Chapter 172 Battle of Liyang - Part 2 (2/2)
The smart soldiers caught on what Tong tried to achieve, they obediently put the barrels into the sling pouch.
Seeing that his men finished his job, Tong proceeded to the next phase of his plan. He looked at the clock in his system menu. It showed 11.55 PM.
'Five minutes till a reset. I have to use today's quota first.'
”[Create Food], cooking grease!”
Tong poured the used cooking oil with bubbles of fat from his palm onto the moat, which started to fill up the dug trench. The 100,000 liters of heated used-oil soaked the ground, creating a stench and white smoke that Tong's soldiers had to cover their noses.
”Fire the trebuchets!”
…
By the time the last drop of the fat grease got into the moat, the Imperial soldiers already noticed the oily smell.
”What the hell is that smell!?”
”Something is wrong! Wake everyone up! Hurry!”
”Get water! Hurry!”
Commotion broke out inside the camp. Several sleeping men woke up from the nauseous smell. A dozen of experienced ones shouted to prepare water in advance as they believed that a night raid always followed with a fire attack.
Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song also woke up from the hectic shouts. They geared up and rushed toward the chaotic scene to organize the men.
”Reserve troops, get the water. Spears and shields, gather and form a porcupine formation!”
”Fold and toss away the tents! Get more spaces to form up!”
*WHOOSH*
*WHOOSH*
*WHOOSH*
”What?”
The sound of flying objects caught the two generals' attention. They looked at the sky and saw shadows of round objects crashing onto the ground.
The barrels broke and the black oil splattered all over the place.
”Oil!? All units, retreat south! We're under attack!”
…
Tong observed their reaction from his radar map. A chill ran down his spine as he witnessed the organized reaction speed of their army.
'So this is what Zhang Jiao in the history had to deal with. What a troublesome army.'
'Too bad you're up against me. It's too late for you to react.'
'Taste the Class B Fire of the 21st century, mofo!
Tong turned around to look at his one thousand ninjas.
”Trebuchets! Fire one more volley! This time, put fuses in the kegs!”
The barrels they prepared this time was not ordinary oil barrels like the previous volley. They were the cooking oil which had been pre-cooked. Tong had created these boiling fat oil and put all of them in one of his inventory slots. His inventory also preserved the almost oil-boiling-point temperature of this cooking grease, making it ready to use when Tong was ready.
”Light the fuse and fire when you are ready! Once fired, retreat as far as possible!”
”FIRE!”
*WHOOSH*
*WHOOSH*
*WHOOSH*
The moment the last trebuchet fired its barrels, Tong activated his [Time Stop] skill and rushed toward the trebuchets. He stored all trebuchets back into the inventory and ran away from the scenes.
When his [Time Stop] period was over, he shouted to the soldiers in a panic voice.
”RUN! HURRY!”
”GET ON YOUR HORSE AND GO IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DIE!!”
The distance from the pool of oil in the moat was 300 meters away from their location, which was too close. They need to evacuate from this place as soon as possible.
The soldiers did not know this, but they followed his order anyway.
...
Meanwhile, barrels attached with flaming clothes flew into the camp again. This time, the barrels hit the ground and exploded in flame.
”AN ATTACK!”
*BOOM*
*BOOM*
*BOOM*
As if the camp was carpet-bombed, an explosion occurred on every place the barrels landed. Furthermore, the flame spark spread and landed on the ground where the previous volley of oil barrels landed. Hellfire was lit and continue spreading at an insane speed.
The imperial soldiers were caught off guard. The unfortunate ones were engulfed by the fire.
Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, who were observing the attack, did not panic. They organized their men to douse the flame that caught the tents and inside structures.
There were casualties, but it was light.
”Extinguish the fire! The wind is carrying the fire this way!”
”Cavalry, chase after the raiders!”
Huangfu Song remained behind to oversee the camp while Zhu Jun rushed to the stable and organized the horsemen to chase after Tong and his men.
The surviving soldiers in the camp carried buckets of water over. They poured onto the tents that caught fire. One of the soldiers rushed to the flaming barrels with the oil still in it. He poured the water into the fire as well.
However,
*BOOM*