Chapter 163: Contaminated Grain
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Nanmu Zhengcheng is admiring a masterpiece from a wealthy family in Jiyang City, from a famous calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty.
And it was at this moment that a rush of footsteps came, which made him frown, who was intoxicated by the world of calligraphy.
Just when Kusunoki Zhengcheng, who was a little displeased in his heart, was about to ask what happened, the first guard guarding the door rushed in and reported to him a news that made him change color.
That is, there may be a problem with the food in the warehouse, and half of the firehead army has already fallen, and their lives are in danger!
The fire head army is the cook for the army. I don't know in the official history, but in the current world, I am usually in charge of tasting dishes.
To put it simply, they eat what is done first, and if something goes wrong, they lie down first.
There's no way, in this world, those who know how to do martial arts can basically go up and down. And although the masters of using poison are not as many as stars, they are definitely a lot.
Like Sichuan Shu Tang Bao, the poison that is refined will even be hit by a master at the level of heaven and man if he is not careful.
Therefore, in order to avoid accidents, everything given to the army must go through two tests before it is served, one is that the Huotou Army eats a bite of what he makes himself here. The second is to have the military doctor with the army conduct a random inspection, take silver needles and other tools to see if there are any harmful ingredients in the meal.
But if you go through these two tests, there will basically be no major problems.
After all, the higher the level of poison, the higher the materials and production costs. And if you want to be able to make an army lie down, you have to go to the volume, to put it bluntly, it must be cheap, and the materials are common.
The contradictions between the two are irreconcilable, so usually even the person who poisons them only aims to contaminate the food, not to poison an army.
Faced with the dilemma that the army is likely to run out of food, Nanmu Zhengcheng is still in the mood to appreciate any paintings. They don't even care about holding accountable the guards who are waiting outside and have a bitter face guarding the treasury.
Nanmu Zhengcheng directly led people and hurried to the other two spare treasury. Let's see if there is a problem with the batch of grain that he specially ordered someone to hide secretly just in case.
And the result is ...... Looking at the few animals that were caught by the soldiers casually, and after eating the grain, it was enough to understand that the livestock had already choked, which also made Nanmu Zhengcheng's face extremely pale.
"Bastard, how did the enemy find here?"
Since it is a secret hiding, there are certainly not many people who know about it.
Not to mention that he is under his command, it is an alliance with the East Island Country, strictly speaking, Fuyu Zhang, who is on an equal footing with Nanmu Zhengcheng, etc., Nanmu Zhengcheng only told them that he hid a batch of grain just in case. And the exact location is known only to the people he trusts the most.
And now the place with such a high degree of secrecy has actually been poisoned. For a while, Nanmu Zhengcheng had the heart to directly arrest all his cronies and interrogate them one by one.
Fortunately, Kusunoki Masanari, as a famous general of the East Island Country, still knew the priority of the matter, and after making sure that all the food had been dropped, he first instructed his subordinates: "Go and invite Ishihara-kun quickly! ”
"Yes!" his subordinates did not dare to slack off when they heard this, and hurriedly galloped to invite.
And Kusunoki Zhengcheng turned his head to look at the domestic animals that were tired of breath and purple. I don't know why, at this time, he suddenly had a feeling that the tent of the moon was being paid back.
Not long ago, he ordered them to plant the poison for the people who drove them to Kure for the sake of the people who drove them to Kure County, but only a few days have passed, and their food has also suffered.
Now he can only pray that the poison in this grain will not be difficult to dissolve, otherwise...... He could only give up his original plan for the time being and go straight to Wu County!
Taro Ishihara arrived quickly, and he was joined by Buyeo Chang, the general of Baekje Province, and Lee In-ki, the current commander of Silla Kingdom.
"General Nanmu, I heard that the grain in the city has been poisoned, is this true?" Fuyu Zhang, as a general in the army, of course understood the danger of running out of food, because he asked as soon as he met with Nanmu Zhengcheng.
After all, others don't know, but he, the three main generals of the coalition army, still knows that Nanmu Zhengcheng once sent someone to secretly hide a batch of grain. Now that there is a problem with the main grain depot, Fuyu Zhang can only hope that the batch of grain that Nanmu Zhengcheng grew secretly can be safe and sound.
But it looks like ......
When Fuyu Zhang came forward, he finally saw the few domestic animals in the granary that had been choked and purple, and for a while, he didn't understand that this batch of grain was probably the same problem.
