On the top of the city, the soldiers who had just finished the battle and had not had time to rest for a while were urgently summoned again. They frowned when they looked at the dense swarm of insects rushing towards them.
Let alone bugs, humans are also taboo about retreating when attacking a city. After all, there is no possibility of surprise attack in such a huge battle. Charge, retreat, and charge again are time-consuming and laborious, so it is better to fight to the end in one go. At least now, they have to face the rain of arrows and get closer to the city. The losses will not be small!
But how can humans guess the thoughts of bugs? Now that they are here, just fuck them!
The fixed process is, first the trebuchet, then the ballista, and then the arrow rain. The insects that survived these three attacks rushed under the city wall and began to climb up like arhats on top of each other. They were so densely packed and chirping that it made one's scalp numb just to see them.
The sound of the drum changed again, and the fire oil injector came again. As the tongues of flames shot out, the insects under the city head gave out bursts of burning smell. With this burning, thousands more insects died in the fire. Under the oil offensive.
But this time, the bugs did not retreat immediately. Instead, they continued to rush forward from the rear, facing the attacks one after another, and charged into the city wall as if they were risking their lives.
In desperation, the human side could only continue to spit fire. The kerosene bags connected to the back of the pipe were replaced batch after batch. The insect corpses under the city wall piled up like mountains. The bottom ones had been burned to ash, and even the walls of the city wall were covered with fire. The stone bricks were baked red.
"If it continues to burn like this, will there be enough kerosene?"
The heat wave under the city wall has already surged to the top of the city. Zhang Lang, who was standing on the city wall, also felt the heat and was a little worried about the reserves of supplies.
"Don't worry!" Feng Xi, who had already put on a visor, explained: "Do you know why Sunset Fortress got its name?"
Zhang Lang shook his head, Feng Xi smiled and said:
"It is said that back then, this place was a small hill. One day, a meteor fell from the sky and hit the top of the mountain, cracking the mountain. The entire mountain was also ignited by the meteor. It burned for three years until the entire hill was burned to the ground. The fire has just been extinguished on the ground. Because the fire is always bright, the area is as bright as daytime at any time, as if the sun has fallen from the sky. Therefore, the fortress built here is called the Sunset Fortress."
"I see..." Zhang Lang nodded: "It keeps burning here because there is kerosene underground?"
"That's right!!"
Feng Xi nodded: "When the mountain collapsed, kerosene flowed out and was ignited by meteors. It burned for three years, but it only burned up the kerosene below the mountain. In fact, there is a hundred miles around, and there is abundant underground. Oil veins. The reason why the imperial court established a fortress here is to prevent this strategic resource from being exploited at will!"
It turns out that this place is a large oil field. In this case, there is really no need to worry about not enough kerosene...
However, even in the face of a steady stream of flames, the insects remained fearless and kept attacking! Even more violent than before, even more risking one's life!
Round after round, wave after wave, the fire vents on the city wall never stopped. The continuous high temperature made the soldiers on the city head sweat all over their faces. The city wall under their feet was as hot as pancakes. touching the soles of the soldiers' shoes.
This battle lasted from noon to evening. Under the fire, there were only a few accidents when the insects rushed to the city. However, they were quickly suppressed by the soldiers, and the casualties were very small. And outside the city wall, the number of bugs burned to death by fire may exceed one hundred thousand according to a rough calculation!
One hundred thousand, in this world, if replaced by humans, it would be enough to equal the total population of a city. But in the eyes of the bug, the number of one hundred thousand does not seem to be very conspicuous, so he jumped in casually in one afternoon. …
Another round of attack!
The bugs don't seem to know how to give up. The soldiers on the top of the city are shooting arrows mechanically, and the fire-breathing soldiers inside the wall are sweating profusely and running the blowers to spray out the kerosene. Everything seems to be numb. , imprinted in the muscle memory...
"Wait, something's not right this time!"
Le Xinyi, one of the reincarnations, had a sharp eye and discovered that among the insects that came this time, in addition to the common mantis monsters and acid-spewing bugs, there was also a species that had never been seen before. This kind of bug is round and round, like meatballs. Instead of relying on claws, it moves forward by rolling. It soon approached the city wall under the cover of a large army!
