Zongwu: Madam, please respect yourself.

Was the battle in the South really so smooth?

Not necessarily.

In fact, the South is still anxious.

The reason is also very simple, that is, the White Lotus Sect's method is not very effective in dealing with those living corpses.

What's more important is that Wu Guogong seems to have deliberately spread the virus among the people.

Therefore, the probability of infection among ordinary people is very high.

Let’s take an example.

The imperial army finally captured a small town with tens of thousands of people, but just after it was cleaned up, they found that the plague had broken out among the people. This damn guy Wu Guogong deliberately abandoned the small town, and then in The plague spread in the town, thus ambushing the imperial army.

This kind of behavior can no longer be described as disgusting, it can be regarded as inhumane.

Under such circumstances, the imperial army had no way to advance in the direction of Fuzhou. It basically took a month to advance only ten to twenty miles, and they had to face a steady stream of living corpses that were neither eating nor drinking. of assault and harassment.

Queen Wu had no effective way to resolve the battle in a short time. She had been completely dragged into the quagmire of the war by Wu Guogong.

Naturally, Duke Wu was miserable. This move had caused him to lose any prestige among his subordinates. After all, it was not a heroic act to use ordinary people to block swords.

"Queen! Our soldiers are seriously injured. There is a serious shortage of substitute soldiers. More importantly, we don't have enough medicines at all. After the soldiers are infected with the plague, we can only execute them with our own hands!" The young man One of the general's arms was missing. During a battle, the young general was bitten by a living corpse. In desperation, he could only cut off his own arm.

Fortunately, after cutting off his arm, he did not contract the terrible plague, and he did not unfortunately die due to wound infection. But just these few months have already made a young general who was originally heroic look like he has aged by more than ten years.

Queen Wu looked at the general kneeling on the ground.

These young generals were personally trained and taught by her.

Each of them can be regarded as coming from a prominent family.

He is also her best friend.

It is precisely with the support of these best friends and the support of the families behind these generals.

Only Queen Wu could go her own way and openly fight against the Kingdom of Wu.

However, the successive attacks were blocked, not only losing most of her generals, but more importantly, the wealthy families behind these generals had also fallen into hesitation.

Empress Wu knew that if there was no help from these powerful people, she would be in trouble.

Then her army is about to lose all its support.

But if you want to retain these powerful people, you must win.

For now, it's best to prove your method.

That is to break Fuzhou City.

"How many troops do we still have on hand now?"

"Except for the troops guarding the city, we only have less than 30,000 people left who can move! Ten thousand of them just retreated from Yong'an Town. After the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers, After paying the price with their lives, we successfully captured Yongan Town, but the Wu thieves spread the plague in Yongan Town! Tens of thousands of people in Yongan Town turned into living corpses overnight. And the queen burned all the living corpses. There is no way for this war to continue. The Wu thieves have sent envoys, willing to cease the war immediately and lead all the soldiers under their command to the north to fight against the Manchus!" The young general looked at it! Empress Wu's eyes flashed with a hint of unbearability.

No one thought that this war that was supposed to be a one-sided crushing would actually end like this.

Not to mention the countless casualties.

What's more important is that they didn't capture a few large cities and didn't gain enough benefits. More importantly, because of the problems in the trade routes between the north and the south caused by the war, Wu Guogong had maritime export trade and could obtain a steady stream of money. But the court did not.

Fortunately, Queen Wu found a large amount of gold from somewhere.

Otherwise, the imperial army would have collapsed long ago.

Later, the imperial army regained its strength and was about to capture Fuzhou City in one fell swoop.

But at this moment, Wu Guogong didn't know where he found this unknown virus. Under the attack of the virus, the imperial army suffered another setback. After all, the Song Dynasty was no longer the time when the country had just been founded. After these years of corruption, even though Empress Wu rectified the government, the internal affairs of the court were already rotten. Empress Wu alone could not save the Song Dynasty.

"You want me to talk to Wu Guogong?"

"My subordinates have absolutely no intention of doing this!"

Empress Wu stared at the general fiercely, and finally waved her hand to tell him to get out.

With a long sigh, Queen Wu picked up the sword next to her.

There was a very deep hatred between her and Wu Guogong.

This naturally has something to do with the Five Poison Sect in which she was born.

It is no secret that Queen Wu was born in the Five Poison Sect.

But few people know that He Tieshou, the former head of the Five Poison Sect, had a husband whose surname was also Wu. And few people know that this man named Wu not only became the husband of the head of the Five Poison Sect, but also gave birth to a daughter.

More importantly, this man named Wu was born in Fuzhou.

Wu Guogong is not named Wu.

But there is a feud between the two families.

Queen Wu's father and mother died in the hands of Duke Wu.

A large part of the reason why the Five Poison Sect was exterminated back then was because Wu Guogong was in the way. This damn old guy once had all the power in the country, if it weren't for Empress Wu marrying into the imperial family and taking action to curb Wu Guogong's continued embezzlement. The Song Dynasty was finished long ago.

Cleaning the sword.

She had sworn that one day she would cut off this old immortal's head with her own hands to pay homage to her deceased parents.

"If we don't seize this opportunity this time, we may never have another opportunity like this again."

He sighed softly.

Queen Wu put the sword back into its scabbard.

Even if all her cards are used up this time, Queen Wu still has to take revenge.

Suddenly, she turned her head and looked to her side. A woman in white clothes and skirt quickly walked out of the side hall.

Red Fire Buddha Mother.

When Empress Wu saw this woman, she immediately said angrily: "You also know that when I come back, I have done everything I promised you, and I have also given the White Lotus Sect the status I deserve. Is this how you repay me?"

The Scarlet Fire Buddha Mother smiled brightly and said: "If I don't have any good news, I won't come back. This time I am bringing you good news. The White Lotus Sect was forced away by the Ming Sect back then, leaving only some hidden piles in the Fujian area. It's just for gathering intelligence, and there's no way to organize a large army to help you conquer the city.