Chapter 2179 - The Xi Queen Takes Action! (1/2)

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

“Kerosene! It’s kerosene!”

The alliance soldiers almost stopped breathing at this sight, their pupils constricting.

Panic instantly spread through the army.

Thwish! Thwish! Thwish! The alliance army’s archers quickly changed targets, and volleys of arrows instantly wiped out thousands of birds, but none of this could alter the situation on the battlefield.

As the tens of thousands of birds flew over, a deafening rumble came from the steel fortress. Boom! Boom! Boom! At a point twenty-some meters from the top of the walls, metal plates thrust out horizontally in twos and threes.

“Ah!”

The alliance soldiers climbing the siege ladders cried out in alarm as the enormous impact of the metal plates pushed away or imbalanced the siege ladders. Some of the siege ladders even fell backward into the dense ranks of the army below.

Fwoosh!

As the siege ladders were pushed away, thousands of metal pipes appeared under the row of metal plates, extending out of the wall.

Black, viscous liquid gushed out of the pipes, drenching the alliance soldiers down below.

Farther down, a metal plate moved aside, revealing a dense collection of holes. These were also metal pipes, but much shorter and wider. Soon, large amounts of kerosene began to gush out of these pipes.

Fwoosh! The gushing kerosene suddenly turned into blazing flames, swiftly igniting the battlefield.

“Aaghk!”

Miserable screams resounded through the battlefield as countless soldiers were set aflame and rolled on the ground in pain.

The pipes extending from the walls had been Zhang Shouzhi’s handiwork. Using special mechanisms, they were able to produce enormous force.

The kerosene and flames gushing out of these pipes could reach as far as fifty meters, and they soon turned the area beneath the walls into a sea of flames.

The kerosene bombs were easily targeted by the enemy, so Wang Chong had developed this close-range killing method.

Not even master archers could do anything against this gushing kerosene.

Tens of thousands of alliance soldiers were rapidly drained of their Stellar Energy and were ultimately burned to death by the kerosene.

Not only that, Wang Chong had spread large amounts of kerosene over the battlefield via his birds, and this kerosene was also set aflame.

The high temperature of the kerosene flames turned the metal siege ladders bright red, and some of the ladders even began to melt.

“Bastard!”

The alliance generals turned ashen and gnashed their teeth.

Kerosene was not a product of the Central Plains, but of Arabia to the west. However, Wang Chong used it far more effectively than the Arabs ever had.

The Great Tang’s army was primarily infantry, and the restricted terrain infantry favored was far more effective for kerosene than the spacious areas Arab cavalry needed for their charges.

“Let this lowly woman deal with this!” A waft of fragrant aroma blew through the area as a crisp and melodious voice rang out. In the middle of the army, behind An Lushan, the charming Xi Queen stepped forward, her eyes gleaming.

Her alluring eyes were fixed on the battlefield.

The fire was much stronger than anticipated, the tongues of flame that reached more than ten meters into the air terrifying to behold.

Kerosene wasn’t actually as lethal as the beehives or the ballistae, but the sea of fire represented a fatal obstacle to the alliance.

If they did not find a way to deal with this kerosene tactic, the alliance would be perpetually stuck in a hard-pressed state.

The Queen of the Xi!

Everyone else was surprised to see this Queen volunteering.

“Xi Queen, this Arabian Kerosene is hard to extinguish with sand and continues to burn when encountering water. Do you have some way to deal with it?”

Goguryeo Emperor Yeon Gaesomun curiously turned to the Xi Queen.

Although Goguryeo was not far from the Xi and the Khitans, Yeon Gaesomun’s army had always been doing battle with the Great Tang. His interactions with these two tribes were rare.

Regarding the Xi Queen, Yeon Gaesomun only knew that she had a fierce and brave personality that could compare to a man’s, but little else.

The Xi Tribe’s wars had rarely been so dire as to require the Xi Queen’s personal intervention.

“Heh, this lowly woman might not be able to compare to the rest of you when it comes to fighting, but there is probably no one except me who can deal with this sea of flames.”

The Xi Queen lightly stepped forward and flashed a smile at Yeon Gaesomun, an enchanting smile that could sway anyone’s heart.

But Yeon Gaesomun and the other sovereigns felt their hearts shiver as they averted their gazes.