The Yueluo Army suffered nearly 10,000 casualties during the day, and was attacked again at night. It can be said that they were in a state of embarrassment. The key is not to know where the army came from to attack them, and who burned their food and grass during the day. This made the Yueluo Army temporarily confused. Grass and trees are all soldiers.

The marshal was poisoned and was in danger. Sha Lisheng was undecided as to whether the war could continue. He sent people to call the generals for discussion. Most of them advocated continuing the war, but two or three thought there was no problem in continuing the war. If the opponent has not opened the city gate to fight, and they have very little food and grass left, how can they continue? In addition, the two sneak attacks today are very strange. Is it the reinforcements of the Ning Army that were attacked, and how many men and horses the opponent has , they have no idea how to defeat the enemy.

These two questions suddenly made all the generals think deeply. Not only that, Lingzhou City was besieged by them into an isolated city, cutting off all contact with the outside world. So how did they get in touch with the outside world? Thinking of the city wall today Su Cixuan looked determined and calm. She must have known about the attack on their food and grass, and he remembered that she also said, "The mantis stalks the cicada, and the oriole follows behind." Who is this "oriole" and what are they doing? How was it possible to contact the conspirators?

Sha Lisheng turned his gaze to Zhang Bin, with a hidden temptation in his eyes, "General Zhang, do you know if there is a secret passage leading outside the city in Lingzhou City?"

Zhang Bin was stunned. Everything in Lingzhou City that could lead to the outside of the city or not was surrounded by them like iron barrels. He really didn't know if there were any secret passages.

"General Sha, I have told the marshal and general everything I know. As for whether there are other secret passages, I really don't know."

"The general suspects that there is a secret underground passage inside Lingzhou City that leads to the outside of the city?" one of them asked.

Sha Lisheng nodded, "If there wasn't a secret passage, I really don't know how they got in touch with the outside world. Today, the Ningguo Crown Princess clearly knew that someone would attack our food and grass, and she also predicted that we knew that the food and grass were being stolen. We must have been panicked at the moment of burning, and then Zhao Peiqiang took advantage of the moment when we were off guard due to panic and fired poisonous arrows. All of this was so seamless that I, the general, would not believe it if it was not planned in advance."

After hearing his analysis, all the generals nodded in agreement.

Zhang Bin thought for a while and said: "I came to Lingzhou ten years ago with King Ling. I am not a local. Maybe some prisoners of war know it. General Sha can ask them. If there is a secret way, then All problems will be solved."

Sha Lisheng's eyes lit up and he praised: "Not bad."

At this time, a soldier hurriedly came to report: "General, the marshal is vomiting blood again. Go and have a look."

Sha Lisheng and the generals heard this and hurried to Lie Hongxing's camp.

As soon as he entered the camp, the smell of blood hit his nostrils. Li Hongxing's clothes were also stained with blood, which was purple-black and looked very shocking.

All the doctors were at a loss. They had never seen or heard of this kind of poison. They couldn't diagnose and treat the poison, so they couldn't prescribe the right medicine. They could only use ordinary detoxification pills, but these detoxification pills couldn't contain such severe toxicity. .

They also arrested several local doctors, but no one could cure them. In fact, there were one or two doctors who roughly guessed what kind of poison Li Hongxing was, but these days, the Luo army invaded and acted like bandits. They burned, killed, and looted. They hated these invading troops so much that they wished that Lie Hongxing would be poisoned and die immediately. Naturally, they would not reveal the true diagnosis results.

In order to test whether they were genuine or not, Sha Lisheng had already executed two local doctors on the spot. The remaining doctors were trembling with fear but still insisted that there was nothing they could do. Sha Lisheng was so angry that he could only give up.

You Yueluo, a military doctor, tentatively said: "General Sha, there is really nothing you can do about Marshal Lie's poison. Why don't you send Marshal Lie back and let His Majesty the King summon all the doctors from across the country? Maybe someone can cure it. Or, ask Ning Jun for the antidote." There must be an antidote to this poison in human hands."

