The little guard followed up with a troubled face and asked in a low voice: "Young patriarch, what should we do now?"
Blood Moon Yingxiang didn't even look back: "Continue!"
It means that it is still the same as before, burning the mountain while moving forward!
Don't give Yun Chui's assassination masters or any chance to ambush.
The Blood Moon clan members who followed looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, they are one of the famous tribes in Xiliang. How can any supervisor come out and point fingers at their young chief.
If they really made them anxious, it would be just a supervisor, and Huang Di, who was high up in the mountains, would find a reason to kill them from afar, and he would be done with them.
Although killing the supervisor was a relief, Xueyue Yingxiang was still rational and did not refuse to go east.
After all, they did not dare to blatantly disobey the orders of the Prairie Royal Court.
Dense forest to the east.
Ren Ning just received a message from Lei Er.
He hurriedly climbed to a higher point, holding up his binoculars and looking coldly at the thick smoke rising in the distance.
Xiliang is anxious to open the post road at the foot of the mountain, but why isn't Ren Ning anxious?
The only way to do this is to send rescuers to the fortress as soon as possible to re-arm Xiliang, the thorn in the side.
When they cross the border, they will be cautious and restrained, for fear that someone will accidentally cut off their retreat, and the army will become a fish in no water.
In this way, the fighting will eventually return to the border between the two countries.
Otherwise, it will always be the people of Dingxi or Yunchui who suffer.
Just thinking about it.
Wow~
There was a sudden commotion on the mountainside, which was also mixed with the faint sound of human panic.
Ren Ning frowned: "Go and see what's going on?"
The guards of the Zhenguo Palace left in a hurry and came back after a while.
"General, the people brought back by Lei Qianchang a few days ago saw the mountain fire in the distance and panicked for a while. But it is now under control."
Ren Ning nodded.
He has seen fires in grasslands and fires in virgin forests.
Compared with grassland fires, forest fires are more lethal.
As soon as the forest burns, the distance that usually takes several days to walk is no longer considered a distance, and the fire will reach us in a blink of an eye.
All big trees will turn into huge torches, burning everything around them crazily. Under the high temperature and lack of oxygen, almost no living thing can survive.
Most of the people brought back by Thunder Dragon were people living on the edge of Luoxia Mountain. They knew the power of mountain fires, and panic was inevitable.
Halfway up the mountain, Thunder Dragon brushed the ground and pulled out his sword.
If it weren't for the fact that these people were untrained and in urgent need of manpower, he would have killed anyone who dared to make an uproar.
"The people in Xiliang started the fire on their own initiative. If they die, they will die first. Are you afraid?" He blushed with anger.
Niu Shusheng opened his eyes wide and was very angry, "Sir, the fire in front of you was really caused by the stupid Xiliang people, wasn't it an accident?"
What is the difference between voluntarily lighting a fire in the forest and seeking death?
"Who else could it be if they weren't?" Thunder Dragon sneered: "Xiliang people have lived in the grasslands since childhood and have hardly seen the forest. After entering the mountains, they are no match for us, so we have to vent our anger on the forest."
"But there's no need to be afraid. Just do whatever you have to do." He pointed to the western sky: "Don't you see that there is only smoke but no fire ahead?"
"The climate in the mountains is now cold and humid. Even if people from Xiliang want to light a fire to burn the mountains, it will be difficult for them to do so."
After much persuasion, nearly a thousand people got back to work.
However, Niu Shusheng did not leave.
"Sir." He rubbed his hands anxiously: "You are from Dingxi, so you may not know much about the Luoxia Mountains. I am a commoner on the other side of the mountain. I used to follow my father into the mountains for hunting from time to time, so I know a little about it.
"
"Mountain fires are scary, but the smoke produced by some trees is equally scary. We'd better stay away..."
"What did you say?" Ren Ning took a few steps over, "What smoke is so scary?"
…
Niu Shusheng raised his head and looked at the strange young man in front of him, feeling a little confused for a moment.
Lei Long introduced Ren Ning and finally said: "It is thanks to this Lord Ning that the Xiliang people suffered heavy casualties, forcing them to burn the mountains, otherwise they would not dare to advance at all."
Niu Shusheng was shocked and hurriedly saluted: "The common people have seen Mr. Ning."
Ren Ning waved his hand and asked again: "What did you say just now that smoke is scary?"
"Sir, our locals call this tree Ailanthus altissima."
"It is not common, but there are some in Luoxia Mountain. If it is burned, the smell of smoke or roasting will not be strong or even very light, but if you smell a little bit, you will feel dizzy, vomiting and diarrhea.
If you smell it for a long time, it's quite normal to fall into coma or even die..."
Ren Ning's eyes lit up.
This is simply a natural chemical weapon.
"Niu Shusheng, right? Put down what you are doing immediately and take a few people to find this Ailanthus tree. We want to use it."
Niu Shusheng was not slow to respond. He looked at Ren Ning dumbfounded and finally nodded silently.
Thunder Dragon quickly picked a few soldiers and watched them go away happily.
"Sir, if that kind of tree is really that powerful, then the people of Xiliang will be in big trouble." He punched his palm with joy: "If they hadn't set fire to it, we wouldn't have known there was such a tree in the world."
“Does this count as stealing the chicken but losing the rice?”
Ren Ning was noncommittal: "Let's wait until Niu Shusheng finds that kind of tree."
If it is not found or does not work, everything is empty talk.
At noon the next day, Niu Shusheng and several others came back carrying a small tree about two feet high.
"Thank you for your hard work." Ren Ning greeted him, "Let's take a rest and eat something."
He looked at the small tree in front of him.
The bark is smooth and has straight lines; the young branches are pith-like and the young leaves are yellow or even purple. They look very beautiful and do not look like poisonous plants.
"Is this Ailanthus altissima?"
Ren Ning glanced at it curiously with his golden finger and quickly frowned.
Yellow value 0.
Obviously this tree is neither good nor harmful to people.
"Yes. This is Ailanthus ailanthus." Niu Shusheng nodded affirmatively, "But they are still small. The real big trees have grown taller."
Ren Ning nodded, suddenly pulled out his saber and cut off a few branches, then turned and walked towards the open space.
"I'll take it and burn it to see."
Niu Shu jumped up anxiously: "Sir, this thing cannot be burned easily. You must be careful."
Soon, a fire was lit.
Ren Ning looked at the direction of the wind before throwing the twig in his hand.
Not long after, the color of the Ailanthus ailanthus branches in the fire under the golden finger changed from yellow to red, and the value also changed from small to large. However, after reaching 40, it no longer increased no matter how much it was burned.
Ren Ning waved his hand.
The guard nearby put out the fire.
Niu Shusheng did not lie to him.
Although this Ailanthus ailanthus has the word "stinky" in its name, its smell is neither strong nor smelly when burned.
And its red value is only 40. The poison should not kill people, but it will definitely be no problem if it loses its combat effectiveness due to vomiting and diarrhea.
Thunder Dragon and Huang Ming got the news and hurried over.
Looking at the newly extinguished fire, they looked around but saw no one looked strange, and couldn't help but frown.
"Sir, would you like to capture some bastards or Xiliang people to test the power of this ailanthus?"
"No need." Ren Ning shook his head, "I just tried it. This kind of tree can indeed make people lose their fighting ability."
He raised his head and looked at the vast mountains and forests in front of him.
It's time to let the Blood Moon tribe taste tit for tat.
But before that, there is one more thing.
"Thunder Dragon, immediately send someone to deliver a piece of Ailanthus ailanthus branch and its usage to the defenders of each ancient road."