Another batch of fire bottles of different shapes and sizes were sent to the city. Five bottles were allocated to each wooden plank passage laid by the Beirong people at the corresponding city head.
The four walls of Sihuang City, east, west, north and south, all need to distribute fire bottles. Calculated, the backlog of wine bottles, wine gourds, medicine bottles, etc. in the city over the years, as long as the suitable ones have been basically taken away, even if there is inventory, there will not be too much.
The Beirong cavalry fired at the top of the city. For about half an hour, corpses and wailing wounded horses and soldiers were left on the ground, and finally more than ten smooth paths of flesh and blood were filled in to the root of the city wall.
Following the sound of the golden gong, the wandering Bei Rong cavalry retreated to a stone's throw away like a tide, not willing to fight.
The injured who fell on the ground and could not escape were shot one by one by the old soldiers with good archery skills at the city head.
There were also numerous casualties at the top of the city. A group of soldiers, under the arrangement of their respective commanders, cut off the arrows of the wounded, simply tied them up, and sent them to the hospital for treatment in the city. Taking advantage of the time, they also carried the dead down to the city. .
I don’t know how long this battle will last.
Yi Shangyan and Chang Siguo ignored the busyness at the top of the city. They took out arrows from the wooden box and quickly replenished the arrow pot. They both stared at the passage paved with wooden planks, past the burned trebuchet, and slowly walked toward the city. The slowly approaching siege engine.
The nearly ten-foot-tall siege vehicle was wrapped in layers of cotton wool mixed with wet mud and sand. It was as bloated as a hilltop and made a crackling sound under the pressure of the wooden planks used to pave the way.
"His uncle, how to deal with this...?"
Yi Shangyan muttered depressedly.
The three sides of the siege vehicle were smeared with mud with cotton wool, so that there was no gap. If the fire bottles were smashed, at most, some sand would be burned on the sides or the front of the siege vehicle, which would not be of any use.
Thanks to those guys with brains and muscles, they can come up with such a clumsy but effective method.
Chang thought about it and scratched his head. There were three rows of shield-bearing soldiers on the two wings behind the siege vehicle. The protection was tight and watertight.
He frowned and thought hard, overturning one irrelevant idea after another. Seeing that the siege vehicle had entered the range of the bow and arrow, he still couldn't think of a way to burn the siege vehicle.
Yi Shangyan sighed and tilted his head to discuss: "We can only wait for the siege vehicle to lean against the wall, use wooden hammers and rolling stones to break open the mud-covered coverings on three sides of the siege vehicle, and smash them into the siege vehicle from the opening." Use the fire bottle to suffocate those turtle bastards and burn the siege engines from the inside."
"That's all we can do, but be careful with Beirong's body refiners and take advantage of the opportunity to kill them on the city wall...wait a minute!"
Chang Siguo agreed with Yi Shangyan's suggestion, thoughts racing in his mind.
There is no other way, and it will definitely not work if you try hard.
The guards at the north city wall were originally the fewest on the four walls. After several days of hard fighting on the other three walls, there were heavy casualties. It was impossible to send more men to help. However, Beirong had a large number of people and the north city wall was exhausted. It will only lose faster.
When Yi Shangyan heard Hei Wa say wait a minute, his eyes lit up and he hurriedly asked: "Have you thought of a good idea? Tell me quickly, there is still time."
The fire bottle that Hei Wa came up with has helped Sihuang City a lot, and he is looking forward to Hei Wa's new ideas.
Chang Siguo chuckled: "There is no good way. You can add a little more firepower to your method."
He turned around and pointed at the rolling logs piled against the inner wall, and said: "Let's pick some thick rolling logs and set them up into a firewood pile, facing the position of the siege vehicle against the wall. Spread some out, open two fire bottles, and put them into a firewood pile. Sprinkle some fire oil evenly on the firewood, and we move back to both sides. When Beirong's masters rush out from the siege vehicle, several rockets will be fired to light the firewood under the wall..."
Yi Shangyan laughed loudly: "This trick of yours is insidious! Okay, just do it like this. The experts who were killed will be burned to death and driven back, so you don't need to work hard to open the turtle shell of the siege vehicle." , they ran for their lives in a hurry, and they definitely didn’t have time to plug the loopholes they opened, so let’s smash two fire bottles into the mouth, haha, from top to bottom, one pot suffocated them, how wonderful!”
He patted Captain Niu, who had come closer at some point and was squawking with laughter, and said, "Old Niu, why don't you hurry up and arrange the arrangements? You should know how to pretend to be a sinister person."
