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That night, the Han army finally launched an attack on Jianye City. A giant trencher launched a fierce attack on the east and west cities of Jianye City at the same time. The huge rocks roared in the sky, and a huge fireball crossed the dark night sky, as if a lightning ball hit the city. The 50-kilogram tinsel pot of turbulent oil rose into the air, rolling in the air, hitting the Jianye city wall one after another.

The battlements were hit by huge rocks and broke instantly, and the gravel flew everywhere. The soldiers hid under the walls and did not dare to look up. Catalogers at the top of the city were hit by huge rocks and broke in a bang. The broken giant trees fell heavily into the city.

But what is really terrifying was the attack of the Han army's tinder oil. The sealed pot filled with tinder oil hit the top of the city. The pot shattered and the tinder oil flowed all over the ground. Then it was ignited by the roaring fireballs. A raging fire suddenly ignited on the top of the city. As the continuous tinder oil pot shot, the fire continued to spread and became more and more fierce.

The soldiers on the city wall were burned to scream. Countless soldiers rushed through the fire and fled to the city, but many people were also smoked by thick smoke and fell into a ball of burning tincture oil.

However, the Han army's goal was not just the city's head, but more of the city's goal. Jianye Palace is located in the north of the city, with the military camp to the south, and the buildings on the east and west sides are the Jiangdong official office. Because the city is small, most of the official offices are close to the city wall.

The Han army's main target of attacking the east and west sides was the official offices in the city. At this time, all the official office buildings close to the city wall were ignited by fire. The fire was spreading rapidly and gradually engulfed the entire official office. Many officials' families lived in the official office. Amid the screams of fear, several officials' families escaped from the official office and evacuated towards the relatively safe Jianye Palace under the guidance of soldiers.

Just when the fire in Jianye City was in full swing, ten giant ships of thousands of stones advanced southward along the Qinhuai River from the Yangtze River and gradually approached Jianye North City. Jianye City was in chaos, but Lu Meng was nervously watching the movement outside the North City. He had discovered the true intention of the Han army, which was to use the advantages of tincture oil to burn down the buildings in the city.

There is no meaning to the government office on both sides of the east and west, and it does not matter. Burning will not affect the situation of the war. The military camp in the south is slightly important, but it is not necessary to protect it. The key is to the north and the north are Jianye Palace and Warehouse Group. Once the Jianye Palace or Warehouse Group catches fire, Jianye City will no longer be able to defend it.

At this moment, a soldier pointed at the river outside the city and shouted: "Look at General!"

Lu Meng suddenly saw that in the night, a huge ship shadow appeared several steps away, slowly heading towards Jianye City. The Jiangdong Army knew all the tactics of the navy. If the warship was close to the city, the most likely was a siege ship. Once the siege ship was higher than the city, it would be even easier to attack the city.

The warships coming from afar are very large in size, more than four meters high, and are obviously already higher than the city wall. If they are siege ships, the consequences will be very serious.

Lu Meng made a quick decision and said, "Set turtle oil and burn the ship!"

They knew how to deal with the siege ships. At the bottom of the city, soldiers immediately poured thousands of barrels of turmeric oil into the Qinhuai water. The turmeric oil flowed out of the city and slowly flowed towards the ships. At this moment, the Han soldiers ambushed outside the city lit the turmeric oil in the river with torches. The turmeric oil quickly burned, and a blue flame burned on the entire river surface.

However, after the turbid oil flowed out of the remaining steps, it slowed down and flowed into a small tributary next to it. It was not clear at the top of the city. However, if you walk to the river, you will clearly see that several giant trees on the river surface are connected together, intercepting the turbid oil drifting on the river surface, causing them to turn around and flow to another small tributary, and they cannot burn the Han warships at all.

This is also the Han army's response. As long as the turtle oil is drawn away, no matter how much turtle oil the Jiangdong army is, it will not burn the warships. Five warships are arranged side by side. Each warship is equipped with a giant catapult, and a large fireball is installed in a projection pocket, waiting for the order to be issued.

On a large ship further away, Liu Jing stood at the bow of the ship with his hands behind his back, staring coldly at Jianye City, which was covered by fire and thick smoke. The fire had already made the city messy. He could use this time to attack the city, but he still hoped to surrender without fighting and let Sun Quan surrender himself. Tonight, he warned Jianye that if Jianye City still refused to surrender, then don't blame him for burning the city with fire.

"Start!" Liu Jing gave the order.

Han soldiers lit a huge fireball. Fifteen catapults on five warships fired at the same time. Fifteen large fireballs soared into the air and flew into the city. There was a burst of exclamation on the top of the city. The soldiers of Jiangdong looked up and looked at more than a dozen large fireballs flying over their heads and flew into the city.

Lu Meng's heart was cold. He saw that the Han army's intention was not aimed at the warehouse, but at the Jianye Palace in the north. The Han army was attacking Jianye Palace.

Jianye Palace was not close to the North City, but was more than two steps away from the North City Wall. The Han army obviously knew the structure of the city very well. Their fifteen large fireballs had good elasticity. After landing, they bounced up again and shot directly into Jianye Palace.

Seeing that the turbid oil in the river was ineffective, Lu Meng was so anxious that he shouted: "Take a counterattack with a catapult!"

