Turing Tuo's tenacity, or stubbornness, was far beyond Søren's imagination.
Even after being slapped by Søren, he still had no intention of retreating and persisted in advancing towards Sky Wolf Pass.
The air raid last night did not bring many casualties to Turing Tuo, but at least it was a huge warning.
It warned Turing Tuo that Søren had gunpowder in his hands and could change the course of the war. Although Turing Tuo had two hundred thousand soldiers, it was hard to say who would emerge victorious in a real battle.
However, Turing Tuo still had no intention of retreating.
Facing Turing Tuo's stubbornness, Søren and the others had no choice but to hold another meeting.
The topic of discussion was whether to fight or not. Could they fight or not?
After many simulations, there was only one conclusion. If they really fought, their chances of winning were forty to fifty percent.
Even if they won, they would suffer heavy losses, which would be disadvantageous to the annexation of the Southeast Province.
Due to the lack of gunpowder, Sky Wolf Pass was indeed a little narrow. Things like giant catapults couldn't be used.
The only thing that could be effective was a kerosene battle!
With an astronomical amount of kerosene and fifty thousand soldiers, Sky Wolf Pass should be able to hold on. However, once Turing Tuo moved to the Wind Thunder Fortress in the north or attacked from both sides, it would be very difficult to fight. Their chances of winning would plummet.
Suddenly, Yan Nair said: "Husband, did you do something to Tu Ningchen?"
Her words were very vague, but Søren understood what she meant.
After Tu Ningchen was captured, Søren did something to him. Now, Tu Ningchen was like Zhi Li, unable to get his manhood erect.
However, Tu Ningchen could recover. As long as Søren unblocked some of his veins and used some medicine, he would be able to regain his manhood.
Nair wanted to make a deal. Let Tu Ningchen become a real man in exchange for Turing Tuo's retreat.
Søren closed his eyes and shook his head: "No, Tu Ningchen can't be moved yet."
Then, he slammed the table and said, "Fight! Since Tu Lingtuo is so stubborn, let's beat him! "
Yan Yan said, "But if we really start fighting, it will be disadvantageous for us. Especially since Turin Tuo can attack Sky Wolf Pass, and he can also attack Gale Thunder Fortress's defensive line. Once he's determined to cross the river, our fortifications on the east bank of the Tianshui River may not be able to stop him. "
Søren said, "We tried so many ways to make Turin Tuo retreat, but they saw through our bottom line and looked down on us, thinking that we are weak and easy to bully. Even one or two air strikes would not be able to change the situation. Then we might as well fight, fight a great battle, let Turin Tuo suffer a great loss, this way he will retreat. "
Hurt Turin Tuo and make him retreat. This was Søren's new strategy!
After Søren made up his mind, everyone present immediately united their wills and changed their strategy to thoroughly beat up Turing Tuo!
…
After the gryphons' aerial bombardment, Turin Tuo suffered many casualties, but this made Turin Tuo's army of two hundred thousand march almost crazily. They only took two days to cover a distance of more than two hundred li.
Then, the army of two hundred thousand set up camp five li away from Sky Wolf Pass.
Just like before, Turin Tuo completely scattered the thirty thousand cavalrymen to prevent the warhorses from being startled again and causing chaos in the camp.
Moreover, after his army set up camp, the first thing they did was to dig trenches.
In a short two days, they dug thousands of holes in a radius of several dozen li. Most of the soldiers were hiding in the trenches.
In this way, Søren's aerial bombardment tactic was basically half useless.
Because of the aerial bombardment from a few hundred meters in the air, the error was incomparably huge. Throwing the gunpowder into the trenches was even harder than winning the lottery.
Therefore, Søren stopped the aerial bombardment of gunpowder and changed to throwing kerosene barrels. Although there were some casualties, for the army of two hundred thousand, it was really insignificant.
In the air, Søren looked at Turin Tuo's main camp. The deep trenches extended in all directions, and the middle and high ranking generals were all living in underground caves.
The entire main camp was like a porcupine covered in spikes, making it impossible to attack or launch a sneak attack.
Compared to Ma Wei, Turin Tuo was indeed much more outstanding!
At least Turin Tuo's main camp was impenetrable, and there was almost no chance of a sneak attack.
…
After resting for two days, Turin Tuo made a prompt decision. The army approached Sky Wolf Pass and prepared to attack.
The earth-shattering war drums sounded once again.
Sky Wolf Pass was completely different from the Wind Thunder Fortress' defense line. It was much more cramped. The city wall was only a kilometer long, but it was a dozen meters tall and thick enough.
However, the entire city wall was completely solid. There were no bunkers or firing ports inside.
The entire city wall could only hold three to four thousand soldiers at most. There were not many catapults or giant crossbows. Compared to the defense line of the Wind Thunder Fortress, it was very difficult for the city wall to carry out its full potential.
Therefore, Søren made a prompt decision to not deploy the giant catapults, but only a few dozen medium-sized catapults.
The entire city wall was defended by soldiers.
Now, the only effective method was the kerosene attack. In order to hurt Turin Tuo, Søren decided on a desperate plan.
