After the cloudy moon was hidden in the clouds, the top of the mountain was a little darker.

The mountain breeze whistled by, blowing away the peace and tranquility of the night in the woods on the top of the mountain.

Recently, the attack of the Nine Shadows Army has made it difficult for the enemy to sleep, and suddenly stopping the night attack can make the enemy sleep well, and it is right that they can all sleep soundly. But burning the mountain can make the enemy wake up immediately and attract attention.

But because they haven't been able to rest well recently, the enemy must be unable to extinguish the fire.

"Yes, yes. After Xiao Fuling danced excitedly, she put away a little excitement, and a pair of big eyes with bright eyes slipped around, looking around the dark night, those dense and lush woods and shrubs, and asked thoughtfully: "But Father, there are a lot of trees and grass here, and once the fire attacks us, won't we be able to run?"

"Silly girl, will Dad let you die?" Xiao Shizhu smiled dumbly, and suddenly realized that although Poria was clever, but the little ghost was a little ghost after all, and after thinking about it was not enough, he patiently explained to her: "Later, we will dig a fire ditch near the dock fort, cut down the trees and grass within dozens of zhang around us, and use it to dip it in fierce fire oil and then ignite it and throw it down the cliff, so it won't burn us." ”。

Xiao Fuling suddenly realized, and after the excitement returned to her face again, she shouted, "Then let's get ready." ”。

"Hmm. Xiao Shizhu nodded his head, and his eyes fell on Xiao Si, who was carrying two long swords: "Before you start burning the mountain, you have to take ten guards to quietly cut trees, and with your Su Tianju's swordsmanship, the job of cutting down trees should be easy." ”。

"No. Xiao Si bowed his head slightly and replied.

"Shenji. Xiao Shizhu called again, and then a fungus man jumped out of his neckline, standing on his shoulder, Xiao Shizhu turned around, and then looked into the distance in the hazy moonlight, between the two mountains on the west side of the beachhead, hidden in the craggy rocks, steep and upright, only a silhouette of the pass can be seen, and said: "Inform Wu Xiaoshen, Qingfeng Ridge is on fire, and immediately send fifty flying soldiers, carrying small poisonous fire cannons and fire dragons out of the water to support us." At the same time, he ordered the army to immediately attack the opposite Mingyue Mountain. The warship approached the beachhead and shelled the Devil's Cry Pass on the west side of the beach. ”。

"Understood. As he spoke, Shen Ji closed his eyes.

"Hurry up. Xiao Shizhu stepped forward and walked towards the dock fort.

He climbed the tower on the south side of the Dock Fort with the big flower, and looked down on the railing, and saw that the cliff in front of the Dock Fort was only a few dozen feet, and then there was a steep slope, which extended down to the northern edge of the Devil's Cry Beach.

The moonlight cut through the clouds, casting a blue moonlight that illuminated the barracks and towers on the steep slope, among the shadows of the trees.

The barracks of the Nanban army on the hillside are very simple, all of them are made of mud for the walls, wood for the tiles, and even the rafters are mostly made of bamboo or mixed with bamboo and wood, and then tied with bamboo strips and mountain vines.

Only the towers sandwiched between the barracks are better, mostly made of sand and stones, and the style is simple and rough, but it is also roofed with bamboo and wood.

Such buildings are inherently flammable, and they are all built in the middle of dense forests, so it takes a single fire to ignite them all without much effort.

Xiao Shizhu turned around after observing for a moment, and looked at Xiao Fuling, who was standing in the courtyard paved with gravel, and smiled slightly after directing his guards to do things in an orderly manner.

The guards laid down their supplies and split into two groups under her command: one was responsible for opening the arsenal in the dock and bringing in arrows and rolling stones stored in the dock. The other group was led by Xiao Si and went out to dig a fire ditch.

