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Many crossbowmen guarding the walls of the city wall heard the deputy commander's reply with dignified faces. They were quite confident in dealing with the enemy, but it was difficult to deal with these fast-moving snakes, rats and ants who were more than a star and a half smaller than humans. Not so sure anymore.

Lu Weiming tried to calm down: "What are snakes afraid of?!"

Lu Zhi'er tapped his head vigorously, and suddenly replied: "General, is, is it realgar?"

Lu Weiming quickly settled down: "Yes, prepare the realgar powder, and then quickly inform the military division!" He then ordered the soldiers in the bow camp, "Arrow rain! As many as you can shoot to death!"

Lu Weixi was not on the tower, because she had obviously felt soreness and discomfort in her back just now. Seeing that the battle situation was still stable, she went down the tower ahead of time under Qing'er's worried persuasion, and she was currently asking Le Zhuyi to diagnose her pulse in the room .

Before the pulse was diagnosed, news came to the door that the rebels had replaced snakes, insects, rats and ants to attack the city.

The two girls looked at each other, not daring to delay going up the gate tower together.

Those snakes, insects, rats and ants scurrying under the arrows of the powerful crossbowmen made Lu Weixi frowned tightly, and it took a lot of concentration to calm his mind.Qing'er behind her felt her scalp go numb just by looking at it, and almost didn't scream.Le Zhuyi has lived in the mountains for a long time, so he is not afraid of snakes and insects, but he is also very uncomfortable when he sees this dark and terrifying formation at first glance.

Lu Weiming quickly "reported" and said: "It is said that snakes and insects are afraid of realgar, so before you come here, I have gathered all the realgar powder from the medical center in the city, and I am going to sprinkle it down. Let's see if those snakes, insects, rats and ants dare to get close !"

Le Zhuyi frowned: "A little realgar can restrain the toxicity of snakes and insects, but once a large amount of realgar powder is used in a windy place like Yangchongguan, the realgar powder will float into the city. At that time, the medicinal powder to disperse snakes and insects will be harmful to people." It will also turn into poisonous powder. After the soldiers and civilians in the city inhale it, they may be poisoned. In severe cases, it will cause great harm to the body. If it must be used, the soldiers must wear a mask soaked in liquid medicine, and all the people in the city should be tightly closed. Doors and windows." Le Zhuyi thought for a while, and added, "Snakes are afraid of the pungent smell, and vinegar can also disperse some snakes and insects. However, it has always been heard that Nanyu and Nanjiao people are good at raising poisonous insects and snakes. I'm afraid it's much more powerful than ordinary snakes and insects in the wild. I don't know if these things have any effect on the snakes and insects in Nanyu Nanjiao."

"We'll have to try it out to see if it works!" Lu Weiming immediately followed Miss Le's arrangement.

"Yangchong's inner city is small, and there are no large pharmacies or vinegar warehouses. Even if the whole city collects, the quantity may not be enough to disperse these things." Lu Weixi pondered for a while, raised his head and sighed, "And...dispelling can only drive them away temporarily. Zhuyi That's right, the poisonous insects and snakes in Nanyu and Nanjiao are carefully bred. It is said that the general snake medicine and insect medicine can't do anything about them. If these terrible things are not removed, Yang Chongguan will be in danger all the time. In a crisis, we need to find a better way to get rid of them." Lu Weixi has been studying the tactics of King Yong and Nanyu Nanjiao all the way, and it is clear that Nanyu Nanjiao is good at using poison, but the army left too hastily and did not give them any help. She took the time to make thorough preparations.

Le Zhuyi also felt reasonable after hearing it: "It will take too long to develop a special poison to kill these snakes and insects. Then... I'm afraid we can only attack with fire."

Lu Weixi nodded, and asked all the soldiers of the Archer Battalion to replace them with oil-soaked rockets to block the army of snakes and insects. Although the accuracy dropped a lot, the deterrent and restraint effect on snakes and insects was better than ordinary arrows.

However, the Nanyu Nanjiao people have specialized in the cultivation and cultivation of poisonous insects and snakes for many years. In order to make these poisons a weapon in combat, every soldier in Nanyu Nanjiao has practiced the skill of raising snakes and insects. The snakes and insects have been carefully cultivated from generation to generation. Generally, snakes and insects are more poisonous and more responsive.There is a very wide open space outside the Yangchong Pass, and because this is the only safe fortress entering the Qianzhong area from the southeast of the Gansu Pass, it used to be a place where travelers and business travelers come and go, so there is almost no vegetation and weeds in this open space for a long time. Shooting the rocket down and sticking it in the soil can't cause a larger area of ​​fire, and it's easy for the quick-witted snakes to avoid it.

Lu Weixi saw that there were still a large number of snakes and insects that could avoid the rockets and quickly rush to the city wall.They had no choice but to order people to throw the fire oil barrel down with the city defense mechanism left by Ding Qiyu before, and the alert poisonous snakes and insects ran away in all directions, and the number of people hit or exploded by the heat wave increased.However, there are still many snakes and insects that have escaped the fire oil barrel. Ding Qiyu's traps are not many, so he can only rely on the soldiers to push the fire oil barrel. go out.At this time, Lu Weiming sent someone to take a few barrels of realgar powder. After testing, the result was that the poisonous insects and snakes in Nanyu and Nanjiao were not afraid of realgar powder. It would not work to deal with them with general snake-repelling and insect-repelling things.It is even less advisable to ask people to go out of the city to fight. The defenders can only rely on dense kerosene barrels and bows/crossbowmen to shoot arrows non-stop to block the approach of snakes and insects.

