Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 334: Chatting, poisoning the water!
"This is it."

Sun Qiang identified the mark, turned his head and said to Su Chen, "Sir, Jin Yong and the others should be in this inn."

Su Chen nodded, followed Sun Qiang and walked into the inn.

Jin Yong and others who had been waiting in the inn for a long time stood up and greeted them when they saw Su Chen and the others walk in.

"Son."

Su Chen glanced around and nodded to Jin Yong, and the group went upstairs.

After closing the door.

Jin Yong took out the gains from his trip to Yanqi Kingdom, the military deployment map of Yuanqu City.

The largest city in Yanqi is Yuanqu City where they are now. The remaining eight cities are not worth mentioning at all.

Even if these eight cities can gather 3,000 soldiers, when distributed to each city, there are only a few hundred people.

This is also the main reason why Yugushe’s main force all came to Yuanqu City!

As long as Yuanqu City is captured, the remaining eight cities within the territory of Yanqi can be taken without any effort!
The troop deployment map not only shows how many soldiers and armor are in each position, but even the troop hiding places on the city walls are clearly marked.

Su Chen nodded, "Well done."

Jin Yong smiled and said, "It's mainly because we got here ahead of time. Before the Turkic army arrived, the King of Yanqi could not hide his deployment of troops from us."

Jin Yong and others live in Yuanqu City. As long as you pay attention, you can find out the personnel arrangements of the Longtu Cavalry.

If we were more cautious and closer to the city wall, we would be able to understand the distribution of these people more clearly.

That's why we have this troop deployment map.

"Did Gu Xiao send you any news?"

"They did send a message earlier, claiming that the White Wolf had become the divine messenger of the Chumukun tribe, but then there was no further news."

After Jin Yong finished speaking, he asked curiously, "Is Bai Lang's so-called divine messenger identity really useful?"

"We'll find out later."

Su Chen smiled, put away the defense map, and reminded: "Yanqi Kingdom does not know your identity yet, you continue to hide."

"clear."

Jin Yong nodded.

Su Chen pointed at Sun Qiang who was standing beside him and said, "If there is anything, have someone contact him."

"Let's go first to avoid attracting other people's attention."

"it is good."

Su Chen took Sun Qiang and leisurely left the inn.

On the way back to their residence, they met Speaker Tibers who was receiving them.

"Mr. Su?"

Tibers was a little surprised. He didn't seem to expect that Su Chen would be wandering around the city. "Mr. Su seems to be in a very good mood."

"I just felt bored, so I came out to walk around and experience the customs and people of Yanqi."

Su Chen smiled and cupped his hands, "I didn't expect to meet the Speaker. It's really a surprise."

Tibers waved his hand. "What do you mean Mr. Speaker or not? I am just a receptionist. Mr. Su is the best of the best. He has become a popular figure around the prince at such a young age."

"If the prince ascends the throne to become emperor someday, Mr. Su will surely ascend to heaven in one step and become the highest official in the country!"

"The Speaker is joking."

Su Chen smiled and shook his head.

Tibers smiled and said, "Since Mr. Su finds the post station boring, why don't I take Mr. Su around the city?"

"This is too much trouble for you."

"No trouble, no trouble."

Tibers smiled and said, "I have known Mr. Su for a long time. It is a great honor to be able to work with Mr. Su."

"Then I'm sorry to trouble you, Speaker."

"Mr. Su, please."

Tibers raised his hand, and then the two of them walked side by side.

As a member of Yuanqu City and an official under the Dragon Cavalry, Tibers knows Yuanqu City like the back of his hand.

From the customs and habits of Yanqi Kingdom to the differences between the two countries, Tibers knew everything about it, which showed that he had put in a lot of effort in receiving envoys from various countries.

"Compared to the Tang Dynasty, Yanqi was still too weak."

Tibers sighed, "If Yanqi was like the Tang Dynasty, with vast territories and a large population, the Turks would not dare to invade!"

Su Chen casually agreed, "It's indeed a pity. After all, Yanqi has too little arable land to feed a large population."

"Yes."

Tibers sighed, "If we increase our arable land and population, we will be able to face the Turks head-on."

The corner of Su Chen's mouth twitched.

The people in Yanqi are indeed all brave.

Faced with the invading Turkic army, they still wanted to fight head-on.

If their population was a little larger, given the temperament of the Longtuqizhi, they might have counterattacked the Turks and marched eastward to the Tang Dynasty?
"Mr. Su, you may not know that before the Turkic army arrived outside Yuanqu City, my king had arranged some scouts to go out and gather information, hoping to set up an ambush outside the city before the Turkic army arrived..."

Tibers shook his head. "But Yugushe is not an ordinary person. After his army conquered Changji Tingzhou, he arranged a large number of cavalry to march south."

"The scouts that the king sent out of the city were discovered by the Turkic scouts within half a day. In addition, the Turkic scouts gathered them together in a joking manner and drove them back to Yuanqu City."

