All sects work

Chapter 216: Conspiracy (1)

Shi Xuanying had just sat down when she suddenly remembered what she had forgotten.

When she was helping Bai Xuexing to stabilize her soul, she also tied a related restriction. Once she lost consciousness in the struggle with the Heavenly Dao, the restriction would be activated, forcing Bai Xuexing's assimilation level to return to zero and regain consciousness, and she would be pulled back to consciousness at the same time.

This restriction will continue to operate as long as it is not released, which means that as long as Bai Xuexing does not die, she will never be assimilated.

The cost of forcing it to return to zero is damage to the soul.

This related restriction was temporarily modified by her based on a spell in her previous life. She had never used it before. Today, when she was playing against the Heavenly Dao, she lost consciousness for a moment and didn't know how Bai Xuexing was doing.

She did this not entirely to guard against Bai Xuexing, but because he was too suitable to withstand such stimulation!
Although Bai Xuexing's soul seems to be shattered at any time, in fact, those who practice Yin Wei have united their two souls into one, and their souls are much stronger than those of ordinary cultivators. The root of his problem lies in his internal imbalance, and resisting the pressure of being swallowed by the Heavenly Dao helps to balance and integrate his soul.

Of course, the premise is that he can withstand the impact of the ban again and again...

"Are you listening?" Xiao Hongfan stared at her suspiciously.

As long as Shi Xuanying wanted to, she could do eight hundred things at once, not to mention two at once: "Let the Xiao family army launch a surprise attack on Huazhou?"

She shook her head, "No, we can't draw attention to ourselves for now."

The surrounding wolves had not yet fought to exhaustion, so it was not wise to attract all their attention.

"Then, sir, do you want to employ monks?" After Shao Jin came to Xin County, he would chat with people as soon as he opened his eyes every day. He had already heard about the recent happenings in the two counties and knew that the county magistrate had a group of monks under his command.

Monk? She was reluctant to become a monk, how many spiritual stones would that cost?

"Twenty thousand people are not two people, and they are all capable soldiers. No matter who we use, we just need to give them the opportunity to resist." Even in front of Xiao Hongfan, Shi Xuanying did not completely hide her cruelty. "If they completely lose their temper and don't know how to resist, then they should just stay in Huazhou and be slaves. I don't have extra food to feed useless people."

The three had no objection to this, because putting aside their emotions, exchanging a combat-capable army for the lowest price was undoubtedly the most cost-effective option.

Xiao Hongfan asked: "Aren't you afraid that they will escape from Xu Guo's control and seek refuge with others?"

"Who will take them in?" Shi Xuanying asked with a smile.

Xiao Hongfan was speechless.

The defenders of Huazhou escaped from the State of Xu, and obviously they could not turn back to surrender to the State of Xu. The State of Dachen was dragging its feet, and by the time they made a decision, 20,000 people would have starved to death.

If the situation had developed as in Xiao Hongfan's dream, the Restoration Army would have grown stronger by now and would most likely absorb these 20,000 people. But the reality was that the Restoration Army had suffered a great loss at her hands some time ago. If they were to incorporate the 20,000 regular troops of the Southwest Army of Qu State at this time, it might be like inviting a wolf into the house. Naturally, it was not a decision that could be made lightly.

Judging from the results of the restoration of the old laws in the later period, the old ministers of the Small Chen Kingdom were conservative and xenophobic. Even if the leader of the restoration army was courageous, he would certainly encounter huge resistance and would not be able to make a decision for a while.

After looking around like this, the most appropriate place to go is to return to the Kingdom of Qu to apologize? Although Emperor Qu is now very crazy, he still has a few sober-minded people under his command. The law does not punish the masses, so he will not kill all 20,000 soldiers at once.

But, generals are also human beings and they want to live too!

The world is so big, but there is no good place to go... If this is the case, then what is the point of struggling?

Shao Jin immediately understood Shi Xuanying's plan - to use the Xiao family army to lure the Huazhou defenders to come and surrender.