When other bugs came under the city wall, they all used their sharp claws to climb up, but this group of bugs was different. They ran into the city wall without slowing down. The city wall had been burned for a long time, and it was hot and red. After such a collision, It was hard and hot, and the insect exploded immediately, and the rich juices in its body splashed all over the city wall, making a hissing and boiling sound.
"Is this bug's belly full of water?" Fang Tianhua on the side frowned: "Is it here to put out the fire?"
"I'm afraid it's not just water!" Le Xinyi frowned: "Smell it!"
Liu Mofei on the side shrugged his nose: "Why is there a strange smell rising from under the city wall!"
"It smells of ammonia!" Shang Xue pushed up his glasses: "Is ammonia in the stomachs of these bugs? No, I understand. What is in their bodies is water and some kind of ammonium salt crystals. After the body ruptures and fuses, it will absorb a lot of heat. , simply the best coolant!”
"Ah?" Most of the reincarnators were confused: "What ammonium salt, what cooling..."
Le Xinyi understood it: "You're saying... those big-bellied bugs are full of powerful refrigerants, and if they are sprinkled on the city wall, they will directly extinguish the fire... Oh no!"
Having said this, the girl opened her eyes and seemed to have thought of something!
"The city wall is hot and cold, and the wall can't stand it!!"
The speaker was Luo Zhonghua. The old architect said to the senior people:
"We have to find a way to contact the hunter and ask him to find a way to quickly persuade the marshal to give the order to stop!"
But it's too late! Just hearing a roar, a wall more than a hundred meters away from the reincarnations collapsed!
A large amount of masonry shattered and rammed earth rolled down. Although it did not completely collapse, the outermost layer was completely scrapped. The collapsed waste rolled down to form a slope. The soldiers at the top of the wall fell down, and the soldiers in the space inside the wall fell. They were all buried alive, the flamethrowers and various mechanisms were completely scrapped, and there was a big gap in the city wall!
But just this gap was like a dam bursting, and all the insects without the threat of flames swarmed up, climbed up quickly along the collapsed slope, occupied the city head, and began to massacre the surrounding soldiers!
"Oops!" Feng Xi noticed the change and immediately mounted his horse to support him. The cavalry followed closely behind him, and the fastest among them was Zhang Lang, who was carrying a heavy sword!
Like a bolt of lightning, this guy rushed directly into the densest place of the insect swarm, wielding the sword and slashing horizontally and vertically. Wherever he passed, the broken limbs of the insects flew up one after another, like a moving humanoid meat grinder!
With Zhang Lang's presence, the momentum of the insect's attack was obviously blocked, but while he was fighting hard, a sharp arrow suddenly shot out, passed Zhang Lang's ear, and pierced into the mouthparts of an insect monster. It penetrated directly through the head!
Zhang Lang turned around and saw Le Xinyi holding a modern compound bow!
This bug that was shot to death did not pose a threat to Zhang Lang at all. Le Xinyi took such a dangerous action, not to kill the monster, but to attract Zhang Lang's attention!
"Tell the marshal that we can no longer attack with fire!" Le Xinyi saw Zhang Lang turning around and shouted hurriedly:
“The bugs are using the coolant and the walls can’t stand it!”
Zhang Lang understood it as soon as he heard it. Feng Xi's Cavaliers also arrived at this moment. Zhang Lang withdrew from the battle circle and faced them: "Quickly notify us to stop the fire attack! Otherwise, there will be more collapses in the wall!"
Feng Xi was stunned for a moment, then realized: "It's a gap!"
"I'll be here to block you, take the people and quickly go to each section of the city wall to give orders!"
Feng Xi was worried, but when she looked up, there were corpses of mantis monsters everywhere on the ground. It seemed that Zhang Lang himself could really handle it...
"Then be careful!" Feng Xi nodded, and immediately ordered his knights to go to various sections of the city wall to deliver orders, and also sent someone back to inform the marshal!
Zhang Lang, on the other hand, rushed back to the collapsed slope again and slaughtered everyone with his big sword. One man was in charge, and all insects could not escape!
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