blame me for attacking

In fact, Zhao Xun's question is also everyone's question.

Yang Zheng, Liu Jing's lieutenant general, said, "It is reasonable to say that there shouldn't be an epidemic at this time of year."

Zhao Xundao: "You also think this matter is a bit strange?"

Liu Jing said: "Anyway, let's wait for Mr. He to come to a conclusion before making a decision."

Yang Zheng said, "That's the only way to go."

"You can't just wait, you should make some preparations in advance." Zhao Xun said.

"Don't worry about this, I have already made arrangements." Liu Jing said.

In the past, there was a real epidemic in the Northern Army, so the army has maintained a system for dealing with the epidemic since then. As long as there is a slight disturbance, there will be corresponding soldiers to deal with it, so as not to expand the situation.

Although the conclusion has not yet been reached this time, in order to prevent problems before they happen, the Zhengbei Army still took many isolation and protection measures early to prevent the disease from spreading.

He Zhu came back soon, and looked very solemn.

"How is it?" Liu Jing asked.

"I checked a dozen soldiers with severe symptoms, and I can basically conclude that this is not an epidemic, but poisoning." He Zhu said.

Everyone was shocked when they heard the words. The soldiers in the barracks were poisoned collectively.

"Why are so many people poisoned?" Yang Zheng asked.

"Either there is something wrong with the food, or someone deliberately poisoned it." He Zhu said.

Liu Jing frowned, and said, "Yang Zheng, go find someone to count and see what common characteristics all poisoned people have in common, whether they eat at the same stove or live in the same camp."

He Zhu opened the mouth and said: "I probably asked about it, and I can basically come to a preliminary conclusion. All the soldiers who were poisoned stayed in the camp when they fought against Daxia a few days ago."

The soldiers who stayed behind were poisoned, but those who fought were safe and sound. This shows that the problem is mostly the food or water eaten by the people who stayed behind, because at other times, the soldiers never made such a distinction.

"Yang Zheng, ask the cook if there is any food and water left for cooking at that time?" Liu Jing said.

"Yes." Yang Zheng went after hearing that.

Everyone waited for a cup of tea in a dignified atmosphere. Yang Zheng came back and said that there was no water left from the previous few days, and the food was freshly transported from Beijiang City yesterday, and there was no leftover from before.

At this time Zhao Xun suddenly said: "There is some water in my room, which was used to wash pens that day, but I forgot to pour it out later."

Liu Jing immediately asked someone to bring the water. After He Zhu tried the water, his complexion changed, and he said, "It's the water, but I can't tell what the poison is right now."

Zhao Xun said: "I wonder if the current water is still poisonous?"

He Zhu said: "Regardless of whether the water is safe now, we must be careful. It is best for everyone in the camp not to drink water for the time being. I will tell you the method of poison testing as soon as possible. When the time comes, whether it is drinking water or cooking, you must first Try the poison, and use it after confirming that there is no problem."

As long as He Zhu's method works, everyone can easily avoid it even if the water is poisonous.In this way, the number of poisoned people in the camp was controlled.

This matter is of great importance, Liu Jing never concealed it, and in the battle report sent to the capital, he mentioned the fact that the camp was poisoned by the way.

After Li Yue learned of this, he was very anxious: "How can someone poison someone who is so good?"

Liu An watched Zhan report: "They threw the poison into the water, and nearly half of the soldiers who stayed in the camp were poisoned. Fortunately, the poisoning was not deep, and only a small part was more serious."

After a while, Liu An said again: "They didn't continue to fight after being poisoned. This doesn't look like tactics, but revenge."

"Revenge?" Shen Xuan asked beside him.

Li Yuedao: "Sir, what you mean is that this matter doesn't seem to be done by Da Xia, but rather by a mercenary?"

Liu An said: "Nada was killed. Although they have no evidence, Daxia will definitely push the matter to us. At that time, there are mercenaries who are loyal to Nada, and they will definitely not want to expose it."

"It seems that mercenaries are a big problem and must be resolved as soon as possible." Li Yue said.

Liu An said: "Ten years ago, the Beibei Army fought a battle with mercenaries. In that battle, we lost a lot of manpower, so it was a narrow victory. But the biggest trouble with mercenaries is that if they don't move, they have to. Cut the weeds and root them out.”

In the battle ten years ago, Liu An risked his life, fought to the death with the mercenaries, and then led the mercenary leaders into the encirclement, and only then did they catch them all.In that battle, Liu An's throat was almost cut off by the enemy, so it is still vivid in his mind when he thinks about it.

Zhao Xun also showed signs of poisoning on the second day after the battle report was sent out in the camp of the Northern Army.The onset time of this poison is relatively slow, but it comes fiercely. Once there are signs of poisoning, people will fall ill within three days.

Although it may not be life-threatening for a while, the patient needs someone to take care of him, and going back and forth will greatly restrict the manpower in the camp, and it will also greatly affect the morale of the army.

