"Brother Zhaode, aren't you curious?"
The wine cup in Wu Xian's hand paused for a moment.
"What are you curious about?"
Chen Tang took a sip of the milky goat milk. The goat milk had no mutton smell, and with a little maltose and tea leaves added, it didn't taste bad. However, drinking milk in this situation was very low-class: "Before my little sister, it seems that no woman could practice."
Wu Xian wasn't curious at all why
Haha, how is this possible
He was naturally curious, but Chen Tang's identity as the leader of a faction came before gender, and Wu Xian wanted to promote cooperation between the two families to overcome the current difficulties, so he would not be so tactless as to provoke Chen Tang and spy on her secrets. He could only remain silent.
"Sister Shen is willing to confide, and I am all ears."
Wu Xian kicked the ball back lightly.
Chen Tang said: "To be honest with Brother Zhaode, I don't really know why I can practice inexplicably. Maybe it's because my aptitude is too high, and I broke through the limit?"
Wu Xian: “…”
Chen Tang was amused by his expression, and Wu Xian also smiled a few times.
After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Wu Xian suddenly sighed with regret. Chen Tang asked, "Brother Zhaode, is there something on your mind?"
Wu Xian said: "I suddenly thought of Gu Ziyi."
Since the first Xiaocheng alliance, Tianhai, Shangnan and He Yin (now Longwu) have been close, and have cooperated in different forms several times. Putting aside the interests and the like, he still likes Gu Ziyi very much, at least this person is open.
When Gu Ren was alive, Wu Xian was very wary of him because their paths overlapped and their forces were close, so he couldn't help but be wary. Now that he was dead and there was a common enemy watching closely, Wu Xian couldn't help but feel a little sad.
Chen Tang's smile faded a little when she heard this. She said, "Once Huang Xiguang is eliminated, it will be considered revenge for him."
Wu Xian was waiting for Shen Tang to say this.
He said: "I have the same idea. Although Huang Xiguang is powerful, if we join forces, we will surely be able to defeat him!"
Shen Tang responded with a smile.
We really need to join forces now, and we can talk about breaking up later. Chen Tang's calculations were so loud that Gu Chi covered his ears. His strange behavior caught the eyes of others, who mistakenly thought that he was unwell and was taken away by Gu Chihu.
Wu Xian asked again: "Does Sister Shen have any rules?"
If Chen Tang didn't have a specific plan, he could propose it and take a certain initiative - Chaoli Pass fell into Chen Tang's hands first, and all the fortresses and roads were occupied. Although Wu Xian, the "surrenderer", was not a dependent, he also lost a certain initiative. This was what Wu Xian was more worried about.
He wants to seize the initiative and plan for the future.
If the two families can join forces to deal with Huang Lie, Zhang He and other troops, the final winner of the situation in the northwest continent will be chosen from among them. If it was Shen Tang before participating in the Dragon Slaying Bureau, Wu Xian would definitely eat meat and she would drink soup. But after the chaos of the Dragon Slaying Bureau, Shen Tang made up for the lack of high-end combat power in one go and expanded the troops. Wu Xian really didn't have the confidence to do anything to her...
In his opinion, the best situation is that the two families share the northwest continent, and then work together to help each other, become allies, and resist other countries bordering the continent. A slightly worse situation is that Chen Tang takes six and he takes four, and the two families help each other as allies...
Of course, the premise of all this is that they survive.
Otherwise, no matter how beautiful the blueprint is, it will be in vain.
Chen Tang said: "My idea is to 'wait'!"
Wu Xian was slightly surprised: "Wait? Waiting for what?"
"Wait until Huang Lie and his men have dealt with the other forces."
"This won't do! Isn't this raising a tiger to cause trouble? Once Huang Lie and his men successfully swallow up other forces, big and small, and eat up the remaining ones, they will become a huge force that you and I can hardly shake even if we join forces!"
You have to know that this "other force" is not only the Dragon Slaying Bureau coalition forces, but also the Zheng Qiaogeng army that has not been eliminated on the frontal battlefield. Not killing them before they become powerful, but waiting for them to gather together, isn't this courting death
Chen Tang said: "There are pros and cons to this matter."
Fighting a war is a very time-consuming and expensive endeavor.
Wu Xian calmed down and said, "I'd like to hear more details."
The disadvantages are naturally what Wu Xian said. Huang Lie's troops will enter a period of rapid expansion. According to optimistic estimates, they will be able to gather 300,000 troops in the end. After several rounds of expansion, Chen Tang and Wu Xian can only gather a mere 100,000 troops.
The enemy is three times as many as them.
But, apart from the disadvantages, the rest are advantages.
Chen Tang pointed at the leftovers on the table and said, "I can only eat three buckets of rice in one meal on weekdays. If I eat some delicious food, my appetite will be stimulated, so I may eat another bucket. But if I am forced to finish ten buckets, let alone whether I can finish it, even if I can, my stomach will be so bloated that it will almost burst. Not to mention fighting the enemy, it will be difficult for me to stand up and walk a few steps. Brother Zhaode, does Huang Lie have such a good appetite?"
