The king behind the empress

Chapter 385
As the city wall was captured by the Yuzhi army and the leading generals were all put to death, the soldiers in Zhaoyuan City quickly gave up resistance and allowed Mo Zizai to occupy Zhaoyuan City.

After Yang Yanzhang took control of the situation in Zhaoyuan City, he came over to report the situation to Mo Zizai, "My lord, the county magistrate of Zhaoyuan City has been arrested, do you want to see him?"

"The magistrate?"

Sitting in the lobby of the county government office, Mo Zizai was still covered in blood. Hearing Yang Yanzhang's report, he asked back, "What does he have to do with the rebellious generals in the city?"

"According to him, he was coerced by the rebels, so he had no choice but to follow the rebels."

Yang Yanzhang shrugged his shoulders when he said this, obviously he didn't really believe this statement, "Anyway, when our soldiers caught him, he was disguised and mixed in ordinary people's houses."

"Since you have already become a thief, you don't need to see him."

Mo Zizai waved his hand and said, "Push it out and chop it."

As the magistrate of a county, if he has nothing to do with those rebels, it is impossible for him not to be unrestricted. What's more, after he entered the city, he actually hid himself, which is enough to prove his guilty conscience. Why keep him.

"Here."

Yang Yanzhang complied, then went out to make some arrangements for his guards, then came back again, and asked Mo Zizai, "My lord, what shall we do next? Shall we go directly to attack Yining City?"

Hearing Yang Yanzhang's question, Mo Zizai did not answer immediately, but asked Yang Yanzhang, "How many people did we lose in this attack?"

Speaking of the battle damage, Yang Yanzhang couldn't help but look a little solemn, and he answered: "Because the Red Flame Dragonriders are protected by heavy armor, the number of casualties is not many, and there are only a few dozen people who died in battle. Yes, about 100 people."

"That is not bad."

Hearing the loss of the Red Flame Dragonriders, Mo Zizai nodded, feeling a little relieved in his heart. More than 5000 Red Flame Dragonriders attacked the city, and a total of more than 100 people were killed or injured. This ratio is almost nothing.

However, because the Chiyan Dragonriders are all in the forging state, and they are also wearing heavy armor, it is considered normal to have this battle loss ratio.

"What about the rest of the Yuzhi army? Is it a big loss?"

"Fortunately."

Yang Yanzhang opened his mouth and replied: "Because it was a feint attack at the beginning, the battle was not considered intense, so the loss was not too great. I just looked at the statistics roughly, and there were more than 800 soldiers of the Yuzhi Army who died in battle. Nothing to lose."

"It's the crime camp, because they are the main force to seize the city, so the loss is a little bit bigger. Just now, Chen Jiu came to report that [-] soldiers were killed in the crime camp, and no one was seriously injured."

Although the soldiers in the crime camp were all at the forging level, firstly they did not have such thick armor as the Scarlet Flame Dragonriders, and secondly, they almost acted as the absolute main force when the city was finally broken, which is why the losses were so heavy.

"More than 300 people died in battle?"

Mo Zizai couldn't help but frown slightly when he heard this number. There were only 2000 people in the criminal camp, and 300 people died in the battle at once. If the fight continues like this, the criminal camp will be wiped out in a few battles.

Because he pondered for a moment, and said: "Arrest people from the aristocratic families in Zhaoyuan City. Anyone who has cultivation will be added to the crime camp and let Chen Jiu take care of him."

The sin battalion has replenished its soldiers, so it is impossible for Mo Zizai not to replenish the soldiers of the Yuzhi army, so Mo Zizai continued: "Besides, the Yuzhi army also needs to expand."

"These soldiers in Zhaoyuan City, you and General Han, you two will work hard, lead people to screen, try to select some innocent soldiers, and supplement them into the Yuzhi army."

"As for their treatment and so on, you and General Han will watch and discuss it. If there is a result, just show me the plan. As for the quantity, the more the better."

The soldiers in Zhaoyuan City were descended soldiers, even if they were recruited into the Yuzhi Army, they would not be able to receive the same treatment as the previous soldiers, but Mo Zizai didn't have to worry about the details, let Yang Yanzhang and the others figure it out.

But at this point, Mo Zizai suddenly thought of someone, and asked Yang Yanzhang, "By the way, is Han Qu's subordinate Xu Boyuan, who looks like he burned the capital, still under Han Qu's?"

When Han Qu voted for him before, Xu Boyuan, Han Qu's deputy, was worried that he would kill Han Qu, so he directly organized a team of people with fierce fire oil on them as a death squad.

