Chapter 269

Xue Yi, on the side, spoke in a deep voice, "The Jing River is dozens of miles long, and there are other rivers outside Changancheng. It is absolutely impossible to pollute the water source with corpses!"

"Unless you fill it with tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of commoners."

"Most likely, this Living Yama is deliberately trying to scare us, wanting us to transport water from far away to buy time for Changancheng. We just need to fish out the corpses and boil the water; don't drink raw water."

"If Changancheng only has this much ability, then it can be taken in just a few days!"

Xue Yi, as a Great Qian defending general, knew the direction of the mountains and rivers within Great Qian.

This strategy couldn't fool him.

Once these words were spoken, Chu Qingluan's expression looked much better.

She ordered, "Quickly ride along the river, search up and down, and see how many corpses there are."

Although Xue Yi had spoken, Xue Yi was after all a Great Qian general; caution is the parent of safety.

So Chu Qingluan still wanted to confirm it.

After all, this was no small matter; once you drank polluted water and an epidemic broke out, it wouldn't be a joke.

But she was more inclined to believe Xue Yi's words; where there is a city, there must be a river, not to mention a giant city like Changancheng!

The rivers outside Changancheng—if you want to pollute them, how many lives would it take to fill them?

Soon, the Great Chu scouts returned.

"Report!"

"Up and down the Jing River, only a dozen or so corpses were found; they have already been fished out!"

Inside the tent.

Chu Qingluan's expression was cold, "This Living Yama is truly cunning!"

"Inside Changancheng, he is mobilizing commoners to destroy the morale of our army, and he is clearing the fields and throwing corpses into the water source to block our army from setting up camp."

"It seems that our opponent this time should be this Living Yama."

Chu Tianfeng was a bit surprised, "Gao Yang is in charge of the army?"

Chu Qingluan's eyes were cold, and she nodded, "That's right. These methods, conventional but with a touch of poison, don't look like those old Great Qian generals."

"It should be that Gao Yang."

Wu Xiong felt a sense of unease and said, "Second Princess, why not lead the troops to attack the city?"

Chu Qingluan's expression was cold, "Our army has traveled a long distance, and the soldiers are already exhausted; Great Qian is fresh and waiting. Attacking rashly is not the best strategy."

"What's more, when two armies fight, morale is paramount. The first battle determines the morale of the two armies; once we fail, it will be a huge blow to our army's morale!"

"The commoners of Changancheng are just a mob with low combat power. As long as the first battle scares them, Changancheng will be within reach!"

Chu Tianfeng nodded in approval; not underestimating any opponent, even if provoked, she could still make rational judgments.

Great Chu had produced an extraordinary female general!

Seeing this, Wu Xiong was unwilling, "Then we will just rest for the night like this?"

"Of course not."

Chu Qingluan turned back and looked at a tall young man.

"Chu Hong, you immediately take a few elites, go to the foot of Changancheng, and shout and curse for me!"

"Push all of this onto Gao Yang's poisonous plan of cutting off the water, and tell that Great Qian Empress!"

"If she wants to negotiate, then agree to two conditions from our army!"

Wu Xiong, upon hearing this, subconsciously wanted to speak to stop her.

But he only heard Chu Qingluan's eyes deepen, and she said word by word,

"First, as the Great Qian Empress, she must kneel to receive the Great Chu imperial edict, submit to our Chu Kingdom, and pay tribute every year."

"Second, Gao Yang must be killed before we can negotiate!"