Chapter 1308: A Torrential Downpour

Others didn't quite understand the communication between this person and the bat.

Dong Rui turned and said to He He Lingchuan, "It flew over Shizhoutou and saw the cooking smoke. Not long after, the defenders there started eating."

"Eating the big pot meal now?" Wanqifeng shook his head, "Not well-considered."

"In Shizhoutou, everyone from commoners to soldiers has suffered, and Yang Meng pities his soldiers, which is understandable." He He Lingchuan smiled, "The scale between 'not being a compassionate general' and 'loving soldiers like children' is hard to grasp."

"Hey, wait a minute!" Dong Rui didn't understand, "Why is it not well-considered?"

He knew that there was no rice in the pot in Shizhoutou, and even rats and ants had been caught and eaten. What's wrong with cooking and eating when they finally got grain?

"Yang Meng is too impatient." He He Lingchuan explained, "If their enemy wasn't City Guardian Liu, the smoke rising in the city and the army eating would make the enemy think the city had sufficient grain and that the siege was hopeless, so they might retreat; but City Guardian Liu knows Shizhoutou like the back of his hand, and he will only think that Yang Meng and the others have eaten up all their grain and are preparing for a desperate fight. So, the vigilance outside the city will definitely be raised tonight."

Dong Rui understood. The enemy was prepared, so could it still be called a sneak attack? "Yang Meng is still too green! Wait, then why did you donate grain to him?"

"Whether I donate grain or not doesn't change the result tonight. Let the Shizhoutou army eat a bit more, and they will have the strength to fight at night." He He Lingchuan smiled slightly at him, "You are the one who controls the outcome of the battle."

Dong Rui was praised by him until he puffed out his chest.

"How long until it takes effect?"

"Soon." Dong Rui looked at the horizon, the moon had already risen, "After dark."

City Guardian Liu ordered everyone to be ready for battle in the evening.

This order had been issued for three or four consecutive days, so much so that the first reaction of some soldiers when they heard it was not to stand at attention, but to yawn—they hadn't had a good night's sleep for these few days.

A soldier had just tightened his belt when he suddenly had a sharp pain in his stomach, and his body curled into a shrimp.

Not good, it's coming, it's coming fiercely! He ran away, not caring that the latrine was still far away, and didn't care that his companion was talking to him.

One, two, three, four, five...

After running ten steps, he couldn't hold on anymore, looking left and right, seeing a tent nearby, so he untied his belt while running.

Damn, why did I tie it so tight just now? Now I can't even untie it.

Before he could finish cursing, his rear end loosened, and his crotch felt warm...

His eyes went black: It's over.

A general happened to walk out of the tent and was furious to see him squatting here, "Looking for death?"

As soon as the words fell, two patrolling soldiers passing by suddenly bent over and hugged their stomachs, *ouching*; one of them vomited directly on the ground, splashing the general's boots.

Their symptoms were not an isolated case.

Not long after, City Guardian Liu received an urgent report:

"Sir, it's bad! More than a hundred people in the camp are vomiting and having diarrhea!"

When City Guardian Liu heard this, he immediately ordered the military doctor to be summoned, checked the food and drink, and forbade the army from eating or drinking anything.

His measures were not incorrect, but within a short hour, the number of people vomiting and having diarrhea in the camp still surged, as if this disease could be transmitted through the respiratory tract.

It was said earlier that the location of City Guardian Liu's latrine was not appropriate. Now that four or five hundred people were having diarrhea together, where could they queue for the latrine?

Those who could rush out of the camp to squat were considered to have public spirit; most people had just finished vomiting and didn't even have time to untie their pants before they were off in a torrent.

The wind direction changed again tonight, and before long, the entire camp was filled with a sour, rotten stench, so much so that even those who were fine couldn't help but want to vomit, such as City Guardian Liu.

He hurriedly took out the incense beads for isolating odors and tucked them at his waist, which finally isolated the terrifying biochemical attack.

The entire camp was filled with shadows, and the orderly order City Guardian Liu had painstakingly created had vanished.

"Take medicine, let them take medicine quickly!" City Guardian Liu roared, "It must be Yang's poisoning! Can the scouts and camp guards still work? If they can't, change them immediately! Send people to keep an eye on Shizhoutou's movements!"

The order was issued, but whether anyone executed it was another matter; at least two messengers beside him disappeared.

A dozen breaths later, several medical officers rushed over, "Reporting to Sir, there is poison in the water! Although the water used in the camp is fetched from the flowing creek and boiled, the source of the poison should be connected to the water body, which is why it is endless..."

He was explaining why he didn't test for poison before using the water. Flowing water is non-toxic, this is common sense.

But the terrain here, uh...

"What did I just say?" City Guardian Liu had no heart to listen to them anymore, grabbed the collar of the head medical officer and roared, "Make the antidote quickly!"

Yang Meng stood on the city wall, facing the night wind, looking at the Liu army camp not far away.

The defense army in Shizhoutou had long been ready to go.

The dragon-head mask's message said that the wind rises tonight and there will be changes outside the city. The few hundred jin of grain he gave showed great sincerity, so Yang Meng also assumed this hint was true and sent out more scouts after dark.

What variables would there be in City Guardian Liu's camp tonight?

The archers on the city wall suddenly reported, "Sir, there is movement in the enemy camp. I counted two guards on duty outside the camp who also left their posts and ran into the bushes... Oh, another one ran in, now there are three."

People running, into the bushes?

Trouble? Yang Meng immediately raised all his spirits.

"What about the scouts we sent out?"

Unfortunately, they didn't have bird demons to help, otherwise it would be easier to see the enemy situation.

After a quarter of an hour, the scouts of the defense army finally sneaked back to report:

"The enemy camp has suddenly broken out with malaria, and everyone from generals to soldiers is vomiting and having diarrhea, not even having time to run out of the camp, and urinating on the spot." He hadn't even approached the enemy camp earlier, but he saw several white... in the bushes on the periphery.

And had to be accompanied by a look of relief.

Yang Meng was overjoyed, "How many people are sick?"

"The camp is chaotic and difficult to calculate, but at least several hundred people."

Then what are we waiting for? Yang Meng laughed, "Brothers, follow me out of the city to kill the enemy!"

City Guardian Liu's army didn't have primordial power, so their resistance to various epidemics and poisons was very poor.

It was rare to eat seven-tenths full in the evening, and the defense army had both strength and morale; as soon as the city gate opened, they shouted and killed toward the opposite hillside! The distance between the two sides was enough for the defense army to pick up speed, warm up, and then shoot another round of fire arrows.

City Guardian Liu hurriedly ordered resistance.

But the hundreds of people under his command happened to have diarrhea with the momentum of a thousand troops, and they couldn't even straighten their waists; the original team was missing people, and it was hard to gather two teams to meet the attack, and people kept dropping out while holding their stomachs.

Fighting like this, where is there any morale? Where is there any bravery?

The two sides met, and the Liu army barely resisted for a quarter of an hour before collapsing, because the leading general himself was also unwell.

Even if City Guardian Liu could command like a flower, it would be difficult to turn the tide.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1309 =====