Chapter 162

The sound of an eagle whistle is so subtle that it is difficult for human ears to detect it, but a trained eagle can detect it keenly.

They quietly returned to their temporary residence, which was a very simple cave.

Under Zhiyi's expectant gaze, Xie Lishan blew the eagle whistle all night long until his cheeks were swollen.

Agumud had been poisoned before, and Zhiyi fed him an antidote pill. He was so seriously injured that no one thought he could survive. Zhiyi also thought, just do your best and leave the rest to fate.

Later, when Agumuduo saw Xie Lishan, the two looked at each other for a moment, and then they had a very pleasant conversation as if they had met close friends.

Agumduo suddenly became extremely eager to survive, and even though the conditions for escape were very difficult, he still survived tenaciously.

Zhiyi didn't quite understand, but in order to make Agumu get better quickly and not hold her back, she often brought the two of them together.

The effect is quite good. At least now Agumuda can sit up and peel the roasted meat.

This is probably the metaphysics of compatible auras.

Xie Lishan put down the eagle whistle and rubbed his face.

Zhiyi gave him a piece of the shaved meat and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Xiao Xie. I'll continue later."

Xie Lishan smiled gently, then glanced at Agumuduo, "Why don't you try it, Brother Agumuduo?"

"You've been blowing it for so long but it's useless. In my opinion, you'd better think about how to get out," Agumu said, and thought with disgust, who would want to use the eagle whistle that this person has blown? What are you laughing at? Are you annoying?

Zhiyi: "Agumudu, you are really lucky. You are fine despite such a serious injury. Why don't you give it a try?"

Previously, in the capital of Great Zhou, he was assassinated by the pro-war faction, but was saved by Xiao Qi who passed by. Later, the royal court rebelled, the old king died, but Agumu was still safe.

By the time the new royal court was established, Agumudo had been shouting the slogan of the second royal court and had been jumping around for more than two years, still full of energy. Although she had secretly fanned the flames, in the end, Agumudo was poisoned and shot by an arrow, and happened to meet her who had an antidote pill.

Survived again.

It's hard not to believe that he had some luck involved.

"……All right."

Agumuduo took the eagle whistle from Xie Lishan, then carried the instrument on his back, rubbed it hard on his sleeves twice, and then blew it a few times.

A moment later, an eagle cry was heard from the sky.

Agumuduo: “…”

He watched the carrier eagle circle for a moment and then land in front of Xie Lishan.

Xie Lishan was also stunned for a moment, then said sincerely: "Thank you for all your contributions to the Great Zhou."

He held the head of the messenger eagle, plucked a feather from it, took the weaving instrument, and went to deliver the message somewhere else.

Zhiyi turned around and expressed her sincere gratitude: "Thank you very much, Agumudo."

The two men left side by side, and Agumudo was left alone.

-

The eagle feather of the letter eagle was successfully passed to Qu Watanabe.

Perhaps it was because the conditions for transmitting the message were too simple, the tiny and dense dots on the feather shaft were much less clear than usual.

Qu Dubian spent a long time identifying it before he printed the dots and horizontal lines on paper and deciphered them one by one.

Under the oil lamp, he copied the translated words.

"Location……"

"Across the chasm, the Qingzhou Mountains... Ropeway..."

As he expected, there was a connecting channel between Nanning and northern Xinjiang.

He thought there was a passage under the natural moat, but it turned out that hundreds of artificial cableways were built directly on top of the natural moat. You have to know that this was not a small project in ancient times.

Just getting the rope and wire to the other side is a problem, not to mention finding a support point and testing the maximum weight the rope can bear.

The result of each item will probably have to be filled with human lives.

The natural barrier is close to the end of the northern border. They will definitely not be able to cross it in a short period of time. They have to send a message to their uncle and ask him to cut off the connection between the two countries.

Qu Dubian wrote a few words, then suddenly stopped, pinched his temples hard, and raised his hand to knock the back of his head a few times.

My head hurts.

Stimulating the sphenoid sinus according to the method taught by Doctor Yang will cause loss of smell, but it will also stimulate the cranial cavity and cause pain deep in the head or in the back of the head.

Sometimes my vision becomes blurry.

When he had just started practicing martial arts as a child, he had asked the imperial physician for a meridian map in order to understand the route of the flow of true energy. His current condition was probably due to some impact on his optic nerves.

He asked the simulator: "When the simulation starts with a complete loss of sense of smell, will the resulting headaches and visual impairments also be included?"

Simulator: [All classified under sphenoid sinus injury.]

Qu Watanabe: "Can you break it down a little more?"

If they were connected, he would have suffered visual impairment while charging into battle, which would have been fatal.

The simulator was unusually silent for a moment.

