The Tang army surrounded the camp today, and Jin Yuanshu was uneasy in his heart, and he was lying on the lookout of a low watchtower built of stone and wood that was not a few feet higher than the ground, and observed the Tang army's every move. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Tang army was menacing, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, surrounded the camp, and did not even leave a mouth. Jin Yuanshu estimated that in addition to the future of the Tang army, in addition to the Suzaku Guard and the Tianshi Army, which were originally guarding the Seoul Prefecture Governor's Mansion, the Tang Yan King brought all the soldiers and horses stationed in Seoul from Pyongyang, and the number was conservatively estimated to be more than 50,000.

Looking at the stone thrower in front of the Tang army, Jin Yuanshu had a feeling of palpitations, looked up at the blue sky under the scorching sun, and his eyes, which looked old and deep after more than 40 years of life experience, revealed the uneasiness in his heart.

"Is today the day of our army?"

Jin Yuanshu was moved, which made the generals beside him inexplicable, how could the general say such an unlucky thing when the war was coming?

In the eyes of the generals, 30,000 reinforcements are on the way, and they will arrive in another five or six days, and as long as our army holds out for another five or six days, the Tang army will inevitably withdraw from the siege, and then our army will be able to besiege Seoul. As for whether you can hold the camp during this time? The generals had full confidence in their hearts to hold on, and with the news of the arrival of reinforcements, the originally demoralized soldiers were high-spirited and not afraid of the Tang army. The fortifications in the camp were attacked by the Tang army for more than half a month, and all kinds of siege equipment were used, and strange tricks were used, but the camp was still blatantly immovable, killing and injuring thousands of Tang troops.

Li Yu looked up at the sun in the blue sky, it was about to be the hottest time of the day in another hour, and there was no commotion when the soldiers were sweating from the sun, Li Yu was still quite satisfied with the training results of the army. It's just that when he saw Bai Zewei, Bi Fangwei and other united soldiers, his face was not so good-looking.

"It's time to go on the offensive."

Li Yu waved his hand, and the flag-bearer in charge of transmitting the order waved the order flag, and the thirty war drums with a radius of three feet wide placed in the military formation rumbled.

Stimulated by the sound of war drums, the officers and men of the Tang Army swept away the heat on their bodies, their eyes burst out with a strong fighting spirit, and the weapons in their hands were clenched tightly.

Heizhi Changzhi, who was originally a pioneer general, had no place to use as a pioneer general since he annihilated 10,000 Silla troops half a month ago, and Jin Yuanshu could not hold on to the cowardice of the war. Isn't it his forte to attack cities on call?

Today, he was sent by His Highness to besiege the Silla camp, but it was just a suppression. Heiya Changzhi looked at the movement in the Silla camp and knew that Jin Yuanshu still couldn't hold out.

Hei Zhi Changzhi couldn't help but feel pity for Jin Yuanshu, who didn't know how to be flexible and flexible in using soldiers for decades? He deserves to be burned here today.

The rumbling war drums rang out, and the black tooth Changzhi's unwavering cheeks moved slightly, "It's started!" ”

I saw that the eighty stone throwers in front of the Tang army were loaded with firewood balls or oil under the operation of the soldiers, and those firewood balls were also sprinkled with fire oil so that they could burn rapidly.

The counterweight of the stone thrower fell to the ground with a bang, and the large leather pocket modified at the other end of the lever quickly threw the firewood balls in the pocket towards the Silla camp. After the throw, the soldiers did not have time to see how it went, and they were in a hurry to pull down one end of the leather bag and fill it with firewood or oil, and then launch a second round. As for whether it was projectile into the Silla camp, it was up to the officer to judge with his eyes open, and then he ordered the soldiers to adjust the stone thrower.

Thirty of the eighty stone throwers were used to fire oil fills, and fifty were used to fire firewood balls. Round after round, firewood balls and fire oil were poured into the Silla camp.

