Chapter 44 – The Perfect Aftermath
At the gate of Xiaoguan County, Sun Ying, who has basically stabilized the remnants of the 3,000 royal Chen family's troops in Xiaoguan, is kneeling down on one knee to hand over the big seal of the general of the Qi State who entered here in front of him, Mei Lin. This is only the last scene in the whole drama now, in fact, after the Qi army entered this Xiao Pass, all this has become a matter of course. The defenders of the royal Chen family were defenseless and were surrounded by the Qi army breaking into the pass and launching a bloody siege, and the army of the imperial Chen family had more than enough ability to defend the city, but the ability to fight in the streets was insufficient. Coupled with the fact that an operation is now completely invisible, it directly caused the entire army of the imperial Chen family to be routed, and they could only flee out of the north gate under the command of another lieutenant general. Merlin ordered his officials to disperse to find out if there were any troops of the royal Chen family left in Xiao Pass.
Of course, Merlin also carried out the order given to him by Li Fu before, and ordered the 10,000 troops under his command to immediately turn into pieces and guard the four passes of Xiao Pass separately, and he himself personally took 500 personal guards, according to Sun Ying's guidance, led the army to surround Chen Xiao, the current guard of Xiao Pass, the nephew of Chen Xuan, the head of the Chen family of the royal family, Li Fu clearly explained to him that Chen Xiao must not be harmed, and he must be arrested. So, after the anxious Merlin made a short arrangement for the situation outside, he immediately came to the front of Baiyun Tower in person.
Due to the sudden entry of the Qi army, the people in Xiao Pass have not reacted to what is happening here, and they have already seen the change of the flag on the city tower, and it is obvious that this place has been replaced by the army of Qi stationed here, although they are not familiar with the military flag of Qi State, and even at this moment, all they see are extremely unfamiliar faces. However, these soldiers stood guard in front of the houses of the people scattered in Xiao Pass, but they did not commit any crimes. The interests of their own homes, which the people were most concerned about, were not affected, so these people all closed the doors of their homes and waited for the situation outside to become clear. And the soldiers of Qi are not in a hurry, now when they need to stabilize the internal situation of Xiao Pass, what they need to wait for is whether the commander of the army, Mei Lin, can catch the current guard of Xiao Pass, Chen Xiao, once the base is clear, they can logically stabilize the situation in Xiao Pass.
On the other side, Merlin took the five hundred guards under his command all the way to the Baiyun Tower where Chen Xiao was, but he didn't expect that they were still halfway there, and in front of Merlin, who was riding a horse and slowing down, he saw a young man blocking the middle of the street. The young man was wearing a very plain blue robe, but he could still see the calm aura in the young man's eyebrows and face. Merlin, who was walking in the forefront, was a little surprised, knowing that they had not encountered any people along the way. Because the people were still a little afraid of their Qi army, they all chose to plug in the door panels and wait at home to watch the changes. But the young man in front of him, obviously, made such an abnormal move, he would inevitably not be an ordinary person.
The young man saw Merlin in front of him and the five hundred guards behind him wearing the soldiers' clothes of the Qi Kingdom, so the young man walked forward quickly and took out a letter that had already been sealed from his underwear. Directly handed it to Merlin, who was riding on a war horse in front of him, Merlin opened the letter slowly with great curiosity, and when he saw the first line, his face immediately changed. "It turned out to be you, the general told us about you a long time ago, what, do you need help with anything now?"
The young man in front of him was none other than Feng Yuchong, who had left Baiyun Tower earlier and rushed to Xiao Guan to find Merlin's traces. But he didn't expect that when he had just left Baiyun Tower for a short time, he had already heard the news that Merlin had personally rushed to Baiyun Tower with five hundred guards. So he stood and waited on the street. After a short time, he had already met Mei Lin, the general of the Qi State who hurried to Baiyun Tower. It happened that at this moment, Feng Yuchong directly took advantage of such an opportunity to directly hand over the letter to the Merlin in front of him.
Since it was a letter written by Li Fu himself, it was obvious that Merlin naturally needed to obey Li Fu's orders. In addition, he learned from Li Fu's reply that the young man in front of him was Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, two brothers and sisters called "the pride of the sky" by Li Dan, the ruling prime minister of their Qi State, although Merlin had not really seen the true faces of Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan before this. But according to Li Dan and Li Fu, the two powerful father and son, in the current situation, these two siblings are playing a vital role. Even without a series of departure strategies in front of them, it will be very difficult, Li Fudu has so much respect and trust for these two brothers and sisters, so how can he, as a subordinate, not have the ability to understand the mind of the superior?
