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Chapter 8: Noxious Artillery

Chapter 8: Poisonous Artillery

Long Ying woke up with a knock on the door. His waist and back ached, but compared with the near collapse when he got out of bed, it was much improved. Ding Na came to the bed and sat down, lying on him with her upper body, and said softly: "

Do you want someone to take off their clothes and get under the quilt with you?"

Long Ying was truly shocked and begged for mercy: "Do you think I am made of iron? What time is it now?"

Ding Namei smiled and said: "I'm just scaring you! Look at our heroes who destroyed nearly half of the trebuchets with our own strength. It turns out that there is something that can scare you. It's dinner time now, and Feng Ye and Ye Ye are eating outside.

I'll wait for you. We four sisters will definitely serve you tonight, no excuses are allowed."

Longying sat up and said with a smile: "Am I afraid of the flying beauty? Besides, you four sisters are so touching. Where is Wan Ye?"

Ding Na said: "He is still sleeping. Even if you try to wake him up, he has locked the door!"

Long Ying laughed hoarsely and said: "He is such a humble boy. Fortunately, not everyone is like him. Otherwise, what would you do?"

He hugged her and sat up.

Dina waited on him to dress and boot him, being attentive and attentive, touching him, and doing her best to tease him.

Long Ying couldn't help but hugged her and kissed her passionately before going outside. Unexpectedly, Wan Renyu and Minan Tian both got up and were eating together with Feng Guoting and Ye Qi Ye.

When Minan Tian saw him coming, he smiled and said: "This morning was really brilliant. One move of the human sling turned the whole situation around. Now it is the enemy's turn to have a headache. In addition to the ladder climbing method, what else can he do.

"

Long Ying sat down and said: "There is a fine line between victory and defeat. Remember what the princess said? Zong Mi Zhi will do whatever it takes to destroy us. We had a meal at the junction of Kucha and Tuqishi.

It was a tragic defeat, and at the time we thought we had everything under control. It was a bit like the situation now."

The four of them looked frightened.

Wan Renyu said: "What did you think of?"

Long Ying pondered: "Perhaps I am overly cautious, but we are not without flaws now. The flaw lies in the secret path from the rocky beach at the foot of the back mountain to the third platform. Zong Mi Zhi cannot possibly not know about it because of the flooding.

That night, we did not come back by the original route, but took a big detour. So as long as Zong Mi Zhi had the ghost soldiers disguise themselves as Bai people who came to help, they could attack directly and catch us off guard."

Ye Qi Ye Dao said: "The prince has seen this before, so he added a wooden barrier at the halfway point of the mountain. He strangled the throat of the shortcut from a high position and sent people to guard it day and night. Anyone who cannot give the order will be killed."

Long Ying said: "So what if it's Zong Mizhi himself who comes? The steep cliffs can't stop him, and he came while we were busy dealing with the enemy's massive attack. Who has the time to care about the shortcut at that time?

"

Wan Renyu said: "This is indeed our weakness. Now we only have eighty people who can fight, and we are unable to cope with the attacks from below. If the enemy keeps attacking us for three consecutive days and nights,

At that time, as long as Zong Mizhi kills one person, it will be enough to wipe out our entire army."

Mi Nantian said with a headache: "The problem is that although we know that this is a possibility, we have no way to deal with it."

Feng Guoting said: "We must hold the third floor securely until reinforcements arrive. Otherwise, we will lose this battle."

The result of losing is clear to everyone: no one can leave alive.

Longying said with a smile: "If you are poor, you can change, and if you change, you can be successful." Pointing to the condor flying in the sky, he said: "We have the best spies. As long as we can allocate manpower capable of dealing with Zong Mi Zhi, we can mend this flaw.

.”

Feng Guoting said: "Defending without attacking is the worst strategy. If we allow the enemy to attack day and night, we will collapse sooner or later."

Long Ying nodded and said, "Yes! Young Master is more insightful than me."

Minantian said decisively: "Without further delay, we must catch the enemy by surprise before they regroup and launch a new round of attacks."

Wan Renyu said: "A raid has a target. What is our target?"

Feng Guoting said calmly: "This time it's our turn to attack the enemy day and night. The ultimate goal is to regain control of the stone bridge. Even if we can't do it, we can delay it for at least ten days. It's better than being here."

