Chapter 244

This was the first time since his main army was built and the staff department was established that he had truly formulated a battle plan and mobilized troops for war.

Currently, he was very satisfied with everything.

"However, this Zhao Ci is truly a madman. To actually dare to rise in rebellion against the Han and attack Nanyang—where did he get the confidence that he could succeed?"

"Did he not consider a way out?"

Tian Feng asked, looking puzzled.

"Haha!"

Su Xuan chuckled: "Yuanhao, the reason you think this way is because you don't understand Zhao Ci as a person, nor do you understand his grudge with Qin Jie!"

"Oh?"

Tian Feng became interested and couldn't help but ask: "I would like to hear the details!"

Xun You and Cheng Yu also looked at Su Xuan.

They didn't really understand Zhao Ci either.

Su Xuan saw this and immediately recounted the relationship between Zhao Ci and Qin Jie during the Huang Jin Rebellion, as well as the subsequent rewards and the misunderstanding between them.

"Ever since then, Zhao Ci has hated Qin Jie;"

"For these years, he has been training his troops and preparing, all for the sake of revenge!"

"This time, he probably saw rebellions rising everywhere and felt that the Great Han was in chaos, so he thought his opportunity had come?"

"Plus, his brain is indeed not quite normal, which is why he rose in rebellion, right?"

It can only be said that Zhao Ci has a little bit of cleverness, but not much.

"Huh? So that's how it is?"

Xun You and the others were enlightened, but more than that, they were speechless.

"What was Zhao Ci thinking? Was the matter of rewards something Qin Jie could influence?"

"Could it be that after working with Qin Jie for many years, he still didn't understand Qin Jie's influence?"

Cheng Yu said speechlessly.

Running into such a psychopath, it could only be Qin Jie's bad luck.

"Clearly, he really didn't understand!"

Xun You shook his head: "People! Once they have a prejudice, it's easy to go to extremes!"

"Zhao Ci is clearly such a person!"

Tian Feng also said speechlessly: "To be promoted from a Military Sima to a Commandant of Jiang Xia is clearly a high promotion; what else is he dissatisfied with?"

"Is being a Commandant of Jiang Xia very bad?"

He couldn't understand Zhao Ci's thinking at all.

"Hehe!"

Su Xuan joked with a smile: "Could it be that Zhao Ci likes Qin Jie and doesn't want to be separated from him, turning love into hate?"

"Eww..."

Hearing this, Xun You and the others looked at Su Xuan with disgust and complained:

"My Lord! You can't have such thoughts!"

"Looking at people through a rotten lens!"

"I can no longer look at the matter of Zhao Ci and Qin Jie straight!"

Once they thought about this, their minds couldn't help but go off track.

Immediately, they all looked at Su Xuan gloomily: "My Lord! Don't make such jokes in the future! It's too disgusting!"

"Haha!"

Seeing the depressed expressions of the three, Su Xuan couldn't help but look up and laugh, waving his hand: "Fine! No more such jokes in the future!"

One day later,

In the imperial palace of Luoyang, the Son of Heaven Liu Hong, following Su Xuan's memorial from more than a day ago, received another urgent report from the south of Nanyang;

Upon learning that Zhao Ci had breached Wancheng and killed the Administrator Qin Jie, he was immediately furious: "Presumptuous! Damn it! How dare this Zhao Ci? How dare he do this?"

"Has he forgotten that it was I who promoted and appointed him as the Commandant of Jiang Xia?"

"How dare he rebel against me?"

"Kill him! I want him killed!"

"And that Qin Jie is also a piece of trash. As the Administrator of Nanyang, he couldn't even stop a mere Zhao Ci;"

"And he even let him breach Wancheng, a total piece of trash! How was I so blind to have taken a liking to him and appointed him as the Administrator of Nanyang?"

"If he weren't already dead, I would have killed him with my own hands."

