With an order, thirty modified catapults were quickly pushed to the front of the formation.

The soldiers in charge of the operation moved quickly, and they worked in teams of five to carry a jar of fierce fire oil and placed it next to the catapult.

To put it bluntly, this thing is a modern flask, and when it is thrown on a large scale, the picture is exciting to think about.

Chen Ziqian was also quite looking forward to it, just in front of the battle to watch the soldiers fiddle, not long after the flag bearer held high the flag to command, the soldiers immediately lit the fire oil tank loaded on the catapult.

"Put!" The flag bearer waved the flag suddenly, and the scene suddenly resounded with the thumping sound of cowhide band whipping.

The red-hot thirty fiery oil canisters quickly slashed through the sky, and in the blink of an eye, they smashed into the city defense like cannonballs, and the range could reach a kilometer.

As soon as the clay pot was smashed, the spurted stone grease water burst into flames, and the flames suddenly spread out like a wave.

"Fire ...... It's the fire, save me...... Help me......"

A soldier on the castle tower was affected by the flames, and the fire spread rapidly on his body, and some nearby companions hurriedly rushed up to help extinguish the fire, but the fire was not extinguished, and their bodies were burning one after another.

What's even more terrifying is that no matter how they beat to extinguish the fire, the pungent flames emitting black smoke on their bodies cannot be extinguished.

In desperation, everyone fell to the ground and rolled one after another, but the scattered stone grease water was everywhere, and the more they rolled, the more they were contaminated, and the burning momentum was even worse, and it was still enduring to completely burn them into a ball of fire.

The surrounding guards were all stunned when they saw this scene, everyone is familiar with flames, and there are countless cases of attacking cities with fire in history, but who has ever seen this kind of domineering fire that cannot be extinguished?

"Don't be stunned, quickly carry the water, quickly carry the water to extinguish the fire!" Someone was the first to react, and the guards on the castle tower immediately went into action.

But this is oil, and how can it be easily extinguished with water after large-scale combustion?

Thirty catapults outside the city were thrown non-stop, and the team of five people worked together tacitly, from tightening the cowhide band to loading to igniting to launching, the five people performed their own duties, and the action was like a high-speed machine.

Before the battle, I heard the sound of banging and banging cowhide bands and whipping one after another, and this efficiency is much faster than those old catapults!

As the flames intensified and spread, the castle tower soon became a Shura purgatory, and the whole city was enveloped in heart-rending screams and wails, which made people's scalps tingle just by listening to it.

"Don't mess up, don't mess up, the water is coming, the water is coming!" A group of soldiers rushed up to the city tower with buckets, and while pouring water to extinguish the fire, a soldier who had been ignited by the flames hurriedly rushed forward as if he had been pardoned: "Save me, save me......

Several buckets of water were poured on the man, and the fire was extinguished, but as soon as the breeze blew, the small flames immediately burst under his feet and re-ignited, and the fire became more vigorous.

"No, this is impossible, no ......" The soldier looked desperate, and rushed up to grab the bucket to extinguish the fire in order to survive, but the over-frightened soldiers next to him drew their knives and rushed up to kill him, and then kicked him down the tower.

"It's General Le, it must be General Le's manifestation, this is heaven's punishment, it's General Le's soul that has come back to ask for his life, no, I don't want to die, I don't want to be burned alive, ah......" A soldier was paralyzed to the ground in fright, screaming in fear while crawling and escaping.

"This is not a heavenly punishment, it is a ghost fire, a ghost fire that cannot be extinguished in the water, run!"

As soon as the ghosts and gods spoke, the rumors immediately spread like a plague in the city, and the soldiers began to throw away their armor and flee in a hurry, one by one, and the defenders on the tower of the city collapsed in the blink of an eye.

"Come back to me, come back!" Zhang Guangzhi's face looked extremely ugly under the protection of a group of guards, and he drew his sword to cut down those cholera soldiers, but he was blocked by the spreading flames, and in order to ensure safety, those cronies and guards forcibly erected him down the tower.

At the same time, the army outside the city had no intention of charging, and the team was lined up, watching the chaos on the city tower, many people saw such a scene for the first time, and the shock and shock in their hearts were no less than those defenders.

To tell the truth, just this terrible scene, if they are really told to attack the city, they may not dare to go up.

Chen Ziqian also squinted his eyes slightly in front of the battle, this is the legendary dimensionality reduction blow, which does not give the opponent a chance to resist at all.

The flames on the castle tower were blazing, and as the catapults continued to throw fierce fire oil, the burning area continued to expand, and it was impossible to extinguish it with water.

The density of oil is smaller than that of water, and the more water is poured on the oil, the more the oil floats on the water and burns in contact with the air, while the water flows on the ground, and the oil that floats on it burns more widely.

