The King of Liang, the feudal lords outside the town, and the generals inside

Bai Yu caressed a finely drawn map, stroking the mountains, rivers and rivers on it, her eyes gradually fixed on the capital, Shangjing.

It was already winter, covered with frost, and the autumn harvest was not good due to the drought. Mu Fengyi went to see the grain store and came back, saying: "Your Highness, if you want to continue recruiting troops, the army grain may have to think of more ways."

"What else can we do with the food? It's winter, and we can't harvest anything." Bai Yu thought for a while, "When you were fighting, if you encountered such a situation, wouldn't you want to rob others?"

Mu Fengyi said: "That's right, this is the best way. But the imperial court has not sent troops yet, and there are no enemy troops nearby, and the people are absolutely invincible. The nearest army with enough supplies is probably... the General the Northwest Army."

Bai Yu was taken aback for a moment, then subconsciously shook her head, "No."

Mu Fengyi understood his embarrassment, so he didn't try to persuade him, he just said: "The imperial court should soon send food and salaries to the general, and it always passes through Jizhou. We will take Jizhou sooner or later, that is It is a necessary place on the way to Beijing.”

Bai Yu was silent for a while, then said, "I see. Let's talk about this matter..."

Mu Fengyi hesitated for a moment, his face showed embarrassment, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to say it.Bai Yu asked, "What's wrong?"

Mu Fengyi sighed, and said: "Your Highness, I just got the news that something happened to the General. I don't know who planted explosives under the General's tent. The medicine..."

Bai Yu stood up abruptly, getting up too hastily, and felt dizzy for a while.Mu Fengyi quickly supported him, and said: "The general is fine, he was leading the army outside at that time."

Bai Yu breathed a sigh of relief.Before he could catch his breath, Mu Fengyi said again: "However, Chunyu Xuan and Gao Yi were by the side at that time, and both of them..."

Bai Yu was stunned for a moment, then sat down on the chair.

After Yan Xun captured Chahan, he wiped out all his troops and blocked the news, making Xiaoqu think that everything was safe on Chahan's side, and then forced Chahan to communicate with Xiaoqu as usual.Then, taking advantage of Xiaoqu's lack of investigation for a while, he led him into an ambush circle.

Yan Xun was hit by an arrow on the battlefield, but fortunately it was not poisonous, and after returning to the camp with the captured baggage and horses, he learned that Bai Yu had openly rebelled.

Not to mention shocking, all the previous signs have been revealed very clearly.He only felt worried, afraid of Bai Yu's failure, and also afraid of his success.

Chunyu Jing's death hit Chunyujing very hard. The two cousins ​​grew up together and entered the military camp together. Their relationship was extraordinary.After returning to the camp, without waiting for Yan Xun to open his mouth, he immediately began to investigate the truth of the explosion, day and night.

When Yan Xun was changing the medicine, Chun Yujing rushed in regardless, "General! There is a tunnel under the tent of the Chinese army, where the explosives were buried. A sergeant saw it with his own eyes. Yi came from Liang Wang's fiefdom, met Chun Yuzheng, and then someone was sneaking around outside the tent, and was captured by patrol soldiers. It was the explosion that happened at that moment! General, Gao Yi was ordered to protect Liang Wang, how could it be? Came back from Sichuan suddenly?"

Yan Xun glanced at him, waved his hand to signal the military doctor to step back, and tied the bandage himself.

"What do you want to say?" Yan Xun said in a deep voice, "This matter is related to King Liang?"

"The last general dare not." Chunyu Jing lowered his head, his eyes were red, "The last general led people to dig the tunnel that collapsed after the explosion, and walked along the tunnel for a long time without reaching the end, but the tunnel was definitely dug from the south Yes! Although it is unrealistic to dig a tunnel from Sichuan and Shu to get here, the starting point may not be in Sichuan and Shu. What's more, when the explosion happened, Gao Yi happened to come from King Liang..."

"King Liang wants to kill me, what do you mean?" Yan Xun interrupted him with a look of rain on his face.

Chun Yujing was silent for a moment, and asked back: "If the imperial court wants to send troops to clear up the rebel army of King Liang, who else can there be besides the general?"

"Go and get the twenty army sticks yourself." Yan Xun clenched his hands into fists, and he could clearly hear the slight "cracking" sound of his knuckles, "If you dare to say such a thing, you will not be forgiven lightly."

Chunyujing was prepared to offend Yan Xun, she was not surprised at all, she didn't beg for mercy, she turned around and walked away.

Seeing that Yan Xun's expression was sour, Fucheng didn't dare to say much, and quietly counted the casualties beside him.After a while, his hand that turned the page stopped, and he suddenly said: "General, the person who was sneaking outside the tent on the night of the explosion was the former captain under Yuchi Yuanhe's command. His name was Chang Yong. He was from Liangzhou The brother-in-law of the governor Fang Huai."

Two days later in the early morning, a strange thing happened in the barracks. For some unknown reason, the sergeants in the barracks suddenly fell down and lay on the ground convulsing all over, their faces were burning red, and some of them were foaming at the mouth. nothing.

The military doctors who accompanied the army quickly began to diagnose and treat one by one, but they could not find out the cause.Before watching the hundreds of people in the front camp, such news came from the right camp.

This strange disease was violent, within less than ten days, nearly ten thousand people fell ill.Dozens of military doctors attached to the army were so busy that they tried all kinds of prescriptions, but there was no improvement.

