Chapter 318: Vigilance
"Aren't you kidding? How can there be anything that can deal with an army of 200,000, could it be that the treasury can still sprinkle beans into an army?" Li Hongji was stunned and said, "This king doesn't think as much. This king also thought that he had just hidden something unseemly in those treasury, such as some criminal evidence and stolen goods that were not favorable to him, after all, the civil and military generals of our dynasty have repeatedly banned corruption and arbitrary power......
Fang Cai almost looked at Li Hongji with admiration, Li Yuan couldn't help but shake his head at this time, and said with a playful smile: "Your Highness's words are wrong, if those warehouses are really hidden stolen goods from Hu Ze's corruption, and now seeing the arrival of His Highness and the 200,000 forbidden troops of the imperial court, how could he be stupid enough to take the initiative to remind us that there are sixteen warehouses in the south of the city, isn't it nothing to look for?" I wish we couldn't see it."
Li Hongji was silent, and after a while, he patted his thigh and said, "That's it, instead of speculating here, it's better to test it tomorrow!" You are right, why should this king be the eldest son of the emperor in hiding, and there are 200,000 troops with him, what is this king's fear? Tomorrow you will proceed as usual, and the king himself will lead his army to find out."
Li Yuan was stunned and said, "Your Highness, have you ever thought about how you should deal with yourself when those warehouses are really the relief food that His Majesty has decreed to distribute? Don't forget, it's been a long time for you to recover, but don't be caught and told to go to the palace. Of course, if you are absolutely sure, then even if you go, you will not be able to stop you."
"This king, this king......" Li Hongji was distressed for a while, and suddenly became a little entangled: "You are reasonable, but you don't dare to investigate it when you know that you are suspicious, this king is really itching, and this king hates the taste of being deceived the most."
Li Yuan said in a deep voice: "In short, it is absolutely impossible to openly lead troops to break through, this is not conducive to His Highness's reputation, and the counterinsurgency should be the most important. Isn't it going to be with Hu Ze tomorrow? And look at how he behaves, if there is a ghost in his heart, I don't believe that he can't see a flaw."
Li Hongji thought for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "That's it, that's all."
The two of them parted ways and went back to their respective courtyards. Soon saw that the lights in the east courtyard where Li Hongji lived had been extinguished, but the lights were still on in the west courtyard where Li Yuan lived in the opposite corner, at this time, Fu Hong, the commander of the Xiongwu Army, came to the courtyard lightly, hesitated for a moment and knocked lightly on the door a few times, and after a while, Li Yuan's cold voice came from inside: "Who?"
Fu Hong lowered his voice and said, "Generalissimo, it's the last general, the last general Fu Hong."
"Squeak", the door opened, Li Yuan put on his robe and stood at the door frowning and looked out, seeing Fu Hong bowing and saluting, Li Yuan immediately nodded lightly in response.
"Fu Tongjun, it's late at night, why don't you rest in the camp and come to see Ben Shuai?"
"Disturb the Generalissimo, the last will be guilty! But the soldier told the last general about something, and the last general felt that he should tell you immediately, so he ...... Hey, disturb the generalissimo, the last general is really reckless." Fu Hong said busily.
Li Yuan frowned, avoided his figure, raised his hand to make a gesture of please, Fu Hong hurriedly bent over the threshold and entered the room.
"Fu Tongjun, there are no outsiders here, just say something if you have something."
Fu Hong stammered a rough idea, Dao is Hezhou defenders suddenly began to move tonight, and Hu put all the 10,000 men under his command at the north city wall to garrison.
Li Yuan frowned and stared at Fu Hong and said, "Nonsense, just to come late at night for this matter? The rebel camp is in the south of the city, and now that my 200,000 forbidden troops have arrived, as the main army, they should take over the defense of the south gate, and he and the state defenders are state soldiers in the end, isn't it normal to move to the north gate?"
Fu Hong hurriedly said, "Generalissimo, the last general is not messing around, it is really suspicious. The key Nahu Ze also gave a death order at night, ordering his soldiers to quickly go to the north city gate to defend it, and they were not allowed to go down the city wall without an order, don't you think it's strange? There is a fart enemy in the north, how can he let his soldiers eat and drink Lazar on top?"
Li Yuan paused and said, "This is indeed a bit unusual."
