Koi Fubao: Being loved by everyone on the road to escape from famine

Even so, the bone-eating itch still raged and could not be dispelled.

After a moment, they felt as if there was an invisible flame burning secretly in their bodies, causing them extreme pain.

Just as these soldiers were struggling in pain, trying to get rid of the inexplicable burning sensation in their bodies, an even more horrifying phenomenon occurred - their clothes began to smoke, followed by visible flames rising strangely from beneath their skin.

Without exception, everyone who inhaled the dust became a living torch, standing out and terrifying in the night.

The fire spread rapidly, and in a short time, these soldiers turned into firemen covered in flames, letting out heart-wrenching screams.

This tragic scene shocked the colleagues around him, and also made them feel a chill in their hearts.

Those enemy soldiers who had not yet come into contact with the dust suddenly felt a biting cold under their feet and paid no attention to the rockets fired from the city walls.

They watched in astonishment as their companions were instantly engulfed by flames, their hearts filled with confusion and fear.

The several Dong Chu generals sitting on horseback were dumbfounded. Faced with this sudden change, they didn't know how to respond for a moment.

At this time, Du Xuwei gritted his teeth, a fierce look flashed in his eyes, and he almost roared as he gave the order: "What are you all standing there for! Kill them! If you don't win, you will die!"

Under the encouragement of the general, the fighting spirit of the Dong Chu soldiers was rekindled. They adjusted their breathing and launched a desperate charge towards the city gate again.

On the city wall, Gu Huairen witnessed the tragic scene of the enemies below being transformed into fireballs because they fell into the trap. An idea suddenly came to his mind and he immediately issued new orders.

He calmly and decisively directed his soldiers to attack with rockets.

The soldiers acted quickly. They carefully wrapped the arrowheads with cotton wool soaked in grease and, after lighting them, shot them densely and accurately at the enemy outside the city like meteors carrying the kiss of death.

Even though the enemies tried their best to resist with wooden shields, the wooden shields were quickly ignited under the fierce rocket attack, and the flames spread rapidly. Many enemy soldiers were even directly penetrated by the rockets and joined the ranks of the firemen.

This strategy was a great success, and Gu Huairen suddenly felt the dawn of victory in his heart. He struck while the iron was hot and issued orders again, requiring the soldiers to continue suppressing the enemy with rockets.

However, reality is always cruel. The arrows will eventually run out, but the enemy's offensive outside the city gate is still fierce, with no signs of weakening.

Some rockets failed to hit the target due to accuracy issues, resulting in a huge waste of resources.

The soldiers' report was like a basin of cold water, extinguishing the fire of hope that had just ignited in Gu Huairen's heart.

Looking at the tightly closed city gate, he knew that he could not lead his troops to attack proactively at the moment, and the reinforcements were out of reach. An indescribable chill surged from the bottom of his heart, making this veteran who had been on many battlefields feel unprecedented heaviness and anxiety.

Xiao Zhixue and Fan Yanmu stared at the sky. The rockets that once poured down like raindrops finally fell silent after a burst of fierce bombardment. Obviously, the enemy had used up all their arrows.

The two exchanged a consensus through each other's firm eyes, turned around at the same time, and ran towards Shadow One and Shadow Two who were fighting a desperate battle with the enemy.

The figures of Shadow One and Shadow Two looked particularly brave in the moonlight. Sweat streamed down their faces and their chests heaved violently. Even so, they had no intention of retreating.

The timely arrival of Xiao Zhixue and Fan Yanmu was undoubtedly like a cool breeze in the scorching summer, giving the two warriors a moment of respite.

Xiao Zhixue quickly took out the antidote from her sleeve and handed it to the two of them with great skill. At the same time, she took out a small cloth bag and shook it gently. The remaining silver dust in the bag floated away like snowflakes. In an instant, the surrounding enemy soldiers were disturbed by the strange dust in their breathing, and fell into painful spontaneous combustion again, with wailing everywhere.

After resolving the crisis at hand, Xiao Zhixue changed direction without hesitation, aiming directly at where the Dongchu generals were. Fan Yanmu and the An brothers followed closely with firm and powerful steps.

In their hearts, they knew clearly that in order to completely reverse the situation of the war, they must first eliminate the enemy's commander.

Du Xuwei watched helplessly as the four men approached like ghosts. Wherever they passed, the enemies turned into moving balls of fire. The originally aggressive army was destroyed by more than half in the blink of an eye, and the battlefield became a purgatory of blood and fire.

Du Xuwei's face turned pale and veins bulged on his forehead. He knew very well that if he continued to hold on like this, it would only be a matter of time before his entire army was wiped out.

"retreat!"

Du Xuwei roared out these two words with all his strength, his voice full of despair and unwillingness.

When the Dong Chu soldiers heard the order, they fled in all directions like a tide in chaos.

Fan Yanmu took advantage of the chaos, picked up a discarded longbow on the ground, put an arrow on the bow, aimed calmly and accurately at Du Xuwei, let go, and the arrow flew out of the air and hit his left shoulder.

Du Xuwei let out a suppressed cry of pain, his body shook violently, and he almost fell off the horse. Fortunately, the deputy general beside him was quick-witted and held him firmly.

In the chaos of the war, a young soldier looked anxious, his eyes fixed on the arrow with its tail feathers exposed on Du Xuwei's shoulder, and shouted in fear: "General Du, you are injured!"

Du Xuwei gritted his teeth, endured the severe pain, and issued the final order in an unquestionable voice: "Retreat, everyone retreat immediately!"

On this battlefield filled with chaos and flames, Du Xuwei's heart was filled with regret and unwillingness.

Looking back on the several times he had led his troops to attack the border of Dongzhou, although his own troops had suffered a lot of losses, Dongzhou also suffered heavy losses.

Unfortunately, because all the offensives were launched in daylight, the Dongzhou defenders were always able to deploy their defenses in advance, resulting in repeated setbacks in the strategy.

This time, he planned carefully according to the intelligence and learned that the troops defending the border of Dongzhou had been reduced to less than 4,000. He then confidently led tens of thousands of elite soldiers, attempting to use the cover of night to launch a surprise attack on Dongzhou and capture the city in one fell swoop.

However, fate played a trick on him. The sudden appearance of the four-man team not only shattered his wishful thinking, but also caused his troops to suffer unprecedented damage, and even he himself was wounded by an arrow.

At this moment, Du Xuwei's chest was burning with rage, and he wished he could tear Xiao Zhixue and the others into pieces immediately!

Just as Xiao Zhixue was about to pursue them, Fan Yanmu held her back with his powerful arms, saying calmly and firmly, "Don't chase us. They suffered heavy losses this time and won't dare to attack again in the short term."

Based on Fan Yanmu's years of experience, he analyzed that the Eastern Chu army would first reorganize and rest to recover their strength before launching another offensive.

This brief gap was the perfect opportunity for the reinforcements that Gu Tingxuan had urgently dispatched to arrive for support, which was enough to make the defense of Dongzhou's border stronger.