Looking at the north gate of Ningxiang County in the distance, there were burning thieves running and colliding, struggling and howling in the fire, Hong Chengchou put down the monocular clairvoyant that he had held for a long time, squinted his eyes, stared at the burning city, and his face was expressionless. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Fierce fire oil is only crude oil after roughly removing impurities such as sediment and gravel, and it cannot be extinguished with water after combustion, unless it burns on its own.

It can only be extinguished by means of air blocking, that is, by covering it with sand.

However, not everyone knows this method among the officers and soldiers with slightly higher military literacy, not to mention these thieves who have never even seen fierce fire oil and don't know what fierce fire oil is.

Therefore, above the crowded city, the thief army saw the fire starting, and after it spread all at once, the only thought was to run away, to run away where there was no fire, no one thought to extinguish him, and no one thought that there were still officials and soldiers under the city.

As for the decision made in a hurry by Wang Zuohang, the "King of Great Liang", that is, the decision to send people out to attack the official army's catapults and draw the official army's fire to the bottom of the kettle, not only did the leader of the thief army at the head of the city have no time to pay attention, but after he left the city, he also quickly found that after sending the advance of the official army yesterday evening, the men and horses under his command had blocked the entire gate with earth and stones.

For a while, even if he wanted to send someone out to attack the official army's catapult position, there was no way, Wang Zuohang was so anxious that he stomped his feet, stood in the middle of the city and jumped to his feet and cursed.

In the end, there was no choice but to order the defenders of the city to go down to the city first to avoid the flames.

It's just that this order is too late for the thief army near the North Gate Tower.

Too many of the thieves' minions were contaminated with the fire oil that was splashed when the fire oil canister shattered, and as long as these people touched the fire at the head of the city, they would immediately burn, and there was no way to escape, there was no way to hide.

And the thieves who were already burning while running brought the fire to other places, and there was a scream of astonishment above the city, and it had already become a mess.

The thieves on the two wings in the distance could not extinguish the fire, so they could only watch as those who were in the fire were burned to death, and at the same time did not hesitate to shoot the minions who dared to cross the line of fire and rush to the unburned areas on both wings with bows and arrows to prevent them from bringing this terrible flame to their side.

The bodies of the thieves' minions, the shields they had held, and the rolling logs that had been prepared at the head of the city, among other things, made the fire even more intense.

Taking advantage of the fire at the head of the city, when the thief army had no time to stop the attack, Wang Chengen, the chief soldier of Shaanxi, commanded his men and horses to push six catapults to continue to advance to the city gate, and soon reached a distance of less than 200 steps.

In normal times, this is already the distance that the archers of the thief army at the head of the city can play a role, but the archers who were originally densely packed on the head of the city have become burning things in the fire at this time, and they are jumping down from one or two battle high towers like dumplings, where is there still a chance to counterattack the advance of the official army.

Seeing this situation, Wang Chengen gritted his teeth and ordered his subordinates to move forward again, and stopped when they were about one hundred and fifty steps away from the city.

This is already at the distance of a direct shot, and in normal times, this is of course already killing his own command.

However, at this time, the fire was burning on the city, and there was a great chaos, and there was no problem even further.

At this distance, Wang Chengen, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, ordered the preparation of trebuchets to prepare the burning canisters of burning fire oil into the city again.

Soon, the officers and soldiers were ready, and with Wang Chengen's order, they threw the ignited fire oil cans into the city.

Wang Chengen and the others, who were outside the north gate, couldn't see the situation inside the city, but just projected the burning fire oil canister into the city again and again.

One, two, three, four.

The officers and soldiers in charge of operating the trebuchet pulled down this end of the "seesaw" again and again with all their might, then placed the fire oil canister in the pocket, lit it, and then pulled off the rope and threw the burning fire oil tank into the sky with the weight of the boulder at the other end.

Ten rounds were fired, and most of the hour passed, and the chief soldier Wang Chengen ordered a suspension of the projectile, and the officers and soldiers who operated the trebuchet were also half tired to death.

