Shan Ule is the "Dadan" of this group of horse bandits, which means "wolf head" in the language of nomads. He is in charge of a thousand-man cavalry team under the tribal leader and is also the battlefield commander.

His orders were spread through the messengers, and the horse bandits turned their arrows one after another, and the overwhelming rain of arrows was concentrated on Kino.

Just as the horse bandits focused on Kino, Lugo led the mercenaries to raise their shields and formed an airtight shield wall in front of Kino.

"Ding ding ding ding ding!..." The sound of gold and iron was like a heavy rain destroying the city. Lugo and others only felt that the shields were getting heavier and heavier. Fortunately, these shields were bought by Kino from Twilight City with Silver Moon.

The well-equipped equipment will not be penetrated easily, and the weight of the arrow's impact is leveled by everyone, so it can withstand it for a while.

Kino attracted the firepower of the horse bandits, which was good news for the other soldiers. They quickly plucked up the courage to get out of the city pier and fired back with powerful crossbows, setting off waves of blood among the horse bandits and shooting them off their feet.

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As soon as Shan Ule saw the shield wall in front of Kino, he knew that he could not penetrate it, so he passed the order again, asking everyone to kill the soldiers who showed their heads first.

For a time, the soldiers in Xilin Town were at a disadvantage in the shooting, and the number of casualties increased.

In this exchange of lives, the side with fewer people will surely lose.

Kino looked at the brightly lit city wall on the side and gave the order: "Turn off the flames."

"Turn off the engine!"

"Turn off the engine!"

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Amidst the roar of the messengers, the torches on the city wall began to extinguish quickly, and it was pitch black. Only the sharp light of the crossbow arrows could be seen occasionally, and no one could be seen clearly.

On the other hand, desert horse bandits must provide a certain amount of lighting in order to keep their horses calm.

And in this vast night, their torches were guiding lights. The soldiers in Xilin Town hardly needed to aim, they just shot at the brightest place. Enemies were densest in the brightest place, and random shots could hit them.

The gap in vision caused the horse bandits to suffer heavy losses, and the advantages accumulated in the previous shootings were lost.

A follower rode up to Shan Wule and said in a deep voice: "Dadan, if this continues, more and more of us will die."

Shan Wule looked at the dimly lit city wall with a sneer on his face: "Then, let's try 'that'."

When the follower heard the sound, his smile became more ferocious.

Shan Ule galloped his horse in front of the formation, and his shouts like a bell spread throughout the army: "Retreat a hundred steps! Retreat a hundred steps!"

The horse bandits were of high military quality. They did not hesitate to fight after receiving the order, and immediately retreated a hundred steps on horseback. Adding the previous distance, they were already 200 steps away from the city wall, and the bows and crossbows of both sides could not reach each other.

When Baisa saw it, he was overjoyed: "They are going to escape!"

Amidst the cheers of the soldiers, Kino squinted his eyes. When he saw the horse bandit withdrawing a hundred steps, he immediately stopped. He knew that this was not an escape.

After the horse bandits stopped, they all ran to the pack horses and took out something from the supply box.

Shan Ule looked at the city wall from a distance, remembering Kino's position early on, staring at him through the darkness, showing a bloody smile.

"First echelon, throw the oil tank!" Under Shan Wule's order, 80 horse bandits quickly approached the city wall.

Kino frowned: "Gather the fire! Don't let them get close!"

Arrows shot out like rain from the city wall, but their accuracy was so bad that they only shot down 13 horse bandits, three of which were shot by Kino himself.

The remaining 67 horse bandits rushed to the wall, took off the oil tank hanging from their waists, opened the bolt, and threw it onto the city pier.

When the black pig paste-like substance flowed out of the oil tank and even sprinkled on their bodies, the soldiers in Xilin Town were immediately at a loss.

"Throw fire!" Shan Ule's roar was like the call of death.

The 67 cavalrymen threw the torches in their hands onto the city wall. The torches drew burning arcs in the air, like natural disasters. When they fell to the ground, they immediately ignited the black matter.

This black ointment-like liquid is a product of alchemy. Its raw materials are extracted deep underground in the desert, so it is also called "Desert Flowing Fire".

Desert Fire is a special military control product in Doguland. Without royal approval, you cannot buy it even with the Golden Moon.

In the past, when horse bandits attacked towns, they had never heard of desert flowing fire being used. However, when they used it in this attack, it was obvious that the nomadic tribes had mastered its refining technology.

