Chapter 49: The Beggar Soldiers really have no class; they actually threw lime powder during battle~

Seabirds cried, waves splashed.

The great-sailed sea ship smashed through the waves, running rampant between the billows.

On the swaying deck of the sea ship, Xie Yi, returning to Jiangzuo, stood with his hands behind his back, gazing into the distance.

His wide-sleeved robes fluttered and snapped in the sea breeze.

In this scene and moment, to an onlooker, he seemed to possess the immortal style and Daoist bones.

A wave surged up, the sea ship rose and fell with jolts, and the hull transmitted a teeth-aching creaking sound.

"Ugh~~~"

Xie Yi leaned over and retched dryly, and an attendant beside him hurried forward to support him.

"Quick~" Xie Yi, his face pale, hurriedly called out, "Take me back."

Back inside Cang Nei, Xie Yi subconsciously reached for Five Stone Powder.

Whenever he felt unwell in the past, he only needed to take Five Stone Powder to alleviate the symptoms, and it gave him a feeling of floating as if becoming an immortal.

For this very reason, the scions of aristocratic clans all vied for it.

But when they were in Xiangguo City before, Lin Dao had told him.

Taking Five Stone Powder was burning one's own life!

If someone else said such words, Xie Yi would probably just laugh it off.

But since Lin Dao, whom he regarded as an Immortal, said it, Xie Yi definitely believed it.

What an Immortal said must be the truth.

"Bring a jar. two jars of golden peach canned food."

Xie Yi chewed the crisp and delicious golden peaches, raised the Liuli Guanz to his mouth, and drank the honey juice.

Relying on the happiness brought by the sweetness, he offset the discomfort of his body.

"Jun Gong."

Seeing his complexion improve, the aide asked, "Will the Xianbei send troops?"

"Whether the Xianbei send troops is not up to you and me, nor up to the Xianbei themselves."

Xie Yi said slowly, "The barbarians are greedy, only seeking profit."

"If the main force of the Stone bandits is trapped beneath Xiangguo City."

"The Xianbei see the benefit; without us urging them, they will take the initiative to send troops themselves."

"Liaodong is a bitterly cold land; with an opportunity to move south, who could refuse?"

Xie Yi carefully put away the Liuli Guanz, wrapped it in cloth, and took it back to Jiangzuo; this was a gift of considerable value.

"What I am worried about now is that the gentlemen of Jiangzuo are unwilling to send troops for a northern expedition."

The troops and horses of Eastern Jin were almost all private soldiers of the aristocratic clans.

High-ranking Jun Shi and middle-layer officers were almost all occupied by the scions of the aristocratic clans and their vassals.

Those born of commoner subjects, even if exceptionally brave, could at most be a team leader.

To be able to become a Zhuangzhu, that was ancestral graves smoking and catching fire.

The so-called imperial court troops and horses had long been divided up by the various families.

Persuading the aristocratic families to send troops was not an easy matter.

They had to be shown real, tangible benefits.

The aide asked in confusion, "Jun Gong, why are you not worried that Xiangguo City cannot be held?"

"If Xiangguo City falls, then everything will come to nothing."

Hearing this, Xie Yi suddenly laughed, "What I worry about the least is whether Xiangguo City can be held."

"With the Grand Commander inside the city, even if the Qianghu are all exterminated, they still cannot break the city!"

Xiangguo City.

Lin Dao held the city gate tower, sitting on a Ma Zha, looking down at the drone control board in his hand.

The camera mounted on the drone transmitted the image in real time.

"This Shi Xuan cannot be a madman?"

Looking at the screen, the Later Zhao troops surged over like a tide.

Under the strikes of the guards, they fell in swathes.

Lin Dao expressed that he truly could not understand; was this not just sending themselves to death?

Troops and horses from various states, provinces, and counties rushed toward the sturdy city wall wave after wave.

They had received the Crown Prince's promise: after breaking the city, three days without sealing the blade!

