In the early morning, the north wind blew, and outside the three walls on the east, west and north of Zuocheng, countless fires flashed, illuminating the night sky.

Countless figures swayed in the fire, and there were a large number of young and strong people mounding the mountains.

After several days of hard work, the three earthen mountains were already higher than the city walls, while the Liang army built a tall arrow tower in the city, which was taller than the earthen mountains to suppress.

Afterwards, the Qi army organized young and strong people to transport the land to the top of the mountain and pour it onto the side of the city wall.

During this period, the Liang army guarding the city kept firing arrows. Although it caused some casualties among the Qi army, it still could not stop Tushan from coming.

When the east was dewy white, the three earthen mountains were connected to the city.

The commander of the Qi army and the general of Wuwei Qi Lianmeng climbed the Tushan east of the city and looked down at the city, but saw that the defenders in the city were calm and seemed to be not worried about Tushan lodging.

After closer inspection, I saw that the Liang army built a new fortress in the southeast of Zuocheng, and the soldiers on it were also very calm.

Qi Lian fought for many years. Although he didn't fight many siege wars, he still understood the basic siege.

Now, he saw that Liang Jun seemed confident and was shocked and suspicious, thinking that the other party must have some tricks to defend the city.

What tricks would it be?

Qi Lianmeng heard that the governor of Xuzhou, Liang State, Li Li, was very good at defending the city. He thought that the Zuocheng garrison appointed by the other party must have known many defensive methods.

He felt something was strange, but the left and right generals asked for battle, and his side worked hard to pile three earthen mountains and finally piled up to the top of the city. It would be impossible not to fight.

Only by recovering Zuocheng as soon as possible can the situation in Henan be prevented from deteriorating.

Zuocheng is located between the north and south Jishui River, not far from Puyang. Last year, Li Li led his army to cross the Yellow River from the Puyang border to attack Yecheng. A small Liang army entered the city and burned the Taimiao.

This incident must never happen again, so the court must recover Zuocheng no matter what. Now, there is no reason to "wait and talk about it."

Otherwise, the emperor would not be able to explain, and Qi Lianmeng quickly made up his mind and ordered an attack.

The already full Qi soldiers, bathed in the morning light, climbed the earthen mountain like an ant colony, and launched an attack on Zuocheng from three directions.

Qi Lian watched his soldiers rush up to the city. While he was looking forward to it, the offensive came to an abrupt end: the soldiers stopped near the city, as if they were stopped by something.

He looked into the distance and found that there seemed to be a vague wall of thorns blocking the city. His soldiers with swords and axes were slashing hard, with little effect.

Qi Lianmeng didn't know what obstacles the other party had set up for the time being, but Liang Bing, who was ready, launched a counterattack.

He used temporary barbed wire to block the enemy soldiers from the city, and then used the defensive weapon - turbulent barrel without hesitation.

They mounted turbulent oil barrels on the launch device, aiming at the enemy-like end at the tide of the enemy, and pulling the motor.

Amid the roar, a large amount of flames ejected from the front of the turmeric barrel, and ignited the people in front of him at several steps through barbed wire mesh.

Countless Qi soldiers who turned into firemen were howling and struggling, trying to rush forward, but were blocked by barbed wire.

Backed back and ignited the companions.

Liang Bing used a special sprinkler to throw a large amount of black and sticky coal paste oil into the crowd, shooting fire arrows and setting fire to ignite the crowd.

The seemingly unstoppable offensive was soon shattered by the fire, and the top of Zuocheng was filled with a pungent smell, and screams were endless.

Liang soldiers kept throwing coal paste and oil, and a fire ignited at the connection between the three earthen mountains and the city walls. The fire became stronger and stronger, and more and more "fire people".

Gradually, even the hills burned.

Qi Lianmeng, who was supervising the battle, had to go down the mountain with the generals to avoid the fire. Looking back, he saw that the earthy mountain he had piled up had turned into a flaming mountain, and countless soldiers ran around and shouted in the fire.

Such a tragic scene made the generals pale.

Qi Lianmeng is a general who came out of the sea of ​​blood in the mountains of corpses. He is not so courageous. He just didn't expect that the other party was so willing to use tinea oil and directly gave all three earthen mountains.

The Zuocheng, surrounded by three "flaming mountains", looks like a flame city, which makes people feel shocking.

Such a fire attack made the Qi generals realize that something was wrong: the three-sided siege failed instantly, and I don’t know how many people were burned to death, and the other party was “full” and might have stored a lot of turmeric oil in the city.

Qi Lianmeng understood that if he continued to attack like this, it would not be enough for many people to survive. He immediately ordered the defeated soldiers to reorganize the formation and attack again.

The left and right heard this and were shocked: "During the festival, the other party set fires arbitrarily, so how many people we can fill in is not enough!"

Qi Lianmeng replied: "It's a feint attack, shooting against them, and leading their troops to the top of the city. Then, the soldiers who are taking the tunnel to attack the city will have a chance!"

After he said this, the generals came to their senses: when they were piled up the earth mountain, they were also digging tunnels against the city wall behind the earth mountain. The soil dug out happened to be used for piled up the earth mountain without any trace.

This was made preparations, but the three tunnels were still a little short of passing through the city wall, so we had to wait until tomorrow to have the chance to enter the city.

But in order to attract the other party's attention, you have to feint attack the city.

Perhaps tomorrow, it may not be possible that the authentic siege will succeed!

......

In the evening, the first snow since winter finally stopped.

In the snowy Hanshan City, the provincial governor’s residence, Li Li looked at Xue Yuechang with a crispy roast duck and felt a chill on his back: This is the fifth one!

