MTL - I Was an Abbot in Ancient Times-Chapter 57
The soldiers and horses of Dongdaying came all the way out of Tongguan before stopping in the Qinling area.
"This is it." Banyan Tree pointed to a canyon entrance.
Xu Chu frowned, this terrain... If the rebels set up an ambush, it would be easy for the entire army to be wiped out.
"On the left wing, you lead a team to ambush the possible escape route of the rebels behind the canyon."
"Yes."
"We are repairing here, and the scouts should be more vigilant!"
"Yes!" The three thousand soldiers and horses answered in unison.
On the other side, in a cave deep in the canyon.
"Qin Xiang, will Xu Chu really catch up?"
"According to the emperor's character, he will definitely send him to pursue him. This is the opportunity he gave himself to trust the general to make meritorious service. It's just..." He is not sure whether Xu Chu will find this, he just has a hunch that if there are pursuers to catch up , Setting an ambush here is the best strategy.
At the beginning, the escape was too hasty. If he deliberately revealed his whereabouts, maybe now he could lure those pursuers like a hunter... Qin Zhou felt a little regretful for a while.
"Report! Traces of soldiers and horses were found in the front and rear of the canyon!"
"What!" The broad-faced man next to Qin Zhou was panicked.
"Didn't they go into the canyon?"
"No, just hovering at the entrance."
Qin Zhou frowned, and said decisively: "Rectify the soldiers and horses, and immediately break out from the rear!"
"No way! Prime Minister Qin!" The broad-faced man grabbed his arm, and at the same time several subordinates expressed their disapproval.
Qin Zhou looked at them, and for a while, he didn't give orders arbitrarily and directly as before. He failed to force the palace and had to flee like a dog who lost his family. After all, it hurt his self-confidence to some extent.
"At this time, it is not appropriate to confront the enemy head-on. We only have 500 elite soldiers here. Maybe we can find other ways to escape from this canyon. As long as Prime Minister Qin can escape, we still have a chance to make a comeback!"
Qin Zhou didn't say a word, his face was gloomy, and he sat aside thinking about something.
After waiting in the canyon for another two days, the guards told Qin Zhou to find a way out, but it was more steep and steep, and went out above the shallow waterfall in the canyon.
There are many rocks and rocks, and shallow waterfalls and streams flow through them.
Qin Zhou was surrounded by twenty guards at the front and back, and the other elite soldiers went to meet the thousand soldiers and horses behind the canyon to divert the attention of the court soldiers.
Climbing up with difficulty, the rocks were precipitous and a little slippery from being washed by the current. Qin Zhou almost fell off the cliff and rolled down the dangerous shoal several times.
Fortunately, there were good guards to support and hold him, but this climb knocked down his pride of being in a high position for many years and being able to maneuver freely inside the curtain into the mud.
It was not easy to climb to the top of the waterfall. Qin Zhou looked back at the road he came from. It was winding and steep, and a sense of pride arose in his heart.
No matter how difficult and dangerous the road has been, I have come through it, and now the will is dark and the flowers are bright, and I have escaped from the sky. I just need to gather strength again, and then I can make a comeback!
After all the guards had climbed up and repaired everything, Qin Zhou and his party were about to set off on the path covered with greenery but with infinite light. Suddenly! Hundreds of elite soldiers came out of the surrounding bushes and slowly surrounded them.
Xu Chu stepped forward from behind.
"It's you." Qin Zhou glanced at him, "How do you know I'm here?"
Could it be! Qin Zhou glanced at the twenty guards around him.
"Qin Xiang, don't doubt the loyal followers around you who are protecting you from the dangerous situation. Rebels and rebels are against the law of heaven!" Xu Chu said loudly.
Qin Zhou didn't speak, but the eagle eyes locked his face tightly.
"It's me." Banyan Tree came out from behind a soldier.
Qin Zhou was shocked when he saw her: "You!?"
The corner of Banyan Tree's mouth provoked a sarcastic smile: "I can perceive the position of the mother insect through the reaction of the Gu insect in my body, Mr. Qin can't think of it? The Gu insect used to control others has become my own life-seeking talisman."
Qin Zhou snorted coldly, "What's the benefit of being so loyal to the incompetent and weak prince? If you can obey the old man's arrangement, the power and status given to you in the future will be better than what he gave!"
"The prince took me in and took care of me. This is my repayment to him."
