Chapter 1188： The edict has arrived!

Chapter 1188 The imperial edict has arrived!

This hill is a barren hill, without any vegetation, only endless stones, but it is a natural ambush place!

"Master Marquis, do you want to contact the border for reinforcements and go back first..."

Based on Li Laosi's thoughts, he wanted to seek revenge on the barbarians immediately, but the situation was unbearable, so it was better to be safe at this time.

There were soldiers cleaning the wounds and applying medicine to the Marquis. The Marquis seemed not to know the pain at all. He looked down the mountain and suddenly said, "It's too late! Gather the corpses of our brothers immediately, collect the wounded and dead horses, and prepare to defend to the death!"

Li Laosi and Mu Jue were a little confused when they heard this, but they turned their heads and looked into the distance, and their expressions suddenly changed.

Tens of thousands of barbarians riding war horses galloped from the grassland like the wind and quickly surrounded the hill!

It was originally scheduled to be a flanking and siege battle, but as soon as we left the border, someone made dumplings!

Mu Jue couldn't believe it even more, "I've checked many times and found that the barbarian reinforcements were only two thousand people! Where did this come from?!"

No one answered for a long time, because the vaguely guessed truth was too shocking and no one wanted to believe it!

In the end, it was the Marquis who spoke, "The barbarians must have gotten the news a long time ago and deliberately hid the number of reinforcements. Only two thousand people were released to confuse us. And these two thousand people were enough to lay an ambush here, and the rest of the large group finally showed up. , this is a dilemma where they must win and we must die.”

"Who leaked the news?" Mu Jue gritted his teeth with hatred, holding the handle of the knife in his right hand, looking for someone to take revenge at any time.

Li Laosi looked at the vague towering border gate in the distance with a complicated expression. "Do you still need to ask? We will go around the valley and rush behind the barbarians to attack from both sides. Only you, me, the Marquis and Jiang Cheng know about this arrangement. Now the three of us are all aware of it." Here, the remaining one is naturally the traitor!"

Before Mu Jue could respond, an injured captain shouted, "Impossible! General Jiang has been with the Marquis for many years. He has taken care of the food, drink, and diarrhea in our entire military camp, and he has never made any mistakes.

“I was injured before and didn’t have enough medicine for my injuries. It was General Jiang who gave me all the good medicine he brought from home.

“I don’t believe it, such a good general…impossible!”

Other soldiers also looked suspicious and surprised.

Li Laosi pulled up his clothes, wiped off the blood on the knife, and replied, "It's easy to tell whether he is a traitor or not. We were attacked here, and the fight was so lively. He didn't send reinforcements. It can be said that it was too dark. Afraid of falling into a barbarian trap.

“But it was completely dark soon. When we agreed to attack from both sides, there were no firecrackers as a signal. Instead, barbarians besieged the place. Even fools knew that we were in danger.

“Let’s see what happens to him when the time comes. If he still doesn’t send troops, then don’t give up hope.

"He is a traitor! A traitor who has access to foreign countries, betrayed our marching route, and helped the barbarians hide reinforcements!"

Even if there were still people who wanted to speak, they shut up after hearing these words.

Yes, facts are the best proof!

Everyone was assigned tasks. Those who buried the brothers' bodies, those who handled the horses, those who patrolled and guarded, and those who treated the wounded were all busy.

But no matter what they were busy with, everyone’s eyes were unconsciously looking at the border.

No one noticed that Mu Jue quietly hid his figure and disappeared on the top of the mountain.

The barbarians at the foot of the mountain are gathering more and more, but the border gate is like a sleeping giant beast, without any movement...

Until the barbarians were preparing to attack the mountain, everyone's grief and anger also broke out!

“Jiang Cheng, a dog thief!”

"Brothers of more than ten years, who have been through life and death, actually betrayed us! This thief, I will definitely chop him into pieces when I get back!"

“I didn’t die in the hands of the barbarians, but I was going to die in the hands of my own people! What a **** joke!”

Not to mention that everyone hates and curses, but in the border passes, many generals are also making a lot of noise.

“How come the vanguard army was attacked in the valley?”

"Yes, what plan has the Marquis made? Where is General Jiang? Tell us quickly! We must quickly reinforce the vanguard army!"

"We should have sent out troops last night. There was so much noise. How could something not happen!"

Facing the criticism, complaints and anxiety from everyone, Jiang Cheng, who was sitting in the main seat, remained silent. It wasn't until everyone felt something was wrong and all looked at him that he stood up and slowly stepped aside.

At this time, an old **** slowly came out from behind the screen, accompanied by two imperial guards.

Is this someone from the palace? !

Everyone was stunned. They didn’t know when someone from Xindu arrived and entered the military camp!

Jiang Cheng saluted respectfully, and the old **** slowly took out the imperial edict and shouted loudly, "All officers and men of the Northern Expeditionary Army accept the edict!"

Everyone hesitated for a moment and knelt down.

Jiang Cheng also knelt down, and the corners of his mouth turned up in a strange arc...

Mu Jue sneaked into the border camp and saw the soldiers looking strange and whispering, so he guessed that something had changed.

Sure enough, he found a general he was most familiar with, and he was secretly dragged into the camp without waiting for a word.

“Guard Mu, how are you doing, Lord Marquis? We are dying of panic? Are we under attack? What are the casualties?”

Mu Jue recounted what happened last night.

The general stomped his feet angrily, "I'm telling you, that kid Jiang Cheng is not a good thing! Just now we all went to rescue the Marquis, but he ushered in the eunuchs from Xindu, and the emperor issued a secret decree.

"The entire Northern Expeditionary Army is under the control of Jiang Cheng, and we are required to guard the border and not allow anyone to leave." This obviously means that we will watch the Marquis being bullied by the barbarians! We are just going to discuss it together and see how we can proceed! "

Mu Jue thought for a while and said, "Now that the imperial edict has been issued, you are sending troops to resist the edict. The price is too high! Just wait, I will go back and report to the Marquis.

"If the Marquis has arrangements, I will come over to deliver the message. If there is no arrangement, you should stand still and wait for the opportunity."

"Okay, I'll go and tell everyone that the Marquis is safe and sound." The general responded.

The two quickly separated and acted independently.

In just an hour, Mu Jue returned to Gushan.

More than ten thousand barbarians surrounded Gushan like an iron barrel, but they could only stop the ordinary soldiers, but not him.

Li Laosi had long since discovered that Mu Jue was missing, and finally looked forward to his return, so he held a ten thousandth of hope and asked, "How is the border?"

Mu Jue couldn't bear it, but still shook his head.

“Jiang Cheng took the eunuchs from the palace, took the imperial edict, and took over the border. No one was allowed to leave the border.”

The light in Li Laosi's eyes was completely extinguished.

At that time, the whole village came out of the mountains and was chased by barbarians outside the dock. Fortunately, the Marquis rescued them in time, but Jiang Cheng also had help.

Since then, Jiang Cheng has been with the Marquis. He and Li Dayong enlisted in the army, and Jiang Cheng also took care of them.

And every time Suijintan gave them something, it was always more than Jiang Cheng's share.

It can be said that Jiang Cheng is just not named Li, and the rest are no different from the Li family!

Anyone can betray, except Jiang Cheng.

But now that the facts are in front of us, why?

Li Laosi couldn't figure it out, so he picked up the big stone next to him and threw it down the mountain!

 Today’s update is here~~

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