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Chapter 140: Special Operations Poison

On the wall of Haizhouwei, when the soldiers defending the city saw the Jiannu army withdrawing, they cheered in unison: "We won! The Jiannu army retreated!"

"We won!"

"Great Ming, long-lasting victory!"

The cheers from the city wall spread into the city, immediately causing even louder cheers, and the entire Haizhou Guard became excited.

Since the Later Jin invaded Liaodong, the Ming Dynasty suffered successive casualties, lost cities and territories, and the last bit of energy and spirit of the Liaodong soldiers was almost destroyed.

Now, Haizhou Wei relied on several thousand soldiers and horses to withstand the attack of tens of thousands of Later Jin troops, forcing the Later Jin army to leave behind a large number of corpses, but had to return empty-handed.

For a moment, the entire Haizhouwei military and civilians became excited.

Although the Later Jin army only attacked the city two or three times in the past few days, as long as the Later Jin army was still outside, it put a lot of pressure on the soldiers on the city wall and the residents in the city.

Now that the Later Jin troops have withdrawn, many people have completely relaxed.

But Lu Cheng did not relax. He just won a battle to defend the city by relying on the advantage of gunpowder. It was not something to be proud of.

However, for the thousands of soldiers of Haizhou Guard, this victory was extremely rare. It greatly boosted their morale and confidence, and made them more loyal and admiring of their commander Lu Cheng.

No matter how much a general loves his soldiers, it is better to lead them to victory. If there is anything that can gather the morale of the army better than winning battles, it is to win battles continuously.

After the Later Jin army withdrew, the guards on the city wall did not completely relax. It was not until the evening that the scouts came back to report that the Later Jin army had gone southeast for dozens of miles. Only then did Lu Cheng order the soldiers on the city wall to change their guard and arrange to clean up the battlefield.

Of course, the news of the withdrawal of the Later Jin army should also be reported to Xiong Tingbi. At the same time, Lu Cheng also suggested that Xiong Tingbi should not order a pursuit and just let the Later Jin army leave.

Until we have sufficient strength, we will never engage in a head-on battle in the field with the Later Jin.

Under several city walls, there were a total of three thousand Tartar corpses piled up, and they needed to be dealt with as soon as possible.

It is summer now and the weather is getting hotter. If the corpses are not dealt with quickly, it will easily lead to a plague or something.

All the corpses were beheaded, the heads were treated with quicklime, collected together and transported to Liaoyang.

As for the corpse, it was burned directly.

Of course, some useful property, weapons, etc. still need to be put away.

After arranging all the work here, the task of guarding the city was given to the two captains Ma Bojun and Yang Youren. Lu Cheng took fifty special forces members, each riding two horses, and chased after the retreating Later Jin army.

Although the Later Jin suffered heavy casualties at Haizhouwei, its tens of thousands of troops were not seriously injured and they maintained their formation when retreating.

Of course, the tens of thousands of troops of the Later Jin Dynasty were not all cavalry. There were also many infantry, and their marching speed was not very fast.

After a day and a night, Lu Cheng and fifty special forces members caught up with the main force of the Later Jin Dynasty.

Although the massive attack by the Later Jin did not cause many casualties to Lu Cheng, it severely damaged the cultivated land outside the city. Many of the lands were planted with crops such as corn and sweet potatoes that Lu Cheng had specially collected.

Lu Cheng absolutely cannot tolerate such behavior.

Farming is ingrained in the genes of the Chinese nation.

If you let me farm well, then everything will be fine. If you don't let me farm well, I will farm you.

Although Lu Cheng's current strength does not allow him to put those tens of thousands of Later Jin troops into the fields, Lu Cheng will try his best to leave a deep impression on those Later Jin troops so that they dare not harass him easily, let alone destroy his land.

After finding the camp of the Later Jin army, Lu Cheng certainly did not give the order to attack directly. Instead, he ran ahead of them in advance and determined the next location of the Later Jin army's camp based on the marching speed of the Later Jin army and the surrounding terrain and topography.

