"What on earth is going on?" Shen Bi was dumbfounded as soon as she came out, staring blankly at the scene in front of her.
The guards were killing each other, corpses were everywhere, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood, which was so disgusting that I almost vomited.
Shen Bi covered her nose. She came from modern times. This was the first time she witnessed a fight with her own eyes. The body parts were all over the ground. She couldn't accept it for the time being.
"Are you okay?" Prince Nancheng came over, covered Shen Bi's eyes with his hands, took her into his arms, and comforted her softly: "Don't look at it, let me handle this."
Shen Bi's face was a little pale, and she shook her head despite the discomfort: "Your Majesty, I'm fine. The most important thing now is to find out the source as soon as possible, stop all this, and reduce the minimum loss."
She took a deep breath, turned around slowly, and asked the guard beside her: "What on earth is going on?"
"These people all became like this after returning from the southern villages."
"Yes, Zhang Erlong was the first to get sick just now, and it happened suddenly for no reason."
A soldier in a camp was frightened. This man was so cruel that he even cut himself. It was too scary.
Prince Nancheng immediately said: "Let's take care of this place first and confirm the list of losses."
"yes!"
He was worried that Shen Bi wouldn't be able to bear it, so he pulled her into the tent. Shen Bi couldn't help but vomited.
It took a long time before her expression calmed down. Shen Bi drank a cup of tea and said, "It must be Chu Yunning's fault."
"Now that we've been targeted, let's stop the attack on the southern village."
Prince Nancheng originally disagreed with sneak attacks on villages and harming innocent people.
"Besides, Nanduan is not a fool, and he may not necessarily be fooled." Prince Nancheng always felt that a huge net was slowly approaching, almost completely covering him, and almost making him breathless.
This battle was very tiring.
Shen Bi comforted him in turn: "Now that we have developed a new type of weapon, there is no need to take it seriously in the south."
The power of gunpowder is unparalleled, and she believes that one day the south end will definitely surrender to the foot of Dongling.
When it came to weapons, the Prince of Nancheng had more opinions about Shen Bi. He had doubted Shen Bi's words before.
Now I am convinced.
After a while, the list of losses was calculated. Everyone who had been to the village was not spared, and hundreds of soldiers were lost.
These people are all spoiled by food.
Apart from Chu Yunning, there is no other person in the world who can make people eat these grains unknowingly without being discovered to be poisonous.
Shen Bi sighed. She was not good at poisons, so she didn't know whether the stored grain was poisonous or not.
"Go to the doctor and verify each bag one by one. Be sure to check carefully to make sure there are no mistakes."
"yes!"
Immediately afterwards, Prince Nancheng came to his senses: "This Chu Yunning is really capable. He has discovered our people a long time ago, so he can take advantage of them with one move."
Shen Bi was not surprised at all: "Chu Yunning is also a modern person after all. Her knowledge and vision are not comparable to those of people of this era, especially as she is a highly educated surgeon."
From time to time, a few unintelligible words would come out of Shen Bi's mouth, and Prince Nancheng was already used to it.
At this time, the guard sent eight hundred miles of urgent documents, which stated that a gold mine had been discovered in Nanyang City.
"Gold mine?" Prince Nancheng frowned. The discovery of a gold mine at this juncture was definitely explosive news.
The most expensive thing in prolonging the war is money, food and drink items, and raising hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, which the national treasury cannot afford.
The reason why the south end dared to start a war was because they discovered Prime Minister Gong's gold mine and summoned so many soldiers and horses.
Otherwise, the southern end would have been unable to hold on long ago.
Shen Bi raised her eyebrows: "There's something wrong with this. There has never been a second gold mine discovered in history."
She did remember the country where the gold mines were later mined, but the description in history was vague and she didn't know the specific location at all.
Moreover, mining gold mines is a particularly complex matter and requires a lot of manpower and material support.
After Prince Nancheng ascends the throne, she will plan a few more places and lead people to search for them.
The overall situation is currently uncertain, and Shen Bi is worried that speaking out about Xun Zhao will arouse jealousy.
"Are you saying this is a cover?" Prince Nancheng asked.
Shen Bi nodded: "The only gold mine discovered in the past ten years is at the south end. The one in Nanyang City must be a fake."
"Then why did Nanyang City release such news?" He really couldn't figure it out. Wasn't this intentional to arouse jealousy?