For these people who had nothing but a single life, this temptation alone was enough to make them fight desperately.

Moreover, on the open ground behind them stood wooden poles like a forest.

Hanging from them were hundreds and thousands of ferocious heads of various shapes.

The high-power guards holding grappling spears and battle axes stood with tiger-like gazes behind the besieging troops.

Those who flee in battle shall all be beheaded!

Bow and crossbowmen exchanged fire with the city top guards.

The Later Zhao soldiers held wooden shields in one hand, bit weapons in their mouths, and climbed the ladders with the other hand.

Having lost the large siege engines, the Later Zhao Army could only rely on ladders to besiege the city.

From the perspective of the drone, this truly became a common scene in film and television dramas.

Additionally, over a hundred Later Zhao soldiers, divided into several rows, carried huge logs suspended by ropes and rushed toward the city gate, attempting to smash open Da Men.

"Gentle breeze."

On the city tower, the military household holding up a hemp cloth strip to test the wind direction shouted to the squad leader, "The wind is blowing toward the city exterior."

The squad leader nodded and waved his hand to greet his subordinates to prepare.

Everyone took out hemp cloth and wrapped it around their mouths and noses.

Next, they put on the plastic goggles distributed by the lord.

A squad of several dozen people each carried a cloth bag forward and immediately poured the contents through the crenels downward.

In an instant, white lime powder poured down like a waterfall.

The lime powder drifted with the wind, soon enveloping this section of the city wall area nearby in a white mist.

Those climbing the city wall on long ladders, those holding the ladders below waiting to ascend, and even the Later Zhao soldiers a bit farther away exchanging fire with bows and crossbows—

caught off guard, they all rubbed their eyes and began howling.

The eyes are the most fragile part of the human body, even more fragile than keeping one's roots intact.

Under severe burns, wailing filled every corner of the city exterior.

The Begging Soldiers on the nearby city walls also began continuously pouring lime powder outward.

Hundreds and thousands of bags of lime powder poured down.

In no time at all, within a radius of several miles, everything was a blank white.

Some alert people quickly closed their eyes and thus managed to escape the calamity.

The screen was also a blank white; Lin Dao let out a calm breath, "They're all crippled."

Eye injuries, in this cruel era, are undoubtedly a crippling fate.

These wounded soldiers are a complete burden to Later Zhao.

Controlling the drone back, Lin Dao set down the control board and joked with Liu Hu beside him, "From now on, the Qianghu will have to check the wind direction before sieging a city."

Liu Hu forced a smile and nodded repeatedly, "Everything the lord says is right!"

"Just keep your original heart," Lin Dao patted his sturdy arm, "no need to learn others' flattery."

Liu Hu felt embarrassed, not knowing how to respond for a moment.

He was an expert at charging bravely, but flattering the lord was truly too difficult.

Inside the Later Zhao main camp far off in the city exterior, the sound of Jin Ming was heard.

The Later Zhao troops besieging the city who had previously escaped the calamity and avoided the lime powder, as if granted a great pardon, covered their eyes and turned to run.

As for those whose eyes were blinded by lime powder, they could only leave it to fate.

Many, due to vision defects, plunged headfirst into the moat.

Filling the moat did not mean filling every section of the river.

That workload was too great.

It was mainly filling selected sections to allow people and equipment to pass for the siege.

Where the moat was not filled, there were still large expanses of open area.

Later Zhao soldiers who could not see the road kept falling into it one after another.

There were also many Later Zhao soldiers who could not see anything, crawling toward the direction of the Jin Ming sound while wailing.

Looking from the city tower, the scene was indeed very miserable.

However, if these people broke into the city interior, the ones who would be miserable would be the Begging Soldiers.

Not only would they be slaughtered, they would also be served on the table.

"Today's siege is about over."

Lin Dao, having exited the City Gate Tower, raised his eyes to look at the sky; it was already late afternoon.

