Chapter 536 Truly a Family
Upon hearing this, Chang Zhiyuan, whose hands had stopped trembling, nodded to the people: "As long as we stop the enemy from breaking through the gate, we can use boiling oil, boiling water, and rolling logs to smash down their ladders. The outside is divided into small groups and arrayed. However, the pressure is increasing. The enemy still has 30,000 men, but we only have a little over 10,000 left. Currently, there are nearly 7,000 wounded soldiers in the wounded soldiers' camp alone, and nearly 10,000 have been killed in action. But the enemy is not having an easy time either."
Chang Zhiyuan pursed his lips: "Ancient books say that boiling excrement, sewage, or poisonous water soaked with poisonous plants or animal carcasses, poured from the city walls through wooden buckets and funnels onto attacking soldiers, would make their wounds extremely difficult to heal. Perhaps we could replace hot oil and hot water with boiling excrement or sewage..."
Zhiqi stared at Chang Zhiyuan in disbelief. He had just inexplicably seen a resemblance to Lin Changning on Chang Zhiyuan's delicate and refined face. As soon as he said this, Zhiqi felt as if the person standing in front of him was Lin Changning.
Upon hearing this, he stood beside Chang Zhiyuan and began to seriously consider the matter. After a short while, he made a decision: "Then let's do as the clerk says and pour the boiled excrement and poison water down!"
After saying that, he looked at the guard beside him and said, "Go and tell the people who are heating the oil and water below the city to replace the hot water with boiled excrement or poison."
The guard's eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at Wen Zhi with disbelief: "Huh?"
He glared at him: "The clerk's order, get to work now!"
The guard nodded blankly and quickly descended the city wall.
Zhiqi rubbed his nose: "Will it work?"
Chang Zhiyuan glanced at Zhiqi casually, his mind racing as he tried to find other strategies. After a while, he said, "We could also collect the livestock that died of disease and the rotting corpses in the city. After they finish attacking the city, we could take two teams of men and throw those dead livestock and rotting corpses into the wells across the street. Ancient texts say that rotting corpses easily breed plague. If the other side gets a plague, perhaps the city will collapse without a fight, and the crisis will be resolved on its own..."
Knowing that he had something to say, he looked at Chang Zhiyuan across from him, gasped, and said, "Brother Chang, you shouldn't be surnamed Chang, you should be surnamed Lin. The methods you've come up with are exactly the same as Xiao Liu's!"
A hint of embarrassment flickered across Chang Zhiyuan's refined and handsome face: "Xiao Liu's mother is my aunt. It doesn't matter what our surnames are, we share the same blood. Besides, like uncle, like nephew, Xiao Liu and I look so alike, so Xiao Liu should take the surname Chang..."
Upon hearing this: ...
Before taking the man surnamed Chang up the city wall, he actually thought that this man was a scholar who couldn't even kill a chicken. He was too attached to appearances. How could Xiao Liu's cousin be someone so easy to deal with?
Both of the methods mentioned are extremely insidious.
That guy surnamed Chang is no wonder he's from the same family as Xiao Liu; they're both wicked.
Despite his inner complaints, he turned to the person beside him and ordered, "Go, do as the clerk says."
After everyone left, Wen Zhi looked intently at Chang Zhiyuan again: "Brother Chang, you are very talented. Do you have any other ideas? You can tell us about them!"
Chang Zhiyuan looked at the two people who were staring at him expectantly, his hands unconsciously touching his chin, his eyes gleaming as if he was thinking about something.
Zhiqi, observing Chang Zhiyuan's subtle actions, remarked, "You and Xiao Liu not only look alike, but even your tricks when scheming are identical. If you were to go out and say you're not brothers, no one would believe you!"
Chang Zhiyuan raised his eyes slightly, his heart skipped a beat: "You must be joking, sir."
After thinking for a while, Chang Zhiyuan continued, "Is there any oil in the city? We can bury oil lines under the city walls at night. When they attack tomorrow, we can put the oil in jars and throw them at the people below. Once we're sure the oil has splashed onto them, we can launch a volley of rockets to ignite the oil on them and set off the oil lines we buried. This will burn down their ladders and trap them in flames, thus relieving a large part of the pressure on the defenders!"
Hearing this, his eyes grew brighter and brighter. When Chang Zhiyuan finished speaking, he kicked Zhiqi next to him and said, "Go, do as the clerk says! Take some men to the Prince's mansion and get all the kerosene from it. Lay the kerosene lines tonight, and put the rest on the city wall in earthenware jars for them to use when they attack the city tomorrow!"
Zhiqi rubbed his butt and rolled his eyes at Wenzhi: "Okay, I'll go right now."
After saying that, he led a group of people and hurriedly descended the city wall.
While the group was exchanging these words, a commander came running over, seemingly looking for Qi Rong. He looked around but didn't see Qi Rong. Instead, he saw Chang Zhiyuan disguised as Lin Changning and rubbed his eyes in disbelief.
Then he suddenly stepped forward and knelt down: "Commander! You've finally returned! Where are the reinforcements? Why are you alone?"
Chang Zhiyuan and Wen Zhi exchanged a glance, cleared their throats, and said, "The reinforcements are behind us. I heard that Taiyuan was besieged, so I rode back alone ahead of time."
The commander slapped his thigh and cursed, "Where are my personal guards? A bunch of bastards! How could you have come back alone? We're at war right now, a time of great turmoil. What if we run into the enemy..."
At this point, the commander slapped his mouth and said, "Pah, pah, pah, I almost jinxed it! We all know how skilled the assistant commander is, so nothing will happen to him. If anything does happen, it'll be those little bastards on the other side!"
After speaking, he asked with a glimmer of hope in his eyes, "Commander, how many days will it take for our reinforcements to return?"
Chang Zhiyuan met the expectant gaze of the commander opposite him, his throat tightening slightly: "It will take three or four days at the fastest, and five or six days at the longest. I set off ahead of time, and the main army will probably be a few days behind me."
A glimmer of hope shone in the commander's eyes as he chuckled and patted his armor. "Don't worry, it's only a few days. We can hold on a bit longer and we'll definitely see the triumphant army return to our aid! Hahaha!"
Chang Zhiyuan nodded slightly. Qianhu slapped his forehead: "I was so happy that the Vice Commissioner came back that I almost forgot about the important matter. The North City said that there is a shortage of manpower. The Vice Commissioner asked if we could send another thousand soldiers over."
Chang Zhiyuan didn't speak, but turned his head to look at Wen Zhi beside him. Seeing Wen Zhi nod almost imperceptibly, he turned his head and said, "Okay."
Hearing this, he whispered behind Chang Zhiyuan, "Transfer five hundred from each of the southeast gates."
Chang Zhiyuan looked at the commander: "The pressure on the East Gate and South Gate is not so great. Each of them should send five hundred men to the North Gate to defend the city. We must not let the enemy break through our defenses."
Upon hearing Lin Changning's words, the commander seemed to be injected with adrenaline, clasped his hands in a fist salute, and shouted, "Yes, sir! Commander! I will immediately go to each department to convey your orders!"
After saying this, the commander turned and headed towards the other city gates, shouting excitedly as he went: "Commander Lin is back!! Everyone, hold on a little longer, reinforcements will be back in a few days!!!"
"Inspector Lin is back!! Great! Great!"
"Great! This time, we must wipe out those little brats without leaving a single one alive!!"
King Xiang was attacking the city from below the city wall. He saw the Chu soldiers on the city wall who were inexplicably excited and a hint of suspicion flashed in their eyes.
"Go, send someone to find out why the people on the city wall have suddenly become so excited."
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