Xue Poye's imagination is not without richness, and his wisdom is definitely not low, but he really did not expect that the special envoy from Yongzhou City this time turned out to be an old friend that he had almost forgotten.
"An old friend asks for an audience, but the commander-in-chief is still reluctant to reward him with a seat?" The special envoy looked calm, with a faint smile on his face.
Xue Poye stood up and went forward to greet him, sighing: "I didn't expect, I really didn't expect, I said goodbye to Hangzhou, I didn't expect to meet Mr. Wang here? Isn't it always good?"
This special envoy was suddenly Wang Shizhen, the former Governor of Hangzhou!!
Wang Shizhen smiled and said: "It's really difficult to see the commander-in-chief. Along the way, there were sentries and sentries on the three floors inside and outside, but everything was searched. The commander-in-chief doesn't have to worry that I'm here to assassinate him."
When Xue Poye heard these words, he was startled and suddenly heard that Wang Shizhen in front of him was no longer an old friend, but an enemy. His outstretched hand stopped in the middle, hesitated slightly, and finally stepped forward to pull him.
He held Wang Shizhen's arm and said with a smile: "We meet old friends, chatting about home affairs. Come, come, come. Lord Wang, please sit down. Please sit down. It's late at night and I'm full of sorrow. I have nowhere to talk."
Wang Shizhen's expression became serious, but she pushed Xue Poye to sit down, then walked to Xue Poye, straightened her clothes slightly, bowed deeply, and said seriously: "Wang Shizhen thanked the commander for taking care of him that day.
, If there is no commander-in-chief, Wang Shizhen’s family will definitely be humiliated, please accept my respect!” He was about to kneel down, Xue Poye rushed forward to support him, and said in surprise: “Master Wang, what are you doing? Quickly!
Get up, get up quickly, the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, and we should help each other to the best of our ability. I don’t want such clichéd things."
Wang Shizhen said sternly: "If you receive a drop of kindness from someone, you should repay it with a spring of water. Moreover, the commander-in-chief's kindness is definitely not a drop of water. Wang Shizhen bowing down is the lowest courtesy."
Xue Poye forcibly pushed Wang Shizhen to the seat and sighed: "Master Wang, now is no longer the time to be polite. Your and our armies are fighting, and the situation is like fire and water. Master Wang is here today, and it must not be just to thank me.
Commander, I have any advice, but it’s okay to say it... Isn’t there a saying that it’s called a confrontation between two armies, and the envoy will not be killed without killing him? I, Commander, can guarantee your safety."
Xue Poye knew that this time was not the time to reminisce about the past, and Wang Shizhen's arrival was obviously not to reminisce about the past, so he quickly came out of the mood of meeting old friends, faced the current situation squarely, and talked in their normal identities.
"Commander, retreat!" Wang Shizhen unexpectedly got straight to the point without even a trace of nonsense.
Xue Poye remained calm, smiled faintly, and said: "Retreat? Retreat for what?"
"retreat!"
"So you are here to persuade me to withdraw my troops." Xue Poye smiled and said: "Master Wang, you have not been following King Mingyue for a long time, but your brain seems to be broken. Do you think I might withdraw my troops?"
Wang Shizhen's expression was also very calm: "Originally, I came to persuade the commander to surrender, but I feel that based on the commander's character, the possibility of success is almost impossible, and I have no confidence in persuading the commander to surrender, so I only persuade the commander to retreat.
The commander asked me if it was possible to withdraw my troops? Hehe, of course it is possible."
"Oh!" Xue Poye touched his nose and said, "Tell me about it."
"Commander, what do you think of the strength of Yongzhou City?"
"Indestructible, rare in the world!" Xue Poye said sincerely.
"How is the morale of the Northwest Army?"
"Our army failed to conquer Yongzhou City in one fell swoop. The morale of the Northwest Army is rising steadily, far away from our army!"
"Commander, does he know how long the food and grass in Yongzhou City can last?" Wang Shizhen's eyes were indescribably sharp at this time.
Xue Poye's eyes were even sharper, he looked directly at Wang Shizhen, shook his head and said: "I don't know, but I think since King Mingyue dares to fight this battle, he must be well prepared? The food and grass in the city can last at least five or six months."
"Let me tell you, if the food and grass in the city are properly allocated, it can last for a year!"
Xue Poye laughed and said, "This battle can be decided in less than a year."
Wang Shizhen said slowly: "Commander, are you confident in conquering Yongzhou City?"
"The Chu army will win!" Xue Poye said expressionlessly.
