Thirty burning fire oil cans streaked across the sky, whizzing towards the heavy trebuchet. The craftsmen on the other side could only make a rough estimate, not precise, but they could indeed throw it to about three hundred steps, but the error was too large. Basically,
Between two hundred and seventy steps and three hundred and twenty steps, the error is fifty steps.
Most of the kerosene jars missed a little, and hit the ground at about 280 steps. The clay jars fell to the ground and shattered. The kerosene in the jars spilled out and burned on the ground. Three gunpowder jars hit the baffle.
A fire broke out on the fender.
Two more cans of fire oil flew over the trebuchet and burned behind it.
Chen Qing frowned. How could Li Cheng have such a long-range trebuchet?
Military advisor Zhang Xiao saw the clues and said with a smile: "The opponent has reduced the size of the throwing oil tank. I'm afraid it only weighs twenty kilograms! So the throwing distance is longer."
Another round of fire oil cans came. This time the craftsmen at the city head made adjustments, and the accuracy was pretty good. Basically, they burned around the heavy trebuchet.
A trebuchet was hit and a fire broke out.
A soldier rushed over and shouted, "Your Highness, the fire is too strong and the brothers can't operate it!"
Chen Qingdang immediately ordered: "Send the fire brigade to go put out the fire!"
Two thousand soldiers rushed towards the trebuchet carrying wet bedding. They spread the wet bedding on the burning kerosene around the trebuchet, and a cluster of burning fire was immediately extinguished.
On the top of the city, Li Cheng patted his forehead and laughed and said: "We didn't think of such a simple way to extinguish the fire. Every time we use sand and soil to extinguish the fire, it still can't be extinguished completely. We sent an order to prepare 3,000 wet beddings!"
This was due to Chen Qing's carelessness. The Song Army's fire-fighting actions inadvertently revealed the fire-fighting skills.
But before all the bedding in the city had been collected, the Song Army's heavy trebuchets launched an offensive. Forty trebuchets were launched at the same time, and forty large kerosene tanks roared towards the city head. The clay pots shattered and kerosene sprayed everywhere.
, a fire suddenly broke out on the top of the city, half of the trebuchets were ignited, and many soldiers were covered in fire and ran towards the bottom of the city crying and shouting.
"Jiedushi, evacuate quickly!"
The generals and soldiers surrounded Li Cheng and moved to Beicheng. Li Cheng shouted: "Bring up the wet bedding quickly!
Li Cheng moved to the north city head. At this time, three thousand soldiers rushed up carrying wet bedding and threw themselves at the pools of fire. Sure enough, an immediate effect was achieved. The wet bedding was spread on them, and the fire disappeared immediately. The wet bedding blocked the air, and the flames were covered by the fire.
extinguished.
Li Cheng was overjoyed and immediately ordered: "Collect another 10,000 quilts!"
On the high platform, the generals of the Western Army could also see clearly. Everyone looked at each other in shock. The enemy actually put out the fire with wet bedding.
Chen Qing suddenly understood that he had made a mistake in giving the order to put out the fire. He taught the enemy how to put out the fire. A wry smile appeared on Chen Qing's face.
He sighed and said, "I was careless!"
Gao Ding smiled and said: "Your Highness, let's use Iron Rhinoceros! It's cloudy today, so it's just right to use it at night."
Chen Qing looked at the sky. Dark clouds were hanging low in the sky. The sky was gloomy and it felt like it was going to rain.
Chen Qing nodded. The other party had found a way to break the fire oil battle. There was no point in throwing it anymore. He immediately ordered: "Send the order to withdraw the troops and fight again at night!"...
The heavy trebuchets stopped shooting and began to retreat. One after another, the heavy trebuchets left the battlefield.
At this time, Liu Qiong stepped forward and suggested: "Your Highness, why don't you use siege ladders to attack the city in a large scale?"
Chen Qing shook his head and said: "The other side has enough kerosene. If they attack with a siege ladder, our soldiers will suffer heavy casualties. There is no need!"
Since the large-scale use of kerosene in siege and defense battles, the traditional siege method has become a nightmare. The opponent throws away thousands of barrels of kerosene and tens of thousands of loads of wheat straw, and the siege party is bound to suffer heavy casualties.
, especially fire, it is difficult to heal even if you are burned, so using iron fire and thunder to destroy the city has become the most convenient way.
