Chapter 143
The truth is revealed
The rout of hundreds of thousands of troops is a disaster in any era, and this disaster is now happening in Guannei Hou’s camp!
With the intervention of the Youzhou Army, the ordinary soldiers who had long been suspicious of the sudden confrontation in the camp had only two choices in the absence of anyone to command them: surrender or escape!
The existing strength of the Youzhou Army was not enough to encircle the entire enemy camp, so most of the soldiers under the Guannei Hou chose to flee in all directions!
Suddenly, the entire camp collapsed from the outside in, like a cauldron of fire. Although some generals organized some resistance on the spot, it was no more than a mantis trying to stop a chariot!
In just over an hour, the Youzhou army had surrounded the two Guanneihou armies that were fiercely clashing in the center of the camp!
Xiao Junzi and Liu Buqi, who had already withdrawn from the battle, were commanding their cavalry to chase and force the fleeing soldiers to surrender.
Of course, they mainly control the direction of Jinzhou. As for the soldiers and generals who fled towards Chang'an, they can only do their best and leave the rest to fate!
Liu Buqi followed Yue Lingxi to the front of the army. The two factions fighting in the Guannei Hou camp gradually calmed down. The leader of one of the factions was Qin Jinguo who was released today!
The other party is Shangguan Yan, who had fought with Liu Buqi in Jinan!
Qin Jinguo had already taken off the ghost mask, and her face, as cold as water, was staring at Shangguan Yan, and she asked sternly:
"Old Shangguan, where on earth have you hidden my father and brother? My father's decades of friendship with you were in vain. I never expected you to repay his kindness with hatred and destroy his foundation and retreat!"
After Qin Jinguo returned to the camp today, she went straight to the central army camp to ask to see her father. Unexpectedly, she was stopped by Shangguan Yan. She got angry on the spot and wanted to break into the tent. Shangguan Yan actually ordered his soldiers to put her under house arrest!
Shangguan Yan had previously disregarded common sense many times and constantly and harshly demanded that the army attack the Great Wall at all costs, which had already caused dissatisfaction among many soldiers.
After placing Qin Jinguo under house arrest this time, he launched a crazy attack on the Great Wall without any regard for reality. Some of his generals who had suffered heavy losses joined forces to rescue Qin Jinguo, hoping that she could come forward to take charge of the situation and put an end to this ridiculous siege tactic.
Qin Jinguo was an expert in military affairs. After learning about the recent abnormal events in the military camp from the general who rescued her, she combined Yue Lingxi and Liu Buqi to tell her about her speculation about Yue Wuji's treason!
I am sure that there must be something wrong with Shangguan Yan, as that is why he carried out such a campaign that would undermine the foundation of Guanzhong!
So he led the soldiers who had defected to his army and broke through the obstruction, and came to the outside of the central army tent to make a military remonstration! He had a confrontation with Shangguan Yan's confidants!
However, even after such a big event, Shangguan Yan still did not ask Yue Wuji to come out. Instead, he continued to mobilize troops with the intention of besieging and killing Qin Jinguo. This led to the internal strife between the two factions in Guannei Hou's army.
It also gave the Youzhou Army a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
At this time, both Qin Jinguo and Shangguan Yan clearly understood that the Guannei Hou army was doomed!
At this moment, Liu Feiyan rode his horse to Liu Buqi's side, followed by a pale-faced young scholar dressed in the clothes of a frail scholar!
Yue Lingxi looked at this somewhat listless scholar and introduced him to Liu Buqi with some surprise. This man was Yue Wuji's only heir, Yue Xuehan, who was also Qin Jinguo's biological brother!
The scholar, upon seeing Qin Jinguo in the distance, burst into tears, "Sister, sister! Daddy... Daddy was murdered by the scoundrel Shangguan! Wuuuuuu!"
When Qin Jinguo heard this, she felt dizzy and almost fell off the horse!
Then, suppressing his grief, he quickly dismounted and came to Yue Xuehan's side. He opened his eyes wide and roared, "Stop crying. Tell me, what happened to Daddy?"
Yue Xuehan was frightened by her sister's appearance. She was stunned for a long time before she recounted the situation while crying!
Liu Buqi also knew from his statement that not long after Yue Wuji intervened in the war in Youzhou, he followed Shangguan Yan's advice and crossed the river to invade the Central Plains!
After winning the strategic buffer time, he originally planned to return to the army immediately and adjust the deployment with the help of Tiance Mansion. He had no time to take into account the vacuum period here and regain the Guanzhong base.
Unexpectedly, he had a fierce dispute with Shangguan Yan. Shangguan Yan believed that Guanzhong was just a dead place at that time and was far inferior to Jinzhou which was well connected.
Instead of lingering in Guanzhong, it is better to wait for an opportunity in Jinzhou!
The two argued for days, and the army marched ambiguously along the Hexi Corridor for many days! Until Shangguan Yan was sure that Yue Wuji might not obey him this time!
He actually used poisoned wine to make Yue Wuji unconscious, and summoned the trusted generals he had trained over the years, expressing his intention to overthrow Yue Wuji, support Yue Xuehan and control Guanzhong.
They also forced the generals to chop Yue Wuji with a knife to show their intention to join the gang.
Yue Wuji, the dignified Marquis of Guannei and the first person to disturb Taiyue, was hacked to death silently in his own central army camp!
All of this happened to be seen by Yue Xuehan, who was temporarily hiding behind the scenes while discussing matters with his father!
Although Yue Xuehan has always been a scholar who dislikes military strategies, he is definitely not a fool who would sit back and wait for death.
Although he saw his father die tragically on the spot, he suppressed his grief, secretly slipped out of the central military camp and returned to his own barracks.
Afterwards, Shangguan Yan led his generals to Yue Xuehan's tent, claiming that Yue Wuji had died of illness, and pushed him to take charge of the situation. But in fact, it was just a disguised house arrest, and all power was controlled by Shangguan Yan!
Due to concerns that the sudden death of the commander-in-chief would lead to a high possibility of the army losing control, the news of Yue Wuji's death and Yue Xuehan's promotion were not made public.
It was not until Qin Jinguo was suddenly released by Yue Lingxi that Shangguan Yan could no longer make excuses, so he put her under house arrest.
When the Youzhou army began to attack, Shangguan Yan ordered his trusted men to escort Yue Xuehan to Guanzhong, but they were unexpectedly stopped by Liu Feiyan who was capturing prisoners everywhere and brought Yue Xuehan back.
Only after meeting Qin Jinguo did Yue Xuehan reveal everything he had seen and heard! At this point, the truth behind the recent abnormal behavior of the army inside the pass was completely revealed!
Qin Jinguo, who had witnessed life and death on the battlefield, had already accepted the news of her father's death. Tears welled up in her eyes as she rushed towards Shangguan Yan, who was not far away, with her sword drawn! Yue Xuehan also followed her forward!
Liu Buqi hurriedly signaled Liu Feiyan beside him to hold on hard!
"Brother Xuehan, Sister Jinguo, please stay safe and sound! My Prince Yan has something to ask Lord Shangguan!"
Liu Buqi's words were also a sobering reminder to Qin Jinguo. Although her father's murder was a fact, she was now also branded as a traitor to the empire!
Even for the sake of his father's posthumous reputation, Shangguan Yan cannot be killed on the spot!
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