The struggle of the reborn prince

Chapter 168 The Invisible Soldiers

Those who can become scouts are all veterans who have fought for many years. They are not only experienced, but also bold and cautious. These people have rolled on the tip of the knife several times and slept in the dead. to the point of horror

Brother Cha made an exception and gave the wine to the scouts to drink first to suppress the shock. After a while, they finally calmed down, and the leader finally told what they had just experienced. Knowing the direction that the thousand-man team left, this team of scouts searched all the way to the south. Because the two armies were fighting, they walked forty or fifty miles and did not find anyone. There was nothing unusual.

These people saw that it was past noon, and when they were about to return to the camp to hand over their orders, a scout remembered that it was not far from Liancheng, which was set up in Hezhou, and everyone immediately thought that those missing guys must have gone to Liancheng to "grass valley". , as long as they have money to earn, they are not afraid of the rain of swords, guns and arrows, and dare to go with their heads in their hands. This time the war came suddenly, these guys concluded that the goods that came to Liancheng to trade had not been sold, and if they returned, it would be a waste of time. Said, you have to lose your money, but if you stay here, the war will end early, and although you take some risks, you can make a lot of money

The scouts figured this out, and immediately searched in the direction of Liancheng. Sure enough, they soon found traces of a large group of people passing by. They were all old soldiers. Based on the horseshoe marks left on the road and the items left behind, they determined that this group of people was their own. , and followed the trail all the way, what made them wonder was that these people left the main road halfway and turned into a river valley. The scouts immediately realized that the situation was not good. Although the gully was wide, green grass, and vegetation It is dense, but shrouded in a strange atmosphere, which makes people breathless

When the scouts walked into the valley carefully and turned a few turns, they were shocked by the scene in front of them. The valley was full of corpses of people and horses. The small river in the valley fell down, and piles of bonfires were still left on the riverbank. The fire was still peeled and washed, but the half-roasted whole lambs had all fallen to one side, bleeding from all orifices. His eyes were wide open, his face was ferocious except for the marks of being bitten by wild beasts, but his body did not have any wounds from weapons. It seemed that when they were about to eat, something strange happened suddenly. They were scared to death alive and then they checked the dead bodies of the horses, which made them almost crazy. These horses were also not injured, but their right eyes had been gouged out. . .

"The evil gods and the others have met the evil gods." The scout had just finished telling the story, and one of the generals in the tent exclaimed with a changed look. The tent became silent for a while. Most Xia people believe in Buddhism, but they also believe in ghosts. Shang cursed, every time he encounters a divination, he also worships all kinds of gods. Now that thousands of people have died strangely, how can it not be frightening

"You guys go down and have a good rest first, don't tell anyone else about this matter." Brother Cha is still calm, knowing that this matter must not be spread to the outside world, otherwise the whole army will panic, and even the slightest disturbance will cause the camp to be bombed. Wei winked and told him to keep the scouts under surveillance

"This is not allowed to be rumored, but if there is a leak, it will be punished as a disaster for the army. Tomorrow, the king of Japan will find out the truth in person, and then make a decision." Brother Cha saw that the generals were all terrified, angry in his heart, and scolded, but so If you make a fuss, you will definitely not be able to send troops tomorrow

In the early morning of the next day, Brother Cha led the personal guard battalion and the wizards accompanying the army to investigate the valley where the accident occurred. What he saw was the same as what the scouts reported, but he still saw something wrong. The death pattern of the victims is the same, so many people can be poisoned at the same time, only by poisoning in the river, but it is impossible for everyone to be poisoned at the same time, and the river is flowing, the poison will be continuously diluted, and it will lose effect quickly. Only vomiting and diarrhea, will not poison all the people and horses to death

Everyone pondered for a long time, even if they accepted the analysis that the prince was poisoned and died, how could they explain that so many horses' eyes were gouged out?Everyone's eyes were focused on the wizard. The wizard watched for a long time and pondered for a long time, but he didn't come up with any beast that only eats the eyes of the horse, and also the right eye. But if they can't say anything, why are there so many people watching? , I don't say if I don't come to the stage, the prince will definitely not let me go

Nonsense is just what this kind of people do. Burning a few pieces of bamboo and killing a sheep, the wizard came to the conclusion that these people disrespected the mountain gods and the land, angered the gods, and sent the eagles to punish them, so to speak The two aspects are settled, the horse is scared to death, the eye of the horse is eaten by the condor, and everyone knows that when the eagle preys on the prey, it has the habit of pecking at the eyes of the prey. As for why it only eats the right eye, that is It's a matter of personal preference