"If this news was released by Nanduan, the purpose is to make Xihai and Yunlan fight, and temporarily distract Xihai's attention." Shen Bi quickly analyzed it.
Whenever she thinks of Yunlan now, she can't help but scold the deposed prince a hundred times. If he hadn't been stupid and the three countries jointly attacked the southern end, the war might have ended by now.
"Go and inquire about the news from the West Sea, and then send a message. This matter must be false and cannot be easily believed."
In the blink of an eye, two days later, the border at the southern end finally stopped, and Dongling's every move was under the eyes of those three hundred people.
Those three hundred people were unable to speak, so they were not suspected, and some of them were even used more seriously.
"Mother!" Beibei came at a striding pace, jumping up and down with a little tiger cub that was more than two months old in his arms.
At this time, Emperor Mingwen was discussing something with Chu Yunning. Chu Yunning raised his head and saw Beibei, so he knelt down and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Little Tiger is not feeling well today. I took him out for a walk, but he was very disobedient and kept hiding in corners."
Hearing this, he followed his gaze and saw that the little tiger cub was twisting restlessly and humming from time to time.
"Mom, is the little tiger cub sick?" Beibei looked worried.
Chu Yunning comforted him: "No, the tiger cub is very healthy. Maybe it's too cold outside."
"Cold?" Beibei nodded. It is indeed much colder outside today than usual.
Since the tiger cub was fine, he was relieved.
At this time, Eunuch Mo also raised the curtain and came in, sighing: "Today, the road outside is covered with a layer of ice and the soil is hard. It's really too cold."
Chu Yunning finally realized something was wrong, turned around and went out. The north wind was howling, and a gust of cold air hit his face, like a knife, which stung his face.
"It's cold outside, come in." Emperor Mingwen shouted.
Chu Yunning suddenly smiled at Emperor Mingwen, his eyes sparkling, and said: "I have thought of a way to deal with Dongling."
Looking at the radiant face, Emperor Mingwen also laughed and even curled his lips.
"What method?"
"Your Majesty, please find me a few carpenters. The more the better, or you can find hundreds of skilled soldiers."
Although he didn't understand what Chu Yunning was going to do, Emperor Mingwen still did it and immediately ordered him to proceed.
After an hour, everyone was found.
Chu Yuning stood outside wrapped in a big cloak, looking at the Wuyangyang group of people: "Do you want to avenge the folks in the border town?"
As soon as the words came out, everyone shouted in unison: "Think! Think!"
"I know that the Dongling incident has made everyone depressed for many days. I can provide you with a chance for revenge, and when everyone returns, I can personally cook a sumptuous celebration banquet for everyone, ensuring that everyone can eat well.
Drink well!”
The crowd cheered again.
Vice General Li asked curiously: "Chu Shanggong, when can we take revenge?"
He couldn't help itching his hands a few days ago. He had to let it out, right?
Chu Yunning took out an arm-long sled from behind. No one had ever seen it before. Chu Yunning had learned it for a few days during team building in the hospital, and he was pretty good at it.
"What is this? It can't be a weapon, right?" Lieutenant General Li asked doubtfully. It looks like a wooden stake and cannot kill people at all.
Chu Yunning smiled: "Don't be anxious, please watch me demonstrate it again."
As she said that, she stood on the sled and slid quickly from a high place. With a whoosh, she had already slid far away in the blink of an eye.
Everyone was shocked.
"What is this? How can it be so fast?"
"Yes, you can fly away if you step on it?"
Soon Chu Yunning came back and explained to everyone's curiosity: "This is called a sled. It can swim on the ice. We are separated from Dongling by a river. The temperature has dropped sharply today. I have tried it.
The ice on the lake has become thicker, and we can slide across the opposite side in half an hour. By then, everyone will have accumulated strength and can show off their skills to deal with Dongling."
Speaking of this, everyone was a little excited.
"From now on, everyone will make the sled according to the pattern. At midnight tonight, we will go to Tanglin!"
Dongling is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Similarly, they don't dare to attack the south end easily. The two cities are separated by a wide and long river. If they go through the city gate, it will take about a few hours. If they cross the river, it will take at least two hours.
It took an hour, and crossing the river was easily discovered.
"good!"
As soon as the soldiers heard that they could take revenge at night, they were all as excited as if they had been given blood.
