Chapter 85 Poisonous Smoke
Surrounded by mountains on three sides, the only exit is in his hands.
Even if we can't kill him, we must surround him to death.
The amount of food and fodder Chi Ming brought would only be enough for five days. Adding the 50,000 soldiers he found, it would be good enough for three days.
It's freezing cold and they will just freeze to death or starve to death.
Therefore, as long as the valley entrance can be guarded, Chi Ming will not be able to escape even if he has wings.
Chi Ming had just been talking nonsense to him on purpose in order to delay time and allow more soldiers to enter the mountain.
At the same time, he also estimated the number of private armies, about 100,000.
They definitely can't win now.
Not to mention the 50,000 naked soldiers, the troops he brought with him had been searching in the mountains for two whole days and were very tired. They were indeed no match for the 100,000 private troops who had been well-rested.
There were also soldiers lying in ambush on the top of three mountains.
When the time comes, when rocks and logs come rolling down, it will be difficult for them to escape!
There are pursuers in front and mountains behind. The only way out is the valley entrance in the north.
Then, either climb over the southern peak or break through the mountain.
It now seems that the former option would not be possible in terms of time, not to mention that we would have to take the 50,000 soldiers we found with us.
The latter is the only way to go.
Even though a hundred thousand soldiers were besieging this place, Chi Ming was not panicked at all.
He ordered the soldiers to temporarily block the enemy, fighting and retreating towards the mountain.
The two huge mountains were large enough to accommodate nearly 100,000 of their soldiers.
When they were retreating, the people who were ambushing on the mountain also began to attack. Countless rocks and logs rolled down, and wailing sounds were endless.
The stone had no eyes and it not only hit his men, but also many of Han Nuo's men were killed and injured.
It can be said that if you kill one thousand enemies, you will lose one thousand of your own.
In war, sacrifice is inevitable, and Chi Ming did not show mercy at this time.
Han Nuo pressed forward step by step, and just when he thought he was about to force Chi Ming into a desperate situation, he found that the more he hit, the fewer people there were.
When he finally realized something was wrong, Chi Ming's large army had already entered the mountain.
Oh no, we’ve fallen into a trap!
“Stop them!”
Unfortunately, it's too late.
In less than a quarter of an hour, all the well-trained soldiers had entered the mountain.
Chi Ming gave the order to seal the entrance.
The soldiers at the northern exit moved stones and soon a small passage was blocked.
Some private soldiers wanted to kick the stones aside to get in, but their spears were not just for show, so they just poked them forward.
Kill one if one comes, kill two if two come.
It seems like one man is guarding the pass and ten thousand men are unable to break through.
Soon, the outside was filled with corpses and no light could penetrate.
They couldn't get out and the other party couldn't get in.
Outside, Han Nuo was furious.
"The mountain is empty? Why didn't anyone tell this general?"
He had been leading his men in the belly of the mountain on the east side, and had no idea that the belly of the mountain on this side was also empty.
The deputy generals also lowered their heads one by one. They knew something, but not much.
"I only know that the mountain to the west is empty."
"I only know that this mountain in the south is empty."
They looked at each other, which meant that they were all training, but they were scattered in three places.
There is no communication between them.
During the emergency evacuation assembly two days ago, they didn't have time to ask others where they came from.
The answer is obvious: the master hid this from them.
Let them not communicate with each other.
They understood that the master was afraid of the news leaking out, but the regent was extremely cunning and their information was out of sync, which led to this problem.
"General, the only solution now is to surround them."
Han Nuo was also helpless: "Yeah."
"Sieve the entrance tightly and don't let anyone out, not even rats."
"yes."
One can imagine how he felt at this moment.
If it were summer or autumn, he would have simply ordered the mountain to be set on fire.
But now it is covered with ice and snow, so it won’t burn even if oil is poured on it.
How abominable!
"I don't believe I can't trap you to death!"
......
Inside the mountain, Chi Ming ordered people to light a fire to keep the frozen soldiers warm.
"Relieve the wind. Go make some vents."
After the fire is lit for a while, the carbon gas needs to be dispersed, otherwise people will feel dizzy.
If the carbon gas is not dispersed, those people inside will suffocate to death.
Shufeng took Mingyi and the others to find weak spots to dig holes.
This used to be a place for military training and iron smelting. There were ventilation holes, and we just had to poke them open.
To be on the safe side, they opened a few more holes.
Deputy General Tao also came to Chi Ming with the imperial envoy and a general with 50,000 soldiers.
Zhao Anren knelt in front of Chi Ming with tears and snot.
"Your humble servant greets His Majesty."
Before Chi Ming could ask any questions, he started to plead guilty.
"I am guilty of not arriving in Fuzhou in time to provide disaster relief."
Chi Ming knew that Zhao Anren was very experienced in disaster relief. If he had not been intercepted accidentally, he would have reached Fuzhou.
"You get up first and sit down and talk."
"Sun Shouyi, tell me what's going on?"
Sun Shouyi was the general leading the troops this time.
He was so ashamed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
"Your Majesty, I led the soldiers through Mengbai Mountain. Suddenly, a thick fog arose in the mountains and we couldn't see the road ahead. I ordered them to make some repairs, but we lost consciousness soon after."
"When I woke up again, I was naked in the valley."
It makes me anxious just thinking about it. This was the most unsuccessful battle he had ever fought.
No, it’s not about fighting, but about being completely defeated by others!
He will avenge this grudge and will never be a human being again!
"Two days later, the prince and Vice General Tao found us."
He knelt down again: "I am guilty."
Deputy General Tao frowned and said, "You said they used smoke to stun you all, and then dragged you all into the valley?"
"But there are no traces on the road."
Chi Ming didn't feel strange: "It's been snowing heavily these days, so it must have been covered up."
They still found some broken branches and moved stones in the back.
If there are 100,000 people and two people carry one person and drag him into the valley, it is still possible.
The silver, food, horses, and 50,000 sets of armor and clothing for disaster relief were all transferred by the 100,000 people.
If they cannot be moved away in a short period of time, they must still be hiding in the mountains.
Lieutenant General Tao looked at the soldiers groaning on the ground and was so angry that his chest seemed to explode.
"These bastards are here to do something sneaky!"
"Your Highness, the poisonous smoke is so thick, I think there must be a poison expert among them."
Shufeng and the others opened the vent and gathered around, saying worriedly, "Your Majesty, if they release poisonous smoke from the vent, we will be in danger."
"Go south and pierce the mountain. Then we will start evacuating."
Not to mention whether there is enough food, the poisonous smoke can kill them all.
Without saying a word, Shufeng expanded outwards from the vent, hitting the mountain wall with a clanging sound.
The thickness of the mountain wall is only about one meter. As long as we make sure the mountain doesn't collapse, we're done!
In other locations, soldiers who still had strength left were also desperately smashing the mountain wall.
There are multiple exits and multiple roads, all silently exerting their greatest strength.
There is no air circulation in the mountain, so it is very stuffy, but there is an obvious advantage, which is that the temperature has risen a lot.
The soldiers no longer felt cold and their hands and feet were warm.
As for those whose hands and feet were frozen, the imperial physician who came with them had already started treating them.
Almost everyone had frostbite on their bodies, and the soldiers took out the frostbite medicine they carried with them and applied it to the wounded.
"Ah...it's so itchy!"
“It itches me to death!”
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