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Volume 2: Unpredictable Chapter 338: Fierce Battle at Tongguan

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    "Report! General Li!!! Mr. Jia said that although we are outnumbered, we are like a giant beast with claws stripped off and limbs broken, but it is about to pounce on the wolf's den. If it is a giant beast, it can be hit with a palm  You can destroy the wolf den, but now that you have lost your claws and limbs, you are like a tiger being bullied by a dog!"

    Indeed, more than 40,000 Liangzhou soldiers were killed by the garrison of less than 8,000 people in Tongguan, and they were unable to fight back. It is indeed appropriate to describe it as a tiger falling in Pingyang.

    But this time, Guo Si and the first-class generals no longer had any objections and all acquiesced.  Guo Si opened his mouth, but hesitated. If he hadn't been worried about his face, he would have persuaded Li Jiu to withdraw immediately.  All because of the current battle situation, it is really difficult for Guo Si to raise his fighting spirit. The Liangzhou army is getting more and more poisoned and has no fighting power at all. They almost have to pay the price of a dozen soldiers to shoot one of the opponent's soldiers.  If this continues, no matter how many troops we have, they will be exhausted!

    Li Cui glared at Guo Si fiercely, and his hatred for Guo Si grew deeper and deeper. This man succeeded more than he failed. From the last expedition to Hedong to the capture of Tongguan this time, he had repeatedly ruined his overall situation.  If Li Ji hadn't seen that they had a deep relationship when they worked together in Liangzhou, he would have killed him with a knife to vent his hatred.

    "Send my order and the whole army will retreat immediately!"

    Li Ji shouted at the top of his lungs. As soon as he finished speaking, the sword and shield soldiers who were being shot around by Tongguan defenders immediately retreated crazily. They had long lost their will to fight, and they didn't know how much they hoped to hear this.  The word retreat.

    When the defenders at Tongguan Pass saw that the Liangzhou army was about to withdraw, their morale skyrocketed. The more than 7,000 soldiers were all red-blooded, thinking that if they killed one of them, they would gain one more and reduce the risk in the future. They were desperate for their lives.  The ground pulled the bowstring and shot out arrows one by one.  Clang, clang, clang!  !

    Countless arrows hit the shield wall composed of Liangzhou sword and shield soldiers like a downpour. They were so powerful that they knocked away the shields of many Liangzhou sword and shield soldiers and killed many of them.  Liangzhou soldiers.

    After several rounds of violent arrow attacks, the Liangzhou army finally exited the archery range of the Tongguan defenders, and rushed towards the foot of the rear mountain in a chaotic formation.

    At this time, Guan Yu quickly stepped towards Wenhan. Wenhan already knew what he was thinking without him opening his mouth.  Wen Han narrowed his sharp eyes like knives and shook his head at Guan Yu.

    "Just now I saw the flag with the word 'Li' in the formation of the Liangzhou Army. Under Dong Zhuo, the one with the surname Li who can be a general is undoubtedly Li Cui or Li Ru. Li Ru is cunning and cunning, and full of schemes. And  Li Ji has an expert who is even more terrifying than Li Ru, so no matter who becomes this general, we must be extremely cautious.

    If the second brother wants to lead the troops to pursue him at this time, he is afraid that he will be ambushed.  "

    When Guan Yu heard Wenhan's serious tone, he nodded to express his understanding.  Wenhan then ordered the soldiers to put out the lit straw outside the gate with water, and then ordered the soldiers to drink the prepared medicinal soup.  These medicinal decoctions can detoxify sulfur. Wenhan discovered the main drug in this medicinal decoction around sulfur mines.

    Wenhan was a top spy in later generations. He had a lot of dealings with poisons in his daily life. He understood that in any poisonous area, if the surrounding creatures and vegetation can coexist with it, it means that there must be some kind of mutual restraint between it and the poison.  Relationship.  There must be something to detoxify near the poison!

    On the mountainside, Jia Xu had been staring in the direction of Tongguan at the top of the mountain for a while. After a while, the faint smile at the corner of his mouth stopped and he murmured lightly.

    "It seems that this champion is really cautious. At such a good time, he didn't send an army to chase him, but I have been waiting for a long time in vain. That's all."

    After Jia Xu finished speaking, he turned his gaze to the burned-out pile of straw and stretched out his hand to grab a handful. There was some half-burned yellow powder in the dark ashes.  Jia Xu frowned, squeezed the yellow powder with his hand, and smelled it again.

    "Huh? This seems to be sulfur. It turns out that the yellow smoke is caused by burning sulfur."

    After Jia Xu thought for a while, he waved his hand, and then the two soldiers and horses who were ambushing on the mountain road slowly ran out.

    "No need to wait. Let's go back. Most of the time, this literary champion won't come after us."

    When Jia Xu returned to Dazhai at the foot of the mountain, Li Cui greeted him at the gate of the village and looked at him expectantly.  Jia Xu shook his head, and Li Jie couldn't help but feel powerless.  He originally thought that Jia Xu could win the battle for him, annihilate some of the Tongguan defenders, and reduce the pressure for the upcoming war.

    "Is this champion really so awesome? He actually guessed that we had an ambush?"

    "Well. He comes from a poor family. In this current situation where there are no poor families at the top and no noble families at the bottom, he can manage to be the guardian of a county. Of course he has his own merits. I won't say what the champion of this article is like for now. I'll wait.  Better take care of yourself first.

