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Mu Qianxue thought for a moment, suddenly said: "Your Majesty, can you let me go with the army?"

Dongfang Su looked at her in surprise. After he was relieved, he immediately refused and said, "no, I won't agree."

Mu Qianxue bit her silver teeth and said in a voice: "with a large army, my concubines will not be in danger, but the chance to save your majesty is this one time. I can't tolerate any loss. Please allow me to help you." With that, she bent her knees to kneel down, but was stopped by Dongfang Su, "I just made it very clear that you are not allowed to go!"

"Your Majesty..."

Dongfangsu didn't give her the chance to go on, "late at night, Zhang Jin, send your concubine back."

Zhang Jin nodded, came to Mu Qianxue and said in a soft voice: "lady, I'll take you out. This matter You turn around and find a chance to speak to your majesty

On November 20, the Northern Zhou Dynasty gathered 100000 troops, led by dongfangze, to the western regions to help Moluo fight against Suk. At the same time, the northern regions also sent troops to help Suk.

But dongfangsu, how can Ren muqianxue plead, always refuses to let her go out with the army. After all, the sword on the battlefield has no eyes, even if there is an army, it may not be safe.

Dongfangze was brave and good at fighting. He was also led by the elite of the Zhou Dynasty. All the way to the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, Su Ke and the northern allied forces were defeated.

As soon as he saw that he was about to get the moon grass, he won the victory and returned to court. Several prisoners he had caught suddenly fell ill and died in a terrible state, with pus blisters all over his body. After being diagnosed by the imperial doctor of the army, he found that they had a plague.

It's said that talking about tigers changing color, but for the troops out there, pestilence is a hundred times more terrible than tigers. On the one hand, it's crowded and easy to spread; on the other hand, it's hard to cure due to lack of medicine.

Although dongfangze immediately burned the bodies of the prisoners and isolated the soldiers who were responsible for the custody of the prisoners, they had already contacted other people before. The plague spread in the end

From the day when the plague was discovered, people died almost every few days. The soldiers carried the corpses to bury them with their mouths and noses covered. What was covered by white cloth might be their best friends or even relatives. In such a day-to-day death, the soldiers gradually became numb, because no one knew whether they would be buried next.

After careful investigation, the imperial doctor found some dead cattle and sheep near the place where the prisoners were captured. They all rotted and smelled. In principle, even if they died for a long time in such weather, they should not rot like this.

However, the iron pots found later and the unburned charcoal fire in them can explain all this. In order to make the carcasses of cattle and sheep decay rapidly, someone burned charcoal fire in the room, as if in summer. In other words, the plague is not a natural disaster, but a man-made one.

Suk knew that it was difficult to win in a confrontation. He came up with such a vicious strategy. Dongfangze knew that he had been poisoned by Suk. In his fury, he worked hard to isolate all the soldiers who were infected with the plague and who might be infected with the plague. There were more than 20000 soldiers.

The army dropped from 100000 at the beginning to less than 70000 at the beginning, and the morale was low and the people were worried that the deadly plague would fall on them.

The house leaks every night.

When Suk knew that dongfangze was defeated by the plague, he knew that the opportunity he was waiting for was coming. He immediately assembled a large army and besieged them at Wulipo.

Dongfangze led several breakouts, but they were stopped. As for Moluo, he was entangled by the army of the northern region and could not be rescued.

Suk was cautious and afraid of catching the plague. He was not in a hurry to deal with dongfangze. He just trapped them and waited for them to run out of food.

In the end, with the cooperation of the Shenji camp, a bloody battle was fought, but the cost was heavy. When he left the western regions, only 30000 disabled soldiers were left in dongfangze's hands. As for the Shenji camp, during the rescue process, two dark forces attacked and killed many people, one of them was Tianji Wei, the other was Qi's blood knights. As previously expected, the two countries did Get involved in this.

It was not that the Northern Zhou Dynasty could not afford to lose 70000 soldiers, but that he I can't wait.

Since dongfangze went on the expedition, his health has become worse and worse. He can hardly get out of bed in the back. No matter how much charcoal he burns or how many clothes he wears, he is shivering with cold. Every time he reads a memorial book, his hands are too cold to move. It will take a long time for him to recover.

During this period, Ji Lin and his doctor came back once, and brought back a prescription, which was somewhat effective. Unfortunately, it can only cure the symptoms, not the root cause.

Dongfang Su didn't want to panic people, so he tried to hide it all the time, but after many days of not going to court, the government and the public would inevitably talk about it. One of the conjectures was that Dongfang Su was seriously ill and couldn't go to court.

The failure of the expedition is undoubtedly a heavy blow to Dongfang Suo, who can not last long.

Morrow remembers that Dongfang Suo helped him to ascend the throne. After the defeat, he was ready to assemble his army again to attack Tianshan Mountain. However, the generals under him didn't agree. They thought that Dongfang Suo helped them out of selfishness. Besides, in the previous day, there was no need to fight for him.The opposition of the generals put Molo in a dilemma, but he had no choice but to postpone sending troops.

This year's winter is very cold. It snowed several times in December, and the snow covered the ground one layer after another.

Mu Qianxue stood under the eaves in a trance. She didn't even know that someone came to her side. When her shoulders sank, she just woke up. She turned to see that Shen Xijun covered herself with a purple cloak. "How did the empress come in this snowy day?"

"I feel so depressed that I come out for a walk." Shen Xijun looked at the continuous snow outside the eaves and said in a soft voice, "were you thinking about your majesty just now?" Mu Qianxue knew dongfangsu's illness, and she mentioned that she was the only one in the palace who knew the truth.

Mu Qianxue nodded, "yesterday Ji Lin came back, they didn't find the medicine to replace the evening primrose."

Shen Xijun said anxiously, "my palace heard that your majesty plans to go to the western regions again, led by Zhang Qiling, but it will take at least half a month to send troops to adjust grain, and there is still time to go back and forth. Now the weather is not right. It will take at least two or three months, your majesty Will it hold? "

Mu Qianxue's eyebrows were locked. For a moment, she said in a soft voice: "I asked Ji Lin about your Majesty's situation. I can last for a month at most."

"A month?" Shen Xijun exclaimed in surprise. Seeing the palace man sweeping snow in the courtyard looking over, she quickly lowered her voice, "what should I do now?"

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