The fire, which could not be extinguished by water, clearly caused some panic among the garrison of Wuwei City.
With the roar of catapults and constant calibration in the Xiongnu army camp.
A stone covered in corpse oil slammed heavily onto the city gate of Wuwei City.
In an instant, a dark blue flame blazed up.
Upon seeing this, Tie Ge, who was sitting on horseback, was overjoyed and immediately gave the order to shout.
"Ship rams, push them forward!"
*Crack!* Accompanied by the sound of a whip cracking!
A crudely made siege engine was pushed out of the military camp.
The force responsible for pushing forward was the captured garrison of Fuling City.
These people were tightly chained together with siege engines.
As the whip with iron spikes fell from the hand of the Xiongnu military supervisor.
The hastily assembled siege engine slowly approached the gate of Wuwei City.
Seeing this scene before him, Chu Xuesong was extremely anxious.
"If the gates of Wuwei are burned down, the consequences will be unimaginable!"
"How can there be a fire in this world that even water cannot extinguish! Is Heaven determined to destroy my Wuwei City?"
At this moment, Chu Xuesong's face showed despair.
Mu Zian stood on the city wall, his brain working frantically.
The reason why water cannot extinguish this corpse oil is...
This is because the corpse oil is too light and will float on the surface of the water.
In an instant! Mu Zian seemed to understand and immediately roared.
"Go and bring us sand! The more the better!"
Chu Xuesong was very confused when he heard this. The Xiongnu were about to invade, so why did they suddenly want to move sand?
Before Chu Xuesong could react, Zhao Yun and Luo Cheng had already taken action.
Jia Xu, who was standing to the side, suddenly seemed to understand the meaning behind Mu Zian's words and immediately spoke to Chu Xuesong, who was still in a daze.
"General Chu, this corpse oil is light while water is heavy, so the ghostly fire will never go out as long as the oil floats on the surface of the water!"
"Covering the fire with sand will extinguish it!"
Chu Xuesong, a veteran general who guarded the frontier, immediately understood the meaning behind Jia Xu's words.
"Quick! Go and bring some sand!"
In a short while, buckets of sand were carried to the top of the city wall.
At Chu Xuesong's command, buckets of sand were immediately poured down.
Upon seeing this, Tie Ge, who was on horseback in the distance, burst into laughter.
"You Han Chinese are utterly stupid!"
"Now you actually think you can extinguish my hellfire with dirt? Foolish! Utterly foolish!"
Pei Shaochu, who was standing to the side, also smiled apologetically.
"They're just grasping at straws now! As long as the general's hellfire burns down the city gates, our brave army can then march straight in and slaughter all the Han people inside the city!"
"With the capture of two key border towns that have left the court, your future is limitless!"
Upon hearing this, Tie Ge burst into laughter, clearly feeling extremely comfortable with Pei Shaochu's horse.
However, just as Pei Shaochu finished speaking, the originally blazing, dark blue flames began to go out!
This caused Tie Ge's smile, which had been laughing heartily, to freeze instantly.
The deputy general standing nearby was shocked upon seeing this.
"General, something terrible has happened! Our fire looks like it's going to go out!"
Tie Ge's face turned ashen, and he raised his riding whip and immediately struck Pei Shaochu!
"You're such a jinx! You're so unlucky! Absolutely terrible!"
The whip struck Pei Shaochu again and again.
The once high and mighty fourth young master of the Pei family was now curled up on the ground, wailing incessantly.
Tie Ge's outburst still seemed insufficient to quell his anger, so he jumped off his horse.
They kicked him in the back again and again.
"You cunning Han dogs! Han dogs!"
At this moment, the raging fire of corpse oil at the Wuwei city gate was gradually buried and extinguished by the piling up of sand.
The soldiers guarding the city walls were overjoyed at the sight.
"It's out! It's out! The fire is out!"
In an instant, the previously low morale was boosted again.
Mu Zian breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to Chu Xuesong, who was still in shock standing to the side.
"General Chu, the fire on the city wall can be solved by mixing sand and water to make mud, which can then be poured down the wall!"
"The Xiongnu's trickery has failed this time, and they will surely launch a fierce attack on the city. From now on, we will rely entirely on General Chu."
Chu Xuesong also reacted immediately, staring at Mu Zian's youthful face for a moment in a daze, but the daze was fleeting.
Instead, a firm gaze appeared, and the previous contempt in his heart completely disappeared at this moment.
Judging from Mu Zian's calm and composed demeanor just now, Chu Xuesong knew that the person in front of him would definitely become a famous general who would not be inferior to his father in the future!
"I will obey the Duke of Zhenguo's order!"
When it comes to defending the city, the veteran general Chu Xuesong, who has guarded the frontier for twenty years, is undoubtedly a piece of cake.
Just as Mu Zian had predicted, after the plan to burn down the city gates with fire failed, Helian Tiege flew into a rage and immediately ordered an attack on the city!
The Xiongnu brought out all the rudimentary siege equipment they had been working on day and night for the past few days.
Without their warhorses, the Xiongnu could only wear simple leather armor and drive the civilians and prisoners they had captured from various places toward Wuwei City.
Under the threat of the Xiongnu, these people fled towards Wuwei City like madmen.
As the people approached, shouts and cries could be heard.
"Save me! We are all citizens of the Great Li!"
"Open the city gates and let me in! Let me in!"
......
The noisy sounds grew louder as they approached, but Chu Xuesong's expression remained unchanged atop the city wall.
It is highly likely that among the people who were driven here at this moment were spies of the Xiongnu.
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