Chapter 272 Suspected impotence, key evidence!
Chapter 272 Suspected impotence, key evidence!
It was already dark, and the front scout camp was bustling with activity.
All the soldiers were busy cleaning up the aftermath of the forest battle.
Large pots were set up, with blazing flames underneath.
All the clothes, equipment and even the leather bags they carried for the battle were placed in it and they enjoyed the boiling hot water.
Lu Yunyi and Li Jinglong walked among them, listening to the words "Sir".
Lu Yunyi nodded frequently with a smile on his face, but Li Jinglong seemed a little distraught.
The two walked towards the camp where Si Yuanheng was imprisoned. Li Jinglong saw that he was getting closer and couldn't help asking:
"Yun Yi, are these speculations of yours true?"
Lu Yunyi paused, hesitated for a moment, and spoke in a deep voice:
"It's just a guess. Whether it's true or not depends on subsequent wars."
Li Jinglong was silent, borrowing Luchuan's sword to suppress the internal troubles.
He was very shocked to hear this, but it seemed natural to him.
He grew up in the capital and knew how powerful His Majesty and the Crown Prince were. He had heard countless times that they were wrong.
But time passed, and several years passed.
People were surprised to find that His Majesty and the Prince had done nothing wrong.
He had seen many such things, but he could never see them clearly.
Now that he is deeply involved in the situation, he only feels that a big hand is firmly covering him, and the overall situation of the world is under the control of the big hand.
After a lot of twists and turns, the two came to the military tent where Si Yuanheng was imprisoned. This military tent was at the outermost perimeter.
Imprisoned with him were some Luchuan spies captured by Yunlongzhou.
The difference is that the guards where Si Yuanheng is located are the front army scouts, while the other guards are soldiers from Yunlongzhou.
When Li Jinglong came here, he took a quick look and his face darkened again.
For some reason, I am increasingly understanding the court's actions.
At this moment, only the military tent where Si Yuanheng was was guarded by soldiers.
The rest of the tents and even the prison cells were empty.
Only the solitary fire stood there, enjoying the cold winter breeze.
Lu Yunyi also stopped when he saw this scene. His eyes became deeper and deeper, and he spoke in a hollow voice:
"Duke Cao, the borderland of Yunnan,
It would be more appropriate for the Ming Dynasty's soldiers to guard the place.
The rest of them are not trustworthy or reliable."
Li Jinglong's eyes were dazed, and he nodded slightly:
"You're right. This seems to be the best way. It's clean and has no consequences."
He suddenly remembered something and asked:
"Should we continue to go deep into Luchuan? Then Si Lunfa will move the army to the west of Dali.
Wouldn’t that mean Jingdong would be short of troops? The court’s purpose.”
“This is not something we should consider.
If you are afraid to take action because of something shameful, you will end up losing the big picture.
Solving external enemies is a must, while solving internal problems is a by-product.
You and I don’t know what the court is planning, and the soldiers only need to consider killing the enemy.”
As he spoke, Lu Yunyi entered the military tent, while Li Jinglong stood outside, deep in thought.
From the perspective of the imperial court, he believed that it was imperative to clean up the internal troubles.
As for foreign enemies as strong as the Yuan Dynasty and the Northern Yuan Dynasty, they were defeated, so a small Luchuan was no problem.
Putting his thoughts aside, he also opened the tent and walked in.
The tent was simply furnished with only two chairs and a table.
There was also a large iron cage with a simple straw mat on the ground.
At this moment, Si Yuanheng was lying there, his face was pale, his lips were dry,
His chest was wrapped in thick white linen, blood seeping out.
Noticing someone coming, he just slightly opened his eyes and turned his head slightly.
He just glanced at it and ignored it, continuing to close his eyes, as if he had already accepted his fate.
Lu Yunyi glanced at him, took the medical booklet from the side and looked through it quietly.
It records Si Yuanheng's condition, illness, how long he can live, and the probability of survival under the military doctor's diagnosis.
This booklet alone
Li Jinglong was extremely impressed and felt that the elite troops were indeed left in Dali.
"Ok?"
Lu Yunyi suddenly let out a light exclamation.
