Since the emergence of war in human society, the desire for victory has been pinned on better weapons, well-trained troops, clever command and combat skills, and some natural phenomena that cannot be resisted by manpower.

On this last point, water and fire are always the most powerful and conventional ways.

At the end of the Warring States Period, the famous general Wang Ben flooded Daliang to destroy the Wei State, and at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhou Yu burned Chibi to establish the Three Kingdoms.

But Chongde County is so small, what role can that seemingly wide but small horizontal ditch play?

The rumbling sound of the water was close to his ears, and the Japanese who were still trying to climb up turned their heads in amazement, and the water was not very large, and the speed was not very fast.

Some people show disdain, the Japanese are on the sea all the year round, a hundred people can't pick out three or four landlubbers, some people can't help laughing, the defenders of the city are really whimsical, maybe listening to "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is stupid.

Chen Mazi moved a few steps in the direction where the water was coming from, and watched suspiciously as the water swept into the more than a dozen Japanese robbers on the far right.

The moon quietly drilled out of the clouds, and the bright moonlight sprinkled all over the earth, illuminating Chongde County.

Feeling a little moist on his face, Chen Mazi knew that it was a mist stirred up by the current, but faintly, he saw something else, as if it was white powder fluttering in the air.

I wanted to reach out and grab it to take a closer look, but as soon as I raised my hand, a sharp howl suddenly exploded in Chen Mazi's ears.

"Ahhh......h

"It's boiling water, boiling water!"

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

The king crab at the bottom of the ditch opened its eyes wide, how could it be boiling water!

But the commotion spread to all parts of the ditch in an instant, and the oncoming mist and powder attracted the attention of the Wako, and the ensuing water made them desperately climb up, but the oil on the walls on both sides of the ditch made them fall and howl in pain.

Chen Mazi held his breath and moved a few steps forward, and when he looked around, almost every companion who had been flooded at the bottom of the ditch was screaming, and then in the moonlight, he saw the nearest person, his face was red, and he looked like he was poured boiling water on his face by the boiling water that had just been boiled.

"Poisonous, poisonous!"

"Toxic ...... at the bottom of the ditch"

Wang Crab looked down, the soles of his feet were full of white powder and small particles, he raised his feet in a cringe, and suddenly swung his knife to cut down the two widows beside him.

Piling the corpses of his companions together, Wang Crab tiptoed to the ground, five fingers of his left hand were inserted into the ground, and his right hand desperately grabbed a bluestone slab, and suddenly the soles of his feet were empty, and the water swept the corpses away.

Large beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, and the sound of "zizizi" seemed to be heard in his ears, and a king crab turned over and appeared on the ground.

Without the slightest hesitation, without any pause, without even looking back at the tragic situation of his companions at the bottom of the ditch, Wang Crab dropped his waist knife and crawled towards the city gate.

In almost all people's mindsets, things that are incomprehensible and extremely harmful to themselves tend to trigger the greatest sense of fear.

In this case, blind obedience often becomes the first option.

The would-be robbers, who had not yet crossed the ditch, fled out of the city almost immediately after Wang Crab, all of them with fear on their faces, and even threw away their weapons.

Chen Mazi was the last to leave, and through the slightest mist, he faintly saw that the green-shirted scholar on the other side of the ditch made another strange move, as if he wanted to find something from his empty waist.

"What's the matter!" Qian Yuan took the spear handed by Yang Wen in embarrassment, and forgot where it was when he was nervous, so he actually went to touch the gun on his waist......

Although he didn't know what the specific effect of his arrangement was, the widows on the other side of the ditch had already fled, giving Qian Yuan a strong confidence.

However, what needs to be solved at present is the more than 20 Japanese in front of them, among which there are still more than a dozen Japanese people.

Qian Yuan was surrounded by Tang Shunzhi, surrounded by more than a dozen guards and the scattered defenders, most of whom had fled, and they had lost their hearts.

