Seeing the drastic change in the situation, Dongxuan's morale was unprecedentedly high. Whether it was the general or the soldiers, everyone seemed to have been injected with adrenaline, howling as they charged forward.
Yutang's side, on the other hand, watched everything with gritted teeth; many of their eyes were rimmed with tears.
They could only watch helplessly as the other party moved and completed their target bit by bit, gradually taking down the city that was their natural stronghold. It made every Yutang soldier feel so aggrieved that they wanted to die.
The feeling was excruciating!
It was even more excruciating than having one's flesh sliced by a blunt knife!
Qiu Jianhan, who had long known that the Fortress of Resilience would not be able to hold on, was not completely inactive. He had evacuated all the wounded soldiers and citizens in the fort. Before the wounded soldiers left, their cries were deafening.
Many of them cried and begged their comrades, "Let me stay!
I don't have an arm anymore, but give me a saber and I can still drag an enemy down with me! "
"Let me stay!"
"I'm not leaving! Even if you kill me now and carry my body up the fort wall and pile it with stones, your father can still raise Yutang's status by half a foot! "
The wounded soldiers begged bitterly.
However, Qiu Jianhan and Fu Baoguo were unwavering and uncompromising.
"There is only meaning in your lives. You are Yutang's seeds or you can cultivate new seeds! You are nothing when you are dead! "
"Military order: Live on! No one is allowed to die, no matter what! Whoever dies will never acknowledge you as our comrade when we meet you in the underworld! "
"Live on because Yutang's Fortress of Resilience is still here! You are the Fortress of Resilience! "
"The so-called indestructible fortress has never been the Fortress of Resilience itself, but the Yutang's eastern troop that is stationed here, the eastern soldiers!"
Old Marshal Qiu was teary-eyed. "Live on, all of you! Brothers, you must live on. Live on to see Yutang's counterattack! Live on to help us train the new recruits! Stay alive … and watch over our beautiful lands and rivers for us! "
Looking at the old marshal's tears, all the wounded soldiers fell silent, no longer speaking.
The wounded soldiers began to evacuate in batches; they were exceptionally swift in their retreat.
They had to move quickly and leave a wide path for the army to follow.
This was to prevent the disabled from blocking the path and obstructing the movement of the army.
"Even if I can't be loyal to the country with my brothers here, I can't be a burden to the army!"
"We still have a mission. Even if the Fortress of Resilience before us falls, there's still us — another human-shaped Fortress of Resilience!"
"Dongxuan, damned invaders! Wait for the other Fortress of Resilience!"
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Time passed by slowly. On the ninth day, Dongxuan's strategic deployment was basically completed.
The gentle slope below was only less than thirty feet from the top of the city wall.
As long as a warrior had a decent foundation, he or she would be able to reach such a height easily. Dongxuan's army had thus gathered their experts; all of Dongxuan's martial world experts, military experts, and sect experts were gathered together.
Yutang, on the other hand, was also gathering skilled cultivators.
Both sides are doing the same thing.
Only profound xiuzhe could deal with profound xiuzhe. In the current situation, xiuzhe, who had never been welcomed on the battlefield, was unexpectedly welcomed like never before. This was the key to this battle!
It was on this night that Qiu Jianhan ordered.
The five hundred thousand barrels of kerosene that he had collected during this period of time, as well as the ones that he had ordered before the expedition, were divided into five waves and the first wave was scattered.
A thick layer of kerosene flowed on the gentle slope.
Much of it flowed down the slope in a sticky but unstoppable manner. The entire slope that stretched for dozens of miles was already covered in kerosene.
In just a moment, the pungent smell filled the air.
The kerosene on the top of the fort was still being poured down.
Han Sanhe looked at the sea of kerosene, his expression uncertain. He did not give the order to attack even after a long time had passed.
He knew very well that this was Qiu Jianhan's last move.
The real last move!
Just like he had said, he could think of everything that Qiu Jianhan could think of, and so could the other party. Therefore, this situation had long been within their expectations.
As long as Dongxuan's soldiers could charge through this inferno of kerosene, the Fortress of Resilience would be Dongxuan's!
In spite of this, Han Sanhe still hesitated when it came to it.
What he saw before him was no longer just kerosene that stretched for dozens of miles, but kerosene that covered dozens of miles.
The entire area was filled with kerosene!
