"Clever plan, really good plan."

In addition to the excitement in Lei Yun's heart, he also had a trace of remorse, why didn't he think of fire attack?

He looked at a few of the fort soldiers who were carrying stones upwards, and ordered: "Lay down, put them all down, let all the brothers who carry the stones, and all the women and children in the fort carry the forage, quickly." ”

"Yes, Castle Master." A few sweaty fort soldiers nodded in response.

"Wait." The fort soldiers were about to turn around and go down to deliver the order, when Thundercloud stopped them.

Hua An saw Lei Yun frowning and hesitating, and said eagerly: "Uncle Lei, fire attack is the best way, what are you hesitating about." ”

Lei Yun nodded, took a deep breath, and ordered loudly: "This battle is a battle of life and death, you immediately give an order, let everyone bring everything that can be burned at home, and take as much as you can take with you with oil, white wax, coke, cotton clothes, and quilts, go quickly." ”

"This ......" The fort soldier was stunned when he heard this, and responded with a fist: "Yes, castle master." After saying that, he turned around and ran down.

At this critical moment of life and death, they can only survive the difficulties by unconditionally obeying orders, if they are scattered and independent, the dock fort will soon be broken by the enemy, this is the strength of unity.

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Nearly half an hour had passed, and the sky was getting darker and darker, and the birds and finches that had gone out flew towards their respective nests, but the two warring sides of Thundercloud Castle showed no sign of stopping fighting.

Although the sky was getting darker and darker, and it was no longer possible to see anything ten paces away, neither the enemy nor the enemy had lit the torches, because lighting the torches meant that they were in the light and the enemy was in the dark, which was very disadvantageous.

The darkness could not stop the killing, and the two sides fought desperately with the help of the faint light, the archers firing at the enemy by feeling, and the pikemen occasionally using the enemy's shield as a chest.

For Hua'an, the night was the most beautiful at this time, and the darkness completely concealed the grass and various flammable materials that gradually accumulated on the fort wall.

The enemy soldiers who occasionally climbed the women's wall only vaguely saw it, and the darkness made it impossible for them to distinguish what the black forage was, and besides, they were so concentrated in battle that they had no time to think about what they saw.

Even if a few of them knew that the hay was piled up in front of them, the battlefield environment was noisy and chaotic, and they didn't have time to think about what it meant, and as soldiers, it was their mission to obey orders to charge and fight.

The fort soldiers and 600 women and children were still transporting all kinds of flammable materials to the fort wall, and they were all sweating profusely, but they did not complain at all.

Because they knew very well in their hearts that once the enemy army broke through the dock fort, everyone would be executed, especially the women, and they would definitely be tortured and humiliated before they died.

In order to have a chance to live, everyone was open-minded, they all understood the fierceness of the battle, and if they contributed more strength, the fort soldiers fighting in front could lose one less person, and the hope of victory would be greater.

They brought all the forage, firewood, coke, various oils for lighting, ash, even food and clothing utensils, cotton clothes and quilts, and edible oil to the fort wall.

The cultivated land inside Thundercloud Fort is not large, and it cannot support more than 3,000 people, and the people in the fort mainly rely on going out to hunt for a living, and poaching Shihu's royal hunting ground is their specialty.

Eating meat has naturally become the normal life of the people in the fort, and the game in the royal hunting ground is fat and strong, and the fat content is extremely high, so over the years, the people in the fort have collected a lot of oil from these prey, and even used these fats to refine fire oil that can be burned directly.

They stored these oils for lighting lamps when it was dark, and when the battle was so fierce, these oils naturally came into use, and no one hid them, and all the oils were being transported to the fort wall.

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The last ray of sunlight on the horizon has also disappeared, the night has officially come, and the battle between the enemy and us has also entered the white-hot stage.

After a fierce battle, the three degraded Dragon Guards were all injured, they fell from the ladder, and they had no armor on their bodies, so they were seriously injured.

Sun Fudu's crossing of the river and demolition of the bridge made them very cold, so they all lay down under the fortress wall and pretended to be dead, hoping to escape this catastrophe.

In fact, it was not only a few of them who pretended to be dead, and the strong attack for half an hour in a row caused a large number of casualties, but as a result, they failed to attack the fort wall, and many soldiers were depressed.

The mountains of corpses piled up under the walls and the dim darkness of the night were good cover, and these conditions could easily make some timid soldiers appear to have the heart to escape.

They took advantage of the fall from the ladder and were slightly injured, so they quietly lay down next to the corpses of the fallen soldiers, pretending to be dead.

