The original plan was to capture the capital within half a month, but Cui Hongdu was very cautious.
After learning that there was no obstacle ahead in Zhengzhou, he did not dare to advance and stayed in Zhengzhou for a long time without daring to leave.
His caution made many of his subordinates very dissatisfied.
They must know that the daily food and grass for half a million soldiers and horses are being consumed day by day, and supplies from the northwest are delayed in arriving.
This gradually makes the soldiers who are already short of food gradually become dissatisfied.
Cui Hongdu's subordinates have signed several letters requesting him to immediately order the march towards the capital, but he has rejected them one by one.
Food and grass were also decreasing day by day.
Every living thing that could be eaten in the city of Zhengzhou was eaten up.
Even the rats in the sewers were not spared.
After Cui Hongdu waited quietly for nearly two months, not only did he not calm down and think about countermeasures, but he began to suspiciously think about the people around him.
For several days, he mercilessly beheaded all his subordinates who asked him to march immediately.
Suddenly, the entire Cui family army became panicked, and the morale of the soldiers also dropped greatly.
There were even deserters in different military camps.
It doesn't matter if they don't escape.
After deserters appeared in more than a dozen military camps one after another, the morale of the entire Cui family army suffered a major blow.
Cui Hongdu didn't know that something was wrong with his muscles, and he didn't see clearly the facts before him.
He was even more cruel to the deserters, killing countless of them, which chilled the hearts of many of his old subordinates who had followed him for many years.
During this period, Zimin did not make a sneak attack or surprise attack once, but had people carefully observe all the Cui family army's campsites.
The quiet movements in the capital made Cui Hongdu more and more uneasy.
He even felt that the rebellion in his army was caused by Dugu Mu sending people to cause trouble in secret, so he monitored the whereabouts of all his subordinates more closely.
At this time, he felt that Dugu Mu's spies had infiltrated into various military camps of his army, so if anything unusual happened, he would kill them directly.
Over the past few months, more than a dozen of Cui Hongdu's old subordinates were killed one after another.
Everyone dared to be angry but dared not speak out.
Finally one day, all the resentment and anger that had been accumulated for a long time burst out.
That day happened to be Cui Hongdu's forty-fifth birthday, and his subordinates wanted to take this opportunity to persuade Cui Hongdu at the banquet so that he could prepare to attack the capital as soon as possible.
Unexpectedly, the banquet carefully prepared by his subordinates was regarded by Cui Hongdu as an ecstasy soup.
He got angry on the spot and pulled down several of his most loyal subordinates and beheaded them.
This time his impulse led to the final collapse of the Cui family army.
The army of several beheaded subordinates immediately rose up and started a fierce civil war with the army directly led by Cui Hongdu.
And Cui Hongdu took advantage of his many years of experience and fought directly with the armies of these old subordinates.
In the end, with slightly superior strength, he suppressed all the rebellious armies.
In the end, only less than ten of the half-million troops were left.
Ten thousand It wasn't until Cui Hongdu led the army to kill him that he suddenly realized Dugu Mu's treacherous plot.
He totally fell into the trap Falling into Dugu Mu’s scheme At this time, the Qi army, which had been watching with cold eyes, suddenly surrounded the dying Cui family army from all directions like ghosts.
The final battle came to an end after Cui Hongdu committed suicide in despair.
During this period, the Qi army lost almost no soldiers, allowing the Cui family army to completely collapse under Cui Hongdu's suspicious command.
Your Majesty, you lost a demon queen.
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