Chapter 2786: Hatred deepens, Guo Jia’s plan
After the Battle of Dunqiu, Lan Yu led his army to retreat to Puyang. After all, they had fought successive battles with Jia Fujun and Feihu Army. The Wei and Ming coalition forces were also very tired and needed rest to restore their combat strength.
But after arriving in Puyang, Lan Yu declined Lecheng's request to enter the city for three reasons:
First, after encountering Jia Fu's fierce attack, Puyang's defense has not yet recovered.
Second, Lan Yu didn't know much about how much food and grass there was in Puyang City and whether the supplies for defending the city were sufficient.
Third, and most importantly, Jia Fu was seriously injured, and the person who could replace Jia Futong and lead the Dunqiu Qin army must be Li Cunxiao.
In the battle of Dunqiu, Li Cunxiao easily defeated Niu Kui, the most powerful general in the Central Plains, and blocked the fierce attack of 50,000 Wei and Ming coalition forces with 3,000 flying tiger troops. The power of his most powerful general in the world was fully demonstrated. The Qin army led by him Obviously stronger than Jia Fu.
Lan Yu was worried that Li Cunxiao would start a war immediately after taking over the military power. If the Ming army was in Puyang City by then, they would be blocked by Li Cunxiao in the city. As a result, they lost their initiative and mobility and could only cower in the city and be beaten passively. Well.
Lan Yuning took some risks and was unwilling to fall into passivity, so he rejected Le Cheng's request to enter the city to recuperate, and only asked Le Cheng to provide food, grass and ordnance to the Ming army.
At this time, in the Ming army camp, Lan Yu looked at the map of Dongjun and frowned involuntarily.
"Bai Qi and Huang Feihu both ran straight to the white horse, but Li Cunxiao didn't react at all. What on earth is he waiting for?"
Lan Yu couldn't help but murmur to herself, and at the same time discovered that Li Cunxiao was different from the one in the intelligence.
In the intelligence of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming Dynasty, the description of Li Cunxiao was undoubtedly not impulsive and reckless. After all, if he was not reckless, how could he have done something like breaking through the Grandmaster and burning his inner strength to single-handedly challenge Li and Tang?
But after Lan Yu had a fight with Li Cunxiao, she discovered that Li Cunxiao was not what the intelligence said.
In the battle of Dunqiu, Li Cunxiao appeared at the most critical moment and left at the most suitable time.
Li Cunxiao chose the right time to retreat when the Flying Tiger Army made a charge. After consuming 60 to 70% of their physical strength, they still had enough energy left to break through.
If this opportunity is missed and the Flying Tiger Army's physical strength is severely exhausted, its combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. Even if it can finally break through the encirclement, it will definitely suffer heavy losses.
It is precisely because of this that Lan Yu feels that Li Cunxiao is not reckless. After all, he has a good grasp of the fighter opportunities and is neither greedy for merit nor fond of fighting. This does not look like a reckless man.
Although Li Cunxiao does not have many troops now, coupled with the powerful Flying Tiger Army, Lan Yu is still very afraid, so he has been paying attention to the movements of the Dunqiu Qin Army.
"Grand Governor, what's wrong, General Niu Ruyi, he..."
After hearing the guard's words, Lan Yu suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart, and quickly asked: "How is General Niu Ruyi doing?"
"General Niu Ruyi's injuries recurred and he died."
"What?"
Lan Yu suddenly exclaimed and rushed directly to the ward without saying a word. After all, Niu Ruyi was also one of the top five generals under his command. His death would obviously have an impact on the Ming army's combat effectiveness.
When Lan Yu arrived, Niu Ruyi's ward was already full of people, and those surrounding the bed were his brother Niu Kui's family.
Seeing Lan Yu coming, everyone present tacitly made way for them, and only then did Lan Yu see Niu Ruyi, who had lost his breath.
There was a hint of sadness on Lan Yu's face, but she was still puzzled, so she asked: "Brother Niu, what is going on? Although General Ruyi's injury is serious, it is not fatal. How could the injury suddenly relapse? Where is death?"
Lan Yu subconsciously felt that there was a hidden reason behind Niu Ruyi's death. After all, how could a master-level expert die suddenly when his injuries were not fatal? There is obviously a problem here.
Niu Mowang was still immersed in the sadness of his brother's death, so he didn't hear Lan Yu's words, but Niu Hong on the side replied: "My second uncle and I both used a drug that can quickly recover injuries but avoid alcohol, but My second uncle drank too much while he was recuperating from his injuries. As a result, the alcohol caused his wounds to burst, and he died suddenly after the injuries were compounded."
