Under the treatment of the medical team led by Fang Chenyan, Zhao Rong's team has detoxified the soldiers, developed an antidote, and also developed a preventative drug.

In this way, even if the enemy uses poison again, they will not be able to harm the soldiers of the Great Xin Dynasty.

Zhao Rong rubbed his hands together, "Damn it, it's my turn to teach them a lesson."

Once the newly transferred soldiers arrive, they will prepare to attack King Lu's army.

Before the new soldiers even arrived, the Prince of Lu, in alliance with the Prince of Qingjiang, attacked the city again.

This time, poison was used first, just like before.

Zhao Rong snorted, "You scoundrel!"

But everyone knows that on the battlefield, the victor reigns supreme.

This time, Zhao Rong wisely chose a dust generator, and one that was fuel-powered. This was the first time he had developed a fuel-powered dust generator, and the first time he had used it on the battlefield.

Not only does it stir up dust, it can also blow back the poison released by the opponent.

King Lu's troops were not afraid of this, but King Qingjiang's troops were not given the poison by King Lu beforehand.

Although Qingjiang Wang's entourage was at the rear, he did not expect that Daxin's dust generators could raise dust so far.

His soldiers were immediately choked and began to cough repeatedly, and started to experience dizziness, nausea and vomiting.

This is clearly a case of poisoning.

The Prince of Qingjiang immediately ordered his soldiers to retreat.

Before the war even started, they had already thrown themselves into disarray.

Zhao Rong seized the opportunity, led his men out in a fierce charge, and brought out the new tanks they had researched. They crushed everything in their path, with the help of muskets for suppression.

After chasing the enemy for thirty miles, Zhao Rong withdrew his troops and looted their food supplies at their encampment outside the city. He then set fire to the tents of the Prince of Lu and the Prince of Qingjiang, burning them all down.

Only after Zhao Rong retreated back into the city did the troops of King Lu and King Qingjiang stop fleeing.

King Lu was extremely frustrated. He had clearly spent a lot of money researching weapons, so why was he still being crushed by the other side?

The Prince of Qingjiang confronted the Prince of Lu, asking why the Prince of Lu had not given him medicine to prevent poisoning.

King Lu smiled bitterly, "Even the landlords have no surplus grain. I really don't have much money left to buy the Southern Border King's medicine. The poison that was released this time has already dissipated, and there won't be any more."

"If there's no such thing, then there's no such thing. I don't think Zhao Rong's army is afraid at all. If they were afraid, they wouldn't have charged out like this. Perhaps he has already figured out the antidote."

But over a hundred of my soldiers are now poisoned. Go and get the antidote quickly.

"We have no money, we really have no money. Zhao Rong has taken our food, our tents have been burned, and my soldiers won't even have their next meal."

The King of Lu resorted to shameless tactics.

Really not?

Prince Qingjiang did not believe it.

"Lu Daxu, if you don't care about the lives of my soldiers, don't blame me for being impolite."

The King of Qingjiang left in a huff. He sent someone to contact the King of Nanjiang and spent a large sum of money to buy the antidote.

However, this created a significant rift between him and the Prince of Lu.

But the Prince of Qingjiang really underestimated the Prince of Lu's financial resources; the Prince of Lu was indeed out of money.

They kept wearing down the population, then killed everyone they could in the area. Those who weren't killed escaped.

He also set fire to many houses, leaving no civilian homes for his soldiers.

As a result, without subsequent food supplies, the front lines naturally ran out of food, and any food or supplies needed to be transferred from the rear.

But this will take time.

King Lu retreated a hundred li and sent soldiers to continue looting. This time they went a little further, to the county towns within his own territory.

The wealthy gentry and local gentry he used to protect are now in trouble.

These local gentry and wealthy households used to follow Prince Lu in committing all sorts of evil deeds.

This time, the soldiers of King Lu had no food or drink, so he ordered them to donate money and grain. At first, they contributed some, but later they could no longer afford it.

