When Liang Chongyue led his troops to the Yanque Pass garrison, he saw the soldiers around General Duan waiting outside. He dismounted, handed the reins to the man, and quickly entered the garrison. As soon as he passed the gate, he saw seven or eight corpses piled in the yard.

When General Duan saw Her Royal Highness the Princess arrive, he put away the various account books he had just collected and welcomed Her Royal Highness over.

"Your Highness, this defending general is a coward. He wanted to escape early on, but when I led my troops to stop him, he wanted to surrender. I couldn't help but chop him off, and the bodies of all the people he brought with him are all here."

Liang Chongyue didn't mind the dirtiness and started searching on top of the guard. The system said that there was a letter on the man, which was sent by the old poisoner in the name of Yan Yang. He couldn't find out what was written on the letter and didn't know whether the letter was still there.

When General Duan saw His Highness searching, he immediately gathered his men, stripped the armor off the other corpses, and began to search.

Liang Chongyue finally found the rolled-up secret letter in the tied hair on the head of the person who was separated from his body.

"Found it. These people can be thrown out."

General Duan didn't expect that this fence-sitter could hide so deeply, and he was also curious about how His Highness knew that this person had hidden something.

However, he also understood that he should not ask questions that he should not ask. Her Highness was able to sit on the position of Grand Marshal of the Army at such a young age. In addition to being the princess of Daxia, Her Highness really had the ability to do so.

Liang Chongyue spread out the secret letter and glanced through it roughly, her brows furrowed deeper and deeper. The old poisonous creature actually asked the defenders of Yanque Pass to poison the river water on which the people depended for survival when the city was broken. The old immortal creature was even more poisonous than she thought.

"Hurry up, little dog, check to see if the defending general has poisoned the river water."

Liang Chongyue handed the secret letter in his hand to General Duan. Huangdu was not far from Yanque Pass, but it was downstream of Yanque Pass. Although there were other rivers in Huangdu, they were frozen due to the cold weather.

Only this natural river that runs through the entire northern border will not freeze. There are still hundreds of thousands of troops left by her in Huangdu. The more Liang Chongyue thought about it, the more panicked she became. Even the hands hanging on both sides of her body were shaking.

General Duan saw His Highness's frown and quickly read the letter His Highness had stuffed into his hand. Before he had finished reading it all, when he saw the incident of poisoning Tianqianjiang, he couldn't help but roar:

"brute!"

"Your Highness, I will rush back to the Wasteland Capital now. It's not even lunch time yet. I'm sure we can stop them once we've just started the fire and started cooking."

While General Duan was speaking, Liang Chongyue had already rushed outside, leaving behind a sentence:

"You stay here and strictly forbid the soldiers and civilians from drinking the water from the Tianqian River. This princess will return personally."

Liang Chongyue was still speaking in the yard when he had already mounted his horse and rushed back to Huangdu without looking back.

The water in the Tianqian River is not drinkable. Even if the defenders did not poison it out of consideration for the people in Yanque Pass, the water in the Tianqian River is still not drinkable.

Liang Chongyue galloped down the long street on his horse. The generals defending both sides could only see a red figure and a pure black warhorse whizzing past, and the wind brought up was filled with the smell of blood.

Jing Sui Yang, who had been following His Highness, knew the reason why His Highness left. He exchanged a glance with Chi Rong, who had just come out of a civilian's home with a military doctor, and the two of them tacitly began to take control of the current situation for His Highness.

The army must not be in chaos even when the commander-in-chief is absent.

Although Chi Rong didn't know what had happened, he knew something must have happened since His Highness Nengren left in such a hurry.

Without even having time to ask Jing Sui Yang a question, he had already started arranging the soldiers with him.

General Duan rode his horse behind His Highness to the main street and saw that the two guards who had always been following His Highness had the situation under control. Although His Highness was not there, he felt a lot more at ease.

On the way back to Huangdu, Liang Chongyue did not wait for the system's response. The investigation takes time. The only thing she is worried about now is whether the old poisoner sent the secret letter together with the poison to the defending general.

The poison used by the old poisoner must have been mixed with poison. If it was poured into the Tianqian River, the entire lower reaches of the Tianqian River would be unusable for a year.

People might even be infected by the poison while washing clothes in it. The old poisonous creature was about to die, but he didn't want to let others have an easy time.

Fortunately, the north is covered with ice and snow all year round, and melting the snow can last for a while.

Along the way, Liang Chongyue had already thought of a backup plan. As for that old poisonous creature, Liang Chongyue's murderous intent had reached its peak. She was forced into a corner, so she rushed to the Northern Border Imperial City overnight to kill the old poisonous creature first.

Liang Chongyue was thinking this in his mind, already going over the topographic map in his head, and he had no hope for the defenders.

There are not many people in this world who can be relied upon. Just because the defenders today did not poison the water of the Tianqian River, it does not mean that the defenders along the way will not poison it.

The defenders in the north cannot stop the soldiers of Da Xia. Liang Chongyue can only hope that the old poisoner does not want to die yet, so he has not poisoned Tianqian River yet.

When Liang Chongyue arrived in Huangdu, the soldiers around his uncle also came back to report the news. When they saw His Highness returning alone on horseback, they immediately had a lot of guesses in their minds.

Liang Chongyue naturally saw the soldier beside her uncle, but she had no time to pay attention to him now. She shouted towards the closed gate of Huangdu:

"Open the door!"

When the soldiers on the city wall saw that it was Her Royal Highness the Princess, they immediately ordered the soldiers below to open the city gate.

The city gate opened, and Liang Chongyue had just entered the city on horseback when the system received the news:

"Host, the commanders guarding Yanque Pass and Fangyu Pass did not poison Tianqian River, and the old poisoner did not send poison to them. He might be afraid that they would not be able to control the poison mixed with Gu poison and harm the soldiers in the northern border again."

After hearing the system's words, Liang Chongyue felt a little relieved. Before he even dismounted, he shouted to the soldiers beside him:

"Call all the generals to gather in the dining room last night. This princess has something to tell you."

Liang Chongyue's gaze fell on the soldiers following his uncle:

"Come here too."

After saying that, the soldiers who delivered the message ran away as fast as they could. Liang Chongyue dismounted, let the horse rest for a while, and walked towards the dining room where they had dined last night.

Not long after Liang Chongyue arrived, he saw his second uncle rushing over, followed by a group of generals. The dining room was suddenly crowded with people, and all the generals looked at Her Royal Highness the Princess, seeming to be hesitant to speak.

They didn't believe that Her Royal Highness the Princess led 200,000 cavalry to attack Yanque Pass, and in the end only Her Royal Highness came back alone. But Her Royal Highness did come back alone, and everyone's minds were in a mess for a while.

Liang Chongyue knew what these people were thinking at a glance:

"Are you all here? Sit down, this princess has something to tell you."

Liang Chongyue did not bring back the secret letter that was found on the head of the defending general, but she had a good memory and perfectly repeated the contents of the secret letter.

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire dining room was filled with the generals' muttered curses.

"From now on, the water from the Tianqian River cannot be drunk. If that's not possible, break the ice to get water, or melt the snow for cooking or drinking. In short, you must warn the soldiers not to touch the water from the Tianqian River. This is a military order."

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