Chapter 397: The Unquenchable Sea of ??Fire 'Replenishment 12/14'
After being excited for a while, Zhao Hongrun finally realized that at this moment, he was a dignified prince of the Wei Kingdom with the title of King Su, and the commander of an army of more than 30,000 people marching ahead. His behavior just now was really inappropriate.
"cough!"
He coughed and said calmly: "Well, the first time I threw the bomb, it was relatively successful. Now, let's start the real... attack."
Having said this, the smile on his face gradually faded away, because only he knew what would happen to Luocheng opposite when he lit the barrels filled with oil on fire with cloth strips and then threw them over.
A scene.
But there was no way, because if he attacked the city by force, his soldiers would suffer heavy casualties.
Even if he is selfish or partial, between the casualties of his own soldiers and the casualties of foreigners, as the prince of the Wei people, Zhao Hongrun did not hesitate to choose his own soldiers.
Of course, this was only on the battlefield, not the killing of prisoners or the abuse of foreign civilians after the war. Zhao Hongrun would never protect those Wei people who corrupted military discipline. After all, such bad behavior would cause a chain reaction and affect him.
The entire Wei army must be eliminated once discovered.
"Bring a barrel of oil up there."
Waiting for the catapult to tighten the rope again, Zhao Hongrun ordered the Zongwei to carry a barrel of oil into the throwing basket.
"Get the torch."
"yes."
Taking the torch handed over by Zongwei Mu Qing, Zhao Hongrun turned to look at the barrel.
I saw that there was actually a stopper above the sealed barrel, with a long gray cloth strip nailed to it.
This is not an ordinary strip of cloth, but a strip of cloth that has been soaked in petroleum and dried naturally, acting as a fire starter.
What Zhao Hongrun had to do was to light the strip of cloth and then throw the barrel bomb.
Since the weight of the stone bullet used for testing just now is almost the same as the weight of the barrel bomb this time, the location where the stone bullet landed is the approximate location where the barrel bomb exploded, and there will not be much deviation.
The problem right now is...
The basket of this catapult was too high. Even if Zhao Hongrun stood on tiptoe and raised his right hand, he couldn't reach it...
Zhao Hongrun: "..."
Sima An: "..."
Generals: "..."
All the soldiers: "..."
When they saw His Highness Prince Su, who stood motionless on the spot after trying several times on tiptoe, he suddenly became silent. Everyone present shut their mouths knowingly.
Even Sima An pretended to cross his arms and lowered his head to look at the land at his feet.
Anyone who interrupts at this moment will definitely die without a burial place!
Everyone present had a clear understanding in their hearts. Not to mention speaking rashly, they did not even dare to breathe loudly.
After a long time, Zhao Hongrun said calmly and expressionlessly: "Shen Yu, please light the fire."
"Yes..." Shen Yu walked over bravely.
Passing the torch in his hand to Shen Yu, Zhao Hongrun glanced at the onlookers with a gloomy expression, and said in a low voice in a tone that was simply terrifying: "What are you looking at?"
Didn't you, Your Highness, let us see your movements?
I wanted to think about it, but no one dared to say so. After all, the murderous look in Zhao Hongrun's eyes at this moment was no less murderous than that of Sima An when he was feared.
As a result, all the generals scratched their heads and scratched their faces, but they all looked away, pretending that the scene just now had never happened.
Perhaps since today, the Wei government and the public have added another taboo.
Following the taboos of not mentioning Xiao Shuai in front of Emperor Wei, and not mentioning each other in front of the two generals Sima An and Zhu Hai, there is another taboo of not mentioning anything related to height in front of His Highness Prince Su. .
"Throw the bomb!"
As Zongwei Shen Yu imitated Zhao Hongrun and shouted to himself, the catapult rumbled again. Immediately, the wooden barrel was thrown high and drew an arc in the air with a bang. Hit the spot where the stone bullet fell just now.
In an instant, the barrel shattered and the oil in the barrel exploded in all directions.
In just the blink of an eye, when the oil touched the fire-igniting cloth strips, it immediately burst into flames, and then burned more and more fiercely. In just a moment, the tower at the south gate of Luocheng City was turned into a sea of flames.
"(In Shen language) Fire! Fire! The Wei people are trying to attack with fire!"
"(In Shen language) Hurry! Get water to put out the fire!"
The Yi and Yi people on the city tower panicked and tried to put out the flames with water.
However, what shocked them was that when they poured buckets of water on the flames caused by the black water, not only did they fail to extinguish the flames, they actually made the flames burn even more vigorously, consuming the surrounding areas at a faster rate. More rapidly.
Trying to put out an oil fire with water...?
Because the people from the Sheang and Sheang tribes on the Luodi City Tower shouted loudly, Zhao Hongrun could also hear what the other party said.
He didn't mean to laugh at the other party.
After all, oil is not known to the world yet. It is normal for the Sanchuan tribe not to know the properties of oil. Not to mention the Sanchuan tribe, in the Wei State now, except for Zhao Hongrun, there are several people who know the value of oil. And the powerful destructive power it can cause when used in war?
In today's world where dry powder fire extinguishers have not yet been invented, it is simply beyond human power to extinguish disaster-level fires caused by pure crude oil like petroleum. Earthly methods such as burying the fire with soil are simply not feasible. In fact, before you put out the fire with soil, you have already been cooked by the sea of fire.