A few days ago, before Turin Tuo's army arrived, he ordered a few thousand soldiers to pour kerosene on the ground in front of Sky Wolf Pass.
On the ground that was more than a hundred meters long and nearly a thousand meters wide, millions of kilograms of kerosene were poured. It was a completely thick layer.
After the kerosene solidified, the ground was covered with grass and trees. It did not look strange. They shot all scouts that attempted to enter the area to investigate, and used the stench of hundreds and thousands of rotting corpses to cover the pungent smell of kerosene.
After the battle started, when Turin Tuo's army rushed to the bottom of the city wall and was crowded with people, they would start a big fire and turn the area of a hundred thousand square meters into a blazing hell. Turin Tuo's army would definitely be burned until they wailed like ghosts and howled like wolves, and there would be countless casualties.
They would use an astronomical amount of resources to exchange for the least casualties and the greatest victory.
In the words of Earth, it was to use a thousand bullets to kill an enemy.
They would use money to kill them. They would use countless bullets and cannonballs to kill them!
In the current Raging Wave Kingdom, only Søren could fight this kind of war!
… …
"Giant ballistae, advance!"
"Giant catapults, advance!"
Following the order, the dozens of giant catapults and thousands of giant ballistae of Turin Tuo's army moved forward.
They stopped three hundred meters away from Sky Wolf Pass!
Sky Wolf Pass was shaped like a funnel, narrow on the inside and wide on the outside.
Therefore, the entire city wall was only five to six hundred meters. But the outer area was two to three li wide, so it could hold a sufficient number of giant catapults and giant ballistae.
"Giant catapults, fire … …"
"Giant ballistae, fire … …"
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh … …"
Stone bullets weighing more than a hundred kilograms fiercely smashed towards Sky Wolf Pass.
Hundreds of giant arrows wildly shot out.
"Bang bang bang bang … …"
The stone bullets smashed fiercely on the city wall and gave off waves of loud noises. It was as if the entire Sky Wolf Pass was shaking.
Occasionally, a stone bullet smashed into the defending troops on the city wall, and blood and flesh flew everywhere.
Hundreds of giant arrows shot towards the top of the city wall. Most of them did not hit any targets, but a few that hit directly penetrated two or three people. It was extremely tragic.
Sky Wolf Pass was really too cramped, and the solid city wall had no place to place the catapults and giant ballistae.
If they wanted to destroy Turin Tuo's giant ballistae and catapults, they could only rely on griffins.
"Creak … …" Following a cry.
More than a dozen griffins flew into the sky, carrying hundreds of kilograms of giant gunpowder bags. They flew above Turin Tuo's giant ballistae and catapults and dropped the gunpowder bags.
"Boom boom boom … …"
Waves of violent explosions.
Although their accuracy was terrible, they still caused considerable damage to Turin Tuo's giant ballistae and catapults.
Just like this, Turin Tuo's long-range attacks came one after another.
On Søren's side, after using more than a dozen griffins to attack three times, they suddenly stopped!
This was because Turin Tuo's Dragon Archers actually climbed to the hilltops on both sides of the battlefield and shot down the griffins from above.
The entire battlefield was more than a thousand meters wide. After dozens of Dragon Warriors climbed to the hilltops on both sides, their shooting range immediately covered the entire sky of the battlefield.
Thus, Søren's griffins could only hide inside Sky Wolf Pass and did not dare to fly into the sky again.
Next, Sky Wolf Pass completely fell into a passive situation.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh … …"
Turin Tuo's catapults and giant ballistae wildly bombarded Sky Wolf Pass.
The bombardment was earth-shattering, and the city wall trembled.
The entire situation immediately became ugly. Sky Wolf Pass was passively attacked and could not fight back.
Just like this, Turin Tuo's long-range attacks carried out on Sky Wolf Pass for four hours. The entire top of Sky Wolf Pass was covered in smoke and a mess, and the thousands of soldiers were suppressed to the point where they could not even raise their heads.
Seeing that his side had completely gained the upper hand, Tu Ningchen immediately sneered: "Father, Søren is only so-so. I really don't know how Ma Wei's army was completely annihilated."
Turin Tuo narrowed his eyes and did not speak.
After more than four hours of long-range attacks, Turin Tuo finally waved the command flag and said: "Attack the city!"
The war drums became even more impassioned.
Turin Tuo's army of tens of thousands madly charged towards Sky Wolf Pass.
Countless siege carts, countless siege ladders, countless giant shield carts, and several giant battering rams.
Following Turin Tuo's order, more than forty thousand soldiers surged towards Sky Wolf Pass like a morning meeting.
It was not that Duke Turin Tuo's spending was too small, but Sky Wolf Pass really could not display its full strength and could not send too many soldiers to the battlefield.
Last time Yan Yan's army attacked Sky Wolf Pass, he only sent ten thousand soldiers.
At this time, Turin Tuo's forty thousand soldiers were like ants that filled the entire battlefield.
"Charge, charge, charge … …"
Seeing this scene, Yan Yan raised his hand and was about to order the medium-sized catapults to throw the gunpowder.
Suddenly, he was stopped by Søren!
