The most arrogant in history

Chapter 357 is extremely poisonous.

Gongsun Erniang nodded, and took a few of her subordinates with her, crossing the mountains and rivers.

The enemy reinforcements also wanted to seize the two wings, but their several attacks were repelled by Ma Botao and Zhou Xuanwu.

With no other options, the enemy became blood-thirsty and finally made a stupid move. They sent most of their forces into the valley to join Liu Dai, hoping to break out from Ye Kun and encircle him from a roundabout way.

Ye Kun held a telescope and kept a close eye on the situation.

Seeing that the time was ripe, he immediately fired a signal flare and passed the order:

"Give me grenades. Throw all of them down the valley! Use catapults to throw lead powder bombs and smoke bombs down!"

The two wings received the signal and immediately threw grenades.

It's very comfortable to drop bombs from a high vantage point.

All the catapults also started to attack, throwing out incendiary bombs, thunder bombs and smoke bombs all at once.

Ye Kun mixed lead powder and dried chili powder into this batch of thunder bombs.

At that time, the cultivation of chili peppers was being vigorously promoted, and Ye Kun thought that this thing could also be used as a weapon.

There were many enemy troops in the valley, and the air was filled with smoke. The lead powder that was spread out could be considered a chemical weapon.

Many people will be choked to death by the smoke!

If he doesn't die, he will be seriously ill or injured when he returns home.

The enemy's horses were not used to the power of thunder bombs and grenades, and they were frightened and jumped around in the valley.

They trampled on each other, causing countless deaths and injuries.

In less than an incense stick of time, Liu Dai's troops were completely defeated.

Lu Kaijiang stood by Ye Kun's side and shouted, "My lord, the enemy is in chaos. I am willing to lead the light cavalry into the valley and capture Liu Dai alive!"

"The smoke in the valley is poisonous, don't go down yet." Ye Kun stopped Lu Kaijiang and said:

"Tell the soldiers to take off their leggings, wet them with water, cover their mouths and noses, and then charge and kill the enemy!"

I was careless this time and didn’t prepare a mask!

Fortunately, the entire army was equipped with leg wraps, which could be used as a temporary emergency measure.

Lu Kaijiang took the order and immediately called up three thousand elite soldiers, asked them to cover their mouths and noses with leg wraps, and follow him into the valley.

Ye Kun fired another flare, ordering both wings to stop dropping thunder bombs and charge downward.

The enemy troops in the valley had completely lost their combat effectiveness and were collectively defeated.

Liu Dai was unable to stop the defeated army and had to retreat.

Lu Kaijiang chased after them, killing anyone he saw.

Ma Botao and Zhou Xuanwu surrounded the enemy on both wings and tried their best to intercept them.

While Liu Dai was fleeing, he was hit by rocks thrown by Zhou Xuanwu's soldiers. He was then caught up by Lu Kaijiang and his head was cut off.

The battle lasted until dark, almost a whole day and night.

It was not until it was completely dark that the enemy's deputy commander Xue Changfeng, with six or seven thousand remnants, fought his way through the encirclement and retreated towards Xiangyang.

The 50,000 troops that Liu Dai led to the battle were thus defeated by Ye Kun.

Ye Kun's situation is also miserable.

There were more than 7,000 casualties, and many soldiers were exhausted and lost their minds due to the killing.

"Pass on my order. Do not pursue them, and do not clean up the battlefield for now!"

Ye Kun first cared about the health of his brothers and ordered the messenger:

"Have all soldiers wash their hands with clean water first, then rinse their mouths, eyes, and noses, change clothes, take a bath, and wash their hair. The lead powder is poisonous, so don't be careless! Order the logistics troops to bring me clean water, quickly!"

The three counties of Shangyong have a small population and only a logistics team of 5,000 people.

The soldiers quickly washed their faces and mouths, changed their clothes, and simply wiped themselves before beginning to build a defense line and clean up the battlefield.

Ye Kun let the troops on both wings of Zhou Xuanwu and Ma Botao take turns to rest and gave them food and wine as rewards.

In the valley, there were tens of thousands of corpses lying all over the place, it was a horrific sight.

Gongsun Erniang directed everyone to clean up the battlefield.

First, find the bodies of our soldiers, place them together and wait for burial.

Then they sorted out the enemy's armor, swords, spears, bows and arrows, dug deep pits, and buried the enemy's bodies.

