Chapter 435 I am the ancestor of tricks
"Oh, tell me about it."
The general on the other side was excited, but he didn't forget to glare at his subordinates: "A bunch of useless people, not even one of them can speak."
Although it was a pleasure, the clever idea came from the other side, and he felt that he was inferior to them.
The counselor who spoke was stared at by the generals on both sides, feeling both excited and nervous.
"General, if I remember correctly, there is a kind of poison in our army, and we are the only ones who have the antidote.
If we poison the remaining food and spread the news that the food is poisonous, will they dare to take the food away?"
Both generals shuddered: "What a vicious plan."
This is no ordinary person. He can even come up with such a cruel trick.
"etc."
The general on the other side thought quickly: "What if they would rather destroy the food than leave it to us?"
The people of Dasheng are not so easy to control.
"Hahahaha, the general is worrying too much."
The general standing next to the counselor patted him on the shoulder and said, "Everyone in the world knows that what Xie Jingci and his men hate most is wasting food.
Even if they don't want to leave it to us, the most they can do is take all the food back and research the antidote.
It will take several months for the antidote to be developed. Regardless, we won this battle.
Cheerful, cheerful—"
The anger in his heart finally came out.
It's been a long time since I felt so happy.
The general on the other side gritted his teeth and said, "I agree, but I'd also like to add a dose of poison, and also... an extra layer of protection."
What if this plan succeeds and they say there's not enough antidote and they try to trick them?
The cooperation is only temporary, and we are not really one of our own.
How could the people in the tent not know what he was thinking?
If he didn't agree, there might be more complications. It would be better to just agree: "Okay, you and I will each give a poison and exchange the antidote. After Hou Yuanji leaves in frustration, we will deal with it later."
"That's settled."
Everyone in the tent was delighted.
That night, Hou Yuanji led people to rob food as usual.
As soon as the Da Sheng soldiers approached, the soldiers guarding here ran away decisively, as if they had been prepared.
"Could it be that they have accepted their fate?"
Hou Yuanji waved his hand doubtfully: "Go and see if the food is still there."
It shouldn’t be possible to take it away in such a short time.
As expected, Di Qi went to investigate the situation in person and quickly returned to report: "Master Hou's guess was correct. They didn't bring any food, but..."
Di Qi had a strange expression on his face: "Master Hou, there are several signs erected where the grain is stored, as if they are afraid that we won't see it.
The sign read, 'This food is poisonous, and contains two types of poison.'"
As he spoke, he handed a sign to Hou Yuanji: "Please take a look, sir."
Hou Yuanji took it and looked at it, and it was exactly as Di Qi said.
"hehe."
He casually fanned himself with the sign: "This is intentionally trying to disgust us. It's hilarious. When it comes to playing dirty tricks, this general is the ancestor."
Di Qi's eyes lit up: "General, you have a plan."
They really couldn't think of any good countermeasures for this kind of shameless and shameless behavior.
“This is not simple”
Hou Yuanji extended his hand and said, "Bring me a pen."
Someone quickly handed over a charcoal pencil.
Hou Yuanji took it, and added a sentence on the sign casually:
"Now, there are three kinds of poison."
Hou Yuanji finished writing and handed the sign out: "Add this sentence to the remaining signs."
Di Qi looked at the sign in his hand, then at Hou Yuanji, and couldn't help but give him a thumbs up: "You are so cruel."
He took two steps and suddenly remembered something: "If we really want to poison someone, what kind of poison should we use? We don't have the habit of using highly toxic poisons."
Hou Yuanji held his forehead, and for the first time in front of Di Qi and the others, he showed an expression of disappointment: "You are stupid, just mix something randomly.
Well, do we still have the fruits we brought?
Just squeeze some juice on it, it's okay as long as it's a little abnormal.
In my wife's words, it's a psychological effect.
Psychological effect, don't you know?
If they don't believe it and eat it, then even if they accidentally fall while walking in the future, they will think that it was the poison that made their legs weak. "
Everyone within ten meters around Hou Yuanji couldn't help but take two steps back.
This guy is too mean.
At dawn the next day, the allied forces received a reply from the spies: "The Dasheng soldiers have withdrawn from yesterday's camp, but the food is still there."
The generals on both sides looked at each other and laughed out loud at the same time: "Hahahaha, it's true. This time, we won."
Not only did we save the food, but we also saved dozens of miles of land.
When they were defeated in the past, Da Sheng even occupied the place where they set up camp.
"Let's go and take a look."
The soldiers were so proud that they regrouped and went back, feeling as if they had won a victory.
The pile of grain had obviously been moved, and the signs were scattered all over the floor.
Looking at the amount of food, it is obvious that there is no reduction at all.
The two generals were even happier when they saw it: "Look at the mess of those signs, they must be angry out of shame."
He could almost imagine Hou Yuanji's furious look when he saw the sign.
A group of people strode closer, and only then could they see clearly that there were a lot more words on those signs.
When he picked it up and took a look, he felt dizzy and said, "This, this..."
Before he could finish his extra words, he rolled his eyes and fainted.
"My lord, my lord..."
The two armies were in chaos.
On the second day, when both armies were starving, the spies came again and reported: "General, generals, the people from Dasheng are here to sell food again."
The other one who was still unaware also felt his head buzzing: "How come they still have food?"
"General, after they left where we stored the grain, they went around behind us and robbed the granary."
Every word the spy spoke was tinged with bitterness. "They only left three days' worth of food for the people, and told them... that new pay would arrive in three days. They also said the general was merciful and would definitely buy them food when the time came."
The remaining general who was still conscious pointed at the spy and trembled for a moment, then his head tilted and he fainted.
The third wave of military pay arrived as scheduled, and Hou Yuanji had already dug a trap for them.
If they want to save the people, they will have no food themselves, so they have to continue to withdraw their troops to cities with food.
If the army does not save the people, it may lose the support of the people.
Before they could make up their minds, a letter arrived from the capital, severely reprimanding the general.
The words above are shocking just by looking at them.
From then on, he got a nickname - a good-for-nothing who asked for salary three times a half month.
The next day, representatives from the imperial capitals of the two countries came in person to seek peace.
"Lord Hou, our army is willing to give up ten cities and ask His Majesty Dasheng to withdraw his troops."
"So do our troops."
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