Zongwu: Madam, please respect yourself

Was the battle in the South really so smooth?

Not necessarily.

In fact, the South is still anxious.

The reason is also very simple, that is, the methods of the White Lotus Sect are not very effective in dealing with those living corpses.

What's more important is that Wu Guogong seems to have deliberately spread the virus among the people.

Therefore, the probability of infection among ordinary people is very high.

Let’s take an example.

The imperial army finally captured a small town with tens of thousands of people, but just after cleaning it up, they found that the plague had broken out among the people. This damn guy Wu Guogong deliberately abandoned the small town, and then in The plague spread in the town, thus ambushing the imperial army.

This kind of behavior can no longer be described as disgusting, it can be regarded as inhumane.

Under such circumstances, the imperial army had no way to advance in the direction of Fuzhou. It basically took a month to advance only ten to twenty miles, and they had to face a steady stream of living corpses that were neither eating nor drinking. of assault and harassment.

Queen Wu had no effective way to resolve the battle in a short time. She had been completely dragged into the quagmire of the war by Wu Guogong.

Naturally, Duke Wu was miserable. This move had caused him to lose any prestige among his subordinates. After all, it was not a heroic act to use ordinary people to block swords.

"Queen! Our soldiers are seriously injured. There is a serious shortage of substitute soldiers. More importantly, we don't have enough medicines at all. After the soldiers are infected with the plague, we can only execute them with our own hands!" The young man One of the general's arms was missing. During a battle, the young general was bitten by a living corpse. In desperation, he could only cut off his own arm.

Fortunately, after cutting off his arm, he did not contract the terrible plague, and he did not unfortunately die due to wound infection. But just these few months have already made a young general who was originally heroic look like he has aged more than ten years.

Queen Wu looked at the general kneeling on the ground.

These young generals were personally trained and taught by her.

Each of them can be regarded as coming from a famous family.

He is also her best friend.

It is precisely with the support of these best friends and the support of the families behind these generals.

Only Queen Wu could go her own way and openly fight against the Kingdom of Wu.

However, the successive attacks were blocked, not only losing most of her generals, but more importantly, the wealthy families behind these generals had also fallen into hesitation.

Empress Wu knew that without the help of these powerful people.

Then her army is about to lose all its support.

But if you want to retain these powerful people, you must win.

And now it's best to prove your method.

That is to break Fuzhou City.

"How many troops do we still have on hand now?"

"Except for the troops guarding the city, we only have less than 30,000 people left who can move! Ten thousand of them just retreated from Yong'an Town. After the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers, After paying the price with their lives, we successfully captured Yongan Town, but the Wu thieves spread the plague in Yongan Town! Tens of thousands of people in Yongan Town turned into living corpses overnight. And the queen burned all the living corpses. There is no way for this war to continue. The Wu thieves have sent envoys, willing to cease the war immediately and lead all the soldiers under their command to the north to fight against the Manchus!" The young general looked at it! Empress Wu's eyes flashed with a hint of unbearability.

No one thought that this war that was supposed to be a one-sided crushing would actually end like this.

Not to mention the countless casualties.

What's more important is that they didn't capture a few large cities and didn't gain enough benefits. More importantly, because of the problems in the trade routes between the north and the south caused by the war, Wu Guogong had maritime export trade and could obtain a steady stream of money. But the court did not.

Fortunately, Queen Wu found a large amount of gold from somewhere.

Otherwise, the imperial army would have collapsed long ago.

Later, the imperial army regained its strength and was about to capture Fuzhou City in one fell swoop.

But at this moment, Wu Guogong didn't know where he found this unknown virus. Under the attack of the virus, the imperial army suffered another setback. After all, the Song Dynasty was no longer the time when the country had just been founded. After these years of corruption, even though Empress Wu rectified the government, the internal affairs of the court were already rotten. Empress Wu alone could not save the Song Dynasty.

"You want me to talk to Wu Guogong?"

"My subordinates have absolutely no intention of doing this!"

Queen Wu stared at the general fiercely, and finally waved her hand to tell him to get out.

With a long sigh, Queen Wu picked up the sword next to her.

There was a very deep grudge between her and Wu Guogong.

This naturally has something to do with the Five Poison Sect in which she was born.

It is no secret that Queen Wu was born in the Five Poison Sect.

But few people know that He Tieshou, the former head of the Five Poison Sect, had a husband whose surname was also Wu. And few people know that this man named Wu not only became the husband of the head of the Five Poison Sect, but also gave birth to a daughter.

More importantly, this man named Wu was born in Fuzhou.

Wu Guogong is not named Wu.

But there is a feud between the two families.

Queen Wu's father and mother died in the hands of Duke Wu.

A large part of the reason why the Five Poison Sect was destroyed back then was because Wu Guogong was in the way. This damn old guy once had all the power in the country, if it weren't for Empress Wu marrying into the imperial family and taking action to curb Wu Guogong's continued embezzlement. The Great Song Dynasty was finished long ago.

Cleaning the sword.

She had sworn that one day she would cut off this old immortal's head with her own hands to pay homage to her deceased parents.

"If we don't seize this opportunity this time, we may never have another opportunity like this again."

He sighed softly.

Queen Wu put the sword back into its scabbard.

Even if all her cards are used up this time, Queen Wu still has to take revenge.

Suddenly, she turned her head and looked to her side. A woman wearing white clothes and a white skirt quickly walked out of the side hall.

Red Fire Buddha Mother.

When Empress Wu saw this woman, she immediately said angrily: "You also know that when I come back, I have done everything I promised you, and I have also given the White Lotus Sect the status I deserve. Is this how you repay me?"