But this is only a part of the timid soldiers, most of the soldiers still climb up the ladder according to the order, so the pressure on the fort soldiers guarding the wall of Thundercloud Fort is still very high.

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It was completely dark, and the moon, which had just risen, was shy to hide in the clouds, and only a few mischievous stars were still hanging in the sky.

Long Xiang's general Sun Fu looked ahead worriedly, and the battle situation on the fort wall at this time made him very anxious, and even a trace of regret.

He had to admit that he was a little underestimated, and the rabble in his original impression had such a strong will to resist, which made him very surprised in his heart.

But the battle had been going on for half an hour, and his own men had suffered a lot of casualties, and at this time he had no way to retreat.

If you withdraw from the army, it means admitting defeat, and your prestige in the army will be greatly reduced in the future, and even the soldiers under your command will look down on you.

The three thousand men and horses had all been thrown in, and at this time, there were only a dozen senior officers and three hundred personal soldiers behind him.

These three hundred soldiers are all blue-eyed and yellow-haired warriors of the Qiang tribe, and their combat power is extremely strong, and they are the most elite force in Sun Fudu's hands, and he is really reluctant to use them under normal circumstances.

But at this time, it has reached the most important moment, and the men and horses on both sides are already exhausted after half an hour of fighting, and the strong participation of these 300 new forces will definitely turn the tide in one fell swoop.

"Warriors, it's time for you to make a move, charge me." Sun Fudu turned to look at the pro-soldiers behind him and ordered loudly.

"Kill ......"

The three hundred warriors roared and rushed forward.

The shouts of this new force suddenly boosted the morale of the enemy army, and the attack became sharper, and everyone in Thundercloud Castle felt bad, and gradually became a little overwhelmed.

Through the faint light, Hua An saw the last enemy army under the wall, killing in the dark, and suddenly a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, which was exactly what he wanted to see.

The fire attack is not afraid of many people, the more enemies, the greater the results, Hua An was thinking about how to transfer this last enemy army under the wall, they took the initiative to rush over.

"Uncle Lei, the last enemy has also come up, and you can attack with fire." Hua An looked at Lei Yunjian and said.

Thundercloud nodded, and ordered loudly, "Brothers, prepare to light a fire." ”

Nearly 1,000 fort soldiers who were responsible for carrying the forage were standing on the fort wall at this time, and with the order of Lei Yun, they poured flammable materials such as fire oil on the forage, ready to light the fire at any time.

The three hundred fresh forces of the enemy army have gathered around the ladder, and the time is fully ripe.

Thundercloud ordered loudly: "Light a fire, burn them." ”

"Huhuhu......"

A thousand bundles of fodder poured with fire oil were instantly ignited, and the fort wall was as bright as day, and then the fort soldiers threw the burning fodder under the wall.

A thousand fireballs poured down, and there was a sea of fire under the wall, and before thousands of enemy soldiers could react, a thousand fireballs were suddenly thrown down on the wall, and the fire became one, and the blazing temperature made the enemy soldiers unbearable, and they subconsciously began to flee.

But it was too late, and the fireballs that poured down from the walls of the fortress were already blocking their way from escaping.

All around them was a sea of fire and smoke, and they were completely dizzy, unable to tell which direction to run, and one by one struggling lives scurried under the fortress walls.

"You don't need to light a fire, just go down." Hua An shouted as he picked up five bundles of hay and threw them down.

At this time, there is already a sea of fire under the wall, and the fodder poured with fire oil will be lit immediately when thrown under the wall, and the efficiency of throwing it directly is naturally higher.

As bales of hay poured down, the fire below grew brighter and stronger, and all the enemy soldiers were set on fire, slapping their burning clothes and even rolling on the ground.

But it was all in vain, the fire was getting bigger and bigger, the ground was completely in flames, and rolling on the ground would only make them die faster.

Soon all the forage was thrown away, and then the firewood, coke, ash, cotton clothes, quilts, and unused fire oil were also thrown away by the fort soldiers.

The fire was so strong that the flames were so high that even Hua An, who was on top of the fort wall, felt that his whole body was roasted, not to mention the enemy troops under the wall.

The Eight Cloud Ladders had long since been reduced to ashes, and thousands of enemy soldiers had been roasted and even scorched, and the strong smell of meat and burnt paste filled the surrounding space.

The enemy soldiers, who had escaped from the flames, scurried around the open space with a large body full of fire, and dozens of scurrying flames let out a heart-rending howl.