The wind blows the plum blossoms over Guanshan

July is the hottest season of the year. There was just a light rain on the day when the troops were raised. The rain was quickly evaporated by the scorching sun, and the air was extremely hot and humid.Fengxiang King Murong Jianing joined forces with Prince Gong Dugushen of the Xiongnu to attack the city, and started a civil strife on the grounds that the current Saint Murong Zhaohui had killed his brothers and feet and was unable to govern the country.

Everyone knows that King Fengxiang is the brother of the same mother of Emperor Ren, and it is a royal tradition for a son to succeed to the throne. However, Emperor Zhao is now the son of a concubine. It is no wonder that King Fengxiang is dissatisfied and causes a rebellion.However, he colluded with the enemy Huns, which was a taboo for the people of Yan, but what surprised everyone was that the famous General Meng also participated in the rebellion, and there were different opinions for a while.The people fled everywhere, and the country that had just settled down became chaotic again.

Perhaps because the country of Yan had just settled down and there were no external and internal troubles, the rebels did not have to spend too much effort to capture each city at first. They captured three cities within three days after they raised their troops.But Changsheng knew in his heart that this was the reason why he handed over with the dark guards sent by Murong Zhaohui after they left the range of Tianshui.When he was in Tianshui, he still didn't dare to act rashly. It wasn't until Li Qing's hidden guards came to look for him that he slowly told Murong Zhaohui the plan he knew.But Murong Jianing has been watching him very closely recently, and Chang Sheng didn't dare to make any big moves.The city where the troops are stationed today is called Mu County, and the next city is Lan County, which is very close to Longcheng.

The weather was hot, and the soldiers were wearing iron armor. They were so hot that they took off their armor one after another when the wind was blowing at night.Dugu Shen, who came from the Huns, has always lived in the extremely cold region, and has never experienced such a hot weather, so it is difficult to adapt to it all at once.Not to mention that the Huns couldn't bear it, even Changsheng was upset by the heat.Tables, chairs and benches were hastily placed in the temporary tent. Murong Jianing and Dugu Shen were already seated when Changsheng entered the tent. Because it was too hot, no torches were lit, only two candles were lit, and the light was dim.

"My lord, do you think our progress is too fast?" Dugu Shen unbuttoned two buttons of his jacket, and used a cattail fan to cool himself off from the heat from time to time.Murong Jianing glanced at Changsheng and said, "This is probably due to General Meng. When we left Tianshui, the guards in the city saw General Meng and thought he was going to lead the army back to the court, so they opened the door without asking. The first and third cities are probably because we moved too fast and the opponent was caught off guard."

Chang Sheng lowered his head and nodded, "Yesterday, Dragon City should have received the news, so it took a little effort to capture Mu County today. The next few cities may be difficult."

In such things as war, the victims belong to the common people.In the midst of the rebellious army, every time he captured a city, he persuaded the soldiers not to kill innocent people indiscriminately. He communicated with Murong Zhaohui through the dark guards, and also made the soldiers and people in these cities not seriously resist, but escaped as much as possible, reducing the number of unrest. Even so, thousands of innocent people lost their lives.Changsheng couldn't bear it, he didn't know whether his decision was the best choice, but the matter had reached such a point, the only way to see the way out was to continue.

According to the plan, Murong Zhaohui will quickly send troops to the border of the Xiongnu, disturbing Dugu Shen's sight.The Xiongnu soldiers led by Dugushen were not used to the hot weather. The Huns who suddenly harassed them on the border of Yan State would be caught off guard, and Dugushen would definitely think about his own country. If he allocated part of his troops to support the Huns on the border It couldn't be better for Yan Guo.Next, Murong Zhaohui will set up a checkpoint near Longcheng, gather the most elite troops here, and wipe out Murong Jianing and the rest of the party without leaving a way out.In fact, Murong Zhaohui did not immediately send the most elite troops to fight in order to prevent Murong Jianing from retreating and escaping from the country of Yan if he lost, and it would be difficult to find traces.

The three exchanged countermeasures. The weather was too hot and they didn't want to say too many polite words. After talking, they went back to their tents.

Night is the time to rest, the soldiers take turns to rest, and the bonfire is bright at night.Changsheng took off his armor and felt a lot more relaxed.The march was far worse than usual, and the weather was so hot that he hadn't bathed for two days, so he was extremely irritable.Today he was able to rest for the night, and it happened that there was a small river beside Mu County, so he ordered Li Dong to fetch a large bucket of cold water and bathe in the tent.As soon as he put on a fluffy robe and wiped his wet hair, Murong Jianing walked in.Chang Sheng was taken aback, and said, "My lord, why are you here?"

Murong Jianing looked at him with a half-smile, took out a small bottle from his arms, and said, "Changsheng, I think you almost forgot about it."

Chang Sheng was startled, he quickly calmed down, and said: "I have been too busy marching for the past two days to forget about this matter, and I am ashamed that the prince came here in person." Murong Jianing shook the vial, and said: "I still guessed. Could it be that Murong Zhaohui gave you some delicious food, so you will be invulnerable to all poisons?"

"My lord was joking, there is no such miracle medicine in the world."

Murong Jianing raised his eyebrows: "It's hard to say, there are so many unpredictable things in this world." He glanced at Changsheng's wet long hair and said: "The general will enjoy it, the weather is so hot, and this king will also enjoy it." It's too uncomfortable to go back to take a shower and change clothes." After saying that, he left the bottle on the table, opened the curtain and left.

Chang Sheng picked up the small bottle, and before Murong Jianing walked away, he made a gesture of drinking it all in one gulp, put the bottle back in his arms, and finally poured it secretly into the bath water.He walked out of the tent, the dark night sky without the moon and stars was extremely unclear.

