The sky is turning yellow, and the ancient Hezhou City Gate is immersed in a sad afterglow. There were scavenging wild birds that smelled the bloody smell in front of the city gate and circled around, constantly making shrill cries.
A carrion bird, just about to land on the ground, pecked out the eyes of a corpse——
"kill!"
In an instant, loud shouts of killing rang out quickly.
The carrion bird flapped its wings and flew away in surprise.
"Conquer Hezhou!"
In front of Hezhou City, the charge to attack the enemy suddenly started again. The Beidi people, like ants swarming all over the mountains and plains, rushed forward crazily.
Above the city gate, the exhausted guards straightened their backs again and roared endlessly in the face of the oncoming enemy troops.
"Shoot the flying arrow!"
The whistling flying arrows formed a network of arrows in mid-air, and were quickly thrown down towards the charging Beidi army.
Countless Beidi people fell in the middle of the charge.
But even so, the offensive did not weaken at all. Like a wolf emerging from the mountain, it has become crazy.
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"Ahem." Under the inner wall of the city, Dongfang Jing covered his mouth and coughed twice, his face a little pale.
"Little military advisor, are you okay?"
"Nothing." Dongfang Jing waved his hand. More than two days have passed before the life-saving strategy begins. He understood that the epidemic had spread, and even those with weak bodies like him had been infected.
He had been very careful about the measures against the epidemic this time and did not let the Beidi Army outside the city find any traces.
"It's probably successful." Dongfang Jing showed a bitter smile.
"Help me to the wall."
After straightening his pale face, Dongfang Jing struggled to get up with help, coughing all the way forward. After only walking a few steps, when he turned back, he discovered that many of the defenders on top of the city had pale faces and were coughing intermittently.
Under the city wall, many of the men transporting boiling water became a little stiff in their movements.
"The strategy for dealing with a great epidemic is to make no distinction between ourselves and the enemy."
Dongfang closed his eyes respectfully. The Beidi people are not good at the art of Qihuang and do not know how to use medicinal decoction, so they may become even more seriously ill. After guarding for a few days, reinforcements should arrive. The follow-up epidemic medicine and military doctors will also arrive in the near future.
"General Chen..."
On the top of the city, Chen Xian hurriedly walked over, his hand holding the knife trembling slightly.
"Little strategist...cough, is it done?"
"Of course it will happen. General Chen, just watch and wait until dawn. The Di people will definitely be in chaos."
A great epidemic is different from a simple dysentery in the army. When the time comes, it will be difficult to even stand, let alone attack and charge. According to Dongfang Jing's estimation, although this epidemic is not a serious disaster, it will last at least one month.
If it weren't for the tight war situation, no one would want to use this strategy.
"Then little strategist, what should we do next?"
"The next step is also extremely dangerous. But no matter what, the Hezhou city pass should be able to be defended and reinforcements will arrive. General Chen, you immediately order the defenders of Hezhou to eat more good herbal soup every day. They must hold on a little longer. . No matter what happens, we must not lose our fighting spirit with this strong defense."
"General Chen, there is no life for us until death. Now, the only way left is to sacrifice one's life for righteousness."
"The head is gone, but it's just a scar the size of a bowl! We have already hung our property and life on the tip of the knife by defending Hezhou. But if we die, there is nothing to fear!" Chen Xian laughed.
Then, he turned his head and asked a few nearby soldiers. These soldiers also laughed loudly. It seems that dying is the most ordinary thing, just like eating and drinking tea.
"I, Dongfang Jing, although I am a lame man, I hope to follow all the heroes." Dongfang Jing also smiled.
"Haha, there's no harm in dying together with the little strategist!"
On the top of the city, there seemed to be a major epidemic, and countless people laughed with pride.
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The morning light came again, and Hezhou City, which had been attacked for several days, finally felt a little peaceful.
It was not that Tuoba Hu wanted to retreat, but that he suddenly discovered that there was a serious epidemic in the huge Beidi army.
