Chapter 1489

Upon seeing Budugen, Tuoba Liwei bowed and saluted.

Seeing the fortress gates still closed, Budugen turned his head to look at Guo Tu: "Mr. Guo, those Liangzhou generals must surely be inside this fortress."

Guo Tu thought for a moment and then nodded; for now, that seemed to be the only possibility.

At the moment the city was breached, the Xiongnu and Xianbei armies had already surrounded all four gates, specifically to prevent the Liangzhou generals from escaping.

Since they had not escaped, they must be within this final line of defense in the city.

"That should be the case," Guo Tu said, nodding.

Budugen cast his gaze toward Tuoba Liwei beside him and ordered: "Within half an hour, breach this place..."

However, just as Budugen's words had barely fallen.

A flash of crimson suddenly appeared in everyone's eyes.

In the distance, seemingly around the walls of Mayi, a circle of light that dyed the black clouds in the sky crimson was rapidly spreading.

"What is that?"

Budugen's eyes widened.

Outside Mayi, at the moat.

As the pitch-black, ink-like 'combustible water' was poured into the moat, those black liquids floated on the surface.

Following the first torch thrown in, the fire ignited with a 'bang'.

Then, it began to spread at an extreme speed.

The wooden drawbridge spanning the moat was also instantly ignited.

The flames extending from the drawbridge were like nimble fire snakes, instantly spreading from the ground beneath their feet into the city gate tunnel, then igniting the black water inside the trenches that had long been dug along the walls under the gate tunnel.

The flames seemed to have eyes, beginning to spread rapidly along the perimeter of the city walls.

Subsequently, they began to spread into the city through various hidden channels, like a giant crimson spiderweb unfolding.

"Fire... fire... fire..."

"It's on fire... it's on fire..."

The Xiongnu and Xianbei soldiers near the outskirts of Mayi were the first to notice that something was wrong.

Although fires were burning everywhere in the city at this time.

Those were civilian houses being ignited.

But this fire was clearly different from ordinary fire.

Some Xianbei soldiers, upon seeing the raging inferno, were immediately frightened and stood frozen in place.

Four years ago, the same great fire had almost completely incinerated the entire Mount Tanhanshan.

In that fire, tens of thousands of Xianbei people were burned to death.

It was like a nightmare hell.

And now, seeing such a fire, those Xianbei who had lost loved ones in that Mount Tanhanshan fire and had luckily escaped felt as if they were being dragged back to four years ago. ===== CHAPTER 1491 =====