Lu Weixi frowned, and thought of another way. Instead of lighting the kerosene barrel, the kerosene barrel that cracked on the surface would roll out on the bare ground, and then the archer would shoot the rocket , Only then did the poisonous substances that could not dodge or whose bodies were covered in fire oil be burned to death on a large scale.

Rockets and barrels of kerosene were thrown constantly, and the smell of burnt snakes and insects filled the air, which made Lu Weixi, who was already unwell, extremely uncomfortable. Covering his mouth and nose, he said worriedly: "If this continues, if the rebel army brings more snakes and insects, the supply of fire oil in Yangchong City will be insufficient. Moreover, with the army of snakes and insects, the rebel army can wait for work and consume our combat power. At that time, King Yong will send troops to attack the city in a large scale, and it will not be easy to defend." It is necessary to find a way to easily restrain these snakes, and Lu Weixi's thoughts are thinking about countermeasures without caring about his own body.

Le Zhuyi watched the rocket igniting the kerosene one after another and blasting many poisonous snakes to pieces. A flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he immediately said: "I remembered... the little carpenter once helped me make a kind of fire rain called Shenji Huoyu." Tricks, every arrow of the magic machine can burst into flames, which is not comparable to ordinary rockets, and it is most suitable for dealing with these densely packed poisons!" Ding Qiyu left in a hurry before, and the tricks left behind are basically personal for the soldiers. Equipment, and some tricks for combat-type battles, and the number of tricks for defending the city is very small.Because of the characteristic of "I don't distinguish between the enemy and ourselves", the magical machine Huoyu belongs to the ingenuity of defending the city, so Lu Weixi has never heard of it, thanks to Le Zhuyi who can think of them.

Le Zhuyi described the magic machine Huoyu again, and Lu Weiming's brother and sister were all very pleasantly surprised.

"However, the journey to Danming Mountain is too far away. Even if I set off now, I'm afraid there will be too little time. Moreover, there are not many Shenji Huoyu left on the mountain, so it is difficult to restrain so many poisons."

After listening to Zhuyi's narration, Lu Weixi has completely calmed down: "There is no need for Zhuyi to go back to get it. According to the consumption rate of kerosene, the city's kerosene reserves can last for a short time. Qi Yu is not working, Chance Pavilion is directly from the Sister Qing took over personally. Sister Qing gave me a way to quickly contact her. As long as I hand over the secret letter to her subordinates, I think with Sister Qing's efficiency, I will be able to get a sufficient number of magic fires soon. rain!"

Only then did the other two feel relieved, and they obviously trusted Fu Ruqing's ability extremely.Without delay, Lu Weixi quickly drafted the letter and sent it out.When the rocket kerosene completely resisted this menacing army of snakes and insects, it was already nightfall, and the hustle and bustle finally subsided. The corpses of snakes and insects were all over the ground outside Yangchong City, and there was a burning smell that lingered for several miles. .

The anti-army battalion is celebrating wildly. Although they failed to attack the city, it is definitely a morale booster to sit and watch the defenders try their best to compete with the snakes and insects.King Yong saw Nanyu Nanjiao's "surprising soldiers", and his attitude towards Parsu was much better than before, and he felt that it was a correct decision for him to give up his reputation and cooperate with Nanyu Nanjiao.Even Zhao Shenzhi didn't dare to be rude to Parsu anymore, he could only slander silently with reluctance: What's the big deal?

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On the city tower, Lu Weiming was still personally arranging for the soldiers to be on duty at night.When the two girls walked down the tower, Le Zhuyi saw the lingering exhaustion in Lu Weixi's eyes, and suggested, "Weixi, snakes and insects are best at hiding in Tibet, and there may be fish that slip through the net. I have one thing that can disperse snakes." Insects, and medicine powder that does not harm the body, although the amount is not much, it is definitely enough for your room."

Lu Weixi's gratitude was beyond words, and he shook his head and said: "It's okay, Zhuyi will bring such a good medicine powder first. Even if there are fish that slip through the net, the number will not be many. I shouldn't be so unlucky, just happened to run into the slip through the net Snakes and insects." Lu Weixi knew that Zhu Yi hadn't brought it up before, it must be because the production process was very complicated and it was impossible to mass-produce it.

"Then I won't run into it either. And it's just a few snakes, can it be more cannibal than my Qianling Lihuo? My medicine is suitable for a dignified and virtuous lady like Weixi. Your body Special, protecting you, protecting two people on the surface, but actually protecting the military division is equivalent to protecting the soldiers and civilians of Chongguan in Yangzhou. The medicine powder can be used wisely, and it is the most cost-effective. You don’t want to refuse. Le Zhuyi didn't wait for Lu Weixi's answer, and went directly to her room to ask someone to give her harmless medicinal powder to Weixi who needed it most, so as to prevent the stinky carpenter's precious child from being hurt.

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While waiting for the magical fire rain, Lu Weixi thought of many ways to save the city's fire oil to the greatest extent while resisting the attack of the army of snakes and insects.

Miss Fu has lived up to everyone's trust and expectations.Long before Lu Weixi set off with the army, she had personally issued an order to gather several core figures, materials and materials from the headquarters of Yinzhou Chance Pavilion into the dry center, so that Yang Chongguan could use them most efficiently.Fu Ruqing himself also left Yuanjing, running between cities to deal with affairs.Chance has long since stopped profitable production, and like many of the Fu family's properties, it is always on call to contribute to the protection of Daqian's territory.As for Feiyu Bieye, Lian Er was completely in charge of guarding it, which naturally included Fu Ruqing's young daughter, Xiao Hongying. Lian Er took care of it every day so that Sister Qing would not have any worries.