Chapter 892 Is the Queen of Wei really missing?
In order to capture those two cities, Beiling suffered countless casualties, and the damage to weapons and horses was unknown.
At that time, they thought that as long as they could capture the city and get supplies from the Wei Dynasty, they could use the war to support the war. However, who could have imagined that the people of the Wei Dynasty were so treacherous.
Seeing that they could not defend the city, they burned all the food and sent the people away in advance, leaving only some gold, silver, jewelry and inedible things, causing the army to waste strength in vain but gain nothing.
Whenever Deputy General Ao thought about how he excitedly led his troops into the city, and then saw the empty granaries, and even the food looted from the people's homes was not enough for half a day's rations for the army, he would be so angry that he wanted to tear those Wei Dynasty people to pieces.
Deputy General Ao gnashed his teeth and said, "That Di Shuangcheng is a tough nut to crack. He's cunning and won't give us any benefits even after his defeat. And then there's that guy named Hang who just appeared out of nowhere."
"In the past, the Dragon Court Guards of the Great Wei and the Zhen'an Army were at odds with each other. They were independent and easy to defeat. But ever since that Hang became the leader of the Dragon Court Guards, they have become close to the Zhen'an Army. Not only have they been launching sneak attacks on us, but the Dragon Court Guards have become even more difficult to deal with."
He looked up at Xiahou Ling.
"The Imperial Master should also know that the food and fodder previously prepared by the royal tent is running low. With the weather getting hotter, the remaining beef and mutton will begin to rot even if they are not eaten. It is impossible for the various tribes to continue slaughtering the few remaining cattle and sheep."
"Our army may seem to be in a good position, but in reality, we are already at the end of our rope. If we don't find a way to quickly capture Wei and conquer the northwest, we will be worn out by Wei before they can even launch a counterattack."
Xiahou Ling's expression turned grim as he listened to the words of the people around him.
He knew very well that Beiling's current glory was only superficial. It seemed to have won the battle but was actually weak in the follow-up. Unlike the Wei Dynasty, although it suffered a brief defeat, it did not suffer too much loss of troops because Di Shuangcheng was cautious and cunning enough. Moreover, it had sufficient food and grass prepared before the war, and had the entire Wei Dynasty as its "granary" behind it.
Dawei still has a way out, but Beiling does not.
If they lose this battle, or even fail to win as soon as possible, Beiling will never be able to recover.
And as the Beiling State Master, he is bound to end up worse than anyone else.
Seeing him waver, Vice General Ao continued, "Now that we have this Dragon Jade Token, it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
"The Emperor of Wei is missing, and the Empress of Wei is not at court. If we can deceive Di Shuangcheng and the others, or find a way to shake the morale of the Wei border troops, Beiling will easily achieve a great victory. Imperial Master, this opportunity cannot be missed!"
Xiahou Ling's eyes flickered. If this Dragon Jade Order was real, and something happened in the capital of Wei, this would indeed be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
He was silent for a moment, then he squeezed the Dragon Jade Order tightly and said, "I will go see Ji Rongqing."
"See him?" Deputy General Ao was surprised.
Xiahou Ling said, "Wu Ya doesn't have the brains to send people to Wei, and she couldn't possibly guess who Ming Ke is. If what that person just said is true, and the Princess's Mansion really sent people to the Wei Dynasty to infiltrate the Wei capital, stir up trouble in Wei, and even capture Ming Ke from behind, then they could only be Ji Rongqing's men."
Ji Rongqing was a cunning man with a mysterious background. Song Jinxiu had told him more than once that Ji Rongqing was the legitimate son of the Lu family, one of the great Wei families. He had sent people to investigate but could not find any problems. Song Jinxiu had also tested Ji Rongqing several times but he did not reveal any flaws.
Xiahou Ling once thought that Song Jinxiu was just lying to him, with the purpose of causing civil unrest in Beiling and instigating internal strife between the Imperial Master's Mansion and the Princess's Mansion, so that the Wei Dynasty could take advantage of the situation.
But now it seems that although Song Jinxiu's entry into Beiling was fake, what he said about Ji Rongqing may not be untrue.
Deputy General Ao was shocked: "You mean, Prince Consort Ji is really that Lu family member?"
"Nine out of ten, otherwise how could he be so familiar with the affairs of the Great Wei."
Xiahou Ling narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze filled with coldness:
"Ming Ke has been hiding in the Wei family for many years, and her identity is top secret. Even the Emperor of Wei has failed to uncover her identity after several investigations. If Ji Rongqing didn't know the Wei family so well, how could he have found Ming Ke's whereabouts?"
"I know Mingke's personality very well. Even if her identity is exposed, she will never easily cooperate with someone from the Princess's Mansion, unless that person can show Mingke enough confidence and let Mingke know that cooperating with him will definitely benefit Beiling's cause."
Although the people from the Princess' Mansion are powerful in Beiling, they have made no achievements in the Wei Dynasty. Ming Ke would never agree to work with a "companion" who is a hindrance.
And the person inside just now also said it very clearly. The people in the princess's mansion instigated the noble families to rebel and took advantage of the chaos to disrupt the Wei court. Moreover, they were able to send a lot of people to sneak into the Wei capital when the Wei capital was under martial law, and took advantage of the noble families to force the palace that night to kill many people.
This is definitely not something that a mere prince consort of Beiling can do.
Unless this son-in-law is familiar with the capital of Wei, familiar with those aristocratic families, and even familiar with the weaknesses and temperaments of all the aristocratic families, and knows the details of each of their families, he will be able to provoke them to fight to the death with the Wei royal family.
The most important thing is the secret passage of the Lu family that Mingke and his men took when they captured the Queen of Wei.
Xiahou Ling's face was grim. "After the Lu family was wiped out, a mansion like theirs would surely be coveted. But it just so happened that the mansion was haunted at this time, turning the former Lu family mansion into a desolate place."
"Furthermore, Mingke never mentioned the Lu family having such a secret passage in all her years in the Great Wei. She also never used it when the Wei Emperor was purging our people. It's obvious that someone told her about the secret passage later."
"The Princess's Mansion was able to intercept them outside the secret passage. Nine out of ten times, they knew about Ming Ke Tou. But how could the Princess's Mansion know something that even the other members of the Wei family might not know?"
"unless……"
"Unless they are originally from the Lu family!"
Deputy General Ao suddenly spoke, and then was filled with shock: "It turns out that what Song Jinxiu said before was actually true. That Ji Rongqing is really the Lu family's son..."
Xia Hou Ling said, "Although there is no evidence, it is almost certain."
"Ji Rongqing must have other channels to learn about the Great Wei. If we can find out that he did send people to the Wei Dynasty, and even captured Ming Ke and the Great Wei Queen, disrupting the Great Wei capital, then this Dragon Jade Order can be 70% to 80% certain to be true."
Although there is still no complete guarantee, the probability of 70% to 80% is enough for him to take the risk.
Deputy General Ao obviously understood Xiahou Ling's meaning. He quickly said, "Then I will go with you?"
"No."
Xiahou Ling shook his head: "I'll go see Ji Rongqing alone, you go and get ready first."
It would be fine if this Dragon Jade Order was fake, but if it was real, then a big battle would ensue.
There must not be any mistakes!
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