The soldier quickly brought a flamethrower, and Lu Junyi took it and looked at it carefully, but he knew nothing about this kind of thing, not to mention he was only looking at the appearance, so he couldn't see any clues after looking at it for a long time.

"How to use this thing?" Lu Junyi asked Long Tao.

Long Tao said: "There is a mechanism on this thing. As long as you press the mechanism, it will spit out flames."

Lu Junyi checked it carefully again, and finally found a well-hidden button at the bottom. He immediately wanted to press it, but Long Tao hurriedly said: "General Lu, don't press it, otherwise flames will spurt out and burn people."

"

Only then did Lu Junyi remember that he was in the Chinese army's tent. He then led his people to the outside of the camp, faced the open space in front of him, and pressed the button. Immediately, a stream of flames spurted out, five or six meters away.

The weeds instantly began to burn.

"That pungent smell, what is it?" Lu Junyi sniffed his nose lightly and said.

Long Tao said: "This is the smell of the fuel in the flamethrower when it is burning. It is very pungent, but it is very overbearing. Even if it sticks to a stone, it will continue to burn."

Lu Junyi nodded slightly and said to Yan Qing: "Find someone immediately to find out the secret inside the flamethrower."

Yan Qing said: "This thing is very delicate and requires someone who understands the mechanism to figure it out. We don't have such people in the army now, so it will be difficult to figure it out for a while."

Lu Junyi nodded slightly and said, "You are right, what should I do?"

Wang Jin said: "Actually, it is not urgent for us to figure out the secret of the flamethrower now. We can wait until Xijing is captured, or even after Wang Qing is wiped out, to figure it out slowly.

For us right now, the most important thing is to find a way to capture Xijing City and resolve the threat posed by Xijing rebels to Bianjing as soon as possible."

"What General Wang said is true."

Hu Yanzhuo then said: "The purpose of your Excellency sending us to Xijing is to eliminate the rebels in Xijing. Now we should first find a way to wipe out the rebels in Xijing and control Xijing in our hands."

Lu Junyi said: "I know what the two generals said. I want to find out the secret of the flamethrower to deal with Kou Fan. If we can't deal with his poisonous flame cavalry, how can we capture Xijing City."

Zhu Wu said: "Actually, Kou Fan and his Poison Flame Cavalry are not difficult to deal with."

"Could it be that the military advisor already has a plan to defeat the enemy?" Lu Junyi asked.

Zhu Wu pointed to the flamethrower in his hand and said: "Although this thing is domineering and vicious, it has a fatal flaw: its range is too short. It is very powerful in close combat and can cause heavy casualties to our soldiers.

But as long as you keep the distance and use bows and arrows to deal with them, this thing will be of no use.

Therefore, as long as we prepare in advance, we can deal with them."

"What Commander Zhu said is absolutely correct."

Wang Jin said: "I also noticed this just now. It's a pity that we were already panicked by their flames, so we were not able to organize archers to effectively fight back against them. If we had used bows and arrows at that time,

If we stop them, so many people won't die."

Lu Junyi nodded slightly and said: "General Wang is right. It's all because we were too panicked at the time. If we had calmed down a little and organized the archers to fight back immediately, the situation would not be like this."

Lu Fang said: "At that time, everyone was thinking about how to save their lives, and it was normal for them not to calm down."

Lu Junyi handed the flamethrower to Yan Qing and said: "Put all the flamethrowers away, and then find skilled people to study them after Xijing is captured."

Zhu Wu said: "General Lu, these fire-breathing barrels still have great uses, and they cannot be put away for the time being."

"What's the use?" Lu Junyi asked.

Zhu Wu said: "We will rely on this thing to capture Xijing City."

"What's the plan for the military advisor?"

Zhu Wu said: "This thing is very powerful when close. We can first use archers to suppress the guards on the wall of Xijing, and then let the soldiers attacking the city use this thing to spray at the soldiers guarding the city tower.

At that time, our soldiers can take the opportunity to climb up the city wall. As long as our soldiers climb up the city wall, Xijing City will be in our possession."

"It's really a good idea!"

Lu Junyi was overjoyed and immediately asked Suo Chao to find more than a thousand soldiers and let them hold the flamethrower and familiarize themselves with how to use it. However, not every flamethrower was tried. After all, the fuel of this thing is limited. Once it is used up, it will be gone.

So I only took ten of them for the soldiers to try.

At the same time, Lu Junyi also asked Lu Fang, Guo Sheng, Han Tao, and Peng Qi to lead the troops to rush out a batch of ladder trucks so that the soldiers could use them when they attacked the city.

In Xijing City.

Kou Yan and Feng Tai led the remaining troops to retreat into the city. Gong Duan and Xi Sheng immediately went down to the tower to greet them. They saw that not only Du Yu was dead, but eleven of the generals who had come were also dead, and one of them was also lost.

Tens of thousands of people were horrified and quickly asked what was going on.

Fengtai briefly told what happened, Gong Duan and Xi Sheng lamented continuously, and then immediately sent people to arrange the funeral hall for Du Yu and the other dead generals.

Gong Duan asked Xi Sheng to continue to defend the city. He took Kou Fan and Feng Tai back to the general's mansion and had them served tea. Then the three of them began to discuss how to defend Xijing City.

