At noon, twenty-six oil trucks loaded with oil oil finally came to the front of the formation. The oil wagons did not play much of a role in the siege, as the range was relatively long, and the oil did not burn everything because it was only facing rammed earth and stone walls. After the first siege was frustrated, Yang Jun tried to use several oil trucks to participate in the siege during the second siege, but the result was not ideal. Although a fire was burned at the head of the city, the besieging side could not attack the city at all. After the flames were extinguished, the walls were unharmed, and the rammed earth was burned by the fire but became stronger. Yang Jun completely abandoned the idea of the oil truck participating in the siege. This thing is still effective for attacking mountains and attacking small areas, or wooden forts. It was of little use in the offensive operations of this great city.

So this time, when Ma Qingshan proposed to attack the city gate with fire, Yang Jun actually had some doubts in his heart. But seeing Ma Qingshan's resolute attitude, and at this time, he had to encourage a general like Ma Qingshan, so he decided to let him try.

The drums of war sounded, accompanied by the agitated drumbeat, and the six thousand shielded Da Zhou soldiers lined up in five horizontal columns and marched towards the city gate. Behind them, hundreds of flatbed trucks loaded with logs followed by twenty-six oil trucks.

The head of the city reacted quickly, and after coming within a range of one hundred and fifty paces, the feathered arrows of the city head struck like locusts in the sky with a buzzing sound of breaking through the sky. For a moment, the entire formation was completely shrouded in this dense rain of arrows.

The soldiers' large shields withstood most of the rain of arrows, but the carts and tankers in the rear were unstoppable. The cart full of logs was instantly filled with arrows. The soldiers of the cart cowered under the logs to avoid the rain of arrows, but they were not too harmed. Those oil carts were originally thick iron canisters, which ordinary bows and arrows could not penetrate at all. At this moment, the feathered arrows were shot at their shells, clanging like opening a blacksmith shop, but they did not cause real damage.

The most powerful is the Liao imitation bed crossbow. Although the number is not much, there are only a dozen near the left side of the tower. However, when a powerful crossbow as thick as a child's arm strikes, it will explode the large shields in the hands of the soldiers into sawdust and penetrate the formation. It will shoot the wood chips on the cart and scatter the sawdust. It also leaves deep deformed grooves in the shell of the cans of the oil car.

But on the whole, the opponent's Great Zhou soldiers and horses were not hurt much, and they successfully advanced to the city gate moat.

The formation of soldiers and horses dispersed, and more than 100 carts loaded with logs advanced to the front. The Liao army at the head of the city thought that the other party was going to use these logs to build a bridge, and they were very puzzled. Obviously, many moats on both sides of the city wall have been filled in by them, why should they waste such efforts at the city gate. But the next moment, they were a little confused by the behavior of the Great Zhou soldiers and horses.

Ma Qingshan gave an order, and more than a dozen soldiers held iron hooks to hook a log that was a long length and rushed towards the moat. When he arrived at the river, he shouted and raised his hand, threw the long log far across the river, and rolled down the entrance of the city gate, which had no city gate, but was completely blocked by the sand and stones.

The Liao soldiers even forgot to release their arrows, they guessed in amazement about each other's intentions, and soon they seemed to understand something.

"It's ...... Want to fire attack? Take these logs and burn the city gates? Are the people of Da Zhou crazy? They tried once, but they burned down two gates. Do it now

What's the point? "The Liao army was confused. Even Han Desui, who supervised the war, was confused.

If it's just a fire attack, then what's there to be afraid of. I'm afraid that the other party has some intentions that I don't know about. Han De couldn't guess it, so he could only order the archers to shoot arrows wildly, and the bed crossbowmen shot one after another strong crossbows into the city.

Braving the fierce rain of arrows and paying the price of more than 2,000 dead and wounded, thousands of logs were thrown across the river and piled up on the left side of the city gate. It was piled up into several high hills.

Twenty-six oil trucks were on the field, and the water dragons sprayed a large amount of oil on the log hills through the moat. A truckload of oil was spewed out. It wasn't until all the oil trucks had been drained of the last of the oil that they quickly retreated. In the process, more than 2,000 Great Zhou soldiers were killed or wounded.

In the more than an hour of the attack, the Liao people did not suffer a single casualty, and Ma Qingshan had already lost nearly 4,000 men to his side. Many generals in the rear began to curse and began to count in front of Yang Jun. Yang Jun's face sank like water, and although he was very unhappy in his heart, he still wanted to know what the result would be if Ma Qingshan paid such a big price. He's not that impatient. Thousands of casualties were not to be expected.

"Shoot rockets!" Ma Qingshan finally gave the order. A row of archers burst forward, lit up more than 100 rockets, and shot the first round of arrows from the Great Zhou soldiers and horses since the attack. The flaming arrows landed on the hill-like pile of logs with their trails of fireworks. The next moment, the flames rose violently, and the flames rose to form a fire curtain that was more than fifty steps wide, quickly engulfing the area of dozens of steps to the left of the city gate.

