God's Daughter, Queen of Miraculous Medicine

Nurgu looked at the retreating army, his face livid, and angrily said to his men beside him: "Mu Yanyu is so cunning that he actually used such a shady trick. He is not a righteous person. The enemy's morale is high now, and they have such a strange method. If we attack rashly this time, I'm afraid we will get nothing."

The subordinate lowered his head, not daring to look Nurgu in the face, and whispered, "General, what should we do next?"

Nurgu snorted coldly: "Retreat to the camp first and make a long-term plan. Mu Yanyu, I will make them suffer. I don't believe that our 500,000-man army can be suppressed by their 100,000 Chu troops."

Back at the camp, Nurgu paced back and forth, his eyes full of resentment: "This defeat was all because they used such a despicable trick as poison."

The other generals echoed, "General, calm down. We will definitely be able to think of a way to deal with it and avenge our previous humiliation."

Nurgu stopped and stared at the general and said, "It's easy for you to say that. Then tell me, what is your countermeasure?"

The general was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to answer.

Nurgu shouted again: "Think carefully about how to break the trick of the Chu army. If we don't take down Mocheng, we will suffer the consequences!"

The camp was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop. All the generals hung their heads like eggplants hit by frost. No one dared to say a word. The solemn and depressing atmosphere seemed to be able to crush anyone.

Nurgu sat upright on a tiger-skin chair, his face as gloomy as the sky before a storm. He slammed the table and shouted, "How many days will it take for the food and fodder to arrive!" His voice was deafening and echoed in the tent.

The guard standing by was so frightened that he trembled all over, and hurriedly bowed and replied: "General, the team escorting the grain and grass in the rear has been blocked, and it is estimated that it will take another two days to deliver it here."

Upon hearing this, Nurgu's anger instantly erupted like a volcano. He stood up with his eyes wide open and roared, "Two days? Are you going to let these soldiers who fought so hard under my command starve for two days?"

The guard's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he said tremblingly: "General, calm down. I just learned that General Timur looted some food from the people of Chu State, which can temporarily sustain the soldiers' needs for a day."

Nurgu calmed down a little after hearing this, but still frowned and said, "Well, this can be regarded as a solution to the urgent problem. But one day is far from enough. Send someone to investigate immediately to see if we can buy enough food and fodder from the nearby grain merchants."

The guard quickly responded, "Yes, General, I will do my best to fulfill the mission and get the job done as soon as possible." After that, he turned around and left in a hurry, leaving Nurgu alone pacing back and forth in the tent, anxiously thinking about the follow-up response plan.

On the Chu side, a panicked, breathless soldier hurried over to report: "General! Something terrible has happened! The food that the people in the nearby villages had worked so hard to save was snatched away by the Liang State that suddenly appeared, and those cruel guys also killed many innocent people!"

Upon hearing this news, Mu Yanyu's eyes widened in anger, and they were as big as copper bells. He clenched his fists tightly, trembling slightly with anger, and said with gritted teeth: "Nurgu, you are so despicable and shameless! How dare you do such a cruel thing to the people of our Chu State!"

Li Qiang frowned and said with a hint of reproach: "If the county lady had not proposed to risk going to the enemy camp and burn their food and grass, the people's food would not have been affected."

However, Huang Yi was immediately dissatisfied when he heard this. He immediately stood up and refuted: "Lieutenant General Li, what you said is a bit unreasonable. The Liang State has always liked to harass our border areas of the Chu State. This kind of thing has happened many times. Even if the county lord did not go to burn the grain this time, with the usual style of the Liang army, they would still wantonly rob the people's property and food."

Mu Yanyu took a deep breath, trying to calm down the anger in his heart, and then said, "Okay, both of you stop arguing! At this moment, the most important thing is to quickly come up with a proper way to solve the difficult predicament faced by these poor people, and at the same time, we must do our best to resist the next possible attack by the Liang army."

At this time, Lu Tingyan, who had been silent all this time, stepped forward and said softly, "General, please rest assured. I will immediately send people to comfort the frightened people, and also arrange for my third brother to transport some food from the rear to distribute to everyone, to help them overcome the current difficulties."

Li Qiang's eyes widened, and he looked at Lu Tingyan in front of him with surprise: "County Lady, where on earth did you get so much food?"

Lu Tingyan smiled slightly and replied calmly: "Deputy General Li, you don't know that long before coming here, I had already informed my third brother to go to other places to purchase food." I thought to myself: In fact, the food is all in my space, and it is no problem to feed my army of 100,000 for a year.

Li Qiang couldn't help but frown after hearing this. He thought for a moment and said, "The county lord's move is certainly admirable, but purchasing grain on such a large scale must cost a lot, right?"

Lu Tingyan waved her hand nonchalantly and responded firmly, "It's just a small amount of money. Our Lu family can certainly afford it. Right now, the people are in urgent need of relief. If we ignore people's livelihood because of being stingy with money, that would be putting the cart before the horse."

At this moment, Huang Yi on the side suddenly interrupted and said: "Deputy General Li, you are asking this because you have objections to the county lord's decision?" He stared at Li Qiang sharply, with a hint of dissatisfaction on his face.

Mu Yanyu nodded and said, "Stop arguing. This is not a long-term solution. We must come up with a way to completely repel the Liang army as soon as possible."

Seeing this, Li Qiang hurriedly clasped his fists and bowed in panic, and explained very quickly: "Deputy General Huang! You must believe me, I swear to heaven, I definitely don't mean that. I said this entirely out of consideration for the actual situation at the moment!"

After hearing this, Huang Yi snorted heavily and replied with disdain: "Hmph, I hope it's really as you said!" After that, he turned his head away and stopped looking at him.

At this time, Mu Yanyu, who had been sitting on the chair, slowly stood up. He frowned slightly, put his hands behind his back, and began to pace back and forth slowly in the tent.

After a long while, he seemed to have thought of something, stopped, turned around and said to everyone: "Everyone, the Liang army's food and grass have been burned this time. Judging from their desperate posture on the battlefield today, they will definitely launch a more crazy counterattack tomorrow. So the top priority now is that we must immediately strengthen the city's defense fortifications, and also send out smart and reliable people as spies to closely monitor the enemy's every move. Only by knowing ourselves and the enemy can we win every battle!"

Lu Tingyan, who was standing by, heard this and thought for a moment before she suggested, "General, in my opinion, why don't we send some men to the nearby city to ask for reinforcements? This way, we can increase our manpower and have a better chance of winning."

However, Mu Yanyu shook his head gently and rejected this proposal: "It's not appropriate. As the saying goes, distant water cannot quench a nearby fire. Not to mention the long distance from here to other cities, just the time required for the round trip is probably too late. And even if the reinforcements can arrive in time, there are too many variables along the way, and no one can guarantee that there will be no unexpected changes along the way. Therefore, this plan is not feasible."

After hearing this, everyone looked at each other. For a moment, the entire tent was silent. Everyone fell into deep thought, thinking hard about how to deal with the current predicament.