The fire ignited in the trench blocked the Liao army's attack. The thick smoke and fire made it difficult for people to get close. Inhaling a little bit of the burning black smoke would make people cough. The black smoke drifted along the north wind to the front of the army's formation, fluttering
It fell, as if a black snow had fallen from the sky. Although there was nothing strange when it fell on people's bodies and skin, when they stretched out their hands to rub it, the soldiers' faces suddenly seemed to have been drawn with a brush.
Generally, they are as ugly as evil spirits and really disgrace the appearance of the army.
Fifty thousand engineers were forced to retreat and wait for orders.
Yelu Zongyuan was unwilling to encounter insurmountable obstacles at the beginning of the attack, so he came to the battle in person to discuss countermeasures with the generals. Some Liao army generals suggested using water to extinguish the fire, and Yelu Zongyuan thought he could give it a try. If it works, it can be done section by section.
Put out the fire and build an attack channel between the fire walls.
As a result, more than a dozen water trucks loaded with clean water drove towards the trench. They endured the intense heat and pushed the water trucks to a distance of more than 20 steps from the fire. This was also the distance that the water dragons equipped on the water trucks could reach. They endured it.
The burning soldiers worked together to push more than a dozen water dragons, and poured more than a dozen water jets into the fireworks and poured them on the flames. Yelv Zongyuan originally thought that even if the fire could not be extinguished, at least the intensity of the fire would be reduced. However, let him
An unexpected scene happened. As soon as those water droplets came into contact with the burning black oil in the trench, the entire trench suddenly burst into flames several feet high, and the flames exploded in all directions, making huge roars and explosions.
The flames exploded in all directions, and a fire rain fell within a radius of dozens of steps. Nearly a hundred Liao soldiers operating the water dragon were unable to dodge, and their bodies were immediately on fire. The key is that such fire is difficult to extinguish when it falls on the body, and it is covered with black oil stains.
The flames poured down on them and stuck to them, and the flames also adhered to them. They were covered in fire and rolled on the ground. In the end, more than 30 people fled back in embarrassment, and the remaining more than 70 people were witnessed by the entire army.
Burned alive there.
"It's really stupid. That's oil in stone. Putting out oil with water? Isn't it like adding fuel to the fire? It's so stupid." Han Yanshou, who saw this from behind, shook his head and cursed. He didn't follow Yelu because he had some inconvenience in moving.
Zong Yuan went to the front of the formation, so he couldn't stop him. He was so angry that he kept cursing.
Yelu Zongyuan was so shocked that he no longer dared to try randomly, and he came back disgraced. He was extremely depressed.
Han Yanshou scolded Yelu Zongyuan unceremoniously, and then put forward his own suggestions.
"Your Majesty, if you want to extinguish such a fire, you can't pour water on it. If the oil catches fire, it must be covered with sand. Or we can wait patiently for the fire to go out. According to this method of burning, the oil in the trench will burn out in at most three days.
.If the emperor cannot wait, he will have to find a way to put out the fire with sand and earth."
Yelv Zongyuan smacked his lips and said: "What the prime minister said is absolutely true. I can finally see that the Jurchens are trying to delay our attack in this way. The weather is getting colder and colder. It is already October, and the depth of winter has arrived.
, the first heavy snow is coming soon. The time left for us to attack the city is actually only a dozen days. Heavy snow will fall in mid-October, which has always been a celestial phenomenon in Liaodong. We can't wait any longer, there are still two more days to come.
A trench, I'm afraid we don't have to wait until eight
On the 9th? By then the heavy snow will fall, and our supply of food supplies may be greatly affected. We absolutely cannot wait."
Han Yanshou nodded and said: "That's right, we really can't wait. When the snow falls, there will be big trouble. But what else can we do? The sand and soil can extinguish it, but this fire is inaccessible, and the smoke and heat will kill people.
, what should we do?"
Yelu Zongyuan frowned. He didn't know what to do for a moment. At this moment, someone said from the side: "Father, I have a plan that may work."
Yelu Zongyuan turned around and saw that the person speaking was his eldest son Yelucai. Yelucai was ambushed by the Jurchens on the south bank of the Daling River. Most of the more than 100,000 cavalry were annihilated, and he was defeated with less than 20,000 remaining troops.
After fleeing for his life, he was not welcomed by Yelu Zongyuan. Yelu Zongyuan scolded him several times for being a rotten tree and unable to lead the army. How could he be ambushed by the Jurchens in the plains and wilderness? This is simply too stupid. Yelu Cai himself
I have nothing to say. I have kept a low profile during this period and dare not come forward. Today I dare to speak out for the first time.
"What good ideas do you have? Maybe you have some bad ideas." Yelu Zongyuan didn't believe his eldest son at all and scolded him coldly.
