Since war has emerged in human society, all the desire for victory has been based on more sophisticated weapons, well-trained army, excellent command and combat skills, and some natural phenomena that humans cannot resist.

Regarding the last point, water and fire are always the most powerful and most common ways.

At the end of the Warring States Period, the famous general Wang Ben flooded Daliang and destroyed the Wei Kingdom. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhou Yu burned the Red Cliff and established the Three Kingdoms in a fire.

But Chongde County is so small, what role can the horizontal ditch, which looks wide but is actually narrow?

The rumbling sound of water flowing was close to my ears. The Japanese pirates who were still trying to climb up looked in shock. The water flow was not very large and the speed was not very fast.

Some people looked disdainful. The Japanese pirates were roaming at the sea all year round, and even hundreds of people couldn't pick out three or four landslides. Some people couldn't help laughing. The people who guarded the city were really fantastic. Maybe they were stupid when they listened to "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

Chen Mazi moved a few steps in the direction of the water flow, and watched in confusion as the water flow wrapped more than a dozen Japanese pirates on the far right into it.

The moon quietly emerged from the clouds, and the bright moonlight spread across the earth, illuminating Chongde County.

He felt a little wet on his face. Chen Mazi knew that it was the mist caused by the water flow, but vaguely, he saw some other things, as if white powder was dancing in the air.

I wanted to reach out to grab it and take a closer look, but just as I raised my hand, the sharp howling suddenly exploded in Chen Mazi's ear.

“Ahhhh…”

"It's boiling water, boiling water!"

"Hurry and hurry!"

Wang Crab at the bottom of the ditch opened her eyes wide, how could it be boiling water?

But the riot instantly spread to all parts of the bottom of the ditch. The oncoming mist and powder attracted the attention of the Japanese pirates. The subsequent water flow made them climb up desperately, but the oil on both sides of the ditch made them fall and howl in pain.

Chen Mazi closed his breath and moved forward a few steps. When he looked over, he saw that almost every companion who had passed the water at the bottom of the ditch was screaming. Then Moonlight saw the man closest to him, with all the flesh on his face red, and it looked like he was poured on his face by boiling water that had just been boiled.

"Toxic, toxic!"

“The bottom of the ditch is poisonous…”

Wang Caicai looked down and saw that the soles of her feet were covered with white powder and small particles. He raised his feet in a cowardly manner, and then suddenly waved his knife to cut over the two Japanese pirates beside him.

He piled up the corpses of his companions together, Wang Caicai tiptoed to reach the ground, inserted five fingers with his left hand into the ground, and tried hard to catch a bluestone slab with his right hand. Suddenly, the soles of his feet were empty, and the water flowed away the corpse.

Large beads of sweat rolled down from their foreheads, and there seemed to be a "sizzling" sound in their ears. Wang Crab, a kite, turned over and appeared on the ground.

Without any hesitation, no stop, and even looking back at the miserable situation of his companion at the bottom of the ditch, Wang Caicai dropped her waist and rolled and crawled out of the city gate.

In almost everyone's thinking mode, things that are difficult to understand and cause extremely harmful to themselves often cause the greatest sense of fear.

In this case, blind obedience is often the first choice.

The Japanese pirates who had not crossed the ditch almost immediately followed Wang Caicha and fled out of the city. Everyone had fear on their faces and even threw away their weapons without caring about them.

Chen Mazi was the last one to leave. Through the fog, he vaguely saw the scholar in blue clothes opposite Henggou making another strange move, as if he was going to take out something from his empty waist.

"Damn it!" Qian Yuan took the spear handed over by Yang Wen in a mess, and forgot where he was nervous, so he actually touched the gun at his waist...

Although I don’t know what effect my arrangement will have, the Japanese pirates on the other side of Henggou have fled to Qian Yuan with great confidence.

However, what we need to solve at present are the more than 20 Japanese pirates in front of us, including more than a dozen Japanese.

Qian Yuan was surrounded by Tang Shunzhi, surrounded by more than a dozen guards and the scattered defenders. Most of them escaped, and they were already scared.

