Chapter 121: A feint to the east and attack in the west?
Canghui Mountain, Golden Scale Gang.
After cooperating with Helan Xiu last time, Qi Yaojie has been leading his gang to recuperate, constantly recruiting soldiers and avoiding the limelight. As an ambitious self-proclaimed king, he knows that his military force is not enough. Once the Northern Border Army is free to deal with him, he will be powerless to resist.
"Your Highness, Jiang Kang from the Hongguang Gang has always been cunning. We failed to win him over last time, so I'm afraid he has other plans. Should we really not find out?" The Third In Command has been thinking about this matter for more than half a month.
It's not that there haven't been conflicts between the three gangs in Canghui Mountain. The Jinlin Gang has the most young and strong men, and their weapons are the most advanced. Logically, they should be able to easily deal with the other two. However, this is not the case. Jiang Kang always makes them suffer in various unexpected ways, and at the same time he can help the Huaishui Gang - barely stabilizing the current three-way balance of power.
The first person He Lanxiu looked for was Jiang Kang, not their Jinlin Gang. He only settled for the second best option after being rejected.
Now think about it, was it right or wrong for them to just follow Helan Xiu's call and board the black ship?
"What's there to inquire about? No matter how powerful he is, he only has a few thousand men under his command. What can he accomplish?" The second in command said without a second thought, "We have the support of the young Turkic prince behind us. Once the old emperor dies, the entire Great Zhou will rebel. Wouldn't we in the north be the gang with the best chance of winning?"
Qi Yaojie was more rational than the second in command. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Don't be too sure. I don't think He Lanxiu really wants to help us. Maybe he is just trying to take advantage of us."
"But what the second brother said is right. After the last battle, we have been tied to the Turkic pirate ship. Chen Ting will never let me go... In this case, we might as well go all the way and show Helan Xiu our value."
"The boss is right. Anyway, it has come to this. There is no way we can get along with Chen Ting."
The Third Master was still a little hesitant: "But those people say that we are traitors. This title is really not good."
Qi Yaojie said impatiently: "No matter who said that, we will kill them all! History has always been written by the victors. Don't you understand this? We can't stop now!"
"......"
When the gang leader got angry, the people under him were indeed silent.
"Okay, I know you've been overthinking it, but we're not completely unprepared." Qi Yaojie waved his hand and said, "Come on, tell the Third Prince what you found out the last time you went down the mountain."
A big man with a beard came over and clasped his fists, "Your Majesty!"
"Da Zhuang, tell the Third Prince what you found out during your trip down the mountain."
Da Zhuang raised his head and scratched his face. "Your Highness, we can start with the general's wife. Chen Ting is leading his troops to fight the Turks, so we can make a feint to the east and attack the west. We can lead our troops to capture Moyun City and rob his wife!"
Qi Yaojie smiled with satisfaction: "Very good!"
He was about to praise Da Zhuang for his resourcefulness, but when he saw his face clearly, he was stunned: "What's wrong with you? Why are your face full of pimples?"
Da Zhuang's entire face was covered with scratched, pus-oozing red rashes, and his cheeks were abnormally flushed, looking extremely scary.
Da Zhuang said with a bitter face: "It's not just on my face, Your Majesty, I also have lumps in my mouth, and I'm scratching my heart and liver all day long!"
"Didn't you go see a doctor? How can you hang out like this all day long?" Qi Yaojie lectured him sternly.
Da Zhuang stretched out his hand and scratched another rash, whispering: "I have seen a doctor, but it is not cured. Even my husband and my son have it, but it is useless..."
Qi Yaojie didn't hear this, waved his hand to let him go, and turned to talk to the third boss about business: "Third brother, did you hear what Dazhuang said just now? Moyun City is Chen Ting's base camp, we will catch him off guard!"
The Third Master said quietly, "It's a good idea. The problem is, where can we find so many people to complete this plan? Borrow troops?"
Among the three gangs in Canghui Mountain, the other two clearly will not be enemies of the general who guards the country. Who would lend them troops?
"Report—Your Majesty! The Turkic envoy wants to see you!"
Qi Yaojie laughed loudly: "God is really helping me. The soldiers who are here to borrow are here... Please invite the messenger in!"
*
The situation on the border was unknown for the time being, and no one knew what the results of the discussion on Canghui Mountain were. After a day of rest at home, Shen Wangshu soon returned to the work of medical treatment and disaster relief.
After mastering the method of alchemy, the subsequent versions of antidotes she and Zhang Dai developed were all made into convenient and easy-to-carry pills, which greatly improved the efficiency of dispensing medicine.
Tongji Village and Xinhua Village, several villages that were the source of the outbreak, have also brought the disease under control. Most of the patients are in the recovery stage, and the specially protected military camps are safe and sound.
At this time, the enemy attack had not yet appeared, and the two brothers and sisters, who had been working non-stop for more than half a month, could finally take a breath and rest.
When Shen Wangshu woke up this morning, he found that it was all white outside. It was the first snow that fell last night.
Time passed too quickly. When Shen Wangshu came here, it was still summer, but in the blink of an eye it was already late autumn. It snowed and it would be the New Year soon.
"Madam, it's Xiaoxue today. The kitchen has made dumplings stuffed with shepherd's purse. They smell so good!" Taohong's excited voice came: "It seems that Doctor Zhang is also in the city today. Do you want to invite him to eat dumplings with us?"
In the past few months, Zhang Dai and Shen Wangshu have been treating patients together and have come into contact with many people in the mansion. Ever since he cured Duke Rong's lumbar disc herniation and the eldest lady's headache, both of them were impressed by his medical skills.
Naturally, everyone also discovered that apart from treating patients, Doctor Zhang would never even pay a second glance at their beautiful wives, and sometimes he was even so stern that it was frightening - naturally, no one would gossip about him anymore.
Shen Wangshu wore a beige flowered shawl outside today. The color made her look dignified and steady, but her movements at this moment were not very steady. She was lazily sitting on a rocking chair covered with a velvet carpet at the door of the house, her embroidered shoes kicked aside, and her small feet in silk stockings tucked under the hem of her skirt.
"Okay, he may not come even if you invite him." The beauty replied lazily, without moving her eyes away from the script: "It's not a good idea to invite him to dinner, so just say that the eldest lady's migraine needs to be rechecked, and wait until he finishes the examination, and then invite him over for lunch."
"yes."
Tao Hong just accepted the order and went down. When Shen Wangshu was about to read the storybook quietly for a while, he heard a low and unhappy male voice: "Why am I not the one eating dumplings with you today?"
"Husband?" She looked down, and the dragon horns on her chest really glowed with golden light: "You called me so early today, aren't you busy now?"
Chen Ting replied: "Busy, busy eating dumplings with my comrades."
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