No, it's burnt.
After all, the burning temperature of oil is over 1,600 degrees, which is high enough to melt iron, let alone human flesh and blood?
If he didn't want to inflict heavy casualties on his troops in order to conquer Luocheng before the confrontation with the Jiejiao tribe's army, Zhao Hongrun didn't want to use this kind of thing against the Yi and Yi people. After all, these two tribes of the Sanchuan tribe , there is still the possibility of living in harmony with Wei.
This thing was used by Zhao Hongrun to deal with the Jiejiao tribe.
Sighing slightly, Zhao Hongrun ordered in a deep voice: "The other twenty-nine catapults will start throwing bombs based on the position and angle of this catapult!"
Following Zhao Hongrun's order, the other twenty-nine catapults also took action. The soldiers of the merchant navy moved the barrels filled with oil into the throwing basket, and used torches to light the cloth strips on the barrels. , and then throw it out.
"Bang"
"Bang bang bang bang"
Thirty wooden barrels were thrown out one after another, drawing an arc in the air and exploding one after another near the south gate and city wall of Luocheng City.
In an instant, the place seemed to be completely engulfed in a sea of fire. The fire jumped several feet high, as if even the city walls were scorched.
The tents in the camp outside the city were burned to the ground in an instant. Even from a distance, the Wei army could still see many enemies burning fiercely, screaming in pain and running around, inadvertently.
Light more tents.
"(In Shen language) What on earth is this?"
"(In Shen language) Put out the fire quickly! What are you doing?"
"(In Shen language) No...this fire can't be extinguished by watering it!"
"(In Shen language) Yes, it will make the fire more intense..."
"(In the language of the Yi people) Damn the Wei people! They actually... actually used this terrible black water..."
"(In the language of the Yi people) things have come to this point..."
After a struggle, those warriors of the Jie and Huang tribes who had not yet been engulfed by the sea of fire launched an assault on the Wei army's position with strong hatred.
But in front of the crossfire composed of five hundred repeating crossbows deployed by the Shang Shui Army, the tribesmen of the Sheang and Sheang tribes who rushed over with only their legs and courage were simply facing death.
"My dear, I have completely become a spectator..."
Le Kui, the general of the Dangshan Army's hunting and cavalry camp, scratched his head, his expression really strange.
You know, he originally wanted to respond sideways, at least guarding the flanks of the Shang Shui Army. Who knew that the tribal warriors of the Yi and Yi tribes on the opposite side were so overwhelmed by anger and fear that they actually faced the Shang Shui Army.
The crossbow defense line rushed through, leaving him and the cavalry under his command idle and completely reduced to spectators.
I believe that not only Le Qu, but also most of the soldiers of the Dangshan Army will feel this sense of loss, because they feel that they have gradually been reduced from the protagonists of this war to a supporting role.
However, as the general of the Dangshan Army, Sima An's vision was obviously much higher than that of the soldiers and generals under his command.
There are catapults and this special oil in the distance, and repeating crossbows at mid-range and short range... His Highness King Su's tactics are hard to see through, but... surprisingly effective. Moreover, this incredible number of casualties between the enemy and ourselves...
Based on the screams he heard from Luocheng in the distance, Sima An had no doubt about the number of casualties of the enemy on the opposite side. However, how many casualties were suffered by the Wei army here?
So far, it’s still zero!
"..." Sima An couldn't help but look back at Zhao Hongrun, who was calmly observing the situation on the battlefield. For some reason, he felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart, like a hero in his twilight years.
He had a hunch that the tactics he was accustomed to using in the past, or to be precise, the tactics and tactics that most generals from all over the world were proficient in, would be gradually eliminated due to the appearance of the young His Highness King Su in front of him.
Defeated by a new way of warfare that they could not understand.
"Huh?"
As if he noticed something, Sima An touched his face, then raised his head and looked at the cloudy sky.
"Is it raining?"
He frowned and muttered in disbelief: "Is it raining at this time?"
He turned his head and glanced at Luocheng, where the southern wall had been reduced to a sea of flames. He was a little unwilling to accept it. After all, in his impression, the biggest natural enemy of using fire attack tactics was natural rainfall that could not be controlled by humans.
No, the people of the Qiang and Qiang tribes across from Luocheng City were already shouting with ecstasy in their hearts.
"(In the language of the Yi people) God of the plateau bless you!"
"(In the language of the Yi people) It is the God of the Plateau who is saving us, His people!"
"(In the language of the Yi people) Hahaha, damn the Wei people, their fire attack was defeated by the gods."
"(In Shen language) Woohoo! Plateau God! Woohoo!"
The Sheang tribesmen in Zhongluo City stopped their unnecessary fire-fighting operations and knelt on the ground one by one to express their gratitude to the gods they believed in.
And on Wei Jun's side.
Among the soldiers who gradually showed worried expressions due to the rain, Zhao Hongrun remained expressionless, neither happy nor surprised.
The God of Plateau...?
He looked up at the dark cloudy sky and sighed slightly.
Because he knew very well that it would not be long before the people from the Sheang and Sheang tribes opposite him would turn from full of joy to complete despair.
After a while, it rained heavily.
However, the sea of fire burning in the southern city wall of Luocheng was still burning brightly and was not affected by the rain at all.
Moreover, the more it burns, the more prosperous it becomes. (To be continued.)