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"How are the wounded?"

Night falls.

Qin Feng led his men to the entrance of the clinic and inquired about the condition of the wounded inside. Many wounded people had been carried down from the city wall today, some with serious injuries and others with minor ones.

Although it was a minor injury, given the level of medical care in ancient times, whether one could fully recover depended, frankly, on one's own physical condition.

"Reporting to Your Excellency, thirty-two of the seriously wounded have died, and the rest have been treated with medicine. Judging from their condition tomorrow, if they do not develop a fever tonight, they should be fine tomorrow."

"Send more people to keep an eye on things!"

Qin Feng nodded and led the group inside for a tour.

After roughly counting the number of people, they left the clinic.

They went directly to General Gou's courtyard.

Many of Gou Family Army soldiers died today, and even Qin Feng had to admit that Gou Family Army soldiers were indeed formidable.

Many of them jumped off the city wall while clutching wild boar hides.

They'd rather die than give the wild boar a chance to climb up.

"General, the casualty count is complete, and the situation is dire!"

After sitting down.

Qin Feng frowned and said in a low voice:

"If Wild Boarhide sends three of its own tribes to attack the city tomorrow, based on the current casualty situation, at least several thousand people will be killed or wounded."

There was something Qin Feng didn't say.

If Wild Boar Skin really does this, although their casualties will be severe, Ping Sha Pass is likely to fall at this pace.

The more people die, the more cowards will emerge.

This is unavoidable.

No matter how good the propaganda is or how much money is promised, nobody wants to die. If they were all soldiers like Gou's army, to be honest, holding the line would be no problem at all.

But the other soldiers didn't have such a high level of awareness.

It's impossible to train someone to achieve that level of skill in a short period of time.

Do you think it will fall?

General Gou continued wiping the knife in his hand and asked in a deep voice.

"There are still seven direct descendants of the tribes. If we leave three behind and attack the remaining four, they could easily fall."

"We need to think of another way."

Qin Feng sighed and rubbed his temples hard.

He knew little about how to wage war; it was beyond his knowledge.

At most, he had only led a few hundred bandits in a firefight.

But this thing is vastly different from a battle involving tens of thousands of people.

but.

What other methods are there to improve the win rate?

Or, what other methods are there to inflict widespread damage on the siege boars?

"Now we can only hold on to the death. I understand what you're saying, but Pingsha Pass cannot be lost. It's a battle of wills; whoever gives up first will not be able to hold out. We cannot accept the casualties. In fact, if you think about it this way, even Wild Boar Skin cannot accept it!"

General Gou sheathed his sword.

He said in a deep voice:

"Over the years, the few tribes that are the core of the grasslands have at most a thousand elite soldiers. Any more than that, the grasslands can't afford to support. Moreover, the core of the grasslands is their Achilles' heel. They can't afford to suffer too many casualties, otherwise they will be easily swallowed up by other tribes."

"There are even more powerful tribes deep in the grasslands, they are just closer to the border."

"As for the solution, tomorrow we'll have Gou's army rush to the front and block the first wave of wild boar hides."

As they were talking.

Outside the courtyard.

A burst of noise came from behind.

Qin Feng squinted as he stood up, staring at a spot in the distance billowing thick black smoke, and hurriedly asked:

"Where is the fire?"

"Sir, it's a cooking place in the city. They must have burned some kind of lard."

Qiu Tuizi hurriedly ran in from outside.

"Black oil?"

Qin Feng was stunned, his eyes widened, and he gripped Qiu Tuizi tightly, asking sternly:

"What kind of oil is 'black oil'? Where does it come from in the city? Is it that kind of thick, black oil that can't be extinguished once it's lit?"

Looking at Qiu Tuizi who was nodding.

Qin Feng was panting heavily.

I plopped down in a chair, trying to calm myself down.

High-temperature oil?

He had studied this stuff in Daliu Village before. There was this kind of exposed base petroleum in a mountain near the village. After sedimentation, it was indeed possible to extract flammable oil.

However, there were too few surface deposits near Daliu Village back then, and there were simply no conditions to mine the deeper deposits.

In the end, the matter was left unresolved.

If there is a large amount of this black oil in Pingsha Pass, then...

"Quickly take me there to see this. The old general should come along too. If this is a large quantity, then we'll have a way to deal with the wild boar hides!"

"Let's go, let's go, hurry!"

That's what I'm afraid of.

This black oil was obtained from outside, and in small quantities.

When Qin Feng and his group arrived at the open space in the city where they were cooking.

"What did I tell you? This black oil can't be used, you can't pour water on it, you can only smother it with dust! Why didn't you listen? This stuff is poisonous; a few breaths will kill you! Who told you to use this to burn the pot? Don't you want to live?"

There was a fat, middle-aged man with big ears, holding a spoon, pointing at a group of people and cursing angrily.

The pot opposite has now been burned black.

It was covered with soil.

An unpleasant odor permeated the air.

"Go seal the opening. Anyone who tries to force-feed this stuff again, I'll beat them to death!"

"Go and call them over!"

Qin Feng waited until the other party finished cursing before ordering someone to call the fat man over.

Judging from the situation, he should be the head cook in the army.

"Sir, did you call me that?"

"What's your name?"

"My lord, I am Zhu Youshi, a native of Pingsha Pass. I have always been responsible for cooking for the soldiers in the army, and I have been left here this time."

Zhu Youshi ran over with a smirk and knelt down to pay his respects.

"Oh, so you're from Pingsha Pass. You usually cook for the garrison here? Let me ask you, what was that black oil you just mentioned? Is it plentiful?"

"...Speaking of this, sir, please don't take offense. Some of the cooks are from other prefectures and don't know about Pingsha Pass. What they draw from the well at the pass isn't water, but this black oil that can be ignited after settling overnight!"

"Those damned bastards! I specifically told them that this kind of thing is not for cooking, and yet some people still dared to use it!"

The voice just fell.

Qin Feng grabbed the other person's clothes and asked excitedly:

"What did you say? A well? Are you serious?"

"Yes...it's true. There was a well that was dug a long time ago, but now part of it has been demolished. Back then, it didn't produce water, so it was gradually abandoned. It was filled with this kind of dark stuff."

"Take me to see this immediately!"

It turned out to be a well.

There's definitely enough of this stuff, and it's a viscous liquid, not the gel-like substance they found in Daliu Village.

It's even possible that it won't need any settling and can be ignited directly.

If it's true!

That would give us a way to deal with wild boar hides.

Once this stuff gets on a person and is ignited, it's impossible to put out. The main problem is that the fumes from the combustion are poisonous. Even if a wild boar were to come and inhale the fumes, it would be poisoned and collapse if it took a few deep breaths.

"Okay, okay!"

We came to an opening covered by a stone slab.

Qin Feng said "good" three times.

He immediately gave the order:

"Go prepare the tools, put the well tools down, and what's the name of the person who cooked earlier?"

"The petty man Zhu has food."

"I hereby appoint you as the logistics manager, responsible for overseeing the continuous dredging of this black oil. This substance is crucial to Pingsha Pass. Bring one hundred taels of silver as a reward for this Manager Zhu!"

"what?"

Upon hearing this...

Zhu Youshi dropped the spoon in his hand and was dumbfounded.