Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

Liu Xu's words made Mu Lingxuan a little stunned. He lowered his eyes and looked at his little wife with a pointed chin, with pity and self-blame flashing in his eyes.

But she did not forget to comfort him: "Bao'er, you never need to say sorry to me! As for Nanyue, it was their own fault."

"My father-in-law is going there for me, so I will definitely do my best to ensure his safety."

So don't blame yourself, those bombs have nothing to do with you. If there is any retribution, just let it fall on me.

When my little wife was in the North, she once said that she didn't know whether making explosives was a good thing or a bad thing.

He knew in his heart that she couldn't bear to see the soldiers killed or injured by the explosives.

The leak of the explosives was not their fault, and he believed that even without Xiao Rui and his team, other countries would have developed it sooner or later.

After all, firecrackers and fireworks have existed in many countries for a long time.

However, compared to the wounds caused by swords and knives, explosives are more deadly. Once they explode, the chances of people around surviving are really very small.

Even he, if it weren't for Mr. Meng, would have been doomed to die.

Liu Xu opened his mouth, and finally his heart was filled with emotion.

How could she not understand that the man said this because he didn't want her to blame herself.

At this moment, Liu Xu suddenly felt that she was being a little pretentious.

It was indeed she who reminded Mu Lingxuan about the explosives, but if there were no explosives, Dongsheng would have fallen long ago.

There is a good saying in Taoism: It is better to die with a fellow Taoist than to die in poverty.

Mu Lingxuan might have her reasons for doing this, but if the royal family of Nanyue were to be destroyed, it would not necessarily be a bad thing for either Dongsheng or the people of Nanyue.

After all, if they could abandon the people of Yunzhou and Wuzhou, they might abandon their other subjects in the future.

After thinking it through, Liu Xu stopped worrying about it. While Mu Lingxuan was not paying attention, she quickly gave him a kiss and left quickly. She returned to the wheelchair as if nothing had happened and pushed the dazed prince into the courtyard.

When Mu Lingxuan came to his senses, they were less than five meters away from Xu Ruolan and others.

He looked at his legs with an annoyed look on his face, and whipped Helian Yue's corpse three hundred times in his heart.

After returning to the main courtyard, Liu Xu returned the person to Xuan Wu, who had appeared beside her at some point, and returned to her own courtyard with light steps.

Mu Lingxuan looked at her happy back, feeling helpless and amused.

When Liu Xu returned to everyone, the dinner table was already at the table.

With Hao Ge'er, the happy guy, the meal was very enjoyable.

After dinner, Mr. Meng returned to the village. When leaving, he specifically emphasized to Liu Xu that she should not disturb him again within half a month.

He wanted to make up for the lack of sleep and meals in the past half month.

And half a month later, it was time for him to have a follow-up examination for Mu Lingxuan.

At the same time, in southern Xinjiang.

On the fifth day after Liu Dong arrived, Dongsheng launched its first counterattack.

Nan Yiheng underestimated the enemy and was surrounded. Because he didn't know whether these people were infected, and was afraid that the Nanyue soldiers would be infected, facing the desperate pursuit of the Dongsheng army, he actually chose to withdraw from the territory of Wuzhou City.

After the Nanyue Army retreated, Yang Rong immediately sent people to take over Wuzhou City.

At this moment, the city of Wuzhou can be said to be in mourning.

Some died of smallpox, and some died of starvation due to lack of food.

Upon learning that Dongsheng had regained control of Wuzhou City, these former Nanyue people actually burst into tears of gratitude.

Yang Rong led his soldiers along the way to inform the people. When the people learned that they had been poisoned and given smallpox by their former ruler, they cursed them endlessly.

"How could these beasts do such things that are worse than pigs and dogs!"

"It is simply outrageous that we have served such a ruler!"

"Thank goodness the soldiers from Dongsheng came to rescue us, otherwise we would all have died under this vicious plot!"

The people were outraged and filled with resentment and anger towards the Nanyue royal family.

Yang Rong comforted the people and organized soldiers and the survivors in the city to clean up the city, treat the sick and distribute food.

On the other side, Nan Yiheng was furious in the tent.

"Useless! They are all a bunch of useless! They actually let Dongsheng seize Wuzhou City!"

The generals below were silent as a mouse, not daring to say a word.

"Pass on my order, reorganize the troops and prepare for another attack! I don't believe that Dongsheng can hold on forever!" Nan Yiheng roared.

However, after these words were spoken, no one in the tent responded.

"What? You want to disobey my orders?" Nan Yiheng said angrily.

The generals looked at each other, and finally a trusted general of Nan Yiheng stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, we are not disobeying orders. It's just that something is wrong with Dongsheng today. They clearly have... But the total number of Dongsheng's troops today is equal to ours. I suspect..."

The man raised his head and looked at Nan Yiheng again. Seeing that he seemed to have calmed down, he said, "I suspect their reinforcements have arrived."

Nan Yiheng frowned upon hearing this. After thinking for a moment, he looked up and asked the man, "What do you think?"

"Your Highness, their reinforcements have just arrived, and their attack will be fierce. But we have already passed on the source of the disease. Your Highness, why don't you wait for a few more days until the smallpox spreads among the reinforcements? By then, let alone Wuzhou City, we can easily attack Yuezhou City in one fell swoop."

I have to say that this person had a good idea, but what they didn't know was that Mr. Meng and Liu Xu had already found out the truth.

His and Nan Yiheng's arrogance also led to Nan Yue's ultimate destruction.

After Yang Rong and his men captured Wuzhou City, they stopped.

This was something he and Liu Donglai had discussed. One purpose was to save the people and soldiers, and the other was to paralyze Nan Yue.

There was no movement in Dongsheng for ten consecutive days, which made Nan Yiheng more convinced of his previous speculation.

Even though news came that King Annan was defeated, he just thought that Hu Ming had also received reinforcements.

He despised Helian Yue in his heart, "If Helian Yue could hold off the Mu family army for a while longer, we would have taken over Yuezhou City by now!"

He was actually right to think so. If Mu Lingxuan had not taken the risk of sneaking into the enemy camp to destroy Beihan's explosives, given Helian Yue's difficulty, they might have succeeded.

It's a pity that there is no if in this world.

Nan Yiheng was waiting for smallpox to spread among the Dongsheng reinforcements, but he didn't know that he had missed the opportunity.

On the Dongsheng side, the imperial doctors and physicians were divided into two groups and arrived at Wuzhou City and Haicheng respectively on the fifth day after Wuzhou City was captured.

With the arrival of imperial physicians and famous doctors, the situation was greatly alleviated.

Although people still died, it was much better than before.

Everyone in Dongsheng, from the generals to the ordinary soldiers, was grief-stricken about the death of the soldiers. This grief turned into motivation, and they trained even harder.

As more and more soldiers recovered, the morale of the army grew stronger.

Everyone held their breath and vowed to avenge their dead colleagues.