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Chapter 22 Conspiracy
In the next few days, Chun Niang recruited some nimble women.

The situation of the wounded soldiers gradually improved.

However, there are many people who have deteriorated.

Every evening, there are corpses being carried out.

Yang Zheng no longer recruited soldiers, selected wounded soldiers, and treated them.

There were too many wounded soldiers in the city, what Yang Zheng did was just a drop in the bucket.

People die irrevocably every day.

This is true of the Yongliang Army of the Chinese Army.

The Luoyang imperial court allocated money, food, and medicine, but they withheld it layer by layer, used it up and down, and spent it on the road. How much could it get in the hands of the soldiers?

In a few days, thousands of people gathered around Yang Zheng, and a serious problem gradually emerged.

Money is not enough.

Food is getting more expensive.

Although Linghu Sheng was calm, he couldn't help scolding Cao Xia in private.

The imperial court clearly sent food and medicine, but they were all stuck by Cao Xia.

In the previous life, I worked hard and worried about money, but I didn't expect it to be the same in this life.

Yang Zheng thought to himself that maybe it was Cao Xia who blackmailed him for his hard-earned money.

"What's the background of this person?" Such a courageous person with a surname of Cao, of course his background is not simple.

"This guy is a distant relative of the general. His original surname was Qin, but he changed his surname to Cao in order to cling to the general." Linghu Sheng simply knew everything.

Is that okay?

Cao Shuang attained the Tao alone, while the chickens and dogs around him ascended to heaven.

Yang Zheng remembered that Boss Cao seemed to be deeply involved with the surname Qin.

Since he is a distant relative of Cao Shuang, he is also a distant relative of Xia Houxuan. Maybe Xia Houxuan can take care of him?
Suddenly thinking of Xia Houxuan's expression that day, he seemed to have known that there were moths in the army, if he was willing to take care of them, he would have taken action long ago, why wait until now?

It is true that he is a celebrity, but he is not a minister capable of governing the world, and he does not have this determination.

Guo Huai's army is extremely strict, and there is a curfew on time every day, and he is not allowed to leave the city during the day, and the firewood and hunting are all Yongliang soldiers.

If it doesn't violate his military law, he won't get too involved in the affairs of the Chinese army.

And once someone violates his military law, no matter the Yongliang army or the Chinese army, they will be beheaded.

The heads hanging on the city wall are not divided into Yongliang army and Chinese army.

With him around, Yang Zheng didn't dare to make trouble, so he could only carry it day by day.

Guo Huai, Guo Huai...

If Guo Huai were not here, many things would be easier, at least he could go to other towns to buy food, and he could also go hunting and fishing.

In the Guanzhong of this era, the population is withered, and wild animals are everywhere.

Yang Zheng's heart moved, what if Guo Huai could be taken away?

It is very difficult.

And now Guo Huai, apart from Luoyang's edict, who else can command him?
Not to mention Xia Houxuan, he wouldn't even listen to Cao Shuang's orders.

Yang Zheng thought hard.

After June, the weather gets hotter every day.

More and more wounded soldiers died in the city, and the streets and alleys were filled with a rotten atmosphere.

I didn't know what was going on this day, I was vomiting and diarrhea, and I was weak all over.

Cheng Shisan is good at amputation, but he is not good at internal medicine, so he opened his mouth and said, "It can't be the plague."

Yang Zheng was scared to death.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, far more people died of plague than war.

Moreover, several major plagues broke out in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of Han Dynasty. Five of the famous Jian'an Seven Sons died of the plague.

Fortunately, Chunniang took good care of him and served tea and porridge, which made Yang Zheng better.

Lying in bed for two days can be regarded as a little rest. Once one relaxes, one's thinking becomes sharp.

"Plague!" Yang Zheng jumped up from the collapse.

If there is a plague in the city, will Guo Huai dare to gather the army here?

Given the situation in the city, sooner or later there will be a plague.

That being the case, why not take the initiative to create the illusion of the plague?

"Sir, do you know of any kind of medicine that makes people vomit and have diarrhea after drinking it?"

Cheng Shisan was taken aback, and said timidly: "As long as the dose is controlled, any poisonous substance can cause upper pain and diarrhea."

"Can you get some, sir?"

"This, this thing is not difficult." Cheng Shisan flinched, not daring to look into Yang Zheng's eyes, "The little old man hid some."

"Thank you, Mr. Yang." Yang Zheng was overjoyed.

