Chapter 525: Fire Attack
Sima Fu suddenly lost his voice and shouted:
"Black oil!?"
Liu Bei turned his head sharply when he heard this,
"Shuda knows this!?"
Sima Fu's face also became very ugly,
Lu Bujun not only made this powerful trebuchet,
I even got the black oil out,
He hurriedly replied:
"Lord, although this kind of black oil has never been seen by the lower officials, but in some anecdotal classics, I have seen the record of this thing, I don't know where it was produced, it has appeared in many places, and it is also a mystery to be generated, or it appears on the ground, or it appears in a cave, this thing is viscous and difficult to remove once it is contaminated, and it is easy to ignite, and it can continue to burn for a long time, but after burning, it will produce a lot of black smoke, which is very pungent."
Liu Bei frowned and listened to Sima Fu's explanation,
According to Sima Fu's words,
This black thing,
It's the so-called 'black oil',
Now that I know this,
But I don't know how to deal with it.
To say it is to say nothing.
Liu Bei looked at the opposite side secretly,
A couple of clay pots flew up again,
The number is not very large,
Now in Cao Ang's army,
There are only four of these trebuchets in total.
A trebuchet can place up to three clay pots at the same time,
After a volley,
Probably fifteen clay pots can be fired at the same time,
Although the number of these clay pots is not much,
But because there is no suitable countermeasure,
and the inability to remove the flames quickly and in a timely manner,
It's only been three or four rounds of attacks,
The walls of the city are above the city, including above the city's head,
Raging fires have already burned in many places.
Liu Bei looked back at Sima Fu and asked urgently:
"Shuda! Is there a way to deal with it!? ”
Sima Fu frowned,
His eyes kept looking at the fires in front of him,
I thought about it for a long time and didn't come up with a way to deal with it.
Liu Bei did not continue to wait for Sima Fu's countermeasures,
Turning his head to Chen Zhi beside him, he commanded:
"Uncle Zhi! Hurry up and order everyone in the city to quickly bring water and prepare to extinguish these open fires! ”
"Whoa!"
Chen Zhi nodded,
Hurriedly got up and gave the order to the rear.
"Look! Lu Bujun moved! ”
Suddenly there was a soldier's exclamation from the side,
Liu Bei hurriedly looked over,
I saw that Lu Bujun outside finally moved,
It's just that not everyone is rushing up,
Only about 2,000 men moved.
Most of the two thousand men were cavalry,
Everybody's a bow and arrow,
Arrows are aimed at the city,
You can let go at any time,
Liu Bei looked at these horses suspiciously,
Let's not talk about the use of cavalry siege,
Just the number of these people,
At the time of the initial siege,
It doesn't play a big role,
I don't understand what kind of medicine Lu Bujun sells in the gourd,
However, the enemy's intention to get close to the city wall,
It's already very obvious,
Liu Bei resolutely could not allow such a thing to happen,
Hurriedly opened his mouth and ordered:
"Everyone! Prepare for the attack! As soon as the opponent is in range, immediately start attacking, and the bed crossbow is ready! ”
With Liu Bei's order,
Liu Beijun, who was fighting the fire at the head of the city, immediately moved,
Although everyone is very busy,
But there is no trace of panic,
Such a tense and orderly state of action,
finally made Liu Bei feel at ease.
The bed crossbow on the head of the city slowly turned at an angle,
The bed crossbow was huge and heavy,
It's not easy to turn.
When Lu Bu's army entered the range of the bow and arrow,
The bed crossbow can be turned to the right angle,
But the opportunity to shoot was missed.
Liu Beijun at the head of the city was about to shoot the arrow in his hand,
Suddenly, more than a dozen clay pots flew over with a roar,
The target is these archers on the head of the city,
The guards had to retreat first,
dodge, even so,
There are still several soldiers who are contaminated with the black oil,
Another part of the soldiers,
Then he saw the opportunity to shoot arrows at Lu Bujun,
At the same time, the cavalry of the Lu Bu army,
Countless arrows were also shot at the head of the city.
The arrows of both sides come and go in the air,
However, due to the haste of preparations on both sides,
So it didn't make much of a difference,
On the contrary, it was Lu Bujun who had a certain advantage,
These horsemen are men who are skilled in horse archery,
Preparation on horseback,
Far stronger than the average archer,
And the unique wave bow and arrow method of the state,
For a time suppressed the people above the city,
There is no way to make an effective counterattack.
