East Factory Governor

Chapter 677 Arriving at Jianmen Pass

At this time, a general who was in charge of guarding Qin Shuhuai rushed over, knelt down immediately when he saw this, and said tremblingly, "This subordinate is negligent in his duty, this subordinate deserves to die!"

Qin Shuhuai said, "Go and get twenty army sticks. Also, bring me Wu Yutian."

The general immediately said, "Your subordinate obeys."

Then he ran out with a sigh of relief.

I'm glad in my heart, fortunately, the Duke is kind!

It's really light and light to hit only twenty army sticks.

If Qin Shuhuai didn't beat him, I'm afraid Wu Yutian would beat him half to death.

After a while, Wu Yutian came to Qin Shuhuai's room.

As soon as he entered the door, he confessed his crime first, saying that he was weak in guarding, and the crime deserved death.

Then he carefully looked at Qin Shuhuai's face.

Qin Shuhuai waved his hand, "Forget it, let's write it down."

Then he said, "Did Zhang Lizhen send someone over there to make contact?"

Wu Yutian wiped off his sweat and said, "My lord, after taking control of Chengdu last night, I will write a letter and send someone to inform him immediately. Zhang Zongbing is a person who understands the overall situation, and he should know what to do." .”

"Very good. Then, what about Li Zhongming?" Qin Shuhuai asked again.

Wu Yutian said, "Don't worry, my lord, then Li Zhongming will just abandon the dark and turn to the bright. If he continues to be stubborn, his subordinates will definitely lead an army to tear him to pieces!"

Qin Shuhuai thought for a while and said, "I don't have time to wait. Tell the brothers, I will set off with me at midnight tomorrow morning to attack the traitor general Li Zhongming. Just bring... 2 horses."

Wu Yutian was taken aback for a moment, wondering why he was in such a hurry?
However, he didn't dare to ask more questions, and hurriedly said, "This subordinate obeys orders!"

After Wu Yutian withdrew, Wang Datong hurriedly asked, "Why are you in such a hurry?"

Qin Shuhuai smiled wryly, "The Demon Sect asked me to set off tomorrow morning to meet their leader in Lanzhou."

Wang Datong was shocked, "Is that expert from the Devil's Cult? They sent you to Lanzhou? Brother Qin, you have to think about it. Lanzhou City is not Chengdu City. There are so many masters from the Devil's Cult. If they don't want you to come back , you are determined not to come back!"

"I know. But it seems that the Demon Cult may not want to kill me. If they want to kill me, that master can kill me."

Wang Datong said, "That's not necessarily the case. They won't kill you now, but when they arrive in Lanzhou City, once their leader changes his mind, they can kill you at any time."

How could Qin Shuhuai not understand this truth.

Yan Wuyue asked him to go to Lanzhou, she must have something to say to him.As long as there is a sentence in the middle that makes him unhappy, he may kill someone at any time.

Don't forget, Yan Wuyue is now moody and has an extremely irritable temperament.

But he had to go again.

He faintly felt that even Mei Yinzhi, who had previously opposed the rebellion, had been released, and that there might be a turning point for the Devil's Cult.

A turning point for the Demon Cult to retreat.

If the Devil's Cult issue can be resolved peacefully, it will be a big profit.

You must know that with the ability of the Demon Cult, if you defend the cities, the officers and soldiers don't know how much they will have to pay to capture those cities.

Besides, there were many masters who were not there before the Devil's Cult, so he took advantage of it.

Now if the officers and soldiers attack the Demon Sect again, it will be the time for the survival of the Demon Sect. Those masters of the Demon Sect who originally opposed the rebellion, why not fight to the death to protect the Sect?
In addition, the Devil's Cult has recruited a lot of soldiers recently, once the war starts, it will inevitably be a protracted battle, and the losses will be immeasurable.

The risk is worth taking.

Besides, Yitian Sword is still in their hands.Without the Yitian Sword, his combat power would have been reduced by at least half—otherwise, how could it have been so easy for him to fight Zhao Wuhen and other middle-level masters before, and how could it have been so easy to kill those masters with two or three swords?
must go!
On the second day, Qin Shuhuai set off with Zhiren, Wang Datong, Li Dingguo and [-] troops.Wu Yutian continued to sit in Chengdu to stabilize the situation.

