After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 1105 This record is worse than nothing
Whoosh whoosh!
The Wei army's arrows once again struck the spies.

Plop, plop!
The spies were hit by arrows again, and their hands, which were reaching for the poison, were forced to fall.

"Beware of spies spreading poison, continue the long-range attack!" After being dealt with by the Duke of Yan, Qu Tongzhi became much more diligent in his duties. For practical matters like this, which were assigned to the commanders of a thousand, he personally led the troops to handle them.

His ancestors couldn't do without personally leading the troops, simply because Commander Lang had become Deputy Commander Lang and had followed Emperor Wuxing in conquering the country, so he had more honors and military achievements than him.

Therefore, the commander in the mountains became Deputy General Lang, and he, as the deputy commander, became an assistant, completely sidelined and turned into a laborer who once again led troops to block the enemy!
He only received the order to do this job a month after he had been stationed on this mountain... It is clear that General Liang did not trust him and dared not inform him of the military situation in advance, for fear that he would inform the powerful families behind him, causing the military situation to be leaked and the attack on the old village to fail.

Qu Tongzhi was very frustrated and resentful to be excluded from the core of the military operation in the Northeast.

But what can he do?

While at Wuyuan, the Duke of Yan had clearly told him that everyone in the entire Northeast Prefecture knew that the current emperor was Emperor Wuxing, and that he should recognize who his master was.

If you still can't figure it out or do your job well, then go to Tianmang Prefecture to accompany General Chi and guard the border passes.

Guarding the border passes?

Wouldn't that mean taking the first blow from the Eastern Desert?

Qu Tongzhi, who had not fought a major battle for many years, did not want to be the first to suffer the blow.

Even if the Northeast Prefecture were to fall to the Eastern Desert and he were to die in battle, it wouldn't be as humiliating as being the first to be struck by the enemy.

"Split up and pursue them! Fire arrows until the Dongmo people have no chance to fight back before capturing them!" Qu Tongzhi ordered through gritted teeth, cursing inwardly, "Dongmo scoundrels, they don't want to have a good time, they just have to make things difficult for us. Well, consider this my military merit!"

With just a few hundred exhausted prisoners, attached to you, a mere deputy commander of a regional military command, your military merit is pitifully small.

Therefore, Qu Tongzhi's fierce attack at this moment was mainly to vent his anger.

Whoosh! The messenger waved the Qu-character military flag of the Commander-in-Chief's Office and shouted, "Commander Qu has ordered that we split up and pursue the enemy, firing arrows to kill the spies from the Eastern Desert, until the enemy has no chance to fight back! Kill!"

"Kill!" Qu Tongzhi's soldiers, filled with rage, charged towards the Eastern Desert spies: "Chop these bastards to pieces!"

It's all the fault of those bastards.

Before the century-old spy case was exposed, they lived a life of luxury in the city, enjoying the good life of the wealthy and powerful, following Magistrate Qu.

After the Qin family exposed the major spy case, his ancestors were not only punished, but also banished to the deep mountains to guard the area.

From the old man to the savage, they were so thin that their cheeks were sunken. They were furious. If they didn't kill a few more spies today, they would be the spies' grandsons!

“Run, run!”

"Fight back! Fight those lowly commoners!"

"Poison! Throw poison! Let's perish together with the lowly Wei people!" The people of Dongmo had learned the survival methods of beasts. Seeing that they were surrounded by the Wei army, they stopped running, turned around, drew their bows and arrows, and threw poison at Qu Tongzhi.

Whoosh whoosh!
Bang bang bang!
The poison packet burst open, and the poison was scattered by the cold wind.

"Fire arrows! Shoot the spies to death! Stop them from releasing the poison!" shouted the messenger on Qu Tongzhi's side, while the flag signalmen waved their small flags to warn of the danger.

The desperate attack by the Eastern Desert spy did indeed have an effect.

Qu Tongzhi's force of 1,200 men surrounded 300 spies from the Eastern Desert, and 26 of them died from poison.

Qu Tongzhi's face was as black as a ghost... Such a record was worse than none at all; reporting such a battle report would be a disgrace for him for the rest of his life!

