Chapter 619 Zhao Tuo Has Different Intentions
Seeing Zhao Tuo salute, the surrounding Qin soldiers were stunned for a moment, and then followed the salute and said,
"I have met His Highness the Crown Prince!"
The original people of Great Qin followed suit and saluted, but other Baiyue people who didn't know what a prince was knew that he was a person with a higher status than General Zhao Tuo.
The entire city gate fell silent instantly.
Zhao Lang sat on the horse and looked at Zhao Tuo who was saluting, but did not help him immediately.
Instead, he waited for a while. Just before Zhao Tuo realized something was wrong and the others had not come back to their senses,
Zhao Lang then got off his horse, directly helped him up, and said with a smile,
"Thank you for your hard work, General!"
Only then did Zhao Tuo have time to look at the other party carefully.
Just looking at Zhao Lang, he was completely unable to connect him with the prince of Qin who was rumored to have manipulated the kings of the six kingdoms, expelled Goguryeo, and pacified Chu.
Because it's too young.
Zhao Tuo came back to his senses, took a look at the situation at the city gate, and already had a guess in his mind, and said,
"Your Highness, the leader of Daqin Dulang Village offended you on the way to deliver the tribute, please deal with it!"
Listening to Zhao Tuo's words, Zhao Lang narrowed his eyes slightly.
The other party specifically identified the identities of these people. It seemed like they were apologizing, but in fact they were defending them.
It seems that the relationship between the other party and these people is not bad.
However, he did not intend to just let these Baiyue people go. Some chickens had to be killed.
But he couldn't give this order directly. He immediately smiled and replied,
"The people from Lone Wolf Village did offend us, especially when they almost hurt the prince Hu Hai."
"Hu Hai, what do you think we should do?"
Hearing Hu Hai's name, Zhao Tuo's eyes shrank!
Of course he knew the other party. When the First Emperor complained of illness, it was Hu Hai who was in charge of the country.
During the period when the other party was supervising the country, he had a bad reputation.
He beat the minister in public and then refused to go to court. He and Zhao Gao also made a joke about calling a deer a horse.
It can be said that he is a representative of stupidity and cruelty.
It would be difficult for a person like this to deal with Lone Wolf Village.
Thinking of this, he frowned slightly.
He didn't care about the people in Lone Wolf Village. It was only Zhao Lang who came here. Why should he be given a blow?
Could it be that some of my previous ideas have been seen through?
It shouldn’t be!
He just made some arrangements but did not actually take any action!
At this time, everyone else had already looked at Hu Hai, and of course Zhao Mier too.
Feeling Zhao Mier's gaze, Hu Hai raised his head high, right, that's how it should be,
"Humph, I am the prince Hu Hai!"
After announcing his identity loudly, he saw the people in Lone Wolf Village standing there with ashen faces.
This is the normal reaction of ordinary people who offend the prince.
The gap between the two sides is higher than heaven and earth!
All the Qin troops were waiting for Hu Hai's order. Naturally, Hu Hai would not be polite. A trace of violence flashed in his eyes. If the other party dared to offend him, he would have to suffer the consequences!
The three Yi tribes!
Only then can you show your majesty!
"Kill all these people for me, the prince..."
Before Hu Hai finished speaking, he saw a trace of unbearability flashing across Zhao Mier's face.
He suddenly stopped what he was saying, and then pretended to cough,
"How dare you offend this prince with your killing spirit!"
"Thirty whippings for both of them! And then...another year of hard labor!"
At this time, Zhao Mier's complexion suddenly became slightly better, and she even glanced at Hu Hai.
Hu Hai suddenly showed a bright smile and nodded unconsciously.
He looked as stupid as he wanted, but just like that, Zhao Mier couldn't help but be amused.
In an instant, Hu Hai smiled even brighter, thinking to himself,
She reminded me before that she cared about me.
She smiles at me now because she likes me.
Hahaha, what should our child be called?
But Hu Hai didn't notice, but Zhao Lang's face looked as if he had seen a ghost!
His original plan was that Hu Hai would appeal to the Yi tribe, and then he would ask Zhao Tuo to plead for mercy.
Take advantage of the situation and forgive, absolve the other party of some of their sins, and only behead the person.
Use this to establish your authority.
However, Hu Hai's move made him unable to do anything.
He gave the slave beside him a questioning look,
Did you really not feed this guy any mushrooms?
The slave was also confused and even a little unconfident. Could it be that he didn't pay attention and really planted mushrooms one day?
Zhao Tuo reacted very quickly and said repeatedly,
"Yes! Respect the prince's order!"
"Come here! Take them down!"
Upon hearing this solution, the leader of the Lone Wolf Village instantly came to life and knelt down to thank him.