Waiting for death, if you are forced to retreat to the royal castle, reinforcements will have no effect."

Long Ying agreed: "What you said makes sense. Our first step is to burn the opponent's temporary ramp and then burn all the opponent's wood to create a big mess."

Wan Renyu said: "Don't you know that the remaining kerosene we have is only enough to light a few lamps?"

The dragon eagle monster smiled and said: "It is your brother who is forgetful. Do you remember our crossbow machine that can fire six large iron arrows continuously? That is really indestructible and can defeat the entire attacking army."

Mi Nantian asked: "What does this have to do with burning the enemy's wooden ramp?"

Long Ying said: "My greatest skill is sneaking around. The enemy always has a place to store kerosene. First of all, it will not be too far from the city. Secondly, it will never be in the middle of the camp, so that if a fire breaks out, it will spread to the entire place."

The camp. A place where fire oil is stored like this is ready to be discovered."

Ye Qiye said: "But now we are surrounded by enemies, how can we set fire to the camp?"

Feng Guoting smiled and said: "I have cooperated with Yingjian once, and it was in the capital of the gods. Compared with it, what does the enemy camp mean?"

Wan Renyu nodded and said: "The three of us will stay here. Now it's time to call the prince to discuss the plan. The largest wildfire event in Nanzhao's history will be held tonight."

The Flying God escaped with lightning and shot forward, grabbing a huge rock nine feet away. Longying turned his head to Feng Guoting behind him and said with a smile: "Master, please."

The wind swept forward through the court, and with the tip of its toes, it straightened the fleeing silk, and suddenly crossed the hundred-foot abyss, arrived on a huge rock on the opposite cliff, crouched down, and then made a safety gesture towards him, and the dragon eagle flew over.

fell next to him.

Both of them changed into the attire of Meng Xunzhao warriors, looking like fish, so as to make things easier. The mountain breeze blew, and their clothes were fluttering.

The two of them are located on the edge of the steep cliffs in the southeast of the mountain city. There are more than a dozen enemy camps set up on the high hills, lying in front of them, with dim lights. There is only sparse traffic between the camps, but the mountain city is reached by the stone bridge.

The area on the ground floor was brightly lit, lighting up half the sky.

Long Ying looked up at the starry sky. There were many clouds and few stars, and he couldn't see the moon. He said happily: "Tonight is the best time for stealing."

Feng Guoting said: "Look!"

Following his instructions, Long Ying saw that the wooden fence and arrow tower had been rebuilt at the location of the original prisoner camp. Among all the camps, this camp had the brightest lights, and human voices and various noises could also be heard.

Feng Guoting said: "Change the soup without changing the medicine. This camp is still the enemy's main workshop. It must be rushing to make another batch of trebuchets, or crashing cars and Yunling Ladders."

Long Ying said: "This should be the place where fire oil is stored. We stole more than a dozen of his mother's jars, killing people and setting fires everywhere."

Feng Guoting shook his head and said: "The camps are too far apart. As long as we fire rockets and the enemy finds our position, before we can burn another enemy camp, the enemy's masters will intercept them. Maybe Zong Mizhi will still be able to do it." It’s not fun to personally lead ghost soldiers to serve you, then attacking the camp turns into escaping.”

Long Ying was greatly surprised and said: "Young Master's thoughts and concerns today are all inspired by magic, which makes me feel inferior."

Feng Guoting said: "It's not that I'm better than you, but that I'm more attentive than you. Now it's certain that Yue Ling is Mei Yue, but she doesn't know it herself, so there is no room for error in the fierce battle with Zong Mi Zhi. Qian If you don’t lose the secret wisdom of the sect, don’t mention anything else.”

Long Ying let out a breath and said: "Yes! You must not miss a single move, because the whole army will be wiped out. The little advantage and breathing space that you have worked so hard to build will be in vain. Let's attack the enemy first. The crossbow machine in the dense forest outside the camp was then transported to the bottom of the stone bridge by river water, and after being hidden, it was then returned to the workshop to find a bargain."

Feng Guoting said: "There are six large boxes of heavy goods in total. Are you sure you can hide it from the enemy's eyes and ears?"

