"Okay - what should we do now?" Xing Aotian continued to ask.
"There is no need to do anything. Wait - when all the soldiers in the city have lost their combat effectiveness, we will attack together in a large scale. It will be easy to take down Hongshan City!"
Nangong Jin had a cold look on his face, the final big winner of this battle would be their Dongou Kingdom.
One afternoon, He Lianjue inspected all the important roads in Hongshan City. Now there were 80,000 alliance troops outside the city, especially Nangong Jin, who was as cunning and cunning as his father Nangong Lie.
"Your Majesty, since Tianye's massive attack failed a few days ago, there has been no movement. The army from Dongou Kingdom also arrived the day before yesterday and looted several small villages outside Loulan City, causing hundreds of victims to be affected by the disaster.
When they came, the general was worried that there might be some enemy tactics among them, so he took them all into custody." He Long reported everything that happened in the past few days to Helian Jue one by one.
"Well, you do have to worry about this problem. You are right to do this, but you can't embarrass them, especially the children." Helianjue looked at the empty grassland a few miles outside the city and nodded. If it were him, he would
will do so.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, my subordinates did not let the children leave with their parents and family. Although they were temporarily locked up, the food and supplies were sent away by the general." He Long also understood that many people were innocent, so naturally he did not
It will embarrass them.
Those people had food, shelter, and clothing, so naturally they weren't making any noise. They were just waiting calmly for the war to end before they could go out.
Two consecutive days passed without any movement from the enemy troops. Cen Xue had been looking forward to Zhi's arrival in her heart. Although she could not recognize him, it was also a kind of happiness to be able to look at him from a distance.
"My lord, I have received the legend of the flying pigeon from the king. The king will arrive at Hongshan City before midnight tonight." He Long sent the letter he had just intercepted to him.
"Okay, the king's chariot will arrive tonight. With the king in person, the morale of our army will be greatly boosted!" Helianjue tore the letter into pieces after reading it. This time, no matter what tricks Tianye and Dongou come up with,
He Helianjue accepted everything as ordered.
"Report to your lord, something big has happened!" Just after He Lianjue finished speaking, another urgent message came from the other side.
"What happened, why are you so nervous?" He Lianjue looked at Vice General Li running up to the tower in a hurry, and his intuition told him that something serious must have happened.
"Your Majesty, there are soldiers in the military camp who are feeling weak one after another. They can't even stand up. I don't know why?" Lieutenant General Li was sweating profusely. If the enemy came to attack the city at this time, their soldiers would not be able to stand up at all.
You can't go to the battlefield.
"Why is this happening? Did you eat the wrong thing?" Helianjue heard this and realized that if all the 80,000 troops in the city collapsed, it would be a big trouble.
"We don't know what's going on yet, but I've sent people to the mansion to ask Miss Phoenix and others to check. I believe the problem will be found out soon!" Vice General Li replied while wiping the sweat from his forehead.
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Helianjue lowered his head and thought for a while, then ordered He Long beside him: "Send the order, from now on, the soldiers in the city are not allowed to eat any food, not even a sip of water!"
"Yes!" He Long accepted the order, and everyone split up to investigate the matter.
Fenghuang, Qingsong, and Bailu came to the camp first and saw the soldiers lying on the ground. Looking at the formation, it seemed that there was collective poisoning. There must be something wrong with the food!
"Junior sister, take out the box!" When they came to a well, which was the source of drinking water in the camp, Qingsong wanted to check whether the water was poisoned.
Cen Xue helped fetch a bucket of water. Bai Lu took out a wooden box, which was full of silver needles of different sizes. She put the silver needles into the water, but saw no change in the silver needles. Qingsong held a ladle of water and smelled it.
After sniffing, Bai Lu took out a bottle from the wooden box he brought, opened the stopper and sprinkled the medicinal powder inside. After the medicinal powder melted into the water, Bai Lu poked the silver needle into the water, but this time he took out
The silver needle turned black.
"The water is poisonous!" Cen Xue looked at the black half of the silver needle and said in surprise.
"What kind of poison is it and how to cure it?" He Lianjue's voice came at this time.
Everyone looked towards the source of the sound and saw Helian Jue walking towards them hurriedly, showing how anxious he was.
"Your Majesty, this medicine is called "Shixiang Ruanjin Powder". It is not strong in medicinal properties and is not harmful to human life. It is colorless and odorless, making it difficult for people to detect. However, people who have been poisoned by this poison will be completely weak and unable to do anything.
Jin, if the poisoning is too deep, shock and coma may occur!" Qingsong explained roughly to everyone.
"Brother Qingsong, is there any antidote to the poison?" He Lianjue finally calmed down a bit and finally found out the source of the poison.
"I do have a bottle of this antidote in my wooden box, but the water source is contaminated. This bottle of antidote must first detoxify the well. As for other poisoned soldiers, I think we need to prepare additional medicine."
Qingsong looked at the poisoned well and a bottle of antidote. He didn't know if it was enough. He could only treat a dead horse as a living horse.
