C192 toxic gas attack (1/2)
Just when all the cavalry thought that they had lost, the furious Sun Sanhu who had been chasing after them the entire way finally arrived.
”Good, good, good, this is the Great Qing's Green Battalion? How could the imperial government raise a bunch of trash like you? You can't even handle a little woman, yet you still have the face to live? You still have the face to breathe? ”Sooner or later, I'll remove all of your plans. All of you, scram back home and eat yellow mud …”
The Green Camp cavalry soldiers were already angry, how could they withstand the mockery, ridicule and curses of this newcomer?
”I'm done, I'm not going to serve you anymore. If you have the guts, then go kill yourself …” Brothers, let's go! ” Right at that moment, a shadow suddenly floated in front of the soldier with a fiery temper. Immediately afterwards, he felt a little cold and a little wet at the throat.
The soldier reached out to touch his throat, only to discover that his palm was flushed red with shock. Then, a mist of blood sprayed out. It turned out that the black figure that floated past was Sun Sanhu. The steel dagger in his hand was indeed worthy of being called a top-notch item in the inner sect.
The soldier looked at the blood mist spraying out of his throat in disbelief. He wanted to say something, but blood gushed out of his mouth as soon as he opened it. With a flash, he fell from his warhorse into the snow, his legs still twitching.
”Did you see it clearly? This was the result of rebelling against the imperial government! ”Don't forget, this is the Great Qing Dynasty. You are all soldiers of the Emperor, and I am the Royal Hawk Dog. I am the Knife guard of the Forbidden City. I have a secret decree in my hands …”
”What are you all looking at? What kind of eyes were those? It was impossible to rebel! ”If you keep looking, you're going blind …” Sun Sanhu looked around, his killing intent finally deterred the crumbling Green Battalion.
The Chinese Army's Green Camp, this kind of organization had existed before the Qing Dynasty even began its existence. These armies, with the surrender of the Chinese as the main body, did the hardest and most tiring work during the process of the expansion of the Qing Dynasty's territory. They completed the most difficult and most dangerous tasks, but received the least rewards.
Facing the strict imperial authority, they did not dare to resist at all. It had to be said that their families were all recorded in the Green Battalion, and as long as one was a rebel soldier, the only thing waiting for them was a complete massacre.
Under Sun Sanhu's terrifying threat, these soldiers obediently pulled their horses' heads, preparing to continue their attack on the Xiao family's mansion. However, at this moment, the Xiao Clan had just joined the ranks of a number of fresh troops. It would not be easy to eat them all.
”Large... Lord, we only have these one hundred plus people right now, but the Xiao family has nearly seven hundred reinforcements. Even if we wanted to fight them, we wouldn't be able to do it … ”It's not that we're afraid to fight, it's just that we're afraid to delay your business …”
”That's right, that's right. It's nothing if we lost one of our lowly lives, but if we were to delay the emperor's mission, wouldn't you die of hunger as well?”
The soldiers started to talk back to Sun Sanhu, but they did not expect Sun Sanhu to not laugh out loud. ”Hehe, you idiots, stop acting like you're only hiding needles, I am already prepared, how can I not use my brain to deal with Xiao Letian?”
While they were talking, Sun Sanhu jumped onto the horse that the dead cavalry soldier had just dismounted and waved to one of the Death Soldiers beside him. The two of them quickly urged their horses to run towards the east, and not far from them was a pitch black warehouse.
Not long after, Sun Sanhu and the Death Soldier each carried two bulging sacks, and with just the strength of their legs, they were able to nimbly control the horses to avoid the obstacles on the ground.
”Brothers, the warehouse is filled with charcoal and sulfur. Throw them into the fire, burn them, choke them to death …” This time the cavalry realised that Sun Sanhu had already searched through the terrain on the way here. Dammit, why didn't we think of checking out those warehouses?
The vexed cavalrymen shuttled back and forth between the warehouse area and the mansion like long dragons, throwing sacks after sacks of sulphur and charcoal into the fire field with the help of their war horses. Fortunately, there were no saltpeter in the warehouses, otherwise, the fire would have been filled with explosives.
”Accelerate! If you're mounted, then you must have the appearance of cavalry. Raise your speed, as long as your warhorses don't stop, they won't be able to do anything to you …”
Sun Sanhu's instructions were correct. Right now, there were no horses in the Xiao family's mansion, so these two-legged soldiers could only use the range of their fire spears to intimidate the riders. However, in the middle of the night, when they encountered such a group of masters controlling their horses, the accuracy of their fire spears was greatly reduced.
Right now, Xiao Letian's side was already in a mess, everyone could only watch as bags of charcoal and sulphur were thrown into the fire, with the exception of a small portion of the people who fell outside, the rest that were directly thrown into the fire could not be fished out.
Charcoal was easier said than done. The houses had already been completely burnt, so adding some more firewood wouldn't be a problem. However, sulphur was not easy to deal with when it met fire. The large amount of sulphur dioxide emitted by it was a typical poisonous gas, which was very irritating to the human body's mucous membranes. Not long later, the entire inner chamber was filled with violent coughing sounds.
”Cough, cough, cough …” My eyes, give me some water, my eyes are going blind... ”I can't catch my breath. Master, quickly think of a way to deal with this wicked bunch of things …”