Long Ying surveyed the situation and said: "If these were the first few days of the war, we would definitely not be able to hide it, but just think about how we forced the enemy to retreat to the bottom and fell asleep in a daze today. From this, we can deduce that the enemy is very good. There are not many of us. The enemies who have withdrawn from the front line are falling asleep, and those who came out to stand guard are all dozing off, ha!"

Feng Guoting said: "What an exaggeration! If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you catch the tiger's cubs? Come on!" He jumped down and landed on the horizontal branch of an old tree with roots more than ten feet below.

The condition of the boxes themselves solved the problem of avoiding the enemy's eyes. They tied six boxes weighing at least five or six hundred kilograms one by one with ropes and put them into the river. They sank to the bottom of the river. Fortunately, in order to prevent moisture, the craftsmen of Dajianglian coated the seams of the box with waterproof resin, so that the river water could not penetrate at all. With a little more pulling force, the box would half-float and half-sink in the water because it contained enough air. state, so most of the time the two of them had to walk against the water on the river bed. Going to the surface to breathe was the most dangerous time. In this case, Dragon Eagle's spiritual sense played its greatest role and avoided the enemy's attack. Sentries and a few patrols.

When they arrived under the stone bridge, they were exhausted, so they simply left the six large boxes at the bottom of the river. They hid in the grass on the river beach, adjusted their breath, luck, and regained their strength.

The stone bridge and the pontoon bridge were guarded by enemy soldiers at both ends, and mule carts and cavalry passed by from time to time. For some reason, being so close to the enemy made me feel unsafe.

Long Ying suddenly came close to Feng Guoting's ear and said, "Zong Mi Zhi is here!"

Feng Guoting is busy purifying his mind and guarding his heart, restraining all life messages that can arouse the vigilance of a powerful master like the sect's secret wisdom.

The footsteps of two people sounded on the stone bridge and stopped in the middle of the stone bridge.

The two of them thought about the secret wisdom and true knowledge of the sect, and hurriedly pricked up their ears to eavesdrop.

Zong Mizhi's voice said: "It's strange! The city defenders were unusually quiet tonight, as if they were waiting for a certain moment to come. It's thought-provoking."

In the darkness, the two of them were secretly surprised. Zong Mi Zhi indeed had extraordinary telepathy. If it hadn't been for the powerful oath that Mei Yue cast with her life to restrain the evil spirit that possessed him, they really don't know how powerful it would be. .

Another voice said coldly: "I'm also wondering how the Ghost Lord would allow them a chance to be quiet. They should at least be given one or two surprise attacks so that they can tire themselves out and break down their resistance."

Long Ying and Feng Guoting were greatly surprised. Listening to the tone and attitude of this man's words, not only was he a subordinate of Zong Mi Zhi, he should also be the overlord of the party.

Zong Mi Zhi sighed and said calmly: "You don't know something about it. This is not something you don't want to do, but something you can't do. Our army has always been invincible in battles, and every battle is bound to be overwhelming. But this time we encounter a dragon, everything will be defeated.

, Feng Sanzi, first was defeated in the Erxi Plain, and then was robbed of a large number of fine weapons. To this day, they are trapped here, and they are still being frustrated one after another by their counterattacks. For me, being able to meet my opponent is

It is a happy life, but it has dealt a heavy blow to my soldiers and generals, and their morale has been low. Some soldiers have even deserted due to fear of battle. Therefore, unless certain results can be obtained, it is better to remain quiet and not to move."

Long Ying and Feng Guoting finally knew that the interlocutor with Zong Mi Zhi was Qin Mi Chenri who had escaped from the plateau. No wonder he had the qualifications to be on an equal footing with Zong Mi Zhi. They were shocked at the same time. Before this moment, Zong Mi Zhi was with them.

The image in his mind is full of absurd and evil colors. Even if he is not really crazy, he is still a madman struggling between normal and abnormal. He regards human life as nothing and does whatever he wants to satisfy his desires and ambitions that can never be satisfied.

He is a man who betrayed himself to evil. Little did he know that what he hears now is that he not only understands the ways of the world, but also thinks carefully. He does not belittle his opponents, but he also understands his own situation and is tolerant of others. This is what makes him the overlord.

The conditions. It's a pity that like the other great enemies of Dragon Eagle, he couldn't grasp what Dragon Eagle was, so he missed a move.

