Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

Hearing Li Ji's angry rebuke, everyone became anxious.

"General Li, we are telling the truth. How dare we slander General Qin."

"These things were all handled by General Qin. We still have the records left by General Qin when he issued orders. If you don't believe me, you can ask someone to check."

"Yes, yes, General Li, if there is no order from General Qin, how can we dare to act arbitrarily? What's more, 15000 people are sent out at once. If there is no military order, even if we are given 10 heads, we dare not act rashly. .”

Everyone complained about their sufferings.

Li Shimin on the side had red eyes and held the Emperor's Sword tightly in his hand.

At first, he also thought that there might be a hidden reason behind this matter. These people might want to put the blame on Qin Qiong's head after seeing Qin Qiong die in battle.

But now that he heard what they said, Li Shimin thought about it carefully and felt that it made sense.

After all, in Li Shimin's mind, Qin Qiong was a reckless man who acted in a rigid manner and didn't know how to adapt.

If the other party has a prejudice against firearms, that is not unreasonable.

What's more, according to what they said, it would be impossible to mobilize such a large number of troops without his order from the army commander. Even if they were given 100 courages, they would not dare to do so.

And even if one or two people have this idea, Li Shimin will never believe that everyone has this idea.

The only possibility is that Qin Qiong really despises firearms and has really transferred the main army to collect food and wages.

Thinking of this, he raised his hand to stop Li Ji who wanted to continue speaking. He glanced at the people kneeling in a ball on the ground, gritted his molars and said:

"Then do you know where the 15000 people who were allocated are now? Where are they collecting food and wages? When will they return?"

Everyone looked at each other, and finally lowered their heads, not daring to look at Li Shimin.

Seeing this situation, veins popped up on Li Shimin's forehead.

He pointed the emperor's sword at the secretary who had spoken before and shouted:

"Aren't you in charge of civil servants? Then tell me where they have gone and when they can come back!!!"

Faced with some violent shouting, the secretary was so frightened that he fell to the ground, and then said tremblingly:

"Your Majesty... I don't know... I don't know. General Qin personally arranged and explained these things."

"General Qin did not inform the young one on the grounds of military secrets. Please let your Majesty know clearly."

After hearing the secretary's words, Li Shimin couldn't bear it any longer. He stepped forward and kicked the secretary to the ground. Then he turned to look at the other general next to him and shouted:

"You tell me!!!"

The general talked about his neck, his eyes rolling around, pretending to be thinking.

When Li Shimin saw this, he kicked the opponent to the ground and shouted:

"Answer me or die!"

Seeing His Majesty the Emperor's anger, the general immediately turned over and knelt down, and then said with a mournful face:

"Your Majesty, I really don't know..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Shimin directly waved the Emperor's Sword in his hand, preparing to kill the opponent.

Seeing this situation, the general shouted hurriedly:

"Your Majesty is happy and angry. Your Majesty is happy and angry. Although I don't know where General Qin sent his army, I heard this unintentionally."

"General Qin seems to have sent his army to take a detour to Hezhong Mansion, intending to plunder there and disrupt the Northern Zhou Dynasty's rear."

Hearing the general's words, Li Shimin stopped what he was doing and looked at him fiercely:

"Are you serious? If you dare to deceive me, I will definitely kill all nine of your clans!"

"This statement is absolutely true. If there is any falsehood, I will be willing to commit suicide."

The general replied hastily.

Li Shimin was stunned when he heard the general's words.

He didn't know why Qin Qiong would do such an unwise move.

What's more, I don't understand why the other side will transfer the main force of the generals away when the war is approaching.

Um. . . Thinking of this, Li Shimin suddenly had an idea.

No, no, Qin Qiong must have a purpose for doing this.

Is he belittling firearms because he wants to paralyze the spies around him?

The reason why the main force was sent to Hezhong Prefecture in the name of collecting grain and wages was to disrupt the rear of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, so that the enemy could not take care of both ends, and to reduce the pressure on Shaanxi and Guoguan?

But why didn't any generals be notified of such a big move by the other party?

Also, if the opponent is planning to attack Hezhong Mansion this time, who will be the leader?

Scanning his eyes over everyone's faces one by one, Li Shimin saw that they all looked submissive and timid.

Taking a deep breath and resisting the urge to kill all these people, Li Shimin waved his hands and was just about to say that he wanted them to step back while he tried to find a way to get in touch with the person responsible for the sneak attack.

A wretched-looking guy wearing a scholar's uniform with a deer-headed and rat-like eyes suddenly said:

"Your Majesty, the common people have something to say, but I don't know whether to say it or not."

Li Shimin frowned at the other party and said impatiently:

"You can just say whatever you have to say."

The guy with the deer head and rat eyes shrank his neck, and then said with a wretched look:

"Your Majesty, Cao Min is a servant of General Qin Qiong. I may be able to answer some of the information you want to know."

After hearing what the other party said, Li Shimin immediately looked at the former secretary.

The secretary nodded hurriedly and said:

"Replying to your majesty, what he said is true. This is indeed the boy in General Qin's tent. His name is Hu Kui. He is usually responsible for General Qin's food and drink and conveys some military orders."

Li Shimin frowned when he heard the secretary's words.

You know, there will be special soldiers to take care of some trivial matters of the generals in the army, and it is impossible to carry such a little boy with them.

Not to mention asking the other party to convey military orders. Qin Qiong, a veteran general, should know this military rule.

But seeing that the secretary revealed Hu Pu's identity in front of so many people, but no one refuted it, it can be seen that what he said was true.

Suppressing the anger in his heart, Li Shimin looked at Hu Pu and said:

"Tell me, did Qin Qiong really send troops to Hezhong Mansion? Is he really planning to disrupt the Northern Zhou Dynasty's rear?"

Upon hearing Li Shimin's inquiry, Hu Pei shook his head and said:

"Your Majesty, I don't know General Qin's deployment, and I don't know whether he sent people to raid the rear of the Northern Zhou Dynasty."

"The only thing I know is that on the third day after the 15000 new troops were sent out, General Qin asked me to send a message to others, saying that the soldiers who went out to collect food should be dismissed on the spot and return home to support their parents. With wife and children.”

As soon as these words came out, Li Shimin stumbled.

"How dare you talk nonsense!!!"

He stared at Hu Gao and placed the Emperor's Sword on the opponent's neck:

"Now I ask you again, did Qin Qiong really disband those soldiers on the spot?"