But Chen Qing also encountered an extremely experienced opponent. Li Cheng watched the opponent evacuate in an orderly manner. He looked at the sky and said to the generals: "The sky is gloomy, and it must be pitch black at night. We must prevent the opponent from attacking the city at night.
Especially if the opponent will use iron fire thunder to blow up the city, we must take strict precautions and be fully prepared to make the Song army pay a heavy price for a sneak attack on the city!"
In the afternoon, a soldier reported to Li Cheng that several Song Army spies were discovered in the south of the city.
Li Cheng hurried to the head of the south city to check, and saw five or six soldiers exploring the terrain hundreds of steps away from the south city. The terrain outside the south city was uneven, with many potholes and dense dirt, which was not suitable for large-scale sieges.
But suitable for sneak attacks.
"Jiedu Envoy, what are they doing?" a general asked in confusion.
Under the city, a Song soldier lay down behind a mound. After a while, he went to another mound.
Li Cheng narrowed his eyes, and after a while, he said coldly: "They are showing off to me!"
Night finally fell. It was indeed dark tonight, with no starlight or moonlight, and it was drizzling in the sky.
Fifty thousand Song troops were dispatched. They were still arrayed outside the west city. Chen Qing stared at the city. He couldn't see the situation on the city, but he could feel the strong murderous intent on the city. Li Cheng had already guessed that he would be there tonight.
Take action.
This will be a night of battle of wits and courage.
"Move out!"
Chen Qing gave an order, and more than a dozen scout teams rushed towards the city in all directions. Each team may be a soldier who bombed the city, but they may not be soldiers. Soldiers are not tired of deceit. It depends on whether Li Cheng on the top of the city can eliminate all the teams.
Li Chengcheng was on top of the west city, nervously watching the movement below the city. He suddenly ordered: "Fire the arrow!"
Hundreds of soldiers fired gunpowder arrows outside the city at the same time. Hundreds of bright light sources suddenly appeared in the dark night sky, just like hundreds of lamps hanging in the air at the same time. The bright light groups quickly fell downwards and burned on the ground.
Get up, there are hundreds of gunpowder arrows acting as flares.
The weak light source made the ground slightly brighter. If someone was running on the ground, it would still be easy to be discovered, but this would be in vain. When the gunpowder arrows were shot, the Song soldiers running outside the west city immediately fell down, and they fell down on the top of the city.
The soldiers still could not see any figure under the city.
Li Cheng frowned. The darkness of the night brought far more risks than he expected. The Song soldiers sneaked close to the city wall, and they couldn't see it at all.
"Throw down the straw and light it!"
Hundreds of bundles of wheat straw were suddenly thrown down from the top of the city, and then rockets were shot down. Hundreds of bundles of wheat straw immediately burned at the foot of the city wall, and the surrounding area was illuminated red...
The other three city walls followed the same pattern, and the entire city wall was covered with burning fire. Now the Song army could no longer get close.
But this is just a temporary solution. Li Cheng actually has a better way.
Chen Qing looked at the raging fire below the city and couldn't help but sneered. It seemed that Li Cheng had run out of skills and used this stupid method. This was indeed a method. He could see the situation below the city, but it was stupid and the wheat straw would always burn out.
It's time!
In fact, the best way is to send people down to the city and patrol the city. Song army scouts will not be so easy to approach.
At this time, a soldier shouted in a low voice: "Your Highness, it seems that there are soldiers coming down from the top of the city."
Chen Qing immediately took a closer look and saw that in the blazing fire, there were indeed countless small black dots climbing down. They must have used the ladder.
I really couldn’t tell that Li Cheng was really capable and sent sentries down to the city. At this moment, Chen Qing was impressed by Li Cheng. He had used iron fire thunder to attack so many cities. This was the first person who thought of sending sentries to the city.
The Sentinel's Golden Soldier General.
The sentries under the city were patrolling with their bells ringing, and the sound of 'Ding dong! Ding dong!' kept coming. Once the bell stopped, something must have happened.
One hundred and sixty sentries patrolled under the city wall. They were divided into sixteen teams, ensuring that four teams on each side of the city patrolled uninterrupted, ringing bells, and ladders were hung on the wall. Once the Song army attacked the city, they would immediately climb it.
Ladder to the city.
There are thousands of soldiers on the top of the city to cooperate with the training below the city to form two interactive defense lines, the upper and lower lines.
This is indeed a very effective method, preventing the Song army from sneak attacks and bombing the city.
Although Li Cheng used the most effective trick, it does not mean that Chen Qing cannot crack it.
