"Those who were hit by curare wood immediately had their blood coagulate and their ventricles stagnated. The reason why the Guixian Lieutenant was able to survive for two days must be because of that Miao witch."
Zhai Chengxuan was scared in his heart, but he wanted to maintain his dignity as a doctor, so he finally continued speaking despite Bao San's murderous gaze.
"She took Angelicae, Chuanxiong, Platycodon, red peony root, Citrus aurantium, licorice, Bupleurum and other medicines from Xiao Lao'er, or some unknown herbs from Xiao Lao'er. These herbs can activate blood circulation and dispel blood stasis, so they can only be postponed.
Even if your heart's blood is clotted, it will definitely not be able to detoxify you."
Bao San said disdainfully: "Her medical skills are much better than yours. The quack doctor can't solve it. She can solve it. She took the county lieutenant to find the antidote. I can't say you are a noisy old dog."
Zhai Chengxuan said: "Everyone who is good at using herbal medicine understands the saying that 'there must be an antidote to every poison in the world within five steps.' However, the antidote for curare wood is extremely rare and extremely difficult to identify, so Xiao Lao
My son said 'almost no solution'."
Wu Ang's eyes lit up and he asked: "Does that mean there is an antidote?"
"Whether there is an antidote, I don't dare to talk about it... Put it this way, curare trees grow in the lower reaches of the Lancang River, 800 miles away from here, and are rare in quantity. And the antidote is only rumored among the old Yi people
middle."
Wu Ang's eyes dimmed again.
Zhai Chengxuan added: "The Miao witch's Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction can make people live for at most three or four days. It was already two days when they left Longwei Pass. In two days, they traveled eight hundred miles and found the rumored
There is only one antidote. Do you think it is possible?"
Bao Sandao: "Do you think it's possible?"
"The little old man thinks it's absolutely impossible." Zhai Chengxuan was very sure and spoke conclusively, and then said: "The strong men don't like to hear this, but the fact is that the little old man can't talk nonsense..."
Wu Ang suddenly stabbed Zhai Chengxuan to the ground.
"Wu Ang, what are you doing?!"
"We can't let him talk nonsense anymore," Wu Ang said. "If it messes up the morale of the army, the situation will get even worse."
"Ah? This..."
Xiong Shan rubbed his hands and said, "I understand too, but I think Brother Bao should know about this, so he brought people here."
"I'm even more annoyed now that I know." Bao San muttered and said to himself, "Can the county captain come back?"
Wu Ang lowered his head and looked at Zhai Chengxuan's body with a lonely expression.
The reason why he killed the old doctor was precisely because he believed those words.
Running eight hundred miles in two days to find a rumored antidote... This is simply impossible.
The county captain is afraid that he will not come back alive...
Hope suddenly shattered, Wu Ang gradually began to despair, but although he was desperate, he did not dare to make the soldiers also despair, so he had to kill people to silence them.
"Brother, tell the brothers that the county captain will be back."
Wu Ang said, carrying Zhai Chengxuan's body down to Guancheng, and buried it with his own hands.
Just as Wu Ang expected, the five-day period passed, and several more days passed, but Li Xia still didn't come back...
As the Mongolian army's offensive became more and more fierce, Qingfu's army gradually could no longer hide its strength, and finally even Gao's soldiers came to the top of the city.
After a few days of fierce fighting, the Qingfu army guarding the city had been reduced to more than 600 people, and Gao's soldiers were left with 300 people.
However, the number of enemy troops under Guancheng is still increasing, and Yang Yuan has led 6,000 Dali troops back to the division.
Under such a siege, all the generals had almost given up hope of escaping. Only Yang Ben was still seriously commanding the defense of the city.
On this day, only a few generals gathered together on the city wall to discuss.
Bao San squatted there and panted, looking at Yang Ben's busy figure from a distance, not knowing what he was feeling in his heart.
Wu Ang said: "Xu Kui, if you run fast, choose a few brothers and help them bring home letters and relics."
"Letter from home?" Xu Kui scratched his head, "Brother Wu can still write?"
"I know a few words." Wu Ang said in a muffled voice.
It took Xu Kui a while to react and said: "Brother is not saying... we can't defend it anymore, right?"
"Idiot, didn't you see the black clouds below?"
Xu Kui's whole face fell down and he said: "I won't go!"
"Forget it if you don't go." Wu Ang said: "I just want to tell that woman to remarry as soon as possible so that I won't be left a widow. If you don't go...she will remarry too."
"Fuck your mother!" Bao San said, "My brothers and sisters are not that kind of people."
He thought for a while and then said: "But it's useless to hand her a letter home. She won't listen to you. Xu Kui can't break out either, so pull her down."
"No..." Xu Kui said: "We have only been guarding for a few days. Can we hold on?"
"spit."
"The county captain hasn't come back yet."
No one else spoke.
Yu Tian murmured: "Can the county captain come back?"
Luhu said: "Of course, when I was in Weining City, I heard those barbarians say that the county captain is the reincarnation of Hades."
Mao Yi'er turned his back and cried silently.
"Brother Bao, do you remember the end of last year?" Xu Kui asked.
"If you fart, let it go."
"That's what I thought." Xu Kui said: "Last year, I squatted there like this and asked you if Brother Jiang could come back, and then didn't Xu Tuduo come back?"
"Um."
"What did Brother Bao say at that time?"
"Hey, idiot, can I remember this?"
Xu Kui said: "Brother said that Xu Tudiao was born with different aspects and has a great destiny. If he can survive, if he can survive, the county captain will definitely survive as well."
"If you say you are not smart, you are even more stupid. What the hell is this?"