Hey, you're overthinking it. Just report it without worry. This battle loss isn't shameful. It's just that the lifelong shame of your Northeastern Prefecture Commandery is that you've allowed spies from the Eastern Desert to thrive right under your noses for almost a century.

"Send scouts to inform the nearby sentries that the spies fleeing in the southeast direction have been intercepted and killed. Of the three hundred enemy soldiers, two hundred and eighty-two were killed and eighteen were wounded."

As Qu Tongzhi spoke, he added, "Judging from the orderly number of three hundred, the spies must have escaped in several batches, informing all sides to intercept the Wei army and to be on guard."

A group of people who are whole numbers must have been gathered in a planned way before being redistributed to escape. If they were to flee in a panic, the number of people would not be complete, but rather a mix of whole and broken numbers.

"Each of you take a packet of poison and a packet of antidote with you so that the military doctor can study them."

Killing the enemy, searching the body, and interrogating are necessary operations.

Therefore, after killing the enemy, Qu Tongzhi's troops found the antidote and unused poison on the spies.

Qu Tongzhi kept most of the antidote and poison, only sending one packet to the other Wei army sentries.

"Yes!" A group of scouts, in teams of three, were divided into eight teams and sent out in eight directions to report to the Wei army.

……

Whoosh whoosh!
Bang bang bang!
From the second to the fifth day of the second lunar month, the sounds of arrows piercing the air, people falling to the ground, and small groups of soldiers shouting battle cries could often be heard in the mountains.

Commanders Zhao and Qu, under the command of Qu Tongzhi, intercepted and killed a group of spies from the old stronghold who were trying to escape.

Meanwhile, Deng Qianhu, Dai Qianhu, Wei Qianhu, Liang Zhi, and others from Liang Jiajun's side also intercepted and killed the spies in the old village.

But none of them managed to intercept the stone falcon slave who was leaving with the flames.

When the news reached the old village, Jiang Dalang said to Deputy General Lang, "There are probably one or more tunnels in the direction from the mountains to the Tianmangfu Pass and the Eastern Desert that we don't know about. Otherwise, the guest of the old village, Master Shi, would not have escaped without a trace."

Deputy General Lang's face darkened: "There are tunnels too!"

The enemy has riddled us with holes; how can we possibly fight this battle?
Their Wei army blocked the enemy on the ground, but the enemy came through tunnels to their rear and launched a pincer attack.

"Deputy General Lang, please ask the mountain people to send out a pack of wolves to search for the escaped spies by scent... We must capture that guest from the old village, Master Shi."

"Old Zhuyou said that the fake Azu were very respectful to him. He must be either a member of the royal family or a great general. Capturing him would be of great benefit to our army."

Deputy General Lang was pleased. Da Lang was more capable than him. He was not swayed by emotions when faced with a change in circumstances, but was able to respond immediately. He nodded and said, "Alright."

He immediately issued a new military order and sent someone to summon the other village chiefs who remained in the old village, asking them to use the wolf pack to search for Master Shi.

“Our Second Village’s wolves are the best. I, Jishu, am willing to offer up all the wolves of the Second Village to find that Master Shi!” The acting chief of the Second Village stepped forward and said.

Only the branch of the Second Village Chief and Liuge'er are descendants of spies; most of the villagers in the Second Village are genuine villagers.

Uncle Jishu was a highly respected figure in the Second Village, and the villagers elected him to be the acting village chief.

"Awoooooo!"

The howling of wolves arose as the young chieftain of the Fourth Stronghold arrived with a pack of wolves. He saluted Vice General Lang and said, "The wolves raised by our Fourth Stronghold have all come. Please give your orders, General Wei... My grandfather said that we should kill as many Eastern Desert people as possible to avenge my little uncle!"

The "little uncle" he mentioned is Wen Amin's fiancé, Ali.

Back then, the young couple were kidnapped and taken to the old village, where they became slaves for the village spies to enjoy.

During this time, Ali found an opportunity to escape with Wen Amin, but they were discovered, Ali was beaten to death, and his meat was made into cured meat for military rations.