Captain Niu grinned and nodded, "You must understand that these two gentlemen are full of clever ideas, but Lao Niu can't come up with them."
Yi Shangyan kicked with a false kick and scolded with a smile: "Get out of here, you dare to beat around the bush and scold us for being full of bad ideas. You are an itch, old cow. I will deal with you after the battle is over."
Captain Niu jumped away with a smile, "No, you are overthinking."
He quickly ordered a dozen soldiers to uncover the oilcloth and pick out the firewood. They did not select any wood that was too big or too wet. They spread it out three feet long and four feet wide along the city wall, creating a staggered pagoda layer, leaving space for ventilation. of gaps.
For the sake of firmness, the ends of each piece of wood were wrapped around each other with strings to connect them into a whole.
At that time, even if Beirong's masters of body training jumped onto the city wall, they would not be able to kick away all the firewood in a hurry. When it was about to burn, the thick smoke and fire would be enough to force the Beirong soldiers who were not afraid of death to retreat. go back.
Yi Shangyan glanced at the siege vehicle that was slowly approaching while shouting slogans. He estimated that at this speed, it would take more than an hour to get closer. He pushed back the big bow slung across his body and said : "Hei Wa, help me keep an eye on it while I go find Old Dan. He may have other ideas, but we have to remind him of our ideas."
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Chang Siguo nodded in agreement and watched Yi Shangyan run west.
Not long after, a group of messenger soldiers came urgently from the west end. They stopped at the city head where the corresponding siege vehicle came and explained to the lieutenants, bosses, and team leaders in the defensive area.
A soldier ran to Captain Niu, handed him a warrant, took out a box of ink pads, and whispered a few words.
Captain Niu looked at the order and nodded repeatedly, pointed at the firewood he was building, looked at Chang Siguo who was leaning against the city wall, and said with a smile: "Mr. Yi and Mr. Chang have reminded me that I am preparing for a fire attack."
The soldier who ordered the order followed Captain Niu's gaze and glanced at Chang Siguo, who was wearing a black robe. He hurriedly bowed his hands and saluted, took the note that Captain Niu had fingerprinted, and hurried back to reply to the order.
Captain Niu wiped the remaining ink on his fingers on the soles of his shoes, ran a few steps forward, and said a few polite words of thanks to Chang Siguo. Seeing some strangers, Chang Siguo nodded slightly to indicate that he knew, and then He bowed down and stepped down to supervise the soldiers building firewood.
Yi Shangyan quickly ran back, smiled at Chang Siguo and said: "The method Lao Dan thought of is similar to ours. We must guard a certain city. Five or six Beirong cultivators will attack at the same time and destroy it." When the fire attack is launched, we must be prepared to reinforce other city walls at any time. Alas, we still have too few body refining warriors. There are two city tops and no body refining warriors to defend them. We hope that the Beirong cultivators will not take advantage of this loophole. .”
Chang Siguo glanced at the city on the left, which was more than twenty feet away from them. There were no body refiners defending it.
Yi Shangyan turned to Captain Niu next to him and said: "Old Niu, prepare a few more rolling logs and stones. When the siege vehicle gets closer, ask the brothers to lift them up and move the rolling logs along the sides of the siege vehicle." Smash them forward, kill as many as you can, and dampen the morale of the Beirong thieves. Don't let them be too compliant, and you can't see them being proud."
"Okay, let's make arrangements right away."
After hearing the instructions, Captain Niu turned around and ordered another group of strong men to get ready to throw rocks and rocks.
In fact, he had made arrangements for the shield bearers, archers, and crossbowmen in detail.
The piled firewood had not yet been sprinkled with diluted fire oil, so they had to guard against the Beirong cavalry. Before the siege vehicle leaned against the wall, they fired a round of rockets as a test. They only took off a few old clothes and tore them into strips. , soaked in a wooden barrel poured with strong fire oil.
The barrel was hidden behind a shield and covered with thick boards for protection.
Several logs were erected at the top of the city, tied with cloth strips, or held up with wooden shields, disguised as soldiers peeping out their heads, so as not to leave an obvious gap where the firewood was piled up and the soldiers were withdrawing.
Now that everything is ready, Captain Niu secretly hoped that the Beirong people would quickly move the siege vehicles closer and attack the city. He would be able to use a fire to burn those body refiners and warrior masters. Jump back like a rabbit.
And not happy!