The root of the problem has been found. Although Brother Cha is dubious, this is also the most reasonable explanation. Now that people are panicking because of the constant disappearance of the team going out, he can only accept it. Going to the battle to pay respects, tossing and tossing for a day finally managed to cover up the matter, but it also caused the army to fall into trouble, and did not dare to go out to hunt casually. Snatching the limited horse grazing land nearby without hesitating to fight, causing confusion and shortage of food and grass

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Xia Jun was tossing around, Zhao Tun led eight hussar battalions of the Zhongyong Army and merged the battalions directly under the army to the Quye River at Xingye, and secretly stationed in a valley, blocking the surrounding roads. Wearing the traditional clothing of the Song Army, the flag he played was also with the prefectural army. To prevent the news from leaking out, he first met with the commanders of Zhizhou Yeli and the Fan soldiers' battalions, and spoke kindly to Yeli. The main battles took place on his territory. Xia Jun burned, killed and looted all the way, and he suffered the most losses. Then he assigned the task of Chibi Qingye to slow Xia Jun's footsteps and fight for Zhao Ren who penetrated behind the enemy. time

Facing the menacing Xia army, Zhao Tong used "guerrilla warfare" to deal with them. He sent dozens of small troops of hundreds of people to attack Xia army's weakness of lack of logistics supplies and need to rely on looting to make a living. Outsmarting, and his special forces and the scouts of the generals are the main force. In order to prevent Xia Jun from judging the identity of the loyal army from the weapons, the weapons he allocated to them are all special weapons, which are called invisible soldiers by later generations. The 'Chemical Weapons'

Speaking of chemical weapons, everyone will think of a battle that took place in Ypres, Belgium in 2000. On that day, the Allied Army found many large iron cans popping up on the German positions. This is a joke. However, when the pungent yellow-green smoke released from the iron tank, they realized that it was filled with a terrible devil—chlorine gas, and the price of understanding this truth was more than five thousand lives in this poison gas attack. , is regarded by the West as 'opening the precedent for the large-scale use of chemical weapons by humans', but in fact, chemical weapons appeared on ancient Chinese battlefields as early as [-] years ago, and their lethal effects have reached an astonishing level

As for the source of chemical weapons, given the level at that time, the raw materials of chemical weapons mainly come from animals and plants. When it comes to seeing blood to seal the throat, everyone immediately knows that this is a common poison in martial arts novels, and its source is "poison" Arrow wood's poison will blind the eyes and cause death when it meets blood, which makes people shudder. In addition, some common plants can also be used as military poisons, such as oleander and evergreen leaves that are common on the roadside contain cardiac glycosides. Three or four grams of dry leaves can poison people to death

There are also some poisons that are common. Croton is famous as a laxative, but when it is refined into oil, it has a strong stimulating effect on the skin and mucous membranes. If it is taken internally, a few grams of dose can be life-threatening; as a token of love, red beans contain highly toxic biological proteins. , as long as 0 grams are enough to be fatal, in addition castor bean is more poisonous than arsenic after refining; and tung oil and tung seeds can also produce toxins that damage the liver, kidneys, and nervous system after burning; Continuous convulsions for several hours. However, although these natural plant toxins are powerful, they cannot be used on a large scale for a long time due to the backwardness of the ancient injection technology. They will shine after the invention of gunpowder.

Since the Song Dynasty, China has entered the era of mixed use of hot and cold weapons, and the traditional poison has also been revitalized by this "east wind". The history of the manufacture and use of chemical weapons. This gas bomb is divided into two layers, the inner layer is filled with poison and gunpowder for burning. Tung Oil for Kidney, Liver and Nervous System

The packaging of this kind of gas bomb is also very unique. The outer layer is wrapped with old paper, sackcloth, asphalt, etc. No fuse is used for ignition, but a red-hot iron cone is used to pierce the medicine ball. Because the outer layer is closed, the oxygen supply inside the gas bomb is insufficient. It can only be burned inside, and a large amount of poisonous smoke will be produced, and its lethality has changed from the past point kill to the surface kill

On this basis, Zhao Tun improved the weight of this gas bomb, adding the exclusive poison to increase the toxicity, the burning gunpowder burns for a long time, the smoke is large, the odor is reduced, and it spreads quickly, making the gas bomb The power has been qualitatively improved. Troops attacked by this poisonous gas may suffer from bleeding from the mouth and nose, or even die. Those unlucky Xia soldiers chose to hold a barbecue meeting in the ditch, and the smoke and smell from the burning bonfire covered the The poisonous smoke produced by the poisonous gas, the semi-closed gully slows the circulation of the air, and makes the effect of the poisonous gas to the extreme. When they realize that they are poisoned, they are unable to escape. As for the gouged out horse eyes, they are just those boring The Special Forces played a prank. . . (to be continued)

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