He didn't know in his heart that the strength of Yongzhou City was far beyond his imagination. Now he was even doubting whether the batch of secret weapons shipped from Kyoto would be powerful enough to break through Yongzhou.
"Should there be reports of severe cold and fever in the Marshal's army?" Wang Shizhen asked calmly: "But I don't know if anyone has died from this disease?"
Xue Poye was surprised, but kept calm enough and said calmly: "Master Wang underestimates my warriors. They are all strong and strong. Nothing in the northwest can hurt them."
Wang Shizhen's gaze was like a sharp sword, piercing Xue Poye's face. The two looked at each other. Xue Poye naturally did not feel any fear, but Wang Shizhen, as the special envoy, also had a solemn look on his face, without flinching.
Meaning.
"Commander, at this time, do you still want to hide it from me?" Wang Shizhen suddenly laughed: "At this time of the year, mosquitoes and ants are plentiful in the northwest, and they carry deadly poison. As long as you are bitten by them, you will be very likely to die.
Eighty-nine years ago, he was about to suffer from severe cold and fever. Even the people from the northwest could not resist it, let alone the Chu army. I had just walked all the way in the camp and had already observed that many of the general’s soldiers had already contracted the cold and fever.
Seriously, it looks extremely weak. This situation will become more and more serious as time goes by, and the combat effectiveness will also be rapidly weakened... Doesn't the commander-in-chief feel that even if the Chu army has high morale and is at its strongest combat effectiveness?
We have never captured Yongzhou City. If we attack the city again with an exhausted army, will we still have any chance of winning?"
Xue Poye said calmly: "The military situation is unpredictable. No one can tell. Perhaps the attack of disease will make our army more determined to capture Yongzhou City."
Wang Shizhen stood up, put his hands behind his back, and said in a deep voice: "Commander Xue, don't deceive yourself. I came here to persuade you to retreat on the orders of King Mingyue. I want to give you a way to survive. You must not know good from evil, otherwise you will be twenty years old."
Tens of thousands of troops were buried in the vast yellow sand in the northwest."
Xue Poye sneered and said: "Wang Shizhen, I have made it clear to you that I will never retreat unless Yongzhou City is destroyed. As for you, you abandoned Da Chu and joined the rebels, and you even have the guts to be a lobbyist. Your
Your face is thicker than your courage."
"Xue Poye, are you really stubborn?" Wang Shizhen stared at Xue Poye, but deep in his eyes, there was an unnoticeable relief.
"Wang Shizhen, I will let you go back today. When I conquer Yongzhou City, don't blame me for not remembering the old feelings. I will definitely escort you back to Kyoto and hand you over to the Holy Emperor." Xue Poye snorted coldly.
, fluttered his sleeves and turned around, saying coldly: "Here comes someone, see you off!"
The armored guards outside the tent immediately entered the camp and made an appeal, asking Wang Shizhen to leave on her own to prevent them from taking action.
"Xue Poye, are you really not going to retreat?" Wang Shizhen shouted sharply.
Xue Poye said in a deep voice: "Wang Shizhen, if you don't retreat, can I cut out your tongue? The two armies are fighting and if you don't kill the envoy, I didn't say you can't cut out the envoy's tongue."
Two guards stepped forward, one on the left and one on the right, to drag Wang Shizhen out.
…
"Go away!" Wang Shizhen pushed the two of them away with all his strength, and with a solemn look on his face, he said in a deep voice: "Commander Xue, please ask them to step back, I have something to say."
"What else do you want to say?" Xue Poye asked calmly without looking back.
Wang Shizhen looked around and said, "I'm just asking you, do you still want to attack Yongzhou City? If you do, let them retreat. Otherwise, I have no choice but to leave."
Xue Poye listened to his words for a reason, pondered for a moment, waved his hand and said: "You guys go down first."
After the escort left, Xue Poye slowly turned around, frowned, looked at Wang Shizhen with some confusion, and asked: "What did you mean by what you just said?"
Wang Shizhen said nothing more, and carefully took out a scroll from his arms, walked to the desk, and opened it. Xue Poye took a closer look and saw that it was a map.
"This is...?" Xue Poye came closer, looked at the map, and asked in surprise: "What is this?"
Wang Shizhen looked serious and whispered: "Commander, the most important thing for the army now is to prevent and cure the severe cold and fever, otherwise the army's combat effectiveness will drop sharply. In the end, the Northwest Army came out in full force, and the court
An army of 200,000 people may be difficult to resist." Pointing to a mark on the map, he said: "Commander, look here, only forty miles to the west from here, there is a hilly place, inaccessible, and the terrain is dangerous.