Although nothing happened in the end, and the Death Squad was of no use, but because of this incident, Mo Zizai remembered the name Xu Boyuan.

"Xu Boyuan?"

Yang Yanzhang was a little surprised when he heard the name. He didn't know why Mo Zizai suddenly asked this person, "He is still under General Han's command. What does the prince want from him?"

However, he had met Xu Boyuan several times, but every time Yang Yanzhang saw Xu Boyuan, he always felt as if he saw a copy of himself.

The same cruelty, the same unscrupulous way of doing things, but one difference is that because he used to be engaged in intelligence work, he is used to hiding in the dark and pretending to be harmless to humans and animals.

But Xu Boyuan is not the case, this person has ruthless words written all over his face, the first time everyone sees him, they will think that this person is like a poisonous snake, if it is not necessary, they must not be provoked.

"It's good to be there."

Mo Zizai didn't know Yang Yanzhang's evaluation of Xu Boyuan, but when he heard Yang Yanzhang say that Xu Boyuan was still under Han Qu's command, he said, "Go and send someone to summon him, I have something to do for him."

"it is good."

Yang Yanzhang nodded, without asking any further questions, he directly sent someone to call Xu Boyuan.

Xu Boyuan's life was not easy during this period. When he was investigating the traitors, he almost offended the former frontier army. Although time proved him to be right, and there was Han Qu to support him, all his colleagues were just With a grudge in his heart, he almost put his attitude of rejecting him on the surface.

Although they wouldn't do anything to themselves because of this, the people under them would not be so cooperative, which made it difficult for him to do things in the army. Han Qu was also very helpless about this, but there was no good way to solve it. He could only let Xu Boyuan deal with some trivial matters first.

When Yang Yanzhang sent someone to summon him, he was counting the captives in Zhaoyuan City. Originally, it was impossible for him to do this in person, but now he has nothing to do, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to take over the matter. Come here, it can be regarded as killing time.

"My lord looking for me?"

Hearing that Mo Zizai called him to meet, Xu Boyuan was taken aback for a moment, wondering why Mo Zizai would look for him now.

"Could it be that you remembered that I wanted to burn the capital before, and you want to settle accounts with me?"

Xu Boyuan thought about it in his mind, and this is the only thing he and Mo Zizai ever met. Could it be that Mo Zizai had forgotten himself before, but now he remembered it again?So want to dispose of yourself?

Although he was a little worried, Xu Boyuan didn't say anything. Even if he wanted to settle the score, he had nothing to worry about. Since he had made that kind of decision before, he didn't intend to end well, and he would die.

Thinking of this, Xu Boyuan didn't hesitate anymore, and directly rushed towards the county government.

"Humble post Xu Boyuan, I have met the prince."

After entering the county office, Xu Boyuan first saluted Mo Zizai, and then he was a little surprised to find that Han Qu was also here.

Han Qu nodded slightly to Xu Boyuan, and didn't say much. Just now he was setting up the Yuzhi army under his command. When he heard that Mo Zizai summoned Xu Boyuan, he felt the same worry as Xu Boyuan, so he hurried away immediately. come over.

Thinking about it, with him around, even if Mo Zizai wanted to punish Xu Boyuan, he would give himself a little bit of mercy and deal with him lightly.

"Well, no gift."

Mo Zizai nodded, and said with a smile on his face, "Vice General Xu, please sit down and talk first. I am not looking for trouble for you today."

When he said this, Mo Zizai glanced at Han Qu meaningfully, obviously knowing the purpose of Han Qu's immediate arrival.

Han Qu was a little embarrassed by Mo Zizai's eyes, but he let go of what Mo Zizai said.

"Thank you, my lord."

Xu Boyuan also breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was not afraid of what Mo Zizai would do to him, he was not a masochist either. It would undoubtedly be the best if he could not be punished.

He carefully sat down on Han Qu's lower head, and then asked curiously: "Is there something to order from the prince?"

"Well, I really want you to do something."

Mo Zizai didn't deny it, but he didn't rush to say his purpose. Instead, he changed the subject and asked, "Deputy General Xu, what do you think of the casualties in this siege?"

"This……"

Hearing Mo Zizai's question, Xu Boyuan couldn't help hesitating, because he was only a lieutenant general, so it was not his turn to answer this matter.

I just thought that Mo Zizai just said that he was looking for something, which means that these two things are probably related, so after hesitating for a while, he directly expressed his opinion, "Back to the lord, the strength of our Yuzhi army is absolutely outstanding. It can be said that it is unparalleled in the world, but the disadvantage of the attacking party is too great, so there are so many casualties."

