The oil pot is generally made of animal fat, that is, badger oil, and added pine resin and other substances, and is packed in a kind of crockpot container with a large belly, after normal ignition, it will ignite a bright flame, and once it is thrown out, the crockpot will be broken, and the grease inside will splash, and it will form a deflagration, and the fire is quite violent.

If there were no such extremely destructive weapons, Qiu Lin would not dare to go out of the city easily.

The catapult position of the state army is very close to the city, after all, the distance of the catapult array must be within the range of the catapult.

The general bow and arrow range is about 120 to 150 steps, the maximum range of the bed crossbow can reach 250 steps, and the maximum range of ordinary trebuchets is about this range, but the range of the counterweight catapult used by the Bingzhou army can reach about 300 steps, so the catapult in the front row of the catapult position of the Bingzhou army is also more than 260 steps away from the city.

These two hundred and sixty steps were only a blink of an eye for the cavalry, and the two hundred cavalry led by Qiu Lin rushed out of the city gate and rushed across the Liu Bridge, which was really a stone's throw away from the catapult's position.

The two hundred cavalrymen had a fierce oil fire pot, and when they left the city, these fire pots had all been lit, but the mouth of the pot was very narrow, and when it was lit, it was necessary to insert a piece of cloth into the jar and twist it into a core, just like the wick of an oil lamp, so as to keep the flame intact.

In order to maintain the vigor of the fire pots, the oil cores are generally made relatively thick, and the two hundred fire pots are like two hundred torches lit, which are particularly eye-catching at this slightly dark dawn.

In fact, the moment the Jizhou army opened the city gate and lowered the drawbridge, the observation post of the Bingzhou army had already warned the catapult phalanx; "There's an enemy attack! There is an enemy attack! ”

When Yanghu arranged the catapult position, he had already considered that the Jizhou army might send troops out of the city to sneak attack, so on all sides of the catapult array, a lot of crossbowmen were arranged to protect the catapult position to ensure that the position would not be destroyed by the enemy.

When the observation post detected the alarm, the crossbowmen guarding the surrounding area immediately went into combat mode, bows in hand and arrows at hand, ready to meet the enemy's sneak attack.

Qiu Lin led the cavalry to rush out of Liu Bridge, and encountered a dense rain of arrows, and the archers of the Zhou army responsible for guarding the catapult phalanx were not only archers, but also arranged a large number of crossbowmen, such a rain of arrows, the Jizhou army wanted to break through, it was really not an easy task.

But Qiu Lin led a real death squad, and he dared to go out of the city at this time, it was definitely an outlaw who regarded death as home, and he was not afraid of death, and in the face of such a rain of arrows, they were not afraid at all, and they launched a charge.

Qiu Lin knew that the difficulty of this sneak attack was very great, so every member of the death squad who went out of the city wore two layers of armor, and even held a shield in his hand, and even the front of the war horse was protected by plate armor, just to prevent the bow and crossbow of the state army.

Such protective measures are still quite necessary, and the arrow rain of the state army is quite dense, if there is a lack of protection, within this short distance of 100 steps, I am afraid that the death squad will be shot into hedgehogs.

But Rao is like this, there are still Jizhou cavalry constantly falling from the horseback, as soon as this person falls, the crockpot in his hand naturally can't be saved, and when he falls on the Lin, he immediately ignites a raging fire, and the range is very large, covering a distance of several zhang.

The fire in front of the Jizhou cavalry is actually not too big, after leaving the city, their formation has been changed to a fan shape, such a formation is more conducive to each breakthrough, Qiu Lin knows, and the state army must be very strict in its precautions, their sneak attack, more is to take the chestnut in the fire, the courage not to be afraid of death alone is not enough, there must be a clear multi-point flowering attack plan, the east is not bright and the west is bright, as long as someone can break through the defense line of the Bingzhou army, throw the fierce oil fire pot into the catapult array.

Yanghu also arrived at the city in the early morning with the catapult, although there was a captain of the catapult to direct the catapult operation, but the attack of the catapult will determine the direction of the battle, Yanghu naturally could not ignore it, not to mention anything related to the infantry battalion, Yanghu was hands-on.

When the Jizhou army opened the city gate and rushed out of a cavalry to try to carry out a sneak attack on the catapult position, Yanghu was still a little unimpressed, after all, he had also made full preparations before, and deployed a large number of guards and horses, which was absolutely necessary to ensure the safety of the catapult array.

There were not many people and horses who came to the Jizhou army, so Yanghu was still calm, thinking that the soldiers and horses guarding could definitely cope with the impact of the Jizhou army.

But when he saw the crockpot on the ground and ignited a fire, Yanghu's face couldn't help but change, he was not afraid of the Jizhou army coming to sneak attack, not two hundred people, even if he sent a thousand people, he didn't want to cross the thunder pool by half a step. But if the Jizhou army uses the fierce oil fire canister, the situation will be very different, after all, the Jizhou army does not need to rush into the catapult array, as long as it is thrown at a sufficient distance, the fierce oil fire tank can be thrown, and the catapult can be burned.

The wise man thinks a thousand times, there must be a mistake, Yanghu has thousands of calculations, and he really missed the calculation that the Jizhou army will use fierce oil fire pots, and the defense line of the state army is actually very tightly arranged, basically in front of the catapult array to build a line of defense, this line of defense not only has bows and crossbowmen but also pikemen and sword and shield soldiers, as well as a large number of rejecting horses, just to prevent the surprise attack of the enemy's cavalry.

But this line of defense can only block the enemy's advance, but if the Jizhou army throws the fierce oil canister in its hand before reaching this defense line, this line of defense will be useless.

After Yanghu discovered this loophole, he broke out in a cold sweat, and he hurriedly ordered: "All the pikemen, all go up, and stop the enemy's advance at all costs!" ”

When Yanghu gave this order, in fact, the Jizhou cavalry was already very close to this defense line, and there were almost dozens of paces away, and they could reach the distance of throwing fierce oil fire cans.

Although the rain of arrows of the crossbowmen was dense and shot a lot of Jizhou soldiers, the remaining Jizhou soldiers still launched a charge without fear and rushed forward frantically, and it was already difficult for the crossbowmen to block their attack.

At the critical moment, the pikemen in the state army were ordered to rush forward, not pikemen, other sword and shield soldiers and crossbow men, also bravely rushed out, forming a human wall, desperately trying to block the offensive of the Jizhou cavalry.

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