The Ugly Empress by Yun Guo Shi Fei / 丑娘娘 by 云

Chapter 69, vol 2 Chapter 23: Peach Blossoms Pond

Zhao Lu led the soldiers to escort the grain and salaries to the lower reaches of the Shui River. When passing by the Peach Blossoms pond, he was ambushed. However, the troops on the other side were obviously not good, and the number of people was small, they were just relying on the rugged terrain.

Zhao Lu asked people to protect the grain and salaries. He captured several people alive. After interrogation, he knew that it was Zhang Hong's remaining party who fled to the Peach Blossoms pond, because the terrain was so dangerous that hardly anyone stayed here.

The Peach Blossoms pond area is full of weed grass. Although the weed grass is not poisonous, it also became poisonous when exposed to the sun. These remaining parties can't find any people to rob from nearby. They don't have food to eat, and they are afraid of being chased by the armies. So when they see the grain transport team, they just go out and fight.

Because Zhao Lu wanted to protect grain and salaries, a small number of the remaining parties were not caught and fled to the Shui River.

These remaining parties were seized by the Feng state. In order to protect their lives, they said that they had seen the army from the Xue state and they told Feng Ming about Zhao Lu's sending troops to Peach Blossoms pond.

Feng Ming got the military news and killed the remaining party of the Zhang Hong army. Zhang Hong himself is a villain. So are the rest of the party. He was afraid that they would betray the Feng state in the future.

Feng Ming looked at the map and found that Peach Blossoms pond is a small mountain not far away. Although it is not high, it is low-lying nearby, so you can see the whole scene of the mountain at the top of the mountain. If Zhao Lu sends troops to Peach Blossoms pond, he must want to occupy the land. If there is any movement in the future, he can see clearly.

Feng Ming, of course, knew that Emperor Xue was suspicious. It's impossible to marry a princess on his own. The two countries have lived in peace since then. When he secretly strengthened his defense, Xue Jun Liang also sent troops to do the same.

Indeed, as Xue Jun Liang thought, if it is a sneak attack, the Peach Blossoms pond must be the best breakthrough point.

Feng Ming closed his eyes and sneered. Xue Jun Liang was smart, but he was too smart. When he was calculating other people's miscalculations, he thought that if he sent Zhao Lu to the Peach Blossoms pond, he would not let go of his old love feelings and would not be ruthless.

“What a pity..."

Feng Ming muttered to himself and sighed. Zhao Lu is a General. But Xue Jun Liang underestimated Feng Ming. Feng Ming and Zhao Lu have been together for nearly ten years. How can he not understand Zhao Lu's nature? His routine on marching and using soldiers is clear. If the war begins, it may be a blessing in misfortune.

Zhao Lu ordered people to set up a watchtower on the mountain. Within a month, a watchtower was set up on the bank of the Shui River. Every 20 miles, a watchtower was set up, which was far away from Zhao Lu's camp.

Because across the Shui River, the spies were not friendly. After another half month, Zhao Lu's spies replied, “General of the Feng army, whose surname is Lu, is a literati general who can only take a pen."

Zhao Lu was shocked. Unexpectedly, it was Imperial court official Lu Shi.

Xue Jun Liang sat on the Dragon chair, smiling on his face, and said, “What do you think?"

The Imperial court officials said that the Imperial court official Lu Shi was a literati. At first sight, the Feng Ming school of literati was exhausted.

Xue Jun Liang said with a cool smile: “Oh! Zhen remembers that in the early days, Zhen also arranged for Lang Jing to go to the Shui River. In this way, has my Xue state been exhausted?"