This time, the Western Qin army attacked Gaojaw City, and it only took half a day for the vanguard warriors to ascend to the top of the city and overwhelmingly defeated the Tang army stationed there.

Because the combat effectiveness of the Tang Army has declined greatly, its legs are weak and lifeless, and it is not at all as brave as it was half a month ago, and it is roughly estimated that it retains thirty percent of its strength.

Tens of thousands of Tang troops were almost all captured, and some generals and strategists did not rush out, such as Murong Luohu, Li Anyuan, Liu Hongji, Cui Shu and others, all of whom were captured, which was the biggest defeat since the Li Tang Army raised its troops.

However, after Xue Ju led the army into the city, he saw that the city was in a mess, with dead bodies everywhere, and every family had corpses that had no time to bury them, and the corpses were rotten, and many of them were black and swollen.

"Cholera!"

"Plague!"

"No, there's the Black Death." A military doctor discovered this symptom and reported it to the superior officials in time, and finally the news was passed on to Xue Ju's ears.

One of the symptoms of the Black Death was that many dark spots appeared on the skin of the patient, so this particular plague was called the "Black Death". For those who are infected with the disease, a painful death is almost inevitable, and there is no possibility of a cure.

If you put it another way, it's the plague.

There was a plague in Gaojaw City, and the deaths were constantly expanding, which made Xue Ju unexpected, and he had just taken the city for half a day, and he had to withdraw, otherwise the Western Qin army would also be infected.

Xue Ju shouted: "Come on, give the order to go down, immediately withdraw from the city, and do not allow people in the city to come out on all sides, if there are any intruders, shoot them directly with arrows, and the houses of the Black Death in the city will be set on fire immediately without delay." ”

Chu Liang asked, "Your Majesty, what about the Tang Army?" ”

Xue Ju showed a hint of coldness on his face, at this time, he couldn't tolerate the kindness of the woman, and strictly ordered: "Except for some Tang army generals, the rest of the soldiers are not allowed to leave the city, let them fend for themselves, and hold on to themselves." ”

The generals and strategists were silent, and as a result, the fifty or sixty thousand Tang troops were trapped in the city.

Although the enemy was defeated, this time the methods were too vicious, and the soldiers felt terror and jealousy on their faces, without the slightest joy of victory.

In the past, when conquering the city, you could enter the city to search for money and jewelry, plunder it, and put it in your private pocket, but this time you are afraid to avoid it, because the city is plague and the Black Death, which is too terrifying, and you will die if you touch it.

Gaojaw City is surrounded by the Western Qin Army, about a few miles away from the city, mainly to prevent the people in the city and the Tang army from rushing out, causing disasters to the surrounding areas, causing the infinite spread of the Black Death here, this Beidi County has their territory, if it becomes a place of dead corpses, the entire Guanlong will be abolished.

"How many residents are there in the city?"

Hao said: "About 40,000 or 50,000 households, about 1340,000 people, in a month, according to the development of the disease, I am afraid it will become a dead city." ”

"A month later, a rocket was fired and the city was burned." Xue Ju immediately made a decision, not wanting this matter to expand further, otherwise, he would be punished by the people of the world.

Xue Rengao said on the side: "Father, this trick is really good, it's urgent, it's better to use this trick on the Northwest Army, so that the Northwest Army will also become a soft-footed shrimp, and one by one will die of the Black Death." ”

Xue Ju snorted coldly: "How can it be so easy to implement, this time it is the Tang Army that happens to use the Jingshui branch, our army controls the water source, and the Tang Army is the division of the new brigade after all, and the experience is still less, so it will be so careless to poison, after this trick is used, it will not be easy to use against others, and the opponent in the future will definitely guard against water sources, logistics and food, etc., and it will not be easy to start." ”

There is another reason, which Xue Ju did not say, that is, this trick damages Yin Virtue and makes innocent people accompany the burial, and it is too damaging to his reputation in Xiqin.

Xue Rengao proposed: "Father, Li Tang's army has been reduced by 100,000 at once, and the garrison of Jingzhao County also has more than 100,000 people. ”

Xue Ju instructed: "I have sent Zong Luohu to lead troops to attack the next important town, Xinping City, where the defenders are only 30,000, which is easy to overcome, Rengao, you take 30,000 people to attack Sanshui City in Beidi County, it is one south and one north of Xinping, both of which are big cities in Beidi County, and you can draw property and grain and grass from the city to serve as a military service." ”

After a few days passed, Xue Ju left tens of thousands of horses to continue to guard Gaoqi City, and he commanded 80,000 Chinese troops and continued to advance to Daxing City in the southeast.

On this night, we camped on the south bank of Jingshui, more than 100 miles away from Xinping.

The army set up camp, dug trenches, set up deer barriers, etc., and arranged the military camp in an orderly manner, and around His Majesty's tent, the Ouchi guards were densely packed to prevent the assassins from entering.

The pro-army guards, taking turns to change the guard, are well defended.

Xue Ju read and folded until midnight, a little tired, yawned, and transferred to the back of the palace of the king's account, which was the bedroom. The outer hall is guarded by sixteen guards of dark and powerful warriors, and the outside of the tent is even tighter, so you can sleep without worry.

However, Xue Ju had a strange dream in the middle of the night, a group of people with blackened bodies gathered around him, trying to drag him down the eighteenth layer of hell, no matter how much he struggled, he could not be freed, and finally woke up.

Xue Ju sat up straight, soaked his shirt with cold sweat, and shouted twice, but he didn't see any movement in the outer hall, and the guards, palace maids, and eunuchs didn't reply.

This made Xue Ju feel angry, he suspected that those subordinates were sleeping and slacking off, and did not perform their duties properly, when he got up and got out of bed, bypassed the screen, and came to the outer hall, he found more than twenty corpses lying on the ground, not only dead, but also drugged.

"Who?" Xue Ju found that there were still two people standing in the outer hall, a man and a woman, the woman was wearing a dark blue dress and a face scarf, while the other man was dressed as an assassin in a jet-black shirt, also masked, holding a sharp sword in his hand.

"Xue Ju, King of Western Qin, your time of death has arrived."

"Presumptuous, I am the monarch of Western Qin, the prince of the vassal kings, with the luck of the atmosphere, with you two thieves, you dare to come to me to talk nonsense, if you want to assassinate me, can't you?"

The woman spoke: "Xue Ju, you are tyrannical and unkind, you poison the plague, and risk the world, you must know that Yang Guang was stupid and unreasonable, and he conquered Goguryeo three times, causing countless deaths and injuries to the soldiers, and he never used the despicable and inhumane means of plague and poisoning. It can be seen that you are more benevolent and less virtuous than Yang Guang! As the ruler of the hidden gate, I want to get rid of you, respect the world, and let the more than 100,000 unjustly killed soldiers and civilians in the city rest in peace. ”

"You're from the Hidden Gate?" Xue Ju was taken aback, when he was a teenager, he met a master outside the world, studied art for half a year, and finally practiced hard, and he also had certain achievements in martial arts, and he practiced to the level of resonance of all organs, and he knew some secrets of the hidden door.

Xue Ju stared at the woman, and suddenly said in surprise: "You are the heir of the Mending Heaven Pavilion, Ye Junyao!" ”