Chapter 148: Another City

General Fengming used this trick to firmly grasp the three cities in his hands, and also took the opportunity of resettling military households to clean up the three occupied cities.

All those who were suspicious were brought under her control for easy management and control, and news from within the city was not allowed to leak out. Even the birds that flew out of the city were shot dead.

Afterwards, General Fengming received a letter from the Queen, asking her to take the remaining two cities as soon as possible according to the original plan, and to integrate the five cities into the defense line of Fengqi State according to the previously set goals.

This time, along with the Flying Eagle Letter, there was also a new type of weapon - black oil jars and catapults.

This was discovered accidentally when a well was being dug in a village in Fengming. The well surveyors asked the villagers to dig a well at a measured location, and what they dug out was a black, oil-like substance. At first the villagers thought it was edible, but it almost killed people. Later they found that this black oil would catch fire when it came into contact with fire, and it would burn for a very long time. After burning, it produced black smoke that was very irritating to the eyes.

The local people thought that this was natural kerosene, so they reported it to the local government office. The government office sent someone to check it out and reported the discovery of this natural kerosene well step by step. When it reached the Queen, Lianyi recognized at a glance that this was unprocessed crude oil, which still had a certain lethality.

Then she asked the Minister of Works to make earthenware jars for storing oil and corresponding long-range catapults, with the aim of taking the remaining two cities as soon as possible.

General Fengming first received the letter from the empress, and then received an urgent message from the eldest princess. She immediately adjusted her strategy, changing her previous defensive combat style and organizing her troops to launch a frontal counterattack when the Panlong army attacked.

On the night when the battle ended, General Fengming summoned his most capable men and launched a surprise attack on the fourth city at dawn when everyone was most sleepy.

Because of the blessing of the crude oil tank and the addition of long-range catapults, General Fengming first launched a wave of attacks with crude oil fire tanks, casting a wide net to disperse the soldiers defending the city, and then took the opportunity to attack the city when the enemy was in chaos.

Of course, the cooperation of insiders was also indispensable. They took advantage of the confusion of the defenders of Longxi City and the failure to reinforce the troops in time, and directly killed the soldiers guarding the gate, opened the city gate, and allowed Fengqi's army to march straight in and seize the initiative.

Of course, the female soldiers of Fengqi Kingdom also paid a certain price, with thousands of casualties. The few insiders who opened the city gate were also hacked to death by the soldiers of Panlong Kingdom who reacted quickly. However, General Fengming managed to end the battle before the reinforcements of Panlong Kingdom arrived.

The soldiers of Panlong State rushed to support at full speed. When the army arrived at the fourth city that was raided, they only saw the gate slowly closing, as if mocking them for being late.

"MD, you're a step too late!"

"General, what should we do now? Attack or not?"

"Don't you see that they have already occupied the city? We are a step late, and going up now would be suicide!"

The general on horseback said with a grim expression.

After all, the other side had also experienced a great battle and did not have time to clean up the battlefield in front of the city.

"But if we don't take any action, the emperor will blame us."

"Humph! The emperor, that bastard who hasn't even fully grown his hair, actually dared to send his own brother to kill the queen of Fengqi. If he dared to do it, he should have avoided being caught. Now that he has been caught by that old woman of Fengqi, it would be strange if he could swallow this anger!"

"General, be careful with your words!"

"You, you, and you, will be the vanguard and lead a team to try to attack the city. If there is a breakthrough, send a message and I will lead the army to attack. If there is no breakthrough, you will withdraw as soon as possible.

At that time, we will say that we received the distress message too late, Longxi City has been occupied, no one cooperates with our army, and we cannot regain control of Longxi City. "

The three people who were named all looked unhappy. They were obviously cannon fodder sent to explore the way. Unfortunately, they had to obey military orders, so they could only sneak over with their soldiers and start looking for the best opportunity to attack.

This time, the female generals on the wall of Longxi City had just experienced a great battle, and they also had to control the people in the city to prevent them from causing chaos, so Fengming decided not to fight and just defend the city. However, she did not want to let these reinforcements get away with it, so she had to leave a deep impression on them.

Therefore, when the enemy sneaked over, they pretended not to notice the vanguard of thousands of people. When the enemy came within shooting range, Fengming immediately ordered to adjust the angle of the catapult. This time, they threw crude oil wrapped in rainproof cloth.

There were holes in the rainproof cloth, and the parabola thrown by the catapult just happened to let the crude oil leak out, pouring on the Panlong soldiers who were advancing in teams, and finally crashing into the area where the soldiers were most concentrated.

"What is this?"

"It's black and has a weird smell! Is this their feces?"

“I don’t think something is right.”

The soldiers of Panlong Kingdom were very surprised that a rainproof cloth with no lethality fell among them. However, before they could figure out what was going on, countless flaming arrows poured down on them like rain.

The next moment, the crude oil was ignited and turned into a sea of fire, like hell on earth. The soldiers of Panlong State rolled on the ground, trying to extinguish the flames on their bodies, but they were stained with black crude oil, and a larger area of their bodies burned.

The screams of the Panlong soldiers made both sides feel their scalps tingling.

General Fengming frowned slightly, looked at the battle situation below, and gave an order to the deputy general beside him:

"Give them a quick death!"

"Yes, General!"

The next moment, long-range arrows rained down again, covering the entire sea of fire, completely silencing the screaming sounds and running firemen.

The Panlong soldiers who watched all this had deeper hatred in their eyes, but no one came forward to support. They could only watch as the three vanguard teams were almost wiped out.

"They say women are the most vicious. They are so cruel!"

The general of Panlong State gripped the reins tightly in his hands and said with bloodshot eyes.

Soon after, the news of the capture of Longxi City was also transmitted back to Panlong Kingdom and Fengqi Kingdom.

The new Panlong Emperor roared for a long time at the court meeting, but no one dared to respond. Three days later, he received a letter from the Fengqi Kingdom. This time, the eldest princess' tone was even tougher.

Either they make a public apology and compensate for the losses, or Fengqi State continues to attack the city, and by then it is unknown how many cities they will occupy.

"Your Majesty, this is a naked threat."

Zhang Zhang's face also looked ugly, as if he didn't expect the other party to be so strong this time.

"Zhang Aiqing, do you have any better ideas?"

The new Panlong Emperor asked, rubbing his forehead.

"We can form an alliance with Xuanwu Kingdom and Baihu Kingdom and join forces to deal with Fengqi Kingdom."

"Humph! They have been waiting and watching until now. They hope that we will both lose the fight so that they can take advantage of the situation."

(End of this chapter)