There are many people among the bandits who know a lot about vegetation. "It's dogwood, wet horse manure... and ragweed..."
With years of experience in collecting herbs in the mountains, some people were able to identify the rough components of the poisonous smoke through the temperature, but this was of no help in changing the situation. Tears and snot continued to flow down along with the violent coughing, and their eyes
There is redness and swelling, and some people can no longer even see.
Wang Xie glanced at the body of the black cow not far ahead with some reluctance, then backed away surrounded by his men and returned along the original path.
The space behind will become larger and larger, unlike the narrow and closed space here. If they continue to stay here, I am afraid that they will all be suffocated to death by the One Eye.
Previously, his subordinates had retreated without orders. Although he was angry, he couldn't blame them. If he wanted to blame them, he could blame the other party for being too despicable and shameless for coming up with such an insidious and vicious smoky plan.
This sneak attack was originally determined to win, and Wang Xie even regarded it as a battle to gain fame. However, he never expected that the people in Wubao would also know about this secret passage and take precautions in advance.
The special structure of the secret passage creates sufficient conditions for the opponent's smoke offensive. They are simply unable to fight back in the secret passage.
Now, withdrawing is the only way to survive.
"Withdraw, withdraw...cough cough, withdraw, cough cough...cough cough, don't mess up, don't mess up..."
Wang Xie originally didn't want to say a word, but as the leader of this sneak attack team, they had to endure extreme discomfort and ordered his subordinates to retreat one by one.
When they came just now, they also saw the extremely wide terrain in the center of the secret passage. The poisonous smoke created by the other party could cover the end of the secret passage, but it could not affect the entire secret passage and could not fill it up.
Moreover, he believed that the other party would not easily go down into the secret passage, which would undoubtedly give up the existing advantage. After all, as long as they entered the secret passage, the poisonous smoke would cause no difference in harm to both parties.
"Withdraw, withdraw...ahem..."
The panicked bandits shouted, pushing each other and retreating one after another.
Finally, Wang Xie and the others came to the extremely wide cave. There was water in the groove on the ground. Several bandits immediately buried their faces in the water as if they were crazy.
Wang Xie kicked away the obstructive hand in front of him, greedily took up the water, and smeared it on his face, breathing heavily. Gradually, although the irritating and burning feeling had completely subsided,
But it has slowed down slightly.
He looked around. The smoke here was not very thick. There was only a little spicy and fishy smell in the air. It was many times better than before.
There were only about thirty men left, and almost 30% of them were lost.
This result made him feel even more angry. He slashed a stalagmite next to him with his knife. Sparks flew out and the stalagmite, which was as thick as an arm, broke immediately.
"Leader Wang, what should we do?" asked a bandit who had regained his composure.
Wang Xie groaned, stretched out his hand and wiped it on his wet face, blinked his red and swollen eyes hard, and said hoarsely: "It's safe here for the time being, everyone's clothes are soaked, rest for a while and let me kill you"
Go back!"
Want to go back?
When the bandit heard this, he instantly turned pale. Wouldn't it be better to go back and continue to die?
So, he teamed up with several other bandits to speak to Wang Xie, hoping that Wang Xie could withdraw his troops.
However, this proposal was sternly rejected by Wang Xie. It would be easy to withdraw, but how should the big leader Song Ziji explain it?
He knows the temper of the big boss best. If this matter goes wrong, the fury of thunder will be waiting for him.
After hearing this, several bandits not far away got up and moved quietly. They tried their best not to cough or make any noise...
"Where's the firewood, where's the dogwood, hurry up and get some..." Zhou Yihai, who covered his mouth and nose with a wet cloth, urged Minzhuang angrily at the entrance of the secret passage.
"Coming, coming..." While they were talking, the two of them were holding dry firewood and dragging the branches and leaves of dogwood into the main store.
"Where are the horse manure and herbs?" Zhou Yihai asked again.
Just as he was talking, a fat figure came in. Zhou Yihai saw a ball of wet and steaming horse dung in the fat man's hand, as if he were seeing a gold ingot.
Yan Qianshi wiped the hot sweat on his face with his elbow and said, "Master Captain, we are all here."
"Bring it quickly, bring it quickly!"
Yan Qianshi agreed and threw the horse dung and some unknown herbs into the burning secret tunnel entrance.
He was originally treating the wounds of the wounded soldiers, but he was dragged to this ancestral hall.
Only after meeting Zhou Yihai did he realize that it was Zhou Yihai who asked him to come over to identify the herbs. Zhou Yihai always felt that this dogwood was not strong enough and he had to add some ingredients to the bandits.
Therefore, Yan Qianshi used local materials and led the people to search for all the smoking and poisonous vegetation in the fort. When he saw the war horses of Miss Wang and the guards, he couldn't help but have an idea.
"Blessed by Bodhisattva, bless by Bodhisattva, Brother Ma, please hurry up and treat this as a desperate person... Oops..."