Hearing this, Lan Yu was completely speechless.
If it were other generals, he would not believe that they dared to drink during the drinking period, and even drank themselves to death.
But if it was Niu Ruyi, Lan Yu was a little unsure. After all, Niu Ruyi was extremely addicted to alcohol and was a complete drunkard.
For an alcoholic like Niu Ruyi, not having a drink for more than ten days is extremely torture. After becoming addicted to alcohol, he might just want to satisfy his craving, but he didn't expect that he accidentally drank too much, and then the wound burst. Will die suddenly.
Lan Yu felt that this might be the truth, but he still asked Niu Ruyi's attending physician, and he came to the same conclusion as he thought. The autopsy doctor did not detect any toxins from the corpse.
"Wait, that's not right. Where did the wine come from in the military camp?"
Lan Yu suddenly frowned and pointed to the crux of the problem, which was that there was no wine in the army. Where did Niu Ruyi get the wine?
The military regulations of the Ming Dynasty army clearly stipulate that drinking and hiding alcohol are strictly prohibited during war. If violated, military law will be imposed.
As a senior general, Niu Ruyi would naturally not break the law. Whenever he was addicted to alcohol and wanted to drink, he would leave the camp to buy it himself and would not bring the wine back to the military camp after drinking.
Now Niu Ruyi is still recovering from his injury. Even if he wants to drink, he can't buy the wine himself. Someone must have bought it for him. So who is the person who bought him the wine?
After listening to Lan Yu's analysis, everyone present changed their expressions. After all, if someone really bought the wine for Niu Ruyi, then this person would have violated the law and indirectly caused Niu Ruyi's death.
Niu Mowang's face also became extremely ugly. He had clearly told his younger brother not to drink alcohol while he was recovering from his injuries. He also told his younger brother's personal guards not to buy alcohol for his younger brother. However, he did not expect that anyone would dare to disobey his orders. It was simply... court death.
Niu Mowang immediately ordered a thorough investigation of Niu Ruyi's personal guards to see who knew and broke the law to buy the wine for his brother. In the end, less than an hour later, he found out who bought the wine.
It was indeed one of Niu Ruyi's personal guards, but that personal guard seemed to know that he was bound to die, so he hanged himself out of fear of guilt and left a letter explaining the cause and effect.
In the suicide note of the guard, he said that he did not want to help Niu Ruyi buy alcohol, but Niu Ruyi was addicted to alcohol and had to force him to buy it, otherwise he would make him look good. He did not dare to disobey Niu Ruyi's order and was forced to buy it. Niu Ruyi drank the wine, but he didn't expect that Niu Ruyi drank himself to death. He also knew that his sin was serious, so he took the initiative to die, just asking the general to let his family go.
After reading the letter, Lan Yu sighed and handed it to Niu Mowang. Niu Mowang's face turned livid after reading it, obviously unable to accept such a result.
If what the guard said was true, then he was not to blame for secretly buying wine. After all, Niu Ruyi forced him to buy it, but in the end he drank himself to death. It was simply ridiculous.
Not only Niu Mowang couldn't accept it, but the young Niu Hong couldn't accept it either. He shouted angrily:
"No, it was not alcohol that killed my second uncle, but Li Cunxiao. If Li Cunxiao hadn't injured my second uncle, how could he have died from drinking? Li Cunxiao was the real culprit who killed my second uncle."
Hearing what his son said, Niu Mowang was stunned for a moment, while Ming Tieshan on the side scolded: "Shut up, with Li Cunxiao's strength, it would be easy to kill you and your second uncle.
Li Cunxiao has been merciful. Now that your second uncle died due to greed, you put all the blame on Li Cunxiao. What's the truth? Do you think the whole world owes you the Niu family? "
Niu Mowang originally had a hatred for Li Cunxiao because of his younger brother's death. After all, his son was right. If Li Cunxiao hadn't seriously injured Niu Ruyi, he would not have drunk himself to death because of drinking.
But when he heard his wife say this, Niu Mo couldn't help but feel enlightened.
Yes, Li Cunxiao has been merciful, otherwise his son and younger brother would both die. Now that his younger brother's death has nothing to do with Li Cunxiao, who has the right to blame Li Cunxiao?
Niu Mowang naturally understood such a simple truth, but Niu Hong did not.
