Chapter 315 Lies

Was the battle in the South really so smooth?

Not necessarily.

In fact, the South is still anxious.

The reason is also very simple, that is, the White Lotus Sect's method is not very effective in dealing with those living corpses.

What's more important is that Wu Guogong seems to have deliberately spread the virus among the people.

Therefore, the probability of infection among ordinary people is very high.

Let’s take an example.

The imperial army finally captured a small town with tens of thousands of people, but just after cleaning it up, they found that the plague had broken out among the people. This damn guy Wu Guogong deliberately abandoned the small town, and then in The plague spread in the town, thus ambushing the imperial army.

This kind of behavior can no longer be described as disgusting, it can be regarded as inhumane.

Under such circumstances, the imperial army had no way to advance in the direction of Fuzhou. It basically took a month to advance only ten to twenty miles, and they had to face a steady stream of living corpses that were neither eating nor drinking. of assault and harassment.

Queen Wu had no effective way to resolve the battle in a short time. She had been completely dragged into the quagmire of the war by Wu Guogong.

Naturally, Wu Guogong was miserable. This move had caused him to lose any prestige among his subordinates. After all, it was not a heroic act to use ordinary people to block swords.

"Queen! Our soldiers are seriously injured. There is a serious shortage of substitute soldiers. More importantly, we do not have enough medicines on hand. After the soldiers are infected with the plague, we can only execute them with our own hands!" The young man One of the general's arms was missing. During a battle, the young general was bitten by a living corpse. In desperation, he could only cut off his own arm.

Fortunately, after cutting off his arm, he did not contract the terrible plague, and he did not unfortunately die due to wound infection. But just these few months have already made a young general who was originally heroic look like he has aged by more than ten years.

Queen Wu looked at the general kneeling on the ground.

These young generals were personally trained and taught by her.

Each of them can be regarded as coming from a prominent family.

He is also her best friend.

It is precisely with the support of these best friends and the support of the families behind these generals.

Only Queen Wu could go her own way and openly fight against the Kingdom of Wu.

However, the successive attacks were blocked, not only losing most of her generals, but more importantly, the wealthy families behind these generals had also fallen into hesitation.

Empress Wu knew that if there was no help from these powerful people, she would be in trouble.

Then her army is about to lose all its support.

But if you want to retain these powerful people, you must win.

For now, it's best to prove your method.

That is to break Fuzhou City.

"How many troops do we still have on hand now?"

"Except for the troops guarding the city, we only have less than 30,000 people left who can move! Ten thousand of them just retreated from Yong'an Town. After the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers, After paying the price with his life, we successfully captured Yong'an Town, but the Wu thieves spread the plague in Yong'an Town. Originally, tens of thousands of people in Yong'an Town were there! Although we successfully suppressed and burned all the corpses of the living corpses, the Queen has no way to continue this war. Wu Thief has sent an envoy, willing to cease the war immediately and lead the troops. All the soldiers went to the north to fight against the Manchus!" The young general looked at Queen Wu with a flash of unbearability in her eyes.

No one thought that this war that was supposed to be a one-sided crushing would actually end like this.

Not to mention the countless casualties.

What's more important is that they didn't capture a few large cities and didn't gain enough benefits. More importantly, because of the problems in the trade routes between the north and the south caused by the war, Wu Guogong had maritime export trade and could obtain a steady stream of money. But the court did not.

Fortunately, Queen Wu found a large amount of gold from somewhere.

Otherwise, the imperial army would have collapsed long ago.

Later, the imperial army regained its strength and was about to capture Fuzhou City in one fell swoop.

But at this moment, Wu Guogong didn't know where he found this unknown virus. Under the attack of the virus, the imperial army suffered another setback. After all, the Song Dynasty was no longer the time when the country had just been founded. After these years of corruption, even though Empress Wu rectified the government, the internal affairs of the court were already rotten. Empress Wu alone could not save the Song Dynasty.

"You want me to talk to Wu Guogong?"

"My subordinates have absolutely no intention of doing this!"

Queen Wu stared at the general fiercely, and finally waved her hand to tell him to get out.

With a long sigh, Queen Wu picked up the sword next to her.

There was a very deep grudge between her and Wu Guogong.

This naturally has something to do with the Five Poison Sect in which she was born.

It is no secret that Queen Wu was born in the Five Poison Sect.

But few people know that He Tieshou, the former head of the Five Poison Sect, had a husband whose surname was also Wu. And few people know that this man named Wu not only became the husband of the head of the Five Poison Sect, but also gave birth to a daughter.

More importantly, this man with the surname Wu was born in Fuzhou.

Duke Wu's surname is not Wu.

But there is a feud between the two families.

Queen Wu's father and mother died at the hands of Duke Wu.

And the reason why the Five Poison Sect was wiped out was largely because of Duke Wu's interference. This damn old guy once had great power in the court. If it weren't for Queen Wu marrying into the imperial family and curbing Duke Wu's continued embezzlement, the Song Dynasty would have been finished long ago.

Wiping the sword.

She swore a poisonous oath that one day she would chop off the head of this old man with her own hands to commemorate her parents who had already passed away.

"If I don't seize this opportunity this time, then there may never be such an opportunity again in the future."

Sighed softly.

Queen Wu put the sword back into the scabbard.

This time, even if she played all her trump cards, Queen Wu had to avenge her.

Suddenly, she tilted her head and looked to the side. A woman in white clothes and skirt walked out of the side hall quickly.

Red Fire Buddha Mother.