However, their hard work was not in vain, sixty burning fiery oil canisters were thrown into the city one after another, and the northern blocks of Ningxiang City soon rose with thick smoke and ignited fires, echoing with the red and red fiery clouds in the sky in the west, and in the evening, the sky and the earth were even more fiery red.

When the sun set on the West Mountain, seeing that the northern half of Ningxiang City, especially the neighborhood near the North Gate, was still full of fireworks, Hong Chengchou ordered Wang Chengen's catapult position to move back to the first position when he bombarded the North Gate before, and then the twelve tiger squat cannons and Zhankou military cannons among the generals were all concentrated in front of the trebuchet position, and Li Wenyun and Zhong Dewu were ordered to set up camp on the spot and take turns to guard and protect.

The rest of the officers and soldiers rested and ate, and then spent the night in peace for the decisive battle of the siege tomorrow.

The officers and soldiers outside the city happily bury the pot and cook rice, although the war is current, it is still like a festival, not only is there no tense atmosphere, but everyone is very relaxed.

Because of the siege scene in the afternoon, to the surprise of most of the officers and soldiers, they did not expect that just six trebuchets threw more than a dozen rounds of fierce fire bombs to play such an unexpected killing role.

Not only were most of the thieves stationed at the North Gate Tower and a large section of the North Gate City dead or wounded, but the fortifications and supplies they had stored before were also burned.

In particular, the entire housing block within the north gate of Ningxiang County was all caught in a sea of fire, and by tomorrow, even if the thief army at the head of the city wanted to demolish the nearby houses, the rolling wood and stones used to defend the city would not be available.

Just as the officers and soldiers outside the county seat of Ningxiang were eating dinner with high morale and preparing to attack the city again the next morning, Wang Zuohang, the "King of Great Liang" who was in the city, and others suddenly received news from the direction of Shennanyu that night.

There was a fire in Shennanyu and a big mess!

"Hengtian King" Wang Jiayin and "Zuo Prime Minister" Wang Er disappeared and disappeared!

The officers and troops of Shikou have already crossed the Rolling Rabbit Ridge and attacked Shennanyu!

Wang Zuohang, the "King of Great Liang", and others, who had been convening all the leaders overnight, received one shocking news after another, and the entire conference hall was in an uproar.

This is something they did not expect at all.

Although the official army has begun to attack Shennanyu, many of these thieves know the topography and strength of Shennanyu.

There are Toudaoling thief camp and Rolling Rabbit Ridge thief camp in the south of Shennanyu, especially the Rolling Rabbit Ridge thief camp, how strong the official army is, if you want to capture it, you have to pull the moon for ten and a half days!

Therefore, at this time, when they suddenly heard that the official army had attacked Shennanyu, everyone was shocked, and they all asked the little boss who came to report the news, who was the infighting, how Shennanyu was lost, and where did Hengtianwang and Prime Minister Zuo go.

This little leader of the minions was sent by Bai Wenbo, the "Heavenly Dragon", not to mention that he couldn't say it clearly at all, even if the "Heavenly Dragon" Bai Wenbo came in person, he couldn't say it clearly.

It has been a day since the fall of Shennanyu, but the news of the fall of Shennanyu has just been passed to the ears of Bai Wenbo, the "Heavenly Dragon", from the mouth of the minions who escaped from Shennanyu.

After Bai Wenbo heard the news, he didn't dare to delay his efforts at all, and immediately ordered his men and horses to abandon a large amount of grain and grass baggage, and only took the families and relatives of the thieves to speed up to Ningxiang.

At the same time, he also hurriedly sent an outpost and rode a fast horse to pass on the changes that happened in Shennanyu and the news that he was about to arrive to Wang Zuohang, the "King of Daliang" who was sitting in Ningxiang County.

After receiving the news from Bai Wenbo's faction, Wang Zuohang and his leaders first made a big uproar, asking the little leader and inquiring about the details of the south, and then soon fell into silence, and everyone knew that a catastrophe was coming.

Wang Zuojiao and others, who originally planned to fight a dozen, defend if they can hold it, and withdraw if they can't hold it, suddenly found that the back road had been cut off, where should they retreat now?