"If it's a flat ground confrontation, there is no need for the prince to take action at all. It only needs two charges to defeat all these soldiers in Zhaoyuan City, and the casualties will definitely not exceed three digits."

"It makes sense."

Mo Zizai nodded, obviously agreeing with Xu Boyuan's statement, "The reason why this king called you over is for this matter."

"There are only [-] soldiers in Zhaoyuan City, and there are not many siege equipment. We have fought so hard. If we attack Yining City, which has more soldiers, our losses will definitely be greater."

"difficult???"

Hearing Mo Zizai say the word "difficult", Xu Boyuan couldn't help but feel a little dazed. Zhaoyuan City was beaten down in the morning, so why is it so difficult?
But he certainly wouldn't be so stupid as to refute Mo Zizai, so he followed Mo Zizai's words and asked, "What does the prince mean?"

"Zhaoyuan City has just been defeated, and the Yuzhi army needs to rest for a few days. By the way, we will replenish the source of troops. We will not attack Yining City for the time being."

Mo Zizai looked at Xu Boyuan, and said with a serious expression: "Therefore, I want you to lead a team to sneak into Yining City as an internal response before Yining City can react."

"Infiltrated into Yining City as an internal response?"

Xu Boyuan was a little surprised, this is not an easy job, sneaking into the enemy's base camp, if one is not exposed, no matter how strong the strength is, it will be folded inside.

"Yes."

Mo Zizai nodded, and said: "Yining City must not have guessed that we will be able to take down Zhaoyuan City in a day, and we will not be too defensive. Take advantage of this opportunity to sneak into Yining City and wait until the army attacks When you are in the city, you should cooperate with the outside and try to win Yining City in one fell swoop."

To be honest, Mo Zizai decided to send Xu Boyuan to be the internal response, because what he valued was that Xu Boyuan was ruthless and would do everything he could.

With such a person in Yi Ning City, once a war starts, Yi Ning City will inevitably fall into chaos, and it will be much easier to break the city.

Hearing Mo Zizai's words, Xu Boyuan was silent for a moment. This mission was too dangerous. If he had been in the past, he would definitely have shirked it. But now thinking of his situation in the army, he hesitated.

If it can be achieved at this time, breaking Yining City must be the first achievement for him. Although he will not be promoted to a status similar to Han Qu's all at once, it is still no problem for him to come out and lead the army alone. It seems that it is a good thing to take charge of an army by yourself without the constraints of the army?
"My lord, I wonder who you want me to bring into Yining City?"

Xu Boyuan, who had made up his mind, did not directly agree, but since he asked this question at this time, it means that he will follow up with this matter.

"It's up to you to decide."

Mo Zizai also knew the danger of this task, so he said directly: "As long as there are no more than 1000 people, the Yuzhi Army is up to you to choose."

"Let me choose..."

Xu Boyuan was silent for a moment, and then said directly: "My lord, I want to bring a thousand criminal soldiers, I wonder if it is possible?"

"Criminal soldiers?"

Mo Zizai was slightly surprised. He thought Xu Boyuan would choose someone from the Chiyan Dragon Riders, but he didn't expect him to choose someone from the criminal camp. I'm in control, but I can't guarantee loyalty, if someone betrays them, then you will be doomed."

"Humble job will be careful, I hope the prince can make it happen."

Xu Boyuan bowed his hands and did not explain too much.

In his opinion, since the soldiers of these criminal camps had not defected before, it meant that they were still afraid of death, so as long as they were careful, the problem would not be too big.

And the most important thing is that the 1000 people he selected are not only the people who will enter the city to act as internal agents, but also his future team.

As for why you didn't choose the Chiyan Dragonrider, on the one hand, it was because the equipment couldn't be brought in, and it was a waste of troops to let the Red Flame Dragonrider take off the armor; You're working under him, so you can't rob him, right?

"Okay, since you insist, then this matter is up to you."

Mo Zizai guessed a little bit of Xu Boyuan's thoughts, so he nodded and agreed without saying anything, "You can just pick someone later, remember to be careful, if you don't have a chance, even if you don't Take action, and don't act recklessly."

"As for armor and weapons, you should not be able to bring them in. In this regard, you can go to the secret agent of Yuzhi in Yining City and ask them to help you think of a way. Armors may be difficult, but weapons are probably fine."

"Humble job understands, thank you, my lord."

Xu Boyuan saluted, and after Mo Zizai finished explaining the matter, he went directly to the criminal camp to order a thousand soldiers, and after agreeing on the contact method, he broke them up and sneaked into Yining city in batches.

(End of this chapter)