Yan Qianshi waited behind the horse's butt, staring pitifully until the pony's tail was raised high. He quickly caught the fresh and hot horse manure with a rag, mixed it with the grass and trees, kneaded it into a ball, and hurriedly sent it away
Go to the ancestral hall.
Yan Qianshi wiped his sweat and said, "Oh my god... Mr. Captain, this is all the horse manure we have. We really can't supply it."
After all, the horse is a beast. How do you know that the bandits are besieging the city now, and how do you know that the horse dung pulled out will be of great use?
"Let's just use it. I guess those thieves have temporarily withdrawn. I can't tell that you are more sinister than that vet boy. You can even think of wet horse excrement." Zhou Yihai felt a little angry when he thought of Chen Chang. From here to there,
This fat man with a simple and honest appearance is just so popular in his eyes.
"Oh my, isn't this a matter of urgency? The number of poisonous weeds in Wubao is really limited..."
Zhou Yihai said: "They just left fourteen corpses at the entrance of the secret passage. I don't know how many more people will follow. We must not slack off."
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Yan Qianshi said in surprise: "Oh my, my, my, my, my, my, this thief still dares to attack?"
Zhou Yihai rolled his eyes at him and said: "The other way is blocked, of course they will come back!"
"Ah? Oops, I understand, I understand..."
"Now that you understand, go get busy and continue looking for those poisonous weeds and the like. Get as many as you like, they will be of great use!" Zhou Yihai shouted unwillingly.
"Aiya, let's go right now, go right now..." Yan Qianshi agreed hastily.
Under his leadership, the people began to search the Wubao, and even some old, young, women and children joined their ranks.
The scholar who was highly relied upon by Miss Wang, although the method he came up with was a bit underhanded, the effect was absolutely first-rate. The thieves in the secret passage were defeated steadily, but Zhou Yihai and others were not injured or killed.
At this time, the battle on the city has become fierce.
After He Dong heard Zhang Xiaoliu's words, he knew that something serious was going to happen.
He originally thought that under the siege of a group of thieves, Wubao's favorable location would be difficult to maintain for long, so he did not make it public that another troop led by Wang Xie had invaded through a secret passage.
"What? Leader Wang actually led his men to kill him through the secret passage?"
"Why didn't I know before I waited?"
"Isn't this a rumor made up by the defenders?"
"Silence, silence, speak carefully, speak carefully..."
For a while, He Deng's men started talking one after another, and soon they became more enthusiastic about believing what Zhang Xiaoliu said. Some people with quick thinking have already figured out the joints. The overt and covert fighting between the two leaders He and Wang has become an open matter.
It’s a secret. How could he be greedy and do such a thing to deceive everyone in order to gain credit?
He Dong was already furious with anger. He raised his head and yelled at the city: "This is nonsense. Don't be deceived by the people in the city. Zhang Xiaoliu, you are a rip-off. It's a shame that I promoted you before."
You became a personal soldier, you weakling, I have to kill you..."
The city was in chaos, which was a very exciting thing for the guards and people on the city.
With a small number of enemies and a large number of enemies, whether it is the bodyguards or the people, under such a serious shadow of death, the psychological pressure they bear is extremely great.
At this time, some of the ideas put forward by the scholar seemed to be slowly turning into reality.
Chen kept preaching the idea that once Wubao was broken, everyone would be slaughtered, taking this as the inner basis for everyone's resistance.
At the beginning, He Dong's siege troops conveyed this idea to the ears and minds of the soldiers and civilians in the city through various shouts and roars.
The more ferocious the thieves are, the stronger the Wubao defenders' will to resist will become.
From the beginning, if you don’t fight or resist, you will die. Gradually, if you don’t fight hard and if you don’t resist, you will die!
Comparing the advantages and disadvantages of both sides, the other side has more people, but our side has the advantageous location.
The opponent has enough arrows and carries some crude siege equipment, but we are not without countermeasures. Many of the door panels in the dock have been removed and used as shields to resist the arrows. The opponent's catapults are indeed fierce, but
The accuracy is not good enough. If you are hit by a stone while hiding well, you will be unlucky.
The other side also has a hook ladder, but we have boiling water. You don't even need to stick your head out to pour the water. You only need to look at the big wooden boards raised upstairs. Those big wooden boards have huge numbers written in ink on them: "One,
Two, three..."
Until ten, which corresponds to the ten arrow stomping crenellations on the city wall. When the observing guard on the watchtower discovered the thief, he immediately raised the board with the corresponding number to inform the soldiers and civilians on the city which number there was an enemy under the crenellation.
In fact, Chen Chang just used the concept of grid management to maximize the role of the observer on the watchtower.
He Dong and others soon discovered the purpose of the wooden planks on the watchtower. He also ordered a trebuchet to destroy it. However, although the trebuchet was quite powerful, its accuracy was very poor and it was impossible to accurately hit such a specific target.
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However, compared with the new methods of defending the city created by the soldiers and civilians on the city, rumors that he deliberately sacrificed his brothers in exchange for his own achievements spread like a tide among the thieves...
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