He widened his eyes slightly and looked at the words recorded on it, then looked at Si Yuanheng, his expression extremely strange.
"What happened."
Li Jinglong came over quickly and tilted his head to look at the booklet.
A sentence rushed into his eyes, and immediately made his eyes widen.
[Kidney Yang deficiency, or liver depression and qi stagnation, insufficient qi and blood, suspected impotence, need to carefully observe the symptoms to distinguish between deficiency and excess.]
"Impotence?"
Li Jinglong's voice rose two tones, with ups and downs.
Si Yuanheng suddenly opened his eyes, seeming a little anxious.
His eyes were bloodshot, he started coughing violently, and blood kept oozing out of the wound.
Lu Yunyi and Li Jinglong looked down from above, their eyes scanning back and forth intentionally or unintentionally, causing Si Yuanheng to cough more violently.
Lu Yunyi coughed lightly and spoke loudly:
"I have something to ask you."
"If you want to kill or behead me, please do as you please."
"If you don't tell me, I will parade you tomorrow and hang a big sign saying 'don't raise your hand'.
Let everyone in Yunlongzhou know that you are impotent, and also inform Luchuan about this.
Your name is Si Yuanheng, right? I know your name."
Si Yuanheng's blood rushed up, and his face instantly turned red.
The coughing became more violent, and blood began to spurt out of the corners of his mouth.
"Yun Yi, you are too vicious."
Li Jinglong whispered a reminder,
But he did not hide his excitement at all, and even wanted to give it a try.
Lu Yunyi pursed his lips and ignored him. Instead, he looked at Si Yuanheng and asked loudly:
"I know that you have been fighting near Jingdong before.
Tell me about the enemy you encountered, which is our Ming army."
"Your own soldiers, do you still need me to tell you?"
Si Yuanheng finally calmed down.
He looked at Lu Yunyi with some resentment, his teeth clenched, and traces of blood filled his mouth.
Lu Yunyi frowned and said coldly:
"Just say what you are told. Why are you being so sloppy?"
Si Yuanheng's face froze, his breathing became rapid, and he spoke in a deep voice:
"You are just a mob. If you were not so numerous, how could I have been defeated?"
Lu Yunyi knew that he was talking about the Jingdong war, and nodded slightly:
"Isn't it natural for the majority to defeat the minority on the battlefield?
How strong are those soldiers?
What kind of people are you fighting with? How long have you been fighting with them? Please tell me in detail.
If you satisfy me, I might give you some medical treatment.
To tell you the truth, the troops I led came from Yingtian.
The doctor I brought with me is from Yingtian, so maybe he can cure you."
Although Si Yuanheng narrowed his eyes slightly, one could still see a hint of urgency flashing in his eyes!
Lu Yunyi understood clearly that Luchuan was still an uncivilized place.
The number of young and strong people in a tribe is directly related to the strength of the tribe.
In this culture, fertility becomes the basis for measuring whether a young man is strong or not, which is directly related to how many sons he has.
Impotence was considered a disgrace in the Ming Dynasty.
For small southwestern border countries such as Luchuan and Annan, it was an indelible humiliation.
The military tent was silent for a long time, and then Si Yuanheng's weak voice rang out:
"Are you soldiers from Yingtian?
No wonder, you are the most elite soldiers I have ever seen, much stronger than those Tusi soldiers and Indians."
As soon as these words were spoken, Lu Yunyi and Li Jinglong's eyes lit up at the same time, and a huge stone fell from their hearts.
Li Jinglong couldn't wait to ask:
"The ones fighting you were Tusi soldiers and Indian soldiers? No Ming soldiers?"
Si Yuanheng smiled with a hint of ridicule and looked at Li Jinglong:
"You are a big shot among the Ming people, right? If all the Ming people were like you,
Sooner or later, I, Luchuan, will be like Kublai Khan and rule the Central Plains." "You!" Li Jinglong said angrily.
Si Yuanheng continued: "When the snipe and the clam quarrel, the fisherman benefits.
Isn't the purpose of your Xiping Marquis to let those chieftains and Indians come and fight to death with us Luchuan people?
Instead of asking me, why not ask him directly? You don't dare, do you? "
what?
