I made Daqin a prosperous world

Chapter 61

However, it is said that Zhao Hongming, the governor of Kuaiji City, was originally born at the water's edge and was a sailor for water transportation. He was brave and courageous in the early years of military chaos.

Today, I heard that the patrol soldiers came to report that a large number of ships rushed into Taihu Lake from the East China Sea and went straight to Kuaiji.

Now after the imperial reform, all the localities, except the security forces, have been withdrawn for the people.

Zhao Hongming knew very well that the more than 800 soldiers defending the city and the [-] soldiers transported by water were hitting the stone with eggs, so he sent his subordinate officer Zhu Cong to ask for help, while he led the two thousand soldiers to defend Kuaiji.

Looking at the people who attacked the city, they were all dressed in simple clothes, with bows and arrows on their backs, and harpoon spears in their hands. They were obviously from the Baiyue tribe in the south.

Only then did Zhao Hongming settle down, and he said to Wang Deru, the city guard officer beside him, "Fortunately, the empire has collected all the soldiers from the world, otherwise today the city may have been destroyed."

It is also said that the Yue people led more than 2 troops to Kuaiji City on this trip of [-] people, but they saw that the city gate was closed tightly, cutting off the way in, and the attack for an hour was ineffective, but hundreds of people were shot to death by the defenders.

"Withdraw out of the range of the Qin crossbow."

Hearing the general order, the Vietnamese army hastily withdrew from the range of the arrows and crossbows.

Another leader who looked like Yue returned to the shore and shouted: "Boss, we lack siege equipment, and I am afraid that Kuaiji City will not be able to take it down for a while."

At first glance, the person who was called the leader was actually a woman, with a curvy and graceful figure, wrapped in a small amount of cloth.

The woman's expression changed, she looked at the people beside her and said, "I didn't expect the officials on this tower to be quite capable, but..."

Speaking of this, the female leader paused for a moment, her eyes flashed, and then she said: "A mere 2000 people is not enough to defend Kuaiji City. Huang Zhang, you lead a thousand clansmen, and take the miasma grass around the east gate to burn."

Huang Zhang was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said, "The leader still has a solution."

Seeing Huang Zhang leading the people away, the female leader's expression changed, and then she shouted to the general beside her, "Go and tell the clansmen on the shore to wear face masks, and attack the city directly when the miasma smoke floats over the city."

As soon as the words fell, one general left, and the remaining ten thousand Vietnamese troops rowed their boats into the lake and waited.

Miasma grass is the general term for the poison made by the Yue people who collect Datura leaves and dry them, mixed with several kinds of poisonous plants that can make people faint.

After igniting with fire, cover the watered bamboo basket, producing a large amount of poisonous smoke.

Presumably the female leader wanted to paralyze or even stun the defenders in the city with poisonous smoke before attacking the city.

Zhao Hongming was always watching the movement of the enemy army outside the city, and he was very puzzled when he saw a team of about a thousand people hurriedly leaving the army and heading for the east gate.

In this siege, the enemy had no siege equipment and only relied on ziplines to climb the walls. With such a siege method, he could defend the city for three to five days with two thousand defenders.

What's more, in an emergency, he could mobilize the strong men in the city to help, so Zhao Hongming was not worried at all about the fall of the East Gate, and only hoped that Zhu Cong would bring reinforcements soon.

But not long after the enemy army moved, I heard the guard general Wang Deru shouting: "Look, Lord Magistrate, what is that..."

Hearing this, Zhao Hongming looked in the direction of Wang Deru's finger, and saw a burst of thick smoke suddenly rising from the direction of the east gate, moving towards the west gate under the east wind.

But at this moment, the Vietnamese army who had retreated outside the west gate for a long time rushed up again, the sound of poisonous arrows in their hands could not be heard, and on the faces of all the enemy soldiers, they did not know when they covered their mouths and noses with face scarves.

Zhao Hongming was suspicious for a moment, when he saw thick smoke drifting in, the guards on the city tower avoided it, breathed in their lungs and coughed a few times, then fell down with their heads up.

"No, this is poisonous smoke! Use your clothes to cover your mouth and nose." By the time Zhao Hongming realized it, it was too late. A large number of soldiers fell down, and Yue people threw zip ropes and hung them on the city wall.

For a moment, Zhao Hongming's liver and gallbladder were torn apart, he coughed a few times and fell angrily.

Just as the Yue people climbed up the tower and opened the city gate, Li Yu's ship finally arrived at Taihu Lake.

At a glance, the lake was densely packed with boats of different sizes, perhaps more than a thousand.

Seeing such a scene for the first time, Li Yu couldn't help but froze on the spot.

I also heard Chen Qingzhi shouting: "The whole army is ready for war!"

When Li Yu came back to his senses, he saw that the soldiers on the tower boat had already been waiting in full battle, and the crossbow arrows and ballistas were being wound up one after another.

I couldn't help shouting in my heart: This is really not acting in a movie! It's so exciting.

