Chapter 388: Turning Point (2)
When the undercurrent on the banks of the Yongxing River was turbulent, the situation in Tiancheng was not very optimistic, and within two days there were a series of rebellions, and the Sun Guoren, who had moved into Tiancheng with the Black Turban Army, continued to use the guise of a cult and collaborated with the Xu and Zhiguo people to cause chaos everywhere in the city.
It just so happened that at this time, 400 people from the cavalry camp and 500 people from the walkers in Baili Yan went to attack the dense forest path leading to Hecheng fifty miles to the southeast, and at the same time, more than 10,000 people's troops organized by the six surnames of the Zhao family were tired of extinguishing the rebellion in the city.
On the afternoon of the third day of entering Tiancheng, the scouts came to report that the rebel army of 20,000 horses had reached the northwest fifty miles, and that there was another rebellion on the same day, and the civilian army suffered more than 1,000 casualties.
At dusk of the same day, the Zhao family hung up a white flag in their temporary residence in the east of the city to mourn the daughter-in-law of the Zhao family, who died tragically.
"Alas...... My two sisters-in-law died tragically, but fortunately, the Xianjun arrived in time, otherwise our lives would not have been guaranteed. ”
In the backyard of the Zhao family, a young man dressed in linen and filial piety sighed and said, but he didn't see much sadness on his face, and a man wearing a wooden crown and a coarse cloth and deep clothes on the side was pacing back and forth with his hands behind him:
"Seeing that the rebels are about to come to the city, Tiancheng has been in such a mess, I'm afraid it's dangerous."
The young man took over and said disapprerovingly:
"Actually, it doesn't take much effort to flatten it."
"Brother Xian is talking about grain and grass?"
"Yes, the rebels are here to be extremely vicious, there must not be much food and grass, if you can't enter the city, you can only be trapped outside the city to harvest rice by yourself, if it is me, I will send a cavalry to chase behind, waiting for the rebels to cut rice without food, and then kill him suddenly, so it will not be simple. The foreign enemy is not terrible, but the terrible thing is that these Sun people have all fallen into evil and have no cure. ”
The young man said it lightly, and the man on the side twisted his short beard and nodded:
"Yes, these Zhong Gu evil arts are not shallow, but fortunately, this Wei general has extraordinary knowledge, I think what Anmin said in the notice is good, find reason and get an explanation, there is nothing else in the world."
"I don't think that's the case, if he has the ability, why don't he stop Tiancheng."
"Brother Xian's words have been passed, how can the current situation be suppressed by a few thousand people in the Xian army. If you have the ability, you can tell me a plan. ”
"What's so difficult about this, I'm afraid that he Wei Xian won't dare."
"Is it possible to kill all the foreigners?"
"Where do you want such troublesome people, if it were me, I would put some laxatives in the grain, and then cut off the salt, and they knew that the gods could not save them, and then they would not have the strength to rebel."
The man was first shocked when he heard the news, and then overjoyed:
"It's good to pay attention to this, but where do you get so many laxatives?"
"It's not easy, I heard the patriarch say that the rebels have brought a lot of herbs for the treatment of malaria, among which there must be hemp temperature, this medicine is taken alone and immediately pulled, it is very tight, and the city is not how much or how much."
"That's not going to kill people, is it?"
"If you don't believe me, if my brother doesn't believe me, I can ask Uncle Du, the Du family has been a doctor for generations, and he must know better than his nephew."
"Okay, follow me to the patriarch and dedicate this plan to General Wei."
"I'm not going, how old is that surnamed Wei, I want my nephew to give him advice, don't you think it's awkward, uncle."
"What do you know, I have already inquired clearly, Wei Xian is now a popular man in front of King Xian, the son-in-law of Princess Lanyuan, the son-in-law of Duke Guangxin, and Zhao Xun, the marshal of the Xian army, is his lord, how can he miss such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if he can work with him, the day when the six surnames of the Zhao family will turn over is just around the corner."
"I'm not going anyway." The young man raised his head to the sky and raised Erlang's legs and continued: "It's the nephew and son-in-law of King Xian, and the son-in-law of Guangxin Gong, not to mention that he is still a Qi person, what kind of messy life experience is this, if Guangxin Gong rebels in the future, it will be fine." No, no, I won't go. ”
"If you don't go, you can't go, let me go."
