Chapter 549: The Duke's Poison Scheme
c_t;“ 500,000?"
Even if he was somewhat mentally prepared, the number that Shui Chaoyang said still surprised Qiu Wuyi a little. [See the latest chapter of the book]
The decisive battle with Liu Zhenye ended so easily, so now the place where everyone held the meeting has been transferred to the front line, that is, Liu Zhenye's main city, the military flag fluttering a few days ago has already changed its appearance, and the piles of corpses that are still burning seem to tell the cruelty of this battle, but this has nothing to do with Shui Chaoyang.
Liu Zhenye adopted the tactic of luring the enemy into depth, and then buried a large amount of gunpowder in the ground, this trick did play its due role, and even several strong men of the country of Shura also received heavy losses, they actually only assisted in occupying the castle, basically did not participate in the battle, fortunately there was no danger to life, and the warriors under the command of Shui Chaoyang were also seriously killed and wounded, not to mention the soldiers.
But if you calculate it, Liu Zhenye's army was injured even more badly by the explosion, especially the decoy troops, there was no one left, all of them were wiped out, if they were not forced to the extreme, probably no one would choose such a desperate tactic, in this battle, Liu Zhenye himself also died in the flames.
"There are so many refugees, are there so many people in the nearby territories?"
Ling Qi's face suddenly became serious, she had always been very concerned about refugees and other things, otherwise she would not have risked the danger of manipulating the floating city to save people, after fighting a battle, and no matter how many victories there are, these 500,000 refugees are really a big problem.
"Friend, it's because there aren't so many people that it's terrible. ”
Shui Chaoyang frowned, his face was still covered with a layer of black ash, and as soon as the muscles on his face were pulled, the black ash kept falling down, and he clearly won the battle, but he was not happy at all.
"I see, they are all refugees from outside, calling around, what do they look like!"
Ling Qi's fist squeezed hard, crushing the teacup on the table, and pouring hot tea on his flawless hands, but he didn't know it, but a few generals on the side couldn't help but be moved.
They were all generals promoted by Shui Chaoyang, so they naturally didn't know Ling Qi's strength, and thought they were just friends of the lord, but the scene just now had already revealed her own strength, although Tianyi played a greater role in this. ()
Fan Lingyu did not attend the meeting, Qiu Wuyi was worried that arousing the fighting spirit would cause the force to get out of control, and did not let her know about the refugees and the battlefield.
"Where did the refugees come from? Take a step back, even if Liu Zhenye took in these refugees, where did he have the confidence to contain 500,000?"
After a moment of silence, Qiu Wuyi stared at the map spread out on the table, and his gaze moved to where he was.
It is really not easy to deal with the extra 500,000 refugees with their families overnight, but everything has to be done step by step, and first of all, we must figure out the ins and outs, which is exactly how Qiu Wuyi thinks about things.
"Hmph, how could he be so kind, even if he was contained, it would only be used as a shield, brother, you see, refugees are mainly coming from these directions. ”
As he spoke, Shui Chaoyang marked on the map except for a few arrows.
"Between a day or two?"
Qiu Wuyi's eyes lit up suddenly, and he suddenly understood something.
"Almost. ”
"Sure enough...... This old thing, it's really ill-intentioned, the letters that Liu Zhenye and Situ Wei colluded are all true, right?"
After thinking for a moment, Qiu Wuyi laughed inexplicably, forming an extremely sharp contrast with the gloomy faces of the crowd.
Duke Situ Wei of the Apocalypse, a powerful lord who divided half of the Zhenguo, and his sworn enemy was Liao Taihao, the Duke of Baiye, the shape of the territory of the two was quite delicate, except for a few cities near the main city, many territories were enclaves, densely packed everywhere - the result of the indiscriminate division of the feudal back then, and the focus of the confrontation between the two dukes was naturally the imperial capital of the Zhenguo.
The name of the imperial capital is naturally called the imperial capital, and it is also an outlier in a sense.
Liao Taihao's forces are roughly distributed in the south, and Situ Wei has set up his own gateway in the north, Liu Zhenye's territory is not too far from the few territories actually controlled by Situ Wei, and in recent years, he has survived with a posture of submission.
"Of course it's true, there's no need to prove it, everyone knows it, huh, brother, don't you want to say that the refugees were driven by Situ Wei's old thief?"
Shui Chaoyang's brain was not slow to react, and when he saw the few areas that Qiu Wuyi had been clicking on the map, his thoughts suddenly became clear.
"What?"
"What's the point?"
The other generals present were still a little confused, Qiu Wuyi couldn't help but smile bitterly secretly, if Jiao Mu or Ah Meng were present at this time, they would definitely understand faster than this group of guys, and Liuberry Berry would definitely be able to understand quickly, but now Liuberry Berry was not present, she was responsible for the task of treating the wounded soldiers, and now she was busy with anger.