Liu Hong threw things around in the palace in a rage, then ordered Zhang Rang: "Draft an imperial decree for me immediately, ordering the General of the South, Su Xuan, to immediately send troops to Nanyang and, at the fastest speed possible, retake Wancheng and destroy that Zhao Ci."

"Yes!"

Zhang Rang immediately accepted the order.

At the same time, he was also speechless in his heart.

Zhao Ci really is a psychopath.

You are a dignified Commandant, and you were promoted by the Son of Heaven; why are you so unable to think straight and rebel against the Han?

The key is that you actually succeeded in taking Wancheng.

Should I say you are capable, or that Qin Jie is a piece of trash?

That same day, the imperial decree was sent to Nanjun with the utmost urgency.

Su Xuan received the Son of Heaven's decree one day later.

He immediately ordered the army to set out, crossed the Han River at the first opportunity, and prepared to march toward Wancheng.

"Report!"

At this time, the secret guards sent an urgent report: "Reporting to the Lord! The rebel Zhao Ci has split off 10,000 troops to guard Wancheng, and he himself has led 40,000 troops to march toward Dengxian;"

"Oh?"

Su Xuan was slightly stunned upon hearing this news, then chuckled: "It seems this guy still doesn't trust me. He's preparing to take Dengxian first, capture my parents, and then use them to threaten me or try to defeat me!"

Speaking of this, a cold light flashed in Su Xuan's eyes, and he said coldly: "Tsk tsk! He has ideas!" "Unfortunately, he is too arrogant!"

No one can threaten him with his parents.

"Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun! Zhang He, Zhang Liao! Taishi Ci!"

Su Xuan immediately called out the generals.

"This subordinate is here!"

"I order you five to lead your respective 6,000 Black Armor soldiers and 3,000 Xiaoji Battalion soldiers, bypass Dengxian and Xinye at the fastest speed, and find a suitable location to ambush between Xinye and Yuyang;"

"When Zhao Ci's army arrives, you will immediately lead your troops to attack, must defeat Zhao Ci's army, capture and kill Zhao Ci, and there must be no mistakes!"

"Yes!"

Huang Zhong and the five immediately accepted the order.

Under the guidance of the secret guards, they took two days of dry rations and set out at the fastest speed toward Xinye.

"Dian Wei! Zhou Cang! Xun You!"

"This subordinate is here!"

Dian Wei and Zhou Cang immediately stepped out.

"I order you two to lead your 6,000 Xuanwu Battalion soldiers, with Xun You as the accompanying military advisor, to cross Dengxian at the fastest speed, rush to Xinye, and take Xinye by surprise at the fastest speed;"

"And temporarily seal the four gates of Xinye, not allowing any news to get out, understand?"

"I will personally lead 800 personal guards to bypass Xinye and block the main road to the north of Xinye; I will absolutely not give any rebel army a chance to send a message."

"Yes!"

Dian Wei, Zhou Cang, and Xun You immediately accepted the order with excitement.

Although the merits might not be as good as Huang Zhong and the others, they weren't bad either.

The key is that no one was competing for merits on their side!

Immediately, Dian Wei and the others also quickly organized their troops, abandoned various heavy equipment and military supplies, took only their plate armor and simple scaling ladders, and set out rapidly in a forced march.

Su Xuan then turned to Tian Feng: "Yuanhao! I need you to immediately go to Dengxian to pass the order to Gao Shun, ordering him to split off 500 county soldiers to hand over to Xia Houlan to guard Dengxian;"

"He himself will lead 2,500 men to charge directly at Gaoyangcheng, take Gaoyangcheng at the fastest speed, and cut off Zhao Ci's connection with Jiang Xia;"

"Afterward, if it goes smoothly, he can discretionarily march into Jiang Xia and retake the cities occupied by Zhao Ci's army;"

"You will be the accompanying military advisor to assist from the side. Do you have any problems?"

"Yes! No problem! Leave it to me!"