The moment the fire lit up, the originally inky black night sky turned a crimson color.
The walls of Da Qi were illuminated by the fire as bright as day.
The ladders hanging on the walls of Da Qi quickly turned into a sea of fire, and the people on the ladders turned into burning people and fell from the ladders screaming.
After falling, they did not die immediately. Instead, they rolled on the ground in pain, wailing and making the most shrill screams they could.
It was not until dozens of seconds later that these people gradually fell to the ground and became silent.
The Liao and Jin soldiers, who were originally full of vigor and vitality, were all trembling with fear after seeing this scene.
Some even pointed at the walls of Da Qi in horror and screamed, "The Fire God! The Fire God is helping them! Did you see it? It suddenly caught fire! It was so fast!"
Yes, everyone in Liao and Jin saw that the fire really started in an instant, which was very unreasonable.
Who hasn’t lit a fire these days? For a flame to burn, it must be heated to the ignition point.
Although the ladders they used were made of wood, it was impossible for them to burn all at once.
Such a premeditated charge was just beaten back. Seeing the low morale, Yelu Song pondered for a moment before saying, "What do you think? Does anyone know what the Great Qi army is using?"
The generals of Liao and Jin looked at each other in bewilderment. When had they ever seen such a horrible thing? In their opinion, war should be a head-on battle between cavalrymen. The people of Qi were really too evil. They actually used witchcraft.
Han Derong stood up and said, "Your Majesty, if I'm not mistaken, they should be using flaming oil!"
"Fire oil? What is that?" Yelu Song asked hurriedly.
Han Derong shook his head in embarrassment and said, "It's a kind of oil. Its characteristic is that it burns very quickly and cannot be extinguished with water."
"Even water can't put it out?" Yelu Song frowned slightly after hearing this and said, "Do you have any good ideas for defeating the enemy?"
Han Derong smiled awkwardly and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know the characteristics of fierce fire oil, let alone how to control it. However, I believe that the reserves of fierce fire oil in Da Qi should not be large. After all, we launched the attack suddenly, and we captured Bazhou City at the fastest speed."
"The entire Great Qi capital is now under defense. I don't believe they have enough flaming oil to wipe out all of us."
Yelu Song pondered for a moment and said, "So, according to your Excellency, what do you mean?"
"What I'm saying is, keep going. Don't give these people a chance to breathe. I believe the flaming oil in their hands won't last long!"
At this time, someone nearby expressed a different opinion, saying, "No, even if they don't have much kerosene, we can't gamble. We don't have much engineering equipment to begin with, especially ladders. If they're truly destroyed, it's impossible to make new ones in such a short time."
After hearing this, Yelu Song frowned slightly. The general was right. Liao and Jin were not good at making this kind of siege equipment.
Those who can make siege equipment are all in the rear. It would be a waste of time to wait for them to come.
At this time, someone else shouted, "Your Majesty, why not just use the catapults to suppress them?
As long as we can suppress the enemy and prevent them from using flaming oil when our warriors attack the city, we have a chance of victory!"
"Otherwise, if we continue to waste time like this, it will be very disadvantageous to us!"
Yelu Song thought about it and finally made a decision: "Okay! It's settled. Get the catapults ready. The soldiers who will cover us will charge forward and smash the city wall hard!"
Soon Yelu Song's order was passed down, and the Liao and Jin soldiers pushed heavy catapults and began to move towards the city wall of Da Qi.
Standing on the wall of Da Qi, the scout observed for a while with a telescope in his hand, then hurriedly said to Li Xiang beside him: "It's bad, Your Highness, the enemy has deployed catapults. You should hide quickly. If you are hit by one of these things, you may end up with broken bones and tendons."
After hearing this, Li Xiang laughed out loud without taking it seriously, and there was even a hint of contempt for the enemy in his laughter.
"Liao and Jin catapults? How dare you bring out that kind of junk and embarrass yourself? Find the range! Tell the artillery to prepare, the incendiary bombs are ready to fire!"
Following Li Xiang's order, a fire suddenly lit up somewhere in the city. People standing there could see that dozens of terrifying large machines were undergoing the final intense debugging.
Countless transparent glass jars were placed on top of these machines, and some people were standing by with torches.
After the scouts used a telescope to observe the distance, the parameter was quickly transmitted here.
Someone gave unified calibration commands, and then the strips of cloth on the glass jars were set on fire.
Then someone yelled, "Release!"
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Countless glass bottles as big as human heads, carrying burning cloth strips, flew out of the capital of Da Qi over the city wall.
From the perspective of the Liao and Jin people, they suddenly saw little stars flying out from the other side of the wall of Da Qi.
These stars flickered in the sky, and it was hard to tell what they were, but the scene was actually quite pretty.
But the next second, countless Liao and Jin people knew that this beauty was fatal.
The moment the first incendiary bomb hit the Liao and Jin catapult phalanx, the Liao and Jin people would never forget the fear of being dominated by the incendiary bomb.
With a bang, the incendiary bomb shattered, and the incendiary oil inside sprayed out, and was then quickly ignited by the flames.
In an instant, an area turned into a sea of fire, and the catapults were directly scrapped.
Compared with the bombs that hit the ground and ignited, what frightened the Liao and Jin people more were the bombs that exploded directly in the sky.
As some incendiary bombs fell, the flames on the cloth pieces ignited the incendiary oil in the glass bottles.
In an instant, the incendiary bomb exploded in the air!
With a bang, the ignited kerosene scattered like flowers from the sky, and the main purpose was to treat everyone equally.
If this burning incendiary oil falls on anyone, it will be a disaster.
As more and more incendiary bombs fell, many Molotov cocktails collided directly in the air.
A violent explosion rang out over the entire Liao and Jin catapult phalanx, and countless flames fell like rain of fire and meteors, quickly turning a certain area into a living hell.
Yelu Song, who was standing on a high place supervising the battle, was shocked when he saw this scene, and his heart was bleeding!
He roared like a madman at the messenger beside him, "Sound the retreat! Retreat! Everyone, retreat! Stay away from that damn sea of fire!"
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