Not only Li Jinglong was shocked,
Even Lu Yunyi's eyes narrowed, flashing with a dangerous light.
Could it be that such matters are already tacitly understood, and they are the only ones who are kept in the dark?
"How did you know that?"
Lu Yunyi asked in a deep voice, and had already drawn out the long sword from his waist.
The sharp blade light seemed a bit dazzling under the dim candlelight.
Si Yuanheng seemed not to want to watch, so he tilted his head and laughed.
"You are the one who is smart? I am Luchuan stupid?"
“Although Luchuan is located in the southwest, it is a small border country.
The Ming Dynasty may never take us seriously, but we also have smart people.
The king has seen through your purpose.
Since you Ming people are sending people to die, the king will use their heads to train his troops."
Si Yuanheng had a hint of sarcasm on his face. He didn't look like a prisoner, but more like a shrewd general.
Lu Yunyi stared at him for a few seconds.
Suddenly, he became interested, sat down on a chair beside him, and asked thoughtfully:
"According to your explanation, you are just an ordinary captain.
He had suffered a defeat in the previous battle in Jingdong, and was then transferred to Dali to harass the people.
I am a little curious, how did you know such a confidential matter? "
Si Yuanheng's eyes widened slightly, and a trace of panic flashed in his eyes.
A faint regret welled up in my heart, and my brain became increasingly dizzy due to excessive blood loss.
“Everyone knows about this.”
"You are lying. The person in front of you is the hereditary Duke of Cao of the Ming Dynasty.
He doesn't know, how can a mere captain like you know?"
Lu Yunyi's voice was sonorous and powerful, exploding in the barracks.
Li Jinglong also cooperated by straightening his chest and looking down at him condescendingly.
"Duke?"
Si Yuanheng opened his eyes wide and looked at Li Jinglong carefully, with a look of shock on his face.
All along, the Ming Dynasty had dominated the southwest, and the Marquis of Xiping, who had made Luchuan feel helpless, was just a marquis.
Lu Yunyi was very satisfied with his reaction.
These barbaric peoples do not know how to calculate power and prefer to look at official ranks superficially.
"Tell me, how did you know this?"
Si Yuanheng pursed his lips tightly, with a look of struggle in his expression.
This made Lu Yunyi more and more excited.
He had not paid much attention to Si Yuanheng at first, but during the interrogation, he found out that there was information that could be further explored!
He suddenly felt a little regretful for letting those Luchuan guards go.
Thoughts flashed through his mind, and Lu Yunyi had a plan in mind. He snorted coldly and stood up:
"You don't have to say anything, just wait for the parade tomorrow.
Duke Cao, we will go and interrogate his personal guards, and we will surely be able to find out something."
Si Yuanheng struggled to get up and raised his head, but he could only see a back view.
Soon, a soldier holding a booklet came in, stood still, and said in a deep voice:
"My Lord has ordered that you still have a chance to explain yourself before your personal guards do."
Si Yuanheng's expression changed back and forth, and his breathing became a little faster.
Outside the military tent, Li Jinglong scratched his head, looking confused:
"We don't have any personal guards left. Those people bled to death."
Lu Yunyi made a 'hush' sound.
He called over another soldier who was waiting at the entrance of the tent.
"Gong Xianzhi, go and call Fang Wenhao out in a quarter of an hour and tell him that the other guards have been told."
"Yes, sir!" Gong Xianzhi straightened his body and lowered his voice.
Until this time, Li Jinglong understood a little.
He quickly pulled Lu Yunyi aside, his eyes shining, and whispered:
"Is this a trick?"
Lu Yunyi smiled and nodded.
I explained the prisoner's dilemma to him, and Li Jinglong nodded repeatedly.
Inside the military tent, Si Yuanheng was extremely conflicted at the moment.
He quietly looked at the soldier standing beside him, with mixed feelings in his heart.
He originally didn't want to live, but when he heard that these people were from the capital of the Ming Dynasty,
A glimmer of anticipation rose in his heart.
Even if I die, I have to die with a complete body, otherwise wouldn’t I become a rootless person?
But he didn't want to talk about the mobilization of Luchuan's troops and his identity.
