Under the walls of the Hukou Fortress, there was a sound of 'bang' and 'bang' pouring earth, and the light brought by the lightning also fixed the pictures of the soldiers of the Scorching Sun Country pouring the earth in Wang Yan's eyes.

Wang Yan really began to worry this time, the stupidest and most primitive method adopted by the enemy army was the most effective. The accumulation of sand is not afraid of any kind of destruction, and hundreds of thousands of enemy troops can easily pile up the sand to the level of the fortress walls, and when the time comes, the enemy army can easily step on the mound of earth and rush into the fortress.

It is necessary to stop the movement of enemy troops. But what is the best way to succeed? Archery, no! The shields of the enemy soldiers are always held high, and the arrows fired from the fortress do not hurt the enemy soldiers at all. Although it can have a certain killing effect, the rolling wood and stone that falls under the fortress will help the enemy to increase the speed of the mound. Setting fire in such a heavy rain is simply a fool's dream.

Many methods quickly flashed in Wang Yan's mind, but they were all denied by him.

When he was at a loss, Li Zihao came to Wang Yan's side: "Your Excellency, the quicklime has arrived, and I am waiting for your instructions." “

"Great!" After Wang Yan heard the news that Li Zihao had transported quicklime, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he immediately came up with a good way to stop the enemy army.

In the high mountains surrounding the fortress of Hukou, there are rich mineral resources, and limestone is one of them. During the repair of the Hukou Fortress and the quarrying of boulders, a large amount of limestone was mined together.

After Wang Yanzhi crushed the limestone, the obtained powder was thrown into the air. It is easy to burn a person's eyes. Therefore, after seeing a large amount of limestone, Wang Yan ordered the inhabitants of Hukou Fortress to smash it and prepare to throw it in the event of a large-scale enemy attack, inflicting unexpected damage on the enemy army.

But at this time, Wang Yan thought of another characteristic of quicklime, that is, after encountering water, quicklime will react strongly, generating heat while emitting a pungent smell and thick smoke. It is a great help to confuse and stop the enemy army.

Overwhelming quicklime was dumped down. Mixed with rainwater. The outside of the walls of the Hukou Fortress suddenly became foggy, and under the backdrop of lightning, the Hukou Fortress became illusory and unpredictable.

The large number of soldiers of the Scorching Sun Nation did not have time to dodge. Buried by quicklime. The quicklime-stained soldier soon felt a burning pain spread throughout his body. The pungent smell choked them. Died in an instant. The enemy soldiers who were a little further away choked on tears, and they did not see a trace of fire, but they felt a wave of overwhelming heat sweeping in. Once again, an indescribable sense of fear spread rapidly among the soldiers.

"Run, haunted!" The ignorant soldiers of the Scorching Sun Kingdom were amazed at this strange sight they had never heard of or seen, and retreated one after another.

"We are going home, we will not attack, please the ghosts and gods to spare our lives!" In the previous attack, the part of the soldiers who had already been terrified was even more distracted, crying, howling, and fleeing with their armor thrown away.

"Stand still, don't run away!" shouted the officers, trying to control the tendency of the soldiers to flee.

However, the officers were saddened to find that their orders had no effect at all, and even the killing of several soldiers who had led the flight was to no avail.

The army of the Scorching Sun began to retreat as a whole, and this was when the officers saw that the situation of the escape was no longer under their control, and in order to prevent the soldiers from trampling on each other in a panic and causing greater losses, the officers had to make the decision to retreat, although such a decision was seriously against the will of the Emperor of the Scorching Sun Kingdom.

The army of the Lieri Kingdom withdrew from Wulidi, and with the efforts of the officers, the retreat was finally controlled, and the army began to camp here.

"You ......" Emperor Meng Tan looked at the officers and generals kneeling on the ground, and was so angry that he couldn't say a word.

"Your Majesty, the ministers have done their best, and I hope that the emperor will forgive their sins. The trembling voice showed that the officers were equally panicked.

"Do your best? instead of taking the fortress, you retreated and fled, this is the result of your best efforts?!" The Emperor of the Burning Sun Kingdom, Meng Tan, really wanted to kill all these officers and generals, but he couldn't do that, and the army still had to count on these officers and generals to command.

"......" The officers and generals kneeling on the ground were silent. The lessons of the past are still fresh in my memory. Daring to defend himself when the emperor was angry is tantamount to asking for his own death.

"My father was angry. The son has something to say to his father. Meng Tian, the crown prince of the Scorching Sun Kingdom, broke the deadlock at the right time and pleaded with the Emperor of the Scorching Sun Kingdom. As the crown prince, Meng Tian went on the expedition with his father this time, the purpose was to obtain military merits and use them as his own political capital, so that when he succeeded the throne in the future, he would avoid being secretly abused by those important ministers who were proud of his merits because of his too little qualifications.

Say. The Emperor of the Scorching Sun Kingdom, Meng Tan, swept at the crown prince Meng Tian with cold eyes, and had the intention of reproaching him for interjecting.

"Father, the sons and daughters have witnessed the whole process of this attack on the Tiger Mouth Fortress, and they obviously feel that the soldiers of the July Kingdom who are guarding the fortress must be well prepared. In order to stop the offensive of our troops, they used all kinds of despicable means. And the bad weather conditions seriously affected the attack of our soldiers. Unable to fight face-to-face with the defenders of the fortress, our soldiers were constantly in a situation of being passively beaten during the attack. Despite the heavy casualties, the officers were still desperate to urge the soldiers to attack. There is no hope, but they can truly feel the threat of death. Coupled with the unforeseen dangers in the darkness, one after another, the morale of our soldiers was demoralized, and the psychology could not bear the extreme fear. Mengtian, the crown prince of the Scorching Sun Kingdom, explained in detail the reasons for the retreat of the army that he had analyzed.

