Tibet

Chapter 154 Bloody Battle Canyon
Fire and smoke can be used both offensively and defensively.

The militia soldiers also cut down a large number of trees and branches, especially pine branches. They piled up the valley road more than ten feet long, and sprinkled lamp oil and flammable dead branches. A dozen torches were thrown in, and the branches burned slowly. The militia soldiers brought another large blower, which a blacksmith was reluctant to discard, and brought it along on a cart, and it happened to be used.

The pull-type blower blows air from the bottom, making the fire blaze, and the thick smoke billows into the valley.

Li Ye immediately ordered the civilians to build fortifications at the entrance of the valley. They used sand bags to form a mud bag wall about one foot high. Dozens of soldiers with bows and crossbows were arranged on it to shoot and kill the enemy troops who put out the fire. Soldiers are responsible for adding branches and wood.

The magistrate of Wei stepped forward worriedly, and asked Li Ye in a low voice: "Captain Li, will this be useful?"

Li Ye said in a deep voice: "Whether it is useful or not, this is our last fight. It is not so much a defense as a delay. The distance from Xiaoguan is less than a hundred miles. In any case, the reinforcements should arrive tonight."

"What if the reinforcements don't come?"

Li Ye was silent for a while and said: "If the reinforcements really can't come, then let history write this page with rich ink and color!"

County magistrate Wei nodded helplessly, "I hope the auspicious people will have a celestial phenomenon!"

Having said that, Li Ye is not reconciled to going to the point of desperation. He can escape with his soldiers up the mountain, but what about the tens of thousands of people?
Li Ye couldn't accept such a result. He wanted to save himself, and tried every means to save himself, and he couldn't pin his hopes on the reinforcements.

Li Ye took Yang Li and a dozen soldiers and rode slowly among tens of thousands of people. They were looking for items useful for defense, and Yang Li discovered the blower.

"General!"

A businessman stepped forward to salute Li Ye and said, "Some goods may be useful!"

"What goods do you have?"

"There are three hundred catties of sulfur powder in the villain's cargo!"

This is a good thing to fuel the fire, and it is most needed now. Li Ye nodded and said to the two soldiers: "Go carry it and record it!"

Li Ye cupped his fists to the businessman and said, "Thank you sir, we will make up for it in the future!"

The businessman waved his hand, "If you have money, you can contribute money, if you have the ability to contribute, it's not worth much, so let me do my best!"

"Thank you!"

Li Ye was really happy in his heart, as expected, he could meet something good.

He took Yang Li to the lake, and saw several children gathering together to fight grass. Li Ye's eyes fell on a little lady with a flower on her head. After seeing the flower clearly, Li Ye Ye's body shook violently.

"Oleander flower!"

He hurriedly got off his horse, stepped forward and said with a smile, "Is it okay for me to ask you something?"

Li Ye was covered in blood, exuding a pungent bloody smell, which frightened the children, they turned around and ran away, Li Ye grabbed the little lady's wrist, "Wait a minute!"

The little lady trembled with fright and started to cry. Li Ye hurriedly said, "Don't cry, I'm a soldier protecting you. Didn't your parents tell you?"

The little lady choked and said, "What are you going to do?"

Li Ye took the flowers off her head and asked, "Where did you pick these flowers? Tell me, and I'll give you money!"

He took out a handful of copper coins and stuffed them into the little lady's hands.

Holding the money, the little lady pointed to the distance to the southwest, "Over there, at the foot of the mountain!"

"Are there many?"

The little lady nodded, Li Ye let go of her and said with a smile, "Go back! Thank you."

The little lady turned around and ran away. Li Ye crushed the flower and threw it away. He got on his horse and smiled at Yang Li: "We are going to find a top-secret weapon, come with me!"

As soon as he urged the horse, he galloped towards the direction the little lady pointed just now, and Yang Li quickly followed with a few soldiers.

After running for several miles, they came to the foot of the mountain, and they saw a large area of ​​plants at the foot of the mountain, full of clusters of white and red flowers.

Li Ye recognized at a glance that it was oleander, a famous poisonous plant.

"Leader, this is a willow-leaf peach tree! There are many in our hometown, very common!"

