Cheng Xiaolian returned to Qutang Pass, the iron cable array outside the pass was already quite rudimentary, and Qin Yue asked people to design a kind of mechanism, the fierce fire oil can flow directly through the hollow bamboo around the iron cable, so as to prevent the time flowing in the water below the pass, not only can it be ignited quickly, but also can fully burn the enemy.

On the other hand, Geng Jingzhong's monks and monks' soldiers are almost trained, as long as those who learn to swim in the water are not afraid of death, they can easily learn, but it is a problem of rustiness, after practicing for more than ten days, Geng Jingzhong monk Zhixin finally mustered up the courage to attack again.

This time they held back their strength and thought about the success of the battle, the time of the attack was still the dark night before dawn, although the reef could cause them a lot of trouble, but they were familiar with it and could always avoid it, the artillery on the cliff wall could not be avoided, and there were also artillery and archers at the entrance, they had to take advantage of the time before dawn to get rid of the iron cable, and then attack the pass directly.

Every time I think of this, Geng Jingzhong can't help but feel annoyed, this is the case for a long time, when attacking on the first day, he should have entered the pass regardless of casualties, and he would not have been blocked outside the pass for such a long time, this time as long as he could touch the pass, he must be killed, and he must not retreat, otherwise they will really send people to the fence.

The fires on the cliffs on both sides were still burning, and soon the people at the pass saw their tracks, and immediately beat the rapid drums.

Cheng Xiaolian and Qin Yue had already analyzed that if they attacked, they would definitely choose before dawn, so the soldiers in the pass basically began to rest as soon as it was dark every night from the first day, and they began to eat at the third watch, although they felt very awkward, but it would be good to have a full meal this year, where can they still take care of what time to eat.

So after hearing the sound of the drums, they immediately began to march methodically towards the wall of the pass, and these days have passed, and the archers have rested, and all of them are back to their heyday.

The gunners on the rock wall blasted towards the black shadows below according to their feelings, and from time to time there would be the sound of ships collapsing, and there were a lot of screams, but there were a lot less than before, these people would be watered, as long as they were not hit by the artillery for the first time, they would not suffer any damage.

Soon they rushed to the front of the iron cable, Qin Yue ordered all the fire oil of the bamboo tube to run down, and then a sea of fire rose on the surface of the river.

The men understood that it was just a flame from the oil, and although they didn't understand why the flame could burn on the water, it was impossible for the flame to burn into the water, so most of them dived into the water, and several boats were burned.

Qin Yue glanced at the place where the fire was on fire and smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, it seems that not many people were burned to death this time. ”

Cheng Xiaolian also smiled: "If they are really stupid enough to fall twice in the same place, we don't have to bother so much." Let's go down too, although they can swim, but when it comes to the ability to fight in the water, it is estimated that they will not be able to learn it in ten days or eight days. ”

Qin Yue nodded, and then waved his hand: "A few days ago, I saw that our people were very powerful in the water, but I specially selected some people and specially created a batch of weapons for them, after all, short knives or something are still not very handy." ”

Soon hundreds of people wore shorts and went into the water along the rope at the head of the wall, and they all went into the water with something more than two feet long in the shape of a short sword, Qin Yue explained: "This thing has a thin blade, but it is very fierce to stab people, it is very hard in the water, and it is not afraid of stabbing people without dying." ”

Cheng Xiaolian nodded: "Stop the fierce fire oil, this thing is useless now, since they know water, this thing can only be kept for future wars." ”

The soldier who controlled the mechanism over there immediately twisted the button of the mechanism, and the fire on the river surface suddenly became much smaller. Cheng Xiaolian was shocked and sweated: "This thing is made of wood, what should I do if I burn it along the bamboo?" ”

"Your Highness, rest assured, this thing is five or six meters above the water, and this problem has been considered in the initial design, and if it is lowered and they take a wooden barrel underneath, we will be the enemy. In this case, as soon as the oil fell to the surface, our torches arrived immediately, and even if they wanted to, it was too late. ”

As he spoke, the underwater soldiers had already rushed to the place where the iron rope was, and these people were uniformly dressed and dressed in special clothes, but they were worried that once the water was not clear, blood blisters would soon appear on the water.

The soldier glanced at Geng Jingzhong: "Lord Wang, they are here." ”

Geng Jingzhong sneered: "This king has long expected it, take out our secret weapon to let them see it." ”

The people on the boat quickly moved out of the barrel, and the sound of gold on the main battle ship suddenly sounded, and the people under the water jumped into their own boats when they heard this sound, and then the juice in the barrel was poured into the river.

But soon Geng Jingzhong's face became pale, he expected everything but did not expect the problem of the water potential, the reason why Qutang Pass was easy to defend and difficult to attack was because the water was very urgent, he thought that these poisons would poison those people if they entered the water, but the water washed away, except for a few nearby sailors, almost no one was hit.

The soldiers under him glanced at it: "Lord Wang, no, this water is too urgent." ”

Shang Zhixin on the side shouted loudly when he saw this: "Throw it in a clay pot instead, don't pour it into the water again." ”

There were also a lot of clay pots on the ship, all of them were taken out, and one of them was dug up and thrown far away, and some people over there had just come out to ventilate, and immediately turned purple and shouted: "They use poison." ”

There was a noise below, and no one heard him shouting, but many of the brothers were dying quietly, and these people did not know how many brothers had died in the water, but they felt that there were many fewer people around them.

But by this time the oil had already burned, and it was unknown what had happened above the city, until a man saw the body of a brother floating on the river, his complexion had turned black and purple, and he shouted, "They have poisoned it, and run back." He began to run back.

The man took a deep breath and dived into the water, refusing to come out until he touched the bottom of the wall, and shouted at the wall: "They use poison, get the brothers back." ”

Qin Yue didn't dare to be careless when he heard it, and immediately began to mingle gold, and the brothers in the water heard the sound of gold, and immediately retreated behind them, and when they reached the city wall to meet, they found that the two or three hundred brothers were gone.

Cheng Xiaolian's face turned pale: "Yang Youcai, what kind of poison is this, it is obviously in the middle of the river, how can there be such a huge poisonous thing?" ”

Yang Youcai was also a little puzzled: "Where is there poisoning into the river, the river will be gone as soon as it washes away, how can so many people be poisoned?" ”

(End of chapter)