Guo Jia was an expert in fire attacks. Based on the current situation in Ye City, a fire attack was the most suitable choice. Needless to say, the high temperature was enough to melt the fortified walls of Ye City.
Yang Rui had thought of using fire attacks before, but that was the last resort. After all, the city would be in a mess and suffer heavy losses. Yang Rui attacked Ji Province to defeat Yuan Shao. In fact, it was also for long-term peace and stability, so that the Liegeman NPCs could live in peace and contentment.
If he set fire to the city, who knew how many lives would be plunged into misery and suffering in such a densely populated city like Yecheng County. Therefore, Yang Rui would only carry out large-scale activities as a last resort. This was different from the previous times when Yang Rui carried out fire attacks.
This time, however, Guo Jia's suggestion was to launch a localized fire attack. They would only set fire to the areas within Ye City's walls. Most of the areas in this area were occupied by the city's defensive forces, not by the NPC residents.
Guo Jia's suggestion was quickly accepted by Yang Rui after some discussion. However, the temperature dropped again that night. The fortified walls that were about to melt were frozen again. It was not the best time to use fire attacks.
At the same time, Yang Rui's troops needed to make some preparations. They needed to prepare the materials for the fire attack. The time was delayed until noon the next day.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! "
"Crackle! Crackle … "
"Boom …"
"Creak! Creak … "
“.....”
The highest temperature of the day was at noon. Before that, the temperature had not reached its peak. Once the time was up, Yang Rui used all the fire attacks he had prepared.
The flying pet units flew over the tall southern city wall of Ye City like clouds and dropped "aerial bombs" one after another. At the same time, the heavy trebuchets outside the city wall also dropped large pieces of wood into the city.
Due to the lack of "cannonballs", the heavy trebuchets had not been used for a long time. Now, they were used to drop wood that had been cut into pieces. They didn't need to have any attack power. They just needed to enter the tall walls of Ye City. If that was all there was to it, there would be no problems.
The aerial bombs whistled as they fell. At first, they only ignited some fire spots in the surroundings. The fire did not become intense very quickly. However, after a large number of wooden blocks fell, the fire gradually spread.
Even though Ye City's Yuan Shao's soldiers were everywhere, there wasn't much they could do in the face of the explosion from the aerial bomb and the falling wooden blocks.
Although the large pieces of wood did not have much effect on the city walls, once they hit people, the effect would be different. Therefore, Yuan Shao's soldiers could not do anything when they saw the intention of the attacking troops. They could not clear away the large amount of wood in time.
What did Yang Rui lack the most? Naturally, it was the basic resources that were stored in large amounts everywhere. Yang Rui had an innumerable amount of ordinary wood. The land in Jizhou was also rich in wood. Therefore, the heavy trebuchets never stopped roaring. Batch after batch of wood was sent into Ye City's walls and gradually piled up.
At this time, the second wave of "Aerial Bombs" from the flying pets arrived. Each flying pet carried three bombs at a time. Even though Yang Rui had only gathered less than four thousand flying pets, each wave could cause more than 10000 explosions. Following the arrival of the next wave, the south wall of Ye City was almost bursting with flames.
It did not take long. As more and more wood piled up under the southern walls, the fire grew stronger and stronger. After the time it took to drink a cup of tea, the fire in the city had already reached the sky.
Even though the fire spread to a limited area, many Yuan Shao's soldiers who came with water could not control the fire at all. It was like adding fuel to the fire.
"Kacha …"
"Hualala …"
"Ah …"
“.....”
Originally, with the sudden rise in temperature, the sound of ice melting and the occasional sound of walls sliding down had not stopped for the entire morning. Moreover, it was much more frequent than the previous day. At this time, with the roasting of the raging fire, a section of the ice sand wall that had been reinforced could not withstand the heat and collapsed by about 20 to 30 meters.
Large areas of the wall collapsed. The soldiers on the reinforced walls were in a miserable state. They fell directly from the high walls. Some died on the spot, while others were still alive. Almost all the ground within the city walls was covered with corpses.
At the same time, there was an even more tragic situation. The soldiers on the walls at least had the chance to cry out a few times, but the soldiers in the cat ear holes of the ice sand wall were directly crushed under the collapsed walls. They did not even have the chance to make a sound.
This portion of the soldiers naturally had no chance of surviving. Their deaths were simple. The ones who suffered the most were the soldiers of Yuan Shao who were originally within the stone city walls at the bottom. When the ice sand city walls above collapsed, they were directly buried alive. Moreover, the chances of them escaping were extremely slim. They could only wait for death to claim them …
"Kacha …"
"Hualala …"
"Save me …"
“.....”
More and more of the ice sand walls were collapsing. It wasn't just that one area. As the fire continued to burn, the entire city walls of Ye City were in imminent danger. In just a few breaths of time, at least ten cracks had appeared on the walls.
The city walls were similar in nature to a dam. They were both huge. Although it was different from a thousand-mile dam that could be destroyed by an ant hole, once a crack appeared, the entire structure of the city walls would be very fragile.
"Kacha …"
"Hualala …"
"Run …"
"Help …"
“.....”
The high temperature and the roasting of the fire within the city walls caused the southern city walls of Ye City to be in danger. As the ice sand reinforced walls collapsed one by one, the Yuan Shao soldiers on the city walls started to escape no matter how slow their reactions were. However, many of them were buried forever before they could descend the city walls.
For a moment, the southern city walls of Ye City were in chaos. Even the fire within the city was ignored. Large pieces of the collapsed ice wall would occasionally fall in the middle of the sea of fire or near it. It had already caused a lot of damage.
Seeing the ice sand walls that were originally higher and wider continue to collapse, the Yuan Shao soldiers rapidly retreated. Yang Rui knew that the southern city walls of Ye City had lost their purpose. He waved his hand to stop the heavy trebuchets from continuing to throw wooden blocks into the city.
However, at this moment, Yang Rui's siege troops were also facing the danger of the city walls collapsing. Even if they wanted to attack the city, they could not break through immediately.
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