Chapter 54: Forced and Disappointed
Under the cover of night, Qin Xian lay horizontally on Xie Ci's horse, his face and lips stained with a gloomy black-gray color, his breathing was short, and large amounts of blood spurted out, staining his cheeks, the backs of his hands and the entire front of his armor red.
Pressing the Ren Zhong, there was no sign of him waking up. He soon began to twitch and vomited a mouthful of blood which sprayed onto Gu Wan.
He and Gu Guan were both covered in blood, and the stench was pungent. Everyone was horrified!
——You should know that Qin Xian had already taken the antidote in advance, and had been taking it for two consecutive days. Before receiving the urgent order to rush to the main tent, he swallowed a heavy dose of three detoxification pills.
With such sufficient preparation, everyone thought that if it was not foolproof, at least there would be no severe poisoning.
What kind of poison is this, and how powerful is it?!
For a moment, Gu Wan didn't care to say anything else. When Qin Xian spurted blood, she closed her eyes and mouth in time, and quickly rubbed her eyes, mouth, nose and other places that were easily exposed to mucous membranes with her sleeves. She opened her eyes and yelled, "Quick! Milk—"
She quickly examined Qin Xian's inner eyelids, oral mucosa, and nails. His nails were purple and his mouth was ulcerated. With such severe digestive bleeding, she immediately gave him milk to induce vomiting. He was also having convulsions! Qin Xian's muscles were twitching uncontrollably, a classic symptom of convulsions after poisoning.
Gu Guan immediately thought of a very powerful poison in ancient times, called Fan Tu Bie. It is an alkaline poison. It will initially cause dizziness, headache, muscle cramps, and then quickly lead to typical convulsion symptoms, and finally death by suffocation!
Gu Wan's voice was so high that it broke: "Quick! Bring me the number two water bag I prepared, quickly, quickly——"
It was obvious that Qin Xian was not poisoned by just one type of poison. Gu Wan could only counter the powerful combined poison with her own moves. She was sweating profusely in anxiety. If she was not careful today, Qin Xian might die on the spot.
"Fuck! What the hell is this poison?! Get off the horse, get off quickly and lay him down—"
Gu Guan gave urgent orders, and Xie Ci quickly dismounted and laid Qin Xian flat. Gu Guan concentrated all his attention and rushed to feed him boiled cow and sheep milk, and then induced vomiting urgently.
She continued to stimulate the root of Qin Xian's tongue, and then asked Xie Ci to turn him over and lay his upper body on her thighs, with his knees against his stomach. Qin Xian immediately vomited a large pool of milk with a different color with a wow sound.
Next, Gu Guan and the military doctors discussed and prepared the emergency medicine in advance.
These remedies were originally proposed just as a precaution, but I didn’t expect that all of them would be used up!
After being poisoned by the giant earthworm, a decoction made from more than ten kinds of medicinal herbs such as Mingteng, Indigo, Saposhnikovia, and Licorice can be used for emergency vomiting and can be taken to quickly alleviate the symptoms of poisoning.
Qin Xian's trusted military doctor immediately gave him a dose of white powder from a small porcelain bottle, which he drank, and then sprinkled it into his nasal cavity for him to inhale. He then urgently took silver needles to pierce his fingertips and multiple acupuncture points on his body to stimulate bleeding.
Gu Wan also gave Qin Xian a powdered form of red-backed Miscanthus. The ancient "blood-throat-killing poison" is actually a poison, also known as the poison arrow tree. It's arguably one of the most toxic plant species in the world, capable of killing within hours even with a small amount, or even contact with a superficial wound. Later research and analysis revealed that this poison was the main ingredient, or one of the main ingredients, in many renowned secret poisons of antiquity.
However, it has a companion antidote, a small grass-like plant that grows around the poison arrow tree. Its scientific name is Miscanthus sinensis. It is the only antidote in the world that can cure the poison of the poison arrow tree.
Qin Xian had already taken the medicine before leaving, but Gu Wan was worried, so he quickly gave him another dose.
She felt a little stinging in her eyes, so she quickly took a dose herself.
After a series of intensive first aid, Qin Xian finally stopped convulsing, gastrointestinal bleeding, and the black air spreading on his face. He lay motionless beside Xie Ci's knees, breathing barely a thread.
Gu Guan was soaked with sweat, and she and the doctors almost collapsed on the ground.
Qin Xian's condition finally stopped getting worse.
But whether he could be saved or not, neither Gu Guan, nor the doctor or military physician who was very skilled in detoxification, could say for sure.
"Observe for twelve hours, twelve hours should be enough," and the result will come out.
Gu Guan said with a heavy voice.
"We have to carry him to a clean and safe place. He must lie flat. They can't follow the army."
