C14 Fire and Water

As more and more Black Hill stone thrower broke through the sealing line, more and more stones and wooden stakes began to gather and smash towards the walls of Phoenix City Pass. A few crenellations had already been smashed apart, the walls were also riddled with holes, and the number of Moqiu Soldier s using a ladder to charge up had almost doubled.

Kong Sheng felt that he had already run tens of thousands of metres, and did not even think about eating anymore. When he saw that his defense line was in trouble, he immediately brought his guards to save him. However, the wall was no longer the same as it was a few days ago. Although there were no longer any stone thrower's attacks on the crumbled parts of the wall, the speed of the Black Cove infantry had doubled. Although they did not have any Moqiu Army to charge up, the flying stones that filled the sky were impossible to guard against. One might not die from a single slash from an enemy, but there was no way to survive being struck by a stone.

Ling Zilu pulled Kong Sheng and complained: "Lord Kong, the number of casualties in people's militia is higher than the number of casualties. With this kind of consumption, we won't be able to hold on much longer."

Kong Sheng pursed his dry and cracked lips. He had already discovered this situation, the battle experience of his brothers in Border Army and his own team was even richer. The Moqiu Army soldiers rushed forward, if they found that there were several Border Army Soldier surrounding them, they might as well throw themselves into the pile of people's militia s, able to avoid being chased and gain military merits. Especially the heavy armor soldiers, they could easily cut down dozens of people's militia s with a slash. However, this problem was not something that could be improved by one's martial arts or good weapons and armor. It was caused by one's pure combat experience and mental fortitude. No commander had a good idea.

Kong Sheng looked up at Zhao Handong: "Old Zhao, what do you think?"

Zhao Handong sat at the side, smoking his pipe as he let the doctor wrap his arm. Hearing Kong Sheng's question, he asked him with a bitter face, "What can I do? I'm doing it myself. I say, Old Kong, you can't give up on the outer city wall. "

After Ling Zilu heard this, his body trembled. It was not that he did not think of this suggestion, but he did not dare to say it out loud. The outer city wall was now in tatters, it could no longer play the original defensive role. If they were to continue fighting, they would only be using their lives to fill in the hole. The current him was still fine as there were still Red Camp and Border Army warriors supporting him on the city walls. Once Red Camp reached a certain number of casualties, and made people's militia the main force of the city guards, they wouldn't be far from being defeated. If he gave up on the outer city wall and retreated to the inner city earlier, he might be able to hold on for a few more days. But after retreating, they would face an extremely awkward problem. The enemy's stone thrower could cover almost the entire inner city. By that time, everyone would even be able to breathe a breath of fresh air from the ground.

Kong Sheng clenched his teeth, and used his strength to pat the table beside him: Pass on my order, retreat!

This was the first time, since the establishment of the Phoenix City Pass hundreds of years ago, that the defending troops of the Phoenix City Pass had abandoned the outer city wall and collectively retreated into the inner city of the Phoenix City Pass.

Most of the Border Army Soldier s here were military personnel, and had lived here for generations. They knew that there was no other way to retreat to the inner city, but when they received the order, they were stunned for a moment. Some people's tears fell down. Although they felt helpless, it was a disgrace. As soldiers, they were unable to protect their homeland.

Kong Sheng stood on top of the tallest tower in the Outer City, looking at Border Army Soldier who turned his head back three times, then looking at the Regiment City and the city walls that were riddled with holes, sighed in his heart, let him be the number one sinner in the past few hundred years.

Just as the officers were directing their subordinates to retreat into the inner city, a loud sound suddenly came from the distance. Everyone looked up in unison and saw a thick cloud of smoke rising from the mountains to the east of the city.

"This is bad!" Quick, let everyone enter the inner city! " Kong Sheng's face changed drastically as he ordered all of his guards to send orders for the guards and captains to quickly arrange for their subordinates to retreat into the inner city.

At first, there were still some who were wondering why the surrogate commander had suddenly started to urge everyone. The arrangement of the people in the front and back was pretty good, and there was no massive increase in Moqiu Army either. However, a military order was a military order. No matter how dissatisfied and doubtful they were, they had to suppress it in their hearts. The several officers and captains could only helplessly urge their soldiers to hurry up. However, the city gates between the inner and outer city were at odds with each other. For a moment, all sorts of people crowded around the city, causing all sorts of complaints. Not long after everyone was at a loss about what to do, they heard the approaching rumbling sound and they sped up their pace.

As the rumbling sounds grew louder and louder, a bone-chilling air followed. From afar, a white line appeared beneath the huge pillar of smoke, and the white line grew bigger and bigger, getting closer and closer. Having realized what was happening, the Border Army Warriors started to shout crazily, "The Phoenix Lake has been breached! Everyone, quickly run! "

Zhao Handong stood beside Kong Sheng, and asked with his voice trembling a little, "Lord Kong, what you made us wait for, was this?"

Kong Sheng solemnly nodded his head, and said in a low voice: "I gave all of the kerosene in the city to Chen Chu, and told him to blow up the banks of the Phoenix Lotus Lake.

Phoenix Lake itself was just a large stream in terms of Wulian Mountain Range. In order to build this Phoenix City Pass, the Empire had spent countless numbers of people to artificially cut off this stream and turn it into a reservoir, named Phoenix Lake. Over time, this place became a sight to see around Phoenix City Pass. Many residents and tourists from the mainland would go over to see the famous "Phoenix Lotus Sunrise".

