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

Chapter 343 Death Soldiers, Night Attack!
Outside Yuanqu City.

Countless bodies of Turkic soldiers were scattered all over the ground, extending all the way to the Turkic camp.

If they were not afraid of the defense of Yu Gu's camp, and if not all the people were hit, the Long Tuqi would definitely rush into Yu Gu's camp and fight.

"Wonderful victory, ten thousand victory!"

Amid the shouts of the common people and defenders, the Longtu Cavalry entered the city with five to six hundred heavy cavalry.

call!
Long Tuqizhi rolled off his horse and almost fell down.

too tired.

Even most of the soldiers under Yu Gushe were poisoned, but swinging a knife at people was a waste of energy after all.

Even if there were 10,000 or 20,000 Turkic soldiers standing there motionless and being beheaded continuously by a thousand men of the Dragon Cavalry, it would exhaust all their energy.

Besides, how could they not resist?

In addition, the Dragon Cavalry were wearing heavy armor, which resulted in the remaining five or six hundred heavy cavalrymen all being overdrawn.

"After this battle, Yu Gushe will not dare to raise troops to attack the city for at least five days."

There was a slight smile on Long Tuqizhi's face.

The charge just now had killed nearly 20,000 Turkic soldiers. This was definitely a huge defeat for Yu Gushe! A huge loss!
and.

Until the Turkic soldiers' bodies fully recovered, they would not be able to launch an effective offensive.

This period of time is enough for Yuanqu City to prepare for the next Turkic siege.

"Mr. Su."

"Your Majesty."

Su Chen smiled and cupped his hands, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, for defeating the Turkic army."

The Longtu Cavalry shook their heads. If it weren’t for Su Chen’s proposal, Yu Gushe’s army would not have suddenly lost its combat effectiveness.

"You should be credited with great merit for defeating Yu Gushe this time."

"It's all the King and the soldiers who sacrificed their lives and exerted their strength. It has nothing to do with me."

Su Chen smiled, "This time, the king led the heavy cavalry and beheaded at least 10,000 people, severely damaging Yu Gu She. I think they will not leave the camp in the short term."

Long Tuqizhi nodded, "So, we should take advantage of this time to do something!"

"Please ask Mr. Su, the Right General, the Marquis of Fuguo, the Commandant of Jihu and others to follow me into the palace to discuss strategies to defeat the enemy."

Most of Yu Gushe's men are now suffering from serious illnesses. Even though some of them have not suffered any physical problems, their morale has been hit hard.

Most importantly, these people's poor health gave them enough opportunities to plan their next actions.

Turkic camp.

Inside the king's tent, Yu Gushe screamed and vomited out the overnight meal again. He curled up on the bed listlessly, his face extremely pale.

"What's going on?"

"General Pizza Peel, Khan has been stained with something unclean."

The witch doctor looked at Yu Gushe's vomit and said seriously.

Dirty stuff?
The pizza crust had a weird look on it.

How could Yugu, who was the Khan, be contaminated by anything unclean?
The witch doctor took out a talisman paper drawn with goat blood, muttered something in his mouth, put it into a porcelain bowl and lit it.

Pizza Peel's face turned serious. He knew that the witch doctor was performing a ritual to cure the Khan!
As the paper talisman in the porcelain bowl was ignited, the witch doctor began to jump around Yu Gushe, waving his hands continuously, as if summoning something!
Pizza Hut immediately bowed respectfully, not daring to look directly at him.

soon.

The talisman paper burned out in the porcelain bowl, leaving behind ashes whose shapes had not yet been broken.

The witch doctor picked up a bowl of water, drank it in one gulp, and suddenly sprayed it into the porcelain bowl. The paper ash turned into ashes with the water droplets and merged with the water.

"All right."

The witch doctor took the prepared talisman water and gave it to Yu Gushe to drink before he breathed a sigh of relief.

"I have just asked the True God for a ray of hope. Now I have given it to Khan. I believe that within two or three days, Khan's condition will improve."

"Please help the witch doctor."

Pizza Peel looked respectful.

At this time.

A general came in, "Right General, the casualties and patients have been counted."

"Let's go and let Khan rest."

Pizza Crust nodded and left with his men.

Back in his tent, Pizza Peel saw today's casualties and the number of illnesses this time!
shocking!

Not only did this siege fail to successfully capture Yuanqu City, but it also resulted in the loss of nearly 30,000 troops!

Behind this shocking number, there are not only soldiers who were hacked to death by the heavy cavalry in Yuanqu City, but more soldiers who fell off the city walls or from their horses due to sudden physical discomfort.

The number of soldiers who were actually killed was no more than 10,000 at most. The most terrifying thing was that they were trampled to death by their own people...

In addition to this count of casualties, Pizza Peel saw more elaborate figures.

Forty-eight thousand five hundred and twenty-one!

“Why are so many people sick?”

Pizza Peel was so shocked that he clenched the statistics sheet in his hand.

This time they led 120,000 troops southwards. In addition to the 40,000 troops that were separated, there were a total of 80,000 troops outside Yuanqu City.

However, the casualties in this siege were nearly 30,000, and more than 48,000 fell ill. In other words, the number of people who were truly capable of fighting was only about 3,000 at most?
"I don't know either."

The subordinates looked helpless and said, "I don't know what happened today, everyone suddenly got sick."

"I also arranged for someone to check. It seems that someone started to feel unwell last night, but the symptoms were mild, with diarrhea."

"Everyone is not right today."

Pizza Peel frowned and stared at the number in his hand, "Is there anything unusual with Kunmu Zhuo?"

