The emperor is biased and wants to kill me, but you chickened out when the army is at the city gates

In the desolate sky, a huge flash of fire suddenly streaked across the sky like a shooting star.

Although it was daytime, everyone could see it very clearly and even feel the heat of the fire.

"Fireball! It's a fireball!"

Suddenly a soldier roared angrily, but it was too late to warn him.

The enormous fireball, five meters in diameter, was covered in tung oil and plummeted downwards after streaking across the sky.

With a loud "boom," several unfortunate rattan armor soldiers below were instantly smashed into a bloody pulp.

The splattered tung oil, accompanied by sparks, exploded on the ground like fireworks.

Before the infantrymen in rattan armor could react, flames had already engulfed their bodies.

"what……"

The screams of agony continued to ring out, and the soldiers whose bodies were on fire instinctively scattered in all directions or rolled on the ground.

Those fleeing soldiers immediately became the fuse, setting more soldiers ablaze.

"Shoot those soldiers on fire immediately."

Sun Wei looked horrified, but still promptly issued the most correct order.

However, the rattan armor itself provided extremely high protection against arrows, so in the end these soldiers could only die under the spears of their comrades.

"call……"

"call……"

"..."

At that moment, another explosion rang out in the sky, and one after another, barrels of wine were launched from the city by catapults.

Some soldiers who were unable to dodge were immediately crushed to death or knocked unconscious.

The barrel exploded, and a pungent smell immediately filled the entire area, leaving many people covered in a thick, black liquid.

"What are these?"

Cao Xueguang saw it clearly, but he didn't immediately recognize the origin of the liquid.

But the vanguard below was terrified and roared furiously, "Scatter! Scatter quickly! That's earth fat!"

"Geothermal oil" was the ancient name for petroleum.

Liu Zhizhong, standing to the side, was still puzzled, but dared not ask any further questions.

It wasn't until three more giant fireballs were launched simultaneously from within Beining City that he finally realized what was happening.

The three giant fireballs seemed to have found the perfect spot, instantly cutting the infantry battalion into four pieces.

For some reason, two of them didn't explode after landing, but instead rolled forward.

The powerful inertia and speed were simply impossible for a two-legged soldier to evade.

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of soldiers had been crushed to death or perished in the flames.

At the same time, the previously injected ground fat played a fatal role at this moment.

It can be ignited quickly by even the slightest spark.

Those who, like Liu Zhizhong, did not yet understand what "earth fat" was, experienced firsthand what despair truly meant at this moment.

Large numbers of soldiers were burned alive, and their instinctive panicked flight only accelerated the spread of the fire.

What was originally a long, single-line front line stretching over a thousand meters has now turned into a sea of ​​fire.

Screams, accompanied by thick smoke and the strange smell of roasted meat, filled the entire battlefield.

A bugle call was sounded out of necessity!

The Great Qi Alliance had no choice but to withdraw its troops at this point.

"They've retreated! The enemy has retreated!"

On the city wall, the Shence Army, who had not lost a single soldier, cheered in unison. This victory was extremely important to them.

Qin Xuan calmly watched the fleeing Daqi allied forces, but despite the sea of ​​fire, his mood was far from relaxed.

This fire attack strategy should have been used against the Jurchen or Khanate people.

Beining City originally did not have giant catapults. Qin Xuan had gathered all the artisans in the city and all the artisans among the refugees in the past few days, and then temporarily modified six ordinary catapults from the original Beining City according to his memories from his previous life.

Of these six giant catapults, four were placed in the north city and the other two in the south city.

As for the enormous fireball, it was made from vines and dead wood found in a mountain forest within Beining City.

Qin Xuan ordered his men to soak the two items in tung oil first, then use dead wood as a frame, and wrap them with vines, layer by layer, before finally managing to produce a batch.

"I wonder how things are going in the south of the city!"

Qin Xuan was somewhat worried, but he couldn't leave Beicheng yet.

He had already dispatched a small group of cavalry out of the city to quickly clear the battlefield.

The Great Qi Allied Forces fled in haste, leaving behind a large number of shields and weapons, which are all priceless items.

The allied forces, being far away, could only watch helplessly as the enemy took away the spoils of war one by one.

Liu Zhizhong did make a foolish suggestion: while the Shence Army was cleaning up the battlefield, they should also send out cavalry to launch a surprise attack.

However, not only Sun Wei, but even Cao Xueguang looked at him as if he were an idiot for making this suggestion.

With the two sides separated by ten miles, the Shence Army had ample time to retreat.

On the contrary, once the cavalry on this side launches their attack and charges close, it's not so easy for them to stop.

When the time comes, a volley of arrows will kill all the cavalry.

These are cavalrymen, far more valuable than infantrymen.

At this moment, the same scene is unfolding on the battlefield in the southern city.

However, compared to the rattan armor soldiers of the Daqi Allied Army, the Tulan Army wore regular leather soft armor with metal plates, so the fire attack was not as effective as that in the North City.

However, after the sesame oil landed and scattered, a large number of Tu Lan soldiers followed in the footsteps of the Daqi Allied Forces.

The initial objective of both the Tulan Army and the Daqi Allied Army in this siege was to jointly encircle and annihilate the Shence Army in the northern region.

Therefore, neither army was equipped with heavy siege weapons from the beginning; instead, they were mainly cavalry.

This very fact gave Qin Xuan and the Shence Army the power to resist.

Half an hour later, the Tulan army also had to sound the retreat.

"Damn it, when did Beining City acquire such defensive weapons?"

Tu Lan had previously led his troops into Beining City, so he was naturally aware of the city's military defenses. He was filled with hatred but felt helpless.

Grand Preceptor Gulna frowned and sighed, "He truly deserves to be called the strongest military genius of the younger generation. I suspect he must have temporarily modified the existing catapults in the city and managed to find some geomagnetic substances, which is why he caught us off guard."

"But it's okay, this is just the beginning."

Throughout history, with a few exceptions, every siege battle has lasted three to five days, or even three to five months.

Gurna had already calculated that Beining City would lack food and winter supplies, so he was not in a hurry.

In Beining City, a group of tall horses were rapidly moving through the streets, loudly announcing that the two major enemy armies had been defeated.

The people who had been hiding in their homes were incredulous. Although they knew the Shence Army was powerful, they never imagined it would be this powerful.

"Mother, the enemy has retreated! They have retreated! Our home has been saved."

One man was as excited as a child. The last time the Tu Lan army entered the city, he and his mother hid in the cellar and survived by sheer luck.

This time, he thought he was going to die, but he survived again.

The mother, her hair now gray, was in tears, nodding repeatedly: "It was the Shence Army that protected us. Only with the Shence Army's arrival could we have survived!"