Everyone went to cut wood with great energy, and the division of labor was clear.
Chu Yunning turned back to Emperor Mingwen and said, "Go and buy palm oil now. The more the better, and there are also archers."
"Are you planning to attack Dongling?" Emperor Mingwen said.
"Why not?" Chu Yunning raised his chin and said with a little pride: "Donngling is on the other side of the river. I would never have thought that we would dare to attack."
It was getting dark, and the camp at the south end was quiet, looking as peaceful as ever.
But in fact, a group of people had quietly brought their sleds onto the ice.
In the early morning, the sky was foggy and cold, and even the people standing guard outside were drowsy.
Suddenly there was a whooshing sound, and sharp arrows with fireballs hit one tent after another. The arrows burning with high concentration of palm oil were paired with thick poisonous mist. Although they burned very slowly, the poisonous mist dispersed little by little.
open.
The palm oil was poured onto the boats on the shore, and a fire was ignited. The ropes were connected one by one, and it soon turned into a sea of fire.
The first group of people completed their tasks and quickly slid back. The second group of people began to hold sharp arrows, even the tips of the arrows were smeared with poison. As long as they scratched a little bit of skin, they would definitely die.
"These little bastards are here today!" Vice General Li covered his face and wore thick clothes, but his figure was not clumsy at all.
It wasn't until all the arrows in the quiver were gone that Lieutenant General Li refused to give up and snorted: "You don't have to fight, just retreat."
"Lieutenant, this is too cheap for them."
"We have a long way to go, don't be in a hurry." Vice General Li gave the order and everyone began to retreat.
The fierce sound outside woke up Shen Bi. She immediately got up and went out to check. Prince Nancheng immediately said: "Block your nose quickly, the air is full of poisonous gas."
After saying this, Shen Bi quickly covered her mouth and nose.
When the fog dissipated, the ground was littered with corpses again. It was said that more than 3,000 people were dead. Prince Nancheng was furious: "How on earth did these people get here? There is no movement at all."
"As for Prince Hui, they came across the ice, and each of them is as light as a swallow..."
"How is this possible? Crossing the ice?" Prince Nancheng questioned. Even if a ship came over, it would take a day.
There was not much movement on the river in the evening, so why did it arrive before us in just a few hours?
"It's not impossible." Shen Bi guessed that the other party probably used ice and snow equipment, such as an ice sled.
Prince Nancheng still didn't believe it.
"Is the other party stepping on a long board and gliding on the ice?"
The guard immediately nodded after hearing this: "That's true."
"What is that?" Prince Nancheng was puzzled as to why he had never heard of this.
Shen Bi explained: "This is an ice and snow toy equipment that can slide on ice and snow without obstruction. The temperature has dropped sharply in the past two days, and the thickness of the ice surface is completely suitable for sliding.
So the other party came without anyone noticing, and we didn't notice it either."
Soon Shen Bi also found someone to make one and tested it on Prince Nancheng in public. Shen Bi took a breath and underestimated her enemy again.
She obviously knows how to do it. She once served as a class teacher, organized ice and snow sports in the school, and the school even sent her out to study. She won a good result in a joint competition between several major schools.
"We suffered heavy losses today. More than a dozen camps were burned down, thousands of people were poisoned, and hundreds of boats were burned to the ground." Prince Nancheng felt like he was being tricked, and couldn't help but feel worried.
anger.
Shen Bi reassured: "Nanduan is just taking advantage of others' danger. This kind of behavior is really a villain. Don't worry about it, Your Majesty. There are still plenty of opportunities."
"I thought the South End was so upright and upright, but now it seems that it actually engages in such a sneak attack. It's really despicable!"
The Prince of Nancheng has a fairly high opinion of Nanduan, but now, he is just a snake and a rat.
"Then what if they invade again?"
Shen Bi hesitated for a while and shook her head: "The same method should not be used a second time. Besides, if you suffer a loss this time, the president will definitely teach you a lesson and send more people to guard it day and night."
"Hmm!" Prince Nancheng changed the topic and asked, "Has there been any reply from Xihai?"
Shen Bi was stunned and shook his head subconsciously.
In fact, Xihai had written a letter and asked for a private marriage by name. He had to occupy the position of the Crown Princess of Nancheng before agreeing to cooperate.
In the final analysis, the southern end's ability to survive until now is all due to the disunity of the other two countries.