The Nine Shadows Army is extremely powerful, in addition to being well-trained and experienced in actual combat, their individual equipment is also extremely sophisticated. According to Xiao Shizhu's requirements, in addition to wearing stainless steel armor and helmets, as well as holding a handy cold weapon, each infantry and flying soldier must also carry a food bag and ammunition bag, as well as a repeater crossbow or firearm. Five to ten pieces of * or hidden weapons are required to be hung on the waist for blasting or assassination. A dagger should be tied to his legs, and a shovel or shovel should be carried behind his waist.

These shovels were all made according to Xiao Shizhu's request for the Ordnance Supervisor, and according to the drawings of the human folding sapper shovels he drawn.

In the past, when training, the Jiuyou National Army had to bring full equipment, and in addition to tactical training, they also had to learn from the craftsmen in the army to build the city and ditch and related defenses, so the Jiuyou National Army also dug trenches, which could be used as both war and engineers.

And although Xiao Si took away all the female soldiers, the training in the past was exactly the same as that of the male soldiers, so digging a fire ditch is trivial to them.

In less than a cup of tea, they had quietly dug a fire ditch half a foot wide and five feet deep, and surrounded it outside the dock fort.

Xiao Si then led the guards to take water from the well in the fort and pour it into the ditch, so that it could not only be fireproof, but also used as a trench to prevent the enemy from approaching the fort.

After everything was ready, Xiao Si took this group of sergeants to quietly cut down the trees within a dozen zhang around the dock fort and transported them into the dock fort one by one.

Xiao Sijian was fast, and the trees near the dock fort were not dense, so she completed the logging task assigned by Xiao Shizhu after half an hour. In addition, the sentry post near the dock fort had already been solved by Xiao Shizhu, and the dock fort was isolated from the top of the mountain, and the enemy troops under the cliff had gained a rare tranquility tonight, and they were already asleep, so their actions were not discovered by the enemy.

Then they ambushed themselves in the fire ditch and hid in the darkness of the night, ready to ambush all the enemies who dared to approach the dock fort after the battle began.

Xiao Shizhu went to fetch a few long and thick bamboos, cut them open with a sword, and carried them up to the tower to the outside of the building, aiming at the bottom of the cliff.

Then, after asking the guards to carry the oil drums, they went to the kitchen of the dock fort to find a water scoop, took the oil from the barrel, and poured it into the bamboo tube.

In this way, the fierce fire oil flowed down the bamboo tube towards the outside of the tower, and by moving the bamboo tube, it could be poured exactly to any place below the cliff where Xiao Shizhu wanted it to go. Not a drop touched the cliff.

All the ghosts worked together, divided labor and cooperated, and after a while, only five or six barrels of more than a dozen barrels of fierce fire oil were used, and the enemies under the cliff were all asleep, and no one found the fierce fire oil that fell from the top of the mountain.

Xiao Shizhu then raised his hand, signaling that the guards did not need to continue, and then lit the bamboo tubes that were still stained with a little fierce fire oil, and threw them off the cliff.

The bamboo tube with fire flipped and fell down the cliff, and on the land drenched with fierce fire oil, it brought up a fire dragon that quickly extended southward.

In an instant, a sea of fire burned at the edge of the woods below the cliff, tearing through the darkness of the night sky, spreading in all directions by the night wind, and quickly forming a dense network of fire under the cliff.

Although it was spring at this time, it was dry and rainless in various parts of Nanban, coupled with those fierce fire oils, so that the woods under the cliff were instantly submerged in the sea of fire.

After a while, the fire rose to the sky and thick smoke rolled down, and the Qingfeng Ridge was full of red light, like day.

The flames mixed with thick black smoke grew as soon as they saw the wind, and looked like countless vicious vipers spitting letters, blowing scorching waves and hot winds with their mouths, mixed with wanton whistling, and attacked the enemy camp;

At the same time, the fifty flying soldiers sent by Wu Xiaoshen also carried the poisonous fire cannon to the dock fort, and according to Xiao Shizhu's request, they set up the magic cannon on the south courtyard wall of the dock fort.