"Well, it's very toxic, and now we can only see if we can brainstorm and find a way to detoxify. Otherwise......" Kusunoki Masanari said to Ishihara Taro on the side with an ugly face: "Ishihara-kun, I can only ask you." ”
"The general is serious, I'll try it. ”
One of the poisons, vast as clouds of smoke, although Ishihara Taro is better than the blue, he is a master of poison in the East Island country. But it is precisely because he knows more that he has more awe. Naturally, they didn't dare to guarantee the ticket.
After some inspection, Taro Ishihara found that it was not optimistic.
Most of the grain is indeed poisoned by walking, but according to the sampling inspection, there are four kinds of poison in this batch of grain, and some areas are still mixed with a little high-grade poison with strong toxicity.
How does this antidote make him?
Therefore, he could only shake his head to Nanmu Zhengcheng with an ugly face, so that Nanmu Zhengcheng's face was even more gloomy.
"General Nanmu, the army has run out of food, but it is a taboo for soldiers!" After a long time, Fu Yuzhang took the lead in speaking: "If you still insist on your own opinion, then in order for the soldiers under my command not to go hungry, I can only take someone to take Wu County first." ”
On the other side, Li Renqi, the commander of the Silla state, obviously had the same opinion, so he directly echoed and agreed.
Seeing this, Nanmu Zhengcheng stared at the two of them for a moment, and finally put a smile on his face again: "Of course, I said that the plan is not as good as the change." Since the military situation has changed, the previous plan will naturally not be counted.
In this way, the dry food brought by each person in the army can last for three days if you save a little food. Then let's give the soldiers a full meal, and then set off immediately, what do you think? ”
After Fuyu Zhang and Li Renqi glanced at each other, they then said, "Just follow General Nanmu." ”
"Very good," Kusunoki continued, "I still have some things to deal with here, so I won't send you two." ”
There are many things waiting for the two main generals to deal with when they are about to start the army, and they understand that the other party is likely to find out why there is a problem with the grain depot that is so heavily guarded, so Fu Yuzhang and the two did not stay long. After saying goodbye, they left one after another, leaving only Nanmu Zhengcheng and his party to stay here in the grain depot.
"Inoue-kun, interrogate the relevant people one by one. I want to know, how do outsiders know such a secret place so clearly!" Kusunoki Masanari commanded in a cold voice.
"Yes!"
Listening to the sound of the footsteps of his guards leaving, Nanmu Zhengcheng glanced in the direction of Wu County, and after a long time, he muttered: "Cut off my army food, this is to force us to attack Wu County......! It's time to plan ahead. ”
Not to mention Nanmu is becoming here, the preparation in my heart.
On the other side, one of the two major battlefields of the main battle of Zuolong Wuwei and the Yellow Heaven Sect, outside Qingyang City, Wen Yang, the general of the Left Dragon Wuwei, looked at the Huang Tianjiao soldiers who were waiting in battle on Qingyang City, and couldn't help but praise sincerely: "This eleventh Fang Zhisheng is worthy of being one of the few people in the Yellow Heaven Sect who are good at military affairs, and he can actually train a group of rabble in such a short period of time, which is not simple." ”
"Isn't the general a little overestimating him," the adjutant general on one side continued: "No matter how much you train, the rabble is always a rabble, if it weren't for the negligence of these southern Zhichong Mansions, we would have put down this southeast rebellion a long time ago." ”
Just like what the adjutant general said, although the 10085 fold central defender is the same in rank, there is still a considerable gap in terms of combat effectiveness.
For example, the Zhichong Prefecture in the north, which is close to the border, has a much higher combat effectiveness than the Zhichong Guards of other provinces because it needs to constantly resist the invasion of the Xiongnu. Of course, the battle loss rate is also very high.
For other prefectures, more than half of the war losses are basically a major event that is difficult to encounter once in ten years and a hundred years, but for more than a dozen prefectures in this state, it is the norm.
Even when the Huns met in Youzhou, they turned to their side, and it was not unheard of that several provinces were wiped out.
Therefore, if Long Wuwei had really mobilized the merger states that were originally under their jurisdiction when they were quelling the rebellion in the southeast, maybe the southeast rebellion would have been pacified long ago.
"Judge, be careful. ”
General Zuo Long Wuwei doesn't want to provoke confrontation in the army, although this southern rush is indeed almost there, but you can't say it clearly. Therefore, he directly changed the topic and said: "By the way, have the people on the left and right waiting guards been replaced?"
"General Hui, they've all been replaced," the adjutant general replied.
"Very well, then let's start the official attack," General Zuolong Wuwei ordered, "It's time to end this farce!"
"Yes!"