And the more than 20 Japanese robbers on the opposite side were similar, and when they saw the tragic situation of their companions at the bottom of the ditch, they had long since lost their intention to continue the attack, only thinking about how to escape, looking at the dozens of people on the opposite side, and they did not dare to act rashly.

Under the bright moonlight, there were still widows screaming at the bottom of the ditch, and the sound of fighting at the east city gate could be faintly heard here, but the two sides raised their swords and guns, and the strange stalemate was on the street.

The sound of footsteps sounded behind him, and there was a commotion around him, and Qian Yuan chuckled and shouted, "Reinforcements have arrived!" ”

Tang Shunzhi smiled and looked back, but the next moment, an old face froze.

Yu Dayou, who still needed someone to support him, slowly appeared around the corner, and four or five personal soldiers around him were holding knives and guns......

"Ahem."

Hearing Tang Shunzhi's prompt, Qian Yuan also looked back, and gasped, the East City Gate had already reached this point, and no one could pull it out.

Beads of sweat slid down his forehead, rolling across his cheeks with a slight itch, Qian Yuan really didn't have the confidence to deal with the more than twenty widows in front of him, once the fight started, the defenders around him would scatter in a hurry, relying only on the dozen or so guards brought by Yang Wen...... Not as many as the other side!

But if the Japanese on the opposite side break through this blockade line, and the East City Gate suffers from the enemy, maybe tonight's success will fall short!

Reason told Qian Yuan that he would never retreat, but his legs seemed to tremble a little.

At this moment, a faint cough sounded coming, Yu Dayou shook off the hand of his own soldier, took a knife, and walked forward expressionlessly, all the way forward......

The Japanese on the opposite side were a little panicked, although the Japanese people didn't know each other, but those pirates knew, although they didn't know Yu Dayou, but they could see the "Yu" on the banner raised by the soldiers behind him.

This old man is really a bull, Qian Yuan's eyes have a hint of admiration.

......Seeing the widows retreating, Qian Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly asked Yang Wen to bring people to the houses on both sides to bring furniture to form a blockade.

"That's it?" Tang Shunzhi pointed uneasily to the city gate that was still open.

"When you think about it, the daylilies are cold...... Li Liangqin's side has already arranged for someone to close the city gate. Qian Yuan complained, turned his head and made a gesture to Yang Wen.

Through the cracks in the furniture, Qian Yuan could clearly see that the would-be robbers were trying to find something from the houses on both sides that could pass through the ditch, but unfortunately, they didn't have time.

Four or five wisps of smoke rose in various places not far away, and soon, the smoke became thicker, the dry air crackled, and under the guidance of the ignition that had been set off earlier, the flames quickly grew and rushed to the houses on both sides of the road.

"Don't worry, don't worry!" Qian Yuan took the water bladder and poured it twice, before explaining: "The fire barrier has been separated in advance, and the East City Gate has also been notified. ”

Although there was no saying in the Ming Dynasty about the fire belt, Tang Shunzhi and Yu Dayou immediately understood.

Heart-rending cries rang out not far away, and five or six pirates covered in fire rushed out of the house and rolled desperately on the ground, while some of the remaining would-be would-be ones rushed to the furniture blockade in desperation, and a few of them were lucky enough to find the planks that had been hidden in advance and escaped across the ditch.

A big victory was expected, and there were only seven or eight Japanese robbers, and there was no need for Qian Yuan to do any ideological work, so dozens of soldiers and guards pounced on it, and quickly cleared it with swords.

Yu Dayou no longer insisted on letting his own soldiers support him, and slowly walked towards the horizontal ditch, carefully looking at the widows who fell to the ground and in the horizontal ditch along the way, with a complicated expression on his face.

At least thirty widows died tonight, which is not a lot in terms of numbers, but in terms of combat power, it is a big victory.

Tang Shunzhi glanced at the widow who was still struggling and moaning at the bottom of the ditch, and then at Qian Yuan, who was still wiping his sweat, and still didn't understand what was going on.

"Is it really poison?"

"Well, it's poison, and it's a mixture." Qian Yuan said nonsense casually, listened carefully, and it seemed that the East City Gate was also over.