The raven followed Xia Chu quickly to the outside of General Zhao's tent and passed the news. Xia Chu signaled Raven to wait outside and walked in.
When General Zhao saw Xia Chu, he did not smile for the first time. Instead, he asked suspiciously: "Gu Weiyi came to report last night, saying that you asked him to stop training all the soldiers?"
Xia Chu pulled General Zhao to sit down, mainly because he was afraid that he would not be able to stand for a while...
"Grandpa, I'm afraid that we will not only stop practicing..."
Xia Chu smiled bitterly, thinking about everything from the day he entered Hanyang City to now.
Including the news that Gu Weiyi just sent this morning, he told Old General Zhao again.
General Zhao's face changed from initial confusion, to surprise, to disbelief, and finally to a look of horror.
He is an old general who has been fighting for more than 40 years, and his sense of smell is much sharper than Gu Weiyi's.
He knew that if so many people in the army had lost their ability to fight, it would be unthinkable for the enemy to invade at this moment.
"In your opinion, at least how long have they been eating this powder?" General Zhao asked.
"At least three months." Xia Chu blamed himself. If he could have discovered it earlier, he said apologetically to General Zhao: "It's my fault. If I came to the military camp, I would have noticed it. Now, I won't So passive."
"How can I blame you for this? I've been eating for at least three months. It can be seen that this matter has been planned for a long time." Old General Zhao patted Xia Chu's hand and comforted him.
"This plan is very deep and far-reaching. First of all, this person is only targeting the soldiers at the bottom. He knows that only the generals and above can eat rice every day, while the soldiers at the bottom can only eat naan or cake every day. Then mix a small amount of powder into it for long-term consumption. When the signs of weakness appear, the people above will not have too many doubts, and the people below will not care too much. Once the signs begin to appear, they will continue until they are bedridden. By then, it will be too late." Xia Chu analyzed it carefully with a solemn expression.
"What a vicious plan. If the enemy comes at this time, it won't cost a single soldier." Old General Zhao said angrily.
"When I entered Hanyang City that day, I found that there were no old people or children in the city. It may be because their bodies were weaker than those of prime-age adults, so they showed symptoms first. And now this is the case both in the city and in the army. I went to the kitchen last night and gave orders. The soldiers at the head of the army will switch to rice from today. We should immediately order that all the flour be destroyed, the city be closed under martial law, and no one can be allowed to leave the city. The situation in the military camp must not be known to outsiders."
General Zhao nodded, called a soldier in, and issued the order.
"How did you know there would be an enemy attack?" General Zhao was extremely satisfied with Xia Chu's military acumen. If it weren't for the critical situation at this moment, he would have loved to hold his grandson and praise him.
"Will we find out soon?" Xia Chu hoped not, but the facts in his previous life told him that it was impossible. Maybe the enemy will be farther away, but it's impossible not to be there.
"Those soldiers practiced yesterday, are they still in good physical condition to fight?" General Zhao was concerned about the current condition of the soldiers.
"Grandpa, although they can still move at the moment. However, once the signs of this powder appear, they will only become weaker and weaker in the short term, and will not automatically improve until they have been fasting for a long time."
"Then we can only wait for the enemy to break the city?" General Zhao heard that he had lost all his fighting power, and then he realized that the matter was far more serious than imagined. He originally thought that if he persisted, he would be able to survive on the battlefield.
Xia Chu was about to speak when he suddenly heard an eagle cry. Then he changed his words and said to General Zhao: "I'm going back first. Grandpa, you have something to eat first. I'll be back soon."
After Xia Chu finished speaking, he left General Zhao's tent and hurriedly walked towards his own tent.
As soon as he opened the tent and went in, Bian Ding followed him in.
"Master, I just sent out the letter last night, and I received the letter they sent two days ago this morning. It's consistent with what you thought. If you go along this way five hundred miles outside the Great Wall, there is really a Hu army camping." Bian fixed his face. There was a look of shock, if the young master hadn't noticed.
This Hanyang city will soon become a river of blood.
"How many troops?" Xia Chu asked with a stern face.
"Based on the supplies of food and grass, the excretion of horse manure by the army horses, and the stoves used by the soldiers. There are about three hundred thousand people." Bian Ding didn't know that the situation in the camp in the city was so serious. He thought that although the defenders of Hanyang City only had twenty Ten thousand. But this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so this battle is not impossible to fight.
Three hundred thousand Hu troops attacked a city that was powerless.
In his previous life, Xia Chu knew nothing.
It is also strange that Han Yangcheng, which had an army of 200,000, was completely destroyed by Zhao's army in only two days.
Thinking about it now, Zhao Jiajun, who had no combat effectiveness at all, could still last two days.
The scene must be so tragic...
Logically speaking, my grandfather, uncle, and cousin should not have been exposed to this kind of powder.
But they still died, no one was spared.
It can only be that they themselves chose to die in battle.
I chose to die for my country...
Bian Ding looked at Xia Chu in shock.
Although he has been with the young master for less than half a year.
But he was the only one, from beginning to end. Someone who saw with his own eyes how the young master turned his hands into clouds and turned his hands into rain.
His young master opened a brothel, opened Wentian Pavilion, and won a drinking restaurant.
The first time he entered the palace, he lost face to the most favored prince today. He overturned the unjust case of the third-rank governor, beheaded all the second-rank governors, and reduced the power of the currently powerful prime minister.
I heard from Bian Hao that Prince Gu had recently been asked to cut open Prince Hui's stomach.
The night before leaving Beijing, the cheers of "Little Marquis" from the people in the city were still in his ears.
In the inn where Raven was besieged, he followed her into the sea of fire and almost burned to death.
His young master had never been frightened, panicked, happy, or over anything like this before.
But now, his young master's eyes were red in front of him...
Bian Ding couldn't help but take a step closer and stretched out his hand, but stopped in front of Xia Chu.
Because, Xia Chu suddenly smiled at him.
Those eyes filled with tears, but always holding back the tears, in this tragic smile, the eyes are full of desolation...
Bian Ding suddenly remembered that Bingwen had sent an urgent letter, so he quickly took it out of his arms and handed it to Xia Chu.
Xia Chu unfolded it and saw that the letter said that Bingwen had really gone to dig up three generations of Guo Weidong's ancestors.
After digging, we found out that Guo Weidong was the illegitimate son of General Shi.
When Shi Fuqiu was not a general, he stayed with a brothel girl in Huajie.
Later, this woman gave birth to a son for him.
This brothel woman thought that she would be able to enter the Nashi family if she had a son. Whoever wanted to bring her son to the door was immediately silenced and her son was fostered in a military household.
Later, he was arranged by Shi Fuqiu and joined the Zhao family army.
After Xia Chu finished reading, he crumpled the paper in his hands and clenched his fists.
What a good General Shi Shi Fuqiu, what a good Concubine Li Shi Fuli, what a good Fourth Highness Xiao Yanjun. The whole family doesn't have a fuel-efficient lamp, so they all have a grudge against him!
Raven saw Xia Chu gritting her teeth. Her eyes were no longer full of sadness, but murderous intent was everywhere. He reached out and held Xia Chu's white-knuckled hand, gesturing for him to let go.
Xia Chu breathed out and said to Bian Ding: "You go down first."
Bian was silent for a while and then retreated.
Xia Chu put his hands on his face. After a moment, he let go of his hands and looked as usual.
At this time, he couldn't panic.
"Let's go."
(End of chapter)