There are many crypts, and I have marked them outside ten of them, using cone-shaped boulders as marks. Commander, you must remember that there are a large amount of Atractylodes rhubarb under these crypts, which are all made with
Herbal medicine to cure severe cold and fever. In addition, I also prepared Xuncao. After the commander sent people to fetch it, he boiled the juice in a large pot and distributed it to the soldiers who were not yet infected. Just apply a little on the body to kill the mosquitoes.
Ant poop won't bite, so remember that."
Xue Poye was speechless and couldn't believe it.
"Commander, don't be surprised. After Xiaguan came to Yongzhou, he thought that there would be a battle today, so he secretly prepared enough medicines. He was afraid that our army would be trapped by diseases." Wang Shizhen said seriously.
Xue Poye was extremely excited. Just as he was about to say something, Wang Shizhen had already waved his hand and said: "Commander, listen to me." He pointed to another place and said: "Commander, look here again."
Xue Poye saw that the mark was a thin black line, extending straight from Yongzhou City to the city head. He frowned and said, "Where is this place?"
"On the surface, this is just an ordinary land of yellow sand. It is east of Yongzhou City. At first glance, people who don't know the details will never see the problem." Wang Shizhen said with a solemn expression: "But there are not many people there.
You know, under this yellow sand, there is the blood of Yongzhou City!"
"The bloodline of Yongzhou City?" Xue Poye didn't understand.
Fortunately, Wang Shizhen had already explained: "The water source used by Yongzhou City flows into Yongzhou City from under the yellow sand."
Xue Poye was shocked and said: "This... is this true?"
His depressed heart suddenly opened up, and he learned that this place was the underground water source of Yongzhou City. Ten thousand possibilities and a thousand plans rushed directly to Xue Poye's head. The siege plan that had been ruined was
At this moment, I suddenly became enlightened.
"Yongzhou City has been reinforced and repaired for decades. It is known as the 'Unbreakable City'. There is a lot of reason for this. Therefore, if the commander wants to attack and capture the city, it will be even more difficult." Wang Shizhen said slowly.
: "In this case, the commander-in-chief can only think of other ways to force the Northwest Army to fight. Now that the commander-in-chief knows the location of the underground water source, he has two methods to try, one good and one evil. I don't know what the commander-in-chief wants.
What's the path?"
Xue Poye hurriedly said: "Mr. Wang... give me some advice!"
Wang Shizhen said: "Sir, the commander-in-chief can send people to find out the lines of the underground sewers and then block them. In this way, Yongzhou City will inevitably be short of water, and it will be impossible to survive without water. In desperation, the Northwest Army can only go out of the city to fight.
At that time, according to the power of the imperial army, there was a 70% chance of victory, but to destroy the Northwest Army, there must be a heavy price to pay."
Xue Poye nodded and said: "Yes, the Northwest Army is brave and good at fighting. Although they are at a disadvantage in numbers, their combat effectiveness is not much weaker. If we want to completely annihilate them and make them surrender, our army is ready to sacrifice."
"If the commander wants to reduce the damage to his subordinates, there is another evil move!" Wang Shizhen sighed, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "If the commander poisons the underground water, the defenders in the city will not know that once they drink it, it will be poisonous."
If there is water, there will definitely be heavy casualties in the city. By then, the commander-in-chief will be able to launch a forceful attack, which is somewhat certain."
Xue Poye frowned, pondered for a moment, and sighed: "This is something that damages one's moral integrity."
Wang Shizhen said respectfully: "What the commander said is true. It is better not to use this evil way. I would rather fight in a bloody battle and see the real skills on the battlefield than to take this tactic." After a pause, he said softly: "Warrior,
I would rather die in battle than die in an unknown situation."
After receiving such advice from Wang Shizhen, Xue Poye's worries disappeared. Only then did he realize that Wang Shizhen's so-called "persuasion to quit" was a lie. His real intention was to offer advice. His previous words were obviously to test Xue.
Po Ye was determined to attack the city. Seeing Xue Po Ye's resolute attitude, he felt at ease and offered suggestions.
“Sir!”
Wang Shizhen took a few steps back, smiled sadly, took out a dagger from his waist, and said: "I brought this dagger with me when I came to Beijing from Hangzhou to be tried. I never left it. I didn't expect that I would finally be able to use it today."
Already."
Xue Poye said curiously: "Sir, you...!"
Before he finished speaking, he saw that Wang Shizhen had closed his eyes, raised his right hand, and the dagger in his hand was piercing his own heart.