There is a forest of rotten dead wood on the edge of the Lushui swamp. There is a kind of leaf with pointed leaves and fat roots. It is called snake grass. It is also the place where cold snakes like to hover and gather.
Zheng Quchi used to often go to engineering. Out of professional habit, every time he went to a strange place, he would investigate the local geological environment in advance. After all, engineering is closely related to it. Engineering planning, survey, design, construction and maintenance must all consider geology. In the end, from Choose the best venue.
She checked the Golden Egret Hunting Ground in the Eight Hundred Halls, and one of the geographical annals mentioned Snake Grass.
This kind of snake plant is not green. It has a very short growth period. Once mature, it turns into a brown snake-skin-like dry wood-like shape. It is flammable and brittle, and it itself emits a special smell that is extremely harmful to some birds and animals. I don't like it, but I like the sinister thing very much.
After Zheng Quchi drank the decoction to replenish his energy and blood, he changed into a soldier's uniform and mixed in with the team and left Ye camp with Gong Jinniu.
The Beiyuan Army was stationed nearby for a short period of time. They were willing to give the Ye Army one day to consider fighting or surrender. The fundamental reason for this was pride.
In Hou Feiqing's eyes, the Beiyuan Army's attack on Ye Camp was essentially an act of bullying the weak. Although he did not believe that fairness and justice should be paid attention to in a war, he took advantage of the air raids after the Ye Army's several battles. Entering, but falling behind.
If Beiyuan Kingdom wants to win, it must win beautifully and not be criticized by anyone.
As soon as Gong Jinniu went out, he took the initiative to approach the Beiyuan Army and claimed that after their Ye Army fought with the Julu Army, some soldiers were seriously injured and needed to go to the surrounding areas to collect medicine for treatment. This was reasonable and reasonable, plus they only brought a few hundred people with them. , it didn’t look like he could do anything big, so the Beiyuan Army let him go.
After all, Zheng Quchi was still injured, and walking for a long time would easily irritate the wound. Gong Jinniu followed her instructions, cut some wood and brought ropes, and she simply built a small sedan chair.
The sedan has no top, and only needs two sticks to lift it. A seat board is built on top and tied upright, and you can sit on it.
After they arrived at the Lushui Swamp, they successfully found the snake plant. However, the plan did not go so smoothly. Instead, they encountered major setbacks from the beginning.
This was the first time Zheng Quchi had seen a plant like snake plant. She asked Gong Jinniu and the others to collect a bunch of them, but when they set them on fire, they discovered that their leaves were small and smoky, and they would not last long before burning out, unlike firewood. After burning.
She could only watch speechlessly as a few small snakes appeared attracted by the smoke. Then the fire died out and the smoke died, and they twisted their bodies and got into the grass with curses.
"Adjutant Zheng, if this snake grass is not burned, how can we make the smoke spread all over the swamp?" Gong Jinniu really doesn't like to open any pot.
Zheng Quchi scratched her head with a headache. She didn't know what to do.
Even if she burned all the snake plants in the swamp, she would not be able to achieve her goal. What she wanted was to make the reptiles in the swamp agitate, wander around, and force out the people hiding in the swamp. .
"Since setting fire to it doesn't work, can we find another way..."
Zheng Quchi did not give up. She crushed the snake grass on her fingertips and sniffed it close to her nose. She found that it was indeed the same smell as when it was burned.
"Gong Jinniu, go to the camp and bring some big pots over."
"pot?"
"Yes, bring a few more, I'll be useful."
"Okay, I'll go right away."
After Gong Jinniu left, Zheng Quchi arranged for people to dig mud to build a stove and go into the forest to cut firewood. They all thought that Adjutant Zheng was hungry and planned to cook on the spot, so they even hunted a few on their own initiative. The rabbit comes back to fight tooth festival.
Zheng Quchi asked someone to catch a non-venomous snake, force-fed it some snake grass, and then released the snake. However, he saw that it seemed to have taken stimulants. It swung its body and shot towards the rabbit. It twisted around and planned to use its slender body to forcefully swallow the rabbit that was ten times its size.
When Zheng Quchi saw this scene, he wanted to ask who gave it the courage. Then he thought, it must be the snake grass.
In addition to the smell of snake grass, it can make snakes excited, and feeding it can also have the same effect.
In less than half an hour, Gong Jinniu led his people to move the iron pot back. Seeing that the stove was built, they set up the iron pot.
"Adjutant Zheng, everything is done."
"Add water and light the fire."
"But what's going to be cooked in the pot?"
"To cook snake grass, put all the snake grass we found before and boil it. The smoke after boiling will be blown away by the wind and can last for a long time and float far away. At the same time, you will get the thick snake grass juice after boiling. Pour them separately into the marsh.”
Gong Jinniu understood, but he added: "Adjutant Zheng, the swamps are all stagnant water, so I'm afraid the scope will not be too wide."
Zheng Quchi has observed these swamps and found that there are many mayfly organisms in them. This kind of stagnant water in swamps is generally not drinkable. If you want to drink fresh water, you can only go deeper.
She remembered that the map of the Golden Heron Hunting Ground seemed to have a small freshwater stream formed by underground water. That river basin was not only a place where animals often stopped to drink water, but if people wanted to survive, they would definitely get water nearby.
"There is a stream in the southwest of the Lushui swamp. It is the outflow of groundwater. The water flows into everywhere. It is the most important source of drinking water for nearby living creatures."
She has a good memory and is familiar with the terrain around the Lushui Swamp after only looking at the map once.
"Adjutant Zheng, you'd better use your brain. If you think of this method, I think the reptiles in this swamp will start making noise at night at the latest, making it difficult for the Julu Army to live in peace."
After Zheng Quchi arranged everything, she and Gong Jinniu found a higher position to observe the situation. She waited patiently and saw the water snake in the swamp immersed in the swamp filled with snake grass juice for a moment, then quickly twisted around. Moving snake bodies crawled from the pool to the shore, one, two, three... gradually gathered a large number of water snakes.
"The water snakes in the swamp are all showing up. They are affected by the snake plant juice, and they are violent and violent. They are afraid of biting people when they see them."
"These water snakes are not very venomous and their bites are not fatal."
Of course, the premise is that you don't get swarmed by these water snakes and get bitten again and again.
They saw a large number of water snakes appearing due to the snake plant juice, and quickly hid away.
Zheng Quchi also specially ordered the workers to sprinkle snake-repelling powder all over their bodies to prevent the situation of stealing a chicken but losing a handful of rice, losing his wife and losing an army, injuring one thousand to the enemy and eight hundred to oneself.
Although her plan one failed, fortunately, her current plan two was quite sound and there were no mistakes.
"By the way, if the Julu Army is driven out by the water snakes, how are we going to catch them?" Zheng Quchi asked Gong Jinniu if he had any arrangements for arresting people.
Gong Jinniu was very reliable in his work. Although he didn't have many methods, he had no problem catching things that were ready. He patted his chest and said: "Adjutant Zheng, don't worry, we have already laid a good ambush. As long as they are keeping watch on us, Once your position emerges, it will never escape our hands!"
Only then did Zheng Quchi feel relieved: "That's good!" She didn't have that much time to play the "hide and seek" game with the Julu Army. She was also worried that the king's power in Ye must not be left aside. If Empress Ye really succeeds, then what will happen to her? She and her faction are in danger. (End of chapter)