Zhou Yanru, Cao Guozhang, and Cao Guoqing were also brought along with the army. Qin Shuhuai planned to send them to the capital to let Chongzhen vent his anger.Especially Zhou Yanru, who bullied Chongzhen for so long, presumably Chongzhen really wanted to "chat" with this old man as a winner.

The road to Shu is difficult. Not only high-ranking officials and nobles, but generally people with good conditions will travel in sedan chairs when crossing the mountain. There are special sedan chairmen in Sichuan who do this kind of livelihood.

Wu Yutian considered that Qin Shuhuai was seriously injured and would not be able to ride a bumpy horse, so he also arranged for Qin Shuhuai to carry an eight-carrying sedan chair.

Needless to say, sitting is indeed more comfortable than a horse.

On the morning of the third day, I met a group of soldiers and horses head-on on the way.

The first general of the Qianfeng Battalion immediately urged his horse forward and asked, "Stop! Who is in front?"

But he heard the other side shout, "We are General Zhang's soldiers and horses. Dare I ask, this is An Guogong's army?"

It turned out that after Zhang Lizhen received Wu Yutian's letter, he brought five thousand soldiers and horses without saying a word, and rushed to Chengdu to meet the Duke.

They also saw the large army on the opposite side, and saw the banners waving "Hereditary Anguo Gong", "General Dragon and Tiger", "Imperial Commissioner Governor Dongchang Official School Office Minister (Dongchang Admiral was originally an eunuch in charge, but Qin Shuhuai was not an eunuch, became a minister)" and waited for the official badge, and immediately guessed that it was the Duke's team.

While speaking, Zhang Lizhen got off his horse in a hurry, then ran to the front of the team, knelt down respectfully, and shouted loudly, "The last general Zhang Lizhen pays his respects to the Duke!"

When Li Dingguo saw that it was Zhang Lizhen, he immediately brought him to Qin Shuhuai's sedan chair.

Zhang Lizhen salutes again.

Qin Shuhuai asked, "Zhang Lizhen, are you convicted?"

The tone was not high, but it made Zhang Lizhen's scalp tingle.

No one dared to argue, he immediately said, "The general will be convicted."

"Where does sin come from?"

"Donglin conspired against him, but in the end, he failed to kill the thief decisively. I ask the Duke to punish him."

Qin Shuhuai said coldly, "Zhang Zongbing, I heard that Donglin has treated you with great kindness, and that your wife is Cao Guozhang's niece?"

"My lord, the last general didn't see through the true face of the rebellious people in Donglin before. He really deserves death! As for the lowly woman, she is indeed Cao Guozhang's niece! But in the face of the righteousness of the family and the country, the last general dare not show favoritism, so..."

"It's still time for you to abandon the dark and turn to the bright, and I will spare you. But Cao Guozhang committed a major crime of punishing the nine clans. Does your wife count as one of the nine clans?"

Zhang Lizhen was dripping with cold sweat, gritted his teeth, and said, "Forget it! You really deserve death! The last general, the last general, begging the Lord to look after the last general..."

When it comes to this, I can't say it.

He just abandoned the dark and turned to the bright, and it doesn't count as much meritorious service, so why should he intercede?
Seeing that Zhang Lizhen still wanted to plead for his wife at this time, Qin Shuhuai gave him a high look.

A man is a man, if he doesn't even want to protect his wife, what kind of man is he?
This Zhang Lizhen, as Li Dingguo said, is really a family man.

Said, "Go back, bring your soldiers and horses, and go to Jianmen Pass with me."

Zhang Lizhen was overjoyed when he heard the words.

The Duke wants to make meritorious service and give himself a reason to save his wife!

He couldn't help but kowtowed heavily, and shouted passionately, "The general obeys orders! The general, thank you, Lord!"

Returning to his team, he shouted again, "Soldiers, turn around and follow the Duke to defeat the traitor Li Zhongming!"

The army moved on.

After walking for a day, we came to Mianzhuguan again.

Zhang Lizhen ordered all the soldiers and horses in Mianzhu Pass, a total of 5000 soldiers, almost all out of the nest, and continued to Jianmen Pass!
Five days later, the army arrived outside Jianmen Pass!

(End of this chapter)