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Su Ji clasped his fists and said, "Observe the order!"

After the order was conveyed, there was a golden sound, and the allied troops who were attacking the city retreated like a tide, and the soldiers of the ladder team of the siege battalion ran back carrying the ladders.

Just as the Confederates were withdrawing, the catapults of the dry army became angry, and the catapults were launched almost simultaneously, and the stone bombs were thrown out and rubbed against the air in the air, making a horrible whining sound.

"Bang bang bang" one after another stone bombs hit the enemy building, and some hit the roof of the building and made a big hole for a moment. The defenders inside who were operating the stone cart uttered screams.

Some stone bombs hit the outer wall, causing the wall to vibrate, and the wall was also smashed into holes.

After firing a few rounds of the trebuchet, Su Ji saw that the effect was not great, and said to Zhao Junsheng: "Your Majesty, the enemy tower was built with the same material as the city wall, and it may not be easy to smash it down easily. If you hit the roof of the tower It doesn't have that high accuracy, I suggest using kerosene bombs!"

Zhao Junsheng thought about it and asked, "How many kerosene bombs are there?"

"There are three hundred pieces!"

"So few?" Zhao Junsheng asked in surprise.

"Your Majesty, the lethality and damage range of this thing is too great. The formula is in the hands of the Armament Supervisor. No one can make it privately. They can only be dispatched from the Armament Supervisor. These [-] pieces were shipped from Chang'an!"

Zhao Junsheng said: "Okay, let them shoot on time, and launch three rounds first to see the effect!"

"understand!"

Su Ji immediately ordered the use of kerosene bombs.

In less than a cup of tea, kerosene bombs were fired from the trebuchet position, and the kerosene bombs streaked across the sky, drawing out long lines of thick smoke.

"My God, what is that?" A soldier on the city wall saw big fireballs shooting from a distance, as if the end was coming.

"Run, run!" Someone uttered a mournful roar, and almost in the next second, the defenders on the city wall were in a mess, and everyone rushed to the direction of the stairs.

"Boom boom boom" one after another kerosene bombs fell, some fell outside the city, some fell inside the city, and a few fell on the city wall. The two enemy towers were hit, and the kerosene was scattered. It burned up in an instant, and the hot flame made the surrounding temperature rise instantly.

The defenders who had no time to escape burned instantly after being stained with kerosene, and the screams were creepy.

Chapter 1013 The Law of Restraint

The Ganjun catapult unit fired five rounds of kerosene bombs, and the effect was remarkable. The accuracy rate of the first two rounds was not high, but after two rounds of test firing to adjust the launch angle and the length of the arm, the accuracy rate was greatly improved.

The main target of the original launch was the enemy building on the city wall, but the power of the kerosene bomb is too great. It uses the black oil emerging from the ground, which is refined by a secret method to make the kerosene bomb. Once it burns, it will even be watered It can't be extinguished. After the kerosene bomb hits the ground and smashes, it can burn a large area.

Therefore, after five rounds of kerosene bombs were thrown, not only the enemy towers were set ablaze, but the entire east city wall including the city towers were turned into a sea of ​​flames.

A large number of logs, kerosene, and planks piled up on the city wall also burned together, which greatly contributed to the spread of the fire.

The defenders who had no time to escape down the city wall were engulfed in the fire, dancing in the sea of ​​flames, but screaming pitifully.

After a while, the entire east city wall was surrounded by fire. The scorching heat made it impossible for any creature to get close. Under the leadership of Chen Xian, the defenders fled for tens of feet before stopping. They were still so far away. Feel the terrible high temperature hit.

"Old Huang, count the number of people and see how many people have been lost!" Chen Xian gave the order in a deep voice.

"Yes, General!"

After a simple count, Huang Zhuang came over and clasped his fists to report: "General, after a preliminary count, more than 250 people were burned to death. Including today's battle damage, a total of more than 430 people were lost!"

Chen Xian had already expected this result, but he lost nearly a thousand people in just two days, which made him unacceptable. These lost troops already accounted for a quarter of his total troops. If there are such casualties every day in the future , in less than ten days, his troops will be exhausted!