But suddenly at this moment, a sound like muffled thunder came from the distance!
Like drumbeats stomping heavily on the ground, they advanced rapidly, charging from both sides in the direction of the Four States' combined forces! Soon the ground began to tremble, and two huge cavalry forces, like wolves and tigers, suddenly appeared, charging straight at the Four States' combined forces with the force of thunder.
When the four states joined forces, Qin Xian fell to the ground with blood spurting out in front of everyone. Even Gu Wan, Qin Guan, Qin Yong, Chen Luo and others were still in shock - Chen Yan was also poisoned and was lying side by side with Qin Xian and receiving first aid.
The marching army suddenly stopped, and many people witnessed Qin Xian falling to the ground bleeding. For a moment, panic spread.
At this most critical, most dangerous and most unexpected moment, two large groups of Northern Rong cavalry suddenly appeared. Xie Ci stood up abruptly, "Take them away quickly, mount your horses! Assemble the troops, immediately! Immediately-"
He shouted!
…
The great changes in the eastern army were quickly reported to Lu Xinyi by his spies.
His expression changed drastically: "What did you say?!"
The Wei army had just left the camp and started the pursuit when the huge Beirong cavalry turned around and rushed back in an instant.
A single move affected the entire body. The eastern army was surrounded, and the situation on the entire battlefield changed in an instant and took a sharp turn for the worse.
"How could Qin Xian be poisoned and fall off his horse and vomit blood?!"
Lu Xinyi's eyes were bloodshot.
But in an instant, he realized that he might have been taken advantage of by the Beirong people!
…
The night was dark, without a breath of wind, and the pitch-black sky seemed to be swallowing up nowhere.
His heart was pounding, and his military boots hit the ground one after another. Finally, Lu Xinyi started running, running faster and faster.
Lu Xinyi had a chance to turn the tide.
It was no fluke that he was able to sit in his current position. He figured everything out in an instant. "Who has had contact with outsiders in the past few days?!"
Chen Fen rushed back and soon discovered that one of the guards was missing. According to the recollections of the left and right guards, this man had disappeared several times in the past two or three days. He asked where he had gone, but when Chen Fen asked anxiously, the time he gave did not match.
Lu Xinyi almost immediately realized that it was Xun Xun who had planted the nail in his side.
At this moment, he didn't even bother to tell his men to clear the area around him. He quickly charged into the army with his sword in hand and directly killed the two generals!
One was under his command, and the other was under the command of Liang Fen, the governor of Xiangzhou.
These two people are now in key positions in this battle with the battalion!
From the details to the whole, from the missing person, Lu Xinyi quickly thought of the personnel changes in the Northern Army during the same period of the year, and connected with various traces of Xun Xun, he suddenly remembered several people.
Lu Xinyi didn't question them or care about the subsequent troubles of killing them for no reason. He just hacked them to death and shouted: "These two are collaborators with the enemy. Execute them on the spot!!"
Unable to find Xun Xun, Lu Xinyi took the pressure and killed several generals who were most likely planted by the former.
He then urgently deployed troops and generals, reunited the three armies and confronted the fierce attack of the Northern Rong head-on.
After a pause, he immediately issued an order, ordering Duke Ying Cheng Lizhang, who was currently closest to the Lingyun Four Prefectures Army, Governor Liang Fen of Xiangzhou, as well as Duke Ying and Duke Lu He Xin, who were withdrawn to protect the central army, and Zheng Shoufang of the rear army, to rush to the east to reinforce!
——The Four State Armies are on the eastern route, and now the Northern Rong are obviously going to use the eastern route as a breakthrough point by expanding the area.
Just with this big movement, the feeling of being restrained immediately came out.
"Master Lu, you can't mobilize troops like this, right?"
Uncle Lin sent two imperial generals, Li Jin and Wang Zhang, to Lu Xinyi's side. Seeing that Lu Xinyi was about to move He Xin, the Duke of Ying, who was guarding the central army, and Zheng Shoufang, who was escorting the two princes, the departure of these two men immediately wiped out most of the troops guarding the third prince.
How can this be?
Li Jin stopped them without hesitation: "No matter what, He Xin and Zheng Shoufang cannot move!"
The two sides were in a stalemate for a while, and Wang Zhang said, "The emperor's uncle is in the mausoleum. Why don't you write to him?"
Li Jin had already turned around to inform Duke Yingguo He Xin and Zheng Shoufang.
These two people have deep ties with Zhongdu. Without knowing the truth, He Zheng would never dare to abandon the two princes. They cannot bear the heavy responsibility for the princes' death in battle.
Lin Guojiu, the chief logistics officer for this logistics and fodder operation, was currently stationed in the city of Lingchi, two hundred miles away. Military fodder and the main camp were usually not stored together, but rather in a city that was easily defended and difficult to attack. The first batch of fodder that arrived early was not much, so it was currently being stored in Lingchi.
