"Sir Ren, Sir Ren?" Shi Hu shouted a few times to wake Ren Baqian up from his daze.
"What's the matter?" Ren Baqian turned to look at Shi Hu inquisitively.
Ren Baqian had been in this state for a few days. Ever since he found out that his money was gone, he had been racking his brains every day, making people wonder if he had suffered too much.
"Her Majesty is looking for you."
"Oh!" Ren Baqian nodded and hurried to the main hall of the city commander's residence.
"Your Majesty! Sir Li! " When Ren Baqian arrived, he saw the empress eating popcorn and sharing some with Li Qianqiu. Li Qianqiu was touched.
It was indeed touching that the empress was willing to share snacks with him, which could be considered as a form of love.
"Sir Ren, I want to launch another night attack on the Great Xia barracks. What do you think?" Li Qianqiu asked. If it was just a night attack, there would be no need to inform Ren Baqian. However, with the current manpower, how much could they gain from a night attack? His goal was naturally to get something good from Ren Baqian.
"Great Xia has reinforcements again!" The empress added. "Forty thousand elite soldiers and thirty thousand commoners are rushing here with a batch of rations. They will arrive in two days. These reinforcements were transferred from outside Tiesuo Pass and Shun City. "
It had to be said that the value of a radio station in this world was too great. The various regions of Dayao could communicate with each other very smoothly. Just when there was a change in the other party's military strength, they could immediately detect it and make preparations before the other party arrived.
"I'm afraid a night attack won't be very effective." Ren Baqian immediately knew why Li Qianqiu wanted a night attack.
"Sir Ren, do you have any other ideas?" Li Qianqiu asked.
"Let's observe the direction of the wind at night and try to poison them." Ren Baqian felt that it was time to throw out the two bottles of sarin gas.
"How do you do it?" Li Qianqiu's eyes lit up. One had to know that Ren Baqian was most famous for using poison to kill tens of thousands of Great Xia soldiers. However, he had always felt that to kill so many people, he would need a lot of poison. Ren Baqian might not have it on hand, so he didn't ask further.
Fortunately, Ren Baqian could always take out some other powerful weapons, which had played a great role in defending the city these days.
Now, it wasn't just Li Qianqiu. The winged cavalry and the soldiers from the Protectorate of the Center all looked at Ren Baqian as though he was a treasure chest. They felt that he always had countless rare items, and no one knew where he got them from.
Other than Ren Baqian, Li Qianqiu felt that it would be Her Majesty.
"Airdrop!" Ren Baqian answered immediately. The airdrop had the largest surface area, and it also evaporated quickly.
The only thing that made people worry was that they were on flat plains. The surroundings were empty, so how effective it would be?
Previously, it was used in valleys, such as mountain streams, where the airflow was weaker than on plains. Even so, it was only able to poison two to three thousand Great Xia soldiers to death at the White Dragon Stream, and this was when the other party was in a battle formation.
Now that the Great Xia army had camped for several kilometers, it was hard to say how effective it would be in such a large area.
Furthermore, there was wind on the plains, and the poisonous gas could be easily dispersed by the wind.
Ren Baqian's target was actually a few key areas in the Great Xia barracks. It would be best if he could poison the chief commander of Great Xia to death.
It was a pity that the other party's chief commander hadn't shown up for a long time. Otherwise, the empress could directly kill him.
…
At night, Ren Baqian sat in his room and fiddled with his drone. Shi Hu knocked on the door and said, "Sir, it's a southeast wind!"
"Got it."
Ren Baqian opened the door and asked someone to take the two drones. He took his bag and walked out, only to meet Li Qianqiu waiting outside.
"Sir Ren, it's all up to you this time!" Li Qianqiu cupped his hands.
As long as they used the poison to eliminate half of the soldiers outside, Liao City would still be able to defend itself. Otherwise, more than half of the soldiers would be injured, and the remaining 70,000 soldiers of Great Xia and the newly replenished 40,000 elite soldiers would be in danger.
In the city, a group of people traveled north under the light of torches. Before long, they heard the empress's voice coming from the walkie-talkie, "Are you guys ready?"
"Yes, I hope there's good news." Ren Baqian smiled. Although this was what he said, he wasn't sure whether it would work or not.
At the top of the city wall, Ren Baqian began to hang bottles on the drone. He used the same method as the last time. When the crane tilted, he would pull off the mouth of the bottle, and the liquid in the bottle would naturally spill down.
As the drone rose up, Ren Baqian controlled it and flew toward the northern barracks. He went straight to the place where he had noticed a lot of guards when he used the drone to take a picture. Then, he controlled the drone to turn the crane tilt and sprinkle the liquid sarin gas down. The liquid was dispersed by the wind in the air and evaporated when it was close to the ground.
Li Qianqiu looked at Ren Baqian's control with envy in his eyes. This thing was really useful. Even if it wasn't used to release poison, it could be used to check the other party's deployment during a battle.
Buzz, buzz, buzz …!
A few patrolling Great Xia soldiers looked up and didn't care anymore.
During the day, there were many people and noises, and the drone wasn't easy to detect at an altitude of 600 meters. However, in the dead of night, the sound was easier to hear. Fortunately, the sky was dark, and even if they heard it, they wouldn't be able to see it. Instead, they would think that it was some kind of mosquito.
A soldier turned over in his sleep. His breathing became heavier and heavier as if he couldn't breathe. Finally, he covered his throat with his hand but couldn't make a sound. Finally, he died painfully in his sleep.
Not only him, but the soldiers in the surrounding tents were also in the same state.
A patrolling general had just walked into a tent when he felt that something was wrong. The posture of the soldiers in the tent was too strange. All of them were covering their throats as if they were suffocating to death.
"Enemy attack!" that general shouted. Soon after, he felt that he had difficulty breathing, a headache, and nausea.
"Poison! Poison! " That general had a flash of inspiration. He quickly shouted, took out a ball of grass from his pocket, stuffed it into his mouth, and stumbled out of the tent. After running for dozens of meters, he fell to the ground.
That general's shout alarmed many people. Many of them first rushed out of their tents with a blank look on their faces. When they felt suffocated and nauseous, they came back to their senses and took out a ball of grass from their pocket, stuffed it into their mouth, and shouted, "Enemy attack! Poison! "
Before the attack, the Great Xia army was already on guard against being poisoned. After all, the entire Nine Pavilions was destroyed in Great Xia, and there was a precedent where everyone in the army was poisoned to death. How could Great Xia not take precautions?
Every soldier was warned about this when they were given a ball of wuma grass. At first, everyone took it to heart, but after such a long time without encountering the legendary poison that could poison thousands of people to death, these soldiers almost forgot about this matter.
On this night, when they heard the shouting and saw the movements of the people around them, they hurriedly put the ball of grass into their mouths.
…
"Great General, the statistics are done. A total of 1,700 people died, and all of them were poisoned with wuma grass. At present, there are no more casualties."
Wu Shenghou covered his head with one hand. If he hadn't discovered it early, he probably wouldn't have woken up. Fortunately, the other party's poisoning had been discovered. At this moment, hearing about the losses made him feel more at ease.
"Hmph, this is their last resort, right?" Wu Shenghou snorted. Since they had already used poison, the other party probably didn't have any other tricks up their sleeves.
"Inform everyone to stop fighting tomorrow and continue attacking the city the day after tomorrow," Wu Shenghou instructed. At the same time, a long cry came from his stomach, causing his facial expression to change.
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