On May 18, the 16th year of the Apocalypse, Qin Du received a messenger from the Chin mission in Tokugawa who had come to announce his appointment and the order of the rebellion. It turned out that the envoy led by the crown prince Zhao Yan was attacked by two groups of assassins in Jinzhong Mansion and Tianshui Mansion shortly after leaving the capital, fortunately Zhao Yan was also prepared for this mission, and there were a large number of personal guards accompanying him to protect him, and in this way, in the two attacks, Zhao Yan's guards still paid a heavy price, six people were injured and two died.

It was only after arriving in Lishan County that Zhao Yan received information that the rebels had learned that his mission to Tokugawa had been scheduled and was preparing to ambush in Meishan County, which forced Zhao Yan and his party to stop in Meishan County.

Several officials accompanying him were also frightened and did not dare to venture forward, out of safety considerations, in the end, Zhao Yan and his entourage decided to send a capable guard to carry the edict and the Northwest Military and Political Jie Du envoy seal disguise to secretly pass through the rebels of Meishan County to control the zhì area, infiltrate Tokugawa, and authorize Qin Duan to act cheaply after getting the edict.

Ordering his subordinates to bring the messenger down to rest, Qin Duan looked at the letter in his hand and the yellow silk edict and seal presented, and felt indescribable emotion in his heart.

The envoy led by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would actually be attacked by assassins, which had to make Qin Du feel the cruelty of the political struggle, and the people who sent the assassins could accurately grasp the itinerary of the mission, and they didn't have to think about it to guess that the various forces in the capital were also very complicated, and the assassination failed and the news was revealed to the rebels.

Now that he has authorized himself, Qin Duan no longer cares about his actions of sending troops into Meishan and Longdong County, and now it is his turn to perform.

Qin Du appointed Liu Xiaoshan as the commander-in-chief of the southern front, responsible for the recovery of Longdong County, and appointed Shangguan Yonglun as the commander-in-chief of the northern front, responsible for the recovery of Meishan Mansion. Pear Blossom and Ding Da Niu are their respective lieutenants. Before leaving, I explained the operational policy of the two of them for this campaign.

In view of the fact that the strength of our army is not strong at present, although it is certain that we can wipe out this group of chaotic troops, Qin Duan does not intend to fight hard with the chaotic army. It would be of greater use for his own army to stay later, and Qin Duan didn't want to be consumed in the battle against these rabbles early.

Qin Duan demanded that Liu Xiaoshan and Shangguan Yonglun treat the rebel army differently during the battle, and treat the rebel army, which was mainly peasant slaves. We can give full play to the role of our army's intelligence system as an internal line, and at the same time launch a propaganda offensive as much as possible, as long as we lay down our arms, no matter what means we take or agree to any conditions on the other side.

As for the part of the local underworld organizations that are entangled, they must be completely annihilated mercilessly, and it is better to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, once these people stay, it will bring great trouble to our management of the two counties in the future.

Speaking of this, Qin Duan subconsciously made a gesture of killing the two of them, and the two of them also understood.

As for the part of the bandit organization that is mixed with other elements. Qin Dui originally had a plan in his heart, but because this idea was a bit despicable, I was a little hesitant, but after thinking about it again, Qin Dui decided that the two of them should implement it according to their own opinions.

"Xiaoshan, Yonglun, what are you going to do with the rebellious army gathered by those bandit organizations?" Qin Duan pondered for a long time before asking.

Both of them felt a little strange, and they must completely annihilate this group of people, so as not to leave trouble. But since the adults asked, there must be a mystery in it. It's just that neither of them can guess Qin Duan's thoughts.

"What do you mean ......?" The eyes of both of them converged on Qin Dui's faces, and they asked with some incomprehension, Qin Dui sighed in his heart, he was really a little speechless.

Zhuge Fang, who was sitting on the side, saw that Qin Duan was still unable to speak, so he had to cough and take over the topic, "This is my mention yì." I also reported it to the adults, and the adults did not agree with it, but I think that in order for us to develop and grow better in the future, it is necessary to adopt some measures that seem to be a little less bright, such as the battle plan that we will adopt this time. ”

Zhuge Fang said a lot. But he still didn't get into the topic, Qin Duan resolutely interrupted Zhuge Fang's words and said: "This is my opinion, for those bandit organization forces, don't be too tight in this battle, at the right time, you can give them a way to survive and drive them to the neighboring prefectures, as long as they are not on our territory." ”

Qin Duan made an understatement of his decision, but did not explain the reason. Qin Duan didn't want to explain, so if they had doubts, let them think about it for themselves.