Two hundred miles is not far. The best warhorse can make a round trip in half a day.
Lu Xinyi and Wang Zhang stared at each other intently, then turned around in an instant. Gritting their teeth, they quickly wrote a letter to Chen Fen, saying, "Make sure you deliver it to Uncle Lin personally!"
Chen Fen rushed out and returned at night. When his warhorse rushed in, he immediately fell to the ground with foam at the mouth. However, Lu Xinyi quickly opened the letter and saw only a short line of words on the letter: "You must win, but you cannot mobilize He Xin and Zheng Shoufang. Sufficient troops must be prepared to protect the Third Prince!"
Lu Xinyi's blood rushed straight to his head: "How can we win without mobilizing He Xin and Zheng Shoufang?"
The total number of troops under the command of He Xin, Zheng Shoufang and another general Xu Jinyong was a full 100,000.
He laughed out of anger.
On the other side of the oath-taking platform, the sound of military boots hitting the ground was heard, and a person passed by in the night. It was Zheng Shoufang.
Zheng Shoufang had already known about the situation here. After arranging his troops to fight, he rode his horse to the general's tent.
Zheng Shoufang raised an eyebrow: "Could it be that you are secretly dealing with Beirong?" Framed Xie Xinzhong, "Is it really you?"
The night was dark and the earth was like a steamer. Only a few loyal confidants like Chen Fen were present.
Lu Xinyi sneered: "Don't you have it? Do you dare to say that you didn't do it on purpose?"
He sneered. Zheng Shoufang probably wanted Xie Xinzhong to die and the Xie family army to fall apart, but Zheng Shoufang certainly would not do it himself. He only needed to hint to others through smuggling transactions.
Because he is the princess's son, he has someone to rely on!
After parting ways with Zheng Shoufang on bad terms, Lu Xinyi was filled with hatred. "These hateful royal relatives!! These bastards who have so much power over the government!"
Lu Xinyi clutched the letter tightly, gnashing his teeth in hatred: "You forced me to do this! You forced me to do this!!"
Lu Xinyi finished his hoarse words, his flushed expression suddenly turned cold, "Chen Fen, you go back to Fanyang in person and send the lady and the young lady away!"
Lu Xinyi's face showed a cruel look. Chen Fen was stunned and immediately obeyed the order, turning around and walking out quickly. Lu Xinyi watched him disappear quickly. In the dark night, the sound of the approaching army was getting louder and louder. "You forced me to do this!!"
Lu Xinyi threw the letter to the ground fiercely and said, "Contact Dun Keyin, I want to see his master!"
Since he couldn't turn the tide, Lu Xinyi said hatefully: "Xie Ci, Xie Ci! I want Xie Ci to die——"
Dunkeyin was a close confidant of Kunerke, the leader of the Kuntu tribe. Lu Xinyi had originally traded with not only the Tuoedun tribe but also the Kuntu tribe. The Kuntu tribe had long since surrendered to Huyande, the King of the Northern Rong, and had become Huyande's most trusted confidant.
It appears to be last year, but in reality it has been happening long ago.
Lu Xinyi offered a condition to trade the Changqin Yuyin line to Hu Yande, on the condition that Xie Ci, Su Zhen and Kou Wenshao must be killed.
The Changqin Yuyin line is not within the Yinshan Mountains, but in the northeast, within Lu Xinyi's own sphere of influence.
Hu Yande smiled and said, "That won't work. It must be south of the Yin Mountains. How about this? Have your master give me the topography and defense map of the tomb pond."
"Don't play tricks. I have a source in the tomb pool."
Tomb pond?
Almost immediately, Lu Xinyi thought of that damned Lin Guojiu. In an instant, his eyes flashed with fierce hatred, "Deal!"
Go to hell!
Bastard!
…
So many things happened in this short half day.
In a small valley in the foothills of Guzang Mountain, Qin Xian finally survived, and so did Chen Yan. However, Chen Yan was standing in the middle row and had only drunk half a cup of wine. The poison was less severe for him and he came out earlier.
Qin Xian was still unconscious, and it was unknown if he would have any sequelae. But after more than four hours of relay work and a race against time, Qin Xian's disordered and short breathing finally stabilized. Although still weak, he was no longer gasping for breath. The military doctor and the doctor who took his pulse exclaimed happily, "It's all right, it's all right. He's safe!"
There was a burst of cheers in the small tent. Everyone was crying with joy and hugging and patting each other on the back.
After wiping away her tears of excitement, Qin Wenxuan stood up and walked out of the tent through the curtain.