So much so that he was extremely entangled at the moment,
Even in the southwest, the December nights were a bit chilly, and the military tent was not that warm.
But Si Yuanheng felt that the days passed by were like years.
My body felt extremely hot, and even my scalp was slightly itchy.
Time passed by little by little, his eyes were full of bloodshot,
A trace of cold sweat appeared on my forehead, and my breathing became a little faster.
Just as he was hesitating, the curtain of the military tent was suddenly opened.
A head popped in and said lightly:
"Come out, one of the guards has given instructions."
Si Yuanheng's eyes suddenly widened, his body suddenly struggled, and grief appeared on his face.
He wants to die, but those guards are not like him. Who hates to live?
The footsteps faded away little by little.
Si Yuanheng's face showed pain, and a trace of desire suddenly surged in his heart. He also wanted to live.
He wanted to cure his disease, but time was short and he might not be able to cure it. If he delayed any longer...
Thinking of this, Si Yuanheng suddenly shouted:
"I'm telling you! Don't go!"
I don't know where he got the strength from, but his voice could be heard outside the military tent.
Hearing this voice, Lu Yunyi looked relieved and snapped his fingers lightly.
Li Jinglong standing by couldn't help but open his mouth wide, with a look of shock on his face. All along the way, he had never seen anything like it before! !
A quarter of an hour later, Fang Wenhao trotted out with a document full of records.
"Sir, this is Si Yuanheng's instruction."
Lu Yunyi checked the results, and Li Jinglong tilted his head again to check them together.
The expressions of the two men gradually became solemn, and they felt a little absurd in their hearts.
Si Yuanheng was the personal guard of Hanba, the governor of the Luchuan front.
He was then sent to lead troops to fight in the mountains with the Ming army in Jingdong.
Later, after suffering a defeat, he returned to being a personal guard.
He had a disagreement with Hanba on the matter of Luchuan's achievements.
Si Yuanheng thought that he should continue to fight against the Ming army in Jingdong.
By killing the chieftains, they caused dissatisfaction among the chieftains in Yunnan.
They could also collude with both internal and external forces to cause rebellion among the chieftains within the country. Only then would Luchuan launch a large-scale attack.
However, Hanba and Silun Fazha are determined to attack Dali!
Therefore, Si Yuanheng was exiled to Dali to atone for his sins.
He also brought miscellaneous soldiers to create a maze, leading the Ming Dynasty to believe that Luchuan was planning to attack Jingdong.
At the same time, Hanba saw that he was loyal and gave him a chance to make amends for his crime.
As long as he can make some achievements in Dali, he may have the opportunity to lead the troops again in the future.
After reading the document, Lu Yunyi and Li Jinglong looked at each other and were extremely surprised.
This time I found a treasure.
Although the Beijing troops were left to garrison in Dali,
However, as to where Silunfa will attack, it is still at the speculation stage, and Dali is only the most likely possibility.
Now this document confirms the speculation!
"Yun Yi, can you believe this? What if he is deliberately setting up confusion?"
Li Jinglong was somewhat skeptical. How could such crucial intelligence information be obtained just like that?
Lu Yunyi's face was calm, and he had already determined that the information was true.
In his memory, Silunfa fought a decisive battle with the Ming Dynasty in Dali.
Taking a deep breath, Lu Yunyi nodded solemnly and looked at the time:
"It's only been four hours since the end of the war, and those guards should still be in Dali.
So, send some people out to capture a few who have escaped and bring them back, and find out what the disagreement between Si Yuanheng and Hanba is!"
Li Jinglong also thought this was a good idea and nodded repeatedly!
"Yes, yes, send someone out now."
The two of them walked away quickly. As they walked, Li Jinglong became more and more excited and said excitedly:
"Yun Yi, this is a great achievement!!!"
Lu Yunyi was also a little excited.
Once the enemy's main attack direction is confirmed, the battle is half won.
More importantly, there is enough solid evidence.
"Oh, Lord Cao, Si Yuanheng still needs to be treated well.
He is Hanba's personal guard, so we can get more intelligence from him."
"Okay! Let's go tell Uncle Feng about this first."
(End of this chapter)