Chapter 1504
The Final Battle, A Plague Frenzy
Chapter 1504 The Final Battle, A Plague Frenzy
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In the Eastern Desert, slave soldiers are not considered human beings, but merely objects. Therefore, when slave soldiers go into battle, very few return alive to the enemy camp.
The peace delegation that had retreated to the east side of the city—including the Second Prince, Di Junrong, and the Southern King—felt uneasy as they listened to the rumbling sounds.
"Nango, latest battle report, urgent report!" Nanbu Wangdao.
Nango: "Reporting to my king, the second prince, and the supervising envoy, the poisoned slave soldiers are still advancing... the poisoning is not yet complete."
This is all embellishment. In reality, the arrows were never fired; the slave soldiers were all stopped at a distance by the cannons and muskets of the grain-producing Wei.
The enemy commander Rong and the Southern King listened with grim expressions.
The second prince was furious: "Useless trash, stop waiting, just use the birds to poison them!"
Upon hearing this, the enemy general Rong and the Southern King's forehead veins throbbed, and they lost even the interest in cursing this fool.
Fearing that this fool might issue a princely order that would kill everyone, he had no choice but to explain to him: "Second Prince, no matter how well birds are trained, they are still livestock and cannot be controlled. If they poison our camp and fly into it, the entire camp will be contaminated by the fire poison. This method is the worst possible solution and should not be used."
If we had better methods, wouldn't we smart people use them? Who gave you the right to tell us, you idiot!
The Second Prince was so enraged that he broke three arrows and threw them on the ground with a thud. He roared, "So you're going to keep pinning your hopes on these useless slave soldiers? Our original plan was to seize the capital city of the northeastern state of Liangwei during the September Festival. Now it's almost snowing, and if we don't speed up our attack, the Fire Flame Poison will be useless."
It is still useful, but we can only use this poison again after the river thaws next year.
But Dongmo cannot wait until next year.
Because they needed to rush to join forces with the Western Rong, and after capturing Tai Zhou Prefecture together, they would rest and recuperate for the winter, and then launch an attack from Tai Zhou Prefecture towards Liangjiang in Liangwei in the spring.
The powerful and wealthy lords of the two rivers region: "..."
The sky has fallen, why are we being attacked first?
Go and attack the capital!
Taking the capital is taking the world; it has always been this way. How can you barbarians go against this principle?
Ah, the enemy forces in the Eastern Desert are not stupid... Over the past century, batches of spies have sent back a lot of intelligence to them, indicating that: the capital is too difficult to attack, but the Liangjiang region has fewer troops, is more cultured, and is wealthy. If we attack Liangjiang, we can sweep through it and take it in a month.
Once we occupy Liangjiang, the money bag of Liangwei, Dongmo can use Liangwei's resources and surrendered slaves to attack Liangwei's capital and seize Liangwei's land. Hahaha, just thinking about it makes me laugh.
The Eastern Desert Emperor and his old ministers were proud of this plan countless times.
Thump thump thump!
"Report! The slave soldiers have suffered heavy casualties. The slave leader requests reinforcements to help the slave soldiers poison the gods!"
Nango's troops came to report.
The second prince was so enraged that he drove his chariot directly towards the southern soldier.
Bang! The chariot crashed into the southern soldiers, and with a hissing sound, the chariot's sharp blades tore the southern soldiers to pieces.
Nango was furious: "How could the Second Prince kill a hero of the Eastern Desert for no reason? You are provoking the entire South!"
The Second Prince ignored him and instead apologized to the Southern King: "I'm sorry, Southern King. I killed this Southern soldier because he committed the crime of destroying the morale of my Eastern Desert."
So, kill them and then give them a new charge.
The Southern King said, "Gentlemen, let's talk about the matter of reinforcing the troops. Should we send troops now, or should we first send someone to consult with the Divine Prince and the Divine Physician before making a decision?"
Second Prince: "We will reinforce the troops. However, I will send someone back to ask the Divine Physician for another batch of Firefly Poison, so that the slave troops will have no Firefly Poison to use after they advance."
"The Second Prince is wise," the enemy soldier said, suppressing his nausea.
The King of the South agreed: "I will obey the gods and protect the Second Prince."
