Zhutian: Starting from the Space-Time Merchant

Chapter 49: The beggars are so shameless, they even spread lime powder during the battle~
Seabirds cry and waves splash.

The ship with huge sails spread out, breaking through the waves and sailing across the waves.

On the swaying deck of the ship, Xie Yi, who had just returned to Jiangzuo, stood with his hands behind his back and looked around.

The straight-sleeved loose clothes rustled in the sea breeze.

To others, this scene seems to be of the spirit of an immortal.

A wave came up, and the ship was tossed up and down, and a teeth-grinding creaking sound came from the hull.

"Ugh~~~"

Xie Yi leaned over and retched, and his attendant hurried forward to help him up.

"Quick~" Xie Yi, his face pale, hurriedly called out, "Take me back."

After returning to the cabin, Xie Yi subconsciously reached for the Wu Shi San.

In the past, when I felt unwell, I just needed to take Wu Shi San to relieve the symptoms, and I even felt like I was floating in the air.

It is also for this reason that the children of aristocratic families all admire it.

But Lin Dao had told him this before when they were in Xiangguo City.

Taking Wu Shi San is like burning your own life!

If someone said something like this, Xie Yi would probably just laugh it off.

But since Lin Dao, whom he regarded as an immortal, said so, Xie Yi would definitely believe it.

What the immortal says must be the truth.

"Bring me one or two cans of golden peaches."

Xie Yi chewed the crispy and delicious golden peach, picked up the glass jar and drank the honey.

Rely on the happiness brought by sweetness to offset physical discomfort.

"The Duke."

Seeing that his complexion had improved, the attendant asked, "Will the Xianbei send troops?"

"Whether the Xianbei send troops or not is not up to you or me, nor is it up to the Xianbei themselves."

Xie Yi said slowly, "The barbarians are greedy and only care about profit."

"If the main force of the Stone Bandits is trapped under the city of Xiangguo."

"When the Xianbei see the benefits, they will take the initiative to send troops without our urging."

"Liaodong is a bitterly cold land. Who could refuse the opportunity to go south?"

Xie Yi carefully put away the glass bottle, wrapped it in cloth, and took it back to Jiangzuo. This was a priceless gift.

"What I am worried about now is that the Jiangzuo officials are unwilling to send troops to the Northern Expedition."

The soldiers and horses of the Eastern Jin Dynasty were almost all private soldiers of aristocratic families.

Senior generals and middle-level military officers are almost all children of aristocratic families and their vassals.

Those who come from common people, no matter how brave they are, can only be team leaders at most.

If one can become the master of a building, it means that his ancestral graves are smoking and on fire.

The so-called imperial troops had already been divided among the various factions.

It is not an easy task to persuade the aristocratic families to send troops.

We have to let them see the real benefits.

The attendant asked in confusion, "Lord, why aren't you worried that Xiangguo City can't be defended?"

"If Xiangguo City falls, everything will be in vain."

Xie Yi laughed when he heard this. "What I'm least worried about is whether Xiangguo City can be defended."

"With the Grand Commander in the city, even if all the Jiehu are dead, there's no way they can break into the city!"

Xiangguo City.

Lin Dao sat on the city gate tower, sitting on a mat and looking down at the drone control panel in his hand.

The camera on the drone transmits the images in real time.

"Is Shi Xuan a lunatic?"

Looking at the screen, the troops of the Later Zhao Dynasty surged over like a tide.

Under the attack of the defenders, they fell to the ground in large numbers.

Lin Dao said that he really couldn't understand it. Isn't this just suicide in vain?

Troops from various states and counties rushed towards the fortified city walls in wave after wave.

They got the prince's promise that they would not put down their swords for three days after they captured the city!

For these poor people who only have one life left, this temptation alone is enough to make them fight for their lives.

Not to mention, there were wooden poles standing like a forest in the open space behind them.

Hundreds and thousands of hideous heads of various shapes are hung on it.

The powerful guards, armed with fighting spears and axes, stood behind the attacking troops with a fierce look in their eyes.

Anyone who deserts the battlefield will be executed!

The archers exchanged fire with the defenders on the city walls.

The soldiers of the Later Zhao Dynasty held wooden shields in one hand, bit their weapons in their mouths, and climbed up the ladder with the other hand.

Having lost their large siege equipment, the Later Zhao army could only rely on ladders to attack the city.

Viewed from the perspective of a drone, this has become a common scene in film and television dramas.

Hundreds of other Later Zhao soldiers, divided into several rows, carried huge logs supported by ropes and rushed towards the city gate to try to break it open.

"breeze."

On the top of the city wall, a soldier holding a linen strip to test the wind direction shouted to the leader, "The wind is blowing outside the city."

The team leader nodded and waved to his subordinates to get ready.

Everyone took out linen and wrapped it around their mouths and noses.

Then he took out the plastic goggles given by the host and put them on.

A team of dozens of people, each carrying a cloth bag, came forward and immediately poured the bags in their hands down through the parapet.

In an instant, white lime powder poured down like a waterfall.

The lime powder drifted with the wind and soon enveloped the nearby city wall area in a white mist.

There were people climbing up the city wall using long ladders, people holding onto the ladders below waiting to go up the city wall, and even the Later Zhao soldiers shooting at each other with bows and crossbows a little further away.

Caught off guard, they rubbed their eyes and howled.

The eyes are the most fragile part of the human body, even more fragile than the roots.

Under the severe burns, wailing was heard everywhere outside the city.

The beggars on the nearby city walls also began to dump lime powder out continuously.

