Chapter 714: Stupid Decision
After resting for three or five days under Hukou Pass, the coalition army continued to set off, passing through the checkpoint and heading straight to the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom.
When the news reached the Jin Palace, Tian Hu and the leaders below were stunned, they never imagined that these two dangerous places had also been captured by the coalition forces, and it didn't even take a month, what was going on? Could it be that the people of the Tang and Song Dynasty coalition are all immortals, and they can descend from the sky?
After many inquiries by intelligence officers, it was found out that the two cities were originally anti-water, which made Tian Hu even more furious, kicked over the table on the spot, and killed several people to vent his anger.
And the worse effect of this is that Tian Hu is even more distrustful of his subordinates, and he sent all his relatives and hardcore subordinates to various state capitals and counties on the spot, called "Assist", in fact, the guards everywhere understand that this is the King of Jin who has doubts about himself, and these people are simply here to spy on him, so the morale is even lower, and the relationship between Tian and people with foreign surnames has become more fragile, although it was not very strong before.
Tian Hu is not a delicate person, he is not aware of this, and even if he knows, he can't take care of it, now only his own relatives and those who have followed him from the very beginning can reassure him - such as Lu Hui, the guard of Hukou Pass, who would rather die than surrender and was finally beheaded to show the public, and the rest of the people he saw were a bit like they were going to surrender to the coalition army.
On the side of the coalition forces, it was a place of joy, and Du Jia and Captain Su specially rewarded them for three days before setting off again, so the morale was absolutely high.
Where should I go next? Everyone began to discuss again, unlike the previous only goal, now they entered the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom, and there was an open field in front of them, at least more than ten places to attack, they could choose freely.
Everyone's mood is also completely different, to use an inappropriate analogy, before they were like girls in the Qinglou, they were not qualified to choose guests at all, but now they have become guests, and they can choose their favorite girls at will.
Therefore, everyone discussed very hotly, some people suggested to fight Tian Hu's third brother Tian Biao to guard the Jinning Mansion - this is also the second most important town of the Jin Kingdom, second only to Tian Hu's nest Weining Mansion, and some people suggested that they should first fight a few county towns to expand the results of the war, and at the same time further weaken the strength of the Jin State, and even some brave and eager to make contributions such as Dong Ping, Qin Ming, Suo Chao and others are clamoring to go directly to the Weining Mansion, and give them a thief to capture the king first.
For this kind of "brave and unstrategic" suggestion, Su Taiwei They also couldn't cry or laugh, although they are now reporting good news, but after all, Tian Hu and they are still very powerful, and now there are more than 200,000 troops and dozens of fierce generals, and they occupy the advantage of the home field, and it is obviously not time to smash Huanglong directly, but if they are surrounded there, it will be troublesome.
At this time, according to the usual practice, Tang Wang Du Jia came to take the idea, and only he could make everyone obey the comprehensive popularity, qualifications, ability, official position, etc.
Du Jia was actually already confident, he pointed to a city on the map and said slowly: "This problem has actually been considered by this king, and our next attack target is here." ”
Everyone was in high spirits, and hurriedly took a look, it turned out that Du Jia was talking about Zhaode Mansion, and Su Taiwei smiled and said: "Your Highness has been prepared for a long time, it seems that our efforts have been completely in vain, and I hope Your Highness will help us stupid people say why we chose here?" ”
Du Jia smiled slightly: "There are three reasons for choosing Zhaode Mansion, first, although there are many guards here, there is no descendant of Tian Hu, although he recently sent his clan brother Tian Guang over, but it only increased the contradiction between the Tian family and the foreign surname; Second, the city's defenses are mediocre; Third, the two deputy generals Jin Ding and Huang Yue and Shan Shiqi have a very good personal relationship, and the two have quietly sent a letter over, and they will surrender as long as the opportunity is right. ”
Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, and Taiwei Su touched his beard and smiled: "No wonder His Highness is so calm, it turns out that everything is already under control, and it is really a blessing for the lower officials to be able to cooperate with His Highness, hehe, hehe." ”
However, Wu Yong said worriedly: "Your Highness, according to the intelligence, the rest of the generals of this Zhaode Mansion are just that, there is a national teacher Qiao Daoqing who heard that he is using demon law, which is extremely powerful, we have to guard against it, here is his detailed information, please Your Highness and you take a look, we are prepared." ”
The generals hurriedly picked up the information in front of them to find out about this Qiao Daoqing, the original name was Qiao Yan, his ancestral home was Jingyuan, Shaanxi, he was extremely talented in cultivating Taoism when he was young, and his eyes could see "foreign objects", but people said that he was a "crooked way", he planned to go to Luo Zhenren to learn the right way, but unfortunately he was rejected, so he had to leave.
Later, he also made a name for himself in the rivers and lakes, people gave him the nickname "Phantom Demon King", once Qiao Daoqing went to Anding Prefecture, the place did not rain for a long time, the state official offered a reward of 3,000 to seek people who could pray for rain, he successfully completed the task, but the state official was in arrears of the reward, it turned out to be a local treasury official gang with a "crooked pedant" He Cai embezzled, Qiao Daoqing was extremely angry, and beat the treasury official on the spot, and the treasury official was seriously injured and died.
Qiao Daoqing could only flee to the rivers and lakes, fled to Weisheng with his mother, and was later recruited by Tian Hu and became Tian Hu's important minister. Tian Hu relied on Daoqing to make decisions in everything, and falsely appointed him as the real person who protected the country and the military adviser Zuo Prime Minister, and happened to be in Zhaode Mansion at this time.
After reading it, all the generals frowned, if they want to say that they are not afraid of capturing the flag before the battle and leading their subordinates to charge into battle, they are more headaches for this kind of enemy who is good at illusion, Du Jia smiled and said: "You don't have to worry, Mr. Jia Liang doesn't have to worry too much, if you want to talk about spells, have you forgotten that we still have Mr. Gongsun here?" Looking at the information, this Qiao Daoqing wants to worship under Luo Zhenren and can't, but our Mr. Gongsun is the big disciple of Luo Zhenren, how can these two sides be on the same level? ”
Everyone suddenly realized, and looked at Gongsun Sheng, Gongsun Sheng was also slightly proud in his heart, but he still said humbly: "Your Highness is really a prize, you can't say that, since this Qiao Daoqing has this name, he still has real talent and learning, and when the time comes, he will try his best to contain him, and the rest will depend on you." ”
Qin Ming was overjoyed and said: "As long as Gongsun Immortal Master can control that demon Dao, it is enough, and the rest of the young people have their own help, it seems that this Zhaode Mansion is just around the corner, hahaha." ”
Everyone laughed when they heard this, and then Du Jia let everyone disperse and prepare to attack Zhaode Mansion early tomorrow morning.
(End of chapter)