Meng Ke had just sent someone to release the pigeons, and the scout team sent back another amazing news, and dozens of scout teams scattered in the north were mysteriously hunted!

After hearing the report, Meng Ke waved his hand and sent off the scout General, and then asked Ye Haotian: "Haotian, what do you think about this?"

Ye Haotian said: "Prince, the matter is already very obvious now. The chaotic army that fled in the early morning of this morning was not actually the rebels in the western region, but only the Mingyue men who followed the army. Meng Hu deliberately put the Mingyue men on the battle robe of the Western Army, which was clearly to divert our army's attention and to gain time and opportunity for the main force of the Western Army to break through in secret."

Meng Ke frowned and asked, "You mean, the Western Legion has already broken through the north under the night and the fog?"

"It should be like this." Ye Haotian nodded and said with a certain tone, "If I had not hunted wrongly, the whole process of the matter should be like this. Meng Hu noticed clues and tried to lead the Western Legion to get rid of surveillance. It happened to be foggy last night, so Meng Hu sent a scout team to hunt down our army's scouts scattered in the north at night, and then led the remaining soldiers of the Western Legion to sneak north while the night was foggy. Until dawn was approaching, release the bright moon men who had already prepared to attract and divert our army's sight. Then, Meng Hu's remaining soldiers of the Western Legion have escaped at least a hundred miles north!"

Meng Ke frowned and said, "The Western Legion has 30,000 remaining troops. It is hard to hide the news of such a large-scale military mobilization. Why has the scout team not yet paid back?"

Ye Haotian said: "Prince, hasn't the scout team in the north been hunted?"

Meng Ke shook his head and said, "It was too dark at night, and with the fog, it was possible that our army's scouts were sneak attacked and hunted. But now it was already bright and the fog had dissipated. I would never believe that Meng Hu's scouts could still hunt the scouts of the Imperial Guards silently."

Meng Ke’s words are not bragging. The Imperial Guards are the most elite among the top ten main legions of the Glorious Empire. The scouts are even more elite among the elite. If they are hunted by the enemy in the dark and fog, it is possible. But it would be a bit incredible to say that they will be hunted by the enemy’s scouts in broad daylight.

Ye Haotian said thoughtfully: "Your Majesty is saying that the remnants of the Western Legion did not break through to the north?"

Meng Ke said decisively: "If I was not wrong, the Mingyue Man who was running around was a scattered plan. The intentional hunting of the scouts in the north was also a scammer. The main force of the western legion should be nearby. Haotian, do you find the dense reed marshes by the river and the large thick bamboo forest not far away? Maybe they will hide it inside!"

"Report..."

As Meng Ke finished speaking, a shrill sound of horns suddenly sounded behind him.

When Meng Ke and Ye Haotian looked back quickly, they saw that the scout general who had just left had gone back. Then they knelt down in front of Meng Ke and gasped violently: "Prince, about a squadron of Mingyue Imperial Army was found with about 50 miles north. A large number of Mingyue Imperial Army were found about 100 miles north.

"What did you say?" Meng Ke changed his face suddenly, "A large number of Mingyue Imperial Army?"

"Yes." General Scout said with great emphasis, "The specific force is unknown, but at least there is a division's strength!"

"A division team!" Ye Haotian said angrily, "Prince, could it be..."

Meng Ke raised his hand to stop Ye Haotian, then waved his hand to back the scout General, and then asked in a deep voice: "Haotian, what do you mean is that this team of Mingyue Empire Army is Qiao Zhun's Western Legion?"

Ye Haotian said: "Meng Hu is full of tricks, and such a move is not impossible."

Now even Meng Ke's confidence began to shake. Could it be that Meng Hu's Western Legion had really broken through the north under the night, and was the Mingyue Empire Army discovered by the scouts really Meng Hu's Western Legion? Thinking about it carefully, it seems that this is the only possibility, because looking at the entire Qingzhou, how could there be an established Mingyue Empire Army?

In fact, the Mingyue Imperial Army discovered by the Imperial Guard Scouts was the real Mingyue Imperial Army, and it was the remnant of the Qingzhou Legion led by Yan Changkong. However, the remnant of the Qingzhou Legion in Yan Changkong had only about two regiments and no division. The scouts of the Imperial Guard were deceived by Yan Changkong's suspicious soldiers.

Originally, Yan Changkong had received Qiu Yutang's military order and had led his troops to retreat towards Hu Xiao Pass.

But before retreating to Tiger Roar Pass, Yan Changkong met Xiao Chengdong's naval army and learned from Xiao Chengdong that the Tiger Legion twice captured Xijing and captured Qiu Fengjin, the emperor of the Mingyue Empire. Yan Changkong was furious and immediately led his two Qingzhou regiments to chase after the Tiger Legion.

However, before the Qingzhou army in Yan Changkong caught up with Meng Hu's Tiger Legion, they discovered Meng Ke's army.

Of course, Yan Changkong would not do the stupid thing of hitting stones with eggs. He immediately led the Qingzhou army to retreat to the north to avoid the military attack of Mengke's army. However, by chance, he was regarded as the remnants of the Western Legion where Qiao Zhuang broke through. Not only Meng Hu, but Qi Diaozi and the others did not expect this, Meng Ke and Ye Haotian and the others did not expect it either.

