Yang Duanhe looked confused: "What is Mongolian sweat medicine?"
When Yang Duanhe asked Shen Bing this question, he knew that there was no chance. He explained with a hint of disappointment:
"It's a kind of medicine. After taking it, you will temporarily lose consciousness."
Yang Duanhe thought for a while and replied:
"This Mongolian sweat medicine has never been found before, but the one with similar effects is the Squamosaurus."
Shen Bing looked at Yang Duanhe blankly.
Secretly, what kind of ghost is this wood turtle?
Later, Shen Bing learned that this was a kind of poison, and it was usually poison that only nobles kept.
There is a saying that "accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger". In ancient times, nobles were actually very unsafe.
This was especially true after Shang Yang's political reform, where every decree either chopped off the feet or cut off the nose.
These are not bad, but if the king is offended, tortures such as "Ling Chi", "Beheading in the waist", and "Cracking the car" will be performed.
Therefore, just in case, most nobles would prepare some poison and prepare to "suicide by taking poison".
In case you don't want to die, you won't be able to live and suffer the consequences.
This wood turtle is one of the commonly used poisons.
Although Hedinghong and others are effective, their death is miserable and they are expensive.
In comparison, the price of Trichosanthes soft-shelled turtle is very affordable, and the symptoms after taking it are limb tremors, difficulty breathing, and then death in a coma, which is much less painful.
It can be said that he committed suicide by taking poison while traveling at home...
Shen Bing did not answer but asked: "I wonder if burning this thing is fatal?"
Yang Duanhe shook his head and replied:
"Although I have never tried it, I know that it is not fatal if taken in small amounts."
"I only have headaches, dizziness, difficulty breathing, difficulty moving, etc."
"What do you want this for?"
Then Yang Duanhe laughed again:
"Is it possible that you want to poison those Zhao soldiers?"
"If we can poison his food, why should we bother him?"
What Yang Duanhe said was that if he could sneak into the Zhao army and poison him, it would be easier to just open the city gate.
However, Shen Bing had his own reasons, and he answered unhurriedly:
"What if instead of poisoning the food, we put these wood turtles in linen fire bombs and threw them into the city?"
Yang Duanhe couldn't help but said "Oh" when he heard this, then nodded and said with wide eyes:
"Great plan, this plan will probably work!"
"Just follow this plan."
Needless to say, Yang Duanhe immediately reported the matter to Wang Jian.
Wang Jian was at his wits' end at this time, so there was no reason to disagree.
Immediately order all the nobles in the army to hand over the turtles they carry with them...
Nobles who had the conditions would also bring some with them during war, so that they could be relieved quickly in case of serious injuries and death.
In addition, Wang Jian also sent cavalry to search nearby pharmacies, and within one day they collected less than half a basket of turtles.
The number is not large, and it is certainly not enough to deal with all the Zhao troops.
But if it's just to deal with the city gate... then it's more than enough.
That night, Shen Bing had people put these turtles into dozens of linen fire bombs.
This is not a simple installation, but mixed with dried horse dung and then put into the middle layer of linen fire bombs.
The reason for this is that dried horse manure burns longer and produces a lot of smoke.
Compare from a scientific perspective:
If horse manure is not used, the poisonous gas produced by burning turtles will quickly rise into the air and be blown away by the wind.
If mixed with horse manure, horse manure smoke contains many heavier particles and impurities, which will stay on the ground for a long time and spread with the toxicity of strychnids.
As for wrapping it in the middle layer, it is for more complete combustion.
After finishing, Shen Bing also asked people to tie these special linen-clad fireballs with a red rope to show the difference.
Otherwise, it would be bad if someone accidentally gets mixed up in other fireballs and stuns one of them.
Yang Duan and Na then organized 500 soldiers who were involved in the battle and practiced all night.
The content of the drill is to familiarize them with the structure of the city gate, and which team is responsible for killing the enemy after rushing to the city, which team is responsible for covering, and which team is responsible for opening the city gate...
I worked until late at night before giving them a delicious meal and then took the time to rest.
Early the next morning, as soon as it got dark, Zhao Jun used his trebuchet to hit the high platform as usual.
What Zhao Jun didn't know was that those high platforms were just wooden frames to attract his attention.
When the sun slowly rose from the east, Wang Jian gave the order to launch an attack.
Suddenly the drums roared and the sound of killing shook the sky.
Tens of thousands of Qin troops rushed toward the city wall like a tide from all sides, then set up siege ladders and climbed up the city wall.
The Qin army's attack focused on the east, west and south.
This can be seen from the number of trebuchets and the strength of the siege troops of the Qin army.
Especially on the east side, the number of trebuchets and crossbowmen is the sum of the other directions.
Stone bullets and arrows flew toward Zhao Jun like dark clouds covering the sky.
This makes sense.
When the ancients attacked a city, they didn't just attack the city without considering how to deploy their troops. They also considered various factors.
For example, in the east in the morning, the sun rises just above the horizon and shines directly on the east city.
This will cause some interference to the sight of the Zhao army to the east, especially the crossbowmen.
However, the Qin Army's crossbowmen could find their targets more easily because the sunlight illuminated the city.
The person responsible for defending the city is the veteran Pang Nuan... The one who is still useful to the Zhao Kingdom after Li Mu's death is Pang Nuan.
As for Zhao Cong, he was boycotted by the entire military and civilians because of his reputation for killing Li Mu.
Of course, this boycott is not public.
But no matter which army Zhao Cong leads, there will be many deserters or subordinates who disobey orders.
In desperation, King Zhao could only leave him aside.
Pang Nuan stood at the top of the city and observed the Qin army's offensive. His first feeling was that the Qin army's attack this time was different from usual.
The biggest difference is that the scale is much larger than usual. As far as the eye can see, the Qin army is ready to go, as densely packed as ants.
Pang Nuan only said that the Qin army was trying to fight to the death, so he immediately pulled his troops towards the main attack direction of the Qin army, which was the east gate.
However, what Pang Nuan didn't expect was that this was just a ploy by the Qin army to divert the tiger away from the mountain.
The main direction of the Qin army's attack has always been the north gate where Yang Duanhe was responsible.
No wonder Pang Nuan didn't expect that the north gate wall was several feet higher than the walls in other directions. How could the Qin army use it as its main force?
Even Pang Nuan felt that it was normal for the Qin army to have its weakest offensive at the north gate.
The two armies fought back and forth like this for half an hour, but the situation changed before Pang Nuan could react.
When Pang Nuan was busy transferring a large number of supplies and troops to the east gate, a general came to report in a hurry:
"General!"
"The Qin army strengthened its offensive at the north gate."
"North Gate for help."
Pang Nuan was struggling to deal with the situation. When he heard this, he just thought that the North Gate was just a diversion by the Qin army.
So I answered without thinking:
"Order the north gate to hold fast."
"Reinforcements will be arriving soon!"
The general responded and returned to resume his orders.
Who would have thought that before Pang Nuan had time to send reinforcements, the North Gate would be in chaos.
When Pang Nuan was confused, he saw several soldiers covered in blood running towards him and shouting:
"General, something bad is happening!"
"The North Gate is lost!"
"The Qin army has broken into the city from the north gate!"