Wei Ci opened it and read it. The corners of his lips curled up slightly. His dark eyes were filled with some joy. He passed the scroll to Feng Zhen, who was closest to him.
Feng Zhen leaned on his shoulder as if he had no bones. He wanted to put all his strength on him.
Wei Ci poked him with the bamboo scroll. Everyone's eyes shifted to Feng Zhen. Only then did the latter secretly curse Wei Ci for being sinister.
He took it and opened it. Feng Zhen raised his eyebrows slightly.
Although he did not have the ability to predict the future, judging from Jiang Pengji and Wei Ci's attitudes, he could probably guess something.
"Something happened to the horse farm in the north borderline?"
Feng Zhen did not know about the horse plague, but he vaguely figured out the truth when he read the contents of the scroll.
Yang Si said, "What? Something happened to the horse farm in the north borderline?"
With that, his suspicious gaze fell on Wei Ci. He suddenly remembered that this guy had once kept him guessing.
Everyone was deeply worried about Princess An Yina's death. They were afraid that the three tribes of the north borderline would use this as an excuse to attack the unstable Dongqing. Only Wei Ci was confident and not worried at all. He even had the attitude of watching a good show … Could it be that he already knew?
Yang Si took the scroll from Feng Zhen's hands and read the contents quickly.
The more he read, the more confused he became.
"It only says that the horse farm in the north borderline is heavily guarded. There is no other information. Why are you so sure that something happened to the horse farm? It could be that the north borderline has drawn up a battle plan and increased the security of the horse farm to prevent enemy spies. You must know that the horse farm is the lifeline of the north borderline. Could it be that you evil people deliberately went to the north borderline to add something to the feed of the war horses? "
The north borderline relied too much on cavalry. The ratio of infantry to cavalry was 1: 2 or even higher. They wanted to make the entire army cavalry.
If the cavalry did not have powerful war horses, could they still be considered cavalry?
The horse farm in the north borderline was considered an important strategic resource for the three tribes of the north borderline. If something happened here, the combat power of the cavalry would be almost useless.
It was not that the cavalry did not have the ability to fight without horses, but that the cavalry of the north borderline was more inclined to fight on horseback. Without war horses, the north borderline army would not have any advantage when fighting against the Dongqing army. They might even be at a disadvantage because of Dongqing's cities.
It was not that Yang Si could not see the trick. He just could not believe that there was such a coincidence in the world.
Not long ago, the North borderline was still sharpening their knives to conquer Dongqing. Immediately after, something happened to the horse farm and the warhorses. Wasn't this a joke?
Jiang Pengji smiled and said, "Jing Rong, you must be joking. The stables in the North borderline are heavily guarded. If I had the ability to tamper with the horse's feed, why didn't I just send someone to assassinate the King of the Northern Borderline? This is just my guess. Whether it's true or not, we just need to wait patiently. "
Yang Si frowned. Recalling Wei Ci's previous attitude, he felt that this matter was not that simple.
Jiang Pengji and Wei Ci had the same temperament. Their habit of keeping people in suspense made people want to beat her up.
Yang Si put on a fake smile and said, "Magistrate Liu is so confident. Something must have really happened to the Beijiang stud farm."
In the time it took to speak, the letter had already been circulated among the crowd.
They were more inclined to Yang Si's view. The reason why the Northern Kingdom increased their surveillance of the horse farm might be to guard against spies from other countries.
As for an accident at the stud farm … what were the chances of that happening?
He always felt that things couldn't be so coincidental — the Northern Borderline was about to send troops south, and the cavalry was crippled.
However, there was no shortage of coincidences in the world.
The King of the Northern Borderline angrily rejected Wu Liba's suggestion to slaughter the mares. Instead, he hoped that the veterinarians could control the horse plague.
In the end, there were warhorses dying of illness every day. Batches of pregnant horses died. The atmosphere in the Northern Borderline's royal court became more solemn by the day. It was previously said that the incubation period of the horse plague was related to the host's physical fitness. Pregnant horses and foals were the easiest to be infected.
Naturally, the first to break out of the horse plague were also the pregnant horses and foals.
Even though the Northern Borderline had been wealthy all these years, they were still shocked by the large-scale horse plague.
The horse farm was not only related to the lifeline of the Northern Borderline's army, but it was also related to their economic lifeline.
Every time they lost a pregnant horse or foal, their losses would increase greatly.
In less than half a month, the number of dead mares had reached a terrifying 2,500, and the foals were even more severely injured.
At this time, the King of the Northern Borderline could no longer hold on. He chose to follow the "wise man" Wu Liba's suggestion and slaughter the horses that had come into contact with the sick horses.
However, it was too late.
Other than the horses in the horse farm having problems, the ordinary horses of the herdsmen were also showing signs of illness.
Upon receiving the news, even though the King of the Northern Borderline was used to seeing storms, he could not help but be stunned on the spot.
"Report …"
When it rains, it pours. When a ship is late, it is hit by a headwind.
There was no worst, only worse.
"King, sick horses were found in the warhorse stables!"
"Wh, what …"
The King of the Northern Borderline was shocked. He slammed the table and stood up. Who knew that his movement was too fast and the scene in front of him was unclear.
The officials' eyes were filled with fear. One by one, they stepped forward to support the King's strong body that had collapsed.
If the horse plague had only spread in the horse farm, the Northern Borderline could have covered up the news. However, the source of the disease was insects and flies. The people did not notice that these small things carried the source of the horse plague. How could they prevent it?
When the herding horses of ordinary farmers also discovered the same illness, the news could no longer be hidden.
Chongzhou and the Northern Borderline shared a border. Liu She was the first to receive the news.
"Warhorses … dying in large numbers?"
Liu She was so shocked that he could not speak.
The secret agent said, "Yes, this news can no longer be hidden. The number of warhorses dying from the disease is increasing every day. It is said that the sick warhorses often die from the disease. The mortality rate is extremely high. My lord, there are many warhorses in Chongzhou. Should we take precautions? "
If the horse plague was allowed to spread to Chongzhou, they would not even have the strength to cry.
The Northern Borderline occupied the horse farms with abundant grass and bred countless warhorses. However, the warhorses in Dongqing came from Cangzhou.
Cangzhou was under the control of the Meng's. No one knew what was wrong with the Meng's. In recent years, they had been finding trouble with Liu She and competing with him.
In Dongqing, if one wanted warhorses, one could not offend the Meng's.
Therefore, Liu She, who had offended the Meng's, could not get his hands on the Cangzhou warhorses. The warhorses in Chongzhou all came from the Northern Borderline.
If these precious warhorses died from the disease, they could only rely on their two legs to fight in the future.
Liu She deliberated and said, "Of course, we must not let the sick horses enter the country. This matter … send a secret letter to inform Lanting. "
A large number of warhorses from the Northern Borderline dying from the disease was a good thing for Dongqing.
Liu She was the magistrate of Chongzhou. If the Northern Borderline attacked Dongqing, the first place they would take care of would be Chongzhou. One could imagine how much pressure he would be under.
Now, with the blessing of their ancestors, the Northern Borderline had met with bloody misfortune. Liu She felt that he could not help but laugh out loud in his bed in the middle of the night.
Of course, was the misfortune of the Northern Borderline over just like that?
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