Chapter 50: Hellfire

The night was still deep.

After several rounds of killing, Peng Shiyu didn't know how many clansmen's lives were lost in the flames, and several generals kept shouting beside him, but he didn't say a word, his red eyes were always staring at the sparks that kept falling to the ground, and he kept chanting words in his mouth: "Ten breaths...... Fifteen ...... Twenty ......"

Soon, the Tang army's arrow rain was obviously delayed and even stopped, Peng Shiyu woke up as if in a nightmare, his eyes were almost cracked, and he let out a thunderous roar: "The Tang army's arrows are exhausted!" Abandon the shield of the whole army! Rush to kill the Tang army camp! Those who dare to retreat will be killed! ”

When the general order was issued, Peng Shiyu and the generals beside him raised their swords and personally led a large group of barbarians who had regrouped to launch a new offensive again.

Three horns sounded suddenly, and coach Peng Shiyu took the lead, and the beastly nature in the hearts of the barbarians seemed to be ignited instantly! After relieving the weight of the vine shield, they howled and rushed forward like crazy hyenas. A pair of blood-stained bare feet trampled the corpses of their clansmen, stepping on the burning flesh and blood. At this moment, the humanity of the barbarians seems to be gradually disappearing, and there is only empty killing intent in their eyes!

The arrows were exhausted, and dozens of shirtless men in the Tang army began to struggle to push the boulders to the front of the village, pouring oil on the fire and rolling down the slope one after another. In an instant, patches of crimson blood mist continued to explode in the barbarian formation, and I don't know how many stumps and flesh were splashed! And the barbarians are outnumbered, even if a few rounds of boulders flow out of the bloody path in the barbarian array, they are densely filled after a while.

The soldiers of the Tang Army on the mountain watched as the black-pressed barbarians crushed over as if they were walking on the ground, and they were less than thirty steps away from the camp in an instant.

"All the envoys, the arrows and boulders are gone!"

"All envoys, the brute soldiers are only twenty steps away!"

"Envoys, brutes, ah-"

On the sentry tower, the Tang soldier's shouting stopped abruptly, and then his body stiffened, and he fell down the tower with a muffled "bang", and there was no sound again.

The barbarian soldiers had already blown their arrows, and several generals of the Tang army roared forward one after another, and personally led rows of soldiers against the wall to wait for them. Even the archers and slingers who had just been withdrawn drew their swords from their waists. Everyone held their breath and didn't dare to relax, and everyone knew in their hearts that hand-to-hand combat was the last moment.

Li Jianqi tried to breathe steadily, clenched his sword scabbard and roared, "Where is the fierce fire oil?!" ”

A subordinate general puffed up his chest and replied loudly: "Envoy, the fierce fire oil is ready!" ”

Li Jianqi seemed to be enduring great pain, and said in a trembling voice: "Do what you order!" ”

"Yes!"

I saw that the general waved violently, and then the corpse of the robe soaked in black oil was thrown far away from the guard tower one after another, and then the soldiers endured their grief and threw the torches in their hands high!

"Boom", these black corpses were on fire, and the flowing blood mixed with black oil instantly spread down the slope!

The barbarians immediately burst into flames, but this time the flames were completely different from the previous ones.

Once it is touched, even if it is watered, even if it rolls, it is useless! On the contrary, it is getting more and more intense! Some of the brute soldiers even had their hair burned, but they still gritted their teeth and took two steps, and then they lost consciousness and planted back, and the flesh and blood were stained with the brute soldiers behind them, and this kind of fierce death spread uncontrollably and rapidly, and the real survival and death could not be!

Immediately after that, the dense forests around the mountain were inevitably damaged, and the eyes were full of fire!

The air was filled with a disgusting smell of blood, black smoke billowed from charred corpses everywhere, and the surrounding trees burned out and broken, even if the barbarians were no longer afraid of death, they had witnessed with their own eyes what a real hellfire was!

