Chapter 294: Changancheng shakes, Gao Yang

The one hundred and eight wards of Changancheng!

Li Long led his personal guards, galloping along the streets, his voice ringing throughout Changancheng.

"Great victory!"

"His Majesty personally guards Changancheng, and the grandson of the Duke of the State has endless brilliant plans. The hundred-thousand-strong Chu army has been repelled by our Da Qian head-on, suffering heavy casualties!"

"At the foot of Changancheng, there are countless corpses!"

"Lord Gao burned the Great Chu Rattan Armor army with fire, limestone blinded the Chu army, and we defended the enemy outside Changancheng!"

"Da Qian has won a great victory. His Majesty has issued a decree, wishing for our Da Qian people to actively join the army, fight bravely, and defend Changancheng!"

Most of the people were uneducated, so the simpler the words, the better; they needed to express the meaning in the most straightforward way.

As the saying goes, to pacify the outside, one must first pacify the inside. A great victory is a huge boost to morale, and it can even make some Changancheng noble families with ulterior motives behave themselves.

No matter from which angle you look at it, Changancheng needed a heart-stirring great victory!

For a time.

In the one hundred and eight wards of Changancheng, people walked onto the streets one after another, looking at the palace guards galloping past; they felt as if they were in another world!

Da Qian, a great victory?

The Empress personally sits in Changancheng, and Gao Yang's brilliant plans are endless?

Countless people felt a sudden relief in their hearts.

On Zhu Que Street, an old man with a limp, who had previously been leaning on a cane and wanting to go to the city wall to kill the enemy, grabbed a soldier and asked curiously, "This official, how did our Da Qian kill the enemy?"

Hearing this, the surrounding people also gathered around curiously.

The soldier was in a great mood and said, "This is Lord Gao's plan! It is also a brilliant plan to kill the enemy!"

Hearing Gao Yang's great name, the people all looked solemn.

"Hiss!"

"The Duke of the State's mansion, Lord Gao!"

Gao Yang's great name among the people was simply like thunder to the ears!

This soldier did not hide his admiration for Gao Yang and said vividly, "Lord Gao truly lives up to his name as the Living Yama; those methods are simply admirable!"

"Well then, today I will tell you all about it."

Wu Zhao specially issued an imperial decree to publicize Gao Yang's methods of killing the enemy. As long as the people had a backbone, the war would go more smoothly.

"The Chu army is full of tricks; they first mixed many Rattan Armor soldiers into the vanguard. These Rattan Armor soldiers are extremely difficult to deal with. The rattan armor on their bodies is first poured with tung oil and then secretly made with ancient methods. Ordinary swords and blades are difficult to break through the armor. If the Chu army had climbed onto the city wall, it would have been dangerous!"

"But guess what?"

The soldier deliberately kept them in suspense and paused for a moment. The old man with the limp and the surrounding people of Changancheng were all full of curiosity.

"Did the Chu army succeed?"

The soldier laughed loudly and said, "Lord Gao is a master of strategy and was already prepared. Although this rattan armor can resist swords and blades, tung oil burns when it meets fire. Lord Gao's fire attack directly turned those Rattan Armor soldiers into roasted meat everywhere!"

"That scene was simply spectacular!"

"Hiss!"

As soon as these words fell, the people gasped.

In their minds, the scene of the Chu army being roasted everywhere appeared.

Although cruel!

But it felt great to hear!

"Hahaha, great!"

"Treating these beasts who want to slaughter the city, they should be burned!"

The old man with the limp laughed loudly, not feeling cruel at all; on the contrary, he was full of pleasure.

The surrounding people, along with some children of Da Qian, were all full of admiration!

"Lord Gao is truly a master of strategy!"

"He is worthy of being Lord Gao!"

The old man continued to ask, "What about the limestone? Can limestone also kill the enemy?"

For a time, the people were all full of curiosity.

If there was nothing else, they had plenty of this stuff at home.

That was accumulated over many years.

When the soldier heard this, he became even more admiring, "This is also Lord Gao's brilliant plan against the Chu army!"

"This limestone is calcined to get lime powder. Once this thing enters the eyes, it will burn, and if not cleaned in time, one can even become blind!"

"And Lord Gao, who has mastered the essence of the Mohist school, said that this lime powder releases a large amount of heat when it meets water, which is extremely powerful for killing the enemy and can even disfigure people!"

"This is a brilliant plan to kill the enemy!"

"The Chu army suffered a great disaster today!"

"Therefore, His Majesty issued a decree that if you have limestone at home, calcine it into powder quickly, but be sure to take protective measures. The specific method has been posted in the imperial decree!"

"In this quicklime, you can also add some dirty things, mix them, and it can also increase the killing!"

When these words came out, the people of Da Qian were all stunned.

They had never thought that limestone could one day kill the enemy!

"He is truly worthy of being the Living Yama; these methods are simply too ruthless. That is the eyes!"

"No wonder our army won a great victory!"

The old man with the limp turned and left.

Someone couldn't help but shout, "Old Wang, where are you going?"

Old Wang didn't even look back, leaving only one sentence, "Naturally, I will respond to His Majesty's decree. I have quite a lot of limestone at home!"