Chang Siguo waved to stop the two barrel-carrying soldiers who were avoiding him.
Stepping forward, under the puzzled gazes of all the captains and even the sergeants, Chang Siguo opened the tightly covered black bucket, which still revealed the pungent smell, stretched out his right index finger, and lifted the black bucket from the half-full bucket. I picked a little bit of the viscous liquid, brought it to my eyes for a closer look, then put it to my nose and sniffed.
Seeing the satisfied expression on the body refiner master's face, the soldiers almost put the pitch-black index finger into their mouths to taste it.
What a strange, heavy taste.
"Hei Wa, what are you doing?"
Yi Shangyan came back from the west and happened to see this strange scene.
Chang Siguo suppressed the excitement in his heart and pulled Yi Shangyan, who was walking beside him and wanted to use his finger to ignite the oil, to the side of the city wall. He whispered in a voice as calm as possible:
"Brother Yi, help me prepare some more porcelain and pottery bottles. They are about the size of a fist. A little smaller is fine. The mouth is small but the belly is big. It is five inches long. It can be longer. Prepare some strips of cloth and something that can plug the mouth of the bottle. Bring two or three barrels of wooden sticks, and spirits, and hurry up before the Beirong soldiers launch an attack on the city."
Seeing that the Beirong people were making arrangements in an orderly manner, they could not attack Beicheng in a short period of time.
As for the three city walls in the east, west and south, the attack had already been extremely fierce, because the moat ditches under the three walls had been filled in many passages to the base of the walls in the past few days.
Yi Shangyan pointed to the north and asked in a low voice: "Do you want to attack with fire?"
He heard a hint of urgency and suppressed excitement in Hei Wa's voice, as if he had found a way.
Fierce oil is a good fire starter and is particularly resistant to burning.
Fire oil was prepared at the top of the city to deal with siege engines and ladders.
The only bad thing is that the fire oil is too viscous and is not easy to dilute and pour. It burns with thick smoke and the smell is pungent and hurts the eyes. At the same time as the Beirong siege vehicles are burned, the wind direction changes slightly, and the defenders suffer a little. Be careful, it can easily burn your own people, so when defending the city, be careful and use it carefully.
Within thirty or forty feet below the city, there are often Beirong archers who keep a close eye on any part of the city where fire oil is being used. They immediately call for a blast of rockets to cover the city. Just a spark can cause a huge fire that will cause chaos in the city.
Chang Siguo nodded and said: "Within twenty feet, I am 70-80% certain."
Yi Shangyan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked two soldiers to carry the black bucket to the city wall, far away from the pot of boiling gold juice, so as not to accidentally ignite it. With his intervention, the nearby team leaders did not dare to say anything.
Yi Shangyan said, "Wait for me for a while. I'll go find Lao Dan and solve the problem quickly." He ran towards the west.
Hei Wa looks young, and he feels extremely calm. He is not someone who talks nonsense. Since he says this, he must be very confident.
The thought of being able to launch a fire attack within twenty feet made Yi Shangyan a little unsettled.
He also knew that the matter was of great importance, and Hei Wa was afraid that he would not be able to explain clearly for a while. It would be more than a quarter of an hour before the Beirong people launched their attack. How could he dare to waste too much precious time?
He just told Shan Liwen about Hei Wa's discovery, which coincided with Shan Liwen's judgment.
However, Shan Liwen had no good way to prevent the trebuchets from throwing sandbags in the distance. He was worried that Beicheng might become the main target of the Beirong people, and Sihuang City was seriously short of manpower. It was impossible to draw out soldiers from the other three city walls. He came for reinforcements, although he had already sent people to complain bitterly to several generals in the city.
Yi Shangyan listened to a few words and knew that the situation was serious, but there was nothing he could do.
At this time, I heard that Hei Wa was 80% sure that he could use the fierce fire oil to launch a fire attack as far as twenty feet away. He was not surprised at all. In front of Lao Dan, he must have beaten his chest and wanted to get things done.
How could two barrels of fire oil do that? It must be doubled several times.
If the effect is outstanding, it will be promoted throughout the city immediately and reinforcements will be sent to the east, south and west city walls.