    General Lee, our generalAfter returning, has the poisoning situation been alleviated?  "

    "After leaving behind those yellow smoke curtains, the poisoning situation has been somewhat alleviated, but the fatigue and dizziness are still serious. Moreover, most people also vomited, and some even vomited yellow bile water.  If we can¡¯t find an antidote, I¡¯m afraid it will be difficult to fight in the next few days.¡±

    "Don't worry, General Li. I have found the source of this poison. Please also ask General Li to immediately send a few troops with low poisoning levels to look for places with sulfur mines nearby, and then collect herbs around them."

    As Jia Xu spoke, he reached out and took out a pile of yellow powder from his sleeve. Li Ji looked at it, and then caught the yellow powder in his hand. It was sulfur.

    Li Ji¡¯s heart skipped a beat. He didn¡¯t expect that the sulfur would be so toxic when burned.

    "General Li, please hurry up. If you are too late, Champion Nawen will be one step ahead of us and burn these antidotes. However, I think there may be more than just one place with this sulfur in this area. Please  General Li will tell them to search carefully later, if we want to break through Tongguan, this antidote is indispensable!"

    "Okay! I'll go down and give you orders right away!!"

    Li Jiu's expression darkened, and he understood the reason. After giving a very respectful salute to Jia Xu, he turned around and left.  After Li Ji left, Jia Xu rubbed his sore temples and began to think about the next step.

    Half an hour later, several light cavalry teams rushed out from the Liangzhou Army stronghold and rushed to the mountains near Tongguan to find places with sulfur mines.

    And sure enough, as Jia Xu expected, Wen Han also sent a team of soldiers and horses. After collecting enough herbs, he was about to burn the remaining herbs. Unexpectedly, he encountered one of the light cavalry teams sent by Li Ji, and the two sides fought for a while.  Because the soldiers and horses of the Wenhan faction carried a lot of medicinal herbs, they hurriedly set fire to the surrounding vegetation and fled.

    The remaining Qingqi team quickly extinguished the fire and collected the remaining herbs before returning to Dazhai.  Several other Qingqi teams led by Li Cui also found sulfur mines in several different areas. After collecting the herbs near them, it was already the morning of the next day when they returned to Dazhai.

    Li Cui stayed up almost all night because he was worried. When he saw the men and horses he sent to collect the medicinal herbs, he waited for several hours and prepared the medicinal soup. After drinking the medicinal soup, all the soldiers were poisoned.  The situation has been greatly alleviated.  Li Jicai relieved Gao Xuan and returned to his account to rest.

    On the other side, under Tongguan, there were nearly thousands of people collecting arrows from the nearby area.  These arrows were either stuck in the soil, in corpses, or in nearby trees.

    For the defenders of Tongguan at this time, arrows were their lives, because they all knew that there would be a more brutal offensive and defensive battle next.  As the defenders, once they run out of arrows, they are almost certain to lose.

    On the wall of Tongguan, Wen Han frowned deeply.  When he knew that one of Li Ru or Jia Xu must be in charge of the Liangzhou army, he immediately became more alert.  The two of them had not missed anything, so they should have quickly discovered that he was using sulfur, and then calculated a lot from then on, and then found the antidote step by step.  Therefore, Wenhan ordered people to gather enough medicinal herbs and burn them immediately as a precaution.

    And the soldiers who collected the medicine last night and reported it, as Wen Han guessed, the Liangzhou Army was also looking for the antidote.

    "Whether it is Li Ru or Jia Xu, such terrifying calculation power is really disturbing. It would be great if Zhicai were here. With his intelligence, he might be able to compete with them. However, Dong Zhuo's situation in Luoyang at this time is not good.  Optimistically, after the rightist Youmeng takes Hulao Pass, Meng De may arrive at Luoyang City at any time. In this way, Li Ru will not leave Dong Zhuo's side. In other words, there is a full 80% chance that this person is a poisonous warrior.  Jia Xu, Jia Wenhe!¡±

    Thinking that this person was probably Jia Xu, Wenhan couldn't help but his heart beat wildly. He had already tasted Jia Xu's power when he was in Yanshi.  Once Jia Xu comes up with a plan, he will force people to death and make it difficult to come back.  But now, Wenhan has far fewer trump cards than when he was in Yanshi, and he has to face a terrifying opponent like Jia Xu.

    The more Wenhan thought about it, the more flustered he became. All the thoughts in his mind seemed to be blocked, and he felt at a loss.

    At this moment, two powerful palms grasped Wenhan's left and right shoulders almost at the same time. Wenhan was shocked, and when he looked back, he saw the faces of Guan Yu and Xu Huang.

    Guan Yu had a firm look on his face, and Xu Huang had a relaxed smile on his face. Neither of them spoke, but the signals they wanted to say were sent to Wen Han from their palms.

    "Second brotherfourth brother"

    Wenhan let out a deep breath of bad breath, as if he wanted to expel all the panic in his heart, and thenHe raised his hands and grasped tightly the big hands of Guan Yu and Xu Huang on his shoulders.

    Time passed by minute by minute, and the dark night came as always.

    In Dazhai at the foot of the mountain, Jia Xu¡¯s account.

    "Wen He, now we have less than two days left, and we are already in a hurry. How can we conquer Tongguan? Please teach me Wen He!"
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