Yan Changkong would never have thought that it was because of his pursuit that Meng Hu had helped Meng Hu by chance. If Yan Changkong's remnants of Qingzhou had not appeared in time, Meng Ke would have ordered a large-scale search of the reed marsh by Tongtian River and the bamboo forest with wide grass. In this way, Meng Ke would have been likely to see through the whereabouts of the Tiger Legion on the spot!

The necessity of history is often caused by many accidents, and this time there are no exceptions!

If Meng Ke saw through the whereabouts of the Tiger Legion on the spot, then after following the rush, the Tiger Legion would have to set a half-day trip with Meng Ke's 200,000 troops. In this way, it would be difficult for the Tiger Legion to get rid of Meng Ke's army. Under the relentless pursuit of Meng Ke's army, there would be no suspense about the final fate of the Tiger Legion.

After pondering for a moment, Meng Ke ordered a decisive order: "Immediately send the whole army to pursue the north!"

Three days passed in a blink of an eye.

In this day, three far-reaching events occurred in the three empires of Guanghui, Mingyue and Galaxy!

The first major event was that the Emperor Meng Yuan of the Glorious Empire passed away. Cao Mo, the prime minister of the Empire who acted as a national government, read out Meng Yuan's will. The second prince Meng Yan succeeded to the throne. Meng Ke held a simple throne ceremony for Meng Yan in the army. As for the grand coronation ceremony, it would be necessary to return to Luojing before it was held. His saint of the Holy See of the Light had to be asked to preside over the coronation ceremony himself.

The second major event was that due to the serious flood disasters in Qingzhou, Zhuozhou and Youzhou, the new emperor Qiuye, who had just ascended the throne, issued an edict to exempt Qing, Zhuo and Youzhou from the five-year money, grain and taxes. In order to transfusion blood to the imperial finances that were almost exhausted, Qiuye issued an edict to abolish the ban on land purchase and sale, and liberalizes the ban on official industries such as salt, iron wire tea, and allows private capital to intervene. As a result, the national policy of the Mingyue Empire began to transition from focusing on agriculture and suppressing commerce to focusing on both business and agriculture.

The third major event was that Qin Chuan, the southern prince of the Galaxy Empire, was frightened in the defeat of Hulu Valley. He died less than two months after fleeing back to Monan City. However, the imperial emperor Qin Lan did not let Qin Chuan go. In addition to issuing an edict to cut off the title of Qin Chuan, he also deposed the Southern Prince's lineage to common people. After that, Qin Lan defeated the public and appointed Feng Qingyang as the Southern Prince as the Southern Prince, which was the first to be a king in the Xinghe Empire.

Compared with these three major events, it was insignificant that Meng Hu led the remnants of the Tiger Legion to escape back to the Hexi Fortress.

The formerly majestic Hexi Fortress has now become a ruin. Meng Ke did not send troops to station here, and Meng Hu did not want to stay here to remember him. Although he once fought bloody battles with the Mingyue Empire Army here and almost paid the price of his life, all this was nothing to Meng Hu.

For Meng Hu, the most urgent task is to escape back to Xiling as soon as possible, and then raise an army before Meng Ke's army returns!

In addition, Meng Ke also found that the situation was wrong, but unfortunately it was too late. When he led the army back and forth, he had already set off a full seven-day trip with the Tiger Legion. The seven-day period was not long, but short. For a ruthless and courageous hero like Meng Hu, seven days was enough for him to do everything he wanted to do!

In May 1062, Meng Hu officially launched an army and dominated the country.

Given the huge gap in strength, Meng Hu did not blindly stay in Xiling after the rebellion. After sweeping all the food and supplies in Xiling, Sanjiang and Hedong, he led his army to Qingniu Tun. At the same time, Meng Hu also took away all the craftsmen from the three places, including blacksmiths, carpenters, stonemasons, bamboo craftsmen and other handicraftsmen.

Meng Hu is not a local man, and this time he goes to Qingniu Tun, he doesn’t want to be the mountain king.

The reason why Meng Hu wanted to carry craftsmen from Xiling, Sanjiang and Hedong to Qingniu Tun was another idea. In short, these craftsmen will be of great use in the future.

After the army entered the Qingniutun Dazhai, Meng Hu immediately reorganized the Tiger Legion.

Speaking of this Western Expedition, the Tiger Legion had many military achievements, but the casualties were extremely heavy. In the end, only more than 29,000 troops returned to Xiling alive. The casualties of officers at all levels were also very large. Forty-six officers were killed in battle with the officers above the regiment commander alone. The Tiger Legion had only four divisions, and there were only twenty regiment commanders in total. In other words, if they died, they would change, and if they died, they would change. There were almost two groups of officers above the regiment commander.

There were also four division commanders who went to the battle, and the Battle Eagle came back alive.

During this reorganization, Meng Hu reduced the Tiger Legion from four divisions to two, one heavy infantry division, one archer division, and there were also the cavalry regiment and the guards regiment commanded by Meng Hu, the direct army. More than 2,000 surviving barbarians were formed into a cavalry regiment, but due to lack of horses, it is actually an infantry regiment.
Chapter completed!