"General, do you suspect someone has poisoned the water?"

"That's right." Pizza Peel said in a deep voice, "A sudden large-scale outbreak is obviously contrary to common sense."

"Have you sent someone to Kunmuzhuo to check the water source to see if there is any problem?"

"The river water flows out from the Tianshan Mountains. Unless the Longtu Cavalry can arrange people to climb up the Tianshan Mountains, it will be possible to poison them..."

"Don't rule out this possibility!"

Pizza Peel waved his hand to interrupt his subordinates and said in a deep voice: "Send people to check the source of the river, and arrange personnel to keep an eye on the movements in Yuanqu City to prevent the enemy from attacking the camp."

"Yes!"

……

royal palace.

Long Tuqizhi looked at the people in front of him and said in a deep voice, "The poisoning has obviously achieved excellent results, but there are many witch doctors accompanying Long Tuqizhi's army. I'm afraid they will be controlled soon."

"So, when their fighting power is unbalanced, I plan to send people to go around Changji Tingzhou and destroy their food and supplies."

"If you have any ideas, please speak up."

It is undoubtedly a wise decision to destroy Yu Gushe's supply lines while they have few available troops.

Once the supply line set up by Yugu is destroyed, the sick people in the entire camp will die outside the city, and there may even be a mutiny!

But there is a problem right now, that is, there are not enough soldiers and horses in Yuanqu City.

"Your Majesty, in today's battle, we lost nearly 3,000 men, especially the heavy cavalry, who lost more than a thousand men."

The Marquis of Fuguo said in a deep voice, "If we divide our forces now, I'm afraid it will be difficult to mobilize more manpower."

As a supply line, its importance needs no further explanation.

If you want to destroy the supply line, you must send the most sophisticated and powerful cavalry.

Otherwise, these people would have been killed by the logistics soldiers before they even got close.

"Draw out three hundred heavy cavalry and seven hundred light cavalry, a total of one thousand people!"

Long Tuqizhi said in a deep voice, "We can still provide such manpower at present. As long as we cut off their supply line, Yugu will fall without a fight!"

"This is feasible."

The right general said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, why don't you let me go?"

Long Tuqizhi looked over and said, "Today, we destroyed the well and suffered many casualties. Please, Your Majesty, hand these people over to me. I will definitely be able to cut off the Turkic supply line!"

Long Tuqizhi nodded, looked at the silent Su Chen, and asked, "What are you thinking about, Mr. Su?"

At this time.

Everyone's eyes turned to look over.

Su Chen smiled and said, "I was wondering if the witch doctor accompanying Yu Gushe's army really knows medical skills!"

In Su Chen's understanding, the so-called witch doctors are nothing more than some people who pretend to be gods.

Things like drawing talismans to cure diseases, performing shaman dances, etc.

Can it really cure diseases?

Most of them rely on the patient's own immunity, coupled with high-quality ingredients to maintain energy and spirit.

Long Tuqizhi and others obviously did not expect that Su Chen would consider this issue.

The Marquis of Fuguo said in a deep voice: "Yugu pretends to be the Khan of the Turks, so the witch doctor around him should be good at treating diseases."

"Besides, most soldiers will have some medicinal herbs on hand, so it shouldn't be difficult to control their condition."

Su Chen thought thoughtfully, "If that's the case, cutting off the supply line should be the first choice."

Long Tuqizhi smiled and said, "Does Mr. Su have any other ideas?"

"Like a night raid?"

Su Chen looked over and said what Long Tuqizhi was thinking, "Is the king considering this?"

The Dragon Cavalry nodded heavily.

The current Turkic camp is obviously not as indestructible as before. If arranged properly, two thousand light cavalry will be enough to break through it.

Su Chen: "Does the king still have cavalry?"

The Dragon Tuqizhi sighed, "One thousand cavalrymen will go to cut off the supply line, and I will only dispatch another thousand cavalrymen at most."

Even if a thousand cavalrymen could be mobilized, the combat effectiveness of these people is obviously not as good as those who went into battle today.

Su Chen nodded, "Then let's carry out a decapitation operation."

"Decapitation operation?"

"Arrange a hundred strong warriors to charge into the king's tent set up by Yugu and kill him to disrupt the morale of the army."

"Unrealistic."

"It is impossible for a hundred warriors to break into the Turkic camp."

"Mr. Su, this plan doesn't work."

Su Chen's words were immediately refuted by everyone.

A hundred assassins want to break into the king’s tent set up by Yugu?
He still has tens of thousands of soldiers around him. Although these people are in poor health, they are not dead.

One spit from each person is enough to drown these one hundred warriors.

Long Tuqizhi waved his hand, "Mr. Su, why don't you tell me in detail?"

Su Chen smiled and said, "When the king led his troops to attack just now, did you notice that Dao Yu Gushe's body was unstable when he rode away on his horse?"

Long Tuqizhi nodded, "I saw it, so what?"

Su Chen: "I think Yu Gushe's situation is not optimistic. These one hundred warriors don't have to really kill Yu Gushe. They just need to take his head and shout in Yu Gushe's camp that Yu Gushe is dead. Then they can assist one thousand cavalrymen in a night attack. Maybe it will be effective."

Most of the Turkic soldiers were stationed around the king's tent. In addition, most of them had been attacked and were in poor health. If someone suddenly shouted that Yu Gushe was dead, the soldiers on the periphery might not have time to recognize him and assist the 1,000 cavalrymen to charge...

“Maybe you can give it a try!”

(End of this chapter)