"Fortunately, Brother Qingsong is here this time. Go to the mansion and see if the medicinal materials are complete. If there is anything missing, I will send someone to buy it immediately." Brother Wang will be arriving tonight, but we can't make any mistakes at this time.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, Qingsong will definitely try his best to get the soldiers back to normal." Qingsong clasped his fists and bowed.
Qingsong took out all the bottles of antidotes he had brought with him, ground all the antidotes into powder, poured them all into the well, and then wrote out the recipe for the antidote and asked the military doctor to
Go and prepare medicinal materials. After all, he is familiar with this place.
"About 50,000 soldiers in the camp have been poisoned. I'm worried that there are not enough medicinal materials!" Cen Xue just walked around the camp and saw soldiers lying everywhere, as if they had no bones.
"It doesn't matter. We can cook the medicine like a big pot of soup in the camp. We can put all the medicinal materials into the big pot and let the poisoned soldiers drink a bowl every day. But what I'm worried about is
, among these medicinal materials is bezoar, preferably natural bezoar, this natural bezoar is more precious, I think this medicine may not be available in military camps!" Qingsong expressed his worries.
"Natural bezoar, I'll go back to the mansion to look for it. If it's not found, I'll tell the prince directly and ask him to find a way." Cen Xue said and ran to the mansion.
There was a pharmacy in the mansion. After Cen Xue came back, she ran straight to the pharmacy. After searching around the pharmacy, she finally found the natural bezoar, but it only had a small packet and could only be boiled for one pot at most. The poisoned soldier was too
Too much, it’s simply not enough!
"What are you looking for?" Helianjue heard the soldiers telling him as soon as he returned home.
"Your Majesty, I was looking for the bezoar. Qingsong said that the drug in the pharmacy was not available in the military camp, so I came here to look for it, but I only found this small package." Cen Xue opened the bezoar in her hand and showed it to him.
Helianjue looked over, he had no idea what kind of medicinal material it was.
"I will immediately order people to collect them in the city!" I believe there must be bezoars in Hongshan City.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" I hope I can find it in the city.
"Why are you thanking me? I should thank you. If it weren't for you, our army would be in big trouble this time." Helianjue approached her in an approachable manner and handed the medicinal materials in her hand to Vice General Li behind him.
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Vice General Li decided to handle it immediately. There should be no delay in this matter.
There were only two people left in the pharmacy. He Lianjue looked at her. After getting along with her for the past few days, He Lianjue felt that she gave him a very familiar feeling. Her every move and every move carried the shadow of another person. That day
He hadn't noticed it yet, but after getting along with her for a few days, he gradually felt that she really looked like Cen Xue.
"Your Majesty, is my face dirty?" Cen Xue looked at him awkwardly. After Vice General Li left, she inexplicably felt a pressure in the air.
"No, you are beautiful, just like her." Helianjue blurted out.
"Ah? Like who?" Cen Xue looked at him in surprise, what on earth was he talking about?
Only then did Helianjue feel that he seemed to have said the wrong thing. He took a step back, shook his head and said, "Nothing, nothing. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
"My lord, walk slowly."
After he left, Cen Xue carefully thought about what he just said. Did he already doubt himself? Impossible?
Lieutenant General Li led his soldiers to search the pharmacies in the city. However, Hongshan City is a remote border town and there are only two pharmacies. Natural bezoar is a high-quality medicinal material, so there are not many pharmacies. There is only a small bag in the entire Hongshan City.
It's simply not enough to be used as medicine.
Seeing the sky gradually darkening, Helianjue was worried about this matter. Fortunately, there were still about 30,000 soldiers standing guard or training at that time. They had no water or food, so the whole army would not be paralyzed.
Qingsong's bottle of antidote powder was very effective. After one bottle was poured down, the well water quickly recovered to 80%. However, Bailu used a silver needle to probe again, and there was still some residue. He used the pack of natural bezoar found in the mansion to boil it.
After boiling, I poured half a bucket of concoction into the well water, and then it was completely removed.
There were not enough medicinal materials, and many generals were still lying powerless. Seeing this situation, Cen Xue was very anxious, but at this moment, the enemy troops came to attack the city.
The deafening sound of drumming spread into the camp, and the generals gritted their teeth. The enemy actually came to attack the city at this juncture. It was obvious that the poisoning incident must be caused by the poison sent by the enemy. There must be someone in the city.
Careful work!
Helianjue stood on the city tower and looked at the men leading the troops below the city. They were none other than Nangong and his son. No wonder our troops were suddenly poisoned. It must have been a treacherous plot by this father and son.
"I didn't expect it to be the Third Prince again. It's such a pleasure to meet you!" Nangong Jin, wearing silver-white armor, sat on horseback and shouted to Helian Jue on the tower.
He Lianjue looked at that sinister and cunning face and smiled disdainfully: "Loulan and Dongou have always been the best allies. I didn't expect General Nangong to turn against him today. He is truly a hypocrite!"