Wu Xian: “…”
Everyone from the two families: "..."
Does Sister Shen/Mr Shen have such a good appetite
Chen Tang continued to talk: "Huang Lie is now like a man with ten barrels of rice on the table. Even if he forces himself to eat, he won't be able to digest it in a short time. Even if we can gather 300,000 soldiers and horses, can these 300,000 soldiers and horses be as obedient as our 100,000 soldiers when they go to the battlefield? The most important thing is that after Huang Xiguang finishes eating these ten barrels of rice, there will be no surplus food in the warehouse. We will wait for him to starve to death!"
She prefers to use stillness to overcome motion.
In her eyes, Huang Lie is a greedy snake, swallowing up various forces, with a bloated figure. He looks threatening, but in fact he has pushed himself to the edge of the cliff. One mistake and the whole game will be lost. By then, there will be only two "snakes" left on the chessboard, her and Wu Xian.
Wu Xian was full of bombs, the biggest bomb was the fierce factional struggle among his subordinates, and as the lord, Wu Xian not only failed to be fair and just, and to distinguish rewards and punishments, but also tried to find a balance between the two factions. He thought he was taking the overall situation into consideration, but in fact, he made everyone dissatisfied.
Such behavior will backfire sooner or later.
She only needs to stir up a few things at the critical moment, detonate one of them, and then wait for Wu Xian to kill himself.
Chen Tang: "The more troops Huang Xiguang absorbs, the greater the food shortage he will face. We just need to wait patiently."
Wu Xian calmed down: "But just waiting like this..."
Chen Tang waved his hands quickly: "No, no, no, I'm not just waiting."
She still has a lot of work to do.
Chen Tang looked at Wu Xian's face with a smile, which made people feel cold: "To be honest, Brother Zhaode, I am very short of people now."
She chuckled and rubbed her hands.
Wu Xian: “…”
The two families have too many soldiers and horses, and they can't all stay in Chaoli Pass. The extra manpower can be sent out to do many things.
As for what to do—
Wu Xian, who had experience, had a bad feeling.
Before he could say no, Chen Tang said, "I'll pay for it!"
Open up the wasteland! Open up the wasteland! Open up the wasteland!
Pull them all over to open up the wasteland!
Wu Xian agreed immediately: "Okay!"
Working every day consumes food, and not working also consumes food. Lending soldiers to Chen Tang is equivalent to her paying for the soldiers, which greatly reduces the pressure of logistics and food supply. Why not do it? I am afraid that if I agree too late, I will miss the good thing.
Both parties felt that they had gotten a good deal in this transaction.
-----------------
Compared with ordinary people with weak bodies, soldiers, especially those with martial spirit, are less likely to be infected by the epidemic.
With Wu Xian joining, the previously limited manpower suddenly became abundant. So Chen Tang waved his hand and allocated medical rescue teams of varying sizes to each county.
Although they are called rescue troops, few of them actually know medical skills. The only one who knows medical skills is a military doctor who is good at surgery. These doctors were trained by Dr. Dong over the years. Since the epidemic was discovered in the Heyin area, Dr. Dong has studied many ancient medical books and summarized a set of epidemic prevention and control procedures. Although there is a lack of medicinal materials, if the transmission route can be controlled, people and the source of infection can be isolated, and then the sick people can be treated carefully and targeted, the spread of the epidemic can be controlled...
The epidemic originated from floods.
Common people had to boil water before drinking it.
The filth washed out by the flood and the bodies that could not be dealt with in time were collected and buried together, and different areas were set up to separate the sick and the healthy civilians. All the medicinal materials that could be collected in the city were collected, and they were centrally managed and distributed...
Similar scenes were played out in the counties within Chaoli Pass.
Somewhere, outside the city.
Two pale corpses were hanging on the city gate.
Occasionally, a passerby in a hurry would glance at him with disdain and quickly lower his head to do his own thing. He was hung there for three days in a row. As the weather got hotter, you could smell a bit of the stench of corpse if you got close. Someone asked, "Who is hanging on the city wall?"
Passerby: "The shopkeeper of the largest drug store in the city."
The person asking was horrified: "What crime did you commit?"
The passerby said, "He refused to buy the medicinal materials."
"You won't give in to the killing? How pitiful it is to suffer such an unfortunate disaster!"
The passerby snorted disdainfully, "How can he be pitiful? This man collected all the medicinal materials in the vicinity and sold the medicine that usually costs 50 coins for 500 coins. Someone came to his door and wanted to ask for medicine for 100 coins, but he was beaten to death in the scuffle. Mr. Shen wanted to buy medicine for twice the price, but he refused, saying, 'What poor guy dares to want my medicine? I have never heard of Mr. Shen's medicine.' So he was hanged."
Hearing this, the man sighed: "It really deserves to die!"
He added: "But killing people to take away the medicine... is also not allowed."