Yan Xun was really helpless, so he sent a memorial back to Beijing to ask for help from the imperial court, hoping to send some imperial physicians to treat the army.

"Is this the reason why General Yan was unable to defeat the enemy within three months?" Cen An said openly in the hall.

However, no matter what he said or how he looked at it, the imperial court would definitely send an imperial doctor to help.At the same time, the army's rations for this winter were also sent over.

At the same time when the ministers had more and more doubts about Yan Xun's ability and even loyalty, this matter also reached Bai Yu's ears.

Mu Fengyi said: "In the past half a month, 3 to [-] people have developed strange symptoms to varying degrees. Military doctors can't find out the cause, let alone cure it. If it continues to spread at this rate..."

Bai Yu pondered slightly, his eyes jumped, "You just said, what symptoms do they have?"

Mu Fengyi said: "The high fever persists, the whole body is convulsed and weak, and there is more severe foaming at the mouth. No one knows what the strange disease is."

Bai Yu rested her chin, looked up at Mu Fengyi, "I know."

Mu Fengyi was taken aback, "How could Your Highness know?"

As the night gradually became gloomy, Bai Yu lit the candle on the table and sighed as she looked at the little orange halo.

"This matter should have something to do with Yan Zun. Those soldiers didn't have a strange disease, they were drugged at the water source. Yan Zun has a book that records ancient and modern strange poisons. It's a unique book. I borrowed it to read it. I Remember the antidote."

Mu Fengyi said in shock: "Yan Zun?! Why did he do this?"

Bai Yu said: "I think it's probably to make Yan Xun unable to lead the army to fight normally. When this strange disease occurs, the army will panic, and Yan Xun must be very anxious now."

"Yes, the emperor set a three-month deadline for the general. If he can't win and return the court within three months, I'm afraid he will be in trouble." Mu Fengyi thought for a while, and said, "This is for us. , but it's a good thing. The general's troops are our biggest obstacle, if..."

Bai Yu was speechless, turning her head to look at the dark sky outside the window.

The faint fragrance of plum blossoms wafted from Ye Zhiyan's room, Bai Yu opened the curtain and went in, and saw Ye Zhiyan half kneeling on the ground, holding the flower branch with one hand, and cultivating soil in the flowerpot with the other.Bai Yu went over to help him hold the flower branch, and said, "Do you have to do it yourself? You don't think it's dirty."

Ye Zhiyan smiled slightly, "To be idle is to be idle, to pass the time."

After finishing the flowers, Ye Zhiyan stood up and washed his hands, and said, "Your Highness, is there something else to worry about?"

Bai Yu gave a "hmm" and said, "I've been thinking about it all night, but I didn't come up with a clue."

Ye Zhiyan poured a cup of Kuding tea for Bai Yu, sat down and said, "Several generals have made plans to attack the city and pull out the stronghold. Your Highness should be worried about other people's business, right?"

Bai Yu nodded, and cut to the chase: "I have the antidote Yan Xun urgently needs, should I give it to him?"

"Since the poisoner is so vicious, he won't just take a poison that can be prepared by a doctor in the rivers and lakes to fool him. The military doctors in the barracks are helpless, and the imperial physicians in the palace may not be able to do it. General If the strange disease in the army cannot be cured, this battle will undoubtedly be lost. If he can't win within three months, Cen An's group will definitely use this to continue to make trouble, saying that the general did it on purpose, for the sake of Let His Highness rebel more smoothly. And the fact is indeed like this, if the General cannot send troops south, then His Highness has a very high chance of winning. So His Highness seems not to want to give the antidote to the General. However, even if His Highness does not Give the general the antidote, and he won't know. His Highness just can't get over the hurdle in his heart."

Bai Yu knew that Ye Zhiyan had a clear mind, but he didn't expect him to be able to see everything so clearly.

"It's not that I don't want to help Yan Xun, it's just that if I give him the antidote, after he repels the little Qunan witch, he will come to 'suppress the bandits' according to the order. Zhiyan, I really don't want to be an enemy to him , but I can't do it and just stand by like this. Besides, what should my sergeant think about helping the enemy with such a big fanfare?"

Ye Zhiyan thought about it, and seemed to say with a casual smile, "Yes, tens of thousands of soldiers are sick, even if the antidote is to be given, how can the thousands of mountains and rivers be transported properly? Even if the imperial court transports food and salaries, it will take a lot of money along the way. Worry about something that is not peaceful."

Bai Yu just listened quietly, swipe and swipe his fingers on the desk lightly, seeming to be in deep thought.

Ye Zhiyan finally accompanied Bai Yu to the Huanlang Snow Mountain.The top of the mountain is cold and windy, and the afterglow of the setting sun is like the stippling in a meticulous painting. First, the pen is drawn from the top of the mountain, and then the river at the foot of the mountain is smudged a little bit.Standing on the top of the mountain, people seem to be able to pick up the stars upwards, and look down at everything in the world. They become small and worthless, so they can't help bursting out a little pride from their chests.

Sure enough, the country is picturesque, picturesque country.How can anyone not want the best things in the world?

"The antidote..." Ye Zhiyan said softly.

"The food and salaries that the imperial court supplies to the Northwest Army will pass through Jizhou." Bai Yu admired the sunset over the long river, the red light pouring all over the sky, and said slowly, "I want to cut it off."