When Queen Wu saw this woman, she said unhappily: "You still remember to come back. I have done what I promised you. I have also given the White Lotus Sect the status it should have. Is this how you repay me?"

Red Fire Buddha Mother smiled sweetly, "I will not come back if I don't have good news. This time I bring you good news. The White Lotus Sect was forced away by the Ming Cult, and only some secret stakes were left in Fujian, which were only used to collect intelligence. There is no way to organize a large army to help you capture cities and plunder.

However, I finally got some news that is beneficial to you this time." Red Fire Buddha Mother's eyes flashed with murderous intent, "This time it can be basically confirmed. This plague came from the Kingdom of Korea, which was actually almost destroyed by this plague. After the Wu thief knew about this plague, he used the sea trade line to A large number of corpses of the people of the Kingdom of Korea were transported by road. At the same time, the plague began to spread in Fuzhou City.

This is how the plague swept across Fujian Province.

He originally thought that this matter was done secretly, but in the end, his retainers knew about it. Using the people to cultivate the plague was a matter of anger and resentment, and many people were dissatisfied with what Duke Wu did. Many of his subordinates also wanted to assassinate him and offer him to the court to end this cruel plague. However, Duke Wu has four great generals under his command. These four people are very strong, at least not inferior to me, so this time I went to contact those generals who wanted to submit to the court. They said that as long as we can assassinate Duke Wu, they are willing to surrender. As long as the court does not kill them, they can return to the fields and no longer serve as soldiers. "

Queen Wu looked at the Red Fire Buddha.

"How credible do you think this is?"

"At least, it's better than wasting time here. Duke Wu has the sea trade route as his foundation. For Duke Wu, he can keep on fighting this war. As long as the sea trade route is continuous, there will be a steady flow of food into Fuzhou City. He still has 20,000 to 30,000 elite soldiers. In addition, there are all kinds of militias, totaling 80,000 to 90,000 people. You only have tens of thousands of soldiers who can fight. Although you claim to have hundreds of thousands of soldiers, most of them are ordinary people who have never received training on the battlefield. It's a dead end. What's more important is that you can't use the plague.

Duke Wu has given up now and doesn't care about his reputation at all. He also knows that after this battle, he can no longer be the common ruler of the world.

He can use the plague at will, just to achieve his goal.

But you can't, you can't use the plague. As long as you use the plague as a countermeasure, there will be a wave of opposition to you inside and outside the court, so your best way now is to hold on. In the hope of change. But you don't have much time left. "

Queen Wu suddenly stood up from her seat.

"You said so much, don't you just want me to take a gamble?"

"We, the White Lotus Sect, can use all our trump cards. We guarantee to kill Duke Wu and his four generals."

"Just state the conditions!"

"Straightforward. Her Majesty is generous. We, the White Lotus Sect, are not greedy people. Now that the Queen has agreed to respect our White Lotus Sect as the state religion, it is only right to shed blood for the Song Dynasty. We will send out a large number of masters, but flowers also need soil as a source of nutrients." The face of the Red Fire Buddha Mother showed a greedy expression, "After killing Duke Wu and taking Fujian, we need a piece of land. Of course, we are still ruled by the Song Dynasty and managed by Song officials, but we don't have to pay taxes. Just like Shaolin Temple, all White Lotus followers no longer have to pay taxes to the Song Dynasty. "

"Okay. I can agree to this condition, but you are not allowed to touch the maritime trade! As long as you don't touch the red line of maritime trade, I can agree to this condition of yours."

"No problem, the White Lotus has no interest in maritime trade. The White Lotus just needs a place to stay."

"I'll go with you."

The Red Fire Buddha was immediately stunned, "Are you kidding, Your Majesty?"

"I have sworn a poisonous oath that I must chop off the head of that man surnamed Guo with my own hands! Otherwise, I will live a life worse than death, and after death I will fall into the eighteenth level of hell and never be reborn." Queen Wu's face was extremely cold.

"I have long noticed that there may be personal grudges between you and him, but I didn't expect that the hatred between you would be so serious. In this case, I will agree to you."

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Wu Gong held down a Mongolian man tightly.

He spent more than ten taels of silver to buy this Mongolian captive.

It is said that this guy is a member of the Mongolian royal family. Although his bloodline is relatively shallow, he has saved his life and his head has not been chopped off and hung on the city wall.

Wu Gong's strength is unquestionable.

Therefore, even though this guy was not tied up, he was still pressed to the ground and could not move.

Wu Gong drew a ghost face mark on the back of this Mongolian man.

After this period of practice.

His drawing was getting more and more like the creature, and he also found that the more like the creature was, the faster it would disappear.

This was the first time he used a human to conduct an experiment.

In order to prevent accidents, he bought a Mongolian captive and poisoned him to ensure that he would be poisoned and die in a few breaths at most after leaving his sight.

Wu Gong did this for insurance.

As the ghost face was drawn, the Mongolian who had been struggling suddenly froze, as if he had been painted with a talisman, lying motionless on the ground.

His whole body seemed to be petrified.

Only a puzzled and shocked expression appeared on his face.

Wu Gong tried to pat him, and the Mongolian seemed to be slow to realize it.

But at this moment, the Mongolian suddenly trembled violently, and then the body began to break in the next second, until it turned into countless dust and disappeared in front of him.

However, Wu Gong could clearly sense that the Mongolian was not dead. Because the alienated power left in the Mongolian body still existed.

It just seemed that he was no longer able to sense it.

Wu Gong could only vaguely sense that the Mongolian was still alive. (End of this chapter)