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Kong Deshao looked at the generals beside him, and saw that from his lieutenant general and below, there was a thoughtful expression on his face. He suddenly understood that Yu Ming's words were trying to shake his military heart.

So, he immediately shouted: "Yuming, you have to use that plan to sow discord, Kong and his subordinate generals will not be fooled!" ”

Yu Ming sighed, looked at him like a moment, and said, "Could it be that General Feikong really wants to resist to the end?" You must know that when Dou Jiande was the strongest in the Hebei Army, he was not my opponent. This time, his strength is far less than before, can he still have a chance of winning this battle? Really let me force the siege, and the defenders will suffer heavy casualties. Could it be that General Feikong did not cherish the lives of his officers and soldiers like this? ”

When Kong Deshao heard this, he laughed and said, "Yuming, aren't you joking?" With just your person, and without siege equipment such as crashes, ladders, and well railings, can you still defeat my Qingzhou? ”

Yu Ming looked at him with an idiot at this time and said, "Kong Deshao, do you think that if you want to break through your small city, you have to use those siege machines?" ”

Kong Deshao sneered, but he didn't say anything, he didn't believe that Yuming could capture Qingzhou without siege equipment. Although Qingzhou City is not as good as Qi County and Donglai County, it is also a city wall with strong walls, which is not comparable to ordinary small cities. Even if there is Yuming and a cloud ladder, it will have to use fifty or sixty thousand people.

Yu Ming knew that if he didn't come up with a trick, it would be impossible for this Kong Deshao to give in.

He then smiled slightly, and said in a loud voice like a dragon's groan: "Kong Deshao, since you don't cry when you don't see the coffin, then don't blame me for being ruthless!" ”

After saying that, Yu Ming shouted to the herald beside him: "Send a signal to notify the sailor to launch an incendiary bomb!" ”

At this time, I saw that the herald immediately hurried to the shore and waved two small green flags at the battleship on the seashore.

After a while, I saw a huge battleship like a hill on the coast, and a catapult similar to a trebuchet appeared on its deck. The officers and men of the sailors on the deck put the black crockpots on the catapult......

After a while, I only heard the sound of "Peng, Peng, Peng". The crockpots were sent into the air by catapults, and then roared and crashed into the walls of Qingzhou, sending out a pool of black, oily liquid and emitting a pungent smell.

Xia Jun was taken aback when he saw this.

Condesau smelled the stench, and his first reaction was that the black liquid might be highly toxic. He immediately shouted, "This may be poisonous water, everyone cover their noses and mouths with gauze and towels!" ”

The defenders on the city wall were startled and hurriedly found gauze and towels from the quartermaster warehouses and wrapped them around their faces. The city walls were littered with gauze and cotton balls, and the Xia army was in a panic.

Yu Ming saw the embarrassed appearance of the defenders, especially Kong Deshao, who actually treated crude oil as poisonous water. He couldn't help laughing, and he waved his hand violently: "Archers ready, get on the rocket!" ”

After a while, several Zhou archers rushed up, armed with longbows and gauze soaked in fire oil, and after lighting them, they shot at the city wall.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

Countless rockets, like stars in the dark night, fell on the city wall of Qingzhou, and then burst into flames, resounding with bursts of violent burning sounds, and the flames and smoke suddenly filled the sky over the entire city. Screams, cries, exclamations continued.

"Quick! Bring water to extinguish the fire! No matter how stupid Kong Deshaw was, he now understood that those black crockpots before were not filled with poisonous water, but a special kind of fire oil, which could be attached to the city wall and burned.

However, when some of the soldiers poured basins of water on the burning crude oil, they were surprised to find that the fire burned even more violently.

"General Kong! It's a big deal, and this fire oil can't be extinguished with water! His lieutenant covered his mouth and nose and choked in the smoke.

When the smoke cleared, Condesau and his soldiers were horrified to find that the section of the wall that had been attacked was already blackened and the wall was extremely hot. Originally, the names of the people stationed in this section of the city wall either fled or died, and none of them could still stand on the city wall.

Now, dozens of corpses are scattered across the city walls, many of which are charred by the fire. The situation was unbearable, which made Kong Deshao's heart shudder.

He secretly thought that the black oily liquid on the battleship of the military division this week was much more powerful than the burning power of the fire oil prepared to defend the city in Qingzhou City.

At this time, Yu Ming's melodious and cheerful voice came: "General Kong, this king reads that you are a Han, before the fall of the Sui Dynasty, you have always been loyal to the imperial court, and you have made meritorious contributions during the expedition to Goryeo, so make an exception to give you a chance to repent." ”

"Before, I only let the warships throw fire oil and burn down that unimportant section of the wall. If you continue to resist, the king will order the warship to shoot black oil at the tower you are standing on, as well as several other sections of the wall, and even burn the entire city. If you still think about the lives of your subordinates and the whole city, you don't want them to die in vain. Go out of the city and surrender! What kind of official are you on Dou Jiande's side, I'll give you whatever official you are! General Wangkong! Yu Ming said solemnly.