As you can imagine, the violentness of the burning oil can even cause an explosion. Although the refining technology at this time was average, the purity of the oil was already quite high. The oil can even burn on the surface of water, let alone cling to large piles of wood. The fire soared into the sky, and the highest part of the flame was even more than ten zhang high. The height of the entire city wall and the castle tower was only eight zhang high, so the entire castle tower was already engulfed in flames.

The Liao army on both sides of the city tower immediately withdrew, because the fire was fierce, and the skin and meat would be roasted within dozens of steps, and they could not stand on it at all. So you have to leave immediately, or you will be melted into the fire.

Until the fire ignited, Han Desui didn't understand the other party's intentions. Such a fire, although ferocious, but what can it be? At most, the castle tower will be burned, but will it burn down the city wall? I'm afraid it's impossible. The entire city wall is made of glutinous rice soup stirred triple soil rammed, which is the most solid rammed earth method, waterproof and fireproof, and difficult to shake at all. The other walls had been burned with oil before, but the more they burned, the stronger they became. The burned ground is more solid. The generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty wanted to use this method, but they were afraid that it was wishful thinking.

The soldiers and horses of both sides of the attacking and defending sides of the city were respectful of the raging fire. Ma Qingshan had already ordered the soldiers and horses to withdraw beyond the range of the opponent's bow and arrows. Hundreds of thousands of people above and below the city just stared blankly at the sky-high fire at the city gate, not knowing what would happen in the end.

Logs that have been completely soaked with fire oil burn for a long time, and the logs are piled up into a small mountain, which takes a long time to burn, not to mention the addition of fire oil, which increases the burning time. The fire burned from midday to sunset. Smoke and dust are billowing above the south gate of the entire Xijin Mansion, and the birds are extinct

, you can feel the unbearable scorching heat within a radius of 100 steps. The half-collapsed city tower above the southern gate of the entire Xijin Mansion could not withstand the burning and baking of the fire, and collapsed half an hour after the fire ignited. All the wooden pillars, doors and windows inside have long since turned to fly ash. The stone pillars were burned and burst and collapsed.

However, as the flames gradually became smaller and gradually extinguished, when people re-saw the black walls on the left side of the city gate, they found that in addition to being charred black, the city walls of the city gate were still standing and looked undamaged.

Han De let out a long sigh of relief, although he had long known that it was useless to burn the city wall, but after all, he was still a little worried. Until the results were presented, it was clear that the entire wall had withstood the test of fire for several hours and was still standing. Han Desui didn't mention the joy in his heart.

On the side of the Great Zhou soldiers and horses, the doubts have been constant. When the flames were finally extinguished and nothing happened, the generals finally began to fry the pot and began to mess around. Some people gloated and said in their hearts: You, the general, will be promoted quickly, and I am afraid that you will be dismissed quickly, and I am afraid that you will soon meet Han Gang in the Zhuozhou cell.

Even Yang Jun was a little out of breath, and sent the general of the guard battalion to inquire. Ma Qingshan only said a few words to the generals of the guard battalion.

"Please go back and report to the marshal, and ask the marshal to order the cavalry to prepare for the charge. As for the general and your three thousand brothers in the guard, it is time for you to show your skills, and soon you will be the first echelon to attack the city. My advice to you is that everyone should be dressed in wet clothes, that the horses should be sprayed with water, and that the horses' hooves should be covered with thick leather pads and that they should be prepared for the heat. ”

The general was stunned and speechless, and quickly went back to report it. Yang Jun was puzzled, but he ordered him to follow Ma Qingshan's words. Because Yang Jun heard it, the real show is only starting now.

As the sun sets, the sky takes on a solemn color. In the twilight, the embers of the fire at the city gate were particularly bright in the night wind. Just when the Liao people thought that the Great Zhou people's fire strategy was in vain and would definitely die down, the earth-shattering war drums under the city suddenly sounded.

The Liao army defending the city wanted to cry without tears, and even the eighteenth generation of the ancestors of the Great Zhou soldiers and horses were scolded in their hearts. Don't let people stop? An afternoon was consumed, and now you still have to attack the city? Is there any mistake? The Liao army is almost going crazy.

The oil truck appeared again, this time there was no oil in the tank, and it was filled with dozens of truckloads of water. There was no need to do special cover, because the people on the left side of the city gate could not get close, and the Liao archers could not get close and release their arrows. The scattered feathered arrows on the side of the head were fired, but they no longer posed much of a threat. Everyone watched as the oil trucks approached the moat, and then dozens of water dragons began to water towards the city gate.

"What are you doing? Are the people of the Great Zhou really crazy? Set a fire in the morning, and now put out the fire? Hehe, that's funny. If you can't conquer the city, you don't have to be so poor. The soldiers of the Liao army looked at each other and thought that it was strange and funny.

However, they were soon stunned by what was happening in front of them. Dozens of jets of water fell on the entrance of the city gate, and the city wall hissed, rising from the white mist in the sky. At first, the crowd didn't think it was just a mist from the cold water meeting the hot wall, which was normal. But it soon became clear that it wasn't that simple.