flstandardbreds Chapter 118 Everything Makes Sense
Chapter 118 Everything Makes Sense
While Zheng Luoqi and He Jinyu were planning how to take down the enemy's stronghold, the organization's people indeed contacted the prefect of Liangzhou.
Zi Sang quickly replied, explaining the situation: Zheng Luoqi and the others were really just passing through and would only rest for a few days before leaving.
After receiving the reply, the 'Yu' organization, although still having doubts, dispelled most of their concerns.
Zheng Luoqi and He Jinyu were looking at the route Yan Huan had given them. He Jinyu had also scouted the route beforehand. There were five entrances in total, all of which required going through tunnels. These five entrances were located in the east, south, west, southwest, and southeast directions.
The two entrances, one to the east and one to the west, first pass through a tunnel, and then cross a waterway.
The three entrances—southwest, southeast, and south—lead directly through the tunnel to the main camp. The road is quite long; you'll probably see the guards at the entrance halfway through.
Zheng Luoqi planned to place 100 people at each of the five entrances first, and then leave 500 people to wait in place.
Once inside, they would find the entrance with the most guards and send reinforcements there. After the original 500 men who went in first scouted out the situation and sent word, the remaining 500 men would continue the attack.
He Jingyu had gone inside to investigate before. There were several hundred guards inside, and it was unclear how many people were imprisoned. The two entrances, one to the east and one to the west, which required crossing waterways, were probably their escape routes.
Now that we're fighting in someone else's stronghold, no matter how many men we have, we can't let our guard down and risk losing them all.
The plan was finalized, and we chose to depart at midnight the following day, while everyone was resting.
The sudden arrival of a thousand-strong army in Liangzhou must have meant that there were people from that organization keeping an eye on Zheng Luoqi's army. Two days have already passed, and if the time drags on any longer, the news will reach the ears of the Grand Commandant.
That night, Zheng Luoqi ordered his men to arrest all those who were keeping watch, and then rushed straight to their hideout, giving them no time to react.
"Sir, we've caught a few people who were tailing us!" a soldier reported.
"Kill them!" Zheng Luoqi gave the order without any mercy, then mounted his horse and led a thousand troops straight to their lair. According to the original plan, one hundred people would enter from each of the five entrances.
Zheng Luoqi led her men in first, while He Jinyu stayed behind with 500 soldiers to await news.
Zheng Luoqi entered from the south entrance, which had a lot of guards. Zheng Luoqi fought his way through the tunnel into their headquarters. By this time, the people of the 'Yu' organization had already been alerted.
They hadn't expected there to be troops at all five entrances, so they had no choice but to fight to the death.
What they didn't expect was that there was a traitor within the organization, and that the prefect of Liangzhou had actually fallen from power.
The leader of the 'Yu' organization no longer cared about anything else; he just wanted to fight his way out, find a way to survive, and then pass the information to the Grand Commandant.
Zheng Luoqi soon arrived at their base camp, and the troops from all five entrances converged there.
"It's terrible! It's terrible! Elder, they've broken in! They've broken in!" A guard ran frantically to find the leader of the 'Yu' organization, namely Wen Shi.
The Wen clan, a former royal family, fled to Liangzhou after the dynasty's fall. For years, they plotted to restore their kingdom. Finally, a capable minister, Wen Taiwei, emerged from their clan, and restoration seemed imminent, just one step away...
The Wen clan's old nest was like a large village, with many elderly, weak, women and children inside. What shocked Zheng Luoqi the most was that she encountered old acquaintances here. These were the same group of people dressed in strange clothes who had been the ones the Kong family had worshipped.
It's like searching high and low without finding it, only to have it come to you effortlessly. This all makes sense now. The claim that Prince Gong lived to be over forty because he was frail and sickly from childhood is a lie. The imperial physician who diagnosed Prince Gong was probably one of Grand Commandant Wen's men.
As the youngest prince among the late emperor's cohort, Prince Gong only appeared weak due to poisoning, and by fabricating a lie that he wouldn't live past twenty, people would only think that Prince Gong's weakness was simply due to poor health, and no one would think of anything else.
Furthermore, the imperial physician who had been treating Prince Gong was also a man of the Grand Commandant. With the accumulation of medication over time, Prince Gong's body would become weak even if he wasn't already.
When the late emperor was on the throne, Grand Commandant Wen had no opportunity to force the emperor to abdicate, because the Grand Commandant at that time was not strong enough to contend with the late emperor.
The first thing the late emperor did upon ascending the throne was to eliminate all obstacles, namely his own brothers, but he spared Prince Gong. Prince Gong was too young to pose a threat to the late emperor.
Grand Commandant Wen set his sights on Prince Gong, but fearing that the late emperor would kill him before he grew up, he had no choice but to fabricate a lie about Prince Gong, saying that he would not live past twenty, so that the late emperor would see Prince Gong's weak body and gradually lower his guard.
Grand Commandant Wen's original intention was to wait until the late emperor had eliminated his own brothers, and then have Prince Gong, whom the late emperor had spared, betray the late emperor and suddenly rise up to force the emperor to abdicate, so that Grand Commandant could reap the benefits.
The Grand Commandant even sent people to find some so-called ways to prolong Prince Gong's life. Although it was a lie, it was just to make Prince Gong feel that he had hope of living. He also thoughtfully arranged advisors for Prince Gong, and taught him how to raise a private army, etc., secretly instructing Prince Gong to usurp the throne.
But unexpectedly, Prince Gong was timid for so many years because the late emperor was still alive, and did not dare to rebel until his son ascended the throne.
Because of Prince Gong's incompetence, neither the emperor nor the prime minister suffered heavy losses, so the Grand Commandant failed to reap the benefits and instead lost Prince Gong in the process.
Zheng Luoqi couldn't help but think that the Grand Commandant was indeed worthy of the title; he was cunning, and only an old man like him could be so cunning.
Zheng Luoqi fought fiercely in their hideout, and He Jinyu, who was outside, received the news and immediately came in to provide support.
It must be said that those people dressed in strange clothes were all quite skilled in martial arts; they must have been trained by the Grand Commandant for many years.
Zheng Luoqi was struggling at first, but things got much better after He Jinyu joined the fight.
"Sir, be careful!" He Jinyu exclaimed in horror as two people suddenly appeared behind Zheng Luoqi and swung their knives at her.
Zheng Luoqi held up her sword to block the attacks from those in front of her, but she was being attacked from both sides at the same time, so she was still struggling.
Zheng Luoqi felt two cuts on her back. The two people who were about to slash at Zheng Luoqi with their knives showed a hint of surprise in their eyes. Why couldn't they cut through?
After dealing with the people in front of her, Zheng Luoqi took advantage of their momentary lapse in attention and turned around to deliver a fatal blow to the throats of the two men.
"The golden silk armor saved my life again!" Zheng Luoqi planned to wear the golden silk armor from head to toe after returning this time. It didn't matter if it was heavy; he could treat it as training.