Under a big tree more than ten feet away from the tent, there was a man standing. In the night, the wind blew up his gray cotton cloak. His once tall figure was now so thin that his bones were visible.
Qin Wenxuan stared up at the man in a daze and laughed bitterly, "Have you ever guessed that the subsequent situation might turn out like this?"
Xun Xiao frowned, "Where is there no danger?" His expression changed, "You blame me?"
The reason why Xun Xiao was here was that he was the one who took Qin Xian away from the army quickly. His martial arts skills were the best except for Xie Ci. Because of Qin Xian, he had never left.
But Qin Wenxuan looked at him without blinking, but she found that Xun Xiao was wearing a cloak with a large hood, and she could no longer see his face in the night. Qin Wenxuan smiled blankly, but tears rolled down her face.
"Of course I knew there would be danger."
Danger is always around, and every one of them could die at any time, including her father. Even if Lu Xinyi hadn't been there, going to the battlefield would have meant death at any time.
"But that's different."
Perhaps among all people, only Qin Wenxuan knew best how quick-witted, smart and capable Xun Xiao was. Even Gu Guan mostly stayed at the surface records in the original book, but Qin Wenxuan and Xun Xiao hugged each other for such a long time.
You said that everyone knows this possibility but still does it.
I'll keep it secret from you and watch from the sidelines.
Can the two be the same?
Qin Wenxuan smiled and said, "After today, no matter what happens, you will find a way to kill Lu Xinyi, right?"
The private transaction was kept secret, but news of Lu Xinyi's various actions, such as the conflict with Li Jin and Wang Zhang, and even the direct killing of two generals without regard for the consequences, had already been heard here.
They even speculated that Lu Xinyi might do something shameful in anger.
If the former is used well, it can definitely kill Lu Xinyi.
Regardless of whether this battle is won or lost, whether these people live or die, Xun Xiao has a way to kill Lu Xinyi, right?
Qin Wenxuan's tears were crystal clear and slid down with a sense of sorrow. It was the first time she was disappointed with Xun Xiao. She had always felt distressed before, even though Xie Ci had a fierce conflict with him last time.
But it has never been as clear as today. Qin Wenxuan realized that Xun Xiao had really changed.
As soon as Qin Wenxuan said this, Xun Xiao's expression changed, and he finally raised his head to look at her.
Qin Wenxuan stopped looking at him and said, "We have always been working together."
"Take risks. We can take risks clearly."
Just now, Gu Guan asked Xun Xiao if the situation would be very dangerous afterwards, who would win or lose between Beirong and us, and whether the Four States Army could finally survive this?
Xun Xiao put it succinctly: "The number of fifty-five."
"Yes, revenge is important. But there are other important things too!"
"What if we are really defeated by the Northern Rong and our country is destroyed?"
Qin Wenxuan chuckled, "You don't care whether Wei wins or loses, do you?"
Her words touched Xun Xiao's heart. The victory or defeat of Wei was not important. He was indifferent to the destruction of the country and the family. There were dangers, but revenge was more important.
A moment of burning hatred could make Xun Xiao's eyes red.
"Are you thinking that my dad is probably fine and revenge is more important?" Qin Wenxuan finally became excited. She shouted, "But that's my dad!"
"And Sister Gu and my brother Xie Ci and the others!"
A 50% chance of survival!
Qin Wenxuan choked up and said loudly: "Xie Ci won't do that!!"
He would never give up on any of them, and would put everyone in danger just for his own selfish desires to achieve his goal! Even if there was only a 50% chance!
Qin Wenxuan looked at him and wanted to say that what Xie Ci said that day in Guiyi Prefecture was indeed absolutely right.
But looking at Xun Xiao's emaciated figure, she finally didn't say it.
Qin Wenxuan wiped the tears from her face fiercely and drew her sword: "Sister Gu and the others have already rushed over."
Rushed into the chaotic army.
She turned her head and glanced in that direction. In the night, smoke was billowing and the ground was shaking.
Qin Wenxuan turned her head away from Xun Xiao. She raised her sword, turned around and ran in that direction. "If I die, I want to die with them!"
The author has something to say:
Xun Xiao is indeed a bad character in the original book. Although all the conditions were unknown at the time, the difficulties and reactions faced by Lu Xinyi were just like his instantaneous intuitive development.
The only thing is that Qin Xian was poisoned to a degree that was beyond his expectations. The danger Xie Ci and the others encountered was not as important as revenge. Wen Xuan was actually right to scold him. He was so extreme in his pursuit of revenge that he was desperate.
As for Lu Xinyi, while he'd certainly become a corrupted character, he definitely didn't want to lose. Unfortunately, he was also caught in the crossfire. While the situation was dire, he wasn't necessarily doomed, so it was best to deal with Xie Ci, the primary concern, first.
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