After it was confirmed that Yuan Cong and Yuan Gui, father and son, were planning to murder them, the next step became easy.
As Yuan Cong's general's mansion was surrounded, Yuan Cong was at the end of his rope.
No matter how much Yuan Cong said that Yun Zheng and Dugu Ce were planning a rebellion, no one believed him now.
How long has Yuan Cong been at Beilu Pass?
It’s not even ten days at most!
Yuan Cong's prestige cannot be compared with that of Dugu Ce and Yun Zheng.
With the help of his stupid son, everyone now believed that Yuan Cong was following the orders of Crown Prince Yun Li to murder Yun Zheng and Dugu Ce.
Faced with the siege of the army, most of the soldiers in Yuan Cong's mansion simply laid down their weapons and surrendered.
Only Yuan Cong and his personal soldiers still resisted stubbornly.
But faced with the encirclement of a large army, there was no point in them resisting stubbornly.
...
...
In the end, all of Yuan Cong's personal soldiers were killed and Yuan Cong was captured.
"Yun Zheng, Dugu Ce! You two traitors, you shall not die a good death!"
Yuan Cong's eyes turned bloodshot and he cursed loudly.
"You are about to die, yet you still dare to slander us?"
Dugu Ce glanced at Yuan Cong coldly and asked, "Your Majesty, how do you think we should deal with Yuan Cong?"
"Let's jail him first!"
Yun Zheng said calmly: "Let's have them escorted back to the Imperial City and hand them over to the Emperor for punishment! Let the Emperor know that it was not us who caused the rebellion, but that Yuan Cong colluded with the Crown Prince and intended to murder us!"
There is not much point in killing Yuan Cong and his son.
Rather than letting people think that they want to kill people to silence them, it is better to escort them directly to the imperial city.
Doing so is also equivalent to telling the generals at Beilu Pass that they have a clear conscience.
"good!"
Dugu Ce nodded and immediately ordered Yuan Cong to be imprisoned.
After dealing with Yuan Cong and his son, the next step will be easy.
Now that Beilu Pass is leaderless, Dugu Ce, the deputy commander, is naturally qualified to temporarily take over the post of the commander of Beilu Pass.
At night, Yun Zheng discussed the next steps with Dugu Ce.
Although they took control of the military power of Beilu Pass, it was only temporary.
In order to completely control Beilu Pass, the general of Beilu Pass must be replaced.
Apart from anything else, the commanders of several major camps and the city defenders must be replaced.
If possible, it would be best to replace even the middle and lower-level generals.
Moreover, on the pretext of changing guard, some troops would be withdrawn from Shuofang to supplement Beilu Pass.
But with such drastic adjustments, any discerning person would surely notice something unusual.
Dugu Ce was worried that doing so would cause civil unrest, and that both of them might end up in jail.
"Don't worry about that."
Yun Zheng smiled and said, "Du Guiyuan and the others are all at Beilu Pass. I can gather them up at any time! Tomorrow we will host a banquet in the General's Mansion to thank them for their help. At that time, let Du Guiyuan lead the army to guard the mansion!"
"First, control the main generals of each camp, and then explain the reasons and interests to them in detail."
"When the time comes, those who are willing to follow us will follow us, and those who are unwilling will be temporarily imprisoned."
"As for the rotation, we will first transfer 20,000 troops out on the pretext that the frontline is short of manpower!"
"I have already ordered Zuo Ren to lead 9,000 troops to station at Suqu. Send someone to Suqu later to pass on the message, ordering Zuo Ren to lead 6,000 elite soldiers and 10,000 old and weak soldiers to come to Beilu Pass to assist in the defense!"
"Those old and weak soldiers are definitely not good enough for charging into battle, but they should have no problem defending the city."
Yun Zheng had explained everything clearly in the letter to Yu Shizhong.
Now, everything is ready. We just need to wait for Zuo Ren to lead his troops to Beilu Pass, and then we can completely control Beilu Pass.
…
Heavenly Lake.
Ever since Chen Luoyan and Qin Qihu withdrew their troops, many deserters have appeared in Tianhu.
Sometimes there were thousands of people fleeing together, and sometimes there were only dozens of people fleeing together.
Last night, he arranged two thousand people to patrol the city.
As a result, when I woke up today, all the thousand people at the South Gate had run away!
The more people fled, the more panicked the Tianhu defenders became.