I have to beat the Beirong people hard once.
Chang Siguo wiped the sticky liquid off his fingers against the snow on the city wall.
He didn't pay attention to the various looks from nearby soldiers looking at him, and carefully stared at the movements of the Beirong people. He could see that three miles away, there were General Beirong on horseback wearing armor, and Lian wearing a gorgeous coat. The bodyguard pointed his riding whip in the direction of the city head and pointed, with an expression as if he regarded Beicheng as a treasure.
This time Yi Shangyan came back quickly, holding a wine gourd about six inches high in his fist, followed by Shan Liwen, followed closely by two body refiners.
"How to do it? Tell me and it will be done soon."
Shan Liwen was a little anxious, and no longer pretended that Yun Danfeng was holding the pearls of wisdom in his face, he asked in a low voice.
The Beirong people are about to attack the city. Although the generals promised to immediately mobilize patrol soldiers, craftsmen, and prisoners in the prison to reinforce Beicheng, the guards at the head of the north city are still short of manpower. How many times can they withstand the fierce attacks of the Beirong soldiers?
The two body refiners drove the soldiers ten feet away from here. They pricked up their ears and wanted to hear what kind of fire attack method they used.
Beirong attacked from north to south. In the middle of winter, they were at the top. Even if they could kill a thousand enemies with fierce fire and oil, they would often injure eight hundred themselves. The smell of thick smoke after lighting a fire is much worse than before it was burned. After being exposed to the poison for a long time, the soldiers were exhausted, their vision was blurred, and they had splitting headaches. It was like being poisoned and it was difficult for them to recover in three or two days.
Yi Shangyan couldn't help but hand the wine gourd to Chang Siguo, and with a "stab" sound, he tore off a piece of the hem of his clothes.
He urged: "Hei Wa, there is still half a gourd of wine in it. Do you have any ideas? Try it quickly. Time waits for no one. Let me first let Lao Dan have a good idea and wait for the things to come." The wine gourd is from One of the body refiners snatched it from his waist.
Chang Si took the gourd and cloth strips, knowing that now was not the time to be polite, so An Pai said: "Brother Yi, please go to the golden juice boiler and get two clean coarse bowls and two pieces of firewood."
Shaking the wine gourd, he lowered his voice and explained to Shan Liwen: "Use half of the fire oil and half of the wine. Stir evenly and it won't be so viscous. Moreover, the wine can support combustion. Pour the diluted fire oil into the gourd or porcelain bottle. , about five or six minutes full, dip a piece of cloth into some hot oil mixed with it, plug it into the mouth of the bottle, cut the wooden stick into a suitable shape, and plug the mouth of the bottle tightly to prevent leakage."
"Draw out a length of cloth, about the length of your palm, not too long, light the cloth, and then throw the bottle into the enemy's formation. Whether it hits the enemy or falls on the snow, the bottle bursts and the flames of the fierce oil pass through the cloth. After being ignited, it splashes and burns the entire area nearby, and that’s about it.”
Chang Siguo learned the very simple principle of the Molotov cocktail from a piece of military news when he was browsing the web.
This principle is like a layer of paper. After breaking through it, Shan Liwen and Yi Shangyan immediately wanted to understand the reason.
Wine can aid combustion, and the bottle can be thrown far away after being filled. It’s so simple and easy to operate.
"Wonderful, why didn't you think of this before? This is a good idea, haha. After throwing the bottle of fire, I will shoot it with an arrow. If I want it to explode on anyone's head within a hundred feet, just let it explode. , Haha, do it quickly, get it out quickly!”
Yi Shangyan couldn't help being happy, and with a flash of inspiration, he combined the fire bottle "invented" by Hei Wa with his archery skills, turning it into a more powerful flying fire bottle that could explode in the air.
Taking the thick bowl, Chang Siguo smiled and said, "That's the truth. You can try it later."
It's enough for him to come up with ideas, let everyone show off their talents how to use them.
If the situation hadn't been so critical that the city might be destroyed, Chang Siguo wouldn't have been in the limelight even if he knew how to make the Molotov Cocktail. Lin Feng would have destroyed it, and he just wanted to improve his strength in a less noticeable way.