"You fight the towers of the enemy camp. After Xiao Shizhu gave an order, he took Xiao Poria to the trebuchet in the middle of the wall: "Lift the earth-shaking thunder, light it and launch it to the bottom of the cliff with a trebuchet." ”。

Just as he gave the order, most of the enemy troops under the cliff had already woken up, and many of the enemy soldiers rushed out of the barracks surrounded by flames in panic without even having time to lift their pants.

Surrounded by smoke and flames, they watched the flames around them for a long time before they came to their senses, and the first thing they did was beat gongs and drums and shout to their companions to come and put out the fire.

However, the sea breeze continued, and the fire was fueled by the wind, and the raging fire seemed to go crazy, scurrying around with the wind, and there were many combustibles under the cliffs, and those barracks made of bamboo and wood were also on fire one by one in an instant. The enemy troops, who had not yet woken up or failed to escape from the barracks in time, were instantly buried in the fire along with the barracks.

The Southern Barbarian Army, which was already not well rested and mentally exhausted, felt a drop in the bucket.

In the past, the Southern Barbarian Army stationed here had the help of boat ghosts and reggae, and any invading ghost could not get close to the Ghost Crying Beach and would be destroyed, let alone be able to quietly touch the top of the north and south mountains to set fire;

Screams, exclamations and curses, accompanied by the whistling hot wind, echoed over Qingfeng Ridge for a long time.

The flames soon followed the trees on the ridge, climbed to the top of the mountain, and approached the top of the wood. However, Xiao Shizhu had already ordered the nearby trees to be removed and dug a fire ditch, even if the flames were high, they could not reach the vicinity of Wubao.

Then these flames rushed down the ridge in all directions, and a sea of fire could be seen spreading all over the Qingfeng Ridge, and the flames ignited one tree after another in the mountain.

Even the air was filled with smoke and ashes with fire.

As far as the eye can see, Qingfeng Ridge looks like a volcanic beast covered in flames. While reflecting the surroundings, it illuminates the heavens and the earth.

The flying soldiers quickly set up the poisonous fire cannon, and with the light of the skyrocketing fire, they aimed at the tower under the cliff that had not caught fire, and fired the cannon in order. According to Xiao Shizhu's request, several of the guards of the Weng lord also calibrated the trebuchet in a hurry, and then threw the ignited thunder upwards and towards the bottom of the mountain.

The remaining guards poured the remaining oil on the felled trees, lit them, and threw them from the wall down the hill. The burning wood rolled down, and in the blink of an eye, it melted into the flames, chasing after the scattered enemy troops.

Moments later, explosions erupted in the sea of fire. Under the blazing flames, the waves of earth and wood with fire flew incessantly, and the towers and pillars in the enemy camp broke and collapsed, and it was a mess. The panicked enemy army is even more masterless, how can they have any mind to put out the fire, most of them just panicked and fled towards the Devil's Cry Beach.

But there are not many enemy troops who can break out of the fire unharmed.

Even though a few bold and calm enemy troops discovered that the artillery came from the hilltop dock fort, they were unable to organize the sergeants to attack the cliff; first, the southern barbarian army was forced to flee in all directions by the ubiquitous flames, and second, the mountaintop dock fort was not on fire all around, but it was surrounded by flames dozens of feet away, and if they wanted to attack the dock fort, they would rush into the sea of fire, which was tantamount to seeking death.

Looking at the sea not far away, and then looking at the raging flames all over the mountains, and the red all around, the helpless Southern Barbarian Army could only wait for death.

Looking at the enemy army struggling in terror in the flames, without the power to fight back, Xiao Fuling was overjoyed.

Just as she was getting a little carried away with excitement, she suddenly heard a muffled thunder overhead.

Xiao Fuling was stunned for a moment, looked up at the sky, and saw that the sky was still moonlit and starry, and I don't know when it was already full of dark clouds.

[Craftsman army - craftsmen in the military. It is specially responsible for digging tunnels privately, concealing *, bombarding city walls, and transportation, warfare, and erecting pontoon bridges. 】