"Dudu Du was killed, and most of the soldiers and generals were also killed or injured. In this situation, it is not appropriate for us to take the initiative anymore. We can only hold on to the city and wait for the King of Chu to send reinforcements," Gong Duan said.

Kou Fan said: "There are not many people around King Chu now. If we want reinforcements, we can only transfer people from other places. Therefore, no one will come to reinforce us in a short time, so we can only rely on ourselves to hold on."

Then he asked Gong Duan: "How long can the food and grass in the city last?"

Gong Duan said: "I can still hold on for more than a month."

Kou Fan nodded slightly and said, "It's not too bad. At least we still have a month to think of a solution."

Fengtai sat next to him without saying a word, because after today's battle, he finally understood that this Song army was indeed different from the Song army they had encountered before, and now that Du Yu was dead, he had brought

The 20,000 soldiers also lost more than 10,000, and they no longer had the arrogance they had before.

Therefore, I have become very honest now and dare not interrupt easily.

After Gong Duan discussed with Kou Fan, Gong Duan looked at Feng Tai and asked: "General Feng, do you have any additional opinions?"

Fengtai shook his head slightly and said with a depressed expression: "No, I agree with everything you said."

Gong Duan said: "In this case, we have decided that no matter how the Song army challenges us, we will not leave the city to fight. We will make other plans when their food and grass are insufficient."

Fengtai and Kou Fan nodded at the same time, expressing their agreement.

Another day passed in the blink of an eye.

On the Jingnan side, Zhang Qing had led 10,000 soldiers and spent a day making 70,000 kites with words to persuade the soldiers and civilians of Jingnan to surrender.

It is not an easy task to write on so many kites. Fortunately, among the hundreds of thousands of soldiers under Hua Ju's command, more than 9,000 soldiers can read and write, so he organized all the soldiers who can write, so that

I just wrote on 70,000 kites.

Otherwise, with just dozens of generals, they probably wouldn't be able to write so much in a month.

After everything was ready, Hua Ju asked 10,000 soldiers to start flying kites one by one towards Jingnan City. When the kites rose high into the sky and entered Jingnan City, they immediately asked the soldiers to cut the strings. The kites lost control of the strings and fell with the wind.

After arriving at different places in Jingnan City, they were captured by the people in the city.

At the entrance of a small alley in the east of the city, an old man in his sixties was holding something and was about to enter the alley. Suddenly a kite fell from the sky in front of him. The old man looked up and saw that there were many kites flying in the sky.

Fall down.

The old man bent down and picked up the kite and looked at it. He saw that it was full of words written on it. Unfortunately, he was illiterate and didn't know what was written on it. He then took the kite and walked into the alley to a house in the middle and knocked it gently.

Courtyard gate.

About ten seconds later, a man dressed as a young servant opened the door and asked, "Mr. Qin, what's the matter?"

The old man said: "When I entered the alley just now, a lot of kites fell from the sky. I picked one up and saw a lot of words written on it. Unfortunately, I couldn't read, so I brought it to Mr. Xiao to have a look at it.

What did you write?"

"Sir is writing right now. When he finishes writing in a while, you can bring it back." The servant said.

"Then I'll bring it back later." The old man was about to leave with the kite.

At this time, someone in the room was heard saying: "Xiao Huai, who is here?"

The servant said: "It's Mr. Qin. He picked up a kite outside. There are words written on it. He wants you to see what is written on it."

"Then please invite Mr. Qin to come in."

The servant invited the old man into the yard and closed the door. The old man put the things he brought with him by the door, then took the kite and followed the servant into the study.

In the study room, there was a thirty-eight to nine-year-old Wensheng wearing a blue Confucian uniform who was writing with a pen. When he saw the old man coming in, he quickly put down the pen in his hand and greeted the old man: "Old Master Qin."

"Hello, Mr. Xiao." The old man quickly returned the greeting.

Wen Sheng, surnamed Xiao, looked at the kite in the old man's hand and asked, "Mr. Qin, is this the kite you picked up?"

"That's right, there are a lot of words written on it, please help me see what it is." The old man handed the kite to Vincent.

Wen Sheng, surnamed Xiao, took it and looked at it carefully. His expression suddenly changed and he said, "This is a message written by the imperial army to the residents of Jingnan."

"Really? What's written on it?" the old man asked.

Wen Sheng, surnamed Xiao, said: "It says that almost all the cities occupied by Wang Qing have been recovered by the imperial army, and Wang Qing's army has been almost wiped out. In the future, Wang Qing will not be able to send troops to rescue Jingnan, and Jingnan has been

It is an isolated city. Let the rebel soldiers guarding Jingnan stop working for Wang Qing and quickly surrender to the court.

At the same time, he also told the people in the city that the imperial court had implemented the New Deal and had canceled all the exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes imposed on the people in the past. Anyone who had been unjustly, falsely or wrongly convicted would be vindicated, and the houses and fields that had been forcibly occupied by corrupt officials, evil officials, and powerful men

They will always be returned to the original owner.

Therefore, let the people of Jingnan not join the rebels in fighting against the imperial army. If they can help the imperial army capture Jingnan City, the imperial court will reward them heavily."

After hearing this, Mr. Qin asked: "Mr. Xiao, is this all true?"

Wen Sheng, surnamed Xiao, said: "I can't tell if it's true or not, but that's what it says on it anyway."
Chapter completed!