Chapter 225: A Crime of Not War
Qin Ze walked down the city wall with the support of the two tigers. He tried hard to squeeze out a smile, but he couldn't.
For some reason, he always felt the smell of death fill his nose, which made him uncomfortable.
Not only was he uncomfortable, but even Cheng Chumo and Sun Yufu were all dignified at this time. They all quietly looked at the burning corpses under the city walls, but they couldn't say a word.
They were like this, not to mention the soldiers who were guarding the city, and even when they looked at Qin Ze, there was a trace of horror in their eyes.
In this way, Qin Ze's joy of coming back was completely diluted by this fire, and everyone did not speak. Cheng Huailiang couldn't hold on any longer, not because of the fire, but because of exhaustion.
Wang Fu came, looked at what Qin Ze had been talking to him for half an hour, but Qin Ze didn't seem to hear it, his eyes were stunned and he didn't know what he was thinking. In the end, he could only sigh, shake his head and leave.
Sun Yufu walked in, pen and paper in his hand. He writes the battle report every day, but he can't write the battle report today.
A fire burned 10,000 people, if it was in terms of merit, Qin Ze was naturally the first to make a contribution. But in terms of methods, I'm afraid it will inevitably fall into the name of a god-killing god.
After Sun Yufu came in, he sat beside Qin Ze. Slowly poured Qin Ze a cup of tea, and then sent it to him.
"The beggar army has completely retreated, and I'm afraid there won't be any more action today." Sun Yufu served the tea for a while, but put it down again.
Qin Ze's heart is very complicated now, in fact, in his previous strategy, he did not use the idea of fire oil. But when I returned to Lingzhou City today, I found that there was so much fire oil here, and I couldn't take care of it too much at the moment.
At that time, the army of the beggar had already broken through the second earthen wall, and even if it was to blow up the last pit, it would not be of much significance.
The already crazy Turkic soldiers will definitely rush under the city walls without hesitation, and if the passage is opened for the Turkic tooth army, the result will be self-evident.
In desperation, Qin Ze had no choice but to send out an air squad to harass the Turkic army with explosives packs and gunpowder shells. But in the face of an army of 40,000 people, the effect of the explosive bag is minimal.
Moreover, the gunpowder in Lingzhou City is not endless, and it has been four days since Qiboer trapped Lingzhou City. Whether it is an explosive bag or a gunpowder bomb, there are more than three out of ten, and it is impossible to hold on at all.
Forced into desperation, Qin Ze thought of a way to burn the Turkic army. When he decided to do this, Qin Ze's heart was extremely calm, as if he was not going to burn a living person, but just to roast a lamb or a suckling pig.
But the Turks are not lambs, nor are they suckling pigs. Those heart-rending roars still echoed in Qin Ze's mind. In the past, he was very puzzled by a killing god like Bai Qi, but now he admires it.
With only 10,000 troops, he was so uneasy that it was hard to imagine how Bai Qi could support the souls of a million people.
It is not a pity for the Turks to die, but this method of burning is really inhumane.
However, it is estimated that for a long time, Qin Ze will no longer be able to use this strategy.
Moreover, there is not much fire oil left in Lingzhou City, and the remaining fire oil is still used by Qin Ze to support the flight of the hot air balloon.
As for the secret that there is not much left of the fire oil, Qin Ze has already made people strictly guard it.
The reason why Qi Bo'er withdrew from the army was that he was afraid that Qin Ze would continue to spray fire oil, so even if he had an army of 50,000, he would not be able to bear it. If he knew that there was not much fire oil left in Lingzhou City, then the enraged wild wolf would definitely come up and fight back......
So now that he heard Sun Yufu say that the beggar army had retreated, Qin Ze was not happy at all.
"Blocking the news of the oil must not be known by the beggars, and the order is delaying time. I know that some secret passages can enter Lingzhou City, and I will send people out to continue to transport supplies through these secret passages, and first fill the gunpowder reserves in Lingzhou City. Then consider going around to the rear of the Turks to attack, and then it will be up to who can withstand it. ”
Qin Ze's eyes flashed a little brightly, but he was still a little absent-minded when he answered.
Regarding the secret passage of Lingzhou City, Qin Ze was arrested by Second Master Cui before he could tell Sun Yufu about them. Now that Lingzhou City has reached a moment of crisis, Qin Ze must inform others of these secret passages.
But this is an escape passage for the common people, which means that once these passages are discovered by the Turks, then the people of Lingzhou City can only wait for death.
This is not a good result, the reason why Huang Lao told himself the channel in the first place was that he could trust himself.
Therefore, Qin Ze must be cautious, even for now, he only intends to tell Sun Yufu about one passage.
As soon as he heard that there was a secret passage in Lingzhou City, Sun Yufu was also overjoyed, but after hearing what Qin Ze had explained, his face also became solemn.
"Deputy Lieutenant Qin, rest assured, Sun will naturally have a target, and he will definitely not cut off the people's way of escape." Speaking of this, Sun Yufu sighed again, looked at Qin Ze and said with some embarrassment: "In this battle of Lingzhou City, I am afraid that the burning of the enemy will not be hidden. ”
"Don't hide it, just report it truthfully." Qin Ze understood what Sun Yufu meant, he wanted to suppress this matter, but how could this be possible. Now that the whole court is definitely watching here, Qin Ze's every move naturally can't escape the eyes of people with a heart.