However, it was not difficult to extinguish the fire, as long as the contact between the oil and the air was blocked, and it was enough to cover it with soil and sand and sprinkle it with dry powder, but it is a pity that these ancients had never seen such a battle, and there was nothing they could do about it.

"Pass the order, get the crossbowmen in place!" Chen Ziqian glanced at the fire in the city, it is not realistic to burn down Pingyong City, Zhang Guangzhi still has tens of thousands of cavalry in his hands, they can still go out of the city to fight without city defense, and they will definitely not sit still.

And there is such a place at the gate of the city, without the echo of the city tower, the crossbowman can completely seize the advantageous terrain, as long as the defenders dare to go out of the city, he can harvest a wave here.

"Report!" Just as the crossbowmen were quickly entering the combat area, a herald hurriedly ran over and said, "Lord Qiqi, there is news from Dagong Mountain. ”

"Say!" Chen Ziqian listened to the report.

After Chen Tong and Xue Feizhang were defeated, they fled to Dagong Mountain with the remnants of more than 8,000 people.

But because the food and grass ran out, the two had a dispute over where to stay.

Chen Tong is the general who came out of Le Jinghui**, and with Le Yingqing by his side, the two hit it off and decided to lead their troops to defect.

But Xue Sima advocated surrendering to Zhang Guangzhi nearby, after all, Zhang Guangzhi was originally Pingyong Taishou, and he was now retracting the old department, and he did not mean to investigate the responsibility for the past crimes, so it was most appropriate to go to the place now.

But Zhang Guangzhi had just forced Le Jinghui to death, so hateful, how could the soldiers under him agree.

And just when the two sides insisted on their own words, the original prison Zhou Zhuoyun suddenly broke out in order to get out, and killed Xue Feizhang while he was unprepared, and took advantage of the situation to detain Le Yingqing, so as to coerce Chen Tong to lead the remnants to Ningyun to defect to Zeng Yuanqi.

Now Chen Tong is in a dilemma, he doesn't know what to do, and he is stalemate with Zhou Zhuoyun in the Dagong Mountain Wa'er Valley.

The most troublesome thing is that Zhou Zhuoyun took advantage of Chen Tong's unpreparedness and sent someone to ask Zeng Yuanqi for help.

After listening to the herald's report, Chen Ziqian's brows couldn't help but lock.

Dagong Mountain is twenty or thirty miles away from here, and now this side is attacking Pingyong, and it is impossible to divide troops to rescue.

Moreover, Ningyun is closer to Dagong Mountain, only a few miles, and now the past may not be able to catch up with Zeng Yuanqi, not to mention, even if he catches up, he may not be able to successfully save Le Yingqing.

What's worse is that if Zeng Yuanqi sends troops at the same time, they will inevitably encounter them in the wild.

You must know that Zeng Yuanqi also has tens of thousands of cavalry in his hands, and once they encounter it in the wild, they have no chance of winning at all.

"**What about Guan Kaihong? Do they know the situation? Chen Ziqian looked at the herald and asked.

"Lord Hui, the scouts have explained the situation to them when they return."

Chen Ziqian nodded, waved off the herald and muttered for a moment.

**It is Le Jinghui's cronies, and he will definitely do his best to rescue Le Yingqing, with the cooperation of Guan Kaihong, more than 500 people are a little less, but there is still some hope.

In comparison, this side is in a stalemate with Zhang Guangzhi, and there is definitely no way to divide the troops to go to the rescue, so I can only pin my hope on them.

"Report!" Another herald hurriedly ran up and reported: "Lord Qiqi, Jing Ce Nian sent 30,000 troops from Bianqiu County this morning, and Hemen County has fallen. ”

"it!" Chen Ziqian couldn't help but scold, this special trouble is really one after another.

The dog's Jing Ce Nian's movements were really fast, and as soon as the front foot left, the back foot waved the army to capture the river gate.

Using this method of gradual encroachment to continuously shrink the battle circle, blocking the river gate is afraid that it will be difficult to return to Yong'an through Changchuan, which is particularly clear that he is forced to confront Zeng Yuanqi head-on.

In the end, no matter who wins or loses between him and Zeng Yuanqi, Jing Ce Nian can reap the benefits of the fisherman.

"This old fox, he has not spent a single soldier since he appeared, he has taken up all the good things, and he will drill into it when he catches the hole, and he really doesn't give any breathing space." Chen Ziqian's face turned dark, but Zhang Guangzhi in the city still refused to come out.

The longer this takes place, the more obvious the downside becomes.

"Can't wait any longer!" Chen Ziqian squinted his eyes slightly, and a ruthless color flashed in his eyes: "Pass the order, the catapult will advance five hundred meters, and throw the fierce fire oil tank into the city for Lao Tzu!" ”