Chapter 43 Collaboration with the enemy and betrayal of the country

In the barracks. Zhang Zihe and several other lieutenants gathered in the camp tent with Xiao Yu to secretly discuss the prince's ambush.

"They have been lurking for almost three days, hiding in the back hills, watching that the momentum is not good."

"But the strange thing is that, according to the general's investigation, their number is quite strange, not in the majority, not in the minority, if you want to subdue us, you must be absolutely impossible, but if you want to say that there is no action, the head of about 5,000 is really more."

Yu Yu pondered: "The prince naturally didn't come to send an antidote to this king, probably he thought that my whole army was really poisoned and vulnerable, so he only brought 5,000 people." ”

Zhang Zihe said: "Originally, the last general thought the same, but after thinking about it, I felt that something was wrong, after all, leading thousands of soldiers and horses to use force, the momentum was huge, it was impossible for the emperor not to know, the prince should not be so stupid...... If he really wanted to kill us on the way, then the poison was heavier, so why bother? ”

Xiao Yu nodded, and was about to say yes, when suddenly a small soldier rushed in to report: "Lord Wang! The princess is back! ”

He was stunned for a moment, then immediately walked outside the tent, and saw Lu Xiaohan's stumbling figure at a glance. She was unkempt, running and walking for a while, thinking that she was so tired that she didn't have much strength left.

Finally, she walked up to him and gasped, "I...... I didn't...... I didn't poison it! As soon as she had said that, her feet went limp, and before she fainted, the last thing she saw was a whisper filled with anxious eyes.

She didn't know how long she had been asleep, but she only knew that she had woken up to the sound of war. Lan'er said that the prince's army had launched an attack on the prince, and the two sides were now fighting each other. Xiao Han jumped up from the bed in shock, walked to the window in three steps and two steps, and looked upstairs, there was really a miasma of smoke and soldiers in the distance, but fortunately, the area around the post station where he was had not yet been affected as a battlefield, and was closely guarded by hundreds of soldiers.

Xiao Han turned around and saw that Lan'er was pouring tea unhurriedly, very strange, "There is a war going on outside, why do you look calm?" Also, weren't you nervous about poisoning? ”

Lan'er helped her back to the table with a smile and explained proudly: "Because the truth has been revealed!" The poisoning has nothing to do with us, it was the prince who bought off the soldiers in the army and drugged the ginger soup while carrying it. ”

A big stone fell in Xiao Han's heart, but after thinking about it, it was still wrong! "Even if our suspicion is cleared, the current situation should be very critical, most of the prince's soldiers have been poisoned, and they are unable to compete with the prince at all!"

Lan'er handed the tea to the master, still unhurried: "The prince knows the truth from the beginning, he just plans it, and wants to see what the weasel is hiding!" So no one in the army took the initiative at all, and they just set up a stage to perform a big drama before! ”

"What!" Xiao Han was a little incredulous.

"The prince's army, 10,000 to 20,000 has a very good chance of winning, not to mention that the prince only has 5,000 people now, so we don't have to worry about it." As soon as Lan'er's words fell, she heard the sound of clucking and grinding her teeth, and when she looked up again, she saw the master glaring at her through gritted teeth.

"Who kept instilling in me 'running for the best'? Be...... Who! Lu Xiaohan's roar almost didn't shake the building.

The battle between the two sides did not last long, and the prince's army was quickly routed, and all but a few escaped skirmishers were captured and killed. Xiao Han only saw the prince very late, when it was late at night, and Yu Yu thought she was asleep, so she sat sideways in front of the window and said something to herself.

"Lu Xiaohan, when will you be able to change your temperament of listening to the wind and rain? This king has not spoken a word of doubt to you, why do you ...... Why do you think that this king cannot be relied on? He sighed softly, "It's so cold outside, have you suffered a lot this time?" ”

Xiao Han closed his eyes and listened, his heart was inexplicably filled with sadness, it seemed that all the grievances accumulated over the past few days had been hooked up by his two sentences, so he pretended to be asleep and turned over, and tears flowed down his face with peace of mind.

It was a quiet night, everyone was immersed in the relief that the dust had settled, and they were planning for tomorrow's journey, but no one knew that today's battle was just a prelude to the conspiracy, and the wolf's ambition was really revealed to the world after a few days.

That night, the soldiers who escaped hurried back to Beixiao day and night, and reported to the emperor with the remnants of their death: The poisoning of the army of the three princes was fake, and used it as a trap to kill the imperial army.

In this way, everyone was dumbfounded, and even the emperor was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time. The Seven Kings were the first to come back to their senses, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Father, this matter is by no means what we think it is now, there must be a misunderstanding in this!" ”

"Seventh brother, tell me, what do you think you think is going to happen now?" The crown prince fanned the flames.

"I ......" is naturally impossible to say clearly, if the words are picked in the clear, I am afraid that my father will be even more taboo in his heart, so he has to retreat silently.

The important minister Lu Yong was about to step forward to excuse the prince a few words, but the prince secretly blocked him, and when he looked at it, he saw that the prince was holding his daughter's golden hairpin in his hand, so his heart tightened, and he was confused.

Pressing down Lu Yong, the prince stepped forward and said: "Father, the son thinks that this matter is indeed strange, I originally thought it was a means of the Northern Desert people, but we waited day after day, but the Northern Desert people never showed up...... The most important thing is that since the army is not poisoned at all, why does the third brother pretend to be poisoned? And he didn't even tell the truth to the spies sent by his father, which doesn't make sense for any reason! ”

As soon as the prince reminded them, everyone suddenly returned to the www.biquge.info of the Biqu Pavilion of this matter - the poisoning incident. There is a lot of discussion, and in this matter, it is really difficult to explain. Why did the prince pretend to be poisoned? If it was out of some kind of strategy against the enemy, why didn't you tell the truth to the imperial court?

Judging from the results, it seems that there is only one possibility, and that is that the poisoning itself was a bait to lure the imperial army into the urn.

The emperor trembled with anger, but after all, he still couldn't believe it, so he turned his attention to other doubts: "Prince, what you told me at the beginning was that the people of the Northern Desert had a conspiracy, and it was the people of the Northern Desert who wanted to frame my army of the Northern Desert!" How...... Why is there such a fuss now! ”

The prince made a look of panic, knelt down and pleaded: "Erchen doesn't know what's going on, the details that Erchen planted in the Northern Desert at that time did indeed send back that kind of information......" He looked confused and blamed himself, as if he was replying, and it seemed to be an analysis of himself, "Now that I think about it, I'm afraid, I'm afraid that it was Erchen's details that made a problem, maybe ...... Maybe when they sent the news to their sons, we had already fallen into their trap......"

The prince's words sounded like his own awakening, but in fact, it was a basin of cold water that completely woke up the emperor and the ministers, and the accusation of colluding with the Northern Desert suddenly surfaced in everyone's hearts.