The mistress is not a cannon fodder, the cold prince falls in love with her every night

He hadn't waited a quarter of an hour when the sentry hurried back.

"No, it's bad! Military Advisor, there's no one left in the camp except the old guys we brought with us when we first went up the mountain."

"What? Impossible!"

Pei Yan grabbed the sentry by the collar.

The sentry also looked innocent, holding up his helmet which was a bit too big and tilted, and said aggrievedly:

"Military Advisor, what should we do?"

"Where are the people? Haven't we recruited thousands of soldiers? Isn't the training every day bustling with activity? I saw people coming and going on the training ground during the day, but how come everyone disappears at night? Find them for me!"

"I've looked for them all. They're all gone. I said I saw them at dinner, and then in the blink of an eye, they were gone."

"Military Advisor, is it possible that you have seen a ghost?"

As soon as they heard about the ghost, everyone on the sentry post shrank their necks.

The predecessor of the mountain stronghold was a bandit's den, which had been besieged by the government many times. It was said that there were piles of corpses in the valley and ghost lights everywhere at night.

After hearing this, I suddenly felt that the surroundings were filled with spooky spirits.

Even the mountain wind was whimpering, like the cry of a ghost.

"Bastard!"

Pei Yan drew out the long sword from the sentry's waist and walked towards the barracks of the mountain stronghold.

A group of bandits followed him, looking around.

There is really no one in the village.

Pei Yan turned and walked towards the Juyi Hall.

Unlike the silence in the mountain stronghold, the gathering hall was very lively.

Zhou Kuigao sat in the middle, eating big chunks of meat and drinking big gulps of wine, with a woman he had snatched from the mountain in his arms. He looked very happy.

All around, the core figures of the original rebellion were drunk, holding women's wine jars and acting crazy. The Juyi Hall was filled with smoke and miasma.

"Military Advisor! You've arrived just in time!"

A veteran bandit saw Pei Yan, staggered out, hooked Pei Yan's neck and was about to walk in.

"Military Advisor, we are talking to the King about what official positions he should bestow upon us once he conquers the country and becomes the Emperor!"

"Military Advisor, who do you think is more powerful, the Duke or the Prime Minister? Or is the Grand Marshal of the Army more powerful? Hahahahaha, Military Advisor, please tell me!"

Looking at the group of people stumbling around, Pei Yan felt tired.

When he first encouraged Zhou Kui to go up the mountain and rebel, he was full of confidence. This was because the flood in his lifetime was so widespread and the court was ineffective in providing disaster relief. In the end, all parts of the south rose up in rebellion, and the peasant uprising became a hot topic.

At that time, King Kang followed the will of the people, which enabled him to take advantage of the situation and firmly control half of the southern half of the country.

But now?

The expected uprisings in various places did not appear! Even the disaster in Lin'an Prefecture was shrinking little by little and becoming more and more controllable.

The expected melee, chaos, and unrest did not occur at all.

Even the situation of the copycat was set up by him.

What went wrong here?

Pei Yan pushed the man's arm away and said coldly:

"Whether you are a Duke or a Prime Minister, I wish you all the best!"

Having said that, he turned and walked out of the village.

In this situation, what else can he use to fight against the government's regular army? It would be better to escape as soon as possible and find another opportunity to make a comeback.

The man was stunned, then burst into laughter.

"Military advisor, good words! Military advisor, good words!"

Since the uprising began, the military advisor has been incredibly accurate in his predictions, always coming up with the right answers. The king revealed that the military advisor still has a magic weapon for victory: gunpowder.

As long as the officers and soldiers dare to go up the mountain, they will never come back!

Boom boom boom!

Hahahaha, damn it!

It would be best to attack all the way to Lin'an City, and then all the way to Shengjing, to overthrow the emperor and let them also have the experience of sitting on the throne.

The people in the Juyi Hall were still dreaming of a life of drunkenness and debauchery, unaware that outside the hall, everyone had already left. Even the military advisor they trusted wholeheartedly had resolutely abandoned them.

……

At the foot of the mountain, in the military camp.

Helan Yue brought his men to report to Pei Heng.

"Master, we are all back."

"Don't worry, sir. We've already brought back the common people who were bewitched by Zhou Kui and Pei Yan and handed them over to His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin for safekeeping. We came back specifically to help you capture the mountain stronghold and kill those unforgivable beasts."

"Well, you have made great contributions this time, and everyone will be rewarded."

Pei Heng was in high spirits.

Without the people's restraint, he could kill the enemy with all his might. Those bandits and hooligans who committed so many evil things all deserved death!

Helan Yue laughed loudly and shouted:

"Master, we dare not take credit for this. This was all done by Young Master Xie and the two young princes. We were just following along to provide cover."

"Xie An?"

Pei Heng didn't expect that Xie An, the brat, had gone there without telling him. He looked for him everywhere but couldn't find him.

"Where are the other guys, brat?"

"Don't worry, sir. We're going back to the city."

"That's pretty much it!"

He is the only child of the Xie family. If anything happens to him again, Pei Heng will not be able to explain to the Xie family.

He waved his hand, pointed at the sand table in the center of the tent and ordered:

"All troops, listen up. Three hundred men, led by Helan Yue, will go around to the back of the mountain and guard the bottom of the cliff. No one in the stronghold can escape. The rest of you, attack head-on and take the stronghold in one fell swoop."

"Yes!"

……

The sky was bright.

Pei Yan, carrying a large bag of gold, silver and jewelry, had just climbed down the steep cliff at the back when he heard the earth-shaking sound of an army marching not far away.

He immediately dropped the rope used to secure his body, and ducked down into the dense grass.

As soon as the grass closed up, a team of fully armed soldiers ran past him.

Just that little bit!

Just pass by!

Fortunately, he acted decisively and resolutely abandoned those bandits who were of no consequence, and found a way out in the back mountain. Otherwise, he would have been trapped like Zhou Kui and the others.

He lay motionless in the grass nest for a long time. Only after all the officers and soldiers had gone far away did Pei Yan dare to move.

Looking around at the gradually brightening sky, he decisively walked towards Yizhou.

The governor of Yizhou, Zhou Shi, was an old subordinate of King Kang. As far as he could remember, the governor of Zhou Shi was the first to publicly support King Kang's enthronement. At the same time, the flood in Yizhou was also very severe that year.

As long as he went to Yizhou, he would always find opportunities.

While everyone in the gathering hall of the stronghold was still sleeping soundly, they didn't know that the main gate of the stronghold was easily breached.

There are at least two hundred bandits guarding the main gate. If we fight bravely, we might be able to hold on for some time.

But when they saw the dense rain of arrows whistling in the sky in the early morning light, they were all scared out of their wits and found places to hide and dared not move again.

As they were expecting, the gunpowder that the military advisor had mentioned had not even been lit before the gate of the stronghold was overturned by the officers and soldiers who were as ferocious as wolves and tigers.

Next, comes the very comedic side.

Before the officers and soldiers could say anything, the bandits had already dropped their weapons and raised their hands in surrender.

By the time Pei Heng and his men took control of the stronghold and walked to the gathering hall, the drunk Zhou Kui and others had not even woken up yet.