The Yuan Shao Alliance naturally didn't fight in a chaotic manner. On the morning of the second day after the frozen Yellow River was stabilized, the north wind happened to blow. The Yuan Shao Alliance took this opportunity to launch their first full-scale attack.
In response to the Great Ice Sand Wall that Yang Rui had constructed in such a short period of time, the Yuan Shao Alliance used fire to attack. Every soldier carried firewood and straw on their backs, preparing to use the wind to threaten the Great Ice Sand Wall.
When the Yuan Shao Alliance began to search for firewood, the Mysterious Ninjas of the Imperial Patrol had already noticed and reported the relevant information to Yang Rui.
At first, Yang Rui didn't know the exact plans of the Yuan Shao Alliance. However, when the soldiers of the Alliance began to carry firewood and straw to cross the river, Yang Rui immediately guessed the plan of the Yuan Shao Alliance.
The Great Ice Sand Wall that was built in such a short period of time was naturally most vulnerable to high temperature and fire attacks. Yang Rui naturally understood this point. As such, when the Yuan Shao Alliance appeared with firewood, Yang Rui already knew what was going on.
"Order all flying pets to take turns attacking the enemy troops. Make sure to set the firewood and straw on fire above the Yellow River! Defensive archers on the wall prepare fire arrows, just in case! "
Yang Rui immediately gave the order for the flying pets to attack. When facing the Yuan Shao Alliance that was defending to the death, Yang Rui had already planned to use the flying pets to attack with fire. He had also transferred over 6000 flying pets in advance.
At this time, the flying pets had just arrived at the Yellow River and were just in time to be put to use. If not, the Yuan Shao Alliance could rely on the howling north wind to spread the fire over the Great Ice Sand Wall without even needing to reach it.
The situation that Yang Rui Alliance's defenders were facing was still quite serious. As such, when Yang Rui ordered the flying pets to attack, he also urgently mobilized the soldiers to climb up the Great Ice Sand Wall.
In particular, the divine armaments were also in place under the control of the soldiers. They also prepared arrows suitable for fire attacks, ready to attack the fish that slipped through the net when the Yuan Shao Alliance crossed the river.
"Dong! Dong! Dong … "
"Kill!"
"Kill …"
"…"
The war drums of the allied army on the north bank of the Yellow River were beating nonstop. The soldiers of the allied army were crossing the river at the same time, which stretched for dozens of miles. It was a magnificent sight, especially after they brought along firewood. The icy surface of the Yellow River was almost stained with the color of withered grass.
The color of the withered grass quickly spread towards the south bank of the Yellow River. Like a moving desert, it swept towards Yang Rui's icy sand city wall on the other side of the river. The withered grass formed a sharp contrast with the ice surface and the snow-white city wall.
"Li" Li! Li … "
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh … "
"Whoosh!" Whoosh … "
"…"
However, the appearance of the flying pets raised the originally two-dimensional scene to a three-dimensional one. "Aerial bombs" the size of a cow's head were thrown down by the flying pets. They turned into balls of fire in midair and went straight for the dried grass.
The withering tide, which had originally gradually covered the snow-white color, was quickly ignited by the whistling fireball. Borrowing the strength of the whistling northern wind, it swiftly covered the area with a soaring red color. Compared to the tranquility of the snow-white color and the slowly withering yellow color, it had the momentum of engulfing everything.
"Dong! Dong! Dong … "
"Kill!"
"Kill …"
"…"
The Alliance's troops were attacked as soon as they stepped onto the Yellow River's icy surface. The fiery red color spread towards the center of the river under the influence of the wind, swallowing the Alliance's soldiers who were charging at the front.
However, the thunderous beating of the war drums behind the Alliance army didn't stop because of the fire. Compared to the ten-kilometer-long attack, the attacks of the six thousand flying pets only managed to burn a few red streaks. The area they covered was not even one-fifth of the overall width of the Alliance army.
Yang Rui had spread out the flying pets as much as possible. However, the number of flying pets was relatively limited, and the range of their radiation was limited as well. It was not enough to completely stop the attack of Yuan Shao's Alliance's troops.
The effect of this attack was also within Yang Rui's expectations. At this time, Yang Rui was personally flying the Void Crossing Airship above the Yellow River to check the situation of the Yuan Shao's Alliance's attack. From time to time, he would throw one or two aerial bombs at the densest areas of the crowd.
Although the aerial bombs could not cover the entire area of Yuan Shao's Alliance's attack, Yang Rui was not worried because of this. This was only an air raid that happened near the north bank of the Yellow River. The flying pets still had two or three chances to attack.
Moreover, after a wave of aerial bombs, the effect of the attack did not disappear. The fire still remained on the icy surface and gradually expanded under the influence of the wind.
At this rate, unless the Yuan Shao's Alliance's troops could destroy Yang Rui's Ice Sand City defense line, the Alliance's own troops would be greatly affected.
Moreover, this was only the first wave of attack by Yang Rui's flying pets. After the 6,000 flying pets dropped the two "aerial bombs" that they could carry, they returned to the top of the Ice Sand City wall and quickly reloaded the "ammunition" needed for the second wave of attack. Then, they took off again and rushed towards the Yuan Shao's Alliance.
"Dong! Dong! Dong … "
"Screech! Screech! Screech … "
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh … "
"Puchi … Splash …"
"…"
On this morning where the north wind was raging, the sound of war drums, birds, and the raging fire mixed together and lasted for almost an hour.
The Yuan Shao's Alliance's troops even spread the withered grass and straw to more than four-fifths of the Yellow River's icy surface. However, in the end, they could not keep up with the speed of the fire spreading.
After the flying pets threw the third wave of aerial bombs, the icy surface of the Yellow River had turned from snow-white to withered yellow, then to fiery red, and finally to a scene of black ash everywhere.
The first few wisps of fiery red quickly spread into a fiery red trench and a fiery red ocean. In the end, it almost completely closed together, blocking any space for the Yuan Shao's Alliance's troops to advance.
Even so, although the withered yellow only covered about four-fifths of the Yellow River's icy surface, the "waves" of the fiery red ocean were already approaching the Ice Sand City wall.
The Yang Rui's soldiers on the city wall could even feel the heat coming towards them. At least, they had eaten enough smoke and flying ash. Every one of them was blackened to the point that their faces were covered with black bags.
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