Chapter 111: Poison Scheme
At the gate of Qinghe Town, black clouds destroyed the city. The drizzling rain began to fall again, becoming a bead curtain linking heaven and earth. The tense atmosphere shrouded every corner of Qinghe Town, and beyond Qinghe Town, it was the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty - Yanjing City.
In the yamen of the state capital, Chu Xiaofeng frowned and paced in the hall, he shuttled back and forth on both sides of the hall, hoping to think of a solution to the problem. But one thought flashed through him, and then he immediately vetoed it. Several people in the hall were also extremely anxious, if Qinghe Town was lost, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Chen Jingqiu glanced at Chu Xiaofeng, if it weren't for the fact that he was the prince, he would have gone up and taught a lesson first. He said coldly: "The Great Prince, we must ensure the safety of the Great Prince. ”
"Then you mean we're going to abandon Qinghe Town?"
When Guo Ziyi heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said coldly. Since Chu Xiaofeng expressed his attitude towards Guo Qingzheng, Guo Ziyi decided to fully support Chu Xiaofeng.
"Could it be that the Hou Ye wants to let the eldest prince die for the sake of a broken town?"
Chen Jingqiu said in a slightly soothing tone, in front of Guo Ziyi, he still didn't dare to be too presumptuous, after all, he was still a junior.
"Broken town? Do you know how many innocent people will die if you surrender rashly? Could it be that the life of the prince is fate, and the life of the common people is not fate? ”
Guo Ziyi raised his eyebrows and said gloomily. He is most unaccustomed to this kind of silver gun wax head on weekdays, and he has lived in the pile of gold since he was a child, and he grew up with a golden key. They don't know what the people are, let alone understand their toils.
"Not to mention anything else, if Qinghe Town is lost, then Yanjing City will be completely leaked in front of the rebels, and the consequences will be unimaginable!"
Cao Zhi said with an anxious face. This time, he has returned to Qinghe Town, which is already an unforgivable crime, if he allows the Yongle Sect rebels to occupy Qinghe Town again, then I am afraid that he will really be exterminated by the Nine Clans.
"General Cao, according to your estimates, what is the approximate number of rebels this time?"
Chu Xiaofeng saw that the three of them kept arguing, and suddenly asked. He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say it for a while.
"Back to Your Highness, according to the investigation of the spies, the number of rebels this time is more than 30,000, which is the largest rebel reactionary activity since the establishment of this dynasty, and it is extremely tricky."
Cao Zhi hurriedly replied, he really hoped that there would be a decision-maker now, at least if something happened, he would have to bear much less crimes.
"Thirty thousand? The Yongle Sect really made a bloody investment this time. In my opinion, 30,000 people, almost all the Yongle Sect followers, were dispatched. They do not hesitate to send out the whole army, and there must be a follow-up. ”
Chu Xiaofeng muttered in a low voice. Although 30,000 people is a very terrifying number, but if you want to overthrow a court with this point, it is still far from enough, the leaders of the Yongle Sect all have a deep hatred with the imperial court, if there is no backhand, how can they take the hard work they have established single-handedly and act as cannon fodder in vain.
"I don't understand."
Li Chunfeng stood up suddenly, he walked up to Chu Xiaofeng, lowered his voice and said: "Since they were so eager to attack the city and pull out the village, these 30,000 people are just road soldiers, as if they are opening the road to Yanjing City for others. ”
Chu Xiaofeng and the others were silent when they heard Li Chunfeng's words, and several of them were all mentally superb, and they instantly understood the doorway. Only Chen Jingqiu looked at a few people with a puzzled expression, in his heart, everyone should take the lead in discussing how to save the eldest prince, why have they been discussing some useless things.
"I said Third Highness, should we discuss how to save His Royal Highness the Great Prince first?"
Chen Jingqiu finally couldn't help but speak. He looked at Chu Xiaofeng defiantly, waiting for his answer.
"Hehe, Chen Dashao said yes, His Royal Highness has a clever plan, and he is sure that he will be able to rescue my eldest brother. It's just that this requires Chen Dashao's full cooperation. ”
Chu Xiaofeng smiled, looked at Chen Jingqiu with a smile, and said lightly. After hearing this, Li Chunfeng beside him showed a trace of an inexplicable smile, he began to understand this Third Highness a little, he is not a fuel-efficient lamp.
"Humph! My Chen family has been blessed by the emperor for generations, so it is naturally incumbent on me! ”
Although Chen Jingqiu is a gentleman, he will still say these high-sounding words. As soon as he heard that Chu Xiaofeng had a request for him, he felt that he had more face.
Looking at the proud Chen Jingqiu, Li Chunfeng could only mourn for him in his heart. He quietly glanced at Chu Xiaofeng, who was smiling, and walked back to his seat, ignoring it. With Chu Xiaofeng here, he, who is known as a living immortal, has a kind of heroic and lonely appearance.
"Chen Da is a young man who rarely does, and he dares to act, and he is a model for my generation."
Chu Xiaofeng gave Chen Jingqiu a deep salute, which made Chen Jingqiu even more smug.
"Your Royal Highness is polite, my sister is a concubine of the court, we are also a family, if there is anything you need to serve, you can just say it."
Chen Jingqiu patted his chest and swore an oath.
Chu Xiaofeng hurriedly led everyone to the map on the wall, and said with a smile: "This is the geographical map of Qinghe Town and its vicinity. You see, now that our east gate has been heavily surrounded, we can only find a way to get out of the west gate, and then make a detour to rescue my eldest brother from the rear of the enemy. Chu Xiaofeng pointed to the river to the north and continued: "I feel that if you want to successfully go around the enemy's rear. First, the number of people should not be too large, so it is easy to leak. Second, they must be specially trained elite soldiers. ”
He paused, then looked at Chen Jingqiu, grabbed his shoulder, and said earnestly: "Chen Dashao, this such a difficult task is handed over to you and your house slaves, and only you are qualified to complete this matter." ”
"I" Chen Jingqiu opened his mouth to stammer, he looked at Cao Zhi with a bitter face, hoping that he could help him say something, but Cao Zhi was pretending to be pensive, and he didn't see his pitiful eyes at all.
"That's it!"
Chu Xiaofeng slapped Chen Jingqiu's shoulder fiercely, signaling Li Chunfeng and Guo Ziyi to follow him out. The three of them were walking on the way back to Fushou Gambling House, and seeing that there was no one around, Chu Xiaofeng whispered: "Master Hou, please send a few people to mix in the iron-clad army, and when they reach the rear of the enemy, they will cause some damage and create chaos, so that we can take the opportunity to attack!" ”
"But in that case, wouldn't the Chen family's iron-clad army and the eldest prince be"
Guo Ziyi frowned, and he said with some doubts. If his own people deliberately leaked their whereabouts behind the enemy, then Chen Jingqiu and his gang would definitely die.
"Haha, my father can ignore my life in order to deal with the Pang family, I think he will definitely sacrifice his eldest brother in order to protect the imperial city." Chu Xiaofeng laughed, but his laughter was full of desolation.
"That's alright!"
Guo Ziyi wanted to say something, but when he saw Li Chunfeng glaring at him, he could only agree in a muffled voice. It seems that a few dead soldiers will be sacrificed this time.
Chu Xiaofeng turned to look to the west, which was where the capital was located, and it was the direction of home. He turned around suddenly, his eyes were full of murderous intent, and he wondered if his father would still be able to sit on the dragon chair safely after the news of his eldest brother being killed by the rebel army came out. I don't know how the Chen family will react when Chen Jingqiu's body is gone?