The eight building boats were huge and advancing at full speed, immediately bringing up a white wave.

In order to avoid the miasma, the Yue people's navy rowed into the lake not long ago, and saw the eight giant ships on the other side of the lake rushing towards them like eight giant beasts, and they were in a mess.

The Yueren female leader's expression changed drastically, and she immediately shouted: "Quick, go ashore at full speed."

Hearing this, the Yue people's navy calmed down a little, and rowed towards the shore at full speed.

After the ships chased and approached, Li Yufang saw a puff of smoke floating above Kuaiji City, and mistook it for a fire in the city, so he couldn't help wondering: "Could it be that the Yue people broke through the city gate?"

Hearing this, Chen Qingzhi shook his head and said, "The Yue people sailed across the ocean and north to Kuaiji with such ships, I'm afraid they can't carry the siege equipment."

Seeing that Zhang Liang raised his head slightly, he agreed with what Chen Qingzhi said, and said: "Brother Ziyun said it is true. According to Zhu's official, the county guard was born in the navy, and he could lead troops to fight and lead troops. With 2000 people guarding the city gate, there should be no problem in a short time."

Before the words fell, thousands of boats were struggling to row towards the shore.

Chen Qingzhi's face changed, and he shouted: "No, this fire thief has already started to abandon the boat and go ashore. I'm afraid the city gate has already been lost."

Liu Bang felt the blood brought by the war for the first time, and he couldn't help asking: "What basis does General Chen have?"

Chen Qingzhi frowned, pointed at Yue Ren and said, "If the city gate was still there, these thieves should have fled south or north, but now they just abandoned the boat and went to the east bank, heading towards the county town."

Li Yu couldn't help but grinned and said: "In this way, wouldn't Benhou's building become a lump of iron?"

Chen Qingzhi smiled wryly, and replied, "I'm afraid that's the case..."

When the building boat approached the shore, the bamboo ladder was lowered, leaving 800 people on board to stay behind, and the rest went ashore in the boat abandoned by the Yue people.

As soon as he got ashore, he saw the city gate closed in the distance, and Li Yu was a little out of breath.

Grandma's a leg, I'm afraid the script was written wrong...

What about winning the first battle after the promised destruction?
Although Li Yu was angry, he saw Chen Qingzhi directing the navy into an army, and then asked, "How did this group of Yue people do it? Who can tell me?"

Several people present were silent for a long time before Xiao He said: "Xiaguan has a lot of friends on weekdays. I remember that I once made a friend of the Yue nationality. I heard him say by chance that the Yue people live in the mountains and often deal with miasma and poison. In the past, some methods of using poison have been researched.

I also saw a burst of thick smoke drifting over the city tower just now..."

Hearing this, Li Yu's heart suddenly became clear, and he sighed: "The Yue people can survive under the encirclement and suppression of the imperial army, and there is indeed something unique, but I don't know who the leader of the Yue army is?"

Chen Qingzhi smiled when he heard the words, and said, "If Master Hou wants to know, the general will go up and ask and he will know."

Li Yu couldn't help but said: "I'm afraid it's not right. The enemy's army is less than [-]. We can't take down the only ballista that can attack the city. If we rush forward like this, we may suffer a loss."

Chen Qingzhi saw Li Yu's thoughts at a glance, and said with a smile: "Master Hou wants the ship to go to the shipyard to dock, and unload the ballista to attack the city?"

Unexpectedly, Chen Qingzhi would tell the truth, Li Yu nodded irrefutably.

While speaking, the army was already approaching the city, Chen Qingzhi suddenly said: "All the troops obey the order, each flanks north and south, beware of the enemy's circling behind."

The female leader stood on the top of the city, with her hands on her hips, her eyes narrowed as she watched the army approaching the city, and saw that the Qin army suddenly changed its formation.

The female leader was startled, and said in a low voice: "I thought it was the water army from Water Transport, but I didn't expect it to be the elite of Daqin."

After finishing speaking, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, looked at Zhao Hongming who was tied up by five flowers, and said with a smile: "I almost made you blocked outside the city. How can I reward you?"

Zhao Hongming has already woken up at this moment, and there is no discomfort. The poisonous smoke just now is probably something that makes people drowsy and paralyzed.

Seeing that the woman in front of him was actually the leader of the Yue people's army, he couldn't help but his complexion changed drastically, and he said angrily: "I, Zhao Hongming, think I'm smart, but I didn't expect to be defeated by a woman. If I want to kill, I will kill it, don't talk nonsense."

The female leader was taken aback when she heard the words, and then she said, "You dare to block me with 2000 people. You are a character. You know that in Minzhong County and the surrounding counties, you Qin officials are all waiting for the wind."

Zhao Hongming snorted coldly, turned his head aside, but stopped talking.

The female leader didn't take it seriously, she smiled and said: "Don't worry, you are a sheriff after all, and I, Jieying, still have to keep your life as a condition."

When Zhao Hongming heard this, he felt ashamed...

(End of this chapter)