Travel through troubled times and escape famine with the system

"Report! Less than 30% of the defense equipment on the northern wall..."

"Report! A group of Jin soldiers went around Sanhuai Slope in the south of the city and headed straight to the east of the city."

"Report! The Jin soldiers' catapults have been deployed in the west of the city..."

Messenger soldiers carrying command flags ran on the city walls, continuously delivering battle reports to Wen Chengjie.

Wen Chengjie's white armor was stained with blood. He wielded the sword and slashed out, knocking away an arrow that was aimed at the messenger's body.

"Ye Hua!"

As Wen Chengjie shouted, a figure not far away drew his bow and shot an arrow, piercing a warrior who had just climbed onto the city wall.

"I am here!!"

"Go find Wang Qiulin and tell him to burn the wall with kerosene!"

"understood!"

Ye Hua didn't say much. After hearing Wen Chengjie's order, he put on his strong bow, picked up a sword from the corpse on the ground, and rushed away.

"The first one to capture the flag will be rewarded with ten thousand households, and be given the title of Meng'an. The three generations will benefit from this, and their names will be passed down through the ages!!"

"kill!!"

Under the city wall, among the Jin army, a roar driven by internal energy rang out, inspiring the Jin soldiers attacking the city to follow suit and roar.

"kill!!"

The sound waves rolled out like thunder, shaking people's hearts and making them panic.

Humans are very strange creatures.

If a person faces danger, he will feel fear and want to escape.

But once they are really on the battlefield and their retreat is cut off, stimulated by the blood and corpses, almost everyone will forget their fear and lose their respect for life.

In research in the 21st century, some biological experts believe that this is because when people face danger, the surge in adrenaline suppresses their own negative emotions.

Some sociologists also believe that this is because individual nature is obscured by group consciousness.

War breeds madness.

When there is no other way to choose, everyone gives up thinking.

Even though the Jin soldiers in front were falling from the siege ladders like dumplings, the Jin soldiers below were still climbing up frantically.

Climb the city!

Capture the Flag!!

All the Jin soldiers looked towards the large flag with words fluttering in the wind above the city wall.

In just a moment, the Jin soldiers on the outside of the entire western city wall rushed up the wall like a swarm of locusts and ants.

The pressure of defending the city increased dramatically!

Wu Quanwen stood under the big banner with words on it and killed all the Jin soldiers who tried to seize the flag.

Li Chuang and Zhou Ya, together with a dozen warriors, dispersed with Wu Quanwen as the center and fought wantonly on the city wall.

These people are all the members of the Hidden Dragon Guard in Qingzhou City. On the night Wu Quanwen entered the city, they were gathered together by Chen He to secretly protect Wu Quanwen's safety.

And now, everyone has revealed their identities and stepped out into the open.

“Wang Qiulin!!”

"What the hell are you dawdling for?!"

Seeing warriors constantly climbing up the city walls and killing people, Wen Chengjie shouted angrily.

And at this moment, a flame rose up outside the city wall in the distance.

Looking from below the city, there were actually flames flowing out from the city wall, spreading rapidly along the wall from north to south. In just a dozen breaths, the entire west wall was completely engulfed in fire.

Those Jin soldiers who were lying on the siege ladders and trying to climb the city were suddenly thrown into confusion by the heat and black smoke below.

Some of the Jin soldiers who were closer to the city wall were directly ignited by the flames and fell down howling.

"Defenders, listen up! Surround and kill the golden dogs, leaving no one alive!"

The Jin soldiers who climbed up the city wall were blocked, and those who climbed up the city wall first had no reinforcements.

The sound of killing was deafening on the city wall, and the defenders began to encircle and kill the Jin soldiers frantically. In just a moment, they cleared the city wall again.

At this time, the black smoke rising outside the city wall covered the sky and completely blocked the view of the city wall.

Wu Quanwen put away his knife and walked towards Wen Chengjie.

"What's the matter with this fire?"

Because of the fire, no Jin soldiers climbed up the west wall for a while, which gave the defenders a moment of respite.

"It's kerosene!"

Wen Chengjie took a big gulp from a water bag, then handed it to Wu Quanwen.

"When this city wall was built, a hidden groove was left under the parapet, connecting to the hole outside the city wall."

"On normal days, these hollow grooves can drain rainwater from the city wall."

"Like now, when we are fighting, we can pour kerosene into it and let it flow along the city wall."

"As long as it is ignited, we can set the front wall on fire like we are doing now and prevent the enemy from attacking the city."

Looking at the flames and smoke rising outside the city wall, Wen Chengjie frowned.

"But this method of lighting the entire wall consumes a lot of kerosene. I checked the kerosene supply before, and it can only be used once at most."

Wu Quanwen took a few gulps of water and asked, "How long can this fire last?"

"With the kerosene that was poured out, it will take at most half a quarter of an hour." Wen Chengjie answered without thinking.

Half an hour...

Wu Quanwen frowned.

"The time is too short, the defenders can't even take a break."

"Once the fire is out, the Jin soldiers will come to the city again!"

Wen Chengjie looked up at the sun that appeared pale in the black smoke.

"Is it past midnight?"

Upon hearing this, the deputy general next to him hurried to the inside of the city wall and shouted down: "Report the time!"

Under the city wall, where Lu You originally set up a stall to sell medicine, a four-story platform that looked like a staircase had been built at some point.

On the table, there is a set of clepsydra water clocks that are more than one person tall and are used to calculate time.

Hearing the question from the city wall, the soldier guarding the quiver raised his head and shouted.

"Two quarters past midnight!!"

Wen Chengjie looked around at the corpses and wounded soldiers on the city wall.

"I still can't figure out the Jin soldiers' siege methods, and now most of the defense equipment has been used up."

"Are the Yanzhou troops sure to arrive before noon?"

Wu Quanwen turned his head and looked towards the east when he heard this: "The Hidden Dragon Guards have passed on the secret report, so there should be no possibility of error."

Hearing this, Wen Chengjie couldn't help but tighten his grip on the knife handle even more.

As a prince, Wu Quanwen only dared to say that there should be no mistakes, which meant a lot.

I told my subordinates before that it was right to hold on until dark when we get more reinforcements.

If everyone knew that there were no reinforcements coming, no one would arrive at that time.

The despair that comes after expectation will take away everyone's strength.

"Pass the order down, pour kerosene on the bodies and throw them under the city wall!"

"Yes!" Upon hearing this, the deputy general turned around and ordered: "Quick, take the bodies of the Jin soldiers..."

"All of them!" Wen Chengjie interrupted the deputy general and said coldly, "All the bodies, throw them all down."

Wen Chengjie's words stunned the surrounding guards.

"Defense, even our people..."

"Do you have time to make coffins and dig graves now?" Wen Chengjie shouted at the guard, "Piling corpses together will definitely cause a plague. Do I need to explain this to you?"

"Pour some kerosene!"

"Throw!!"