The "overly heavy killing" plan that Kong Sheng did not let Qu Feizhi implement was to blast apart the dike, causing the lakeside to collapse and the lakeside to be used to drown out the trenches on the ground outside the Phoenix City Pass. He originally wanted Chen Chu to explode once he went there. Although the water potential was fierce, he could still rely on his outer city wall to support him. But right now, the outer city wall was broken into pieces, so it did not dare to say it was on the verge of collapse, or else it would be impossible to stop such a huge wave of impact. It was only because of this that Kong Sheng allowed everyone to speed up their pace of entering the city.

The Phoenix Lake Dam had been destroyed, and the lake water that had been stored for hundreds of years had found an exit that could be poured out, which they had been searching for for for a long time.

The Moqiu Army outside the city were also panicking. They could not care about attacking the city nor the stone thrower s that littered the ground as they desperately ran towards their own military camp. Especially the light infantry soldiers who were originally waiting in the ditch to attack the city. They did not care about anything else, and together they lifted the giant shield above their heads and jumped out of the ditch. With that, he had caused his comrades on the city walls to suffer. The trench they had worked so hard to dig had become a deadly trap to block their escape, especially the heavy armor soldiers. They were not fast in running and could not jump, all they could do was watch the monstrous waves pouncing towards them with despair.

In the midst of crazy curses, angry curses, and desperate wails, the flood came.

Hundreds of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of tons of lake water poured down from the mountainside, and the water, mixed with rocks and giant trees, smashed onto the city walls of the outer city of Phoenix City Pass without any obstruction, making a deafening noise. The dilapidated city walls were on the verge of collapse, and from time to time, it was hard to tell which country's soldiers had been knocked off the walls, falling into the turbulent water. After the flood was stopped by the city walls, it turned around and pounced into the trenches outside the city. Like its accomplices, the crushed rocks and giant trees frantically reaped the lives of those Moqiu Soldier s who could not flee in time or could not return at all.

The heavy armor infantry soldier knelt on the ground in despair, took off his heavy helmet, and mumbled to himself while crying. No one knew what he was talking about. A tree trunk that was as thick as two people had already hit him in the back. That soldier didn't even have the time to scream before he was swept into the flood.

The mighty stone thrower was torn into pieces and turned into an accomplice of the flood, fiercely smashing towards the soldiers who were pushing it forward just now, helping it to fend off the fatal boulder.

It was just that this belated collapse did not attract the cheers of the Moqiu State soldiers. They dodged, screamed, and reached out their hands in despair for anything that could be used to stabilize their bodies. However, all of their efforts were in vain. The city walls that had been attacked by the stone thrower for a long time could no longer withstand the impact of the flood, and like tofu that had been shattered by the giant fist, collapsed, bringing countless Moqiu State soldiers into the embrace of the flood.

The floods that broke through the outer city did not show mercy just because they were citizens of the Fire Phoenix Nation. The soldiers that did not return to the inner city in time suffered, the floods between the two sections of the city walls became turbulent, and sometimes they did not even have time to cry for help before they were swept away by the surging waves, leaving behind only a small whirlpool that disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The city gates of the inner city were already flooded. From his ankles to his knees, it took less than an incense stick's worth of time. Kong Sheng took out his blade from his waist, and placed it horizontally across the neck of the Border Army Guard Captain who was guarding the Inner City gate. With red eyes, he said word by word, "Close the door! "Close the door!"

The old captain plopped to his knees in the ice-cold water and pleaded in a sobbing tone, "My lord, please be merciful! Lord, please be merciful! "There are still thousands of brothers who haven't come in yet … If we just close the door, they won't be able to survive!"

Kong Sheng took a deep breath, staring at the tears in his eyes, gritting his teeth, he said, "I know, there are brothers of my Red Camp outside, but if you don't close the door now, after the outer city wall pours and the flood enters, none of us will be able to live!"

The captain of the city gate stood up, crying as he clung to the city gate and shouted, "Brothers, work harder!" If I count to ten, I will close the city gates! "Run with all your might ~ ~ ~" The roar was laced with despair and tears.

Kong Sheng could not bear to listen any longer. He let the two guards stay behind as he turned around and rushed up the inner city wall. It just so happened that Zhao Handong came over to look for him, pointed towards the distance and said to him, "Old Kong, look, more than ten big barrels have come down from the river, what is that?"

Kong Sheng stared at it for a long time before suddenly exclaiming, "It's the kerosene barrel! Chen Chu, this bastard! He threw the remaining kerosene buckets down! "

Over ten buckets, each the height of a person, charged out of the water. The outer city walls were smashed into pieces, and the kerosene s flew out from the buckets and floated on the surface of the water, giving off an oily glow. However, in the next moment, an unintentional spark flew past and flames soared into the sky. Water and fire formed a miraculous fusion, vividly displaying the words "fire and water", ruthlessly devouring all life that could be seen.

The inner city city gate was actually closed. Hearing the howls and screams from outside the city, Kong Sheng smashed the telescope to pieces and shouted at the guards beside him, "Wait for Chen Chu to come back, I will skin him alive!"