"At that time, Xu Tudiao will be back with his front legs, and Brother Jiang will be back with his back legs." Xu Kui still believed in his own judgment.
Yu Tian stood up, thinking that instead of talking to this fool, he might as well talk to Yang Ben about how to defend the city and kill more Mongols.
Further away, another group of soldiers and horses came up and blocked the south side of Longwei Pass, surrounding the city like an iron barrel.
Although everyone didn't say anything, they all understood that now that the matter had come to this, it was unlikely that Li Xia would still be alive.
Even if they are alive, it is impossible to come back and lead them out from the heavy siege...
"Whoosh!"
A sharp arrow shot towards the top of the city from the south, its wings trembling non-stop...
That night, someone sent Dali soldiers to climb Cangshan Mountain in the west and leap into the city. Soon there were loud killing cries.
The south gate of Guancheng was opened.
Another fight ensued, and finally, the north gate was opened.
Gedu had already heard the movement in Guancheng and immediately led his troops to attack.
…
In a room in Guancheng, Duan Xingzhi was still tied up by Wu Huada.
Hearing the killing cries outside, he turned to look at Hong Ah Liu.
"Strong man, the Song army is about to be defeated."
Hong Ah Liu turned his head in a daze and said, "Then you can't even hope to survive. General Xiong Bai said that if you lose, I will kill you directly."
"Don't you want to live, a strong man?" Duan Xingzhi asked: "Do you have parents, wife and children, are they waiting for you to go back?"
"You don't have to worry about it."
"I can save the brave man's life." Duan Xingzhi said: "Longwei Pass is surrounded by heavy troops, right?"
"how do you know?"
"I guessed it from your words."
Hong Ah Liu was stunned and said angrily: "How could I say anything?!"
"But you also know that the Song army is finished. This is within the territory of Dali, and you cannot escape back." Duan Xingzhi said: "If you can save my life, I can grant you a high official position."
"I don't care!"
"Think about it, with the killing outside like this, the Mongols will soon come in... Death is not terrible, but the Mongols may capture you and make you suffer an extremely painful punishment. You follow Li Xia and kill Wu Liang
Hetai, Ah Shu will peel your skin off alive..."
Hong Aliu said: "Stop farting, I don't believe it."
"You believe it." Duan Xingzhi originally spoke very fast, but gradually slowed down as he spoke, and said very kindly: "You don't have to surrender to the deceiver, as long as you save my life, I can give you a lot of gold.
Yin, do you want to eat meat all the time? Do you want to have many beautiful concubines? Think about it, chewing the fat and tender meat, touching the smooth skin of the beauty...or go to death and have your skin peeled off by Ashu.
Come down."
Hong Ah Liu swallowed his saliva and said, "Don't coax me, I won't believe you."
"Keep your voice down, strong man." Duan Xingzhi said: "What you have to do is very simple. Untie the rope from my body and take me to a secret corner in Guancheng to hide. That'll be fine. When the Dali soldiers find me,
I told them what happened. I was captured by Li Xia, but I killed him anyway. The Mongols will continue to make me the general manager of Dali.
Think about it, I am the general manager of Dali, and I can give you countless wealth. Warrior, tell me, what do you want? Do you like money or being an official? Either way is fine."
"You are talking nonsense, nonsense." Hong Aliu said: "We will not lose. County lieutenant, county lieutenant..."
"Li Xia is dead." Duan Xingzhi asked: "How many people do you still have? How many people are there in Mongolia and Dali?"
Hong Ahliu stepped forward with the knife in hand, his hands shaking violently and his face turning red.
He hesitated, and finally asked: "Why should I trust you?"
"I swear to God that I will never forget my benefactor's life-saving grace, and I will definitely repay my benefactor in the future."
Hong Ahliu kept licking his lips, thinking about the fairy-like days Duan Xingzhi said, and couldn't help but pick up the knife to cut the rope on his body.
With this cut, he completely turned over.
The next moment, he was stunned for a moment.
He thought of the crossbow arrows that knocked over the county lieutenant and Xu Tuduo, and of the woman who was killed on the ground.
And what Yang Ben said, "Duan Xingzhi pretends to be a confused puppet, but in fact he is full of calculations, unreasonable, and extremely selfish..."
Hong Ah Liu stopped moving abruptly, feeling that his mouth was extremely dry.
"If you live, will you kill me?"
"How could I kill my benefactor?" Duan Xingzhi's eyes were full of sincerity and he looked harmless. "Don't you know what kind of person I am, my benefactor? The reason why I surrendered back then was to protect the people under my rule."
"You took advantage of your woman, and you killed her."
"Huiniang?" Duan Xingzhi was stunned, and tears suddenly flowed uncontrollably.
He didn't know why. He wasn't sad at all before, but it wasn't until he heard the words "You killed her" that his heartstrings were suddenly touched.
"I didn't kill Huiniang. Really...she wanted to do that herself...Really, why doesn't anyone believe me? I would rather die myself than let Huiniang get hurt...
Hui Niang, Hui Niang..."
Hong Ah Liu was also stunned.
He looked at Duan Xingzhi in front of him and didn't understand how this old man could cry so painfully.
Duan Xingzhi seemed to have returned to the time when he cried bitterly in front of Zheng Huiyuan after the surrender. He cried with great sadness and sincerity.
He himself believed that things were just as he said.
He was no longer the cowardly and pitiful king of subjugation who even looked down upon himself. He once again became a benevolent, righteous and sincere man.
The next moment, someone opened the door and came in.
Duan Xingzhi raised his head, saw the person coming, his pupils trembled, and his crying stopped abruptly.