qi Xiu's information, the matter will be clearer."

"Your Highness, have you noticed that the White Lotus Sect that besieged the city is a bit strange."

Wei Huang picked up the information on the table and handed it to Mo Zizai, and said, "The prime minister was besieged for three days, but they really only besieged but not attacked, as if they wanted to trap the people in the county to death in the county. "

"Isn't this normal?"

Yang Yanzhang looked at Wei Huang with some surprise and said, "The city wall of the county is so high, and their strength is not enough to take it down, so besieging rather than attacking must be the best choice."

"This is not normal at all!"

Yang Yanzhang is Mo Congyi's disciple, Wei Huang also knows, so he is particularly strict with Yang Yanzhang, if it is not because Yang Weishang is still here, he probably scolded him, "War not only depends on the current battle situation, but also thinks about it. Understand what's behind it!"

"Besieging and not attacking is indeed the best way to deal with the city wall, but that is the situation when the two armies are at war."

"But now they are not at war between the two countries. They are rebels. The longer it drags on, the worse it will be for them. Unless the head of the rebels is a fool, he will either attack the prefect by force or plunder other places. It is impossible to be surrounded by death." From the county."

"I understand,"

Yang Yanzhang just didn't realize it, he wasn't really stupid. Hearing Wei Huang's words, he immediately realized, "They are not besieging the city, but waiting for our reinforcements?"

(End of this chapter)