Chapter 930: Fire Attack to Defeat the Enemy
"What? The Western Liao army surrounded Ganzhou City?!"
Upon hearing the news, Daohua was stunned. Yes, she had guessed that the Western Liao people might come to attack Ganzhou Wei, but she didn't expect them to be so fast.
Then, Daohua was frightened and asked anxiously, "What's the situation now?"
Gu Yu immediately said, "Thankfully, Madam, you reminded us in time yesterday afternoon, allowing Hero Chu to capture the spies hiding in the city, preventing them from colluding with the Western Liao people and breaking into the city."
"Right now, Dongli is leading the city's guards on the city wall to snipe at the Western Liao people who are trying to break into the city."
Daohua: "How many people came from Western Liao?"
Lixia replied, "Brother Shouhou said there were 50,000 people."
Daohua's heart sank, and she said immediately, "Help me get dressed. I want to go to the city gate and take a look."
Guyu and Guyu were startled and quickly tried to dissuade her: "Madam, you are too heavy to go to the city wall. You have to take care of the little master in your belly."
Time was running out, and Daohua was too lazy to waste time talking to them. Her face darkened and her voice was a little stern: "Don't you guys listen to me?"
As he spoke, he looked towards Bishi.
"Bishi, change my clothes for me."
Bishi always listened to Daohua. She glanced at Guyu and Lixia, then went to get her clothes.
Guyu and Lixia stood aside, feeling extremely anxious. Just then, Guo Ruomei arrived.
When the two saw Guo Ruomei, they rushed forward as if they had seen a savior and said, "Madam Guo, she wants to go to the city wall. Please persuade her."
Guo Ruomei was stunned for a moment and quickly looked at the rice flowers.
Daohua still had a determined look on her face. "Mother, there's no need to persuade me. If the city guards can't hold off the Western Liao people, then I won't be safe anywhere. I'll just go watch from the city gate so I don't have to worry all the time."
Hearing this, Guo Ruomei swallowed her words of dissuasion and said, "Okay, mother will go with you."
Daohua nodded, put on her clothes, and left the yard with Guo Ruomei.
Mei Lan and Mei Ju held Daohua on both sides to make sure she would not fall.
On the other side, Gu Jian knew that Daohua was going to the city wall, so he took Caiju with him.
Soon, Daohua and his group arrived at the city wall.
At this moment, people from Western Liao were trying to climb up the city wall with ladders, and at the same time, some people from Western Liao were banging on the city gate.
There were too few soldiers defending the city, and they could only barely stop the Western Liao people by using the city walls.
This was even before the Western Liao people launched a full-scale attack.
Looking at this scene, Daohua and others looked extremely heavy.
When the Western Liao offensive weakened, Daohua stood on the battlements of the city wall and looked at the Western Liao army outside the city.
Looking at the tens of thousands of Western Liao troops outside the city, Daohua felt a little numb, but she still gritted her teeth and picked up the telescope to observe.
When he saw the general on horseback at the forefront of the Western Liao army, his pupils couldn't help but shrink: "Xiao Yechi!"
"What?"
Gu Jian, Guo Ruomei and Chu Lang all looked over.
Daohua gritted her teeth and said, "The commander of the Western Liao army is Xiao Yechi!"
Gu Jian's face turned grim. "This bastard who betrayed his ancestors! If the late emperor knew that the descendants of his most beloved son openly led troops to attack the territory of Daxia, I wonder if he would be so angry that he would come back to life?"
Chu Lang sneered, "Duke, as early as when Daxia and the Tatars were at war, the Eighth Prince's lineage had already betrayed their ancestors. The Eighth Prince defected to the Tatars, and Xiao Yechi defected to the Western Liao. It can be said that the son is following in his father's footsteps."
Outside the city gate, Xiao Yechi stared coldly at the gate of Ganzhou City. He had already guessed in his heart that the spies Wei Hongcai had planted in the city must have been caught.
Otherwise, the city gates would not be opened yet.
Xiao Yechi was a little annoyed that he could not raid Ganzhou City and control Xiao Yeyang's family.