Although Yutang had fallen into an unprecedented disadvantage, they would still need a relatively large scale attack if they wanted to take down the Fortress of Resilience. Without tens of thousands of men, there was no threat at all.
It was only a matter of time for him to mobilize tens of thousands of men to attack once he gave the order. However, once the tens of thousands of men charged into the kerosene before them … As long as the fire flared, these tens of thousands of men would have no chance of survival.
There would be no hope of survival at all.
"Fire arrows!"
Han Sanhe still gave the order.
"Since the sea of fire is bound to appear, let us ignite the kerosene!" Han Sanhe chuckled humorlessly.
The concentrated fire arrows landed on the kerosene like a thunderstorm. With a loud boom, the flames that soared into the sky were ignited. In just an instant, the sea of fire had obscured everyone's vision from both sides.
For a moment, the heatwave spread for dozens of miles. Everyone retreated at once, not daring to linger.
Qiu Jianhan's maniacal laughter came from the top of Tiantang's wall. "Han Sanhe, you've finally started the fire! This old man had thought that you had a heart of stone, but you still have concerns. Han Sanhe's so-called decisiveness in killing is nothing more than this! "
Han Sanhe shook his head with a bitter smile but did not say anything.
Once the fire was ignited, Dongxuan's army would not be able to charge over during the time the kerosene burned.
The size of the sea of fire formed by the thick kerosene was probably even greater than a river of magma. Judging from the current scale of the kerosene, it would take at least a day and a night for it to completely burn.
A day and a night would be enough to melt more than ten feet of the frozen slope that Han Sanhe had painstakingly piled up during this period of time. Although the Fortress of Resilience would be damaged in the fire as well, to the extent that it was almost destroyed, Qiu Jianhan did not care anymore.
After all, the Fortress of Resilience was destined to fall. It was not important whether it was destroyed or not.
Instead, Dongxuan's army would need at least two days to fill up the ten feet of the frozen slope.
Two days later, this piece of land would once again be covered with kerosene!
Qiu Jianhan had collected more than five hundred thousand barrels of kerosene in a frenzy. He had even collected the kerosene cans from the army's cooking and the people's homes. It was all for this final, frenzied gamble, to delay the fall of the fortress as much as possible.
Furthermore, no matter how knowledgeable Han Sanhe was, he would not know how much kerosene Yutang had prepared.
No matter what, before the Fortress of Resilience finally fell, Qiu Jianhan would want at least a hundred thousand Dongxuan soldiers to be buried with him.
After that, it would be time for you, Han Sanhe, and the rest of us to fight to the death!
Qiu Jianhan looked at the rising flames, his eyes filled with determination and cruelty.
"Han Sanhe, if you don't pay with these hundred thousand lives, how can you live up to the name of Qiu Jianhan's final battle?"
"Fu Baoguo!"
"Yes, general!"
"Order! Bring all the Steel Cavalry and the Serving Troop out of the fortress at once and retreat to the west mountain! " Qiu Jianhan said, "Other than Tianxuan Cliff, all the peaks and ridges in the west mountain have been demolished by me these days!"
"That place … is the final narrow area leading to the nation's border. By then, your Steel Cavalry and the Serving Troop will form another line of defense there. It will be Yutang's second Fortress of Resilience! I'd rather fight to the last man than let Han Sanhe pass so easily! "
Fu Baoguo's tears streamed down his cheeks. "Old Marshal, this lowly general thinks that it's better for Old Marshal to do this. This lowly general doesn't have complete control over the Steel Cavalry. Only Old Marshal can take charge of the situation! The plan here has been set. Let this general stay! "
"F * ck off!" Qiu Jianhan was furious. "Scram!"
"I'm not leaving! I can't be the one who should leave! "
Fu Baoguo was defiant, which was rare for him. His face was resolute. "This general has already sworn to heaven that this body will live and die with the Fortress of Resilience! Old Marshal is forcing me to go against my oath by asking me to leave! "
"F * ck your ancestors! F * ck your oath! What nonsense are you talking about? This is a battlefield, a military camp! Even if God is here, he can only listen to your father's military orders! Those who disobey military orders will be beheaded immediately! "
Qiu Jianhan was unreasonable. "Your father, scram immediately! Your father isn't letting you live, I'm letting you die in battle somewhere else! Didn't you hear that it's also the Fortress of Resilience? How is this going against your bullsh * t oath? Scram, scram, scram … What are you waiting for? Your father will kill you! "
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