"Then let's eat early, rest early, and have the Junhuo Jun bring the food up."

In no time, the Junhuo Jun who had long prepared carried shoulder poles and pushed One-Wheel Carts, delivering dinner up to the city wall.

The staple food was still white rice.

Buckets of white rice were most loved by the military households.

"Actually, the nutritional value of refined rice is not high."

Sitting on a Ma Zha, Lin Dao watched the soldiers holding clay bowls, squatting on the ground wolfing down rice.

Lin Dao, idling, joked, "It's all rice without germs, not as good as brown rice or millet, not even as good as feed."

The military households did not understand what nutrition was.

They only knew this was refined rice that only Nobles could afford.

In the past, even smelling the aroma was a luxury, let alone eating it.

Now that there was food to eat, of course they ate as much as they could.

Lin Dao also smiled helplessly.

The civilian laborers working in the city interior, on the other hand, were all eating cheap feed.

Its nutritional value was even higher than rice.

However, the civilian laborers had no vegetables to eat; usually they ate with fermented black beans and pickled vegetables.

The military households not only could eat dishes, but also meat and vegetables combined, rich and oily.

Even those with meritorious combat service could get a can of Yellow Peach Canned Fruit, which was expensive honey water~~~

The Jin Ming sound from the distant Qianghu main camp had long since stopped.

But the wailing outside the city never ceased.

The military households acted as if they hadn't heard, still beaming as they wolfed down food.

After all, for them, living in this damn world, all kinds of tragedies were already commonplace.

They had seen far more tragic things than this.

Lin Dao's side was somewhat irritated and distracted by these wailing cries.

He simply raised his hand to summon, and the Colonel guarding this section of the City wall stepped forward.

"After dark, arrange for men to go down the City wall."

"Those howling like ghosts and wolves outside, dispose of them all."

The Colonel immediately Saluted, "Yes~~~"

At the Qianghu Main Camp, Later Zhao Crown Prince Shi Xuan was also dealing with the wounded.

"Eyes blinded, what use is keeping them? Kept to feel an elephant?"

Taking the Wine Cup the Beauty at his side presented, Shi Xuan drank it in one gulp.

"Keeping them also wastes Grain, dispose of them all."

Supervisor Liang Du immediately Saluted and accepted the order.

Leaving the main tent, he led the Goryeo Imperial Guards to execute the Wounded Soldiers.

"The Qihuo Army is truly without character."

Shi Xuan did not care about the siege Failure.

The losses on both sides were merely cannon fodder; what Great Zhao lacks least is cannon fodder.

"During battle, they actually scattered Lime Powder."

"A gust of wind blows it back onto the City wall, and the unlucky ones are still themselves."

With Lime Powder, as long as there is prior Prepare, closing one's eyes is Zuyi."

It's just that the initial caught off guard suffers a loss; with the lesson, one will naturally be cautious."

Shi Xuan pulled the Beauty at his side into his embrace in one motion.

Stretching his Neck, he sniffed wildly all over her.

A moment later, his gaze burning, he stared at the Beauty in his arms, "You really smell good~~~"

Originally receiving the lord's praise, she should have been happy.

But the Beauty's face was pale, her delicate body trembling like a sieve.

"Crown Prince, spare my life~~~"

Shi Xuan's elder brother, Later Zhao's former Crown Prince Shi Sui, most liked to serve his beautiful concubines on a platter, and also liked to Invite everyone to watch and share.

This family of theirs, in terms of temperament and preferences, are basically all the same.

Shi Xuan's preference isn't that Obvious, but it certainly exists.

"Cold hum~"

Casually tossing the Beauty to the ground, Shi Xuan stood and Walked out of the main tent.

He gazed into the distance at Xiangguo City, muttering softly.

"Father King, you put the Nation's troops and Horses into my hands."

"Such a good Opportunity, are you encouraging me to rebel?"

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