The newly crowded Yan army and the new siege ladder were all set on fire, burning them to death and causing smoke and dust to billow for a while.

Outside the battlefield.

"The Jiangzhou defenders are crazy, they dropped so much oil again!"

Zhao Pu was anxious. After this wave, he estimated that he had lost one or two thousand people.

However, Zhao Pu is the fourth prince of the Yan Kingdom after all. He is used to big winds and waves, and he quickly adjusts to it.

"Forget it, let's use the siege ladder. I didn't expect to use the siege ladder to conquer a small Jiangzhou. I really underestimated Jiangzhou before!"

The counselor cupped his hands and said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, oil is expensive, and the inventory in Jiangzhou City will definitely be running out. When our army launches the siege ladder, we will be able to easily capture the small town of Jiangzhou!"

Zhao Pu nodded and said nothing.

...With the thunder of drums, the Yan army finally dispatched the siege ladder.

Pushed by the Yan army, they slowly pushed towards the Jiangzhou city wall.

Zhu Xiuyuan naturally noticed the movements of the Yan army. He stuck out half of his head and took a cursory glance. He saw that the Yan army had more than 20 siege ladders...

Zhu Xiuyuan took two deep breaths and loudly ordered: "Quickly, replace the trebuchet stones with powerful fire oil urns, and burn them to ashes before the Yan army's siege ladder arrives!"

Following Zhu Xiuyuan's order, the trebuchets placed in the city took action, removed the stone as big as a person's head, replaced it with a urn of fierce fire oil, and threw it out with force.

The fierce fire oil vat flew up under the force, drew a parabola in the sky, crossed the city wall, and directly hit the Yan army's position.

"On the left side..."

"No, go a little further forward."

"Okay, okay, it hit, one more shot..."

On the city wall, there are civilians who specialize in "looking at the direction".

They are the "eyes" of the city's trebuchets.

After repeatedly changing the angle and direction, it finally hit the siege ladder.

"Set up rockets! Set the siege ladder on fire!"

Following the order, a rocket was shot out and directly hit the siege ladder.

In an instant, raging flames engulfed most of the ladder.

The ladder was made of wood and could not withstand fire. Even if some parts were not poured with fierce fire oil, they could not stop the burning trend.

The behemoths and siege ladders that were as high as the city wall suddenly turned into mountains of flames, the flames reaching into the sky like torches.

It is also like a huge bright lamp, illuminating everything within a radius of dozens of miles.

"ah!"

The Yan army on the siege ladder was ignited by fire and fell down screaming...

"Good, good, good, good burning!"

On the tower, Zhu Xiuyuan's face turned red with excitement, he danced and shouted three times with excitement.

However, now that the Yan army has not retreated and is still in the middle of a battle, they cannot get carried away yet, so Zhu Xiuyuan quickly calmed down.

After calming down, Zhu Xiuyuan discovered another problem and hurriedly ordered: "Don't waste those urns of fierce fire oil that did not hit the siege ladder. The archers looked carefully. Wherever they dropped the urns of fierce fire oil, bring them there."

Rocket……"

As Zhu Xiuyuan issued new orders, archers already fired rockets.

Aiming at the place where the empty urn of fierce fire oil landed, a rocket was shot out, immediately igniting a "little spark" in the Yan army's camp.

The Yan army was densely packed, and there were only four or five people in that "little spark"!

It's not a big deal to hurt people, but the most important thing is that this "little spark" caused panic to Yan Jun.

Because once this kind of fire is ignited, it cannot be extinguished. Once caught, there is no choice but to wait for death.

This has done great harm to the morale of the Yan army!

Later, the trebuchets in the city simply "played whatever they wanted", as long as they were in the right direction, and threw out a large number of jars of fierce fire and oil, and smashed them into the Yan army's position.

After passing the rocket a little further, hundreds of "small sparks" suddenly appeared in the Yan army's position, turning into a sea of ​​"small sparks"...

…

An hour later.

The back hall of Jiangzhou Yamen.

"This time the Yan army was defeated and the city was defended. Master Sima deserves the most credit!"

"As soon as the merged shield comes out, the Yan army's bows and arrows are useless. No matter how they shoot, no matter how strong their bows are and how fast their arrows are, haha, they just can't hurt our Jiangzhou defenders..."

"The most powerful thing is undoubtedly the fierce fire oil urn. Once the oil is ignited, the flames jump up to two people high. No matter who is touched by the fire, they will not be extinguished...

"You haven't seen that when the Yan army was defeated in the end, they abandoned their helmets and armor and cried for their father and mother. They were not as calm and calm as last time. They were running away for their lives!"

"With Lord Sima here, our Jiangzhou will be as stable as Mount Tai and as impregnable as gold. Even if the fourth prince of the Yan Kingdom personally leads the army, he attacks the city twice and retreats twice..."

"But... Sirs, the fierce fire oil is very powerful, but if used in this way, it may not last long. If the Yan army cannot attack for a long time and the fierce fire oil is exhausted, what will we do?"

"Don't worry, Sir Changshi."

Zhu Xiuyuan was standing by, listening to their bluster and nonsense for a long time.

It wasn't until Li Linzhou intervened and pointed out the potential crisis that Zhu Xiuyuan spoke: "I have good news and two ideas, which should be enough to make Jiangzhou persist longer."

"Furthermore, we have sufficient food and water in our Jiangzhou city. Coupled with Xianguan's two ideas, even if we hold on for a month or two, it is not impossible!"

Zhu Xiuyuan stepped out from the crowd, turned around and looked around at everyone sitting there, with a strong look of confidence on his face.

Dong Cheng nodded and said: "More than ten days ago, we exchanged the plague prescription from King Qian of the Liang Kingdom for 200,000 shi of grain."

"In addition to the disaster relief grain originally allocated by the imperial court, the total is more than 500,000 dan. This amount of grain is enough to keep hundreds of thousands of people in Jiangzhou City alive for several months!"

Dong Cheng raised his head, looked at Zhu Xiuyuan, and asked: "There is indeed no problem with the food and water sources in our Jiangzhou. So what are the two other ideas about the good news you mentioned, my dear son-in-law?"

"Father-in-law, ladies and gentlemen." Zhu Xiuyuan stood in the middle of the back hall of the Yamen, clasped his hands and said, "According to the reports from our scouts, after the Yan army was defeated, they did not send a large number of scouts to inquire about our Jiangzhou city defense."

"Thousands of soldiers have not been sent to besiege our Jiangzhou. Therefore, the south gate of our Jiangzhou has not been completely closed. The people who transport the fierce fire oil are still stepping up the transportation and have never stopped. In today's battle, the fierce fire oil was consumed

, it has already been completed!”

Dong Cheng was overjoyed and said: "Is this really true?!"

Zhu Xiuyuan smiled and said: "The fourth prince of the Yan Kingdom, Zhao Pu, is proud by nature. He must have despised me in Jiangzhou after eating a fierce meal from me, so he did not send any scouts."

Liu Wencai: "Brother Zhu is right. The Yan people think highly of themselves and have always despised me, the Chen people. Furthermore, the fourth prince of the Yan Kingdom, Zhao Pu, is not only a member of the royal family of the Yan Kingdom, but also one of the many princes of the Yan Emperor. Wen

The prince who ranks first in Tao Wulue's ranking..."
Chapter completed!