In just four days, the number of Tianhu defenders was less than 10,000.
Although Wei Wenzhong had already anticipated this result, the speed at which these soldiers fled was far beyond his expectations.
However, this is not a bad thing for Wei Wenzhong.
It would be better to let all the soldiers who doubted and did not trust him flee first, so as to prevent these people from disrupting the morale of the army.
Then, he could lead those people who firmly believed in him, Wei Wenzhong, out of the southeast of Tianhu Lake, bypass Moyang Horse Farm to the south, and finally cross the vast Yunling Mountains and lead everyone back to the interior of the country to avoid being taken hostage by the rebels.
Of course, this was just what Wei Wenzhong said to Wang Qi and Huo Gu.
He still needs people like Wang Qi!
If he was attacked by Shen Luoyan and his men while escaping, he could send Wang Qi and Huo Gu to lead the army to resist.
In this way, he can seize the time to take his personal soldiers across the Baishui River, go to the Beihuan territory, and surrender to Beihuan!
Now, only by joining Beihuan can he have a hope of survival and revenge on Yun Zheng.
Otherwise, he will die!
Late at night, Wei Wenzhong called Wang Qi and Huo Gu to his room again.
"How is the preparation of dry food going?"
Wei Wenzhong asked the two people.
“It’s almost there.”
Wang Qi replied: "The dry food we made these days is enough for us to sustain for about ten days, oh, no! It's twenty days..."
Half of the people have run away.
Those dry foods can naturally be eaten longer.
"That's good!"
Wei Wenzhong nodded and said, "We are going to travel light this time, quickly bypass the Moyang Horse Farm and cross the Yunling Mountains. We definitely cannot carry a lot of food and grass, so we can only rely on dry food to get through."
"I understand!"
Wang Qi nodded.
"Get ready. As soon as it gets light tomorrow, we'll set off quickly!"
Wei Wenzhong ordered again: "We will definitely have to march a long distance this time, so let everyone be prepared to endure hardships! As long as we cross the Yunling Mountains, we will be fine!"
"good!"
Huo Gu and Wang Qi nodded at the same time.
That night, the two began to prepare.
The next day, just after daybreak, they took some dry food and left Tianhu Lake with light luggage.
Less than half an hour after leaving Tianhu, a lot of deserters appeared.
Upon receiving this result, Wei Wenzhong was furious and almost ordered Huo Gu and Wang Qi to lead the army to pursue.
Fortunately, Wei Wenzhong stopped thinking about this.
They don't have time to deal with these deserters now.
We have to run for our lives!
After an hour's forced march, Wei Wenzhong ordered his men to rest in a small woods.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Wang Qi immediately winked at several of his generals.
A few people understood and nodded slightly.
After a simple arrangement, Wang Qi suddenly stood up and shouted, "Do it!"
The next moment, several people each led a small team and quickly rushed towards Wei Wenzhong and others.
"Wang Qi! Are you going to rebel?"
Wei Wenzhong sensed something was wrong, stood up abruptly, drew his sword and roared.
"rebel?"
Wang Qi snorted coldly: "I think it's you who is going to rebel!"
"fart!"
Wei Wenzhong was furious. "Wang Qi, I have treated you well, how could you be so ungrateful?"
Wang Qi was too lazy to pay attention to Wei Wenzhong and shouted angrily: "Wei Wenzhong, you are at the end of your rope, just surrender!"
"Everyone knows how to kill these traitors!" Wei Wenzhong looked at Wang Qi murderously and shouted at the people around him: "Kill all these traitors!"
"yes!"
Huo Gu and his deputy general received the order at the same time and suddenly drew their weapons.
However, the next moment, Huo Gu suddenly swung the knife in his hand towards Wei Wenzhong's personal soldiers.
This sudden scene not only confused Wei Wenzhong, but also Wang Qi.
Aren’t Huo Gu and the others determined to protect Wei Wenzhong at all costs?
Fuck him!
If he had known that Huo Gu and his men also wanted to capture Wei Wenzhong, why would he have gone through all this trouble?
He didn't take action yet because he was on guard against Huo Gu!
After a brief moment of unconsciousness, Wang Qi came back to his senses and shouted, "Capture Wei Wenzhong! Kill him!"
As soon as the word "kill" came out, Wang Qi led his men to rush towards Wei Wenzhong's personal soldiers...
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