Help! I just woke up and was stabbed by a big kid

Qin Zhaoyue sat back with an extremely ugly expression.

"After you went to war, he took the opportunity to poison the Ganzhou army, causing you to return in defeat." Gu Yue said, "This lowered your prestige, and he could also spread rumors that you were lax in controlling your subordinates, allowing the Western Di to take advantage of the opportunity to tamper with the food and grass. He took advantage of the situation to go into battle and repel the Western Di, and you, the prince, were completely embarrassed."

"So that's how it is." Qin Zhaoyue had calmed down. "Once I'm defeated and am plotted against by his forces in the army, I might lose my life or be seriously injured. He can then use the situation to ask to return to Ganzhou. If I bring Qin Zhaochen with me..."

"Why did Qin Zhaochen come to Ganzhou with you?" Gu Yue asked, "Ideally, he should come to reap the fruits of victory after you were defeated."

"He said that he came here on his own initiative, and that the emperor got angry." Qin Zhaoyue said, "It must be true."

Gu Yue remained silent.

That's why Mu You urgently sent a letter to terminate the plan... It seems that Qin Zhaochen is most likely unaware of this.

"Why did Mu You return to Beijing from Ganzhou?" Gu Yue asked again.

"A year ago, my father called him back to the capital in the name of rewarding him, and then took away his military power, and made him train troops only in the capital. Now it seems that he was a foresighted person."

If he were still in Ganzhou, I'm afraid things wouldn't be so easy this time.

"Who is the commander-in-chief of the Ganzhou Army now?" Gu Yue had no idea about the composition of the army.

"Deputy General Sheng Sheng. He is the deputy general of Ganzhou Army appointed by our father, in charge of military affairs. He must be our father's man." Qin Zhaoyue said.

Gu Yue was in deep thought.

"You were the one who ordered the city gates to be sealed and everyone to close their doors?"

"Yes. I have blocked all the entrances and exits of Ganzhou. Unless there is some secret underground passage, no one can pass on the news under my nose." Qin Zhaoyue said, "In addition, a part of the Jing family's garrison in Loulan area has also been transferred to Ganzhou."

That is to say, the prince is not a little sheep who has fallen completely into Mu You's calculations. He has his own people at his disposal and has controlled possible risks in secret to the greatest extent.

Yes, the prince... although he is not as smart as Gu Xu, he is definitely not incompetent.

Still very aware of the crisis.

"The Ganzhou Army can no longer be used." Gu Yue said: "For all our subsequent actions, we must ensure that our own people are in charge. We must not trust Sheng Sheng easily either."

"I know." Qin Zhaoyue said.

He took out an iron token from his bosom and handed it to Jingcun: "You go there in person, call up 500 personal guards, leave the city secretly, and obey Gu Xu's orders."

Jingcun nodded and took it, then asked Gu Yue: "Where is the meeting place?"

Gu Yue was stuck: "...Pinghu Town. Be careful, don't bring a large force directly into the town, get in touch first."

After saying this, he felt that it was all nonsense. How could others not understand it as he did?

Jingcun said: "I understand."

After saying this, he turned and left the central military tent.

"Has Xidi made any moves in the past few days?" Gu Yue said, "I guess the Xidi people will attack us the day after they poison us."

"I have blocked the channel for transmitting messages. How can they communicate? Even the carrier pigeons are monitored by sharpshooters. Not a single one will be let go." Qin Zhaoyue frowned.

"... Let's secretly check the food first." Gu Yue had no idea either, "Let's act now, even though it's a little dangerous."

……

Gu Yue, Shi San and Wu Ye dressed up and were led by He Duoduo, the grain officer appointed by Qin Zhaoyue, to several warehouses where grain and fodder were stored.

He Duoduo dismissed the soldiers guarding this place early in the morning and led them into the yard: "This whole yard is used to store food, and the yard next door is used to store fodder."

"When were these grains transported here?" Gu Yue looked through the door at the room with a wooden sign with the word "A" on it. It was empty, with only some grains and sacks left.

Wu Ye walked into the empty house and carefully examined the sack on the ground.

"The first four rooms, A1 to A4, are the food originally stored here for the soldiers in Ganzhou. They are all harvested from the military fields." He Duoduo said, "The next five rooms are the food transferred from the surrounding towns to Lanzhou. All the food after that is the batch that Your Highness escorted from Chang'an."

"Have the first few rooms finished eating? Did the soldiers report feeling uncomfortable or nauseous?" Gu Yue asked.

"No." He Duoduo shook his head.

"Do you have a fixed amount of food for each warehouse?" Gu Yue asked.

He saw that starting from warehouse B3, the warehouses behind were all full. B3 still had about half of the grain, but there was a warehouse G1 behind it, which was also not full.

"Yes, but His Royal Highness said that the food in the warehouse will be used for the soldiers in Ganzhou." He Duoduo said, "The guards and the Jing army brought by His Royal Highness will directly eat the food shipped from Chang'an."

"Separated?" Gu Yue frowned.

He asked Wuye to come and see the Geng No. 1 warehouse. The words "Chang'an Grain Store" were printed on the sacks.

"There's nothing wrong with these foods." Wuye said.

"How long can these last?" Gu Yue gestured for him to go see Geng Er and asked He Duoduo.

"Tomorrow night, we will have to eat the food from Warehouse No. 2." He Duoduo estimated, "The number of the Imperial Guards and the Jing Army is not that large, so this amount of food can last for a long time."

Gu Yue understood.

Sure enough, after Wuye looked at Geng Ercang, he found something wrong.

"These millets were soaked in poisonous water and then dried, so their color is different from normal millets." Wuye held a handful of rice grains in each hand, and he could see that the color of the rice grains in his right hand was indeed darker.

"But judging from the smell, it doesn't seem to be that kind of addictive poisonous weed." Wuye continued.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah." Wu Ye nodded.

Gu Yue squatted in front of the warehouse door, lost in thought.

Logically, this makes sense, because there are many kinds of poisons that can make soldiers uncomfortable and unable to fight, there is no need to use that kind of grass.

That thing is still quite expensive.

He Duoduo was frightened to death when he heard them talking like this.

"It's really poisoned! How did they do it... I, I'm really..." He was worried about his head.

"Don't be afraid. Assisting us well is also a merit that can make up for it." Gu Yue was very clear-headed: "Now that the grain has been controlled by the prince, there is no need to investigate how they poisoned it. Let's find a way to resolve this matter first."

"How to solve it?" He Duoduo asked hurriedly.

Wuye was still studying the grains.

"Let's go back and see Qin Zhao...Prince first." Gu Yue said.

……

"Since the food in the warehouse is consumed in sequence, they must have calculated the daily food consumption of the Ganzhou Army and then poisoned the food in the warehouse according to the dates." Gu Yue replied to Qin Zhaoyue.

"They calculated that they would eat the poisoned warehouse tomorrow night, and they also agreed with the Xidi people in advance on the date to attack Ganzhou. The plan can be completed without any communication between the two parties." Gu Yue said.