If these corpses are not dealt with, it will easily cause plague.

There were also many dead horses that had to be dealt with on the spot and left as military rations.

The work of cleaning the battlefield took two full days.

There were also several thousand injured captives, and Ye Kun released them all, warning them:

"Xiahou Chang is just trying to stop me. I am just testing my skills this time. Otherwise, I can poison you all. When you go back, tell your brothers in the army that I, Ye Kun, do not kill prisoners. If you meet me, surrender early and you can save your life."

Ma Botao also threatened the captives: "When you go back, tell the people of Xiangyang that we are about to attack Xiangyang. If you don't surrender, we will release poison. I'm afraid that all the people in the city will be buried with Xue Changfeng!"

The thunder bombs released this time contained chili powder and lead powder, which choked the enemy soldiers to death and caused great fear.

If they were to be threatened like this again, the morale of the army in Xiangyang City would probably collapse completely.

There was indeed wailing in Xiangyang City.

Those defeated soldiers who escaped back inhaled large amounts of lead powder and chili powder. They felt nauseous, vomited, and coughed incessantly after returning, and they all thought they would not survive.

Everyone spread rumors that Ye Kun was the reincarnation of the devil, and that the poison he was equipped with was more poisonous than a venomous snake!

The people in Xiangyang city were even more terrified, but they could not escape.

Ye Kun ordered the army to continue resting, treat the wounded, and move to the rear.

Arrange the ordnance and count the guns, cannons and gunpowder.

Huangfu Lin sent another victory report, reporting that he had inflicted a heavy blow on the Jiangdong navy in Jiangxia, sinking hundreds of enemy ships of all sizes and killing more than 10,000 enemies; in the direction of Yan Liuhai, he fought with the Jiangdong soldiers in Changsha and also won successive battles, defeating the enemy's three attacks.

In Chencang, war with Xiahou Chang officially began.

Two lines of defense were lost, but Xiahou Chang suffered heavy casualties.

However, Sang Buzhi also mentioned that Xiahou Chang sent 30,000 troops to attack Ziwu Valley with the intention of taking Hanzhong by trickery.

Ye Kun laughed loudly and sent a pigeon to Sang Buyi, "Don't worry about Xiahou Chang's army entering Ziwu Valley. I have already hidden 200,000 troops and are waiting for them!"

Ziwu Valley is a road to the underworld, but Ye Kun is not worried at all.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao's general Cao Zhen once had a crazy idea. He led 30,000 troops into the Ziwu Valley, intending to suddenly appear in Hanzhong like a divine army descending from the sky.

As a result, after marching for two months, they had gone halfway, half of the soldiers had died, and they had to return in disgrace!

Having said that, Ye Kun still took precautions and sent a pigeon to Hanzhong to guard the main road at the entrance of the valley with 500 men just in case.

Sang Buyi was very depressed when he received Ye Kun's reply.

There are only so many troops in total, but Ye Kun said that there were 200,000 troops ambushed in Ziwu Valley. How did these 200,000 troops appear?

Xiahou Chang also developed carrier pigeons and established a system of sending messages by carrier pigeons.

The day after Liu Dai was beheaded, the news reached Chang'an and was reported to Xiahou Chang by express delivery.

When Xiahou Chang learned that he had suffered a great defeat at Fenghuang Mountain and had lost 70,000 troops, he was so angry that he vomited blood!

These are 70,000 combat troops, 20,000 of whom are elite.

If it weren’t for the large population and sufficient manpower in the Central Plains, the country would have been destroyed in an instant!

It took a long time for the military doctor to save Xiahou Chang.

Xiahou Chang panted and cursed, "Ye Kun, little bastard, I will tear you into pieces and grind your bones to ash, only then can I vent my hatred!"

The counselors dared not speak.

A general plucked up his courage and said:

"Ye Kun's use of troops is not particularly brilliant, but their muskets and artillery are really powerful. Moreover, this time, Ye Kun prepared poison. When our soldiers encountered the poison, they fell to the ground and died one after another, or they coughed violently, their eyes blurred with tears, and they were completely unable to fight..."

In fact, the enhanced thunder bomb configured by Ye Kun was not that powerful at all.

Most of Liu Dai's soldiers in the valley were trampled to death in panic.

Xiahou Chang looked at the generals and counselors in front of the tent and asked, "What do you think of today's event?"