On the same day, he first learned that his mother had been assassinated by Hei Bingtai, and then his second uncle died due to a recurrence of his injuries due to drinking. This made Niu Hong completely blinded by anger. He just wanted to vent, and he couldn't control so much. Besides, He himself is not the kind of reasonable character.
Therefore, after hearing his mother's reprimand, Niu Hong was so angry that he roared at his biological mother: "Mom, why do you want to speak for your enemy?
Even if the second uncle was wrong for drinking privately, it was Li Cunxiao who injured the second uncle first. Now the two sides have formed a big feud. You don't stand on the side of the child, but instead speak for the enemy. What's the truth? "
When Ming Tieshan saw that her always well-behaved son dared to yell at her in public, she felt aggrieved and sad. She just didn't want the hatred between the two parties to intensify, so she just discussed the matter, but she didn't expect that her son was unreasonable at all.
"That's true, but you have to be reasonable. Hong'er, don't let your anger go to your head and ignore right and wrong..."
Before Ming Tieshan could finish speaking, he was directly interrupted by Niu Hong.
"Home is a place for emotions, not reason."
"you you……"
Ming Tieshan was speechless by his son. He pointed at his son 'you' angrily for a long time, but couldn't say a word. In the end, he only said angrily: "You can take care of yourself, mother will never care about you anymore." It’s gone.” He walked away angrily.
As a father, Niu Mowang just watched the quarrel between Niu Hong and Ming Tieshan, mother and son, but did not say a word. His heart was also tangled up in the quarrel between the two.
On the other side, Ye Dingzhi was eating melon the whole time, but also didn't say a word. It's not that he didn't want to say it, but he knew that Niu Hong had lost his mind and he wouldn't listen to anything he said now.
Ye Dingzhi was sure that Niu Ruyi's death was not as simple as it seemed. After all, they had just arrived in Puyang and Niu Ruyi died. This was too much of a coincidence.
In addition, the evidence chain for Niu Ruyi's death is too complete, and he died in the Ming army camp under the protection of thousands of troops. Even Ye Dingzhi couldn't find anything wrong with it, but this is precisely the biggest problem. .
Ye Dingzhi now believes what Li Xiaoyao said. Someone in the Three Kingdoms Alliance wants to sow discord and draw the Demon Sect into fighting against Da Qin. The target was himself before, but now it is Niu Mowang and Niu Hong's father and son.
Ye Dingzhi believed that once he told his uncle about his suspicions, it would definitely arouse the vigilance of Niu Mowang, the old man in the world, but there was really nothing he could do about Niu Hong, his cousin.
In Ye Dingzhi's observation, Niu Hong only expressed resentment over the death of his second uncle, Niu Ruyi, and not much sadness. He didn't even shed a tear.
Niu Hong had been blinded by anger. He only wanted to take revenge and vent his anger, and he did not consider the consequences at all. His various reactions could no longer be described as unreasonable. They were simply paranoid to the point of being unreasonable.
Niu Hong believed that it was Niu Ruyi who was killed by Li Cunxiao and Ming Iron Fan who was assassinated by Heibingtai in Daqin. He also didn't even listen to his own father and mother. How could he listen to his cousin? That's why Ye Dingzhi was He rationally chose to shut up, because he knew that no matter what he said, it would be useless.
Ye Dingzhi followed Ming Tiefan and left, but before leaving, he talked to Niu Mowang alone and took a deep look at Niu Hong.
Ye Dingzhi hoped that Niu Hong could be more sensible. It was really a riot that couldn't be ended, but don't blame him for killing his relatives out of righteousness.
"Go back to Mount Tai." Ye Dingzhi said coldly.
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Yingchuan, Yangdi.
"Sir, news came back from Heibingtai in East County that Ye Dingzhi and Ming Tieshan returned to Mount Tai, but they failed to take Niu Hong away," Duanlanghui reported.
"well……"
Guo Jia couldn't help but sigh, and said to himself with a headache: "Cao Wei has indeed set his sights on Niu Hong, and wants to use this silly boy to sow discord and draw the devil into trouble."
"Sir, if that's the case, why don't we just tell the Demon Sect directly? Why bother sending people to ambush Ye Dingzhi and protect Ye Dingzhi at the same time?"
The surname of Princess Iron Fan was changed. It was Luo before. Later, the author checked and found that the surname Ming actually existed in China, so she changed her surname to Ming.
(End of chapter)