Zhao Xun leaned on the couch, his absent-minded eyes were black and blue, he looked very haggard,

Liu Jing said: "I asked Ziming to take a team of people to personally escort all the poisoned soldiers to Lizhou, and He Zhu will go back with you. Although the poison this time is not fatal, it is very painful. To get rid of it, it takes close Half a month's work, if you add the recovery time, at least it will take a month."

Although the number of poisoned people has been brought under control, it is really not good to leave the sick in the camp. Even if there is a real war, it will not be good for the morale of the soldiers. It is better to send them away to recuperate.

"Nada is dead, no one in Daxia can fight, Beijiang has nothing to deal with. Well, I'll go back to Lizhou." Zhao Xun said.

After making a plan, Liu Jing arranged for troops. The next morning, Chen Ziming took people to escort all the soldiers who were deeply poisoned and set off for Lizhou, Zhao Xun was also on the list.

Zhao Xiaowu recovered quickly from his injuries, and although he still had to rest for the moment, his complexion had improved a lot.When he heard that Zhao Xun had returned to Lizhou, he was worried, so he begged Liu Li to arrange for him to go back with the team.

Liu Li was worried and naturally wanted to accompany him all the way.

When everyone was on the way, it suddenly started to rain again, and the rain tended to get bigger and bigger.Chen Ziming led people to send the seriously ill soldiers to a station not far away, while he took the people to stay in a nearby deserted village.

There was a patter of rain at night, and a campfire was lit in the house, but the humidity was still heavy.

Zhao Xiaowu was leaning against the corner, Liu Li walked over with hot water, gently pushed him, and asked, "Are you thirsty?"

Zhao Xiaowu opened his eyes and glanced at Liu Li, took a sip of water from Liu Li's hand, and then fell asleep again.Seeing that everyone was resting and no one was paying attention, Liu Li gently pulled the boy over to lean on his shoulder.

The boy didn't resist, he didn't know if he was awake or asleep.

Outside the village, a group of people wore coir raincoats and held long knives in their hands. The rain dripped down the handles of the knives to the ground.

After a while, a black shadow sprang out from the village, walked up to the leader and said: "It has been confirmed that the leader is a new general, who has never been seen in the Northern Expedition Army before. He is accompanied by Da Xia. The third prince, Zhao Xun, and Liu Jing's eldest son, Liu Li."

"Are you sure Zhao Xun is inside?" the leader asked.

"There's nothing wrong with that, Zhao Xiaowu's follower is also following." Hei Ying said.

The leader sneered, and said in a low voice: "To capture Zhao Xun and Liu Li alive, if it is absolutely necessary, you can ask for their corpses. In short, no one in this village can be left tonight."

Everyone responded in a low voice, and then a group of people entered the village under the cover of the sound of rain.All the people hiding in the darkness came out, it seemed that there were hundreds of people.

In the village, the resting soldiers didn't notice anything.

Inside the room, Zhao Xiaowu coughed lightly, Liu Li was still awake, and asked in a low voice, "Is it cold?"

Zhao Xiaowu shook his head, put his arms around Liu Li's waist.

Liu Li smiled a little, and took Zhao Xiaowu's hand and stuffed it into his arms. Zhao Xiaowu was stunned, and Liu Li led the other party around his waist to hug him: "Put your arm on my arm. Is it warmer in your robe?"

"Are my hands cold?" Zhao Xiaowu asked.

"I don't know, my whole body is numb now." Liu Li said.

Hearing this, the young man smiled lightly, leaned his head on Liu Li's shoulder and stopped making any further noises.After a long time, Liu Li suddenly couldn't help but asked again: "The other day you said that you wouldn't like me even if you survived, did you mean the truth, or did you say it to drive me away?"

"What do you think?" Zhao Xiaowu said.

"I don't know." Liu Li said.

The young man opened his eyes to look at him, and was about to speak when Liu Li frowned, and his eyes suddenly became a little bit hostile.Zhao Xiaowu and him looked at each other, and the two immediately had a tacit understanding, and they both supported each other to get up.

Liu Li made a gesture to the soldier next to him. The soldier was not asleep, so Dang even understood.

"Just wait and don't move." Liu Li whispered in the boy's ear.

Seeing Liu Li approaching the door, Zhao Xiaowu immediately stretched out his hand to grab him, with a bit of vigilance in his eyes.

Liu Li pointed to Zhao Xun, who closed his eyes and rested his mind on the other side, and signaled Zhao Xiaowu to take care of him first. Zhao Xiaowu shook Liu Li's hand firmly, and then quietly moved to Zhao Xun's side. Opening his eyes, he seemed to sense a dangerous aura.

The atmosphere in the room was very tense, and the soldiers who had fallen asleep also woke up one after another.

Liu Li already had a long knife in his hand at some point. He stretched out his hand to push the door, but the door was suddenly knocked open by an external force, and then a bloody corpse was thrown in. The corpse was wearing Zheng Bei's clothes. Military uniform.