She spent a huge amount of money and traveled thousands of miles to rescue the people of Pingchengguan, and her fundamental purpose was to lure away the Xiao family army. She never asked the Xiao family army to join her from beginning to end, because no matter whether the Xiao family army really joined her or not, as long as they were here, they were a living signboard, including him and Xiao Hongfan, they came for the Xiao family army.

"Huazhou fell not because the Southwestern Army was unable to fight, but because the news of 'ceding land for peace' came unexpectedly, causing the army to lose morale. In addition, the number of Xu's troops was five times that of the Huazhou defenders, which led to so many prisoners being captured overnight. As long as their morale remains high, they will surely seize the opportunity to escape." Shi Xuanying said slowly.

Shao Jin said: "Then how do you want to create opportunities?"

"You must have all heard of the miracles of Lady Xi, right?" asked Shi Xuanying.

The miracles of Xinu are the most talked-about topic among the people here. When the new county was just being reclaimed, the Xinu Temple with its carved beams and painted rafters had already been built. No matter how busy they were in the reclamation, they would never forget to burn incense three times a day in the morning and evening. They already knew the whole story as soon as they settled down here.

"After the flood, an epidemic broke out in Huazhou City, which was one of the reasons why the Southwest Army was defeated overnight. The Xu State gathered a large army and obviously wanted to take advantage of the chaos to capture Qudu in one fell swoop. Why did they not move forward after easily taking Huazhou?"

Xiao Hongfan asked, "Did the epidemic cause disagreements within the Xu Kingdom?"

Shi Xuanying nodded.

Since the two countries went to war, Huazhou has become a military stronghold. No less than five wars of varying sizes have broken out in just half a year. After the flood, victims from the surrounding areas were not allowed to pour into the city. People fled to survive, and not many people were desperate to run to the front line.

The epidemic in Huazhou occurred because the upstream water source was polluted. The situation in the city was not particularly serious for the time being, but the situation within a hundred miles to the east was not optimistic.

If these places were occupied directly, the 250,000-strong army of Xu State might be defeated by the epidemic before the battle.

"The legend of Xinu's miracles has long been spread to Huazhou, and many people believe in it." Shi Xuanying pulled out a map from her sleeve and spread it on the table, circling a place name on it with her finger, "If Xinu appears here, can we get the antidote?"

The three of them saw that the place where her finger was pointing was a small hill less than ten miles south of Huazhou City.

It was only a half-hour’s ride on horseback. If they were from the State of Xu, it would be hard not to be tempted.

"I plan to turn the antidote into a spring, so that they will have to keep going out of the city to get the 'antidote'. This way, there will always be opportunities to take advantage of them."

Shi Xuanying was not worried at all that Xu State would not be defeated. Inspired by Bai Xuexing's practice of poisoning and selling antidotes at the same time, she thought that if the 250,000 troops had not yet been infected with the disease, she would go and poison them, not worrying that they would not come to get the "medicine".

General Shao heard that she had thought of every aspect, and couldn't help but ask: "What role do we play in this?"

"I would also like to ask General Shao and General Xiao to write a letter to persuade the generals of the Southwest Army to cooperate." Shi Xuanying quickly took out the four treasures of the study and stretched out his hand, "Please."

The three of them looked at each other and no one moved for a moment.

To be honest, it was their own choice to get to where they are today, but for some reason, they also felt a sense of "being forced" in their hearts, as if at the crossroads of choice, there was a hand behind them pushing them to choose one of them.

For example, right now, they were pushed onto this ship without knowing what was going on. In fact, it was because they were inclined to serve the female county magistrate, but the other party had never made any promises, nor had they ever explicitly stated that they wanted to recruit them. If they wrote something like this, they would be tied to this ship without knowing what was going on…

Shao Jin held up the paper that Shi Xuanying pushed over and asked, "Master, are you going to recruit us to conquer the world together?"

Shi Xuanying asked confidently, "What else?"

Shao Jin choked and simply threw away all the twists and turns: "What's the benefit of us joining in?"