Chapter 203 It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge
Du Shaoqing looked at the killer beside him with an indifferent look on his face and asked Wu Zhao to help him up. Although the medicine he prescribed could restrain some of the poison, he had not carefully analyzed the ingredients of the poison at this time and had not produced the perfect poison. He was still poisoned and weak.
"Don't ask me who the employer is, I won't say it." After saying that, the killer turned his head.
Well, it seems that this sentence is a common line for all killers, and the third-rate killer last time was the same, and this time the second-rate killer was the same, Du Shaoqing smiled in a dim lightly.
He signaled Wu Zhao to turn his head. Although the little girl didn't understand her intention, she still obediently turned her back. She was still guessing in her heart whether this bad guy wanted to use a shameless way to investigate the case? Then why not let Aunt Hongxia turn around?
Du Shaoqing suddenly picked up the poisonous arrow beside the bed and took it out from his shoulder hole. When the killer didn't react, it was like a poisonous arrow piercing straight into his throat. Then Du Shaoqing fell backwards as if he was losing his strength.
"Boy Du, you..." Zhang Chuchen exclaimed, not understanding why he was like this. This guy was caught with hard work and killed just like that?
When Wu Zhao heard something strange, she quickly looked back and exclaimed, and went over to support Du Shaoqing, thinking that something had happened to him, but it turned out that she was just temporarily losing strength.
"Why are you? The murderer didn't find it last time. I finally caught the evidence this time. Wouldn't you be wasting all your efforts? What else should I do if you kill him?" Wu Zhao asked in confusion.
Relying on the beauty's shoulder, Du Shaoqing looked pale, his mouth curled slightly, and he smiled relaxedly: "It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years. It's useless to do that person with such a small matter. Since he wants to kill him, he will just die. In the future, we will seek revenge on him without evidence. If we step on him to death, we will sooner or later make him regret provoking us."
Zhang Chuchen next to him said puzzledly: "What are you guys muttering about? Who is the mastermind behind the scenes? Let's just tell me that we'll do it now? But I'm hiding it with you for a long time, and you're still treating me as an outsider?"
Wu Zhao signaled Du Shaoqing to explain, Du Shaoqing shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Sister Hongxia, you are Xuanxuan's master, not an outsider, but you can't get involved in this matter, please forgive me."
You... Zhang Chuchen was helpless and could only curse and stop forcing him. He knew that this kid was kind-hearted and unwilling to implicate others. At the same time, she was also guessing who would be so cruel? Now he has become a mortal enemy of the Du family.
After Du Shaoqing woke up, he carefully analyzed the toxic ingredients of the poison arrow and prescribed a detailed prescription again. After three days of cultivation in the camp, he finally barely removed the toxicity and was able to get out of bed and walk. However, this time the poisoning was delayed for too long. The remaining poison penetrated into the body and took a long time to clean it up. Therefore, for a long time in the future, Du Shaoqing's body will be weak.
However, after this war, Du Shaoqing was not ready to go to the battlefield again. He said goodbye to Hou Junji and other generals, and was escorted by Hou Junji's personal guards back to Yizhou City from the battlefield. After recuperation in Yizhou City for a few days, he set off for Chang'an again.
Originally, Niu Jinda stopped Du He and refused to let him go. After a big battle, Niu Jinda saw that Du He was a talented person and wanted him to stay in the army to be a military counselor for him, but how could Du He do it? He came here to protect his elder brother, not for promotion and wealth. Even the military merits recorded in the military merit book were taken away by him, and he didn't want anything.
The remaining Hou Junji army, except for Li Daliang who led tens of thousands of people to guard the city in Yizhou, were stationed in the border camp, guarding the prisoners preparing to negotiate with Tubo.
Hou Junji thought hard all night and finally decided to launch Du Shaoqing's plan. He negotiated with 40,000 prisoners. Like extorting Goguryeo, he claimed compensation, compensation for money, food, and territory with Songtsen Gampo. The difference is that this time, the disaster caused trouble to Jiannan Road is even more thorough. There are many things to be compensated, and Hou Junji never ruthlessly.
Songtsen Gampo is different from Goguryeo's Yongaisuwen. Although they are both talented and wise, Songtsen Gampo now lacks the emphasis on Lu Dongzan. Others Yongaisuwen covers the sky with his own hands.
In addition, the geographical location of Tubo and Goguryeo is different. Goguryeo has no natural danger to defend, so it can only rely on the climate to delay the Tang Dynasty. Tubo is different and is not afraid that the Tang Dynasty will attack its nest. So after hearing the lions of the Tang Dynasty spoke loudly, Songtsen Gampo was furious and said that there was no money and grain to pay for the land, and the Tang Dynasty would do whatever it wanted to have 40,000 useless prisoners.
This makes Hou Junji feel so angry that he is so angry that he has itchy. If Mr. Du had speculated early in the morning, Hou Junji might have killed them all in anger.
Tubo is located in a remote place, with wars and divisions all year round, and it was not long before it was unified. The people's customs are quite uncivilized, and even retain some of the shadow of a slave society. Therefore, the lives of poor people here are quite worthless. This is also the reason why Songtsen Gampo doesn't care about the 40,000 prisoners. Anyway, the Tang Dynasty cannot fight, so there is no need for Tubo to lose all his family's fortune because of the 40,000 people, and Tubo does not need these 40,000 people to defend the city.
However, Hou Junji also had a way to escort 40,000 prisoners into Jiannan Road with such moves and punished them for hard labor slaves all year round.
Hou Junji's army did not withdraw from Jiannan Road. Instead, it took advantage of the opportunity of Tubo's weakness and advanced forward for a hundred miles. According to Du Shaoqing's plan, it was promoted for a hundred miles every day. If the soldiers vomited and were discomfort, the soldiers would be removed and rested, and the soldiers were in good condition would be replaced to advance to the border.
In this way, we slowly erode the Tubo border, which means we don’t have to cede land and pay compensation. We will occupy the land ourselves. The ultimate goal of occupying the land is to train troops. If these tens of thousands of troops are trained, there will be no altitude sickness, then it will be the end of Tubo.
Hou Junji's eyes shone when he heard it. If this matter really works, he would be a great contribution to destroying the country and solved the hidden dangers of the Central Plains dynasty for hundreds of years. Historical books have their own conclusions.
So he decided to take the risk and give it a try. Anyway, Songtsen Gampo is like a frightened bird, with only more than 10,000 defeated soldiers and losers under his command, so he is not afraid that he will see through his intention and fight to destroy it.
Of course, all this needs to be reported to the court, because the logistics of tens of thousands of troops must be carried out by Jiannandao, so Hou Junji wrote a memorial to the court and entrusted Du Shaoqing to return to Chang'an as soon as possible to mediate in front of His Majesty. This is also a kind of cooperation between the two.
After reading Hou Junji's long memorial, the emperor was walking back and forth in the Political Consultative Hall alone. To be fair, if such a plan could be achieved, it would definitely be a one-time solution. However, it was already autumn and winter was coming in a few months. It was impossible for the front line to start war again. Is it appropriate to throw tens of thousands of people from Chang'an in Tubo in this way?
Chapter completed!