So, Merlin smiled and said, "It turned out to be Feng Yuchongxian's nephew, I don't know why you came to me now?"
Feng Yuchong saw the change in Merlin's expression, and he already understood what Merlin meant, arched his hand, and said with a smile: "Since I have understood what I mean, then compared to the situation in front of him, the general is already very clear. We have now restrained Chen Xiao, the guard of this Xiao Pass, and we are waiting for the general to come and understand the situation. By the way, there is one more person in our two brothers and sisters, who I want to introduce to the general. ”
"Oh?" Feng Yuchong's words in front of him have also invisibly clarified the situation in front of him, it turns out that Chen Xiao did not escape but was restrained in Baiyun Tower, so this matter will become simpler, but Merlin is even more curious, about the situation in front of him, who else do these two brothers and sisters need to introduce to themselves?
Thinking of this, Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, the two siblings, couldn't help but be secretly surprised, although the situation in front of them was not completely under his control, it was basically already a point of eight or nine. So, he immediately smiled and said, "This is very good, this annoys the virtuous nephew to lead the way." “
Feng Yuchong turned around directly and walked away quickly, the direction he was facing was the Baiyun Tower in front of him, Merlin beckoned to the guards in the rear: The whole army immediately followed, go to the Baiyun Tower, remember, be sure to catch Chen Xiao alive! Whoever misses and hurts him a hair, I want your life!"
These guards had all learned Merlin's iron-blooded strategy of governing the army, and they quickly nodded and said, "Yes!
Half an hour later, under the leadership of Merlin, these five hundred guards led the army to surround Baiyun Tower, and the old bustard of Baiyulou had already greeted him, and was immediately temporarily controlled by the Qi army. So, under the guidance of Feng Yuchong, Merlin ordered four hundred guards to guard separately at the collar's side, and he personally led one hundred guards to rush to the room of Oiran Jinyu on the third floor of Baiyun Tower, Feng Yu rushed forward and knocked on the door, shouting loudly: "Sister sister, General Merlin has arrived!"
With the sound of the door opening, two girls with similar stature flashed in front of him, one of them, a girl in a white dress with a slightly taller figure, saw this scene in front of her, and saw Feng Yuchong and a general behind him with a sword hilt in his hand. The girl in the white dress smiled and bowed, "Presumably this is General Merlin, we have been waiting for you here for a long time." ”
Merlin didn't know who the woman in front of him was, so he arched his hand politely and asked with a smile: "I heard that Yu Chongxian's nephew said that you have restrained Xiao Guan's guard Chen Xiao, can you let me see the true face of this person?"
The girl in the white dress in front of her smiled again and said, "At this time, we naturally let the general come in and take a look, but I want to ask the general, how is the general going to use Chen Xiao to rectify the aftermath that is now in the hands of Qi State?"
Merlin smiled silently, "I'm just carrying out the orders of General Li Fu now, but the general has already arranged the current strategic plan, especially at this time, there are not many things that we can directly control in our hands, so we must need to get the support of the people around us, otherwise it will be impossible for us to carry out other actions here." When I say that, do you understand what I mean?"
The girl in the white dress in front of her bowed and smiled, "It's my negligence, since I asked the general like this, since that's the case, the general, please come in!" Chen Xiao was on the side of the screen. After speaking, the girl in the white dress directly dodged around the door, and took Feng Yuchong to dodge and directly turned around and left the third floor of this Baiyun Tower. The girl in scholar's clothes behind her also followed the footsteps of the two of them, and before she knew it, she directly came to the second floor of this white cloud building. Immediately, he jumped out of the window directly, jumped out of the Baiyun Building directly from the eaves and walls, and ran directly outside Xiao Guan.
Kong Hong, Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, the two brothers and sisters, are now like mirrors in their hearts, and at this time, the matter of Xiao Guan has basically been decided, and it is not a problem to rectify this place with the 50,000 troops of Qi State. Now, in Kong Hong's plan, since this Xiao Pass has been captured, the next step for the Qi army must be to go north to Qicheng, the military center of the imperial Chen family, and Qicheng is now the top priority in the defense line of the imperial Chen family.
In addition, Kong Hong's heart was like a mirror, and going from Xiao Pass to Qicheng was a flat plain passage, and there would be no danger in it. In Qicheng, there is just another family force planted in it, and this family is the location of the ancestral residence of the Wang family among the four major families of the royal Chen family. The status of the Wang family in Qicheng can be said to be deep-rooted, not only the royal Chen family, but even the original departure from the country did not dare to easily move the Wang family's entrenched forces in this Qi City, once they gain their support, then this Qi City can be easily captured in the blink of an eye.