Chapter Eighty-Eight: Poisonous Mushrooms
The south gate was opened, and Zhao Desheng stood on top of the city tower in high spirits, the sword in his hand was still dripping with blood, and around him were the corpses of the Qing army lying down. To win the city, you should take yourself first!
The sound of horses' hooves roared, and the Ming troops outside the city rushed into the city with shouts, and under the command of their respective generals, they galloped along the streets and slashed, attacking their respective targets.
The screams and screams continued, and the Qing army in his sleep suddenly woke up, dizzy and confused. The quick reflexes rushed out of the house with their weapons in hand, their armor slanted and slashed into the battle.
"General, general-" The soldiers exclaimed in surprise, rushed into Fan Guoao's room, but saw that Fan Guoao had woken up, sat on the bed in a daze, frowned, and hurriedly said: "The big thing is not good, the enemy rushed into the city, I don't know what method to use?" ”
Fan Guoao glanced up at his soldiers, his eyes were very strange, they were full of disgust, and then scolded: "Get out, villain, don't pester me." ”
The pro-soldier was scolded and stunned, there was still something wrong with the reporter, why did he become a villain, and he told himself to get out.
"General, the enemy has entered the city, you, you quickly command a counterattack!" The pro-soldier stubbornly reported it again, the situation was really urgent, and he had no choice.
", villain." Fan Guoao became more and more irritable, jumped out of bed barefoot, pulled out the sword at the head of the bed, gritted his teeth and slashed indiscriminately, and scolded in his mouth: "Let you provoke me, you villains, kill all of you, kill-"
The pro-soldiers dodged left and right, screaming and jumping out of the room, and the other pro-soldiers who came were also inexplicable, and they didn't know what to do for a while.
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"General, General, what's wrong with you?" In Yang Chun's house in the city, several personal soldiers surrounded Yang Chun, and they didn't know why, the situation was critical, but the chief officer was like this, so anxious that they almost cried.
Yang Chun was still in tears just now, and in the blink of an eye, he kept giggling, as if he had seen something funny, dancing his hands, and kept grabbing them in the air.
"Damn, ×, what is it, Lao Tzu just won't give it." The captain of the pro-soldier was demented and had a staggering gait, and was helped out of the house by several subordinates, and his mouth was full of gibberish, "You are my son, Daddy, Daddy." ”
Evil, ghostly, witchcraft curses...... Several pro-soldiers looked at each other in shock, with different ideas, but the results were all the same.
"Protect the general, let's rush out of the city and run to the north gate." The shouts and killings outside became louder and louder, and a pro-soldier was still quite sober, seeing that there was no hope of commanding a counterattack, so he had to choose this strategy.
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Not only Yang Chun and Fan Guoao, but also many officers and soldiers in the Qing army showed strange symptoms after being awakened from their slumber, which affected the response of the Qing army in the city and greatly weakened the organized resistance of the Qing army.
This is Zhu Yongxing's little trick, and the mushrooms left for the Qing army are poisonous. This mushroom is called porcini mushroom in Yunnan, it is delicious, every rainy season, it is the time for people to feast on it, and many people are poisoned every year. Because the porcini mushroom is not a mushroom, but a family, which is very similar to each other, it is difficult to identify the poisonous and non-poisonous ones, and the locals cannot avoid being caught by picking them with experience.
Moreover, this mushroom is generally not fatal after poisoning, and there is an incubation period of several hours, which is difficult to detect according to the usual method.
After poisoning, the patient's reaction is mostly psychiatric symptoms and hallucinatory reactions, such as excitement, hallucinations, moodiness, crying and laughing, or dementia, staggering, and gibberish. There are also some people who will have "Lilliputian visual illusion", the poisoned person is like entering the Lilliputian country, everywhere is less than a foot tall villain, with various faces, wearing red and green, lively personality, extremely naughty, constantly provoking, besieging, pestering the patient, making the patient irritable and annoyed.
This knowledge was introduced to him by Zhu Yongxing's friend Li Changqi in his previous life, which can be regarded as a reminder to remind him not only to eat all kinds of Yunnan delicacies, but also to pay attention to risks. It was Li Changqi who told Zhu Yongxing a trick to identify poisonous mushrooms, that is, to see if the stalk of porcini mushrooms has red reticulations, if there is, most of them are poisonous, and it is best not to eat them.
Of course, Zhu Yongxing did not pin his hope of victory on the mushroom, and arranged this little trick in line with the idea that it can be achieved and there is no harm if it is not achieved. Unexpectedly, it received an unexpected effect, although it was a sure victory, but it reduced the casualties of the Ming army and accelerated the defeat of the Qing army.
Because there were not many poisonous mushrooms, Zhu Yongxing mixed some non-poisonous mushrooms into them, and put these mushrooms in the houses that were better in the city. And most of these relatively good houses are naturally lived by those Qing army officers, so most of the recruits are Qing army officers.
The shouts of killing shook the sky, and the city was already in chaos. One side has been planning for a long time, is well prepared, has smooth command, and is straight to the point; One side is hastily resisting, the command is out of order, and it is fighting on its own. The outcome of the battle was clearly predestined at the time of the breach.
The South, East, and West Gates were taken one after another, and the Ming army continued to pour in, occupying various key points, and attacking the enemy along the familiar streets, dividing and surrounding the Qing army that was hastily resisting.
"Kill, kill!" More than 200 personal soldiers escorted Yang Chun to kill out, these personal soldiers were not only loyal, but also extraordinary combat power, taking advantage of the Ming army has not yet fully controlled the situation in the city, broke through the barrier of the two Ming armies, and also left more than 100 corpses, and finally rushed out of the north gate.
However, Fan Guoao's personal soldiers reacted slowly, and were successfully blocked by the Ming army, so they reluctantly retreated to Yamen, surrounded by the Ming army, and could only resist stubbornly and delay the time for destruction in vain.
"Drive, drive." The Qing troops who escaped from the north gate beat the horses desperately, and many of the horses did not even have time to be saddled, and the riders could only hug the horses by the neck to avoid being turned upside down.
There was no broken road between Tengchong and the camp set up by the Ming army for buffer time, mainly because of the rapid retreat of the Ming army. Seeing that there were no chasing soldiers behind him, and that they could gallop on the main road, more than 100 Qing soldiers couldn't help but secretly call for luck.
But things are obviously not as simple as they think, how can they easily escape with a deliberate and long-planned plan.
Ahh......h With a few exclamations, the Qing army running in front fell down one after another, and the tripping ropes suddenly tightened on the road, causing the Qing soldiers to turn over on their backs. Immediately after that, javelins and bows and arrows were continuously thrown from the bushes by the roadside.
With a war drum, Liu Zhen, the prince of Shu, led thousands of Ming troops to rush out, blocking the escape path of the Qing army. Rows of spears pointed diagonally forward, forming a palpitating forest of spear tips, coldly facing the chaotic Qing army.
"Those who descend will not die, and those who abandon their weapons will not be killed." Liu Zhen's arm fell suddenly, and the Ming army let out a cry of victory.
The fleeing Qing troops faced the strict formation in front of them and the guns shining with the light of death, all of them looked gray and defeated, and knew that they would never be able to escape again.
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