There was a problem in the Liao and Jin camp, a big problem.
Just when Yelu Song and others were thinking of taking the capital of Da Qi in one fell swoop, their soldiers fell ill.
Yes, it’s not just one or two people who are sick, but groups of people are falling ill.
Not only the soldiers, but even some generals suffered from vomiting, diarrhea, and even fainting.
After gathering information from various sources, they came to the conclusion that they had been poisoned.
"Despicable! Shameless! Worse than beasts! They dared to claim to be the Celestial Empire, yet they resorted to such despicable tactics!"
From that day on, the content of the quarrels outside the city changed.
From greeting the women of both sides’ ancestors, they turned to standing on the moral high ground and attacking each other’s character and national dignity.
The main force in the verbal battle also changed from military generals on both sides to civil officials.
The Liao and Jin dynasties quoted from classics and denounced the Great Qi for being unworthy of the title of a cultural and precious land and unworthy of the Master's teachings.
As for the Great Qi side, I didn't dare to say it, so don't keep denying it. By the way, you also questioned that the Liao and Jin soldiers were not as strong as they claimed. They were just not used to the local climate and were a bunch of cowards.
Unfortunately, because of the previous experience with the eldest prince, even though the Liao and Jin camps are full of wounded soldiers, the Da Qi side does not dare to act rashly.
During this period, Ma Tong approached Lu Chen countless times, saying that he could take a team of elite soldiers to raid the camp, but this idea was rejected by Lu Chen.
"Calm down. Although we did poison them, there are hundreds of thousands of them. It's impossible for them to be so weak as to be vulnerable. Doctor Cai, don't you think so?"
Doctor Cai, who was standing nearby, was now the head of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' biological research group and the president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' affiliated hospital. He stroked his beard and nodded, saying, "Indeed, discussing toxicity without considering the dosage is just rude."
"It's a pity that we were not well prepared, otherwise the poison alone would have been enough to kill those Liao and Jin people here!"
Lu Chen patted his shoulder and said, "Always maintain a humble heart. There may be experts in the Liao and Jin camps."
"National Master, you think too highly of them. What masters are they? Do you know that their poison detection level is still at the stage of using silver needles to detect poison? It's simply laughable."
Silver needle poison detection can indeed detect some poisons, but it is absolutely impossible to detect all poisons.
Silver needles can detect poisons such as arsenic (arsenic trioxide), but they are useless once they encounter cyanide and fluoride.
This is just at the chemical level, not to mention that the Institute of Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Da Qi has discovered and cultivated several types of pathogenic bacteria using microscopes.
Not to mention sneaking these things into the water or food, even if they were placed in front of the Liao and Jin people, they would not be able to tell the difference.
This is the crushing effect caused by the generation gap in technology, it is so ruthless.
Doctor Cai really felt sorry. It was a pity that the weather was already very cold. Most of the bacteria that could be cultured in their School of Biology were not very active in this environment, and their reproduction speed was a bit slow.
If the Liao and Jin people had fought a decisive battle with them in the summer, not to mention anything else, just catching some mosquitoes carrying malaria parasites and releasing them into the enemy camp would be enough to kill these people.
Thinking of this, Doctor Cai said hastily with a shameless face: "Grandmaster, this time our School of Biology and School of Medicine can be considered to have made military achievements."
That was military merit, and Lu Chen was very clear about the attitude of the Great Qi Dynasty towards military merit.
Even though those civil officials look down on military generals all day long, military merit is absolutely a hot commodity in their eyes.
If one could obtain military merit as a civil official, it would be a matter of great honor to the family and would definitely have a separate page in the family tree.
It has such a fatal attraction for civil officials, let alone technical officials like Doctor Cai.
Lu Chen nodded happily and said, "I have asked Mou Ping to record your contributions. When the enemy retreats, I will report to the emperor and ask him to reward you according to your merits."
When Ma Tong heard the word "military merit", he immediately lost his composure and knelt on the ground to plead, "Grandmaster, please give the order. Just give me a thousand men and I will definitely lead my brothers to kill our way through the enemy camp!"
Lu Chen had no doubt about Ma Tong's loyalty and ability, nor did he doubt the combat effectiveness of these thousand people.
The one thousand people that Ma Tong mentioned were all special operations personnel trained by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Embroidered Uniform Guard during this period of cooperation.
The equipment for each person alone would cost several hundred taels of silver.
Such a group of warriors armed to the teeth, sneaking into the camp full of wounded and sick Yelu Song, would definitely be very effective.
But the question is what to do after we have broken through the enemy camp?
Lu Chen looked at Ma Tongdao with dissatisfaction: "And then? You all died there, right? You bastards, I trained you for so long, did you just want you to be cannon fodder? Get out of here and keep a close eye on the workshop. Is the kerosene ready? Have the experiments been done? Is the new extract better stored in water or kerosene?"
Ma Tong's head started buzzing when he heard about the experiment. He waved his hands hastily and said, "The physics and chemistry groups are already working on it. So far, both seem to be doing quite well."
"What about the yield? What's the yield? What's the purity?"
"I'm sorry, but neither the yield nor the purity meets your requirements. However, we've done some experiments before, and the product is barely usable."
"Okay, then let's get people ready. We'll use this trick last and try to defeat them with one blow! Oh, and where are the reinforcements? It's almost seven days away. If they haven't arrived yet, tell them not to come. After the Liao and Jin armies retreat, have them send their commander's head to the capital!"
"I was just about to tell you about this. This morning, the first troop arrived and is currently stationed twenty miles away. They're worried that if they come at this time, they'll be wiped out by the Liao and Jin forces, which would be a bad tactic."
"Alright, then let them stay far away and let our people start moving. We need to make the most of our advantages and strengths. War is all about who can maximize their strengths!"
"Also, tell those martial artists behind enemy lines that if anyone can achieve great merit this time, I will personally recommend them to serve as an official in the imperial court! Even if they die, I can have His Majesty personally bestow a plaque of the title of Good Family upon them, which will definitely bring blessings to their entire families!"
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