The five thousand Army of Chu s who were carefully and stealthily sneaking around heard this deafening sound. They thought that it was just an illusion, but they heard another angry roar.
The leader thought to himself, for the time being, he would let Army of Chu rest here, while he would look for General Ye and General Yan.
Ye Jiaze was feeding his horse some water, and upon seeing the leader of the horses who was supposed to be leading the Army of Chu to attack the city, he became suspicious, and asked: "What's wrong?"
Could it be that his and Yan Yi's plan had failed?
The young leader told Ye Jiaze what he had heard, but to his surprise, Ye Jiaze only laughed, and said with disdain: "This general originally thought that it was something as big as a normal thing. Keep going. You must not reach the moat before dawn, in order to catch him off guard. "
"Yes." The leader felt disdain towards Ye Jiaze in his heart, but it was something the crown prince had personally instructed him to do, so he could not easily go against Ye Jiaze's wishes.
With doubts in his heart regarding Ye Jiaze's decision-making, he continued to move forward.
On the other side, Xie Qingrong had already begun inserting archers into the weak spots of the West Side Tower, and there was a moat below them.
Fire attacks were useless. In that case, he could only use the most primitive and most brutal of methods.
"Lord Jiang, bring all of the oil barrels that the Jiang Zhou City has," Xie Qingrong said as she placed one hand on the city walls while the other gently caressed the wrist of the arrow, it had been a long time since she had used it.
Jiang Yizhou immediately received his orders, and sent people to quickly transport the large oil barrels of the Jiang Zhou City to the city gate tower.
After arranging the barrels of oil neatly one by one, Jiang Yizhou then asked the question that was in his mind, "Crown Princess, what uses do you have for this barrel of oil?"
Xie Qingrong sneered, his gaze sweeping over the oil barrel once, and quickly shifted his gaze, saying coldly: "Since water is the natural enemy of fire, then what if I poured a layer of oil on the water? The I would like to see just who has the ability to walk out from the sea of flames! "
Although Xie Qingrong did not fully explain the use of the oil, she only gave a slight reminder, and Jiang Yizhou immediately understood the meaning behind Xie Qingrong's words. Excited, he immediately discussed with his subordinates about how they should pour the oil onto the moat without anyone knowing.
In the end, one of the soldiers came up with an idea. He would use a thick bamboo tube and slowly fill it with oil so that not a single drop remained of the oil would be poured onto the water!
Just like that, before Army of Chu could even touch him, she had already poured all of the oil on the moat, waiting for the opportunity.
Xie Qingrong touched the arrow on her wrist, and laughed silently.
"Crown Princess, when will you throw the torch on the oil?" Jiang Yizhou stood by Xie Qingrong's side and asked ingratiatingly.
Xie Qingrong looked at the moat that was shrouded in darkness. There was a thin layer of oil floating on top of it, as if it could reflect a ray of light, and said softly: "It's not the time yet, it's not too late to attack until Army of Chu arrives. I wants to let them have a good taste of the burning flames. "
The low and deep voice gradually disappeared by Jiang Yizhou's ear, causing Jiang Yizhou's body to tremble in fear. Fortunately, he had not committed any evil deeds during his years on the throne.
Otherwise, when the Army of Chu retreated, the next person who would be punished would be him.
The dark sky was like a sleeping behemoth. If someone woke it up, it could howl and wake up at any time.
The five thousand Army of Chu s had already sneaked from behind the western trees to the side of the wall. Ye Jiaze and Yan Yi rode their horses and followed behind the five thousand Army of Chu s.
The five thousand Army of Chu s were already preparing to take action, waiting for their order.
Yan Yi looked at the not too distant Jiang Zhou City who seemed to be in deep sleep, and asked softly: "General Ye, now that the sky is shrouded in darkness, it's the right time to launch a sneak attack. When do we attack?"
He held on to the reins with one hand and the other to the hanging sword at the horse's side.
Ye Jiaze lightly glanced at Yan Yi, and made a gesture to attack.
Yan Yi immediately understood, and quickly arrived at the very front of the group. He whispered to the leader of the charging squad: "Follow my orders."
The leader of the charging squad also asked softly: "General Yan, when do we start?"
Yan Yi said: "Right now, under the cover of night, it is impossible to guard against their attacks, and we are caught off guard!"
With that, he immediately retreated and returned to Ye Jiaze's side.
The captain of the charging squad arranged the hundred Army of Chu s he led into three rows of words and slowly advanced towards the western wall. Behind every Army of Chu was a basket with bows and arrows on its back.
The leader roughly compared the distance and made a gesture towards the hundred Army of Chu. The soldiers immediately understood and took down their bows and arrows from their back.
They only had to wait for the order to shoot off like lightning!
Xie Qingrong's deep eyes looked at one of the leading figures, and the smile on her face became wider, but in Jiang Yizhou's eyes, it was creepy.
Ye Zichen rubbed his hands and suppressed the fear in his heart.
"Bring the bow and arrow." A soldier standing beside him immediately brought up the bow and arrow with both hands.
Xie Qingrong pulled her bow back and looked at the leader of the charging team with his sharp eyes. The captain felt a chill behind him.
A creepy feeling of fear immediately engulfed his entire body. Just as he was about to look towards the source of the fear, he felt a chill in his chest.
He reflexively looked towards his chest and discovered that there was a sharp arrow pierced through it. The tip of the sword had pierced through his heart, bringing with it a large amount of fresh blood.
With such strength, he did not even have time to be shocked before his body fell to the ground.
One of the soldiers who had been watching this entire scene from head to toe was so frightened that he almost fainted. However, he was still able to calm his mind down and console his surrounding brothers.
Then, he immediately ran to the back to report this.
After Yan Yi heard this, he was shocked, but the shock was in the depths of his eyes. On the other hand, Ye Jiaze seemed to have expected this to happen, as he calmly instructed, "Since the captain has already died, General Yan, I shall leave the matter of the siege today to you. It just so happens that you participated in this entire incident. You were informed of the plan for the battle and I believe that the General Yan would not disappoint this general. "
Yan Yi cupped his fists and accepted the order.
After he received the crown prince's order to go to Jiang Prefecture, the crown prince had already reminded him not to underestimate Xuanyuan Chen, his main wife, Xie Qingrong.
Although he had agreed to it at the time, he did not think much of it. After all, he was just a woman.
But he didn't expect that the woman he slightly disdained would actually be so extraordinary.