Hu Hai just waved his hand proudly, showing his royal style.
Zhao Tuo said repeatedly at this time,
"His Royal Highness, please enter the city."
Zhao Lang no longer cared about these people at this time and followed Zhao Tuo directly into the city, but did not go to the mansion.
But to the city wall.
Seeing this unusual move, Zhao Tuo's expression changed slightly, but he could only keep up.
Nu and Big Dog also realized something was wrong and gave the others a code.
Everyone surrounded Zhao Lang and Zhao Tuo inside, separating Zhao Tuo from the soldiers behind him.
But in the eyes of the Qin soldiers, this was a sign of trust and favor.
They were extremely excited about Zhao Lang's arrival, which meant that Great Qin had not forgotten them yet!
Although Zhao Mier felt a little strange, she couldn't concentrate because she was being pestered by Hu Hai.
There was no hypocritical politeness between monarchs and ministers. Zhao Lang walked on the city wall, but did not look at Zhao Tuo. Instead, he looked at this small earth city and said directly,
"Why are these Baiyue copycats so rampant?"
Judging from the behavior of these people, this is not the first time they have entered the city on horseback.
Of course, what Zhao Lang cares more about is the relationship between these people and Zhao Tuo.
Zhao Tuo looked at Zhao Lang's arrangement, his expression moved slightly, and he pondered for a moment before replying,
"Your Highness, although our army has established counties here, we cannot control all places."
"The main reason is that among these cities, these leaders are extremely difficult to surrender, so they are inevitably a little more unruly."
"His Majesty also knows these things, so he didn't ask me to wait for support when the Chu State was pacified. Please forgive me, Your Highness."
Zhao Tuo quickly explained the situation, and of course, slightly exaggerated the power of these copycats.
"Of course, your Highness, don't worry. These leaders came to the city this time to celebrate your victory over the Chu Territory and to send you gifts and tributes."
"There are eight villages here, and seven of them have sent gifts."
Zhao Tuo added at this time.
Zhao Lang's mind was not on the gift at all, because the other party's words were obviously saying,
Look, seven of the eight cottages obey orders, and one does not.
The situation is not stable now, only he can control these people!
In other words, Zhao Tuo was warning him!
Even if he is the crown prince of Great Qin, he cannot go too far when he reaches the land of Baiyue!
Zhao Lang couldn't help but reveal a smile.
There are two types of generals in the Qin Dynasty. One is the Meng family and the Wang family, who are loyal to the emperor and patriotic.
The other kind is like Zhao Tuo, who has his own little ideas.
This is not surprising. The farther away you are from the emperor, the more things you have on your mind.
The sky is high and the emperor is far away, this is exactly what it means.
But for such a person, Zhao Lang didn't mind giving him some warning and said directly,
"Oh? Which village doesn't obey the general's control?"
Zhao Tuo was stunned for a moment, and then said,
"This is the Elephant Valley Village, not far from here. This village is in a valley. The terrain is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the people are extremely tough."
"More importantly, they also raised some elephants. Your Highness the Prince may not know about elephants. These giant beasts are huge and powerful!"
“It’s simply hard to beat!”
"I sent nearly ten thousand troops at that time, but there was nothing I could do."
Although Zhao Tuo exaggerated slightly, this is indeed the case.
Zhao Lang just nodded indifferently, of course he knew the elephant.
I just didn't expect that people here can actually tame elephants and drive them to fight.
Zhao Lang quickly said,
"This is the territory of Great Qin, and everyone is the subject of Great Qin. Since they dare to refuse to surrender, they should be taught a lesson."
"It doesn't matter, our army will attack Elephant Valley early tomorrow morning!"
Hearing this, Zhao Tuo was dumbfounded. He just wanted to warn Zhao Lang.
But I didn't expect that the other party didn't follow common sense at all.
How can there be a talented person who has to go to war immediately?
He gritted his teeth and said,
"Your Highness, our army is exhausted, and there are only a few thousand sergeants in the city now. It will take more than ten days to mobilize the troops."
"Besides, this Elephant Valley is extremely difficult to attack. Your Royal Highness, you..."
Without waiting for the other party to finish speaking, Zhao Lang replied calmly,
"There is no need to mobilize troops. It will be enough for you to lead the soldiers in the city tomorrow."
Zhao Tuo was even more confused. He had sent nearly ten thousand people, but he still couldn't win it!
He wanted to persuade him again, but Zhao Lang said calmly,
"That's it."
"I'm a little tired today. Let's go back and rest."
Zhao Tuo could only nod his head in response.
"Then please invite the prince and his ministers to return to the mansion."
Zhao Lang shook his head, turned around and said to the local Qin army following them,
"I will be staying in the military camp today. Are you willing to protect me?"
