Chapter 203: Concealing the World (Part 2)

The next morning, Kawahara Mengke was heading.

Meng Ke, who was sleeping sounded awakened by a burst of rapid footsteps. When he got up quickly, the Minister of War Ye Haotian had already walked in in a hurry. Before he could see the ceremony, he said anxiously: "Prince, something happened!"

Meng Ke's heart sank and asked, "Speak slowly, what happened?"

Ye Haotian said: "Meng Hu just sent someone to send an urgent letter, saying that the Mingyue prisoner who was accompanying the army suddenly mutiny. At present, the Western Legion is busy suppressing the mutiny of prisoners of war. Now it is already in a panic. I am afraid that I can't continue the march today. I am afraid that the time to enter Kawahara will be postponed!"

"Is this a matter?" Meng Ke frowned, "Is this really a matter?"

"It's true." Ye Haotian said with certainty, "I have sent additional cavalry to investigate. The Western Legion camp is indeed in chaos, with fighting everywhere. It seems that there are quite a lot of Mingyue prisoners accompanying the army, and there are quite a lot of noise."

Meng Ke frowned and said, "The Mingyue prisoners of war who followed the army did not mutiny sooner or mutiny later, but mutiny at this time. Isn't it a coincidence? Haotian, do you think Meng Hu had noticed something or heard some rumors? So such a farce was caused and deliberately delayed the time?"

"This..." Ye Haotian pondered, "It shouldn't be?"

"That's right." Meng Ke nodded, "Besides you and me, even Meng Yan was kept in the dark. How could Meng Hu know about this?"

Ye Haotian thought for a while and suggested: "Prince, why don't you take action in advance? Now order the three armies to advance together and take the opportunity to encircle the Western Legion in its current garrison?"

"No." Meng Ke shook his head apart, "The Western Legion is now stationed close to Tongtian River, and there are large bamboo forests nearby, and there are large open areas around it. If the three armies suddenly approach them, it will inevitably arouse Meng Hu's alertness. Moreover, the Western Legion can fight thousands of miles in the Mingyue Empire, how can its foot strength be comparable to ordinary troops? If they are not careful and escaped, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"The prince is worried." Ye Haotian nodded, "Then we can only wait and see what changes are."

"Don't act rashly in all departments, but send more cavalry scouts to monitor them closely." Meng Ke said in a deep voice, "The more we are, the more we should calm down and not be impatient."

More than a hundred miles west of Heyuan, the Tiger Legion is stationed.

About two thousand Mingyue men wearing "battle robes" and holding "weapons" were running around in the camp. They were surrounded by fierce Tiger Legion soldiers. From time to time, these Tiger Army soldiers would pounce on them, chopping down more than a dozen or twenty people in a row, and then retreat quickly. More than two thousand Mingyue men would run away in a panic, and then be blocked by the Tiger Army soldiers in another direction, and then chopped them up again.

In fact, this is a good show for cat-showing mice. Although the more than 2,000 strong men in the hands of the more than 2,000 strong men in the hands of the Mingyue Empire were wearing the battle robe of the Mingyue Empire Army, they had already exhausted their physical strength during the long-distance marches in the previous period. The strong men in the Tiger Army were almost destroyed. It is not easy for them to survive.

There is only one reason why the Tiger Legion still brings them with them now, that is, they are completely treated as military rations. There is no way to do so. The Tiger Legion's military rations were eaten up as early as when they were in Zhongzhou. Later, they captured Xijing twice and replenished some, but they did not last long. Since the breakout of Fenglin Port, they have eaten almost all the human flesh along the way. The more than 30,000 strong men who were originally led by the army have now eaten only more than two thousand people.

Not far away, Meng Hu, Qi Diaozi and Jia Wudao stood at the gate to watch. Qi Diaozi and Jia Wudao looked quite unbearable, but Meng Hu's eyes were full of ferociousness, and the expressions on his face were extremely cold. If he could choose, he would of course not be willing to attack these unarmed civilians, but he had no choice, and the Tiger Legion had no choice.

If these civilians are not killed as food, the Tiger Legion will starve to death. If there is only one chance to survive and we have to choose one between the Tiger Legion and the Mingyue people, Meng Hu will of course choose the Tiger Legion instead of the Mingyue people without hesitation, because he is not Qiufengjin, nor the Emperor of the Mingyue Empire.

No matter which world it is, whether it is civilization or barbarism, the iron law has always been the same, that is, success, king, defeat, bandit! Only if you succeed, you are king, law, civilization, and truth. On the contrary, if you fail, then you are a bandit, you are a thief, you are barbaric, and you are a cult!

"I didn't expect it..."

Qi Diaozi sighed, "These bright moon-boos can still contribute to us before they die."

"Yes." Jia Wudao also said, "If it weren't for these Mingyue men, Qiao Zhuang, became Mingyue prisoners of war, we wouldn't have found an appropriate reason to stay here."

Meng Hu asked in a deep voice: "Lao Qi, Meng Ke is old and mature, but he is not as easy to fool like Meng Yan. Do you think he will be deceived by the play we sing?"