Yelucai was not discouraged and said in a deep voice: "The prime minister said that sand should be used to extinguish the fire. Isn't it just that my father was worried that the soldiers could not carry the sand on their backs and approach the trench to extinguish the fire? I have a way to cover the fire with sand without getting close."
Yelu Zongyuan shouted: "What method? What's the point of selling it? Why don't you tell me quickly?"
Yelucai hurriedly stepped forward and expressed his thoughts. After hearing this, everyone was overjoyed and praised Yelucai one by one. Yelucai's method was so good and brilliant. Yelu Zongyuan was not holding Yelucai in his arms.
I had some good ideas, but after listening to Yelucai’s suggestion, I also smiled and praised Yelucai repeatedly for his progress and coming up with such a wonderful countermeasure. Yelucai felt proud, and his waist, which had been bent for several months, was straightened for the first time.
Got up.
After half an hour of preparation, more than 400 catapults slowly rushed from the camp to the front of the battlefield and parked in four rows at designated positions ranging from 200 to 250 steps away from the trench fire.
Arc arrangement.
Immediately afterwards, tens of thousands of engineers began to prepare special ammunition for these catapults. They were not stones, but bags of loose sand and mud. This was exactly the fire extinguishing strategy proposed by Yelvcai. Since people could not get close
If the trench uses sand to extinguish the fire, then catapults are used to throw the sand and mud bags over. Hundreds of catapults throw sand and mud bags at one place, and the effect will definitely be effective. It has to be said that Yelvcai’s idea is indeed
Yes. A sudden idea solved the most difficult problem at hand. No wonder Yelu Zong Yuanxi smiled and praised it endlessly. What we need to see now is the actual effect.
With an order, hundreds of catapults began to throw bags of sand and mud, targeting a section of the trench about forty steps away. When the first round of bags of sand and mud roared into the trench, the fire in the trench was burned.
The black oil was splashing everywhere, as if fire was coming from the sky. The scene was really scary. The black oil that was splashed was still burning.
Almost everything within a few dozen steps to the left of the trench was on fire at that moment, and the ground was covered with black oil burning flames. It seemed that not only was it ineffective, but it actually intensified the fire.
But soon, when bags of sand and mud fell on the ground and burst into the trenches about forty paces away, and the sand and mud began to cover the ground and the black oil in the trenches layer by layer, the fire started to spread.
The speed visible to the naked eye is still weakening. The fire splashing on both sides of the trench has been completely extinguished, and the fire in the trench has almost disappeared, leaving only black smoke. Occasionally, there will be fires, but they will soon be covered by sand.
live.
For more than an hour, more than 400 catapults launched more than 20 rounds, and tens of thousands of straw bags filled with sand and mud were thrown into the designated location. The fire in the target trench was completely extinguished. Although the entire trench was
There are still raging fires and thick smoke in other places. But now it is no longer a complete ring of fire, but a gap of forty steps away. This also indicates that the blockade of the fire wall has failed, and soon this gap will be
expand.
The Liao monarchs and ministers at the rear were in a happy mood. They not only extinguished the fire, but also filled in part of the trench. It was a good idea to build trench passages in this way. It seemed that the soldiers did not need to take risks.
Yelv Zongyuan immediately ordered the catapults to continue throwing to expand the scope of the fire-extinguishing gap. The gap of forty steps was obviously not enough. The distance of the gap must be expanded and gaps must be opened in the northwest and south directions, because the soldiers and horses will
To launch an all-out attack, we must ensure that the attack is unimpeded.
More catapults joined the fire-fighting operation, and all the catapults in the army were put into the fire-fighting operation. More than 700 catapults were divided into three teams and carried out fire-fighting operations in three directions. Soon in the afternoon
At that moment, three large gaps were opened in three directions, hundreds of steps away. The defenders in the city had no choice but to light fires in the second and third trenches, but in fact, doing so could not cause much damage to the Liao army.
They were shocked and troubled. They followed the same method, pushing forward with catapults and extinguishing fires along the way. It just took some time.
The continuous fire-fighting operations continued until the afternoon of the second day, and the three trenches had been completely breached. The three blazing fire rings were cut into three pieces, and three hundred-foot-wide paths were opened between the fires.
Looking down at the passage from the air, the scene looks like Bagua graphics or a witchcraft fire array, which is quite spectacular and shocking.
After all three fire rings were ignited, the entire battlefield was enveloped with an atmosphere of impending doom. Because the entire sky seemed to become gray. Although it was actually sunny these two days, the entire sky became
It is dark and gloomy because of the strong smoke produced by the burning oil in the stone, which blocks the sunlight and light. What is even more frightening is that there are countless black cotton-like things in the air in the entire area.
It was falling like heavy snow all over the sky. The scene was strange and terrifying, which made people feel frightened. It always felt as if the earth was going to be turned upside down, the mountains and the earth were torn apart, the end was coming, and the demons in hell were about to appear here.