Fierce fire oil is only available in the border cities of the Southern Tang Dynasty or in the forbidden army. And the Tang soldiers in the camp here are all Li Jianqi's state soldiers, where have they seen such a terrible battle? The soldiers' faces changed, their eyes widened with horror, and their stomachs turned upside down.

(Note: Historical facts.) Menghuo oil, that is, unprocessed oil dug from the surface, was most widely used in the Five Dynasties and the Song, Jin, Liao, and Yuan dynasties, and was most frequently used in the Tang Dynasty south of the Ten Kingdoms. "Zizhi Tongjian" once recorded: In the eighth year of Song Kaibao, when Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty, faced the crisis of the Song army's attack on Jinling, Zhu Lingyun, the Marquis of Yu, the Divine Guard, set fire to the Song army with fierce fire oil, intending to reproduce the Battle of Chibi, but the wind direction suddenly changed, the flames reignited and his own army collapsed, and 150,000 sailors were finally buried in the belly of the fish, which indirectly led to the destruction of the Southern Tang Dynasty)

Witnessing everything tragic in front of him, Li Jianqi's body suddenly shook uncontrollably, and then his face was extremely sad, and it was completely helpless to abuse the corpse of the sacrificial sergeant and use it as a fire trigger! When Li Yuan handed him more than a dozen barrels of fierce fire oil, he understood its power and usage.

This thing is difficult to control and too fierce, it spreads instantaneously and is difficult to extinguish! The camp was made of trees, so it was not allowed to be set ablaze with oil on fire, which was tantamount to suicide. The rolling wood and stones are too heavy, and they disappear when they roll downhill, and the arrows are too little oil and the target is difficult to find.

Therefore, the only option in the hurry was the corpse of the sergeant in the village, which could be thrown steadily enough distance, and also ensure that enough black oil was poured and the torch could be thrown accurately. The loss is that the camp is on the top of the mountain, and the fire is going down, otherwise it will be difficult to escape the catastrophe.

A soldier in the camp climbed the watchtower, stared at the barbarians who were falling and retreating like reptiles, and shouted loudly: "All envoys! The brutes retreated! The brutes retreated! ”

Then all the soldiers of the Tang Army clenched their blades tightly, and their tired smiling faces cheered vigorously:

"The brutes are back! We won! ”

"Datang Wansheng!"

"Datang Wansheng!" ......

Li Jianqi's slightly messy hair swayed gently in the breeze, and then he said in a deep voice with an expressionless face: "Order, before the fire under the mountain is extinguished, all the sergeants are not allowed to leave the camp for half a step!" Violators will be dealt with by military law! ”

At dawn, the sky-high firelight reflected the fish-white sky, and it was a strange blood red.

Peng Shiyu, who had just escaped from the sea of hellfire, retreated along the mountain road while gathering the remnants of his army, while the dense forest in the distance behind him was still burning with skyrocketing fires. In the past, the young master of Xizhou, who was famous for his fierceness, the arrogance of the so-called military generals had already been swallowed up by this fire, and he was still apprehensive at this time.

A general with a bloodstained body hurriedly ran over and persuaded him bitterly: "Uncle, the last general has just counted it, and now there are less than 5,000 people left!" Why don't you go back to Xizhou! ”

Peng Shiyu shook his head self-deprecatingly, then gasped heavily, and said with a sad face: "God! The elite of Xizhou was lost at my hands! How do I go back to see Grandpa! With that, he drew his sword from his waist and slashed it towards his neck.

Seeing this, the general rushed forward in a panic, knocked on Peng Shiyu's arm desperately, and cried: "Uncle must not!" ”

The guards also rushed up one after another, kneeling on the ground and begging: "I beg the uncle to take care of himself, regroup in the coming day, and take revenge!" ”

The tragic picture in his mind kept lingering, Peng Shiyu's resolute face was already exhausted, I saw him let out a long sigh, gently withdrew his long sword, and then closed his eyes and gritted his teeth and said: "This revenge will be avenged in the future!" Let's go back to Linyuan City to rest first! ”