Sha Lisheng frowned and said nothing. Suddenly, Lie Hongxing spurted out another mouthful of black blood, and then fell down softly. Everyone was shocked. Such a situation, if not diagnosed and treated in time, may not be able to recover. Got it!

Zhang Bin looked at Lie Hongxing's symptoms and thought

He made a rough guess, but said nothing.

Sha Lisheng asked in a deep voice: "General Zhang, do you know what kind of poison the marshal was poisoned with?"

Zhang Bin shook his head and said: "I don't know what the poison is at this time, but the antidote to this poison should only be owned by Zhao Peiqiang. Zhao Peiqiang's ancestor was the old poison sect, and all kinds of weird poisons in the world came from the old poison sect. Until his father stopped developing poisons."

Hearing this, everyone looked embarrassed. If this was true, things would be difficult to handle. Marshal Ning's life was in his hands!

Sha Lisheng's teeth chattered. This Ningren was so insidious and cunning. He really wished he could lead his troops to break through the city gate and slaughter the entire Lingzhou City!

Different from the gloomy atmosphere of the Yueluo Army, which was like mourning for a heir, the soldiers in Lingzhou City were very excited when they heard that Lieutenant General Lu led the soldiers to successfully attack. The rebels suffered numerous casualties and most of the camp was burned down. After so many days, the soldiers were very excited. , they could finally let out their bad breath. If the war had not ended yet, they would have drunk a thousand cups to celebrate. But the enemy army was still watching covetously outside the city. Although they won a temporary victory, the enemy army was still several times larger. They couldn't relax even a little bit.

After a good night's sleep, Cixuan felt much more energetic the next day.

As soon as she finished washing, Qingwei came to report: "Princess, the enemy troops are outside the city and have come to ask Marshal Zhao for the antidote."

"How many people came from the other side?"

"About 20,000 to 30,000."

"Where is Marshal Zhao, what should I say?"

"Marshal Zhao asked the enemy to agree to three conditions before giving them the antidote."

"What three conditions?".

"The first condition is to kidnap the rebels Zhang Bin, Shi Renmin, and Wang Entu and hand them over to us. The second condition is to ask the Yueluo Army to withdraw immediately and return all the occupied towns to Ningguo. The third condition is that Yueluo Army must The unjust war launched by the Luo army this time has caused the death of many people in our southwest border. We deserve to be punished by God. The Yueluo Kingdom must compensate us 90 million taels of silver."

Su Cixuan drank tea and nodded approvingly after hearing these three conditions.

"Did the enemy agree?"

"No, the enemy is only willing to agree to the second condition. Naturally, Marshal Zhao will not give in. Both sides are in a stalemate."

"Let's go and have a look too." Su Cixuan said to Shuangyue and Qingwei, and she left Jinyu in the house. Jinyu didn't have any skills. She was worried that if something unexpected happened, Jinyu would protect her regardless of her own safety. .

When Ci Xuan arrived, there were not only Marshal Zhao and his soldiers on the city wall, but also Commander Cheng and General Mu Qiu of Lingzhou.

When they saw her coming, everyone bowed respectfully.

"Marshal Zhao, didn't the enemy agree?"

"Yes, they only agreed to withdraw their troops, but refused to hand over the traitor general Zhang Bin and others to us, and they were not willing to pay compensation."

Sha Lisheng and others were at the bottom of the city. When they saw Su Cixuan suddenly appearing, they couldn't help but feel a little bit in their hearts. They had seen the scheming and cunning of the princess yesterday. Yesterday, they despised her because she was a woman, and they were fooled. With a disgraced face, I no longer dare to take it lightly today.

Moreover, seeing Su Cixuan coming, Sha Lisheng was always worried that something else would happen. They didn't understand this woman at all. They met for the first time yesterday and suffered such a big loss. She appeared again today, so be careful. .
Chapter completed!