King Lu could not allow his soldiers to starve to death, or they would mutiny.

Finally, they unleashed their troops to plunder.

The soldiers were not like the Prince of Lu; they killed people while looting. Most of the local gentry and wealthy people were killed, and those who were left were those who resisted and ran away.

There was food to eat, but this startled the gentry and wealthy households in other parts of Lu's territory.

They all fled with their family fortunes.

They fled to the territory of the Prince of Qingjiang or Daxin.

"Useless! A bunch of useless people!" King Lu wished he could slaughter all the local officials. Were these people just allowed to run away?

The local officials were also frustrated. What could they do if they weren't allowed to leave? These people all had servants and guards, and they had hired quite a few people.

If they don't let them leave, they'll probably overturn their government office.

They are officials who want to make money, but even more so, they want to stay alive.

This is still considered good. In some places, local gentry and wealthy families had long harbored resentment towards local officials. Taking advantage of the fact that they had no choice but to abandon their businesses, they killed the local officials first and then fled with their entire families.

This is not the case in just one region.

The King of Lu's foolish actions can be described as drinking poison to quench thirst.

"Let them use our newly developed mortar and experience what it's like."

Truth exists only within the range of artillery fire!

Zhao Rong looked ahead at the billowing smoke and the scattered ranks of the Prince of Lu and the Prince of Qingjiang.

I wish my parents could give me two more legs, because I'm too slow.

King Lu led several hundred men and fled all the way to the King of Southern Xinjiang.

Unable to withstand the artillery fire, the King of Southern Xinjiang withdrew from the interior and retreated to the southern border, where he lived in a precarious state.

The Prince of Qingjiang was pursued by Zhao Rong all the way to Xinyi Prefecture. Separated by the sea, the only way to fight him was to deploy ships and wage a naval battle.

The Qingjiang royal family had their own boats, but they only took a little over a thousand people with them to Xinyi Prefecture.

Wei Jun, the prefect of Xinyi Prefecture, had previously surrendered to the Prince of Qingjiang out of necessity.

Now, seeing the King of Qingjiang retreat, he actually led his own people to confront the King of Qingjiang.

The Prince of Qingjiang, along with over a thousand others, were left at sea by Wei Jun, unable to reach the shore.

Not only could they not land, they also sent their navy to attack the King of Qingjiang.

Sooner or later, they will wear down the Prince of Qingjiang.

The troops left behind by the Prince of Qingjiang in Xinyi Prefecture clashed with Wei Jun, seized the seaside, and then welcomed the Prince of Qingjiang back.

Otherwise, the Prince of Qingjiang would have been defeated by Wei Jun's men long ago.

King Qingjiang slammed his fist on the table in anger, “Wei Jun, you have the heart of a wolf, we shouldn’t have kept him alive in the first place.”

At the time, Wei Jun surrendered and expressed his loyalty to the Prince of Qingjiang.

At that time, Prince Qingjiang had no one else who could control the Xinyi Prefecture, so he let Wei Jun continue to do so for the time being.

I'm thinking of waiting for an opportunity to replace Wei Jun.

But before he could get a chance, not long after the Prince of Qingjiang had set up his troops in Xinyi Prefecture, the troops of Daxin attacked. He was invited by the Prince of Lu to form an alliance to resist Daxin.

Who would have thought that they would be utterly defeated by Da Xin's team.

“Your Highness, Wei Jun cannot be allowed to live.” One of Qingjiang King’s men advised him, “We must eliminate Wei Jun in one fell swoop, otherwise, this man is a wolf in sheep’s clothing and will be a disaster sooner or later.”

Prince Qingjiang also had this intention.

At a single command, a full-scale battle broke out between them and Wei Jun.

He underestimated Wei Jun's strength.

Having held out in Xinyi Prefecture for many years, Wei Jun now possesses the ability to resist.

Originally, King Qingjiang was powerful, and Wei Jun planned to raise his own troops and, when the time was right, lead them to escape to another island to survive.