Hundreds and thousands of bags of lime powder poured down.

In a short while, the area within a few miles was covered in white.

There were also some alert people who quickly closed their eyes and managed to escape the disaster.

The screen was also completely blank. Lin Dao breathed a sigh of relief. "Everyone is ruined."

In this cruel era, an eye injury is undoubtedly a waste. These wounded soldiers are a complete burden to the Later Zhao.

After returning from controlling the drone, Lin Dao put down the control panel and said to Liu Hu beside him with a smile, "From now on, Jiehu will definitely check the wind direction before attacking a city."

Liu Hu forced a smile and nodded repeatedly, "Master Lang is right!"

"Just stay true to yourself." Lin Dao patted his sturdy arm. "No need to flatter others."

Liu Hu was embarrassed and didn't know how to respond for a moment.

He is an expert in charging bravely, but it is too difficult for him to flatter the master.

The sound of a gong was heard from the Later Zhao army camp far outside the city.

The Later Zhao soldiers who were attacking the city, who had escaped the disaster and were not stained by lime powder, covered their eyes and turned around and ran as if they had been pardoned.

As for those whose eyes are blinded by lime powder, they can only rely on fate.

Many people fell into the moat due to their visual impairment.

Filling up the moat does not mean filling up all sections of the river.

That's a bit too much work.

The main purpose is to fill in some selected areas to allow people and equipment to pass through to attack the city.

There is still a large spacious area where the moat has not been filled.

The soldiers of the Later Zhao Dynasty, who could not see the road, fell into it one after another.

There were also many blind Later Zhao soldiers who were crying and crawling towards the sound of the bugle.

Looking from the top of the city wall, the scene was indeed very miserable.

However, if these people attacked the city, the beggars would be the ones who suffered.

Not only will they be slaughtered, but they will also be served on the table.

"Today's siege is almost over."

Lin Dao walked out of the city gate tower and looked up at the sky. The sun was already setting in the west.

"Then eat and rest early, and ask the fireman to bring up the food."

Not long after, the firemen who had been prepared in advance carried shoulder poles and pushed wheelbarrows to deliver dinner to the city wall.

The staple food is still white rice.

Buckets of white rice were the most popular among the military households.

“In fact, the nutritional value of polished rice is not high.”

Sitting on a mat, he watched a group of soldiers squatting on the ground with ceramic bowls in their hands and consuming rice.

Lin Dao jokingly said, "They are all rice without germ. They are not as good as brown rice or corn, and they are not even as good as animal feed."

The military households don’t understand what is nutritious or not.

They only knew that this was refined rice that only the rich could afford.

In the past, even smelling the food was a luxury, let alone eating it.

Now that there is food to eat, of course you can eat as much as you can.

Lin Dao also smiled helplessly.

The laborers working in the city all eat cheap feed.

The nutritional value is even higher than rice.

However, the laborers had no vegetables to eat, and usually had fermented black beans and pickles with their meals.

Not only could the military households eat dishes, but they also had a combination of meat and vegetables, and were full of oil and fat.

Even those who have made meritorious contributions in the battle can get a can of canned yellow peaches, which is expensive honey water~~~
The sound of the bugles from the Jiehu camp in the distance had long since stopped.

But the wailing outside the city never stopped.

The military households seemed to have heard nothing and continued to show off the food with smiles on their faces.

After all, for them, living in this damn world, all kinds of tragedies have become commonplace.

They have seen many more tragic things than this.

Lin Dao was a little upset by the crying sounds.

He simply raised his hand and called out to the captain guarding this section of the city wall to come forward.

"After dark, arrange for men to descend from the city walls."

"Deal with all those screaming and howling outside."

The captain immediately saluted and said, "Yes~~~"

Here in the Jiehu camp, Prince Shi Xuan of the Later Zhao Dynasty was also treating the wounded.

"If your eyes are already blind, what's the point of keeping them? Are you keeping them to touch the elephant?"

Shi Xuan took the wine glass handed to him by the beauty beside him and drank it all in one gulp.

"Keeping it is a waste of food, let's dispose of it all."

Governor Liang Du immediately bowed and accepted the order.

After leaving the tent, he led the Gaoli guards to execute the wounded soldiers.

"The beggars are really shameless."

Shi Xuan didn't care about the failure of the siege.

The only losses were cannon fodder, and the last thing Da Zhao lacked was cannon fodder.

"During the war, they actually spread lime powder."

"If the wind blows them back onto the city wall, they will be the ones to suffer."

As long as you prepare the lime powder in advance, you can just close your eyes and use it.

In other words, if you are caught off guard at the beginning, you will suffer losses, and after learning the lesson, you will naturally be cautious.

Shi Xuan pulled the beauty beside him into his arms.

He stretched his neck and sniffed all over it.

After a moment, he stared at the beauty in his arms with burning eyes, "You smell so good~~~"

I should be happy to receive the Lord's praise.

But the beauty's face was pale and her body was shaking as if she had the hiccups.

"Prince, spare my life~~~"

Shi Xuan's elder brother, Shi Sui, the former crown prince of Later Zhao, liked to serve his beautiful concubines on the table and invite everyone to watch and share.

Their family has basically the same personalities and hobbies.

Shi Xuan's hobby is not so obvious, but it must exist.

"Humph~"

Throwing the beauty to the ground, Shi Xuan stood up and walked out of the tent.

He looked at the Xiangguo City in the distance and murmured softly.

"Father, you hand over all the troops in the country to me."

"Such a good opportunity, are you encouraging me to rebel?"

(End of this chapter)