"Do you mean that my father's decision was wrong and his command was wrong?" Of course, the Emperor of the Scorching Sun Kingdom understood that the reason why the officers urged the soldiers to desperately attack the fortress was caused by his decree that the fortress must be breached before dawn.

"The father misunderstood what the son meant. Of course, Erchen hoped that the soldiers would be able to break through the fortress as quickly as possible. But because we underestimated the ability of the defenders of the Tiger Mouth Fortress, our army was defeated. The son hoped that his father would change his strategy. Reassure the soldiers, give them proper rest, calm the damage caused by fear to the soldiers, and restore the strength of the army. At the same time, craftsmen were sent to rebuild several siege vehicles to attack the fortress's gates. When everything is ready, we will choose a fine day to attack again, and then the conspiracy and tricks of the defenders of the fortress will not succeed, and our army will be able to fight in one go. Flatten the Tiger's Mouth Fortress. Meng Tian, the crown prince of the Scorching Sun Kingdom, faced the question of his father, Emperor Mengtan. Show a calm demeanor, full of confidence in your own plans.

After listening to the words of the crown prince Mengtian, the emperor of the scorching sun kingdom was silent, and he finally understood that he was a little eager to win. There is no support from large siege vehicles. It is indeed not an easy task to attack the well-defended fortress of Tiger's Mouth.

"That being the case. I will take your word for it, and I will attack in three days. Go down and get ready. Emperor Mengtan said meaningfully to the crown prince Mengtian, and waved his hand to the officers kneeling on the ground. Motioning for them to leave. The Emperor of the Scorching Sun Kingdom did this in order to establish the prestige of the crown prince, so that the prince could be sworn allegiance and follower by these officers and generals.

"Thank you, Father, Father is wise, this battle will be won!" Mengtian, the crown prince of the Scorching Sun Kingdom, instantly understood his father's good intentions, and a happy smile appeared on his face.

"My Emperor Shengming, this battle will be won!" The uneasy mood of all the officers and generals disappeared with the decision made by Emperor Mengtan, and they were even more grateful to the crown prince Mengtian who helped them.

"Do you know the casualties of the soldiers?" The Emperor of the Scorching Sun Kingdom, Shang Mengtan, waited until the officers and generals had left, and began to ask Prince Mengtian.

"Returning to my father's words, our army suffered a total of 38,000 casualties, of which 22,000 were killed and 3,000 were seriously wounded. The rest of the soldiers were lightly wounded, and after three days of recuperation, they still had the ability to fight again. "Mengtian, the crown prince of the Scorching Sun Kingdom, did not hesitate to report the exact number of casualties among the soldiers.

"Good. The soldier's injuries are not serious, so you can compensate the wounded and wounded soldiers in your name. "The Emperor of the Scorching Sun Country, Meng Tan's seemingly understatement, when he heard the prince Meng Tian's ears, it was a completely different meaning, you must know that since ancient times, only the emperor has the right to make a compassionate thing. The meaning of his father, Emperor Mengtan, is too obvious, and it seems that the day when he will get the emperor's throne will soon be realized.

"Go down, I want to rest well. "The Emperor of the Scorching Sun Country, Meng Tan, has already made all his intentions clear, and there is no need for the crown prince to accompany him anymore.

"The sons obey the teachings of their father, the father rests in peace, and the sons and ministers retire. Meng Tian, the crown prince of the Scorching Sun Kingdom, slowly retreated and left.

As soon as he returned to his tent, he could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart: "Haha...... , I'm going to be the emperor!"

As the rainstorm continued, the effect of quicklime gradually disappeared. Wang Yan was relieved to learn that the army of the Burning Sun Kingdom had retreated. However, he did not dare to be careless, and ordered his soldiers to change their guards every other hour, keeping their energy full of energy and waiting for the enemy to prevent accidental sneak attacks.

When the dark clouds in the sky cracked open one after another, the sunlight pierced through the thick clouds and shone on the devastated Tiger's Mouth Fortress. The rainstorm that had been falling all night had stopped, but there was still a hint of blood mixed in the fresh air.

"General Li, quickly send someone to clear the battlefield outside the fortress, we must be ready for the next attack of the enemy. Wang Yan stood on the wall of the fortress, and could no longer see the shadow of the army of the Scorching Sun Kingdom, so he ordered Li Zihao to lead the soldiers to clean up the battlefield.

Pick up the weapons and armor left behind by the enemy soldiers and bring back all the rolling rocks. Li Zihao led his soldiers and the residents of the fortress who spontaneously rushed to help, and quickly completed these things.

"Lord Sunshooter, the task of clearing the battlefield has been completed. What else do you have to say?" Li Zihao is really impressed by Wang Yan now, with only a few thousand soldiers, he has blocked hundreds of thousands of enemy troops, and has also captured countless weapons and equipment, which is simply a miracle within a miracle.

"I wanted to go to the top of the hill and be able to see everything around me. We must understand the real movements of the enemy army so that we can make targeted measures to ensure the safety of the fortress. Wang Yan knew that the army of the Scorching Sun Kingdom would not retreat too far, and if he climbed to the top of the mountain, he would definitely be able to discover the position of the enemy army.

"My lord, please come with me, I know the shortcut to the mountain. "As the general of the defending army of the Tiger Mouth Fortress, Li Zihao is quite familiar with the surrounding environment.

Wang Yan was anxious and followed Li Zihao to leave the fortress. The two figures quickly burrowed into the nearby mountains and disappeared. (To be continued......)