This kind of stuff is as thick as pig paste. Once it gets on your body and is ignited, it is extremely difficult to get rid of. It doesn't matter whether you slap it with your hands, wrap it in clothes, or roll around on the spot. It can even burn without oxygen in water, and the flame will get bigger and bigger.

, until the person is burned into a charred corpse.

Xilin Town became the first sacrifice to the desert fire.

"Huh--" The desert fire was ignited, and the flames rolled like a furious dragon. The flames shot into the sky, turning the city wall into a blazing hell.

"Ah! Help! Help!!!" A soldier who was hit by desert fire has turned into a complete burning man. His body is covered with black thick oil that will never burn out, and his skin and muscles are burning.

It quickly dried up and carbonized in the flames, and the whole person cried out in despair and ran around.

"Shoot him!" Kino was too far away and could only shout.

Facing their comrades fighting side by side, the soldiers reacted a step too slowly and failed to shoot him immediately.

A soldier who had no time to dodge was accidentally hit. The pig-paste-like fuel was all over him, turning him into a skewer on the grill. Fat sizzled out from the place where he was grilled, and it burned after a while.

Half of his body was rotten and he was rolling on the ground in pain, but he couldn't put out the fire on his body.

"It's so hot! I don't want to die! Mom!!"

"Don't come here! Don't run towards me! Ah!!!"

"Help! Someone help me!!"

"Water!! I want water!!!"

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Cries were heard one after another, and the burning soldiers ran around, bringing the desert fire to every corner of the city wall. Some wooden structures were burned to charcoal in a short time and completely collapsed. Soldiers who were unable to escape in time were buried in the sea of ​​​​fire.

The horse bandits formed one echelon after another, and more and more desert fires were thrown like meteors. The endless black smoke shrouded the city wall, like the black tongue of the god of death, devouring all the lives it licked, everywhere.

They were all burnt corpses.

As the temperature rose sharply, some soldiers who were not on fire had their respiratory tracts scalded. Some were even trapped in the area with the strongest fire. They could not escape and could only pat their shrunken and smoking skin randomly, and fell to the ground in pain.

It rolled and screamed, and finally gradually lost its movement, turning into a charred corpse without moisture.

As for Chino, I have to say that people like Lugo really want money rather than their lives. They are afraid that Chino will lose his life and they will not be able to get the balance, so they are still maintaining the shield wall.

Several cans of desert fire were smashed on the shield and burned brightly, almost turning the shield into a soldering iron, but they still did not flinch.

Kino kept using the hand crossbow under his wrist to shoot at the burning soldiers running around, and shouted sharply: "Everyone! Shoot the burning people first, and then evacuate the city wall!"

This order is very crucial. Even though the fire in the desert is burning fiercely now, it only scorches the wall. This kind of stone wall is not so easy to be burned down.

If these burning soldiers run around, ignite other wooden structures, or even burn the transmission bearings, causing the city gate to collapse, it will be a disaster.

However, under the power of the desert fire, the morale of the Xilin garrison had already collapsed. Everyone fled from this flaming hell in a panic. Even the messengers fled and threw Kino on the city wall.

Lugo and his companions struggled to maintain the shield wall, and turned around and shouted: "Get back quickly! With this kind of fire, the rookies will only run for their own lives, and no one will listen to your orders!"

Baisa next to him also shouted: "Escape quickly! The fire ring is gathering!"

Lugo and the others could no longer bear it any longer. The heat of the desert fire had been transmitted through the shields, making their arms sizzle and their flesh almost covered with it.

The surrounding fire is getting fiercer and fiercer. Once the fire circle gathers, it will be difficult to fly.

"Retreat." Kino had to lead everyone to retreat.

During the retreat, Baisa glanced at Kino subconsciously, and it could be seen that he was in a bad mood now.

Under the attack of desert sky fire, the Xilin garrison lost more than half. Counting those who had been shot to death, at least 150 people fell on the city wall and turned into charred corpses.

The remaining people who escaped were more or less injured and had already been frightened. If Baisa hadn't killed a few deserters on the spot to establish his authority, there would have been a large-scale rout.

Three minutes after retreating, what Chino was most worried about happened.

The failure to kill the burning soldiers running around in time caused the fire to spread on a large scale on the city wall, eventually burning the city gate bearings and burning the device that maintained the city gate structure.

"Boom!" The city gate lost its balance and fell like a fallen giant, making the ground roar and raising hot dust.

The last barrier protecting Xilin Town has disappeared.
Chapter completed!