"I can't leave the refugees alone, as long as I enter the land I protect, I have an obligation to protect them, that's all. ”
Qiu Wuyi's smile made the hearts of those generals who didn't know much about his person tighten, and they only then thought of what kind of title their lord had and finally figured out Situ Wei's strategy.
Now, Qiu Wuyi is no longer the obscure border lord of the past, and the battle has brought Liu Zhenye to a stalemate, and now it has attracted a lot of attention.
After annexing Liu Zhenye's land, the Earldom of Daystar is already a large territory with a population of more than 200,000 people, regardless of whether friends or foes are standing in line, it is not wrong to be vigilant first, and now the attitude revealed is also quite clear, that is, to be an enemy of Situ Wei.
It is not uncommon to fight on multiple fronts, in the past few years, the two dukes have been fighting on multiple fronts, while the two armies are facing each other, while exterminating and absorbing the territories of other lords, and the two of them have to make a sympathetic appearance in the court, whenever the two go to "face the saint", they don't know how much effort it takes to beware of assassination, as for the emperor...... Don't mention it.
So Situ Wei must beware of Qiu Wuyi's stab in the back.
"Sure enough, if you look at these places where refugees flow, there are passes behind them, if the old thief doesn't let him go, who can escape from the tightly guarded passes?
Shui Chaoyang kicked the table leg indignantly, and the force was quite good, but he made a loud noise and didn't break the table.
"That's right, I think a lot of refugees have an accent from the middle region, so that's what happened!"
In the eyes of the vast majority of the people of Zhenguo, the two dukes are the national thieves who usurped the country, and most of them have to curse when their names are mentioned.
"Hmph, even if he does all the tricks, he won't be able to ...... me."
"No! this time, the territory must contain all the refugees, it is the territory, not somewhere else. ”
Qiu Wuyi waved a hand and stopped Ling Qi in the middle of what he was about to say.
"What! You don't care about a place that big, that's half a million people!"
As soon as Ling Qi was furious, he didn't care about what secrecy or not, and immediately quarreled with Qiu Wuyi.
"Who said let it go, isn't their purpose obvious? It is to make us tired of dealing with refugees and have no time to send troops, but this also tells us one thing, Situ Wei must have made a big move recently, so he can't divide his troops to retaliate directly, as for what kind of action it is, I'm sorry, I don't know yet, Jiao Mu has already gone to ask. If Stuart wanted that, why didn't I show him how tired I was? ”
Qiu Wuyi smiled indifferently and glanced at Ling Qi, finally hiding the matter of the floating city, this matter could not be known to the enemy at present, but also to the friendly army.
Why? Just after winning the battle, so many refugees poured in in a day or two, and it was strange that there were no secret agents in the territory, and Qiu Wuyi couldn't believe how strict the mouths of this group of people were.
"If we do our best to resettle the refugees, there will be no problem other than food. ”
Shui Chaoyang calculated the consumption and other needs of hundreds of thousands of people, and nodded reluctantly.
"Brother Shui, with the minimum distribution, can it support about a month?"
With the next steps already analyzed in his mind, Qiu Wuyi raised his hand and marked a few more lakes on the map.
"Three or five months shouldn't be a big problem, I took someone to check it just now, there is a lot of grain stored here, and now the warehouse has been blocked, no one wants to destroy it, but these grains will definitely not be able to eat the next season's harvest, and we don't have so much land to plant now." ”
Shui Chaoyang had already realized that Qiu Wuyi might have a plan, and the tension on his face disappeared, and he briefly recounted the things related to the castle military rations and military supplies that had just been defeated.
"Brother Shui, who are you going with you? Do you remember the people who have seen these military rations with your own eyes?"
Qiu Wuyi groaned slightly, and thought about it.
"The two pro-soldiers, who are still guarding the door, are brothers, and it is absolutely impossible to betray. ”
"That's good, we can't have so much food now, at least we have to make a show. Brother Shui, big brothers, this matter is urgent, and don't blame me for being stubborn and self-serving, and what I say next, please listen to it and implement it meticulously. ”
Qiu Wuyi stood up from his seat, although there was a smile on his face, what everyone present saw was serious.
"Brother, listen to what you say. ”
Shui Chaoyang naturally did not object, and with a wave of his hand, the other generals also calmed down.
"Well...... I can't talk about it yet, but I have to wait for Scorchwood to bring back the information. ”
"Don't wait, Situ Wei's target is the Qinglong Walled City, 250,000 against 120,000. ”
The door slammed open, and the figure of Jiao Mu, who was more indifferent than the voice, appeared in front of everyone.