The man grabbed the young man and dragged him out, grabbed the front hall without saying anything, and saw Zhao Ju, who had just returned to Zhao's house from suppressing the riot on the street.
"General, Zhao Ju and the others have something important to see." The guard said as he entered the door.
"Yes, please."
"No."
Bai Liyan put down her pen and ink, put away the copywriting, and came to the main hall to prepare water and pastries.
When he was young, Zhao Ju took two men to the backyard, and the two had never seen it from a distance, the two of them were half a head taller than Zhao Ju, and Baili Yan was about the same height, one of them was a silver-gray young man, wearing a jade crown and looking at the sky, about twenty years old, and his appearance was very romantic. The man in his thirties and alongside him wore a wooden crown, a dark indigo coat, a sword hanging from his side, and a short beard with a floating face and a lofty spirit, quite bookish, but most of them should have practiced martial arts.
"Zhao family master." Bai Liyan went out to greet each other and gave a slight salute, and then said: "I don't know what the Zhao family master has." ”
"General Wei, my two nephews have a plan to quell the rebellion of the foreigners."
"Oh!"
Bai Liyan looked at the two behind Zhao Ju again, both of them looked like scholars, the young man in his twenties on the right behaved in a big manner, without the slightest hint of gentleness and elegance that a literati should have, and the man in his thirties on the left was blazing.
Fixing his gaze, Bai Liyan asked:
"Zhao family master, who are these two?"
"This is Guan Longxiang of the Guan Long clan in the sixth surname of my Zhao family, and the nephew of Zhao. This is Zhao Anling, the eldest son of Zhao Qu, who went early, Anling is young and uninhibited, if there is any disrespect, please bear with General Wei. ”
"It's okay, it's okay...... Wei has seen two of them here. ”
"General Wei is polite."
The slightly older Jing Guan Longxiang replied respectfully, but on the side, Zhao Anling held his head high behind his hand, arched his hand casually, and did not say a word. Seeing this, Zhao Ju couldn't help but complain a little:
"An Ling, what kind of system is it to be so disrespectful to the general."
Zhao Anling still has his eyes on the sky and goes his own way:
"Why did the uncle say this, hasn't An Ling ever seen a courtesy?"
"How can you have such a reason to greet the general, and you still don't apologize to General Wei."
"A dignified gentleman stands in heaven and earth, how can he condescend to bend his waist."
"You!"
Zhao Ju was so angry that he choked up, and at this time, Bai Liyan took a closer look at this Zhao Anling, and he felt that he was coaxing, and he didn't see anything else. Although Zhao Anling said that he was pouting, his eyes were slanted, and he also saw Bailiyan looking at him intently.
"Master Zhao, it's okay, please come inside."
"Alas...... This unfilial son, when will he be able to fight for some face for his brother. ”
Zhao Anling's father died early, and he and his sister were raised by their mother since they were children, so they lacked discipline. In the early years of turmoil in Xijun, the Zhao family was busy protecting themselves, and Zhao Anling fell into a dissolute and uninhibited character.
Entering the house and sitting down, Zhao Ju and Guan Longxiang were sitting next to Bailiyan and left and right, but Zhao Anling and Guan Longxiang were still sitting alone across the seats, not only that, there were pastries and tea on the table, this one was also not polite, and before he said anything, he ate by himself. If you want to change it to a previous life, most of the time there is no problem, young people are like this, and they are a little uneducated at the moment.
Bai Liyan remained silent and didn't bother with him, and first asked Zhao Ju:
"The head of the Zhao family just said that there is a plan to quell the rebellion in Tiancheng, I don't know what the plan is?"
"Hehe, let's let Guan Long's nephew and the general talk in detail."
Bai Liyan's gaze turned to Guan Longxiang:
"Please also ask Brother Guan Long for some advice."
"Don't dare, this plan is actually made by Brother An Ling, not by the subordinates."
"Oh......"
Looking at Zhao Anling, Bai Liyan only felt that this person was a bohemian nerd, and he really didn't see that there was still some ink.