He led his troops to besiege Ganzhou City, which was a conspiracy with Yelu Kangda. He took advantage of the fact that Xiao Yeyang was too busy to come back for support and captured his family.
He knew how much Xiao Yeyang valued Yan Yiyi. He heard that the emperor's uncle was also in Ganzhou City. As long as he caught these two people, he was not afraid that Xiao Yeyang would surrender.
By then, if he joins forces with the Western Liao royal family, his chances of seizing Xiliang will greatly increase.
With the territory of Xiliang, he can recruit soldiers, accumulate strength, and fight back to Daxia step by step.
It's a pity that Wei Hongcai is useless. He couldn't even plant a spy. No wonder Xiao Yeyang lost his border army power after only being in Xiliang for more than two years.
Xiao Yeyang.
Xiao Yechi felt extremely resentful when he thought about how his father was forced to death by him and how he himself had almost fallen into his hands several times.
"Yan Yiyi must be caught."
He also wanted to let Xiao Yeyang taste the despair and pain of wanting to die.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yechi hurriedly summoned his generals and prepared for a full-scale attack.
The battle must be won quickly, otherwise, by the time the reinforcements from Daxia arrive, he might return empty-handed.
On the city wall, the guards became anxious when they saw that the Western Liao people seemed to be about to enter the palace in full force.
There are too few of them, and we can't stop them at all.
Gu Jian, Guo Ruomei and Chu Lang all had their brows tightly knitted together.
Chu Lang looked at Gu Jian and Dao Hua: "I'll take you away first."
Gu Jian agreed and looked at Daohua.
Nothing is more important than the safety of my apprentice now.
Daohua remained silent, thought for a while, and said, "Master, Uncle Chu, wait a moment, I have thought of a way to defend against the enemy." Then he called Dongli.
"There's a reserve of oil in the city. Take your men and get the oil to the city wall immediately."
Hearing this, Dongli's eyes lit up and he quickly turned and left. As he ran down the city wall, he shouted, "Everyone hold on. The Crown Princess has figured out a way to defend against the enemy."
Given the huge disparity in strength between the enemy and us, they cannot afford to lose morale.
Sure enough, after hearing Dongli's words, the originally desperate soldiers' eyes sparkled with hope.
Soon, the Western Liao people launched another attack. Ladders were placed on the city walls, and countless Western Liao soldiers climbed up quickly.
Just when Xiao Yechi and the Western Liao soldiers thought that the siege would be successful, Dongli and his guards transported hundreds of barrels of oil to the city wall.
"Throw it on me!"
“Wow~”
The pungent smell of oil began to spread in the air. Daohua covered her nose tightly and watched as buckets of black oil were poured down the city wall.
"Boom~"
A flaming fire fold was thrown by Dongli at the Western Liao soldiers, and in an instant, the black night sky was lit up.
“Ah~”
The ladders and Western Liao soldiers were all engulfed in flames.
Looking at this scene, Daohua closed her eyes silently.
Seeing this, Guo Ruomei quickly helped her back away, no longer looking at the tragic scene outside the city: "War is like this, it's either you die or I die."
Daohua's face turned pale: "I know, mother."
Outside the city, Xiao Yechi looked at the soldiers trapped in the sea of fire with anger.
These people were accumulated bit by bit by him with the treasures left by his grandfather and father. Thousands of them were lost in one fell swoop, which made him extremely sad.
"Stop, stop attacking immediately."
Seeing the Western Liao army retreat, Daohua and others all breathed a sigh of relief.
Guo Ruomei smiled and said, "I didn't expect that using oil fire attack would be so effective. With this oil, Ganzhou City will definitely be able to hold out until reinforcements arrive."
Daohua nodded and looked at the Western Liao army outside the city gate, which had only stopped attacking and had no intention of retreating. After thinking for a moment, he said to Dongli, "We can't just passively defend. These guards can all shoot arrows, right?"
Dongli nodded: "Yes."
Daohua: "Okay, then, let's put the arrows in the oil to infect it. If we can find a suitable opportunity, we can also take the initiative to attack the Western Liao army."
(End of this chapter)
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