The pottery pot contains kerosene, and Xiong Wuliang's purpose is obvious - he wants to burn the talisman from Lisai!
The so-called kerosene, also known as 'fire oil', is unprocessed oil in later generations.
When this thing burns, it can easily produce highly toxic gases - so apart from military purposes, it seems difficult to have any other uses. Of course, even in military terms, this thing is of little use.
It is generally used for soaking torches, lighting at night, etc.
Under very special circumstances, it can also be used for fire attacks.
But - the technique of throwing cupping pots from a catapult that Xiong Wuliang is using now is the first time that everyone has seen it!
During the Warring States Period, the quantity of kerosene was not large, and it was very difficult to extract, so it was very expensive.
And the modern catapult - which is known to be impressively accurate... depends on luck wherever it hits.
In the past, if you wanted to use such a fire attack effect, even if you had gold and silver, it would not be enough for a catapult.
But Xiong Wuliang made the impossible possible!
The reason is simple - the catapults produced in the fiefdom are extremely accurate.
And Xiong Wuliang is rich! Rich and wealthy!
Hundreds of cans of fire oil make it easy to cook...
Seeing that more than 70% of the first batch of more than 200 clay pots fired hit the Fuli Fortress, Xiong Wuliang narrowed his eyes slightly and waved his hand silently.
Shaohu immediately shouted an order: "Throw the fireball!"
The sergeants made balls of igniting materials that had been prepared. After igniting them, they also used catapults to throw them far away.
Because these things are inconsistent in size, shape, and weight, their accuracy is very low.
But it doesn't matter now.
As long as one of them can hit the head of Fulisai City...
Sure enough - several fireballs hit the city, causing a huge fire in an instant!
boom!
The flames spread quickly, and the entire city was enveloped in a sea of flames.
Rolling black smoke rose into the sky.
On the top of the city, the playful laughter and curses of Song Jun disappeared instantly, replaced by shrill screams...
At the top of the Fu Li Fortress City, the flames soared into the sky.
The soldiers of Song Dynasty roared and struggled helplessly in the sea of fire. Some soldiers were stained with kerosene, and the fire burned blazingly and continued to burn.
Seeing the figure of a Song soldier with fire on his body struggling and twisting, he fell from the top of the city in severe pain... After hitting the ground, the fire was still burning fiercely on his motionless body.
There is no suspense - all the Song troops who did not have time to leave the city wall were killed in the sea of fire.
The cheers of the Chu army stopped suddenly, as if they were being strangled by the neck - they were also frightened by such a tragic situation.
How to extinguish oil burning is an almost unsolvable problem even in later generations.
Sand and gravel cover to extinguish fire? When crude oil is completely burned, the core temperature can even reach thousands of degrees - even sand and gravel can be scorched.
Want to kill it with water? Unfortunately, oil is lighter than water, so it will float on the water and continue to burn - but it will cause the fire to spread faster because of the flow of water.
At the same time, when oil is not burned sufficiently, a large amount of hot and toxic gases will be produced.
Even if future generations two thousand years later encounter oil burning, the only way is to wait quietly and wait for all combustible things to be burned out before watching the fire slowly extinguish...
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King Yan of the Song Dynasty was lucky, and despite breaking bones and tendons, he jumped from the top of the city and barely escaped the sea of fire.
At this moment, his face was distorted and he looked at the city wall behind him in horror.
It was already a purgatory-like scene there.
Zhao Shu also jumped down - but his body was stained with blazing flames. He roared and screamed miserably as he stumbled towards Song Wang Yan.
The two Song army guards decisively raised their hands to nock arrows, and several arrows shot over. Zhao Shu ended his pain and fell softly to the ground, making no sound.
On his body, the fire was still burning.
"Your Majesty, you can't stay here for a long time!" a guard said loudly.
Song Wangyan turned pale and could hardly speak, and was hurriedly dragged away by the guards.
There were also ferocious Song soldiers who rushed forward to try to put out the fire - but they couldn't even get close to the flames - even the burning temperature on the periphery was far beyond the limit that humans could bear.
"Withdraw...withdraw!" the soldiers howled.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty has left, let's go too!"
"Fire arrows! Shoot to death all those with fire on their bodies!"
The entire Fulisai, whether on the city wall or inside the city wall, was in chaos.
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Tian Di’s face turned pale with fright!
His pupils reflected red flames, and his face was full of shock and astonishment!
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Fulisai is already in the possession of the Chu army.
When the Chu army will capture Fulisai depends on how long the vicious flames on the city will continue to burn...
Who would have thought that the Chu army would use such cruel and bizarre methods to arbitrarily capture Fulisai?
Just relying on this style of play... Not to mention Fulisai, even King Qi Du Linzi may not be able to withstand it... Thinking of this, Tian Di's face became a little paler.
Now Xiong Wuliang is about to invade Song Dynasty.
Once he is allowed to devour Song State, he will continue to attack Qi State...
Can Qi withstand it?
The disaster of destroying the country!
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Zhao Hua had a look of admiration on his face, as if he had no sympathy for the tragic situation in front of him: "Congratulations, my lord, for successfully capturing Fulisai!"
"Our Chu army has such means to destroy the city... Even if there are dangerous natural chasms in the future, it will be difficult to stop the lord from conquering."
However, Xiong Wuliang shook his head slightly and ordered softly: "The three armies retreated ten miles."
"Wait until the flames are extinguished and the poisonous smoke dissipates before entering the Talisman."
Although the effect of using fire oil tanks and standard trebuchets is remarkable, Xiong Wuliang does not intend to use this tactic as a regular method in the future.
On the one hand, it is because of the high price of kerosene.
On the other hand, this method is really harmful to the harmony of heaven and earth.
It should be noted that after oil is burned, large areas of land will be polluted, and crops will not grow within decades.
What would be the use of such land even if it were taken? It's just a burden.
If it weren't for the need to quickly seize Fulisai, and Xiong Wuliang's deep hatred for King Yan of Song...he wouldn't have used such a weapon of mass destruction here with endless consequences.
The Chu army waited outside the city for a full two hours before they were completely sure that the poisonous smoke had dissipated and the flames were extinguished.
Shaohu gave an order: "Hong Shitou's thousand-man team, enter the city!"
Hong Shitou, who had already been promoted to a thousand-man general due to his merits, loudly accepted the order and strode forward with the thousand-man team behind him - without encountering any obstruction or resistance.
Hong Shitou climbed to the top of the city. There were no broken limbs or arms or blood flowing in the water as he had imagined. In fact, Hong Shitou could not have imagined the scene here.
At this moment, many Chu soldiers in the thousand-man team behind him were pale and retching——
The top of the city was scorched black, and even the city bricks seemed to have been burnt into powder - there were no intact corpses, and there were no weapons or armor that could be captured. Instead, there was suspected solidified molten iron on the ground, with puddles on the left and right embedded in them. On top of the city, there must have been weapons in the hands of Song soldiers.
Even a warrior like Hong Shitou, who has been in battle for a long time and has killed many people, can't help but feel physical discomfort at this moment.
He suppressed the feeling of vomiting and reprimanded loudly: "Why are you vomiting? No matter how miserable the Song people die, it is still better than our brother Baoze dying in the hands of the Song people!"
"Go and send a message to the Lord - there are no Song soldiers guarding Fuli Fortress. Please enter the city!"
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(Yimi: You guys are really good at guessing hhhh)