Shangguan Yonglun and Liu Xiaoshan also saw that Qin Duan didn't want to say more, so they stood up knowingly: "Don't worry, my lord, we will do it according to your intentions." If you have no other instructions, we will take our leave. ”

Qin Du nodded, "Let's go back and rest early, we will leave early tomorrow morning." ”

Only Qin Duan and Zhuge Fang were left in the room, Qin Duan glanced at Zhuge Fang and said, "Mr. Zhuge , don't you think our approach is a bit too despicable?" ”

"The amount is not a gentleman, no poison is not a husband, and driving these people to the surrounding neighboring prefectures and counties can not only prevent our main force from fighting them, prevent them from jumping over the wall in a hurry, and reduce our losses, but the most important thing is to find a suitable excuse for our side to enter these places logically in the future."

Zhuge Fang's voice was low but full of persuasion, "I'm afraid that the idea of adults is not limited to the development of the northwest, although the northwest is vast and rich, but after all, it is a border land, whether it is the population or its economic development process, it cannot be compared with the Central Plains region and all parts of the south of the Yangtze River, not to mention that the Central Plains and the south of the Yangtze River have always been the hinterland of the East Continent, and only by occupying these two regions can you truly realize the dream in your heart." The northwest is just a place to lay the foundation, and if we want to have greater development, sooner or later we have to enter the road of the Central Plains, so we must also make all kinds of preparations as soon as possible. ”

Qin Du lay on his back on the comfortable chair and did not make a sound, there was another reason why Zhuge Fang did not say it, to drive these bandit forces to neighboring prefectures and counties, let them develop in these areas, and also consume the strength of these local garrison forces.

It would be better if these bandit forces were defeated and incorporated by the garrisons of neighboring prefectures and counties, first, we had an internal line that we could take the opportunity to blend into the garrisons in these areas, and second, if these bandits had already been defeated by our army, they would naturally have a fear of the combat effectiveness of their own army, and if there was a battle with our army in the future, this fear would inevitably affect the combat effectiveness of all these armies fighting with us.

Just when Qin Duan was making every effort to arrange the deployment to march into the two counties of Meishan and Longdong, the empire's powerful neighbor to the south, the Macede Khanate, had already ignited a beacon fire in the sky.

There was a faint mist floating in the slightly humid air, as if a wisp of light veil was floating in the air, and it seemed very peaceful and quiet, in the border section of the Kingdom of Jemilo on the border with the Macederan Khanate, a small patrol of soldiers was bored along the road winding from the city of Keheng in the southwest of the Macedan Khanate for routine patrol, it was just dawning, there were no pedestrians on the main road, and merchants and travelers were not on the road at this time.

"Captain, why didn't you come across anything interesting today? I didn't even look at the figure. ”

A soldier listlessly kicked a pebble on the side of the road as he asked the captain, who was also bored and looking around.

"What do you kid want to see? Belle? Beautiful women don't get up so early, only those of us who work hard will patrol here from the middle of the night. Alas, in the next life, let's not be a soldier, cast a good tire, let us also vote for the rich and noble, and enjoy it. The captain also replied weakly.

"Hey, captain, it's really a bit evil today, why haven't you met a pedestrian on the road?" The soldier muttered to himself.

"Could it be that the Macedhans are doing something?" The other soldier was clearly a little wary.

"No, I heard from the above people that their diplomats only returned from us a few days ago, and this time they came to negotiate with us to resolve the relevant issues, and it is said that an understanding has been reached. Besides, if there is a problem, the above will also be vigilant, how can they send a few of us to do some routine patrols, I am afraid that the whole kingdom and neighboring countries will have to move. The captain worked hard to analyze the information he had obtained.

"Alas, but don't fight, I just wanted to mix in the army, if there is a war, we all have to go to the front, there is a life to go, whether there is a life to come back, I can't say." Another soldier hurriedly chimed in.

Suddenly, the captain seemed to feel something, but was interrupted by the soldier's words, he looked at several soldiers around him, and found that none of them reacted, whether he was nervous, but there was a slight tremor from the earth, which even a few soldiers also reacted a little, all their eyes looked at the edge of the extension of the northeast road, but if there was a mist in front of the eyes, there was always some confusion.

Puzzled glances passed from one to another, followed by a more pronounced tremor as some vague black shadows suddenly appeared on the edge of the horizon.

The captain's face suddenly turned pale, his lips trembled, and he jumped nervously, "Enemy cavalry! Come on! Hurry back and report! ”

As soon as his words fell, the dull sound of hooves gradually sounded, and piles of huge black shadows continued to emerge from the horizon, and the number was increasing, and the black shadows that appeared before had gradually become clear.

"It's too late!"

The captain sat on the ground in despair, the number of enemies was so large that the entire horizon was now covered with black shadows, and it was all cavalry, and his two legs could not outrun the enemy's four legs no matter what.

With the sound of thunderous iron hooves in the sky, bringing up the yellow dust in the sky, half of the sky in the entire north has turned brown and yellow, and a vermilion handsome flag fluttering in the wind is gradually displayed in the eyes of the captain, with an apricot yellow "Pu" word embroidered in the middle of it. (To be continued......)