Outside the city, in the county garrison camp.
Many soldiers were busy. Some were holding firewood and hay, some were carrying weapons and ladders, and some were pulling several cars and running out.
A team of ten people, carrying firewood and hay, followed the team out and ran towards the wide space outside the city gate.
After arriving at the broad area, the ten of them threw the firewood and hay in their hands onto the haystack.
The captain waved his hands lazily and said,
"The work is done, brothers, let's go and have a rest."
His name is Liang Peng. He comes from a poor family. He has been in the army for ten years. He is currently the squad leader and has jurisdiction over nine people.
They came to a big tree beside the official road, sat down in the shade, and began to enjoy the cool air.
Liang Peng still had a piece of dogtail grass in his mouth, leaning against the big tree carelessly.
"Hey, captain, what are we doing? Why are we piling hay and firewood outside the city?"
one of the soldiers asked.
Another soldier sneered,
"What else can we do? Let's set fire to the bandits at the top of the city. By then the smoke will make them unable to open their eyes and make them cough. They won't have the strength to fight back. Then we can go up to the top of the city to fight."
However, Liang Peng sneered and said,
"It would be fine if it was just a fire. Didn't you see what was loaded on those carts? Guess what they were."
"What is that?"
"poison!"
Liang Peng said coldly.
"Ah? Poison? Is this... Sir planning to put poison into the county? To poison the defenders?"
The soldiers were shocked.
"But... aren't there tens of thousands of people in the county? When the wind blows, won't all the people be poisoned to death?"
Liang Peng sneered and said,
"Yes, even if not all of the people die, most of them will die, but does the county guard care?
He only cares about his city, not his people.
After all the people and bandits are poisoned to death, we will go into the city, clean up the corpses, burn them with fire, and then move some people into the city, and then we'll be done with it. "
"But those were tens of thousands of lives. They were not enemy troops, but innocent people."
"I said, people don't care. A coach who can wield a knife against his compatriots on the battlefield against the enemy, do you think he will care about the lives of his compatriots?"
Speaking of this, Liang Peng's eyes showed resentment.
"In the battle a few days ago, I thought that we would fight the barbarians together with the bandits in Qingfeng Village, and the county guard also agreed to fight against foreign enemies together.
But in the end, in order to kill all his enemies, he betrayed his trust and brandished his sword at his compatriots on the battlefield.
This kind of behavior is really despicable. "
After listening to Liang Peng's words, all the soldiers nodded and said,
"Yes, we can fight with the door behind closed doors, no matter what. But the foreign enemies of the barbarians will not show mercy to the common people. They must kill the foreign enemies first."
Liang Peng nodded and said,
"Indeed, now he wants to kill all the people in the city. I am so disappointed in him. I have been in the army for ten years. I have followed many generals and seen too many mediocre people. This is the way the world is. There is no way. Big family Controlling high positions, we ordinary people will never get ahead and can only be used as cannon fodder.
I gave up. After this battle, I retired and went home to farm. "
"Captain, look what you said, the general is mediocre, so you have to be talented? This city is for you to attack, can you defeat it?"
Liang Peng heard this and sneered,
"If I were to lead the troops, I would be able to capture Qingshui County within one day without harming the people."
"How to fight? Tell me."
"Easy, night attack!"
Liang sat up straight, picked up a small wooden stick, drew a square on the ground, and said,
“We now have thirteen thousand troops, and there are only five or six thousand people in the city.
I will take advantage of the darkness, send two thousand people, hold high torches, wave flags and shout, pretend to attack the south of the city, and attract all the enemy guards over.
Then let the remaining main force go around to the north of the city in the dark, with people holding grass and horses holding coins, without making any sound, and then move the ladders straight towards the north city wall.
In the dark night, the enemy couldn't detect how many men and horses we had in the south of the city. Then they came to the north wall and attacked the city with all their strength. They opened the city gate and let the main force in. They rushed straight to the south of the city and hacked the defenders from behind. The outcome was decided in one fell swoop! "
As soon as these words came out, the soldiers' eyes widened and they said,
"Captain, such a good idea, why don't you tell the adults?"
Liang Peng threw away the wooden stick in his hand and said,
"Who do you think you are? Who do I think? How can a pariah deserve to meet such a big shot? They are all people from rich families who have their eyes set above their heads. How can they listen to the words of little people like us? .”
"Oh, yes, the noble family controls the country, and talented people like you, captain, cannot be reused."
At this moment, a loud shout came from the distance,
"Liang Peng, what are you doing? Come over here and line up quickly. You are getting lazy every day!"
"As you command!"
Liang Peng stood up helplessly and walked over with his soldiers.
After arriving at the military column, Liang Peng saw that the soldiers in front had poured all the poison on the wood, then poured kerosene on it, threw the torch, and a raging fire started.
Liang Peng sighed inwardly and mourned for the people in the city.
On the city wall.
"What did I say? The enemy set the fire?"
Nie Chen sneered, and then took out a towel from the bucket next to him.
Lin Guang smiled and said,
"My lord is still very resourceful. He can predict all this in advance."
Wang Hao punched Ma Niubi's shoulder and said with a smile,
"Old Ma, hurry up and perform a show of peeing while standing on your head. You want to pee outside the city and drown the enemy."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Everyone laughed in unison, but Ma Niubi's face was ashen and he was stunned.
"This is really amazing, really amazing..."
Nie Chen asked all the soldiers to cover their mouths and noses with wet towels, and then all squatted down to avoid the thick smoke.
Soon, the thick black smoke blew onto the city wall with the south wind, choking people so much that they couldn't open their eyes.
A soldier not far from Nie Chen felt a little uncomfortable holding a wet towel in his hand, so he took a few deep breaths with the towel, and then covered his mouth and nose.
However, a moment later, the soldier fell to the ground weakly, foaming at the mouth, and his limbs twitched.
Everyone around was stunned by this scene, wondering what was going on.
Nie Chen's face suddenly turned ugly. He took off the towel, lay down and shouted,
"Come two people, drag him to the medical team, and immediately inform the people in the city that the enemy has released poison, and the poisonous smoke will kill people, and ask them to cover their mouths and noses with wet towels!
quick! "
Immediately, two soldiers covered their mouth and nose with one hand and pulled the fallen soldier down the city wall with the other.
Nie Chen looked up at the sky. The billowing black smoke had spread throughout the city and was spreading downward.
