Seeing the firewood behind the big screen in front of him piled up higher and higher, Shi Quanbin murmured: "I don't know what the thief thought. It is called a military supervisor, but it is just such a small town. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, who would have thought of it!"

"Originally, this place can only be built on the periphery of Lanzhou to protect Lanzhou. Since Lanzhou was deserted from Qianghu, the land was deserted, and the people there could not support a big city. Dangxiang is a nomadic habit. Building a small city here is just a settlement of the Military Supervisor Office. It is not usually a large army. Of course, it is impossible to support the army around it. This time, the Hao thief was on a dangerous road and wanted to attack Yuzhong from here, so many people gathered here. Yeli Yuqi said that there are nearly 10,000 troops in the city, and it is probably not true. How can this small city rest so many people? The food and grass in his city are not enough to support it."

Shi Quanbin said: "That's not necessarily the case. The ancient city of Lanzhou is only about 500 steps. This small city has three or four hundred steps, and ten thousand people can still rest. It's just that it can hold so many people, and it is inevitable that there will be insufficient food and grass."

The city is just a stronghold. Normally, most of the troops were stationed outside the city and guarded various passes. When Yuan Hao arrived here, most of his 20,000 personal guards could only camp outside the city, and only a small number of people followed him into the city. The Dangxiang army was neither good at siege nor defending the city. In most cases, the city was not a military stronghold for them, but was just a settlement. Most of the normal siege battles took place on the periphery, and when the troops were at the city, it was a critical moment.

Dangxiang did not have the concept of defending the city. In Zhuoluo City, they still followed the nomadic habits. Everyone set up tents in the open space, but Xu Ping directly occupied the geographical advantage of this area at night. Now, they can only be controlled by others.

Xu Ping looked at Zhuoluo City ahead and shot countless rockets, saying, "No matter how many people there are in the city, we block the city gate now, it is the same. Why can't we build a big city if there are fewer troops? The city is small, and the number of people under the city wall will be limited every time the siege party reaches the city wall. No matter how many people there are, it is useless. If there are nearly 10,000 soldiers in the city now, their best way is to go out of the city to fight, and we have to spend a lot of more effort. They retreat into the city themselves and who can they blame for being caught in the jar? Now that the rockets are shot in the city, I don't know how much oil they have to use. We set fires in the city, and we have the Karochuan River water nearby to take them. We will set fires later, and we will set fires, and we don't know what they want to use to put out the fire."

Shi Quanbin smiled and said, "I dare not approach the water and build a city because I am afraid that I will be flooded when there is too much rain in summer and autumn. Who would have thought of being roasted by fire when the city was built? This is a big deal for the stupidity of the people."

Xu Ping nodded. He watched countless rockets shooting from the city not far away. Although the thick felt kept pouring water on it, several places were still burning, but they were quickly extinguished by the water. After thinking for a while, Xu Ping called Wang Kai and asked him to find a few strong men in front and throw some gunpowder into the place where the arrows in the city were fired, so that the foreign soldiers would shoot arrows unscrupulously.

Behind the big curtain is not supported by people, but a huge wooden frame, divided into many sections, and then assembled after reaching the city. Because the city is too small, Xu Ping actually made a larger wooden city, surrounding Zhuoluo City, and covered it with thick felt of wet water. In this way, it is to imprison Zhuoluo City without stone cannons and bed crossbows, and the people in the city were blocked and unable to get out. At this point, there is no need to set fire to the city. Use this wooden city instead of cloud ladders, and you can quickly break the city by climbing the city. Choose fire attack, one is to reduce casualties, and more importantly, a deterrent effect.

For the 50,000 army, this city is too small, and most people cannot line up under the city. I am idle, so it is better to let them go to the nearby mountains to cut trees and pile up firewood around the city. Yeli met a beggar and didn't want to surrender, so forget it.

Jia Kui, who had been under the huge screen, heard that such a thing was the first to stand up and demanded to throw gunpowder into the city.

Yang Wenguang handed the tightly tied gunpowder bag to Jia Kui and instructed: "You have seen how gunpowder looks like when it explodes many times. Be careful! It's not a trick to blow it up in your own hands!"

Jia Kui looked at the gunpowder bag in his hand and smiled: "Command, look at the gunpowder wrapped in wet cloth, how could it explode in my hand? What I fear most is that it can't be thrown into the fire on the top of the city and was picked up by the Dangxiang people!"

"It's good that you know! Those who go with you are all soldiers who usually throw guns, so you must not have any trouble!"

Jia Kui agreed, took the gunpowder bag and climbed up to the watchtower with a few selected soldiers. When he arrived at the watchtower, he looked at the top of the city, and weighed the gunpowder bag in his hand. Jia Kui said to the soldiers beside him, "Zhi Niang, I feel very close below, but I still look a little far away when I look up. There are a lot of charcoal fires there, and the Dangxiang people use to light rockets. Let's throw them into the charcoal fire together, and don't worry about the person holding the torch next to him. Throw the charcoal fire together, and one of us can throw them in!"

The soldiers responded to the promise, listened to Jia Kui's order, shouted loudly, and the two of them threw out the gunpowder bag in their hands together.

This gunpowder pack is very small, only the size of the bowl, but it actually does not have much power. Its biggest function is to scare people. If it is too big, even if it is thrown from the tower to the top of the city, it will not be too far away.

The Dangxiang people shot several rounds of rockets, but when they saw that they could not do anything to the giant screen not far away in front of them, they couldn't help but feel panic. Suddenly, they saw Song Jun throwing two things over, and they all retreated in fear.

The officer next to him was furious and kicked down a retreating soldier beside him, and ordered everyone to move forward.

The soldiers had practiced it and threw the gunpowder bag into the fire accurately. Jia Kui was not so lucky. He rolled on the top of the city before he rolled to the edge of the fire. He was blocked by fire and stopped. Jia Kui was shocked, but fortunately he had arrived at the fire.

The Dangxiang Bing on the top of the city saw that the things thrown by the Song army fell into the fire, and there was nothing unusual. Under the shouting of the officer, he came forward timidly. He hit the fire and ignited the fire.

Looking up at Jia Kui on the stairs, he cursed: "Zhi Niang, this gunpowder is usually blown up very hard, why is it so ineffective when used?"

Before he finished speaking, he heard a loud noise, and thick smoke rose from the fire and exploded. The lit firewood flew everywhere, scaring the Dangxiang soldiers on the top of the city to run around, and for a moment, the city was in chaos.

Jia Kui laughed: "Zhima thief, at this time, he rushed to the top of the city and cut off these thieves with one knife."

Before he finished speaking, he widened his eyes and looked at the top of the city. The gunpowder bag he threw was not exploded and was still rolling around on the top of the city.

"What should I do? If the thief picks up and throws it over, it will cause a big disaster!"

Jia Kui was so anxious that he wanted to step onto the city wall and pick up the unexploded gunpowder bag. Now he was bullying the foreign army in the city without powerful weapons and could not attack the Song army who was working calmly outside the city. He sent him a gunpowder bag. What's this!

Just when Jia Kui was anxious, he heard another loud noise from the city. As the black smoke rose, the gunpowder bag he threw was blown up. Seeing the foreign army on the city fleeing everywhere in panic, Jia Kui let out a long sigh.

At this time, the sun was rising, and the firewood behind the curtain was piled up more and more, and it would soon exceed the city wall. Xu Ping didn't know if lighting a fire outside the city could burn the people inside, but at least, the people in the city were burned and could not fight.
Chapter completed!