The Xiongnu soldiers who were afraid of the heat almost all took off their armor and jackets at this time, coveting the occasional cool wind, and complaining softly from time to time. Many soldiers who took turns went to the river to take a bath, pouring cold water on each other.The soldiers on duty were not so lucky. They needed armor and weapons, so they could only watch helplessly, waiting for the guard to change.

Originally, Murong Jianing would not have started the rebellion so early, but Chang Sheng knew it was because of Murong Zhaohui.Murong Zhaohui knew that Murong Jianing was keeping an eye on him, so he often took the initiative to find trouble with Murong Jianing recently, and gradually some ministers in the court noticed Murong Jianing's unusual movements, and seemed to have caught some of his purchase of arms. Evidence, if things go on like this, if Murong Jianing doesn't send troops, Murong Zhaohui will send troops first to exterminate them for the crime of treason. It's convenient for Murong Jianing to preemptively strike, so Murong Jianing will rush to send troops after receiving the information.Murong Zhaohui forced them to send troops now because he knew that the Xiongnu soldiers could not adapt to the hot summer weather in Yan, which would definitely weaken the Hun soldiers' combat effectiveness.

The next day, after the army was repaired, it was ready to go again. Dugu Shen's expression changed drastically after receiving an urgent letter. Less than two hours after attacking Lan County, Dugu Shen decided to return to the Huns with [-] soldiers, and the army was in chaos for a while.Murong Jianing was sitting on a thousand-mile horse like ice, but Dugu Shen just said sorry to him and headed north.From Changsheng's point of view, Dugu Shen only took away [-] soldiers and horses, which is already very worthy of Murong Jianing.However, attacking the city seemed easier than they had imagined. After dusk, Lan County's defense gradually weakened.Murong Jianing's expression turned pale, but his brows did not loosen.This attack has lost part of the soldiers and horses, and the army needs to stop and rectify.

Today's weather is still sweltering and hot. There are mostly mountains and no rivers near the place where they are stationed. Li Dong searched for a while in the county town before finding a well to bring water to Changsheng.Changsheng tried not to kill people these days, and only commanded battles. It didn't feel good to kill his own people, but for the final success, sometimes he had to do so.He originally thought that Murong Zhaohui would move faster and set up an ambush in the previous city, but it seemed that he was determined to catch Murong Jianing and the rest of the party and not give him any chance to escape.

Just as Chang Sheng expected, Helian Zhan did leave behind such an army. There were more than [-] elite troops, about the same level as the dark guards. And these people recruited for him, and developed an army of tens of thousands of people. Coupled with Dugu Shen's borrowed soldiers, it really should not be underestimated.Although his soldiers were puzzled by his rebellion, they obeyed him wholeheartedly.Li Dong knew the inside story, and several major lieutenants also knew about it, but the soldiers at the lower level didn't know about the plan, but they still followed him. This surprised Chang Sheng, and after the accident, he was moved , he could feel his weight in their hearts.

Chang Sheng patted his face with cold water, feeling much cooler, at this moment Murong Jianing suddenly entered the tent, and Chang Sheng's half-undressed clothes were put back on again.He thought that this Fengxiang King's habit was really bad, it would be impolite to put it in an ordinary family without saying anything.

Murong Jianing sat down at his table, propped his head on his hands, and seemed unable to leave for a while.Chang Sheng bowed to him, sat down beside him, and asked: "I wonder if Wang Ye has something important to discuss with you today?"

Murong Jianing raised his eyebrows and said, "Yes, I have something to discuss with General Meng."

"My lord, please speak."

"How did you unravel Qingshuang in the snow?"

Chang Sheng was startled, and said: "Why did the prince say such a thing?"

Murong Jianing took out a delicate knife from his waist and played with it in his hand, saying: "The antidote I gave you has been changed, can't you taste it?"

Chang Sheng looked outside the tent vigilantly, Li Dong was still standing by the torch, and Murong Jianing's army showed no signs of encircling him, Chang Sheng felt a little relieved, thinking that he was still negligent.Murong Jianing must doubt himself, and he has never taken the antidote, so naturally he does not know what the medicine Murong Jianing gave him tastes like, even if he changed it halfway, Changsheng naturally does not know.

"I haven't given enough medicine since last time. If you were really poisoned, you would be rolling in pain by now, not to mention that the antidote I gave you yesterday was still fake. I'm sure you've been poisoned by Xueliqing Shuang, Dugu Shen said that there is no cure for the green frost in the snow, how did you solve it?" Murong Jianing crossed his legs, as if he was very interested in this question.Changsheng hesitated for a while, and said simply: "I did get hit by the green frost in the snow, but after I came back from supporting the Qiang Kingdom, the poison was cured. I don't have the antidote, but my friend knows how to pull out the poison with silver needles." , although it is not possible to completely remove the poison, but it is no problem to basically remove it.”

"Extracting poison with silver needles? It's really clever." Murong Jianing stood up and slowly approached Changsheng, "Originally, I wanted to see if you were poisoned, but I wanted to see what kind of tricks you were playing, but the timing of this time I'm not very mature at all, it's my mistake. I'll talk to you here today, see you by fate."

It turned out that he already wanted to escape.Chang Sheng drew out his sword and pointed it at Murong Jianing.Murong Jianing took two steps back, suddenly a dozen or so guards broke into the tent, these people were the surprise soldiers that Helian Zhan left to future generations.Changsheng's personal soldiers also reacted quickly and surrounded them, but Murong Jianing's team was surprisingly powerful, and they were not under the hidden guards in the palace.Changsheng managed to get rid of the siege of two of them, and Murong Jianing had fled a hundred meters away.

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