The more than 20 Japanese pirates on the opposite side were similar. When they looked at the tragic situation of their companions at the bottom of the ditch, they had no intention of continuing to attack. They just thought about how to escape. Looking at the dozens of people on the opposite side, they did not dare to act rashly.

Under the bright moonlight, there were still Japanese pirates shouting at the bottom of the ditch. You could faintly hear the fighting sounds of the East City Gate, but both sides raised their swords and guns, and a strange stalemate was on the street.

The sound of footsteps sounded behind him, and there was a commotion around him. Qian Yuan chuckled and shouted: "Reinforcements have arrived!"

Tang Shunzhi smiled and looked back, but the next moment, his old face froze.

Yu Dayou, who still needs help, slowly appeared around the corner, with four or five personal soldiers holding knives and guns...

"Ahem."

Hearing Tang Shunzhi's prompt, Qian Yuan also looked back and took a breath of cold air. The east city gate had reached this point and could not even draw a single person out.

The beads of sweat slid down their foreheads and rolled over their cheeks with a slight itch. Qian Yuan really had no confidence in dealing with the more than 20 Japanese pirates in front of him. Once the fight started, the defenders around him would probably scatter. They only rely on the dozen guards led by Yang Wen... not as many as the other party!

But if the Japanese pirates on the opposite side break through this blockade and are attacked from both sides of the East City Gate, they may fail tonight!

Reason told Qian Yuan that he would never retreat, but his legs seemed to be trembling.

At this moment, a faint coughing sound came. Yu Dayou shook off his personal soldier's hand, took a knife, walked forward expressionlessly, and kept moving forward...

The Japanese pirates on the opposite side were a little panicked. Although the Japanese did not know them, the pirates knew them. Although they did not know Yu Dayou, they could see the "Yu" on the flag raised by the personal soldiers behind him.

This old man is so awesome, Qian Yuan's eyes are filled with a hint of admiration.

"Huhhuhhu..." Seeing the Japanese pirates retreating, Qian Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and quickly asked Yang Wen to bring people to the courtyards on both sides to move furniture to form a blockade line.

"Is this over?" Tang Shunzhi pointed at the still open city gate uneasy.

"When you think about it, the daylily is cold... Li Liangqin has arranged someone to close the city gate." Qian Yuan complained and turned around and made a gesture to Yang Wen.

Through the gaps in the furniture, Qian Yuan clearly saw that the Japanese pirates were trying to find something to pass through the gutter from the houses on both sides, but unfortunately, they had no time.

Four or five traces of smoke rose in various places not far away. Soon, the smoke became thicker and the dry air made a crackling sound. Under the guidance of the fire-burning object that was previously released, the rapidly growing flames rushed towards the houses on both sides of the road.

"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious!" Qian Yuan took the water bag and sucked it two times before explaining: "The fire barrier has been separated in advance, and the Dongcheng Gate has also notified it."

Although there was no such thing as a fire barrier in the Ming Dynasty, Tang Shunzhi and Yu Dayou immediately understood.

Heart-wrenching howling sounded not far away, five or six Japanese pirates covered in fire rushed out of the house and rolled desperately on the ground. Some of the remaining Japanese pirates rushed towards the blockade of furniture in despair, and some Japanese pirates luckily found the wooden boards hidden in advance and escaped from Henggou.

A great victory was expected, and there were only seven or eight Japanese pirates, so Qian Yuan didn't need any ideological work. Dozens of soldiers rushed forward to the courtyard guard and quickly cleared them out.

Yu Dayou no longer insisted on letting his personal soldiers support him, and slowly walked towards Henggou. He carefully looked at the Japanese pirates lying on the ground along the way. The complex expressions appeared on his face.

At least thirty Japanese died tonight, not many in terms of numbers, but in terms of combat power, this is a big victory.

Tang Shunzhi looked at the Japanese pirates who were still struggling and moaning at the bottom of the ditch, and then looked at Qian Yuan who was still sweating. He still didn't understand what was going on.

"It's really poison?"
Chapter completed!