"Hahaha, good!" The Second Prince was satisfied and immediately ordered three thousand dead soldiers to support the slave soldiers, and also sent troops to ask the Divine Physician for new poison. The enemy's Poison Old Man guessed that this poisoning would not go too smoothly, so he had already sent two teams of dead soldiers, divine disciples and great doctors to wait ten miles and twenty miles away respectively, waiting to ask the enemy for help.
If this is not done, and the Second Prince's forces are allowed to reach the Red Feather Royal Court camp, the Divine Physician fears that the Second Prince might poison his eldest grandson, causing him to die from the plague.
The second prince's maternal family was powerful and his rank was prestigious, so the divinely appointed physician was always wary of him.
They also wanted to take advantage of this battle to kill the Second Prince.
In short, everyone is scheming against each other.
Therefore, in just over an hour, the troops sent by the Second Prince to consult the Divine Physician returned and reported: "Reporting to the Divine Protector Second Prince, the elite medical team has escorted the Fire Seed Poison and circled around to Liangwei West City. Please wait for the good news!"
"Good!" The second prince was very happy, but in his heart he cursed the first prince and the divinely bestowed physician: "Two scheming and cowardly people, they have no chance of getting infected."
Ha, just wait. After I join forces with the Western Rong barbarians, I will devise a plan to have the Western Rong kill you two, grandfather and grandson, and I will become the emperor of the Eastern Desert and the Grain Wei!
He's not very bright, but his ambitions are enormous.
Rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble!
The cannon fire roared for a whole day and night, and the people of Wei felt a pang of heartache: "How many powerful weapons must have been used up? Damn enemy, pay us back for our weapons!"
Good thing...
"Good news! The enemy troops who poisoned the western city have retreated. A rough estimate suggests that our army killed at least ten thousand enemy soldiers in this battle!"
Unable to go outside the city to count the number of corpses, this is the only estimate we can make, but the actual results were better.
On the enemy's side, after sending 3,000 reinforcements, it was still of little use. They then sent four more reinforcements, with 30,000 men participating in the poisoning. In the end, more than half of them were lost, many enemy soldiers were injured by the bombs, and the slave soldiers were almost wiped out.
The enemy army feared the extermination of the slave soldiers and that there would be no more laborers available in the Eastern Desert, so they urgently brought back a group of slave soldiers.
Boom boom boom!
"Wei Min, stay inside and don't come out! Observe each other for the next three days. If anyone shows any symptoms of illness, immediately bang on your pots and pans and shout to let others know!"
This?
The people of Wei in the west of the city were heartbroken, and many cried out, but at each resettlement house, someone replied, "Yes, sir!"
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The enemy troops outside the west city stopped poisoning the area, withdrew from gunfire range, and set up camp on the spot, not allowing them to leave the area.
Anyone who dares to leave will be shot to death with arrows.
even……
“If they don’t obey, just set them on fire.” The enemy’s second prince was utterly inhuman. He said, “They will definitely get infected with the disease, so they should be burned to death immediately. Otherwise, if we wait until they get sick and then set them on fire, the heroes of the Eastern Desert who set the fire will likely get infected, and our army will suffer further losses.”
The second prince felt that he was right.
The enemy wondered if he was born too late, causing his brain to be damaged by being suffocated?
"Second Prince, they are heroes, not slave soldiers. Moreover, the heroes are still in good physical condition. If they are burned to death now, they will surely retaliate. It will be much easier to set them on fire after they fall ill and their strength is greatly reduced." Enemy Rong was afraid that the Second Prince would order the burning of the Eastern Desert soldiers, so he had no choice but to explain again.
The second prince could only say unhappily, "Hmph, fine, then I'll wait a few more days."
Within a few days, on the second night, enemy soldiers fell ill with high fever, chills, and excruciating pain all over their bodies. Moreover, the number of those who fell ill was large, exceeding half.
When the news reached Di Junrong, he was shocked: "The onset of the disease is so fast? The number of people affected is so high. This divinely bestowed fire poison is already out of control."
The plague says: Control your ancestors! You mere mortals, you think you can control this plague? Die, die! Die! This plague is going to have a party!