It's autumn and the temperature isn't high, but Condesau is sweating profusely.

He wiped the sweat from his face, looked at the lieutenant general and soldiers beside him, and saw that they were frightened by the fierce fire attack just now, and they all looked frightened.

He let out a long sigh, knowing that the walls were undefensible with such a powerful fire attack by the enemy. Only by rushing out of the city and fighting with the enemy field side has a chance of victory, after all, the number of their own army is still more than that of the Zhou army.

It's just that with the current situation and morale of his subordinates, it is impossible to expect them to fight out of the city and face off against the Zhou army, which is known for its cavalry warfare, on the plain.

What's more, Yu Ming is so shrewd and capable, how can he not prevent him from going out of the city? I'm afraid that he has already arranged an ambush nearby, and he has no chance of winning if he goes out of the city by himself, and he will only lose his life in vain.

Kong Deshao looked at his lieutenant and several partial generals, and asked in a low voice, "What is your opinion?" ”

The lieutenant general said with a sad face: "The enemy's fire oil is too strong to be extinguished. If we persist in not surrendering, under the fire attack of the enemy, the city wall will inevitably be lost, and our army will also suffer heavy casualties, and the surnames in the city will be affected...... Actually, isn't it the same thing to serve someone as the emperor? As long as we can lead us to a good life, I heard that this king of Zhou has a lot of local surnames in Liaodong, and it is not necessarily a bad thing to follow him......"

His opinion was actually the opinion of most of the Xia soldiers. After hearing this, several other commanders also nodded again and again: "General Kong, the last general seconded the proposal!" ”

Kong Deshao took a long breath and said in a condensed voice: "Then do we really descend?" ”

Several generals said together: "But General Kong is in charge!" ”

There was a hint of hesitation on Kong Deshao's face, and then he thought for a moment and finally made up his mind. Turning to his lieutenant, he said in a deep voice: "Good! Pass my order, open the city gates, and surrender to the king of Zhou......"

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Dou Jiande didn't know that Qingzhou City behind him had undergone such drastic changes. He is now leading the main force of the Xia army and has already dispatched the whole army, advancing more than ten miles and reaching the bank of the Dawen River.

The soldiers of the Xia Army could already see the surface of the Dawen River. The river was originally just a small river, but due to the recent autumn rains, the water level has risen a lot, and the river is about twice as wide as usual.

Dou Jiande couldn't help but be a little puzzled when he saw the Zhou army lining up with his back, secretly wondering if Yuming also wanted to play a desperate way of fighting with a move to put him to death and then live? That would mean heavy casualties for both sides.

He didn't want to fight with Yuming, because this 100,000 army was the foundation of his life. Even if Yuming's 80,000 troops are all dead, they may not have a chance to turn around. But if his army of 100,000 is lost, he will never have a chance to make a comeback.

Dou Jiande's mind was spinning sharply at this time, thinking about how to defeat the Zhou army in one fell swoop while minimizing his own casualties. After all, this 100,000 Xia army is his last capital, and if he loses a lot of money, even if he defeats Yuming, he is afraid that he will not be able to resist the attacks of other princes in the future.

The opportunity was lost in Dou Jiande's hesitation, and just when he finally made up his mind to attack, Yuming had already sneaked back to the Zhou army camp on horseback from Xiaodao under the escort of Zhang Zhongjian.

After receiving the order, Xia Jun marched slowly and moved forward a little closer. And at this moment, there was a sudden rush of drums in the camp of the Zhou army, and I saw the infantry of the Zhou army standing at the forefront separated left and right, and thousands of elite horsemen rushed out of it, and the first person, white armor and white horse, holding a turquoise Liquan treasure gun, with a face like a crown of jade, Fengshen handsome, can be called the dragon and phoenix among people. It was Zhou Wang Yuming.

"It turns out that Yuming is really here."

Dou Jiande secretly thought in his heart: Fortunately, he didn't rush to attack, otherwise he would have to be tricked. He didn't know that the white-robed young general with a cyan spear that Sun Xuanya saw before was dressed as a soldier with a similar appearance to Yu Ming. The real Yuming arrived at the city of Qingzhou early and went to collect Kong Deshao, and now he just came back from Qingzhou.

At this time, seeing Yu Ming coming out of the crowd, all the soldiers of the Zhou army immediately raised their weapons and shouted: "Great Zhou is mighty!" This battle will be won! ”

The sound was like a tsunami, although their number was less than 20,000 of the Xia army, but it gave people a feeling as if they were the one with more people.

Yu Ming waved his gun at this moment and made a silent movement. Behind him, the Zhou army was silent, and his movements were uniform, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses immediately stood straight like statues, without any movement or sound. It can be seen that he is disciplined and well-trained, and he is definitely not a recruit who only wears armor as Dou Jiande thought before.

With such well-trained soldiers and such high morale, even if the number is less than 20,000, if you want to defeat them completely, you don't know how much you will have to pay.

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