Upon hearing this, all Qin Jun's eyes lit up instantly and they said loudly,
"Swear to protect His Highness the Crown Prince to the death!"
This action of the prince represents absolute trust!
But Zhao Tuo's expression became more and more subtle.
After getting off the city wall, Zhao Lang went directly to the military camp without making any further stops.
Zhao Tuo looked at his subordinates, who were surrounding the entire military camp with pride and excitement, and sighed slightly.
After saluting, he left here.
Zhao Lang was in the camp at this time, and Hu Hai complained a little,
"Brother Lang, it's still so early, why should we just rest?"
"And why not go to General Zhao's house?"
"I didn't even have time to talk to..."
Realizing something, Hu Hai stopped at this time.
But Zhao Lang had already realized something, but he didn't point it out. Instead, he said calmly,
"Zhao Tuo has different intentions."
After the trial just now, Zhao Tuo could not be called a pure and loyal minister.
Upon hearing this, Hu Hai's expression changed drastically and he said,
"What!"
"Brother Lang, this is not a joke!"
Let’s not talk about what happened between him and Zhao Mier, let’s just say that they are currently in the military camp of someone else’s subordinates!
If the other party has different intentions, whether they can escape is a question.
Seeing that Hu Hai had come to his senses, Zhao Lang continued,
"As long as Da Qin is here, his alien intentions will not come out."
Hu Hai breathed a sigh of relief.
"Brother Lang, don't be out of breath when you speak. Humph, there are many such things. Which of these frontier generals is not like this?"
"But they also need to have the courage."
Zhao Lang smiled and nodded.
Hu Hai asked again with some curiosity,
"Brother Lang, do you really want to lead troops to attack Elephant Valley tomorrow?"
"But we are not familiar with the place. The right time, right place, and right people you mentioned are not occupied by any of them."
"Can this battle be fought?"
Zhao Lang was going to fight directly, which really shocked him.
There are only a dozen of them and they don't understand the situation, so it's impossible to fight this battle.
Zhao Lang nodded extremely calmly and said,
"I know, but you'll find out if you fight."
This time he fought, but he didn't care about winning or losing at all, because he had never thought about how to defeat Xianggu Village.
Nor at the Image Valley Cottage.
I just want to find a place to show Zhao Tuo the ‘Justice’ brand grenades, which add the power of bows and arrows!
He couldn't stay here for too long, so he could only give Zhao Tuo and a signal as much as possible.
Even if the road to Baiyue is dangerous, he has the ability to push directly in!
I just hope that Zhao Tuo’s thoughts are not too wild.
At this time, in the county government office, Zhao Tuo was looking at the leader of Lone Wolf Village who had been whipped with a cold face.
"This time it is the prince who wants to beat you, not the general who is interceding for you. You are already a dead man!"
"Next time, don't be so arrogant!"
Although the leader had resentment in his heart, he could only swallow it down at this time and said with a sullen face,
"General, you and I have an alliance. I don't want to do hard labor."
Zhao Tuo said with a bit of impatience,
"You still have to put on a show these days. It's not too late to wait until they leave!"
The leader of Lone Wolf Village nodded.
Zhao Tuo pondered for a moment and said,
"You send someone to send a message to the people in Xianggu, saying that someone will attack them tomorrow!"
The leader of Lone Wolf Village was stunned for a moment and said,
"General, these people from Xianggu are at odds with us."
Zhao Tuo just waved his hand and said,
"Just do as I say."
Then let the other party do the work directly.
After he left, Zhao Tuo sighed slightly.
He seemed to know now why Zhao Lang was able to pacify Chu Di so quickly.
This is a person who doesn't act according to common sense at all!
It just so happens that every action falls on the key point.
It makes people feel extremely uncomfortable.
But this time, no matter what, he would make the other party suffer.
In fact, he was somewhat conflicted in his heart. He felt that Da Qin did not care about them and was indifferent to them.
But now Zhao Lang is here.
He also felt that after he had led his army to fight in Baiyue for so many years, you couldn't just come and pick the fruit!
Just when he was worried, Zhao Mier walked in. Zhao Tuo forced a smile and said,
"Mi'er, what's the matter?"
Zhao Mier said curiously at this time,
"Dad, are those people really the princes and princes of Great Qin?"
"Yes, there is a token to prove it. What's wrong?"
Zhao Mier said with a smile,
"I just think that Prince Hu Hai looks a little silly, which is quite fun."
Looking at his daughter's smile, a thought suddenly flashed through Zhao Tuo's mind:
His daughter seems to be getting married now.
But he didn't say much, and continued to chat with the other party.
At this time, a fast horse was already heading in the direction of Elephant Valley.
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