"what happened?"
"Dahan, I checked and found that there is no problem with drinking water."
The military rations were all brought from the grasslands. Although they were not much, there was absolutely no problem.
"Where's the horse stuff?"
"No problem!"
Tuoba Hu gritted his teeth, "No problem, why is there an epidemic!"
Seeing that there were less than three or four thousand people left in the Hezhou City Pass ahead, they were about to capture it. But at this time, a serious epidemic broke out in the army.
Of course, he also wanted his soldiers to be patient and forcefully conquered Hezhou first. But I don’t even have the strength to climb the ladder, so how can I attack the enemy?
"Shenluzi, what do you have in mind?"
Next to him, a young man with a distorted face was silent for a while and said, "Khan, I have been observing these past two days. The Hezhou garrison seems to have used a lot of guns."
"Then what?"
"The rollers rolled into the city gully and crushed out a lot of corpse paste. In addition, the defenders in the city spent the past two days pouring boiling water and gold juice separately-"
"What do you want to say?" Tuoba Hu interrupted dissatisfiedly.
"I suspect that there are experts in Hezhou who deliberately caused a great epidemic to delay the Beidi army's attack. The Great Khan should know that if it were a few days late, the follow-up reinforcements from the King of Yuzhou would be arriving."
"There is some truth to it. If so, this plan is too terrible. Not only our Beidi army, under the epidemic, no matter whether we are the enemy or not, even the guards at the top of the city will probably get sick."
"Ji Ren knows the art of medicinal soup and has a lot of experience in dealing with great epidemics." After hesitating for a moment, Shenluzi sighed and said, "Great Khan, this plan is rare in the world. I can only think of one person."
"who."
"The chief staff officer of Western Shu is Jia Wenlong, the poisonous owl. His tactics are very poisonous, but he can hit the target every time."
Tuoba Hu frowned and wanted to say more——
"Report!"
A Beidi general hurriedly walked in from outside the camp and handed a letter of challenge to him.
"Great Khan, what was shot down from the top of Hezhou City is said to be a declaration of war."
Tuoba Hu was trembling with anger. If Hezhou City had issued such a challenge earlier, he would have only sneered. But it's different now. The epidemic has spread among Beidi's army, their morale has collapsed, and they can't forcefully attack the enemy.
"Shenluzi, come and read it."
"I would like to work for the Great Khan."
After only a few glances, Shenluzi frowned, but he still read it out after all.
"Digou Peifu, invade our mountains and rivers... I, Dongfang Jing, sit in Hezhou, and use the body of a lame man to bully your two hundred thousand army. What can you do to me?"
"Rat!" Tuoba Hu was furious and gritted his teeth instantly.
Shenluzi beside him also fell into deep thought for a moment.
"Great Khan, he is motivating you to fight."
"Of course I know. Damn it, if there hadn't been this great epidemic, if I had conquered Hezhou, I would have cut him into pieces!" Tuoba Hu suppressed his anger, his face twisted with anger.
"The lame man Dongfang Jing is the sixth plan in the world. It seems that it is not the plan of the poisonous owl, but the plan of the lame man." Shen Luzi frowned and sighed.
"A great epidemic has cut off one's escape route. But it has also cut off the Beidi Army's attack, and they will wait until reinforcements arrive."
"Although he is hostile, this person's strategy... is amazing."
Shen Luzi hesitated before speaking, "Khan, for the current plan, we can only seek the method of medicinal soup. If we can restore half of the soldiers' physical strength within two or three days, we can also break through Hezhou under the attack."
"Medicine soup Qihuang, I, Beidi, are not good at it. However, there are countless capable people in the army, and there may be a way to treat it."
In his heart, Tuoba Hu wanted to scold his mother. What a great advantage, but now it has turned into this. First, an old general saved the ambush, and then, a lame strategist stepped forward.
Eagle people, why is there always so much resistance to this long-cherished wish to enter the Central Plains!
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