[The simulator does not support the host's continuous self-abuse. Once again, remind the host to be respectful of the disease and not to take it easy to hurt yourself just because of the simulator.]

Qu Watanabe: “…”

It's rare to be educated by a machine.

This is his first time, okay? He has never done this before.

Do you understand that special situations should be treated specially? At this stage, we should make use of what we can.

Qu Watanabe gave up on hitting the simulator.

It doesn't matter that he can't go through the back door on the simulator. At most he can just be more careful. Liu Liu taught him, and he is pretty good at identifying positions by sound.

Qu Dubian dipped the brush in ink and continued writing. After he finished, he leaned back in his chair and swore to himself that when his sense of smell completely failed, he would immediately adjust his sense of pain to zero after simulating it.

He sealed the letter and called out, "Ye Lianyang."

Ye Lianyang opened the curtain and came in, "Boss."

Qu Dubian tapped the envelope with his fingertips and pushed it forward: "Military letter, encrypted, urgent, send to Zhennan Pass."

"Okay, I'll send it right away."

Ye Lianyang took the letter and prepared to go out. He looked up and was stunned for a moment. He paused for half a second and asked, "Boss, are you feeling unwell?"

Qu Dubian was wearing only a single layer of clothing, the lamp oil was flickering slightly, and his face looked paler than during the day.

"Oh...I'm just sleepy."

Ye Lianyang said with concern: "Boss, you have to take care of your rest. If the military affairs are really not working, leave it to General Xia."

Qu Dubian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Then he will really be suffocated by the pressure. Okay, go now."

Ye Lianyang: "Okay."

He walked away swiftly, and Qu Duanbian relaxed, pressing his elbows on the table and resting his palms on his forehead.

I kind of miss modern painkillers.

-

Qu Dubian's letter successfully arrived in Xu Tingfeng's hands.

He wrote with his right hand, which was very familiar to Xu Tingfeng, and he recognized it at a glance.

After reading the content.

Xu Tingfeng fell into deep thought.

He remembered that Xiao Qi went to suppress the bandits and came back to tell him about meeting Yu Ruo. Nanning raised the bandit problem in Da Zhou. The first purpose was undoubtedly to create trouble for Da Zhou, and the second purpose was probably to divert attention.

Because the mountains where Qingzhou borders Nanning are connected, it can also lead to the natural barrier.

As long as Qingzhou and Jeju focus on suppressing the bandits, they will have enough time to build a rope passage across the natural moat to avoid being discovered by Qingzhou.

Xu Tingfeng found a map.

After a moment, the place called Fuya Town was circled on the map.

It was originally a town of Nanning, and later belonged to the Great Zhou. Now it has been re-occupied by Nanning. As long as we fight back, we can go around from here and raid the natural barrier.

After having a clear idea in his mind, Xu Tingfeng did not idle for a moment and quickly formulated a battle plan.

Unexpectedly, something went wrong on the front line.

The death rate of soldiers charging at the front was slightly higher than in previous battles.

Casualties on the battlefield are inevitable, but the sudden increase in the death rate is obviously abnormal.

Xu Tingfeng discovered the situation early and withdrew his troops in time.

Then he went to the battlefield and checked it carefully. Finally, he picked up the weapon dropped by the soldier, applied his internal strength to his knuckles, and exerted force with his fingers.

Click.

The knife is broken.

Xu Tingfeng turned around, glanced at the three generals of Zhennan Pass behind him, and said lightly: "Explain."

Among these three generals, one was younger. His surname was Li and his name was Li Fanyun. He was from Lanpin’s mother’s family and was the cousin of the Sixth Prince.

He spread his hands and said, "Commander-in-chief, this is under the charge of the people in the armory. How about I call him over?"

Xu Tingfeng: "No need, I'll go ask myself."

The official in charge of the armory did not hide the fact that he had purchased low-priced weapons from dealers in Nanning.

"I know there is such a thing." After all, there are people who make money from national disasters everywhere. Xu Tingfeng threw the broken knife on the ground, "But I also remember that the private trading channels also need to pass the quality control. This level should not be qualified, right?"

The official at the armory sighed, "But Commander, where do we get so much time to forge?"

Which one doesn't require money and time.

Besides, can the Ministry of Revenue give out the money now?

"It's good to have something usable, it's better than using a broken one."

Xu Tingfeng: "How many weapons like this are there?"

"Five thousand swords and one thousand spears."

Fortunately, the number is not particularly large.

He took a close look at this batch of defective products and found that the models of these swords and guns looked very similar to those of the Great Zhou, except that there was no orchid-shaped mark.

Xu Tingfeng found Xue Letian.

He also brought this guy to Zhennan Pass and had him serve as his doctor in the tent.