The cavalry charged quickly,
Finally, after a full round of bow and arrow suppression,
The cavalry came near the city gates,
At this time, the archers parted to the sides,
The two cavalry factions in the middle were exposed,
They don't have any weapons in their hands.
There are only a small clay pots,
When he rushed to the gate of the city,
Suddenly threw those clay pots at the city gate,
After all this,
They immediately turned their horses around and galloped back the way they came.
"Lord, lord! It's not good, black, black oil! ”
"What!?"
Liu Bei was shocked when he heard this,
Don't care about the danger,
Got up and looked in the direction of the city gate,
Between a lot of broken clay pot fragments,
It's the black oil that's sticky,
It's just that in these crockpots,
and did not light the flames,
But the other party's purpose is already very obvious,
I just want to sprinkle this black oil on the city gates.
"This, this is ......"
Liu Bei's heart was cold,
He guessed Cao Ang's plan,
This is to prepare the gates of the city with fire,
Because of the existence of the gate gate,
If it's really a fire,
It is impossible to extinguish it from the top of the city.
If it's an ordinary flame or something that ignites fire, it's better to say,
For when the gates were built,
Considering the possibility of being attacked by fire,
Therefore beyond the planks of the city gates,
It's all wrapped in pig iron,
And it is covered with various coatings to prevent fire attack,
But that's just for the general flame,
If the gates cannot be lit in a short time,
The flames will go out on their own,
However, the black oil used by Lu Bujun today,
Not only does it take a long time to burn,
And the temperature of the flame is very high.
The power of the flame is also very great,
Liu Bei didn't dare to guarantee it,
The gate was able to stand tall under the onslaught of the black oil.
However, the countless crockpots carried by hundreds of Lu Bujun in their hands,
Almost all of them have smashed above the city gates,
At this moment, even regret or remedy is too late,
Liu Bei could only take advantage of this opportunity,
Strangled all these hateful Lu Bu troops under the city,
to be able to give the other party a deterrent,
At the same time, it can also boost your morale.
"Everyone, kill these two thousand people in the city for me at once!"
Liu Bei pulled out the sword at his waist with one arm,
Giving orders to the soldiers at the head of the city,
As soon as his voice fell,
Suddenly a warning sign appeared in my heart,
Liu Bei hurriedly dodged sideways,
A feathered arrow flew against his cheek,
On his fair face,
It left a shallow trail of blood.
I was busy with fear for a while,
Liu Bei stared at the city,
I saw Xiahou Yuan slowly take out a feather arrow again, 187
smiled lightly at Liu Bei,
The feather arrow flew out of the string in an instant,
Liu Bei's eyes narrowed slightly,
He could see that
The target of this feathered arrow is not him,
His eyes suddenly froze,
A crisp sound appeared next to his ears,
I saw that the flagpole on one side immediately broke,
On behalf of Liu Bei's banner of Liu Bei,
Just slowly falling from the top of the city,
Immediately there was an earth-shattering cheer from the city,
In the distance, the rumbling drums of war sounded at the same time,
"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! Wansheng! ”
Tens of thousands of Lu Bu soldiers,
Slogans were shouted in unison.
Xiahou Yuan turned around in a dashing manner,
didn't even look at Liu Bei,
With the more than 2,000 cavalry, he left the city as quickly as the wind.
"Bastard! What are you doing in a daze! Bed crossbow! Call me! ”
Liu Bei was the first to react,
Jumping to his feet in anger and roaring,
The surrounding Liu Bei soldiers reacted at this time,
Hurriedly twisted the machine of the bed crossbow,
Unleash a huge bolt,
The crossbow arrows flew towards the Lu Bu army outside the city with a sharp roar,
The power of the bed crossbow is immense,
The ball-thick bolt,
Wrapped in a powerful impact,
flew towards the cavalry led by Xiahou Yuan,
Immediately several cavalrymen were killed,
There were even several people strung on the same crossbow arrow,
Like a string of sugar gourds,
The scene was unusually bloody and brutal.
Although the power of the bed crossbow is enormous,
But the speed of the launch is too slow,
When the second reload is completed,
Xiahou Yuan had already returned to his team with the cavalry,
This time in the midst of the actions that come and go like the wind,
And he sprinkled the gates with black oil,
At the same time, dozens of corpses were left behind,
In addition, there are countless Liu Beijun soldiers with ugly faces on the city,
Not only did Liu Bei see Cao Ang's thoughts,
Other soldiers,
At this moment, they also saw Lu Bujun's plan,
Yet, no matter how reluctant they may be,
The merciless clay pot,
Still full of flames, it flew towards the gates,
"Whew! Shout! Shout! ”
The sound of clay pots tearing the air,
Like the call of death,
Across the space in the midst of all the attention,
"Smack! Boom! Rumble! ”
The clay pot struck the city gate or near the city gate,
Immediately began to crumble,
Scattered flames are everywhere,
Quickly set the gates on fire,
Many of the soldiers at the head of the city had dead faces with ashes,
They seem to have foreseen a sad end,
Liu Bei also had a dignified face,
His closed lips,
is trembling slightly,
He wants to be angry,
But at this time of age,
Outbursts of rage only make the situation worse,
There is no solution before,
Everything is in vain.