Sun Qiang: "The Turkic cavalry didn't kill them?" Tibers said slowly: "If the Turks killed them, it would be understandable, but not only did they not kill these scouts, but they drove them all back and said some harsh words in front of my king."

Sun Qiang pursed his lips. Those words shouldn't be harsh.

According to common sense.

We should point at the King of Yanqi's nose and humiliate him.

Su Chen thought for a moment, "So, King Yanqi wants to take revenge?"

Tibers turned his head to look at Su Chen and said silently: "Indeed."

Even an ordinary person would be filled with righteous indignation and his blood would boil, let alone that Long Tuqizhi was the king of Yanqi Kingdom?
When you are humiliated, you naturally want to retaliate! And you have to humiliate the other party severely and trample them under your feet!

"I heard that General Xue brought 20,000 troops this time?"

"Indeed."

"With General Xue's 20,000 troops, Yu Gushe will definitely return empty-handed this time!"

"In fact, we don't need so many people to deal with Yu Gushe and the others."

Su Chen said this casually with a smile, but it caught Tibers' attention.

Tibers smiled bitterly and said, "Our Yanqi country is small and the people are weak. We only have more than 6,000 soldiers who can fight. How can we defeat Yu Gushe's army of more than 100,000?"

Su Chen shrugged, "The food and drink expenses of the hundreds of thousands of troops set up by Yugu are an astronomical figure that is unimaginable for logistics."

"Especially now that winter has arrived, it is very troublesome for the logistics department to ensure food and fodder for his army of more than 100,000 people."

"Besides, because of the terrain, most of them gathered together, using the tributaries of the Kaidu River as their water source. If someone put some poison in the river, the hundreds of thousands of troops set up by Yugu..."

At this point, Su Chen smiled and shook his head. "The water source is so important, how could Yu Gushe not arrange heavy troops to guard it? Besides, the poison may not be effective."

Tibers raised his eyebrows. Poisoning the water source is a very common method!

But just as Su Chen said, for a place as important as a water source, Yu Gu would definitely arrange heavy troops to guard it, so it would be extremely difficult to poison it.

However, there is still a chance!

Because the river flowing through here is a tributary of the Kaidu River! The fork is right on the mountain!
"Mr. Su is right. Poisoning is such a common method. How could they not be prepared?"

Tibers smiled and said, "Besides, if we poison the water source, how much poison would it take for it to flow here?"

"Even if we searched all over Yuanqu City and Yanqi Country, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to prepare so many doses of poison, right?"

Su Chen shrugged, "The poison may not be poison."

"Oh?"

Tibers became interested, "How can you poison someone without using poison?"

Su Chen pointed to the man who was pouring night fragrance not far away and said with a smile, "Filth like this can also make them a good meal, right?"

Tibers frowned and looked over, and saw the man carrying a wooden barrel and pouring puddles of night fragrance from the barrel into the large vat.

Although the distance was far, Tibers could already hear the sound of pouring and the disgusting stench.

"too disgusting."

"Yes."

Su Chen nodded, "Just thinking about it, the overnight meal is almost coming out."

"forget it."

Tibers smiled, took Su Chen for a walk on the streets of the city, and after chatting for a while, he sent Su Chen and the other two back to rest.

Subsequently.

Tibers arrived at the palace without stopping.

"Your Majesty, Speaker Tibers requests to see you."

"Invite him in."

"Your Majesty."

"What's the matter that brings you to see me so late?"

Tibers said in a deep voice, "Just now on the way home, I ran into Su Chen and chatted with him for a while."

Long Tuqizhi rubbed his head and said tiredly, "And then?"

Tibers: "Su Chen mentioned poisoning."

Long Tuqizhi laughed and said, "Yugu has deployed hundreds of thousands of troops just outside the city. Besides, the water source is so important, how could he not arrange for heavy troops to guard it?"

"We sent a few scouts out, but they were all driven back. Wouldn't it be a waste to arrange for people to attack the water source?"

Tibers said softly, "Your Majesty, the river outside the city is a tributary of the Kaidu River, and the fork is right on the Tianshan Mountains!"

Long Tuqizhi frowned, and Tibers said softly: "The Tianshan Mountains are steep, especially the northern part, which is not something that ordinary people can climb. However, the Tianshan Mountains within the borders of our Yanqi Kingdom are much flatter."

“Yugu may have stationed a large army at the foot of the mountain, but they may not have heavy troops guarding the source of the tributaries on the mountain!”

Long Tuqizhi seemed to be thinking about something.

Poison at the source!

"But how much dose of poison is needed to allow them to drink the poisoned river water?"

Facing Long Tuqizhi's question, Tibers smiled and said, "Your Majesty, what was thrown into the river may not be poison!"

Long Tuqizhi pondered for a moment, then suddenly sat up straight, his eyes shining.

"Somebody come!"

"Urgently summon the commander of Ji Hu to come to the audience!"

(End of this chapter)