Chapter 80 - Military City Status
Raven followed Xia Chu to the outside of General Zhao’s tent, and passed the news. Xia Chu motioned for Raven to wait outside and walked in by himself.
When General Zhao saw Xia Chu, it was the first time he didn’t have a smile on his face. Instead, he asked suspiciously: “Last night, Gu Weiyi came to report all night, saying that you told him to stop training all the soldiers?”
Xia Chu pulled Old 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 it’s not just about stopping training…”
Xia Chu smiled bitterly, everything from the day he entered Hanyang City to the present.
Including the news that Gu Weiyi had just sent in the morning, I told Old General Zhao again.
Old General Zhao’s expression went from initial doubt, to surprise, to disbelief, and finally to a look of horror.
He is an old general who has fought for more than 40 years, and his sense of smell is much sharper than that of Gu Weiyi.
He knew that if so many people in the army lost their ability to fight, it would be unimaginable once the enemy invaded at this moment.
“In your opinion, how long have they eaten this powder at least?” Old General Zhao asked.
“At least three months.” Xia Chu blamed himself. If he had found out earlier, he said apologetically to General Zhao: “Blame me, if I came to the barracks, I would have noticed it. Now, I will not. So passive.”
“How can I blame you for this? It has been eaten for at least three months. It can be seen that this matter has been planned for a long time.” General Zhao patted Xia Chu’s hand comfortably.
“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 people above the general level can eat rice every day, while the soldiers at the bottom can only eat naan or cakes every day. Then mix it with a small amount of powder for long-term consumption. When the signs of weakness appear, the people above will not have too much doubt, and the people below will not be too concerned. Once the signs begin to appear, it will continue until bedridden. By then, everything will be too late.” Xia Chu looked solemn and carefully analyzed.
“It’s really a poisonous tactic. If the enemy comes at this time, it won’t cost a single soldier or a single soldier.” General Zhao said angrily.
“I entered Hanyang City that day and found that there were no elderly or children in the city. It may be because their physique is weaker than that of adults, so they developed symptoms first. But now this is the case in the city and in the army. I went to the kitchen last night and ordered The troopers will start eating rice from today. At present, the order should be immediately ordered, all flour should be destroyed, the city will be closed and martial law must be imposed, no one should be allowed to leave the city, and the situation in the barracks should not be known to outsiders.”
General Zhao nodded, called a soldier in, and sent the order out.
“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 the moment, he would have wished to give this grandson a good compliment.
“I’ll know in a while.” Xia Chu hoped not, but the facts of his previous life told him it was impossible. Maybe the enemy will be farther away, but it can’t be without.
“Those soldiers practiced yesterday, can they still fight with their current physical condition?” General Zhao was concerned about the current condition of the soldiers.
“Grandpa, although they can still move now. However, once the signs of this powder appear, they will only become weaker and weaker in the short term, and they will automatically improve after a long-term fasting.”
“Then don’t we just have to wait for the enemy to break the city?” General Zhao heard that his fighting power was gone, only to realize that the matter was far more serious than he imagined. He originally thought that if he persisted, he would still be able to stand on the battlefield.
Xia Chu was about to speak when he suddenly heard an eagle chirping. Then he changed his mind and said to Old General Zhao, “I’ll go back first. Grandpa, you have something to eat first, and I’ll be right back.”
After Xia Chu finished speaking, he left General Zhao’s tent and hurried to his own tent.
As soon as the tent was opened, Bian Ding followed.
“Master, I just sent out the letter last night. I received the letter from them two days ago in the morning. It is in line with what you think. There is really a Hu army camping five hundred miles away from the Great Wall.” Bian Dingmian The last one was shocked, if the young master didn’t find it.
This Hanyang City will soon turn blood into a river.
“How many people?” Xia Chu asked with a face.
“According to the supply of food and grass, the excretion of horse manure, and the stoves used by the soldiers. There are about 300,000.” Bian Ding didn’t know how serious the situation in the camp in the city was, and thought that although the defenders of Hanyang City were only twenty ten thousand. But this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and this battle is not impossible.
300,000 Hu troops attacked a city that was powerless.
In the last life, Xia Chu knew nothing.
It is also strange that in Hanyang City, which had an army of 200,000 people, it only took two days for the Zhao family’s army to be wiped out.
Thinking about it now, Zhao Jiajun, who has no fighting power at all, can last for two days.
How tragic the scene must be…
It stands to reason that my grandfather, uncle, and cousin should not have been exposed to this kind of powder.
But they were still dead, and none of them were spared.
It can only be that they themselves chose to die in battle.
I chose to die for the country…
Bian Ding looked at Xia Chu in shock.
Although he followed the young master for less than half a year.
However, he is the only one, from start to finish. The man who saw with his own eyes how the young master turned his hands into clouds and covered his hands into rain.
His young master, opened the brothel, opened the Wentian Pavilion, and won a drinking fast.
The first time he entered the palace, he lost the face of the most favored prince today. Overturned the unjust case of the third-rank governor, beheaded the whole family of the second-rank governor, and cut down the power of today’s powerful prime minister.
I heard Bian Hao say that recently, Gu Shizi had also cut off Prince Hui’s belly.
The night before he left the capital, the voices of the people in the city “Little Marquis” were still in his ears.
In the inn where the raven was besieged, he rushed into the sea of fire with him and almost burned to death.
All of this, his young master, has never been shocked, panicked, happy, and all.
But now, his young master, in front of him, has red eyes…
Bian Ding couldn’t help but take a step closer, stretched out his hand, but stopped in front of Xia Chu.
Because, Xia Chu suddenly smiled at him.
Those eyes filled with hot tears, but they still couldn’t hold back the tears, in this tragic smile, the eyes were full of people…
Bian Ding suddenly remembered that Bingwen had an urgent letter to deliver, so he quickly took it out of his arms and handed it to Xia Chu.
At the beginning of Xia Xia unfolded it, only to see that it was written in the letter that Bingwen really went to dig up three generations of Guo Weidong’s ancestors.
After digging, I found out that Guo Weidong was the illegitimate son of General Shi.
When Shi Fuqiu was not a general, a brothel woman stayed in Huajie.
Later, the woman gave birth to a son for him.
This brothel woman thought that she could enter the gate of Shi’s house with her son. Whoever wanted to bring her son to the door was immediately killed, and her son was fostered in a military household.
Later, he was arranged by Shi Fuqiu to join the Zhao family army.
After Xia Chu finished reading, he rubbed the paper in his hand and clenched his fist.
A good General Shi is Shi Fuqiu, a good Concubine Li is Shi Fuli, and a good Fourth Highness Xiao Yanjun. The co-author family has no fuel-efficient lamps, and they all have a grudge against him!
Seeing Xia Chu grit his teeth, Raven’s eyes were no longer full of sadness, but murderous intent was everywhere. He reached out and held Xia Chu’s hand with white joints, motioning him to release it.
Xia Chu took a breath and said to Bian Ding, “Go down first.”
He was silent for a while, then backed out.
Xia Chu put his hands on his face, and after a while, he released his hands, his expression as usual.
At this time, he can’t panic.
“Let’s go.”