For another reminder from the commander of the capital, Huang Qiong also nodded solemnly. However, after a deep sigh, he said: "Lord Yu, you must tell the generals who lead the army down the waterway to protect King Jing's family after the city is broken." Remember, what this king wants is all the living family members, not even a concubine, and no **, no abuse. ”

Hearing Huang Qiong's words, his tone was solemn, this is because the adults know this request, I am afraid that it is not only the request of the British king, but it is very likely that the emperor is standing behind him. So he didn't dare to hesitate, and nodded cautiously: "Please rest assured, the last general will definitely do his best to protect the family of King Jing." ”

Seeing him nodding, Huang Qiong also knew that this was the commander of the capital, and he should be the kind of person who did what he said. So I didn't tell you again, everyone is a smart person, and it's a little bad to talk too much. Besides, he should know that this request is not only made by himself, but also by the emperor.

What should have been said has been said, and Huang Qiong did not continue to delay in the Xiaoqi camp. After a simple farewell, Huang Qiong took his bodyguards, as well as Fan Jian and Su Changshi, under the escort of the five hundred cavalry allocated by the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, and galloped all the way towards the Tiger Pass.

Huang Qiong is still clear about the importance of the Tiger Prison Pass. Although I don't know if that Jiang Dutong will be bought by King Jing. But there is one thing that Huang Qiong knows. Whose hands the tiger prison is in is directly related to the length of time for this counterinsurgency, and even the direction of the war between the two sides. If the Tiger Prison Pass is lost, the price of trying to regain it may not be ordinarily large.

Huang Qiong really didn't know how his emperor Lao Tzu used people. If that Jiang Dutong is a person, it is really like what the commander of the capital said. I'm afraid that the current Tiger Prison Pass can already be said to be precarious. With the skills of his brothers, how could an official in such an important position not be bribed at a large price?

It is even possible that this Jiang Dutong himself was painstakingly installed by some people in the Tiger Prison Guanren. It is precisely because the gains and losses of the Tiger Prison Pass are so important that Huang Qiong does not dare to have any delay. And there is another reason why Huang Qiong rushed to the tiger prison so quickly, that is, he wanted to solve the mysteries that he had never understood since he left the palace.

In Huang Qiong's view, the two kings who chose the most inappropriate time to rebel may not really want to rebel. But who is it that can have such a great ability to force the two princes to rebel at once? The two texts of the two kings' public rebellion were sent to the Xiaoqi camp along with the emperor's holy decree, and Huang Qiong also had the honor to read them.

In Huang Qiong's opinion, those two texts were just to stink the prince and force the emperor to take the initiative to abolish the prince's position as prince. Even if the prince raised assassins and male pets, it was true. However, judging from the fact that the two kings and the crown prince had the upper hand most of the time, there was no need for the two kings to choose this most inferior method.

This point is enough to show that the rebellion of the two kings was definitely not their own willingness. If nothing else, if you really want to put the prince to death, you only need a secret fold. At that time, even if the emperor was pampering the prince, he would turn a blind eye to the prince's favor and male favor. But raising an assassin alone would be enough to ruin the crown prince's career as a prince.

In the world, I am afraid that there is no emperor with real power who turns a blind eye to his son's raising of a large number of assassins. You must know that the crown prince and the emperor have always been contradictory in terms of identity. The crown princes were all ordained by the emperor, except for a few emperors who had no queen, and most of them were the emperor's own sons.

But on the other hand, father and son are still competitors in disguise, and they can even be said to be mortal enemies. The so-called heaven has no two days, and the people have no two masters. There is only one throne, but in addition to the reigning emperor, there is now a designated heir. And the emperor, who is accustomed to saying the same, is not willing to give up the right in his hands even until he dies.

One is not dead and can't give up the right, and the other is afraid that his father will abolish his position as the prince, and he is worried about taking over as soon as possible. Therefore, even if the prince is the emperor's most favored son, after being established as the prince, I am afraid that the father-son relationship has changed a little. The relationship between the two people is not only inherited, but also has a certain hostile relationship.

With this premise, the crown prince raised assassins, even if he was a big emperor, he would never tolerate this prince and continue to stay in the position of prince. Even if it is because of some scruples, it is impossible to abolish the crown prince's position for the time being. But it will also gradually take back its power, and even control the crown prince.

Therefore, the second king's move can only be said to be the most inferior means, and it is also the most unnecessary means. This is not a practice of killing 1,000 enemies and inflicting 800 self-losses, but killing 1,000 enemies and losing 3,000 yourself. Therefore, Huang Qiong has always believed that there must be another reason for the rebellion of the two kings.

It's just that he hasn't figured out what the reason is. Even Huang Qiong believes to a certain extent that the rebellion of the two kings was not forced by others, but directly controlled by others. Under the operation of some people, they have to do the opposite. It's just that Huang Qiong can't judge who this person is and can have such ability.

In thinking of the two texts, the two kings made it clear that among the violent deaths of the three kings, the real culprit behind the death of the two kings was the crown prince. But he didn't say that his assassination had something to do with the prince. This verified his original guess that the prince was by no means the real murderer who assassinated him.

And this person either failed to find out with the supernatural powers of the two kings, or he was the one who controlled the two kings. But Huang Qiong feels that the latter will be more likely. It's just that what this mystery is, I'm afraid it can only be solved after meeting King Jing. Huang Qiong had a hunch that her first meeting with this second brother should not be too far away.