Firewood balls rolled down to the ground in the Silla camp, and as soon as the fire oil was poured into pieces, a few catties or even dozens of catties of fierce fire oil filled in the tank were scattered on the ground into a large area, but in a breath, it turned into a raging sea of fire, and the many firewood balls that rolled down to the ground were quickly ignited and burned more violently. It was already a scorching summer, and it was approaching the hottest time of the day, and the fire in the Silla camp quickly became one.

The Silla soldiers, who had been fighting with the Tang Army for more than half a month, knew that this was the Tang Army's usual fire attack trick, and they were quite disdainful in their hearts, and thought that the Tang Army's vigorous killing must have come up with some good trick today. It's the old way!

More than 30,000 Silla soldiers calmly retreated into the trenches and hid, squatting in the trenches one by one, looking at the logs overhead, listening to the Tang army's incessant projectile of fierce fire and oil into their camp as if they didn't want money.

The accustomed Silla soldiers did not have the nervous look of a big battle in the trenches, laughing and laughing with each other, betting on how soon the Tang army would stop attacking the infantry from a distance.

In the past half a month, the Tang army's several fire attacks have burned everything that can be burned on the ground of the Silla camp, and everything that cannot be burned has been buried in the soil, and it cannot be burned even if it wants to.

As for the dozens of manpower stone throwers brought by Jin Yuanshu, they have not been used, and they have been buried deep in the soil and preserved, waiting for reinforcements to arrive before digging them out for siege.

Li Yu held a telescope and looked at the Silla camp where the fire was burning more and more, showed a satisfied smile, and asked left and right, "How many oil fills and firewood balls are left to be projected?" ”

"Your Highness, there are still 7,000 firewood balls and 200 firewood and oil filling."

"Shoot the firewood ball first, dry firewood can also be projected, and the fire oil will not be projected for the time being, and then decide after watching the fire, after all, fire oil is not cheap."

Li Yuyun commanded lightly, as if the Silla camp with a raging fire in front of him was nothing more than a well-prepared grand bonfire show.

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Eighty stone throwers of the Tang army kept throwing firewood and fireballs into the Silla camp, increasing the fire. Later, the Tang army simply threw five or ten bundles of dry firewood that were a foot long into the Silla camp. These dry firewoods are usually the size of an adult's forearm, are resistant to burning, and have a higher flame temperature.

Before and after, the Tang army projected more than 20,000 pieces of dry firewood into the Silla camp, and all the firewood balls were projected into it, but the stone thrower did not stop there, and continued to throw combustibles.

As the fire in the Silla camp burned for an hour and a half, the Silla soldiers hiding in the trenches gradually discovered that something was wrong. The sound of the fire oil poured into the camp by the Tang Army's stone thrower did not stop there, but the sound changed from a thud to a thud, as if objects were falling scattered.

You must know that in the past, the Tang army's fire attack would stop in less than half an hour, and the foot soldiers rushed up again, and today there is a sign that it has not stopped after an hour and a half.

The Silla soldiers hiding in the trenches did not know that the Tang army was throwing large bundles of dry firewood into their camp. Tens of thousands of dry firewood fell into the fire and burned, intensifying the fire and temperature in the Silla camp, causing the temperature in the trenches, which the Silla soldiers were proud of, to rise and the air to become so hot and difficult to breathe.

Smoke from the burning fire on the ground also poured into the trenches along the vents and exits, and the Silla soldiers hiding inside were so smoked that they couldn't open their eyes, covering their mouths and coughing.

As time went on, even the walls in the trenches became hot, and dozens of logs on top of the trenches ignited sparks under the high temperature of the surface, and gradually expanded, and after a while, one log after another burned.

The Silla soldiers, who were still hiding in the trenches under unimaginable heat, watched in horror as the earth-covered log roofs on the surface that had helped them withstand the waves of boulders, arrows, and fire oil attacks on their heads burned one after another.