The function of sand and soil is to directly cover and suppress the flames, or to isolate the burning materials, but the flames at high places cannot be extinguished with sand.
In less than half an hour, the fire had spread to a quarter of the fortress.
Fortunately, Ma Tingyun made the most correct command at the first time, ordering the defenders to prepare for the spread of the flames in advance, isolate the burning objects, and control the flames at the starting point.
Even if Ma Tingyun commanded it well, the fire burned for half a day and all night. More than a hundred soldiers were burned to death on the spot, and no less than 300 soldiers were burned.
The most important thing is that after being burned by the fire, this quarter of the area was completely destroyed.
It was not until dawn that the last open fire was extinguished, and Ma Tingyun dragged his exhausted body back to the handsome man's house in disgrace.
He leaned on the ground and fell asleep.
At noon, Ma Tingyun was awakened by military advisor Li Zhao.
"General, Qin Feng's catapult has been pushed up again."
Hearing this, Ma Tingyun couldn't help but feel despair. He dragged his exhausted body and slowly got up from the ground, feeling as frustrated as he wanted.
Logically speaking, as an impregnable defender, all we have to do is wait for Qin Feng to kill people.
After two or three strong attacks, Qin Feng would retreat due to heavy casualties. It can be said that Eagle Ridge occupies the absolute initiative.
But……
When things developed to this point, Ma Tingyun found in despair that Qin Feng's small plan had caused resentment in the fortress to boil and caused heavy casualties.
Ma Tingyun never dreamed that Qin Feng would use corpses and kerosene alternately, nor did he expect that Qin Feng would transport wood to the front line and build a catapult on the spot that was difficult to transport.
If this continues, Qin Feng will consume financial resources, while the fortress will consume everything including 'human lives'.
Ma Tingyun knew very well that he could never defeat Qin Feng.
After all, the supplies in the fortress are becoming less and less as they are consumed, and there is no source of replenishment at all. In comparison, Qin Feng has Beixi County at his back and can continuously replenish supplies.
"Why haven't the reinforcements come yet..." Ma Tingyun was about to cry. He never thought that one day, he would be so desperate for reinforcements.
Why!
Ma Tingyun let out a long sigh. Even though he was extremely helpless, he still cheered up: "My order is to stop burning hay to remove the smell of corpses."
"This fire attack caused heavy losses in the fortress, and it will definitely not be able to withstand a second time."
Li Zhao's face was also extremely ugly. The fire attack had done too much damage to the fortress, but if the hay was not burned, how could the stench be solved?
Li Zhao racked his brains and couldn't think of any good solution, so he could only distribute a few tanks of water.
The defenders were asked to soak up the water with cloth strips, cover their mouths and noses, and forcibly endure the stench.
As expected by Li Zhao, Qin Feng did not throw kerosene today, but changed it into a corpse again, so that the entire fortress smelled worse than the toilets and latrines.
After several days of struggle, the entire Eagle Ridge garrison was exhausted.
After eight days, Ma Tingyun finally breathed a sigh of relief, because Qin Feng's reserve of corpses had been exhausted.
As long as the stench in the city dissipates, the fortress will be restored to order, and the fortress can still be firmly held, making Qin Feng's plan go to waste.
For this reason, Li Zhao personally climbed onto the city wall. However, he was so shocked that he couldn't help but take two steps back and almost fell off the city wall.
"Oh my god..."
During the past few days of harassing the enemy, Qin Feng was not idle at all. He kept transporting wood to the front line and ordered the craftsmen of the Tianji Battalion to make catapults day and night.
The newly built catapults were transported to the front line in one go.
There are thirty of them, scattered on the front battlefield of the fortress, about two hundred steps away from the city wall.
At this distance, a heavy stone and hard bow can barely shoot through, but the arrow's strength is extremely weak and hardly poses any threat.
In comparison, a catapult can easily throw anything into a fortress.
The corpses and kerosene were all used up, but Qin Feng did not give the defenders in the city any chance to breathe. The so-called disturbing the enemy and tiring the enemy, naturally meant that he would go all out to drive the defenders crazy!
"Little Marquis, are you ready with all the things I asked you to prepare?"
Qin Feng, who was standing in the forward camp, looked at the fortress in the distance with his hands behind his back, and asked lightly.
Ning Hu grinned: "Are you still worried about me doing things?"
"Besides, with the Tianji Camp craftsmen working nearby and the idle soldiers from the Central Formation Camp working hard, these things will be ready in no time."
Qin Feng nodded: "Then what are you waiting for? Please give the defenders a try."
Following Qin Feng's order, dozens of carriages, carrying the newly prepared 'cannonballs', rushed to the catapult.
These cannonballs are actually made in a very simple way.
Just use hemp rope to form a net bag, and then stuff some watermelon-sized stones into it to make it.
Before throwing, the hemp rope was smeared with kerosene. After lighting it, the rope was cut off, the catapult's giant arms were swung, and the net bag was burning with flames, and it flew towards the fortress.
With the burning and its own gravity, the hemp rope broke halfway while flying, and all the stones scattered into the fortress like a goddess scattering flowers.
A net bag can scatter at least ten stones. Thirty catapults can throw 300 stones at a time.
These watermelon-sized stones fell from the sky, although they did very little damage to the city walls, stone and earth houses.
But other than that, everything else has no ability to resist the impact of stones.
Facing the dense rocks, a few unlucky ones were killed on the spot at first, and the remaining defenders all hid in the house.
The wooden roof was easily smashed through by stones. Many defenders hiding in the house were killed and injured by stones that passed through the roof or collapsed beams.
Later, the defenders learned the lesson and placed their backs against the wall in the direction from which the rocks were flying. This way, they could avoid being attacked by the rocks.
In the past more than an hour, the fortress gradually returned to calm from the initial chaotic howling.
Of course Qin Feng knew that the damage caused by these gravels to the fortress would not be too great.
Therefore, only intensive projectiles were carried out initially, causing double physical and mental damage to the enemy, and then scattered projectiles began.
I kept throwing and throwing, but at the end, there was no more rules to follow.
It may be an hour without any stones being thrown, or it may be that within one stick of incense, hundreds of stones are thrown.
The defenders hid for a long time, and after making sure it was quiet outside, they came out to light a fire and cook. As they were eating, a sudden gravel hit and killed more than a dozen people.
Every day, casualties occur in the fortress. The number may not be large, but the impact on morale is fatal.