Because of the flood, the already scarce medicinal materials on the market were even less available—most of them had been looted by the Dragon Slaying Bureau coalition under various pretexts, leaving little. Scarcity made things valuable, and when an epidemic broke out, the common people who were infected could only choose to endure it.
If you can survive it, you have a strong life; if you can’t, you will die.
The few remaining medicines were also looted by one faction. People could have bought them at high prices before, but now they are no longer available no matter how much money they pay.
This Mr. Shen is not a good person either.
Unexpectedly, the passerby said, "Mr. Shen is a good man."
The collected medicinal materials were all used on sick common people, and anyone with a sick person in their family could be sent to the temporary clinic for treatment.
One person tells ten people, ten people tell a hundred people.
Chen Tang is madly reaping the good reputation.
However, Shen Tang couldn't be happy at the moment.
She was busy with disaster relief and medical treatment recently, and with Wu Xian's interference, she had forgotten about her evil thoughts. She forgot, but she didn't forget the evil thoughts.
"What the hell—what are you doing?"
Chen Tang worked all night dealing with official documents and fell asleep on the table unknowingly. When he woke up, he was facing the cold face of his own evil thoughts, and the remaining sleepiness flew away.
"You can't be unethical, I tell you—"
Chen Tang shuddered, did a somersault and then jumped back, increasing the distance, fearing that the evil thoughts would sneak attack her without martial ethics.
"If I had tried to sneak attack you, you would have been gone just now."
Chen Tang calmed down after hearing this, scratched the tip of his nose, and chuckled, "You are a good person, full of martial virtues."
Yes, if evil thoughts really gave rise to murderous intent, Chen Tang would have woken up long ago. How could he have slept until dawn
Chen Tang asked her, "What are you doing out here this time?"
The evil thought said: "Let's end it."
In fact, she didn't want to urge him, but if she didn't take the initiative to come out, Chen Tang wouldn't even remember her existence...
As she spoke, she raised her hand and a motherly sword appeared.
Chen Tang raised an eyebrow and asked, "When does it start?"
The evil thought looked at the high-spirited young man himself, and finally a smile appeared on his indifferent face: "Start now!"
After saying that, he rushed forward with sword in hand.
Chen Tang walked around the pillar without saying a word.
A flash of sword light came, and the pillar was destroyed on the spot.
The remaining sword energy left a streak of blood on Chen Tang's neck. Although the pain was not obvious, the other party did have the intention to kill.
Chen Tang shouted, “Are you serious?”
The evil sword finger passed through the sword, and a faint red spread. She smiled and said, "I'm serious. You have to bear with it."
Chaoli Pass welcomed the sunrise amid Chen Tang's screams. The soldiers looked up and saw their lord was chasing after them.
"Han Zhang—Han Zhang—Han Zhang—"
"It's urgent, Xun Hanzhang—"
One lord was running happily in front, and the other lord was chasing behind with a sword in hand. When he caught up, he stabbed the lord in front with his sword in his butt. This was why Chen Tang screamed.
"What happened?"
Everyone was stunned by this scene.
Both of them are lords, and their auras are exactly the same.
Finally, someone murmured in a low voice: "Could it be that he was bored and created an avatar to play with himself?"
The lower-level soldiers were weak and didn't know that they had to kill the evil thoughts to break through the bottleneck. They only thought that it was the incarnation of civil spirit/martial spirit. Those who knew this common sense didn't expect that the evil thoughts in the rumors were actually awe-inspiring and pure. How could they have the evil spirit that they should have
People who knew the situation, such as Wei Shou, Ning Yan and Cui Xiao, were either sent out on business trips or were in other places inside the country.
The first person to "smell" something was wrong was Gong Xichou.
"Gong Xiqiu—"
Mama, who was being hunted, called out his name from a distance.
Gong Xichou's reaction touched people's hearts. He took a step back, crossed his arms and said, "Mama, you can only rely on yourself."
If you don't even have the courage to face the killing in your heart, and even need the help of others to kill the evil thoughts you created yourself, it will be difficult for you to make any progress in martial arts in the future. If you choose this path, you might as well learn from Jiang Ao, that coward, and hide from the enemy.
Chen Tang yelled, “Then tell me where Han Zhang is!”
Urgent, urgent, urgent, urgent, urgent-
Speak of Cao Cao, here comes Cao Cao.
Xun Zhen was bewildered when he was told that his lord was looking for him. Before he could think about what was going on, he saw Chen Tang running wildly from a distance.
"Han Zhang—"
"Use your scribe skills!"
"Quick thinking!"
Before Xun Zhen could figure out what was going on, he heard a similar, but more mature roar from behind his lord: "Chen Youli, are you planning to do this? Is that all you can do?"
Chen Tang was proud: "You are stupid and you blame me for being smart?"
Xun Zhen's body moves faster than his brain.
Even if I spend all my money, it will come back!
Think quickly!
It’s no wonder that he reacted so quickly. This was the first time that the lord took the initiative to ask him to spend the money, so how could he not agree