The way to eat it now is not to peel off the slices of meat and roll them into the dough, but to eat the meat directly. Li Li was shocked by Xue Yuechang's good appetite.

However, considering that pregnant women will have a big appetite, Li Li quickly understood the concubine's appetite and was very happy: and if you eat too much, the nutrition of the fetus in your belly will be guaranteed.

"Don't hurry, eat slowly, and there is still." Li Li finished speaking, gnawing on a roast duck leg.

Seeing Xue Yuechang eating with relish, he asked: "How about it, what are the advantages and disadvantages of this roast duck roasted in the gas oven compared to roast duck roasted in charcoal?"

Xue Yuechang put down her chopsticks, wiped her mouth with dining paper, and replied: "There is no smell of fruit wood, but it doesn't matter, it's still delicious."

Li Li nodded: "It's good if you like to eat, but you have to have a balanced diet. If you don't like to eat, just eat hard. If you don't like to eat, you won't touch it."

"Don't worry, it's not that you won't let you eat it. Although the mansion can only make charcoal roast duck, this gas roast duck needs to be taken out, but it's enough..."

Xue Yuechang asked: "Sanlang, is the roasted duck from the gas oven in the Bingyefang really in short supply every day?"

"Yes, the gas grill is made of gas, and the temperature is relatively controllable, so the quality of the food baked in batches is very stable."

Li Li said and laughed: "The quality is stable, and hundreds of shops are blind. This is the standard for industrialized food production."

"The quality of the food sold is guaranteed, and then the 'takeout' service is carried out to stimulate the consumption desire of potential customers, so as to broaden the sales channels."

"But the premise of everything is that it is relatively cheap. After all, most people are still very sensitive to prices. If food can be cheap and delicious, and has a large output, you will not have to worry about not being able to make a lot of money."

As Li Li spoke, he felt the spirit. After all, the cooking tool of gas oven is still the "creative" he proposed.

"Baking food, mastering the heat is the key. Baking with solid fuel and grasping the heat depends on experience. This requires the master to check, so the output cannot be increased."

"But gas fuel is different, because firepower can be controlled by controlling the gas valve and adjusting the fuel supply, which is disguised temperature control."

"There is another advantage of gas ovens, which is that through structural layout, it is easy to achieve even heat distribution in the furnace."

"For example, the oven on the inner wall of the cylinder can ensure that every duck and cake placed in the stove can be baked with the same heat."

"In this way, the quality of each finished product in the furnace can be roughly consistent with the finished product in other batches, which can make diners confident in the store's 'craft' and become repeat customers."

Xue Yuechang listened while eating roast duck.

She knows that many businesses in Biaoyefang now use gas ovens to make many "baked foods" with unique flavors, such as various new pastries, and common foods such as "roasted duck".

Because they are following the path of small profits but quick turnover, the businesses in various stores are now good, and they are constantly developing various baked goods of good quality and low price, which arouses the greed of diners.

The strong demand has enabled the gas supply to take the path of small profits but quick turnover, and the costs of all parties have been further reduced.

The new "Never-night shop" has been opened one after another, which can further share the cost of gas usage. The cost of building gas generators and laying gas transmission pipelines before seems to be able to make a profit soon.

She didn't expect that gas could allow Li Li to play so many tricks.

"Fire brings light and heat, allowing humans to enjoy cooked food." Li Li said slowly, as if he had become a "narration" of a documentary.

"How to play with fire is very particular. It requires not only creativity, but also technical support. New technologies can bring new cooking methods."

"Think about it, the gas ovens are full of ducks with ingredients, and their skin color gradually turns yellow under high temperature baking, and bursts of fragrance are everywhere. How exciting is that scene?"

This scene is really tempting. Xue Yuechang could imagine how spectacular the scene was. Li Li said again: "If I change the duck to a human..."

After hearing Li Li's terrifying metaphor, Xue Yuechang's mind saw the scene after the duck in the oven turned into a human, and her face turned pale in an instant, and she covered her mouth and started to retching.

Li Li quickly stepped forward to comfort him: "It was me who said the wrong thing, don't care, don't care..."

Xue Yuechang was so amused that she couldn't eat the roast duck anymore. Li Li quickly poured tea to let the other party relieve the greasiness.

He said solely that he was just talking, not just to make Xue Yuechang eat less roast duck.

The reason is of course that it is because of "thinking every day", which makes you blurt out.

Before, the Qi army surrounded Zuocheng and came in full force, with great momentum that they would not give up until they seized Zuocheng.

However, the siege lasted only for one month, and the other side withdrew its troops.

The reason is that the Qi army suffered two major losses when siege the city, both of which were related to fire.

The first time was on the ground, the Qi army piled up earth mountains from east, west and north to attack the city. As a result, the defenders set fire with coal paste and oil, burned the earth mountains into flame mountains, and a large number of soldiers were buried in the sea of ​​fire.

The second time was the "Tunnel War" launched by the Qi army the next day. When the Qi army was piled up the earth, they dug tunnels at the foot of the mountain to attack the city. As a result, the defenders poured a lot of coal paste and oil into the other end of the tunnel, and then a little fire...

Someone cares about the heat of the duck in the oven and will not be roasted into charcoal, while the authentic people...

That scene was so cunning just thinking about it.

After two defeats in the Qi army, they realized that the Liang army in Zuocheng had sufficient arson fuel and could play with fire.

They did not have so many lives to fill it up. If they continued to be trapped, they would just waste money and food. They could only stop the losses in time, that was to withdraw their troops.

This is why Li Li believes that Zuocheng can definitely defend it: the flammable liquid - coal tar is very sufficient.
To be continued...