Ten catapults on Jianye North City were launched. Jianye City could not install giant catapults, but could only install large catapults. This catapult can project a large stone weighing fifty kilograms to more than two steps away.

However, the Han army was outside the warship. In order to shoot the Han army warship, they could only reduce the weight of the throwing stones. They weighed more than ten pounds and shot towards the Han army warship. Although the Han army warship was far away from the city, a large stone still hit the target.

The 'Boom!' land hit the big ship, and the hull was smashed into a big hole. At the same time, the second round of fireballs of the Han army were fired, and fifteen other large fireballs were flying across the sky and crossing the city wall to hit Jianye Palace.

Seeing that the Jiangdong Army had begun to counterattack, Liu Jing ordered: "The fleet retreat!"

The fleet slowly turned around and headed towards the Yangtze River, gradually moving away from the range of the Jiangdong catapult.

At this time, Jianye Palace was in chaos. Dozens of large fireballs broke into the harem. Some fell into the water, and some crashed into the harem house. A fireball rushed into the Que Building where Sun Quan's wife, Mrs. Xie, lived, and lit the curtains. Soon, the Que Building, which covers an area of ​​about five acres, was engulfed by the fire. The maids were frightened and screamed in fear, and surrounded Mrs. Xie and fled forward.

In the back hall, a big fireball smashed the roof and rushed into the lobby, hitting the wooden post and slowly stopped. Dozens of guards poured water and covered it with soil, and finally extinguished the fireball.

Sun Quan was pale next to him and stared blankly at the fireball being extinguished. He looked up at the roof again, and a big hole was knocked open on the top. At this time, two maids ran over in a panic, "Wu Hou! Madam's Bird Tower is on fire!"

Sun Quan was shocked, "How about Madam?"

"Mrs. Escape. In the front hall, please come over as Wu Hou."

Several guards next to him also advised: "Ma Fang and Minglou are also on fire. The harem is not safe. Marquis Wu should avoid it!"

Sun Quan sighed for a long time, turned around and walked towards the front hall. At this time, the safest place in Jianye Palace was the front hall. The huge hall was filled with people. Sun Quan's wives, concubines, and maids who fled from the harem, as well as several officials' families who fled from the official office. The five people gathered together and discussed, and were still scared of the fire attack that occurred tonight.

Sun Quan walked into the front hall, and the lobby suddenly became quiet. Several pairs of eyes looked at Sun Quan together. Sun Quan did not speak and turned away. At this time, Mrs. Xie ran over and grabbed Sun Quan and persuaded: "General, it's safe here, so stay here!"

Sun Quan broke free from her hand and left the front hall without looking back. Mrs. Xie looked at him and walked away and sighed softly. Seeing that Jianye City was in danger, what will their fate be? It would be best that her husband can surrender and spend the rest of his life safely!

After more than an hour of attack, the Han army's catapult slowly retreated. Without subsequent attacks, the fire in the city gradually went out. There was basically no other loss on the east and west city except for the catapult being smashed or burned.

However, the official office was severely burned, and the fire was gradually extinguished until the night. Several official offices on both sides of the east and west were all burned, leaving only a piece of broken walls, and various books and bamboo slips piled up in the house were destroyed.

Some buildings in the harem of Jianye Palace were also burned, especially the Que Tower where Mrs. Xie lives and the Ming Tower where Sun Quan was calm and cultivated their nature were burned down by a fire, a famous maid was burned to death, and more than a dozen maids were injured.

The soldiers were not very casualties, only more than one defender could not escape and were burned to death. Although the casualties were not large, they brought a devastating blow to Jiangdong's morale. Soldiers were tired of war and damaged weapons frequently occurred. Many soldiers tried to escape from the city and were caught.

However, the fire attack of the Han army was just a threat and had little impact on the lives of soldiers. Another threat that directly affected life appeared. The epidemic broke out in the army, and the people fell ill, causing panic in the army.

At the fifth o'clock in the morning, several Jiangdong soldiers rushed to the city gate of Jianye City, trying to climb over the city wall to escape, but were immediately discovered by the defenders. The defenders immediately sounded the alarm bell. In the chaos, countless soldiers used ropes to cover battlements and climbed downwards. Many soldiers were panicked and jumped directly from the city to the moat.

Soon, Dong Xi, the general in charge of defending the South Gate, hurried over and reported to the Marquis of the Military Marquis on duty: "Reported to General Dong, several soldiers fled, but the interception of the low-ranking position was not good, and most of them ran away and only caught people."

Dong Xi walked to the arrested person and saw that one of them was a teenager. He felt really sorry for him and asked, "Why are you trying to escape?"

The boy burst into tears, "My father fell ill, he asked me to escape, otherwise I would die too, I don't want to die!"

Dong Xi sighed and ordered his left and right, "Let them all go!"

The soldiers released the arrested person. At this time, Lu Meng also rushed over after hearing the news. He asked anxiously: "General Dong, how many people have escaped?"

"I don't know the specific number of people, and there are probably four."

"This is bad. The Han army will definitely know that there is a plague in our army."

Dong Xi could no longer help saying, "Governor Lu, I really don't understand what the meaning of this city is to guard it. Do you have to wait for us to die of illness and let the Han army collect the body for us?"

Lu Meng sighed, "I don't know, but Wu Hou is not allowed to surrender, so who dares to surrender?"
Chapter completed!