Qin Mo said: "It turns out that Ghost Lord has such difficulties, but Long Ying cannot be underestimated. He can use such means to break Zhang Lu's carefully designed catapult. Fortunately, we still have two trebuchets. As long as

Zhang Lu can quickly make poisonous smoke cannons tonight and throw twenty to thirty of them at the defenders. The enemy will definitely not be spared. Even if they are as strong as Dragon Eagle, their skills will definitely be greatly weakened and they will be left to be slaughtered by us.

"

Long Ying and Feng Guoting looked at each other in the darkness, and both knew what the other was thinking. Zhang Lu was indeed well-deserved, and there were endless ways to attack the city.

Zong Mi wisely said: "It is not easy to make poisonous smoke cannons. Since setting up camp here, Zhang Lu has started to develop it, and it was only tonight that we have some ideas."

Qin Mo said: "The most difficult thing is that there is no gunpowder in Nanzhao, so we have to find a substitute with the power of waterfall explosion. Fortunately, in terms of poison, the ghost master personally prepared the ghost night cry that can see blood sealing the throat, and then cooperated with more than thirty

Different kinds of medicines are injected with strong fire oil. Just use a red-hot branding cone to ignite the poisonous smoke cone before firing. When it is thrown at the enemy, poisonous smoke will immediately emit when it hits the ground and spread with the wind, ensuring that the enemy can be dispatched in one go.

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Zong Mizhi said happily: "If Fengcheng is captured tomorrow as expected, Zhang Lu should be credited with the first achievement. Of course I will not treat Da Lun lightly. How to manage Yunnan well and build a strong empire depends on Da Lun!"

"

Qin Bu laughed evilly and said, "Long Ying is very cunning and good at taking advantage of the situation. I am afraid that he will see that the situation is not good and slip away from the mountain road behind the city. I wonder if Ghost Lord can do anything about this?"

Zong Mizhi smiled and said: "I have taken precautions against this, so you can rest assured when talking about it. How about we go back to the mountain and have a good rest. Tomorrow Mr. Zhang Lu will personally lead the army to attack the city, and I will be responsible for intercepting and killing anyone who wants to escape through the secret path."

Poor thing."

Qin Mo said: "After the capture of Fengcheng, I want to go to Dian Lake in person and talk to Cuan Ban to resolve the misunderstanding between us and them, because they will support us in all aspects when we attack the Yaozhou Governor's Mansion of the Han people in the future.

, is still indispensable.”

Zong Mi wisely said: "Da Lun has thought carefully, and there is no need to delay. Why don't Da Lun set off immediately? I will send someone to lead the way. There is no difference between night and day."

In the last few sentences, the sound goes from near to far, showing that the two people are gradually moving away.

The two of them broke out in a cold sweat. They didn't expect that the other party had such a powerful method. If they didn't go to the enemy's rear to carry out subversive and sabotage activities tonight and knew about this, even if they were allowed to get into the workshop where poison cannons were made, they would have missed it in vain.

The magic stronghold where the workshop is located is a large stronghold that can accommodate more than ten thousand prisoners. They enter blindly and bump into each other without any purpose. In the end, they can only steal a few jars of fire oil.

Feng Guoting let out a breath and said: "The great ghost masters of Nanzhao are all masters of mountain herbal medicine. It is obvious just by looking at the eyebrows and the moon. They can actually prepare poisons like 'Dreamland'. Zong Mizhi's ability in this aspect is

, it shouldn’t be under the eyebrows.”

Long Ying smiled and said, "What did you think of?"

Feng Guoting Shuangri shined brightly, and said: "I should be thinking about the same thing as you. As long as we can steal the poisonous artillery, sneak back to the mountain city along the original road, and retake the Shiqiao Pass, no matter what

A dream.”

Long Ying said happily: "This is called heroes seeing the same thing. Zong Mi Zhi must have done something in the back mountain so that he and the ghost soldiers could quickly reach the secret mountain climbing path, just like we just used the Flying God Escape to climb the mountain.

Sneak out."

Feng Guoting said: "You can put this matter aside and ignore it for the time being. What's more important is stealing. Your intuition is really uncanny. If you say it's stealing, it's really stealing."

Long Ying said: "Come on! Let me lead the way."

The two of them threw themselves into the river again until they were able to avoid the enemy's surveillance, then they boarded the land bank and dived towards Damuzhai.


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