The Later Jin army was mainly composed of cavalry. It was summer now and the grass and trees were lush. When the Later Jin army stopped to rest, they would generally choose to set up camp in places with abundant grass and water and open terrain. This would make it convenient for the horses to eat grass and drink water, for the personnel to replenish drinking water, and to prevent sneak attacks.

Therefore, Lu Cheng could easily determine the next place where the Later Jin army would stop and rest.

After finding a suitable location, Lu Cheng immediately led fifty special forces members to dismount. Each of them took two water bags from the horses, went to the stream nearby and filled them with water. Then each of them took out a packet of medicine powder from their backpacks, poured it into the two water bags, and shook them evenly.

Then, everyone took water bags and went to a lush meadow nearby. They sprinkled the water mixed with medicinal powder in the bags on the large patch of wild grass, which was the horses' favorite food.

After running back and forth several times and spraying the medicine on the large area of ​​weeds as much as possible, Lu Cheng led the soldiers to clear up the traces and leave quickly.

It is the hot summer day now. After marching for a whole morning under the scorching sun, the Later Jin army must stop to rest.

After seeing a large patch of lush grass ahead, the soldiers immediately led their horses forward to feed them.

At the same time, many soldiers came to the stream to fetch water.

Not long ago, after Lu Cheng and his team had applied medicine to the grass, they bypassed the Later Jin army and ran to their rear, which was upstream of the stream, and poured bags of medicine powder into the flowing stream.

Lu Cheng deliberately observed the flow rate of the stream, calculated the time it would take for the water to reach the place where the Later Jin army would stop, and sprinkled a large amount of medicine powder in advance.

Fortunately, this stream is not very big. If it were a river, no matter how much medicine powder Lu Cheng prepared, it would be diluted by the river.

Of course, even a stream is still running water, and Lu Cheng could not predict how much casualties the powder would cause to the Later Jin army. But if he could kill one person, he would.

In order to avoid attracting the enemy's attention as much as possible, Lu Cheng also set up fishing nets upstream of the stream to catch some fish and reduce the number of dead fish. Fortunately, there are not many fish in the stream, so even if some dead fish float up, it should not attract attention.

Of course, if the Later Jin army saw a few dead fish, they would not dare to drink the water, and Lu Cheng would have no choice but to consider them lucky.

As for whether this would harm innocent people downstream, Lu Cheng didn't care.

However, the area stretching for dozens or even a hundred miles ahead is all mountains and forests, and there should not be many people living there.

After the stream water flows out several times, the poison in it has been diluted thousands of times and it is difficult to cause any harm to people.

After doing all this, Lu Cheng immediately took fifty special forces members and ran to a distant hillside to observe the situation of the Later Jin army camp through a telescope.

Just when Lu Cheng and others rushed to the hillside, chaos had already begun to fall into the Later Jin camp. Many horses began foaming at the mouth and fell to the ground due to poisoning within less than an incense stick of time after eating the grass.

At the same time, many of the Later Jin soldiers who had just drunk the stream water began to show signs of poisoning. Some of the serious ones died on the spot, while those with less severe symptoms began to feel severe pain in their stomachs and intestines, and rolled around on the ground.

The whole scene was in chaos and the noise could be heard from far away.

Ding Xian stood beside Lu Cheng, holding a telescope, looking at the scene in the distance, and couldn't help laughing: "These Tartars are in trouble. I just counted them and there should be more than 300 fallen horses. The fallen Later Jin Tartars were surrounded by people, but there were definitely no less than 200 of them."

"Your Excellency's move is really brilliant. Without sacrificing a single soldier, these dogs of Tartars have been decimated."

"Hehe, our masters only made a slight move, and these dogs of Tartar knew how powerful we are."

After taking a quick look at the situation below, Lu Cheng waved his hand and said, "Alright, you rough guys are not suitable for flattery. Hurry up and find the next ambush location."

"Yes, my lord!"

The group set out immediately, continuing to bypass the Later Jin army and heading forward.

At this moment, the Later Jin army had also realized that the water source and grass here had been poisoned. They did not bother to stay and rest, but hurriedly packed up their troops and continued on their way.

The soldiers of the Later Jin Dynasty who were poisoned or injured were all taken away, and the horses that were poisoned had to be left where they were...