"Do you know what it's for?"

Yang Li shook his head, and Li Ye looked at several other soldiers, who also shook their heads one after another. It seems that people in the Tang Dynasty didn't know how powerful it was.

"This is a poisonous weed. The flowers and leaves are poisonous. Seven leaves can poison an adult. After burning, it will produce poisonous smoke. It is our defensive weapon."

Yang Li was overjoyed and said: "The humble staff will bring people to cut down immediately, and cut as much as possible!"

"Go! Be careful, don't eat it by mistake!"

"Please rest assured!"

Yang Li urged his horse to find someone. Not long after, he brought a hundred peasants to the foot of the mountain and began to cut down a large number of oleanders.

Both sides set fire to smoke at the same time, and the whole valley was filled with thick smoke. The Tongluo soldiers could not stay any longer and fled out of the valley one after another.

At this time, it was already dusk in the afternoon. Seeing that Dingte's troops were unable to attack for a long time, Nagus lost patience, withdrew Dingte's troops, and personally led a thousand soldiers to take over the attack.

Nagusi observed for a moment and said, "Send me an order to fill all the water bags with water!"

There was a small stream at the foot of the mountain, and soon thousands of water bags were filled with clean water and sent to the mouth of the valley.

Nagus ordered dozens of soldiers to cover their mouths and noses with wet cloths, and then relayed the water bags to put out their own fires first.

Soon, the burning fire at the entrance of the narrow valley was extinguished by a large amount of clear water, and the soldiers sprayed water in the air again, and the thick smoke that filled the air was reduced.

Nagusi's spirit was lifted, and he ordered: "The three groups of soldiers continue to put out the Tang army's fire!"

More than 300 soldiers carried water bags, covered their mouths and noses with wet cloths, and marched into the canyon. The long canyon was still filled with thick smoke, and they could not see their fingers. The rebel soldiers held their breath and walked slowly. The wooden ladder climbed over a mudbag wall, walked more than [-] steps, and when approaching the second mudbag wall, the black smoke in the canyon became more intense. Suddenly, dozens of soldiers walking in front fell down.

The soldiers behind also felt dizzy and their legs were weak. They turned around and fled back with difficulty, but they only took a few steps and fell limply to the ground.

"Dense smoke is poisonous!"

A soldier yelled in fear, and when his eyes were dark, he fell limply. The soldiers behind him felt something was wrong, and they were terrified, and they ran away one after another.

Many people ran a few steps and fell over.

Oleander is very poisonous, and seven leaves can poison an adult. At this time, the thick smoke in the narrow valley contains a large amount of poisonous smoke.

In the first attack of Nags, more than 150 people were poisoned and fell down, and finally suffocated to death.

When Nagus heard that Tang Jun had used poisonous smoke, he was so startled that he couldn't speak for a while.

I am not afraid of anything else, but the poisonous smoke is hard to guard against. The 100-step mountain valley can't prevent the poisonous smoke, and I don't have enough soldiers to fill it.

Nagus turned back and asked, "How much dry food do we have?"

"Reporting to the chief, the dry food can last for two days!"

Nagus thought about it in his mind, that is, he had to take it down before noon tomorrow, otherwise it would be dangerous.

But Tang Jun has poisonous smoke, how can he attack?

There was no gas mask in the Tang Dynasty, and the only way Nagus could think of was to block his mouth and nose with a wet towel, but he did the same thing just now, and more than 150 people were poisoned to death, and the others showed signs of poisoning, all dizzy , Weak limbs, heart beating violently.

No matter how unwilling Nagus was, there was nothing he could do. Thinking that the main force of the Tang army would arrive soon, it would be extremely detrimental to them if they dragged on, so they could only avenge it later.

He immediately ordered: "Order the whole army to retreat back to Mingsha County!"

The [-] Tongluo cavalrymen came after them, killed more than [-] people, and finally ended in failure. The remaining [-] Tongluo cavalrymen had to give up the attack and turned back to Mingsha County.

　Oleander was introduced from India in the Tang Dynasty, so Shuofang shouldn’t have it, so Lao Gao has golden fingers here.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)