I'm the villain in the book

Chapter 474 Variables
"Niutoushan"

With both hands bent over the desk, eyes fixed on a small mountain in the map.

After Li Huaizhong pointed out the route of the army, Ning Yongnian immediately noticed the Niutoushan area.

"Your Majesty, the line of Niutoushan Mountain is the shortest road to Shuzhou City. If you take other roads, it will delay more than five days of work if you don't talk about it."

Li Huaizhong on the side guessed what Ning Yongnian was worried about, so he explained in a low voice: "Although Niutou Mountain is a mountainous area, there are not many natural dangers in it, and the southeast, north, and west are considered smooth."

"If you think about it, the Shu army shouldn't set up an ambush here."

"."

After briefly introducing the situation of Niutoushan, Li Huaizhong stopped talking.

His analysis is actually correct. Although Niutoushan is somewhat more dangerous than other places, it is far from being called a "natural danger", and it is very difficult to set up an ambush in it.

What's more, the Shu army now has only more than [-] people, and it simply does not have the ability to ambush [-] troops.

Therefore, Li Huaizhong felt that the Shu army would definitely not do such a "death" thing, and must return to Shuzhou City to defend the city with the Dali reinforcements.

The old eunuch's idea is reasonable, but in fact this is the "illusion" that Wei Changtian wanted to create at the beginning.

After all, if you set up an ambush in a very dangerous area, a fool can see that there is fraud, but this piece of Niutou Mountain, where the "danger factor" is not so high, is unlikely to have such a problem.

That's why he chose to set up a trap on Niutoushan, and made a whole battle plan from it.

Of course, in the original plan, the imperial army should have pursued to Niutoushan immediately after the Shu army broke through, and Ning Yongnian would not be given time to think about the order.

But now, due to the appearance of Zhenshanying and Qin Zhengqiu, the imperial army set off two days late, and the "pursuit" became "advance", which somewhat affected the smoothness of the entire plan.

Wei Changtian thought that such a small "accident" was not a big problem and should not affect the overall situation.

But in fact, when the opponent is someone like Ning Yongnian, any small mistake may be infinitely magnified.

"."

Looking at the map, Ning Yongnian did not speak at all.

In fact, he didn't doubt Han Zhao, nor did he question Han Zhao's decision to take the front line of Niutoushan, and he understood that he should interfere as little as possible in the war.

After all, Han Zhao was on the front line, so he knew the situation far better than himself.

But Ning Yongnian always felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Although there was no abnormality in the war in Shuzhou except for the master who "killed three thousand soldiers with one sword", it can even be said that it went very smoothly.

But because it was so smooth, it made him feel the crisis hidden in the darkness.

"Tell Han Zhao."

Suddenly, Ning Yongnian finally stopped hesitating and reached out to another location on the map: "Let him go to the Jinyuan line instead."

"Jin Yuan?"

Li Huaizhong glanced at the map in surprise, and reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the army has been marching for half a day now, if it turns around at this time, it may greatly affect the marching speed."

"In addition, the Jinyuan line is a little far away, so it may take several days for the army to reach Shuzhou City at night."

"A few days later, maybe a few days later."

Shaking his head, Ning Yongnian said calmly, "I don't want any accidents in Shuzhou."

"This old slave understands."

Now that Ning Yongnian has already made up his mind, Li Huaizhong naturally couldn't say anything more. After a pause, he asked again:

"Your Majesty, what should Feng Yuan do? Do you want to negotiate peace with Li Qi?"

"There must be talks, but they are not peace talks."

Ning Yongnian squinted his eyes: "Send an order to Wu Ding to escort Li Qi to Huailing Mansion immediately."

"Yes."

Li Huaizhong bowed his head when he heard the words, he already understood what Ning Yongnian was going to do.

Huailing Mansion is located on the border of Dafeng, and Yuanzhou is only separated by a Mang River and a piece of Western Desert Gobi.

Ning Yongnian obviously wanted to "negotiate" with Li Qi here.

Of course, now that Dafeng has surrendered, Li Qi is already stupid, so this is just "robbery" in the name of "negotiation"
"emperor."

Looking at Ning Yongnian, Li Huaizhong asked softly, "I wonder when you plan to go to Huailing Mansion?"

"No hurry, let Wu Ding escort Li Qi over first, just wait."

Ning Yongnian waved his hand and said casually: "That's right, when the time comes, tie Li Qi to the head of Huailing City, as long as he doesn't die."

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Bind Li Qi to the head of the city?
Hearing this, Li Huaizhong couldn't help being taken aback.

Hanging people on the city wall to show the public is a common warning method, and it is generally used on criminals who have committed serious crimes such as treason and collaborating with the enemy.

But now Ning Yongnian actually wants to hang Li Qi on the top of the wall, which is clearly to humiliate you.

After all, although Dafeng surrendered, Li Qi is still the king of a country no matter what!

What's more, you want to hang other people's emperor on their territory? ?

"Your Majesty, this."

Li Huaizhong opened his mouth hesitantly, as if he wanted to persuade Ning Yongnian to reconsider.

He didn't mean to pity Li Qi or anything, but he felt that this practice would undoubtedly arouse the anger of Dafeng's people, and it would be quite detrimental to the future taking over Dafeng's territory.

But Ning Yongnian directly interrupted:
"Just do it, I have a reason for doing this."

"Yes"

The Adam's apple squirmed, and Li Huaizhong didn't speak again.

Because he suddenly understood who Ning Yongnian was going to show to by making such a show.

It's not Dafeng common people, nor the Wei family.

But Li Wutong.

At the time of Zi, it was fifty miles outside the city of Guanghan.

They set off at night, and more than four hours have passed since then, and more than [-] troops have left Guanghan County and marched quickly towards Niutoushan.

The torch stretches like a fire dragon for several miles, illuminating the dense yellow armor on the road.

Of course, as the chief general, Han Zhao could not "run forward" or ride horses with the ordinary soldiers, but sat firmly on the large carriage and discussed with the lieutenants how to capture Shuzhou City as quickly as possible.

Although Han Zhao knew that there was a high probability that he would not even be able to see the shadow of Shuzhou City, he still had to pretend.

"Report!"

Suddenly, a messenger came galloping from behind, holding a small iron cylinder sealed with wax in his hand.

"Report to the general! Secret report from the capital!"

"Ah."

Han Zhao lifted the curtain of the car, reached out the window to take the iron cylinder, and saw the three dragon patterns printed on the wax paint at a glance.

Three lines means that this is the highest level of secret report, except for him and the messenger who received the information, the rest of the people will not know the content for the time being.

This was the first time he had received a secret report from Sanwen since the start of the Battle of Shuzhou.

The pupils contracted slightly, and Han Zhao suddenly had a bad feeling.

He didn't open it in a hurry, but ordered all the lieutenants to leave the carriage, and slowly unscrewed the small iron cylinder after he was the only one left in the sedan chair.

Shaking out the paper, he looked down.

Han Zhao's expression suddenly froze for a moment, and then he hurriedly put the note back into the iron tube, and took out a piece of mother-of-pearl jade from his bosom to send a message to Wei Changtian.

[Ning Yongnian suddenly ordered the army to change to the Jinyuan line. I am the only one who knows about this. 】

【Young master, what should I do? 】

(End of this chapter)