Fu Hong said, "Yes! And according to your arrangement today, Generalissimo, my 200,000 troops are stationed in the south of the city in preparation for going out of the city at any time to control the enemy, although the next war does not need his Hu Ze's 10,000 state soldiers, but as a general of Hezhou, at least he should maintain order in the city during wartime? The north gate is the way we came, how can they look like they are going to run at any time.
Therefore, the end will be realized
It was very strange, and I was also worried that some conspiracy and trickery would not be conducive to the suppression of the rebellion, although I wanted to have you and Your Highness here, and there were 200,000 troops who were not afraid, but I still felt faintly uneasy in my heart, so after thinking about it, the last general came to disturb the generalissimo."
Li Yuan frowned and thought, although he was not familiar with this Fu Hong in front of him, he had also heard Li Jingda, the king of Qi, introduce him when he was in the Beiyuan camp, Lao Cheng was stable and experienced in a hundred battles, not like a suspicious person who caused trouble, the veteran's snort has always been keen, and he couldn't help but take it lightly, especially just now he was still worried about the things in the warehouses in the south of the city that Li Hongji said.
"Wait!" Li Yuan suddenly became highly vigilant: "You just said that my 200,000 troops are now camped in the south of the city?"
Fu Hong was stunned, and then hurriedly said, "Yes, Generalissimo, where can you be if you are not in the south of the city?" How dare we do it without your orders?"
"Have you noticed that there are sixteen storehouses south of the city?"
Fu Hong thought for a moment and replied, "Oh, isn't it the storehouse where the relief grain is stored? Don't worry, generalissimo, didn't you give a military order in the afternoon to strictly prohibit soldiers from entering the storehouse? We have already spread the word to the officers and men of all battalions that those who dare to step into the relief grain storehouse will engage in military law!"
Li Yuan shook his head and said, "Ben Shuai is asking you, didn't Hu Ze originally stationed 2,000 soldiers around the treasury in the south of the city? Are those people still there?"
Fu Hong was helpless for a while, and said with a wry smile: "Naturally, it's gone. The last general has just reported to you, and Hu Ze has asked all the state soldiers under his command to rush to the north......
"This is strange...... Li Yuan was confused, and suddenly remembered a scene at the luncheon, how Hu Ze sincerely asked Li Yuan to order the forbidden soldiers to enter the treasury in the south of the city, and it seemed that he attached great importance to those warehouses, how could he suddenly withdraw all his men and horses, even if Hu Ze really trusted Li Yuan 100%, but a few rat feces would come out of the 200,000 army, how could he be so relieved?
Fu Hong secretly pondered Li Yuan's expression for a while, and said tentatively, "Is the generalissimo worried that the soldiers will disobey the order? If this is the case, you can rest assured, with you and Your Highness here, no one dares to risk killing their heads to do the stupid thing of stealing grain, and besides, we ourselves are not short of food and grass!
However, the location of those warehouses is also a bit interesting, such important materials are so close to the city gate, and they are built under the arrow tower, if a fire burns in the battle, then there is no way to explain it to Your Majesty......
Fire? Li Yuan's expression suddenly became solemn, and then he took a sharp breath of cold air, and hurriedly lowered his voice and said to Fu Hong: "Fu Tongjun, you go back to the camp immediately, and then quietly summon the battalion commander to all the above generals to convey the commander's urgent military order......
Although Fu Hong was a little puzzled after receiving the order, he still didn't dare to resist the order, hurriedly turned around and walked outside the house, and went to the military camp in the south of the city.
At the time of the second watch, there was silence in the middle of the line, and under a window lattice in the courtyard where Li Yuan lived, a black shadow jumped here. The dark shadow looked up at the sky, and the dark clouds had obscured the moonlight, and the light was dim in all directions, and the cold wind on the treetops blew and whined. The slight footsteps of the Praetorian guards on duty near the left of the courtyard could be heard clearly.
The black shadow quietly moved to the outside of Li Yuan's house, listening to the movement inside, and there was a slight snoring sound inside, obviously Li Yuan, the generalissimo of the counterinsurgency army, was sleeping soundly. The shadow let out a light breath and crept up the eaves, and after a slight sound, it crossed the ridge like a dark cloud, and disappeared into the darkness after a few jumps......