Chapter 286: Poisoning
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"Okay, that's all there is to it, now it's time to think about how to deal with it. The rebels' 130,000-strong army is almost home. After scolding a few words, Xu Li's mood also improved, and he turned the topic back. As soon as he said this, the entire government fell silent again. There are only 50,000 people in total, how can they fight? All they can do is to defend the city to the death, so that the casualties will be smaller.
As for defeating the enemy, this is no need to think about it, although they rely on artillery and firearms, but this thing is really unreliable. The funds of the Ordnance Bureau were deducted from top to bottom, and only a little soup was left below. What good things can be made with just that little silver?
Take artillery as an example, this thing is very powerful, but at most a few cannons, you have to blow up. The soldiers who operated the artillery were determined to die.
There is also a fire gun, not only is it slow to reload, but it has to be blocked after a few rounds, and you need to take an iron bar to clean it up. And the gunpowder is also very easy to fail, and it is simply a pit to death.
The most important thing is that there are only a few artillery pieces in total, but the walls of Jinling City are so long, if the enemy attacks in a place that is not covered by artillery, they will have to be blinded.
So, from the analysis of various situations, they are at a disadvantage. The only ones who have the advantage, that is, the regular army under their command, and the enemies are all rabble.
But it didn't work, the regular army is the regular army, but when it comes to how elite it is, it can't be talked about. Even if it is stronger than the rabble, it is not much stronger.
How long has there been no war in the south of the Yangtze River? Except for the occasional Japanese pirates along the coast, at other times, they are basically farming like peasants. In addition, the military status is low, and the brave ones become deserters and go to find another way to make a living. The rest are just honest people.
"Is there really no way?" Xu Li is also a little at a loss, although he is in a high position, his status is hereditary, not from the battlefield with a knife and a gun, when it comes to the art of war, it is not as good as some ordinary officers.
"Report, there is news from Jiangning. Just when the crowd was a little gloomy, a soldier came forward to report. Nowadays, any words that involve "Jiangning" and "rebels" are very stimulating, and everyone subconsciously trembles in their hearts.
"There was chaos in Jiangning City, and before the news came, nearly a thousand people had been poisoned. "The soldier's intelligence greatly exceeded everyone's expectations, making people feel unprepared?
"Poisoned, how can it be poisoned?" Xu Li's face was a little incredulous, and he muttered.
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"Poisoned, how can it be poisoned?" And at this moment, in Jiangning City, Liu Liu and the others were also in a daze. This is good, why is it poisoned? They have always been the only ones who can poison people, but today they have been transferred.
"It should be that the food in the city is poisonous, the officers and soldiers are too cunning, they poisoned the food in advance, after we entered the city and seized the food, we didn't expect them to be so despicable, so we went directly to the pot and cooked, and now more than 2,000 people have been poisoned. The man under his hand reported.
"What about the demon priest? Isn't he good at poison? Let him detoxify. Liu Liu took a deep breath and instructed his subordinates. For the first time, he felt a sense of powerlessness from the bottom of his heart, they didn't even see the shadow of Jinling City, so they lost so many people, if they really came to Jinling City, would they really have a chance to attack it?
The men under him immediately walked out quickly, and the demon Taoist priest had been near Jinling City all along, and after Jiangning was defeated, he joined the army.
"It's drunken poison. The demon priest grabbed a handful of rice, put it in his mouth and tasted it, and immediately recognized what kind of poison it was. But what he couldn't figure out was that this poison was clearly his own creation, why did it appear here? Could it be that his own poison was stolen?
He immediately rejected the answer, and he made poisons, basically a little bit of the same kind. But such a big granary in front of him has been mixed with poison, and the dose must be at least dozens of catties, he has never done so much drunkenness in his life.
He thought about it for a long time, and he didn't have a clue, but now was not the time to think about it. The main thing now is to get rid of the poison. Drunkenness is not a deadly poison, and after taking it, it will only make you feel like you are drunk, and you can't wake up.
This poison is not difficult to solve, just add some powder, let the poisoned person inhale it, and it will be almost fine. The demon Taoist priest did not delay, and immediately went to a pharmacy and began to tinker.
So many soldiers were unconscious, and he alone could not deserve all the antidote if he was exhausted. He had to write down the recipe and ask some clever people to prepare the antidote together.
This antidote is not as delicate as poison, and it doesn't matter if there is a slight difference in the amount of money. This busy work is in the middle of the night, and when the sky dawns, all the antidotes are prepared.
The antidote is a powder prepared from sulfur, evodia, nutmeg and other drugs, and the taste is very pungent. As long as you put some powder on the tip of the nose of the poisoned person, and inhale the powder with the breath of everyone, the pungent smell will stimulate the person to wake up.
It was just a cup of tea, and many soldiers woke up from their coma after sneezing.
"Dao Chief's medicine really works. Seeing this scene, Liu Liu also breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that the situation is not too bad, fortunately, he also has a master of using poison here, otherwise he will be planted today.
"The handsome man praised it falsely. The demon Taoist priest hurriedly waved his hand, feeling a little embarrassed in his heart, he didn't say that this drunken poison was developed by him, otherwise Liu Liu was afraid that he would not be able to say such a thing.
"Uhh......h
And just after this person, one after another people vomited black blood, and they died on the spot and fell to the ground.
"What's the matter?" Liu Liu hurriedly stepped forward, wasn't this poison cured? Why is there a problem again? While the demon Taoist shrugged his nose, smelling the faint blood in the air, his body was shocked.