Under the Hou banner that was missing a corner, Xiong Wuliang frowned and looked in the direction of Xianyang.
A wave of shouts of 'Jiujiao Lao Qin...' came, followed by cheers from blockbusters one after another.
There were many curses directed at the 'Chu barbarians', and the words were so vicious that the capable soldiers around Xiong Wuliang all turned red and thick-necked with anger.
Xiao Hei couldn't help it any longer, his little face turned red with anger, and he reminded him in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the Qin people don't want to surrender!"
Xiong Wuliang nodded - labor and management are not deaf.
Since the Qin people insist on refusing to surrender... then don't blame me for being cruel.
In addition to Qin soldiers, there must be many Qin civilians in Xianyang City... If it was not a last resort, Xiong Wuliang did not want to hit the heads of those civilians with the 'Sky Fire'.
But there was no way - the Qin people chose to resist stubbornly, so it was more cost-effective to sacrifice the Qin people's women, children and family members than to sacrifice the elite soldiers under Xiong Wuliang's command.
It is said that the Qin people clung to Xianyang City and refused to fight... This was obviously the most stable strategy that the commander of the Qin army on the opposite side could think of.
But as everyone knows - this is more in line with Xiong Wuliang's wishes!
If 10,000 Qin soldiers rush out and fight in the field with 7,000 Quyang's new army... Even if the new army can win, it will definitely be a bloody battle that shakes the world and weeps ghosts and gods... Since the Qin people don't come out, then labor and management can just let it go!
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Wei Ran was greatly satisfied as he listened to the roaring all over the city - the curses directed at the 'Chu Man' made him slightly uncomfortable, but he knew that these curses were not directed at him as the Prime Minister, so he was not very angry.
The generals of the Qin army were also very happy, and they all said to Wei Ran: "Prime Minister, my old Qin's morale can be used!"
"Outside Xianyang City, there will be the burial place of Marquis Quyang of Chu State!"
"Xiong Wuliang will be defeated miserably at the hands of the Prime Minister!"
"The Prime Minister defeated the Chu army and will surely become famous in all countries... He is really both civil and military!"
Wei Ran stroked his beard and smiled, looking in the direction of the Chu army's position with half-squinted eyes, and crossed his arms in a leisurely manner.
The Chu army's position outside the city was silent for a moment, and then there was a long voice to persuade them to surrender: "Qin people, listen - this is the last warning. If you don't surrender, our army will burn Xianyang!"
Before Wei Ran could speak this time, the Qin soldiers and civilians all over the city had already shouted in unison: "Jiujiao Lao Qin! Let's fight against the national calamity together! Fight! Fight! Fight!"
On the observation deck, Wei Ran and the generals looked at each other and smiled.
This Xiong Wuliang is really interesting - does he think he is scaring children? Are we old Qin people so frightened?
The original intention of Xianyang's design was not to be a military fortress - but although Xianyang City did not have a city wall for protection, it was still a giant city covering a huge area.
Do you want to burn down Xianyang? How much firewood do you need to prepare? How to stuff massive amounts of firewood into the small and large lanes of Xianyang?
ridiculous!
The generals laughed and said, "Don't be surprised, Prime Minister - if the Chu army launches an attack, we will have to harvest the heads separately! I cannot accompany you on this high platform."
Wei Ran also smiled, stroked his beard and said with contentment: "Okay! Let me tell you first - I will not take any prisoners... Whoever can behead Mi Liang's son, I will definitely ask the Queen Mother and the King of Qin to take credit for him. !”
The generals were overjoyed and gearing up - they were of low status, so of course they didn't know that what Empress Dowager Xuan wanted to do was not to die but to live Wu Liang... Since Wei Ran had his life, it would be easy to behead the enemy chief. There can be a big reward!
Now that everything is ready, I just hope that Xiong Wuliang, who is looking for death, can launch an attack quickly!
What kind of catapult, just call me over! What fire is burning Xianyang, please do something about it!
Don't wait too long - six or seven thousand heads are not many to begin with. Don't wait until reinforcements from all over the place come around. The already scarce number of heads will have to be divided among them.
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Under the Hou Banner, Shao Hu raised his hands and asked for orders: "My lord, please give the order!"
Xiong Wuliang nodded lightly: "When the catapult is launched - don't throw too many, throw fifty cans first, let the people of Qin see how powerful it is."
"I will obey the general's order!" Shaohu became energetic and waved his hand: "My Lord has an order - fifty rounds, shoot!"
Fifty terracotta jars of different sizes were screwed tightly together, and a piece of burned rag was tied tightly to the mouth of the jar.
The sergeant operating the catapult waved his hand, and fifty cans of kerosene flew out of the sky, drawing an arc in the sky and hitting Xianyang City.
Xiong Wuliang did not order an indiscriminate bombardment - not because he was kind-hearted, but mainly because there were not many pots and he couldn't help but squander it.
It should be noted that the eight thousand soldiers who attacked Wuguan in a surprise attack were lightly armed. They carried almost nothing except necessary weapons and a small amount of food and grass. The existing kerosene was seized from Wuguan's treasury, and the terracotta jars were also looted from villages, towns and farmhouses by the Chu army along the way.
It's not as good as when Song Guofu was in the fire, he had an industrial park at his back and had enough confidence to bomb indiscriminately.
All we can do now is budget carefully.
The two hundred catapults are not the kind of standardized equipment produced in the industrial park, but simple catapults that the soldiers have improvised in recent days. Although they use advanced counterweight power, their accuracy is not as good as those produced in the industrial park. The catapult that came out was still too far behind.
In addition, the pottery pots collected were of different sizes - many pots were even square, tumbling crookedly in the air.
The accuracy is impressive!
Fortunately, the urban area of Xianyang is large enough - even if the accuracy of the fire oil tank thrown is really high, it can still be easily smashed into the urban area!
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Wei Ran stood on the observation deck and frowned when he saw the Chu army's catapult being launched!
But only two seconds later, Wei Ran burst out laughing again!
So funny.
The Chu army's catapult threw something ridiculously crooked!
They were flying in all directions, and it was not even clear where the army was aiming!
The generals of the Qin army also burst into laughter, and the air of joy filled the air above and below the observation deck——
"Just because of this stupid catapult, you want our Qin army to surrender?"
"That's stupid! Chu Man is so stupid!"
The nearest black object was hundreds of steps away from the observation tower where Wei Ran was. Wei Ran just breathed a sigh of relief, and then his face was horrified!
Blanch!
The terracotta shattered and black, sticky liquid splashed out!
It happened to be ignited by the cloth strip tied at the mouth of the jar!
The fire burst into flames!
Hold the grass!
Xiong Wuliang, what kind of bad move are you doing?
Fires broke out in fifty places in Xianyang City!
The kerosene burned violently, igniting large areas of Qin people's houses. Most of the houses in Xianyang City were made of wood, and the weather was dry in winter. These houses became good fire starters.
Wei Ran stood on the observation deck, sweating profusely - he had also heard about the viciousness of kerosene.
Before the kerosene burns out, any effort to put out the fire will be in vain!
There were Qin people in the city who were contaminated by kerosene, wailing, struggling, and making horrifying roars... The ignorant lower-class Qin people saw that their houses were on fire, and hurriedly poured water on the flames... As a result, they screamed, and the flames burned. Bigger!
Just fifty cans of kerosene had already caused considerable chaos in the huge city of Xianyang!
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