The Scarlet Fire Buddha Mother smiled brightly and said: "If I don't have any good news, I won't come back. This time I am bringing you good news. The White Lotus Sect was forced away by the Ming Sect back then, leaving only some hidden piles in the Fujian area. It's just for gathering intelligence, and there's no way to organize a large army to help you conquer the city.

However, I finally got some news that is beneficial to you this time. A murderous look flashed through the eyes of the Scarlet Fire Buddha Mother, "This time it is basically certain." This plague came from the Kingdom of Korea. The Kingdom of Korea was actually almost wiped out by this plague. After the Wu thieves learned about this plague, they transported a large number of corpses of people from the Korean Kingdom through maritime trade routes. At the same time, the plague began to spread beneficially in Fuzhou City.

Only then did the plague sweep across the whole province of Fujian.

He originally thought that this matter was done without anyone noticing, but in the end he let his followers know about it. The use of common people to cultivate plague is outrageous and resentful. Many people are already dissatisfied with Duke Wu for doing this. There are already many people under his command who want to assassinate him and dedicate themselves to the imperial court to end this tragic plague. However, Wu Guogong has four generals under his command. The strength of these four people is very strong, at least not inferior to mine. Therefore, this time I went to contact the generals who wanted to join the imperial court. They said that as long as we can assassinate Duke Wu, then they are willing to surrender. As long as the court does not kill them, they can disarm and return to their fields and no longer serve as soldiers. "

Queen Wu looked at the Red Fire Buddha Mother.

"How credible do you think this is?"

"At least, it is better than what you are spending here. Wu Guogong has maritime trade routes as his foundation. For Wu Guogong, he can persist in this war forever. As long as the maritime trade routes continue, there will be a steady stream of people. Food is transported into Fuzhou City. He also has 20,000 to 30,000 elite soldiers. In addition, there are various militiamen, which total 80,000 to 90,000 soldiers. There are only tens of thousands of soldiers. Although it is said that there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers, most of them are ordinary people who have not received any training on the battlefield. They are just a dead end. And more importantly, you have no way to use plague.

Wu Guogong is now broken and doesn't care about his reputation at all. He also understands that after this battle, he will never be able to become the co-owner of the world.

He can use the plague as he pleases, just to achieve his goals.

But you can't, you can't use plague. As long as you use plague as a countermeasure, there will be a wave of opposition to you both inside and outside the court, so your best way now is to hold on and hope for changes. . But you don’t have much time left. "

Queen Wu suddenly stood up from her seat.

"You said so much, don't you just want me to take a gamble?"

"We, the White Lotus Sect, can use all our trump cards. We guarantee to kill Duke Wu and his four generals."

"Just tell me the conditions!"

"Refreshing. Your Highness the Queen is so generous. Our White Lotus Sect is not a greedy person. Now that the Queen has agreed to respect our White Lotus Sect as the state religion, it is appropriate to shed blood for the Song Dynasty. We will produce a large number of masters, but , Flowers also need soil as a source of nutrients." A greedy expression appeared on the face of the Red Fire Buddha Mother: "After killing Duke Wu and taking over Fujian, we will need a piece of land. Of course, we will still be ruled by the Song Dynasty. , and accept the management of the officials of the Song Dynasty, but no longer need to pay taxes to the Song Dynasty. Just like the Shaolin Temple, all White Lotus believers no longer need to pay taxes to the Song Dynasty. "

"Yes. I can agree to this condition, but you are not allowed to touch maritime trade! As long as you do not touch the red line of maritime trade, I can agree to your condition."

"No problem, the White Lotus Sect has no interest in maritime trade. The White Lotus Sect just needs a place to stay."

"I will go with you."

The Scarlet Fire Buddha Mother was immediately stunned, "Is Her Royal Highness the Queen joking?"

"I once swore a poisonous oath that I must cut off the head of Guo with my own hands! Otherwise, life will be worse than death, and after death, I will fall into the eighteenth level of hell and never be reincarnated." Queen Wu's face was cold. Incomparable.

"I've long since noticed that there may be a personal grudge between you and him, but I didn't expect that the grudge between you would be so serious. If that's the case, then I will agree to it."

——

Wu Gong firmly held down a Mongolian.

He bought this Mongolian prisoner for more than ten taels of silver.

I heard that this guy was still a member of the Mongolian royal family. Although his bloodline was relatively shallow, he had a small life because of it. His head was not chopped off and hung on the city wall.

Wu Gong's power is beyond doubt.

Therefore, even though this guy's hands and feet were not tied, he was still pinned to the ground and unable to move.

Wu Gong drew a grimace mark on the Mongolian's back.

After this period of practice.

What he painted became more and more similar, and he also discovered that the more similar the painting was to the creature with the mark on it, the faster it would disappear.

This was the first time he conducted experiments on humans.

In order to prevent accidents, he specially bought such a Mongolian prisoner and poisoned his body with poison to ensure that he would be poisoned to death within a few breaths at most after he left his sight.

The reason why Wu Gong did this was also for insurance.

As the grimace was drawn, the Mongolian who had been struggling suddenly froze, lying motionless on the ground as if a talisman had been drawn on it.

His whole body seemed to be petrified.

Only expressions of confusion and shock appeared on his face.

Wu Gong patted him tentatively, but the Mongolian seemed to be belatedly aware of it.

But at this moment, the Mongolian suddenly trembled violently, stood up, and the next second his body began to break until it turned into countless dust and disappeared in front of him.

However, Wu Gong could clearly sense that the Mongolian was not dead. Because the power of alienation that remains in the Mongols still exists.

It just seemed that it was not within the range that he could perceive.

Wu Gong could only vaguely feel that the Mongols were still alive. (End of chapter)