You don't need too much medicine, just make a sign.

The human intestines and stomach are actually very fragile. After eating something bad, they will also suffer from vomiting and diarrhea.

Guo Huai was like a huge mountain, and he was almost out of breath under the pressure.

Back in the camp, Yang Zheng discussed the matter with Linghu Sheng alone.

After pondering, Linghu Sheng raised his eyebrows and said: "This plan is very clever. Given the situation in the city, the plague will break out sooner or later. Fei Yi's Chen Bing Shenling is just a bluff. It is useless for our army to waste here, but those who prescribe the medicine need to be cautious." , In addition, there are also doctors in the Yongliang army."

Yang Zheng has long been successful, "Prescribing medicine is only the first step, the second step is to build momentum."

"Positive?"

"Let the wounded soldiers spread rumors about the outbreak of the plague in the city. Once the momentum rises, people will panic. Even if it is not the plague, the city will not be able to stay." In front of Linghu Sheng, Yang Zheng didn't need to hide it.

Conspiracy and conspiracy go hand in hand, Guo Huai is not afraid of not moving.

The way Linghusheng looked at Yang Zheng unconsciously changed a little, "The general thinks about Zhou Xiang, and my subordinates admire him."

Yang Zheng smiled wryly, isn't there no way?

With Guo Huai pressing down on it, he was nervous, feeling like there was a knife hanging around his neck.

The two discussed the details again and deliberated over and over again.

The wells in the city are guarded by the Yongliang Army.

As a famous general, Guo Huai has fought for nearly 30 years, so he naturally knows the importance of water sources.

In the Luogu battle, countless cattle, horses and people died of thirst.

But as long as the person guarding the well is not Guo Huai himself, Yang Zheng feels that there is a chance.

It took a day and a night for Yang Zheng and Linghu Sheng to find out the location of the well and the time for the Yongliang Army to change defenses.

Including the route of patrolling the Yongliang army during the curfew.

"There are 27 wells in the city, and each well is guarded by two soldiers." Linghu Sheng drew a map of the whole city on the ground, and pointed out the location of the wells.

Wugong City is small, about two square kilometers.

It is also at the forefront of the war, and there are not many residents in the city.

"Maybe call some prudent brothers to act together." Linghu Sheng suggested.

One more person means one more point of risk.

Moreover, the contact time is too short, whether it is a wounded soldier or a soldier, it is difficult to truly trust.

In case any news gets out, the seventeen bans and fifty cuts in the military law are not a joke.

"There are too many people, and if one person is caught, we will all suffer." Yang Zheng would rather fail than take this risk.

Guo Huai is not someone who is easily fooled.

Yang Zheng knew that Linghu Sheng had good intentions, and worried that he was too tired these days and had just recovered from his illness.

But it's better to do it yourself.

In the dead of night, the two of them, dressed in black, escaped the soldiers on watch and fled into a dark alley.

The east city is the camp of the Yongliang army, and the west city is the camp of the Chinese army, but there is a clear distinction. There are very few people in the city, most of them are old and weak women and children who can't leave like Cheng Shisan.

These days the army is stationed in the city, and they have suffered a lot.

In fact, at the beginning, the Yongliang army was very guarded, and the soldiers stayed around day and night.

But after a long time, the Shu army's thunder was loud and rainy, so they didn't take it seriously.

The war against Shu was broken all the way, and no matter how elite the soldiers were, they gradually became slack.

The two soldiers took turns sleeping, one watching the first half of the night and the other watching the second half of the night.

But after the dead of night, he couldn't help but fell asleep with sleepiness.

Half the night, and drugged most of the wells in the city.

Some wells had dark whistles, Yang Zheng didn't dare to take the risk.

There is also a well on the side of the Yongliang army camp, the torches are brightly lit, and there are often night patrol soldiers changing defenses back and forth. After passing by, the surrounding defenses are really tight, so they can only give up.

In order to increase the effect, the wells in the Chinese army camp were also drugged.

Maybe he did something bad, but Yang Zheng was both nervous and excited. It felt like when he was a child, he secretly stuffed a dead snake into the class teacher's closet.

Linghu Sheng was calm and composed, sleeping peacefully as if nothing had happened.

Yang Zheng couldn't help admiring him.

Everything is ready, it depends on whether Cheng Shisan's medicine will work.

In fact, it doesn't matter if it doesn't work, just pretend that nothing happened, and at worst, do it again.

(End of this chapter)