Crossing the Unknown Country

They needed to get into the mountains quickly to find a hiding place. When the soldiers were about to catch up, several guards had no choice but to let the captain escape first and they would cover him. Seeing the pursuers approaching, he had no choice but to flee towards the mountain. In the end, he managed to escape to the edge of the mountain with his kung fu, but was shot in the back. When he saw a large forest, he knew he had escaped. After hiding in the forest, the pursuers looked at the large forest extending into the mountain and finally searched it, but gave up without any results. Anyway, he had been shot, and it would be difficult for him to get out alive if he stayed in the mountain.

They were not many and could not search the entire forest and mountain. Finally, they turned back and reported the escaped one person to the captain. Finally, all the soldiers returned to the team, one escaped, and the rest of the enemies were wiped out. The captain arranged a big meal with meat and wine for his soldiers. This ambush was well done and they completed the task well. The memorial had been drafted and sent to the capital overnight, and the military report was sent to General Wang An in the border town at the same time.

Fenggu City had been quiet for a few days. After the first attack by the Dongjie Kingdom, they stopped moving. Wang An knew that they were holding back a big move, so he let the soldiers in his city have a good rest and prepare for the next tough battle.

Sure enough, at night, Dongjie State started a new round of siege. This time, they also set fire to their arrows, and they formed a rain of arrows and shot towards the city wall. Fortunately, they were well prepared. There were many large water tanks on the city wall. Seeing the burning arrows coming, the soldiers took turns to wet themselves. Those who were not shot and ignited in time jumped directly into the water tank and were saved. At the same time, the defenders of Fenggou City also shot burning arrows down. Today's siege caused heavy casualties on both sides, but in the end, Dongjie State still withdrew.

The Dongjie Kingdom still failed to capture the city despite such a big offensive today. They could only rest and wait for the opportunity. They needed to mobilize kerosene from the rear. If they just ignited the cloth strips of the arrows, the harm would be too small. King An of Ansheng, General An, was also summoning his generals to discuss how they should fight back when the enemy started to attack with fire. In the end, they decided to build all small houses, and the soldiers would fight back in the houses, so that the fire would not harm the soldiers and would not affect the war. However, the houses needed to be built with stones, and the city needed to find a large number of bricks and stones. Where in the city were there so many idle bricks and stones? In the end, they decided to mobilize each household in the city to donate some bricks and stones. Because the residents of this city lived in a border town, they knew how tragic it would be to be attacked and trampled by the enemy. Every household in the city voluntarily handed in their extra bricks and stones, and some even directly demolished unimportant walls at home and moved the bricks and stones directly to the city wall.

In one day, a brick house was built, and the soldiers could hide in it to fight against the invaders. At the same time, they scattered some dry straw and dead branches and leaves collected in the city on the city wall, and spread a thin layer evenly under the city wall. The soldiers were fully prepared to meet the next challenge.

The next morning, the war drums of Dongjie sounded, and a new round of siege began. This time they were prepared to continue until they conquered the city. They had been waiting for no news from the soldiers they had sent out, and they could not wait any longer. The morale of the soldiers had dropped a lot as they waited like this every day. With the cover of the rain of arrows, they began to attack the city, but found that they could not reach the city wall at all. It was now a sea of ​​fire, because many of the arrows they shot fell under the city wall and ignited the things piled up there. The fire spread, and their soldiers could not go forward to build ladders at all. The defenders on the city wall were still pouring down some ignited things, making it impossible to get close to the city wall.

Knowing that fire offerings were needed, the residents of the city donated the straw under their kangs. They also brought some unused broken objects, as long as they could be lit, to the city wall. The soldiers guarding the city were deeply moved. They usually handled official business impartially and never knew that the people in the border town were so kind and righteous. They promised the residents of the city that as long as they were alive, they would never let the enemy troops of Dongjie enter the city.