The sunset in the west was gradually blocked by the city walls, and the shadows of the city gate tower seemed so long! Seeing the lights on the street gradually light up, Liu Yixuan knew that the long-awaited night had finally come.

There is a tall poplar tree at the entrance of the inn, and there is a disgusting old trolley staying on the poplar tree. The old trolley seems to have smelled the upcoming battle, and is crying and howling as the night falls!

"Qua!Qua!..." The voice was miserable and sad.

Liu Yixuan and Xiaoliu were busy in the room, because success or failure was tonight. If they could successfully burn the Jin people's food and grass, the Song army outside the city could take the opportunity to attack the city.

"Young Master Liu, the villain has prepared everything you want!" The person who spoke was the shopkeeper of this inn. He learned that Liu Yixuan was the informant sent by the Song army to the city as an insider, so he expected that the Jin people's life would not last long. In addition, he was originally a citizen of the Song Dynasty, so how could he be willing to be a slave to these Jin people? When Liu Yixuan told him to burn the Jin people's forage and granary, the shopkeeper agreed to contribute to the Song army's attack on the city this week.

Seeing that the shopkeeper brought the things, Liu Yixuan thanked him: "It's my fault that Shopkeeper Zhou, we will take action tonight. In the middle of the night, even when the army attacks the city, the city will inevitably become a battlefield for fighting tonight. Shopkeeper Zhou and his family must be careful. Don't come to the streets until dawn to avoid being accidentally injured!"

"Okay, Lord Liu said, the villain has recorded everything. During the day, the villain is also offensive. Please forgive me. I can do my best to our team. The villain is happy from the bottom of his heart! Just..."

"It's just what? Why did Manager Zhou stutter? What's the matter? But it's okay to say it!" Liu Yixuan saw that he was stuttering and squeezing, and wondered what he was worried about.

"But, this inn was originally passed down by his ancestors. It was the fourth generation of the villain. I hope that after the imperial court took back Puyang, he could return the inn to the villain and not use it again." Manager Zhou said carefully. He was worried that after the Song army entered the city, he would still use this inn as an inn. Since the inn only accepts some civil servants from the government, there was not much profit throughout the year. He just wanted to take back the inn and start operating it himself.

After hearing this, Liu Yixuan also understood his thoughts. As long as he was willing to help Song Jun, his request could be agreed. "Okay, as long as Manager Zhou sincerely assisted me, I will report to the veteran General Zongze and return this inn to your family!"

"Really? Then I will give our family a lot, thank you sir!" Manager Zhou hurriedly thanked.

"No need to thank you, it's just a simple task. Manager Zhou, my brother and I have something to discuss, so you can go back first." Liu Yixuan was about to arrange his plan, but he didn't want to talk to the manager anymore.

"Okay, the villain won't bother you!"

This week, the shopkeeper left the room, and Liu Yixuan locked the door. It turned out that if Liu Yixuan wanted to set fire in the city, he needed a lot of arson tools. After some thought, he asked the shopkeeper for a lot of utensils.

"Young Master Liu, why did you want so many small jars of wine? And these ragged clothes? And these hemp ropes!" Xiao Liuzi asked in confusion.

"Silly boy, these are the weapons I will use tonight! Think about it, the food and grass are piled up in the big yard east of the city, and there are soldiers guarding the door. It is unlikely that we can even enter the yard, so how can we set fire to the food and grass?"

"Yes, the little one is also worried about this! We only said we wanted to set fire to burn food, but we only had two of us. The little one couldn't come up with any good idea after thinking about it."

Liu Yixuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, with these things, everything will be easy to handle! Come and see, this is the small wine jar I specifically asked the shopkeeper. The wine jar is filled with excellent Fenjiu, which can be used as a fire-driven thing. Just throw them into the forage yard and sprinkle the wine in the jar on the haystack, won't the food and grass be lit?

There are also these ragged clothes. We will tear them into pieces later, soak them in lamp oil, and then wrap these corks and plug the jars. Just ignite these cloth pieces before throwing the wine bottle and throw them along the high wall. Why worry about not being ignited by the food and grass!" Liu Yixuan said while demonstrating the plan to set fire to Xiao Liuzi.

"Oh, I get it, it's like a big firecracker. We lit the leads outside the wall and threw them into the Golden Man's food warehouse and let it explode inside the wall, right?"

"By the way, this is the reason, but the concentration of these wines is not very high. We also need to add some lamp oil to the wine to facilitate their burning. There are also these hemp ropes. We tie the hemp rope to this wine jar, which is convenient for us to carry and throw it into the wall. This is like throwing a sling ball in our era. It is like throwing a sling in our hands and throwing it away twice, following the centrifugal force, directly into the wall, which will definitely open the eyes of the golden men!"

"Okay, that's it!" Xiao Liuzi also understood the general operation process after listening to Liu Yixuan's explanation. He only waited late at night to show off his skills.

"Xiao Liuzi, there are twenty wine jars here. After the wine is loaded, we will each bring ten of them. We will go out again at the second update!" Liu Yixuan reminded again.

"Why is it time to get to the second update? I think it's better to go and prepare early. When we set the fire, the brothers outside the city will also be able to attack the city!" Xiao Liuzi said.

"You don't believe that you are stupid. These Jin people are not all fools. Now that the city is surrounded, there will definitely be people patrolling at night. We have to wait until these soldiers who patrol night are drowsy before we can start! Besides, after setting fire, we have to consider our own safety, right? What if the soldiers who patrol are discovered?

So I said, we should go out at the second and third, set fires. After setting fires, we will take advantage of the night to go back to sleep from the alleys south of the city. As for fighting with these Jin people, I don’t have the ability to do so, so I will leave these to the brothers in the “Yang” camp!”

"Okay, I'll follow the instructions of Mr. Liu!"

After the two discussed, they began to prepare the fire-attracting object. For Liu Yixuan, there was no sloppy battle in this battle, because the Song army outside the city was waiting for his signal. If he failed to set the fire successfully, or the fire was not big, the Jin soldiers would soon put out the fire. Then, it would not be so easy for the Song army outside the city to attack the city again.

It can be seen from this that the success or failure of arson is the key to the success of the entire siege battle. Although Liu Yixuan has put some effort into it, success or failure depends on the will of heaven. As the saying goes, "Planning depends on people, and success depends on heaven."

When Zhuge Liang burned the valley on the upper side, he encountered heavy rain falling from the sky, which made Sima Yi save his life for nothing. Liu Yixuan was also afraid that the sky would not be beautiful. He opened the window and looked up at the sky, but saw stars, the night sky was clear, and the slight southeast wind blew made him feel that this was a good weather for killing and setting fire. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!