Thinking of this, Bai Liyan continued:
"Brother Guan Long, but it doesn't hurt to say it, Wei is willing to hear about it."
"Yes, the rebels have used to store a large number of malaria herbs in Thiam City, including the flavored herb Dimawen, which can make people diarrhea when taken alone. Since the occupation of Tiancheng by the black turban thieves, the policy of "clearing household grain" has been implemented, so that each family has little surplus grain left, and can only rely on the rebels to receive help.
Therefore, most of the people's food and grass came from the rebel military palace, and most of the foreigners were no exception. Therefore, if this medicine can be put into the rice in the granary, so that the rebellious people can eat it, and then cut off their salt, the rebellion of the foreign people can be quelled without bloodshed. ”
Dimawen is a unique herb on this planet, at least this herb or plant has not been recorded in the memory of Bailiyan's previous life, and it is a local medicine used to treat malaria.
With hemp warm grass seeds as medicine, the shape is like small sago, yellowing, sweet, cold, the main treatment of high fever, the dosage can not exceed three points, about one-third of the money, the appropriate amount can cure the disease, excessive will lead to severe diarrhea, so it needs to be compatible with other herbs to resolve the medicinal properties.
Formulated as a decoction for the treatment of malaria, it will not cause severe diarrhea, but it will cause diarrhea when taken alone, and it is very severe diarrhea, but it will not kill people.
Salt is the main substance that secretes electrolytes, cutting off the source of salt for the rioters, which is intended to restore their physical strength after the rioters' diarrhea, so that they will be vain and powerless for a long time, but they will not be killed, and after the situation is stable, they will free up their hands to deal with these rioters.
To say that this attention can be emergency and can solve problems, which is good, but it is a little rancid. Bai Liyan estimated that this Zhao Anling was extremely good at this kind of cleverness, and he regarded himself as extraordinary.
"General Wei only needs to add hemp and warm into the polished rice, and then deliberately give the grain and grass to the troubled people, and the troubled people will definitely fall for this plan at that time." Guan Longxiang said.
"Well, it is indeed a good plan to stabilize the situation and suppress the rioters without harming more innocent people. Then, according to the words of the three, give up the rice warehouse in the west of the city and let the rebellious people take it away. ”
"In addition, the rebel army of 20,000 horses has entered the jurisdiction of Tiancheng, and I don't know if General Wei can have a strategy to break the enemy." Guang Longxiang asked.
Bai Liyan hesitated for a moment, not thinking that the Zhao family was cheating, so she said:
In fact, 20,000 horses are not to be feared, Wei chased a cavalry after the rebels not long after sending 20,000 horses. The rebels chased from Beihai County, not to mention that it would take ten days, and the food and drink on the road had already consumed more than half of the grain and grass accompanying them, and there was not much grain and grass after arriving in Tiancheng, as long as our army held the city, this rebel army would have no grain and grass to use within three or five days, and then the summer canal would be occupied by our army, and the rebels would either go to Weijin or harvest rice on the spot.
If you go to Weijin, you will pass through our defense area, but you can rob and kill him halfway, if you besiege Tiancheng and do not leave, he will inevitably have to raise grain and grass to cut rice on the spot, and then the cavalry will suddenly kill and kill all the scattered men and horses, and this force of 20,000 rebels can be broken. ”
As soon as the words came out, Zhao Anling, who was throwing hanging beans in his mouth, bit into the air, and almost fell on the table due to inertia. Bai Liyan was surprised when she saw this, and cast her eyes and said:
"Zhao Gongzi, this is ......"
Guan Longxiang said with a smile:
"Brother An Ling Xian had this plan before, and he didn't want the general to anticipate it, Brother An Ling Xian was taken aback."
Bailiyan was also shocked when she heard the news:
"What's the matter, Zhao Gongzi also planned this before?"
"Exactly, Brother An Ling Xian said before that the general would definitely not have such a plan, but now it seems that Brother An Ling Xian made a mistake."
At this time, Zhao Anling's expression was strange and complicated, and he continued to eat beans in a muffled voice, looking as calm and steady as Mount Tai.