"But if it is introduced to Chang'an, I am afraid that it will not be able to stop the mouths of those scholars and doctors who are full of benevolence and righteousness. At that time, if he falls into the name of killing a god, I am afraid that it will be ...... in Chang'an in the future" Sun Yufu did not continue when he said this, he believed that Qin Ze could understand what he meant.
"In the past, Zhou Yin, a heavy general of the Han Dynasty, betrayed the Chu State to lead the army for the Han ancestor Liu Bang, and slaughtered the people of the six cities in the first battle of Jiujiang. In the Western Jin Dynasty, only Geng Yi buried 100,000 enemy troops alive with quicksand, and although he won a great victory, he ended up with hatred.
Qin Lang, if this burning of the Turks falls into the ears of those scholars. I'm afraid that there will be some trouble again, if Your Majesty is kind-hearted, it would be fine, but now you have a bad relationship with the Cui family, if the Cui family intends to make things difficult for you, I am afraid that you will also suffer. ”
Sun Yufu already regarded Qin Ze as a confidant friend at this time, he frowned and finished speaking, and then smiled at Qin Ze and continued: "Listen to me in this matter, just say that the comparison is my Sun's doing, Qin Lang must not cause fire." ”
Listening to Sun Yufu's intention to take all the sins on himself, no one knows the specific situation anyway, if Sun Yufu insists that this matter is his own doing, then those scholars have nothing to do with him.
This is this strange world, and with a sentence of self-judgment and apology, Second Master Cui can ignore Qin Ze's life. Now Sun Yufu is like this......
But Qin Ze didn't want to do this, what he did was what he did, even if he was asked to choose again now, he would still not hesitate to let go of this fire.
War was originally cruel, and those scholars who had lived above the court for a long time were not aware of this at all. They are full of words, and they actually look at the cruel war with a benevolent attitude, which is originally a joke.
If it is burned, it will be burned, the reason why Qin Ze is like this is definitely not that he is worried about his future, he just feels very uncomfortable in his heart.
10,000 people, the screams of death are too torturous......
"Sun joins the army, I know that you are for my good, but one person does things and one person does it. This fire is nothing on me, the big deal is that the merits and demerits are offset, if the Cui family is a hindrance from it, at most it will be distributed to Lingnan. Qin's skills in gluttony are still good, and he has always heard that there are many rare fruits in Lingnan, and there are also a lot of wild meats. I have to wait for Sun to join the army and go to Lingnan in the future, and I can still entertain you. Being said by Sun Yufu, Qin Ze was much more comfortable, and the previous depression was also swept away.
"But ......"
Sun Yufu wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Qin Ze: "On this trip to the border pass, Yan'er Mountain won a great victory, Xishan defeated three thousand Turkic iron horses, plus the method of salt refining. Now that Qin has been out of the limelight, if he doesn't leave a handle for those civil officials, he may not know how Qin will be persecuted in the future. Therefore, there is no need to say much about Qin's participation in the army, Lingzhou City has many eyes and ears, so why sacrifice the reputation of Sun Join's army in vain. ”
If Cui Shi's guy knew that Qin Ze had appeared again, he would definitely go crazy directly. Since this is the case, Qin Ze's atrocity of burning the enemy army will definitely be used by him on a large scale. Therefore, there is no need to let Sun join the army to innocently top the tank.
Besides, now that Qin Ze is in the limelight, the emperor pays the most attention to trade-offs. The military attache won the battle, so naturally he was awarded a big reward first. Then it is the civil officials to find fault with some faults, and then the emperor will punish the military attache a little.
This is a trade-off, but Qin Ze feels that Li Er should not treat him like this. Let's not talk about his own importance, just say that now Li Er doesn't need his own "reckless man" to restrict the development of those civil officials.
So as long as he is still useful, Qin Ze is not worried at all. And even if Li Er really moved his murderous intent one day, then Qin Ze could guarantee that he would never be able to catch himself at the end of the earth. It's a big deal to turn the world upside down......
Seeing that he couldn't say anything about Qin Ze, Sun Yufu could only shake his head and sigh. After taking a sip of the tea that had been cooled as soon as possible, Sun Yufu turned around and left.
It's just that when he walked to the door of the tent, he made a big salute to Qin Ze and said solemnly: "Sun Mou thanked Deputy Lieutenant Qin for the people of Lingzhou City!" ”
Qin Ze cracked his mouth and smiled, noncommittal.
The Turkic army retreated, and the wild wolf of Qiboer was also a little retreating at this time. He finally saw the boy, but with it endless failure.
Beggar slammed one hand on the table on the side, directly smashing the table to pieces.
It was also at this time that Gu Qu came up to report, saying that Dong Sima from Lingzhou City asked to see him.
Beggar was also stunned, and some didn't understand what was going on. Gu Xuan bent over, but leaned over and said: "This person says that he has a big retribution!" ”