"How many swords did we make with the iron we stockpiled back then?"

Xue Letian: "More than 3,000... Why are you asking this?"

Xu Tingfeng told the whole story, then he said in silence, "You pretended to be a weapons dealer from Nanning, contacted the officials of our arsenal, lowered the price, and sold the good weapons to Da Zhou."

"Don't keep any of the money you get. Exchange it all for food. Then you can come back and donate it to Zhennan Pass in the name of the Great Zhou Company."

Xue Letian understood.

What this meant was that the iron they had stockpiled with great difficulty had to be given to the soldiers at Zhennan Pass, and the money they earned from it had to be turned into food for Zhennan Pass.

"...heavy bleeding." he murmured.

And it involves a lot of risk.

Xue Letian understood that he had to spend money, work hard and take risks at a time like this. He didn't feel bad, but he had one question: "Didn't you stockpile the weapons for your nephew? If you use them now, you'll have nothing left."

Xu Tingfeng: "Protecting the country is protecting the family. If the country is gone, everything is gone."

More than 3,000 good weapons can save many soldiers from dying due to weapon problems. He thought about it and said, "Pay attention and see if you can find any clues about another weapons dealer. I always feel that it's a bit strange."

Xue Letian: "Okay, I know, I'll do it right away."

When people reach middle age, they are still busy.

He sighed, walked out of the tent, lowered the brim of his hat, and disappeared quickly.

Not long after, officials at the arsenal received another order from a dealer in Nanning.

After inspection, he found that the quality of these weapons was very good, and the price was lower than that of the previous arms dealer in Nanning.

He was puzzled: "Are there so many people in Nanning who are making money from the national disaster?"

No matter what he thought, the weapons had already been stored.

Xu Tingfeng redistributed the formation, letting the soldiers holding defective weapons stand in the middle and rear, and those charging in the front all replaced their weapons with weapons of good quality.

After sorting out the internal problems, Xu Tingfeng continued to implement the plan.

The situation in Zhennan Pass has improved.

Xu Tingfeng was almost suppressing Yu Ruo's troops.

When he was seventeen or eighteen years old, he was able to lead an army alone and fight in and out of the northern border, which was completely different from the growth environment of this generation of young people.

The ten years of silence not only did not consume his talent in military affairs, but made him more stable and more capable.

For him, if Yu was an outstanding young man from the enemy country, he might be able to fight him back to back in seven or eight years.

But right now, he's not at that level yet.

-

The other side.

Northern border.

Qu Dubian and Xia Fuyang pushed the front line another thirty miles.

News of the battle between the two sides came.

The situation is improving, and some people in the Great Zhou are happy while others are worried.

In the court.

I don't know who was the first to say, "Your Majesty, the Sword-wielding Marquis Xu Jin is injured and should be brought back to the capital for treatment. Leaving him at the border and not being able to get treatment is not a solution."

Someone immediately agreed: "Yes, the imperial physicians in the capital are better."

"I also think it would be better to bring Marquis Chijian back to the capital, just like Marquis Changping Xia Hong did, and let him recuperate in the capital."

The Fourth Prince turned around and glanced at the group of ministers who stood up to speak.

Almost all of them are my second and sixth brother’s people.

Was he worried about Xu Jin's injury, or did he feel that with Xu Tingfeng's departure and Xiao Qi's growing power, he finally couldn't sit still and wanted to bring Xu Jin back to the capital to control him?

The fourth prince said calmly, "If you are worried, why don't you send the imperial physician and doctors to the border to treat Lord Xu?"

He seldom spoke in the court, and such a sudden remark made people speechless.

After a while, an official continued, "We can't send all the doctors and imperial physicians out. If they can't cure the disease, it would be a waste of time. When Xu Hou comes back, we can let the doctors diagnose the disease one by one and prescribe the right medicine."

The Fourth Prince was too lazy to continue.

If people want to find excuses for themselves, they can find thousands of them.

Emperor Chongzhao sat at the top, having a panoramic view of the fight below. No one could guess what he was thinking.

Finally, when everyone was listening to his decision, he slowly said, "The Sword-Bearing Marquis is old, and when he returns to the capital to recuperate, I will personally visit him, and no one can neglect him."

The fifth prince's eyes flickered slightly.

The emperor's words were in line with the ministers' wishes to bring Xu Jin back, but he also stood up for the Xu family and told everyone that they should not attack the Xu family and should not look down on them.

The ministers became obedient and accepted the result.

Then he lowered his hands and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

The news that Xu Jin was ordered to return to Beijing for medical treatment reached the border.

However, unexpectedly, Xu Jin did not come back.

The seventh prince personally wrote a memorial to reject Emperor Chongzhao's order.