Since he planned to use the kerosene attack tactic to the extreme, then he might as well not use the catapults or gunpowder.
Previously, he had poured several million kilograms of kerosene on the battlefield, and a thick layer of kerosene had already accumulated on the one hundred thousand square meters of ground.
This was completely a fatal trap, so he might as well cut off these forty thousand soldiers and burn them all to death!
Thus, a strange scene appeared on the battlefield.
Turin Tuo's forty thousand soldiers charged madly.
However, they did not encounter any obstructions or attacks along the way.
Even when they entered the range of one to two hundred meters, the defending army of Sky Wolf Pass did not fire any catapults or arrows.
After charging into the death zone that Søren had piled up with kerosene, most of the soldiers were still very shocked. Why did the ground seem so sticky?
However, once the army started to run, they could no longer stop.
Just like that, Turin Tuo's forty thousand soldiers charged directly to the top of Sky Wolf Pass.
"Bang bang bang … …"
Siege hammers started to smash the city gates, dozens of large siege ladders started to be set up on the city walls, and countless soldiers swarmed up like ants.
Turin Tuo was really very puzzled. Why did they attack the city walls so smoothly?
Why was there no obstruction? It was too unsettling.
However, Turin Tuo had already thought of the possibility of Søren using fire to fight kerosene.
First, he had the most elite soldiers wear fire-resistant cloaks. Next, half of the soldiers carried a bag of soil, and when the fire started, they would spread the soil to extinguish the fire.
… …
At this time, on the city walls, Yan Yan and the others were burning with anxiety.
Just now, Søren had ordered that no arrows and medium catapults were allowed to fire the gunpowder bags, allowing Turin Tuo's forty thousand soldiers to charge to the bottom of the city walls without any casualties.
But now, countless soldiers were climbing up like ants.
Once hundreds or thousands of soldiers climbed up the city walls, they would be in big trouble.
And at this time, Turin Tuo's army's giant crossbows were still shooting wildly at the top of Sky Wolf Pass, suppressing the defending army to the point where they could not even raise their heads.
Yan Yan said anxiously, "My Lord, it's time to light the fire, the enemy is about to climb up."
Søren looked at the densely packed soldiers below and said, "Wait a little longer!"
He wanted to wait until Turin Tuo's forty thousand soldiers had all charged into this death zone of over a hundred thousand square meters, which was covered with several million kilograms of kerosene.
Seeing that the battle was going so smoothly, Turin Tuo was filled with unease and said, "So strange, why is it like this? What is the smell in the air? "
Of course, it was the pungent smell of kerosene, but it was completely covered by another smell, which was the smell of rotting corpses.
On the battlefield, Søren had placed a few thousand corpses of Ma Wei's army, which were already rotting and emitting a foul stench that was enough to cover any other smell.
From Turin Tuo's point of view, this was Søren's intimidation technique, a completely boring trick.
"Charge, charge, charge …"
"Flatten Tianshui City, exterminate the Suo Clan …"
With the battle going so smoothly, the forty thousand soldiers that were attacking the city went completely crazy as they fought to be the first to charge towards the city walls.
Finally, the forty thousand soldiers had all entered Søren's death zone of over a hundred thousand square meters.
Seeing the densely packed soldiers squeezing under the city walls like ants, they fought to be the first, afraid of falling behind.
Søren sneered and said, "Throw the fish oil barrels!"
Immediately, a few hundred soldiers braved the sky full of arrows and threw the few hundred barrels of fish oil down from the city walls.
When they smashed onto the ground, they shattered and countless amounts of fish oil splashed out. Because he was worried that the solidified kerosene could not be ignited, Søren even used tens of thousands of kilograms of fish oil to ignite the fire.
"Ignite!"
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh …"
A few hundred fire arrows were shot down!
"Not good …" Turin Tuo suddenly thought of that big sea battle, where Søren lured hundreds of warships and over a hundred thousand allied troops into Devil Bay, and then burned them to death.
Although he did not see that scene, he knew it clearly, and it was engraved in his heart.
Seeing the fire arrows and thinking of the strange occupation, Turin Tuo's heart suddenly trembled and he woke up.
But it was already too late.
The fire arrows suddenly ignited the flammable vegetation on the ground, ignited the spilled fish oil, and then ignited a thick layer of kerosene.
Millions of kilograms of kerosene burned fiercely.
The hundred thousand square meters of ground instantly became a sea of hellfire.
The kerosene death trap, Søren used it once on the sea, and again on the ground.
"Ah … Ah … Ah …"
Turin Tuo's soldiers desperately used the soil they brought to cover the fire. But there was a sea of fire everywhere, and it could not be covered at all.
More than forty thousand soldiers were all crowded on this more than ten square meters of ground.
Although some elites wore fire-resistant cloaks, this seemed to be a sky full of fire, and there was carbon monoxide poison gas that completely enveloped them.
Countless screams, roars, and distortions …
Countless soldiers struggled in the fire, roared, and fled frantically.
Their whole bodies were on fire as they fled, but after running for less than a hundred meters, they completely fell to the ground and died.
Sauron's plan to end the family once again worked.
Turin Tuo's more than forty thousand soldiers were all buried in the fire!
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