Qi Diaozi said: "This matter must be analyzed from two aspects. If Mengke thinks that we are still kept in the dark, it will be difficult for him to discover the flaws of our play. On the contrary, if Mengke thinks that we have seen through his conspiracy, then this play will only arouse his suspicion and alertness."

Meng Hu said: "Then which one do you think is more likely to be bigger?"

Qi Diaozi did not answer immediately, but asked back: "I want to ask General, are we finding Meng Ke's conspiracy easy?"

"It's not easy!" Meng Hu said decisively, "If it weren't for the opportunity to find some clues this time, we would never have been able to detect Lao Mengke's conspiracy in advance. Yes, Lao Qi, do you mean Lao Mengke wouldn't be suspicious?"

"It shouldn't."

Qi Diaozi said, "After all, our opera is very real. Those bright moon men were really killed, not fake martial arts. It is difficult for those scouts who peep from a distance to find any flaws. They can only see that the fighting in our camp is being fought and those bright moon men are bleeding."

Kawabara, Mengke's headquarters.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Ye Haotian finally returned.

Meng Ke hurriedly stepped back and asked in a low voice: "Haotian, what's going on?"

Ye Haotian took a breath and said, "Prince, I have been fighting in the Western Camp for a long time, and I have killed thousands of people alone. You can smell the strong smell of blood from a few miles away. It doesn't seem to be fake!"

“That’s good.”

Meng Ke finally felt relieved, but immediately shook his head and said, "But Meng Hu is so smart, why did he make such a low-level mistake this time? I won't say that the army led thousands of Mingyue prisoners of war. After all, can it be used as a coolie? But he didn't send troops to take strict supervision, which is a bit unreasonable."

"I guess the generals were negligent."

Ye Haotian said, "As the saying goes, this man has miscalculated and the horse has miscalculated. No matter how Meng Hu can lead troops, he cannot guarantee that all the generals under his command will be like him, right?"

"Okay, then let's do it first, you go back and rest." Meng Ke said, "Let's wait tomorrow, and the Western Legion General will be stationed in Kawahara tomorrow."

The Tiger Legion is stationed, Meng Hu is in charge.

Zhan Ying and Shi Dun walked straight into the tent, held their fists and said, "See General."

Meng Hu waved his hand and asked, "Has the bamboo rafts been built?"

“All made.”

Zhan Ying said solemnly, "There are a total of two thousand large bamboo rafts, each of which can carry twenty people, which is enough to carry more than 40,000 people. Moreover, all bamboo rafts are locked with iron chains, so they will not be left alone!"

"Okay." Meng Hu asked Shi Dun again, "Shi Dun, have the remaining two thousand bright moon men arranged?"

“All arranged.”

Shi Dun responded with a clang, "According to the general's instructions, Bei Yi has already replaced them with the battle robe and armor of my Tiger Legion, and has also agreed with them that when the time comes, they will open the gate and let them go. As long as they can escape two hundred miles within two days, they will be free!"

"very good."

Meng Hu beat the chorus hard and said grimly, "Now everything is ready, but it's just a fog!"

"Report..."

As Meng Hu finished speaking, a thunderous sound suddenly sounded outside the tent. The closed curtain was immediately lifted up. Zhang Xingba's tower-like figure had already entered with his fists and said, "General, two military advisors, foggy, the river is foggy!"

"Oh? It's really foggy!"

"That's great, this is really great!"

Jia Wudao couldn't believe it, Qi Diaozi also looked excited.

Meng Hu turned around and glanced at Qi Diaozi deeply, waved his hand and shouted, "Let's go, let's go to the riverside to take a look!"

When the group arrived at the Tongtian River, they saw that there was a huge white fog surging on the river surface, and it was spreading rapidly towards the river. In less than a moment, the fog spread to the riverside, wrapping Meng Hu and his group in. Meng Hu felt the wetness coming from his cheeks, and couldn't help but raise his hands and shouted: "God helps me, God helps me..."

He roared to the sky twice, Meng Hu turned around and shouted: "War Eagle, Shi Dun, Zhang Xingba obeyed the order!"

Zhan Ying took two steps in front of Meng Hu and lined up in front of him, responding with a loud bang: "I am here!"

Meng Hu said: "Immediately, I will order the entire army to board the raft overnight, pass through the Hexi Canyon from the waterway, tell the brothers not to ask why, just execute the military order. In addition, it is strictly forbidden to make any sound during the march. If you can't control your mouth, it's better to find something to block it. Whoever dares to disobey the military order... will be executed on the spot!"

The three Zhanying and the other two responded to the promise and took the order. Their figures soon disappeared in the thick fog and disappeared.

Meng Hu looked at the vast white mist in front of him for a moment, turned around and grabbed Qi Diaozi and sighed, "Old Qi, it's really thanks to you this time. If you weren't for your Zhiduoxing, our Tiger Legion's more than 30,000 brothers would have been admitted to a foreign country, hey..."

"What are the words of the general?" Qi Diaozi said panickedly, "This is what a humble official should do."
Chapter completed!