It was precisely because of these things that Huang Qiong did not dare to have any delay. Except for a few times to feed and drink the horses, there were no stops along the way. This is also thanks to his Qinghai Divine Horse, if he changed those imperial horses in the palace, I am afraid that he would have been tired and paralyzed.

It's just that although the mount is a good horse, Huang Qiong is not a person from a cavalry. Although I have learned to ride a horse now, my riding skills are just ordinary. The control of horses, not to mention, is far less comfortable than the old cavalry, and even King Yong is far inferior. Running for nearly 100 miles in one breath really made Huang Qiong feel exhausted.

When he arrived at a small mountain village near Tiger Prison Pass to rest, Huang Qiong took a lot of effort to get off the horse. At this moment, the inside of his legs has been ground with blood. is also not lightly punished, as well as Fan Jian, who was born as a local tyrant and went to the Xiao Cavalry Battalion to study by assault, and barely learned to ride a horse. As for that Su Changshi, because he couldn't ride a horse, he was directly left in the Xiao Riding Camp.

After getting off the horse, he took the water bladder handed over by Wang Dalong, drank most of the water in one go, and then sat on the big stone at the entrance of the village and rested for a while, and Huang Qiong was a little more energetic. After feeling that he had recovered some of his strength slightly, Huang Qiong found the commander sent to him by the commander of the capital.

This Du Lieutenant, surnamed Zhao, is himself a person from the Tiger Prison Pass. As a soldier to eat food, the earliest was also in the Tiger Prison Pass. Later, as a personal soldier, he followed the then commander of the capital and was transferred to the border army before leaving the Tiger Pass. It was precisely because he was not familiar with the situation here that the commander of the capital sent him to assist Huang Qiong.

After Zhao Duwei was found by his own guards, Huang Qiong pointed to the Xiongguan under the mountain and said, "Zhao Duwei, listening to what the commander of the capital said, you are very familiar with the Tiger Prison Pass?" Let's see if you can, without alarming the defenders of the pass, try to get into the pass and check the reality of the pass? ”

Seeing that the king of England asked himself, this Zhao Duwei also said happily: "Back to the prince's words, Lord Yu is not wrong. The last general officially locked up the people in the vicinity of the tiger's prison, because when he was fourteen years old, his hometown was plagued, and except for the two sisters who were married, the rest of the family was gone. At that time, Lord Zhang, the commander of the capital, saw that the last general was pitiful, so he accepted the small army to eat food. ”

Later, he followed Master Zhang and served as a full-time member of the border army, and after several years of fighting in the border army, he accumulated a little merit before he was promoted to the position of captain. Last year, he was transferred back to the cavalry battalion from the border army with the rotation of military attachés. In this area of Tiger Prison, no one in our entire cavalry camp is more familiar with it than the last general. The last general's colleagues when they were in the army are still many of them serving in the Tiger Prison Pass. It's just that? ”

was looking at the steep terrain of the Tiger Pass at the foot of the mountain, and secretly admired Huang Qiong in his heart that the Xiongguan Mandao was really like iron, and after hearing only these two words in his mouth. Turning his head to look at the captain, he said with some annoyance: "Now that the military situation is like fire, what are you doing as a big man?" If you have anything to say, it doesn't hurt to say it directly. ”

Hearing some dissatisfaction in Huang Qiong's words, this Zhao Duwei hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, although we said that in order to hurry, this road is all a small road, not an official road. But I don't know if you have noticed, the closer you get to the Tiger Prison Pass, the more sparsely populated this person becomes. Especially in this mountain village where we are now, the general just made a tour and found that it was empty. ”

"Although Zhengzhou has changed, the Tiger Prison Pass, which is an important place in Gyeonggi, will definitely be closed. But there is no one in the village, so it's a bit abnormal. The village where we are located is within the Tiger Prison Pass, not outside the Tiger Prison Pass. Even if there is a change in the Kanto region, there should not be an entire village in this pass, and there should be no one in the area. ”

"Although Tiger Prison Pass is not a big city, there are still some ordinary people around. There should also be many dependents of the garrison in the city scattered in this area. And at the moment, the army of the traitorous king has not yet reached the Tiger Prison Pass. Even if the customs are closed, it is impossible to move the surrounding residents so cleanly. ”

"Especially now that it's the autumn harvest season, if it weren't for something terrible, no farmer would have given up on the crops that were about to ripen. Lord, you must know the autumn harvest of one year, but it is related to the family's rations for the next year, as well as the money and grain collected by the imperial court. This situation is really a bit weird at the moment, so it seems that we should take a step back for the time being? ”

As soon as this Zhao Duwei said this, even if he had never experienced it, Huang Qiong immediately felt that something was wrong. I came suddenly, and the people here would not know in advance that they were coming, and it was impossible for them to go out to hide from the soldiers. Moreover, he is a large army of the imperial court, and there is no need for the people here to hide out.

And being reminded by this Zhao Duwei, Huang Qiong also wanted to come and see not a single farmer along the way after approaching the Tiger Prison Pass for fifty miles. The crops in the field are only half harvested, and some of them have not even been harvested yet. When I arrived at the village where I am now, it was even more empty, which was definitely abnormal.

If this situation occurs outside the Tiger Prison Pass, it may be normal. Clearing the wilderness is also a tactic. Even if the Tiger Prison Pass is close to Zhengzhou, there is no need to clear the wilderness at all. But this is also a reluctant, justifiable reason. But this is inside the Guan, not outside the Guan, which faces Zhengzhou, and this situation is not normal.