"My lord! With sand, with sand to bury! ”
Sima Fu's slightly surprised voice came,
Liu Bei turned around suddenly,
Commanding loudly to the people around him:
"Sand! Hurry up and get the sand ready! The more the merrier! ”
"Looks like they've figured out how to bury them with sand!"
Xu Chu's deep voice sounded beside Cao Ang,
Cao Ang's eyes remained motionless as he watched the situation at the head of the city,
He also discovered that Liu Beijun was using sand to cover the flames on the black oil.
With the cover of sand,
A flame that is hard to extinguish,
will be extinguished in a very short time,
A smile appeared at the corner of Cao Ang's mouth,
"Looks like these guys aren't too stupid!"
Xu Chu asked a little anxiously:
"Isn't black oil useless?"
"Hehehe, how can it be so simple and lose its effect, it's just that they have found a way to crack it, but if you want to completely resolve the crisis, it's not easy to do......"
Xu Chu scratched his huge head,
He didn't understand the difference.
"If they've all been able to crack it, why can't they resolve the crisis?"
"Look at the city gate, do you think it's something that can be buried in sand?"
Cao Ang stretched out a hand,
Pointing to the huge gate of Anqiu City,
Now the two gates,
has been completely enveloped in flames,
Countless huge tongues of fire,
Licking everything in the cave of the city gate frantically,
Billowing black smoke rose into the sky,
With the city,
It's all looming.
Cao Ang turned his head and continued:
"All trebuchets, half aim at the city, half aim at the gates, continue to attack!"
"Uh......? Why is that? ”
"Tiger idiot, tiger idiot! When will you turn your mind? ”
Cao Ang quipped with a smile.
"Hey, hey, hey! If I use my brain, doesn't that show that you're smart? ”
Cao Ang raised his eyebrows,
I couldn't help but laugh,
I didn't expect this guy to make a joke,
turned out to be such a serious book,
Collected the mind of the joke,
Cao Ang opened his mouth to explain:
"The significance of such an attack is that it can allow Liu Beijun to continue to do something, and at the same time, it can also make the flames at the city gate burn more vigorously."
Xu Chu nodded,
I sighed as if I didn't understand.
Cao Ang didn't care whether Xu Chu really understood,
Raise your head and continue to look in the direction of the city,
Liu Bei is on the side of the city at the moment,
Eyes are also staring at this side,
The eyes of the two entangled with each other in the air,
A smug smile hung on the corner of Cao Ang's mouth,
Lips twitched slightly,
In a voice so low and soft that only he could hear him:
"Don't worry, I still have a lot of good things to use......"
Liu Bei on the opposite side also seemed to guess what Cao Ang said,
Nodding slightly, he said:
"I'll wait for you!"
Cao Ang went on this expedition,
Although he did not bring large siege equipment,
But it brought a huge amount of black oil,
The clay pot is prepared a lot,
Most of them are on the march,
Collected from everywhere,
Although they continue to use this type of attack,
But the stockpiles of supplies,
It's still enough for them to continue squandering for a long time,
Liu Bei's side can also afford it,
The city is well stocked,
And this time it was also prepared for a short time,
Basically, the city has been able to avoid large-scale fires.
But the fire of the city gates,
They are also helpless,
can only passively pile up high earth slopes on both sides of the city gate hole,
Block both sides,
But in this way,
It will also mean that the gates of the city have been abandoned,
Not only did he let the gates burn down,
blocked the possibility of Lu Bu's army entering Anqiu City through the city gate,
But at the same time,
Make the whole city of Anqiu,
It became a closed city.
The first day of the battle,
lasted for most of the day,
Cao Ang then ordered the trebuchet to stop the attack,
Liu Beijun finally won a chance to breathe,
Cao Ang sneered and glanced at the majestic Anqiu City,
Finally the order was given to withdraw the troops,
In the rush of gold,
Lu Bujun is like the ebb tide of the sea,
The siege was lifted.