At the north gate of Western Liang.
The cold wind rustled the hearts of the soldiers patrolling on the city walls.
There were five thousand soldiers on the city walls, each carrying a crossbow modified by Bai Feng.
All fifteen of Western Liang's ballistae were also moved to the city walls.
Bai Feng gripped the hilt of his sword as he narrowed his eyes and looked into the distance.
It was almost dusk and the sunset was beautiful.
However, under the sunset in the distance, there were many people moving about.
It seemed that the news was correct.
The Qiang people had indeed brought all their soldiers to Xi Liang!
"It seems that we've forced the Qiang people into a corner!"
"We've killed two hundred thousand of their soldiers. The Western Liang leader can't sit still."
Li Cunxiao shook his head slightly. Clearly, he had not expected the Qiang leader to choose to give up his territory and switch from offense to defense, putting his life on the line.
Li Yuanba sneered and raised the sledgehammer in his hand.
"Just in time!"
"I was just worrying about how to attack them."
"These guys are so considerate. They're here to die!"
"Just in time. We can take them all out now!"
Qin Liangyu couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"That's two hundred thousand soldiers!"
"Brother, I still think that we should have General Meng Qi send all his soldiers here."
Bai Feng shook her head and said, "That's right.
"No need."
"Yuanba, you're right. We were just worrying about how to attack them, but they're here to die."
"Who said that we have to defend the city?"
The soldiers were stunned by Bai Feng's words.
Ma Chao said in shock.
"Sir …"
"Don't tell me you're thinking of charging out of the city and fighting to the death?"
Bai Feng said angrily.
"Of course not. Otherwise, I wouldn't have sent five thousand soldiers to the city walls."
Ma Chao was even more confused.
Isn't this contradictory?
Bai Feng smiled faintly and said,
"Don't you think that the wind today is too strong?"
Ma Chao smiled bitterly.
"Sir, what time is it? Why are you still concerned about the wind?"
At this moment, Jiang Wei lowered his head and thought hard. Then, his eyes lit up.
"I got it!"
"I understand Mr Bai's intentions now!"
"The wind rises, the flames of war rise!"
"Sir, you mean to use the wind to attack with fire!"
Right after he finished speaking, Pound led hundreds of soldiers to the side of the stairs on the city wall. They were doing their best to carry the heavy boxes.
"Sir, according to your instructions, everything is ready!"
Everyone immediately looked at the things that Pound had brought over.
Sulphuric acid … and wet cloth stained with kerosene!
At this moment, everyone came to a sudden realization.
It was exactly as Jiang Wei had said!
"Don't just stand there. Distribute these things to the soldiers."
"The crossbow bolts must also be covered with this."
"Let's make use of the wind to burn their camp!"
Bai Feng said with a faint smile.
"Here!"
The generals were overjoyed and quickly distributed the things that Pound had brought over to the soldiers.
On the other hand, Bai Feng continued to look at the Qiang army.
Although the Qiang army had quite a number of cavalry, most of them were infantry.
The best way to deal with such a large number of infantry was to use fire.
In fact, from the beginning of the attack on Yue Ji's army, Bai Feng had prepared a lot of materials for fire.
This kind of fire attack was the best tactic to use when one was outnumbered.
Be it the Three Great Battles of the Three Kingdoms, the Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Red Cliff, or the Battle of Yiling, they all used fire to attack.
Or was it that the wars of the dynasties of later generations used fire to attack?
Even modern wars used things like molotov cocktails.
This was enough to show that once the fire became a disaster, it was very difficult to control it.
Fire was merciless. Even if the Qiang army had two hundred thousand soldiers, they could still use fire to attack.
If they wanted to attack, it would be difficult to use fire to attack.
But now, the Qiang leader dared to lead his army!
They had the geographical advantage in Xi Liang City.
Whether it was the catapults or the crossbows, they could all hit the Qiang leader with greater accuracy.
Moreover, the wind today was blowing from the south to the north. It was the right time.
Although Xi Liang was cold, it was also very dry. It basically did not rain, which was another huge advantage.
However, it was indeed difficult to find such a large amount of kerosene in Xi Liang City.
But it was not difficult to find something to replace it.
"Sir, although we have something to start the fire, we might not be able to deal with so many Qiang soldiers even if we shoot fire arrows.
After all, we don't have anything that can keep burning. "
Jiang Wei thought for a long time before finally asking.
Bai Feng pursed her lips and gestured for Jiang Wei to look.
"With this, there's no need to worry."
Jiang Wei followed Bai Feng's gaze.
Suddenly, Jiang Wei saw a soldier carrying a large number of jars at the back of the kerosene!
"What's this?"
Ma Chao immediately went over to take a sniff and frowned.
"Why does it smell so much alcohol?"
Bai Feng smiled faintly and walked over to the jars.
"Shoot the fire arrows first. Once we have the fire, use the crossbows to shoot at the jars.
"The jars are filled with strong alcohol. It will ignite with a single touch. With this, the fire will spread.
"As for the things that can keep burning, it will naturally be people."
Hearing Bai Feng's words, Jiang Wei could not help but gasp.
Alcohol?
Amazing!
Alcohol can start a fire!
Ordinary turbid alcohol had very low alcohol content and might not work.
But Bai Feng's alcohol could definitely do it!
Everyone had personally experienced how strong the alcohol was!
Of course, Bai Feng did not put all his efforts on the city walls.
The crossbows and archers on the city walls were all used to start the fire.
The real highlight of the battle was still the troops on the ground.
At this moment, in the dense forest outside Xi Liang City.
The five thousand Bing Province Wolf Cavalry were divided into two groups, one on the left and one on the right.
Behind each horse hung four or five jars of alcohol.
The jars were sealed with cloth filled with kerosene.
It was still dripping kerosene onto the ground.
However, this forest was quite far from Xi Liang City.
The purpose of the Bing Province Wolf Cavalry was not to stop the Qiang soldiers.
What they needed to do was to use fire to block the retreat route of the Qiang soldiers.
After all, the two hundred thousand soldiers would definitely retreat if they realized that the fire could not be extinguished.
At that time, the Bing Province Wolf Cavalry would play a crucial role.
Right now, Bai Feng finally experienced the scene of Zhuge Liang sitting on the other side of the Red Cliff and watching Cao Cao's ships attack.
Everything was ready and the east wind had arrived. All that was left was to wait for the Qiang soldiers to arrive!
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