Chapter 210

The departure of Liu Bei and his men did not stir up any ripples!

At this moment, atop the city wall, Tao Qian was still waiting for Lin Yang to launch his siege!

"Tell the soldiers, hold out through tonight, and everyone shall be rewarded!"

He gave instructions to the Personal Guard beside him, and the next moment, Tao Qian's order echoed across the city wall!

Upon receiving Tao Qian's promise, the morale of the soldiers was greatly boosted!

And at a position two hundred meters outside Xuzhou City

On the pitch-black open ground, by the faint light of torches, one could see rows of catapults, all fully set up!

"Prepare!"

Standing amidst the catapults, Li Gang heard the drums sounding and let out a loud shout!

In an instant, the soldiers responsible for operating the catapults all placed jars stuffed with straw strips onto the catapults!

"Ignite!"

The next moment, Li Gang's order came, and the soldiers, who had already practiced this, lit the dry straw fixed atop the pottery jars!

"Fire!"

With the order given, the next moment, countless pottery jars carrying faint firelight flew toward the Xuzhou city wall!

"Thud... thud... thud... thud..."

The tremendous sound of the catapults was suddenly exceptionally loud in the dark night!

In an instant!

The soldiers stationed on the city wall all looked toward the sound!

Then they saw those faint sparks of fire in the void!

"Arrows?!"

The crowd of soldiers, including Tao Qian, were all stunned as they looked at the firelight!

Could these be fire arrows?!

But what lethality could such a small amount of fire arrows have?

Furthermore!

This is the Xuzhou city wall, and there are no flammable objects like dry straw here!

"Thud!"

Just as Tao Qian and the soldiers were puzzled, the next moment, a pottery jar smashed onto the city wall; the jar shattered instantly, and a pool of pitch-black liquid splashed everywhere, flowing all over the ground!

"What, what is this?"

The soldiers stained by the pitch-black liquid touched it in confusion, their brows furrowing at the pungent smell!

This black liquid was similar to water, but it was much thicker than water!

"Thud... thud... thud... thud..."

As one jar smashed down, the next moment, more and more jars landed on the city wall!

In an instant, the pitch-black liquid splashed across the entire city wall!

"What, what on earth is this?"

Looking at a pottery jar that had cracked nearby, Tao Qian was completely bewildered at this moment!

But the next moment, a cry of alarm rang out from the city wall!

"Fire, it's caught fire!"

Accompanied by a cry of alarm, the next moment, everyone's gaze turned to see a burning clump of dry straw, the moment it touched the pitch-black liquid, instantly ignite into a ball of flame!

"Boom... boom... boom..."

In an instant, as clumps of dry straw ignited the fierce fire oil, cries of alarm and the wails of those burning in the flames rang out across the massive city wall!

"It's caught fire, hurry and put it out!"

"Ah, this is a ghost, why is the fire burning on me!"

"Save me, hurry and save me!"

"It can't be extinguished, this fire simply cannot be extinguished!"

"Could this be heavenly fire? Run!"

"..."

In an instant, the massive city wall fell into chaos under the assault of the fierce fire oil pottery jars!

Tao Qian watched this scene, unable to help but be stunned!

"Thud... thud... thud..."

But the next moment, in the dark night outside the city, there was another round of catapult firing sounds!

As one pottery jar after another shattered, the fierce fire oil inside all burned violently!

After only two rounds of assault, flames were burning across the entire Xuzhou city wall!

Before the great army outside the city

"My lord, this item is truly a divine object!"

Under the pitch-black night sky, watching the sea of fire burning on the Xuzhou city wall, Cheng Yu and Guo Jia could not help but exclaim!

Both of them were rare strategists in this world!!

They knew best how terrifying the power of fire attacks was!

But ordinary fire attacks required the use of dry straw, tung oil, and other flammable materials!

Only then could the effect of a fire attack be achieved!

Yet this fierce fire oil ignited upon contact with fire and could not be extinguished!

It truly surprised the two of them!

"Haha, Fengxiao's strategy is indeed good; attacking the city at night, using fierce fire oil to cause panic, leaving the soldiers with no heart to defend!"

Although the fierce fire oil had impressive power, relying on catapults to burn many people to death was not realistic!

Guo Jia's night siege was more about attacking the heart!

The ancients feared fire!

Such suddenly ignited flames could definitely throw the city into chaos!

"My lord, wait for one last round, and then the great army can attack the city!"

Watching several rounds of fierce fire oil already smashed in, Cheng Yu and Guo Jia estimated that the time was about right!

Meanwhile, on the other side, at the catapult position

"Everyone, load the giant stones!"

With the pottery jars used up, Li Gang ordered the soldiers at this moment!

In a moment, giant stones were loaded onto the catapults!

"Pour the oil!"

He shouted loudly, and the next moment, the last of the remaining fierce fire oil was poured onto the giant stones!

"Ignite!"

Almost at the same time the fierce fire oil was poured, the soldiers nearby lit the fierce fire oil!

"Thud!"

The burning giant stones illuminated the pitch-black night!

The next moment, the catapults suddenly launched the burning giant stones, which drew a perfect parabola in mid-air, heading straight for the Xuzhou city wall!

Tao Qian and the others, who had been standing on the city wall still pacifying the soldiers, were all left stunned upon hearing this final loud noise!

They saw burning giant stones, like red fire meteors, smashing toward the city wall!

"Woo!"

Almost simultaneously, the horns of the great army outside the city were blown, and Lin Yang's great army moved completely!

"Kill... kill... kill..."

The sounds of slaughter rang out, and the catapults that had fired their last round were also ignited, turning into bright firelight that illuminated the path for the advancing soldiers!

"Heavenly fire, heavenly fire is smashing the city!"

"Run, brothers, run!"

"It's over, this cannot be resisted at all, these are all heavenly fires!"

"Ah, I don't want to die!"

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