"Oh?" Qin Zhou sneered, "Do you know that the benefactor you loyally repay is the one who killed your parents."
Seeing Banyan Tree's sudden change of expression, Qin Zhou felt a lot more comfortable. Although he has nowhere to escape now, seeing the despairing expression of the betrayer still makes him happy.
"Taste the taste of despair for so long, and then go underground to accompany me!" Qin Zhou was about to crush the female worm in his hand.
At the same time, Lin Zhao recited Fudo Mingwang's incantation, which can get rid of Gu insects.
Qin Zhou found out that after he crushed the mother worm, Banyan Tree was still standing upright, with a frightened expression on his face, could it be that the general situation left him, and even the little Gu worms also rebelled?
Hiding behind the crowd, Lin Zhao, who was half a meter away from the Banyan Tree, showed a smile that concealed his achievements and fame. As for why he came here with the army to quell the chaos, it should start when he stepped out of the palace gate after the night of the Wanshou Festival.
"I have something to ask. I heard that Xingyu once said that the master's deeds can eliminate the Gu in the human body. Can the master do me a favor?"
The prince suddenly appeared in front of Lin Zhao and stopped him.
At this time, he had just stepped out of the palace gate and was about to get into the carriage that Liu Xingyu sent someone to pick him up.
It seems that the prince has been waiting here for a long time.
Lin Zhao couldn't hold back and complained about Liu Xingyu in his heart.
This big mouth would talk about everything, if he knew how much he would haunt him at night, he wouldn't say these things as a bedtime story to lull him to sleep.
"Prince, please tell me."
"I have a maid who was planted with Gu by Qin Zhou. I'm afraid that traitor will jump over the wall in a hurry. I heard that the Gu worm that was planted in the body will explode the host's body and die if the mother worm dies."
So he accepted the prince's entrustment like this, and went to capture Qin Zhou together, and helped Banyan Tree remove the Gu worms in its body before the adulterous dog jumped the wall and crushed the female worm, so as to save his life.
When the traitor is caught, Xu Chu will lead his men back to report to the emperor, and hand over Qin Zhou to the emperor.
Banyan Tree on the side seemed a little distraught, and didn't plan to go back with the troops, saying that he wanted to spend more time in Tongguan to sort out his chaotic emotions.
Because the prince had told him before that if Banyan Tree didn't want to go back for the time being, there was no need to force her to stay, presumably he had already predicted this situation.
Before Lin Zhao left, she told Banyan Tree that it was the prince's subordinates who killed her parents by mistake, not his own order, and that he would appear here as entrusted by the prince to help get rid of the Gu worms in his body to save her life, and the prince pleaded with the emperor He also said that he was willing to withdraw from the position of crown prince.
Telling her this is not to kidnap her with kindness and morality, but I hope that Banyan Tree will consider some things after knowing all the facts, and don't be influenced by Qin Zhou's few words to make her decision.
After Qin Zhou was escorted to the capital, the emperor didn't even summon him, so he ordered that he be executed in the execution ground three days later.
On the execution ground.
The autumn wind from the north whipped up dust and threw it on Qin Zhou's face, making his wrinkles stained with wind and frost.
"Is this the traitor?"
"What, it's not surprising at all!"
"It looks like the uncle who pours Yexiang next door to my house!"
All kinds of discussions were not carried out in whispers, but were publicized loudly and openly, obviously not afraid of the parties hearing.
Qin Zhou looked down on these ignorant philistines the most in his life, but now he was going to be watched and judged by them like monkeys, so he felt very depressed.
The glare of the cold guillotine reflected in the sunlight, causing physical tears to ooze from the corners of his eyes.
Qin Zhou recalled the scene when his subordinates reported to him that they found the pursuers in the Tongguan cave.
For some reason, he felt that the choice at that time was the turning point that determined his fate.
The defeated soldiers should not be wasted, the fighting spirit that erupts when cornered is often the best time to win.
If I hadn't listened to the advice of those mediocre subordinates at that time, spent two days in the canyon, and exhausted the fighting spirit of my elite soldiers, but broke out from the rear without hesitation, would my situation be different now? completely different?
At least it won't be like a piece of fish on a chopping board, waiting to be slaughtered like it is now.
He didn't know, there was no chance to do it all over again.
One thought.
The guillotine fell heavily, blood spattered, and the head of a generation of traitors who had dominated the court for thirty years fell to the ground like this.
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