The surviving defenders all stared blankly at the burning fire on the city wall, and no one made a sound.

After a long time, Chen Xian gave an order: "Send down the order to move other city defense materials to a position fifty feet away from the city wall, and 100 people will be dispatched from the reserve team to guard and transport materials to the city wall. Don't store excess defense materials on the Internet!"

"Also, send people to continue collecting door panels and wooden boards, saw them into sizes big enough to cover their backs, and distribute them to the soldiers to tie them on their backs. If there is nothing wrong, they are not allowed to untie them!"

"The fire won't be extinguished for a while, let the soldiers rest, let the cooks prepare dinner early, and the fire will be extinguished when the soldiers finish eating and drinking, and then go to the city wall to be on duty!"

Chen Xian's calculation was very accurate. By the time the defenders had finished their meal, it was almost dusk. It would be too late for the defenders outside the city to launch an offensive. It was almost dark, so why fight?Su Ji had no choice but to order the troops to retreat back to the camp.

On the third day of the siege, it turned out to be a cloudy day, but the temperature was still very high, which did not affect the battle at all.

"Your Majesty, it's almost time!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "Okay, then let's start, as usual, first throw a few rounds of kerosene bombs to kill the vigor of the defenders, and then attack the city!"

Su Ji clasped his fists and said, "Return to Your Majesty, the kerosene bombs have been thrown!"

"It's over? Don't you have [-]? Did you vote yesterday afternoon?"

"Yes, all votes are over!"

Zhao Junsheng was a little angry, pointed at Su Ji and said, "You, you, why don't you know how to save a little?"

Su Ji was silent, but his heart was active. You started to say three rounds of projection, and the effect was not bad, and you added two more rounds, and all three hundred were projected like this. Now you let me save it, but I want to save it. Ah, but you won't let me!

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "Forget it, let's not attack the city today! Where's Yang Lie?"

Yang Lie hurried over and cupped his hands: "The minister is here!"

Zhao Junsheng asked: "How are you preparing for the matter that I asked you to send people to recruit [-] refugees?"

"Return to Your Majesty, due to the rush of time, only [-] refugees have been recruited so far, but refugees from all over the world are coming, and the vacancy should be filled within two days!"

After hearing this, Zhao Junsheng waved his hands: "Forget it, first send five thousand refugees over to fill up the moat, so that the well fence can pass through!"

"Yes!"

Yang Lie immediately ordered to send troops to let the refugees fill up the moat with carrying poles and baskets.

The defenders on the city wall were very puzzled, it was getting late, why didn't the dry army attack the city?

Soon, the dry army told the defenders what they were going to do with practical actions, and a large number of refugees came to the moat with baskets.

"What are these common people going to do?" Jiang Zhuang asked, frowning.

Ye Tongzhang is in charge of the command today, and Ye Tongzhang understands, "The dry army is driving the people to fill up the moat!"

General Xiang Zhuang saw that the refugees at the front had already carried their burdens to the edge of the moat, turned his head and asked, "General, they have already entered the shooting range, what should we do? Let the soldiers shoot arrows?"

Ye Tongzhang pointed to the distance and said: "Look, how many people can you shoot and kill? Besides, there may be parents, brothers and sisters of our soldiers among these people. Now you order them to shoot their relatives. Can they listen to you? If you give an order, it will force them to surrender and join the army!"

Xiang Zhujiang had no choice but to give up this idea.

Ye Tongzhang looked at it for a while, and then gave an order: "Pass down the order, no one is allowed to shoot arrows, and everyone stays put!"

The fire yesterday afternoon not only burned all the supplies and equipment on the city wall, but also burned all the corpses of the soldiers who died in battle on both sides, so that only the ashes remained, and there was no need to collect the corpses.

Ye Tongzhang was still worried that the Gan army would use these refugees to attack the city, but the Gan army did not do so. The refugees just picked soil to fill the moat, and did nothing else.

For two consecutive days, the dry army did not attack the city, and the refugees had been filling the moat. The moat was almost filled up. In just two days, such a large number of refugees completely filled the moat, and the dry army wells retreated. Like walking on flat ground.