Chapter 525: The Ghost
When Murong Jing and Zhu Qingyan met Yan Xiuyun, Xiao Yuan and several other guards, as well as Long Buqi were present.
Yan Xiuyun was obviously very happy.
Long Buqi also stepped forward, his face showing admiration, but in his eyes there was a hint of confusion that he tried hard to conceal.
"I have long heard of the great power of Princess Ning Yue. Today, I finally got to see her grace on the battlefield. I know the rumors are true. She actually led a few hundred cavalrymen to break through the army of hundreds of thousands of people. It is simply amazing!"
After that, he looked at Yan Xiuyun again, "Your Majesty, with Princess Ningyue in Daliang, we can definitely ensure that the northwest is safe and the country is peaceful and the people are safe!"
Unexpectedly, after he said this, the room fell silent.
Murong Jing looked at him expressionlessly, while Yan Xiuyun's gaze was even more intriguing.
Long Buqi stood there awkwardly for a moment.
It was Zhu Qingyan who spoke up:
"It goes without saying that Princess Ning Yue is a powerful figure among the three armies, but I'm afraid it's not her turn to take the first place today."
The smile on Long Buqi's face froze for a moment. "What do you mean by that, Lord?"
"What do you think, General Long?"
Long Buqi's heart trembled, he looked up and met Zhu Qingyan's half-smile, suddenly he realized something, and his face turned pale.
Zhu Qingyan walked up to Long Buqi and said:
"When I was negotiating with the King of Zhenbei at Ming Beach, it seemed like we were about to succeed, but the Wanjun behind me suddenly exploded, allowing the King of Zhenbei to escape.
At that time, I had doubts in my heart, but I was not sure whether it was accidental or man-made, so I secretly sent the fragments of "Wanjun" back to the capital and asked the Military Equipment Inspectorate to check it carefully.
It turned out that someone had tampered with the artillery that day.
The only ones who can come into contact with Wanjun, besides the gunners brought from the capital, are you and Princess Ningyue."
Zhu Qingyan paused for a moment and brought up another matter.
“Also, the King of Zhenbei had clearly been shocked by the power of the artillery before, and he didn’t know that our artillery shells were all gone.
However, after Muza's death, King Zhenbei led his troops to attack the city unscrupulously.
If someone hadn't tipped him off, how would he know that there were no more artillery pieces available inside Qingshi Pass?"
The muscles on Long Buqi's face twitched unconsciously, and he said unconvincedly:
"I am the general of Yunzhou, but Princess Ningyue is the daughter of the rebel leader.
Even if you suspected there was a traitor, you didn't suspect her, but came to test me first! ?
Besides, when you met with the King of Zhenbei at Ming Beach that day, Princess Ningyue was not there. Could it be that she had something to hide and avoided you on purpose?
You know, I was also injured when the Wanjun exploded that day!"
Zhu Qingyan sneered and said:
"Yes, the explosion happened suddenly that day, and I didn't have time to think about what was wrong.
It was not until I received the secret letter from the capital that I was sure there must be a traitor inside Qingshi Pass."
The look she gave Long Buqi became increasingly sharp.
"So I began to recall the situation at Ming Beach that day. Given your position at the time, you had to constantly observe the progress of my negotiations with the King of Zhenbei, and you had to stand very close to the artillery.
When the cannon exploded that day, all the gunners around you were killed, but you only suffered some minor injuries.
Doesn't this mean that you knew the risk of the cannon exploding, so you avoided the most dangerous position early on?"
Long Buqi's lips moved twice, cold sweat had seeped out of his forehead, and his voice trembled a little:
"So today's incident... was also deliberately set up by you to test me?"
Zhu Qingyan did not comment, and said slowly:
“I just wanted to confirm my guess, so I suggested to your majesty that I tell you that Princess Ningyue will lead 100,000 Qingshi Pass defenders to Luotuo Gorge today.
After you learned about this, you were too anxious to pass the message to King Zhenbei, but you didn't know that after you left, we changed our strategy.
After nightfall, His Majesty found an excuse to send you away, so you don’t know what happened afterwards.”
"Yes..." Long Buqi's face was pale and the light in his eyes had disappeared completely.
As soon as the 100,000 defenders left the city, Yan Xiuyun asked him to count the food and fodder accounts in the room, so that he did not come out until two or three hours later, and he had no idea what had happened in the meantime.
When he came out, he saw that Murong Jing, who was supposed to be in Camel Gorge, actually appeared at Ziyangpo in the north, and was leading the cavalry to raid the rear of the rebels.
He still can't figure out how those 100,000 people without wings could fly from Camel Gorge to Ziyangpo in such a short time!
Zhu Qingyan looked at Long Buqi, with a slight smile on his lips, and then he told the truth.
“In fact, I was the first person to lead 100,000 defenders out of the city. I did it on purpose for King Zhenbei to see, and I did lead 100,000 defenders to Luotuo Gorge.
You must be very curious about how those 100,000 people appeared in Ziyangpo again, right? "
Zhu Qingyan took out the secret letter written by Zhu Lan from his arms and showed it to Long Buqi.
As Long Buqi read the letter, his eyes gradually widened and he muttered:
"False and real, twisting and turning..."
"That's right." Zhu Qingyan took back the secret letter and continued.
“It’s actually very simple. I will lead 100,000 defenders to Luotuo Gorge first, and then Princess Ning Yue will lead the remaining 100,000 defenders inside the pass to ambush at Ziyangpo.
After I led my troops to Luotuo Gorge, I calculated the time and waited for the army of King Zhenbei to set out. Then I immediately turned back and led my 100,000 soldiers to defend the city.
In this way, it will create the illusion that the 100,000 troops originally in Luotuo Gorge suddenly appeared on Ziyang Slope, catching the rebels off guard."
"So that's how it is..." Long Buqi murmured.
He thought he had hidden himself very well, but he didn't expect that the other party had seen through everything and even used him to set up a trap, almost wiping out the Northern Frontier Army!
He closed his eyes and felt a sudden sense of regret.
According to Zhu Qingyan, she and Princess Ningyue led 100,000 people to the north and south respectively. During this period of time, Qingshi Pass was a completely empty city.
If the King of Zhenbei attacks at this time, Qingshi Pass will definitely be lost...
But what’s the use of understanding this now?
Yan Xiuyun, who was sitting at the top, was silent for a long time, looking down at Long Buqi.
After Zhu Qingyan finished describing today's arrangements, he finally spoke in a deep voice, his eyes filled with disappointment and anger of betrayal.
“Long Buqi, you are the general of Yunzhou, and your father Long Bin was also a senior official relied on by the late emperor. I personally issued an edict to posthumously confer him the title of Duke of Zhuang.
The Long family has been blessed by the emperor for generations, why are you so obsessed that you do such a rebellious and disloyal thing? I am so disappointed! "
Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, Long Buqi suddenly straightened his back and shot a murderous look at Yan Xiuyun like a knife!
Xiao Yuan sensed the murderous intent and immediately stood in front of Yan Xiuyun with two other guards.
Long Buqi's voice, filled with strong hatred, reached Yan Xiuyun's ears. He was almost gritting his teeth, as if he wanted to bite every piece of Yan Xiuyun's flesh into pieces.
"You dog emperor, you still have the nerve to mention my father... Have you forgotten how he died!?"
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