PS: Chapter Anti-theft, Correction tomorrow............

He was also burned to a point of half of his body, and the whole person was burning. During the day, Zhou Tai was commanding the Sima Army to put out the fire, a fireball hit him on the back. If it weren't for the personal soldiers around him trying hard to save the fire, Zhou Tai would have been in a state of chaos now.

Such a danger also made Zhou Tai feel scared. The firepower of the Wei army was too strong. Countless balls of fuse poured down from the air, turning Chen Cangcheng into a sea of ​​fire.

Although Chen Cang's city buildings did not have so many wooden structures, the Wei army seemed to have been prepared. While throwing the fuse ball, they also threw a large number of fire-induced objects into the city. This fire did not go out in the city for a long time and caused great damage to Chen Cang City.

In fact, there were only a few Sima Jun who were directly burned to death by fire. Many of them were choked to death by toxic thick smoke. The Wei army used a large amount of sulfur and saltpeter. The thick smoke produced by these two things was both choking and toxic, causing Sima Jun to suffer heavy casualties.

In the thick smoke of the sea of ​​fire, Sima Jun was like headless flies, running around everywhere, but every street and building in the city were on fire and smoking. No matter where they escaped, they could not escape the misfortune.

The only safe area now is the city wall. Since the Wei army's target of the catapult of stone car was mainly in the city, there were not many fuse balls falling on the city wall. Even if some fuse balls fell on the city wall, because there were more Sima soldiers on the city wall, they could still extinguish the fire in time.

The Sima army in the city suffered a great disaster, and many people were surrounded by fires on all sides, and had no choice but to retreat, and were burned to death by the fire.

Many people were also smoky with poison and lost their lives ignorantly.

After controlling the fire in Chencang City, Zhoutai inspected the number of people approximately, and the number of people burned to death was as high as five or six thousand, far exceeding the number of casualties in the battle to defend the city, which is an extremely huge loss.

However, compared with the casualties of people, what made Zhoutai most heartbroken was the loss of food and grass. Although the granaries were caves made of bricks and stones, they could not achieve 100% fireproofing. The main target of the Wei army's attack was these granaries. They threw countless fuse balls and oil bags near the granaries. Once the melted granaries flowed into the granaries, the fire followed. Once the granaries were ignited, there was no room for rescue.

Seven of the eight granaries in Chencang City were ignited, and all the food and grass stored were burned, and the heavy losses were immeasurable.

These foods and grasses are the key factors that Zhoutai relies on to hold on to Chencang. At least for two years, Sima Jun would not have to worry about being hungry. But now that he has lost nearly 90% of the foods and grasses, can Zhoutai still be calm? The army has no food, and if Chencang defenders have no food, the fall of Chencang will be imminent.

Unexpectedly, this fire was enough to destroy all the hopes of Zhoutai. It was careless and too careless. Cao Liang's arrival was an extremely unusual thing in itself. The Wei army's actions of collecting wild grasses did not arouse Zhoutai's alertness. Zhoutai only mistakenly thought that the Wei army was preparing to shoot grass and make fire to keep warm. Unexpectedly, the Wei army would actually use weeds to make a fuse ball, and then throw these fuse balls into every corner of Chencang City with a throwing cart.

If Zhoutai could make a prediction in advance, although these fireballs could not be prevented from entering the city, they could at least keep most of the food and grass. Now nearly 90% of the food and grass have been destroyed, and the remaining food and grass will not last long for the defenders.

The personnel suffered heavy losses and the food was exhausted. Despair and pessimism spread in Chencang City. After this fire, no one had any fantasies about defending Chencang.

Zhoutai also realized that Chen Cangcheng was at a critical moment of life and death. If there were no reinforcements, the fall of Chen Cangcheng would be just around the corner, so Zhoutai quickly sent people to Longxi to ask Simalun for help.

In order to prevent the messenger sent out from being intercepted by the Wei army halfway, Zhoutai also specially sent several more groups of people, even disguised themselves as a disguise, just to get through the Wei army's checkpoints and wardrobes.

However, it seems that there is no major problem infiltration through the Wei army's defense line. Several groups of troops sent by Zhoutai successfully passed the Wei army's blockade line and spread the news of Chen Cang's emergency to Longxi.

After receiving the news that the messenger successfully broke through, Zhou Tai breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the blockade of the Wei army was not too strict. If the Wei army blocked it so strongly and could not convey any news, the news of Chen Cang's danger would not have been spread to Sima Lun, and Chen Cang's defenders could only fend for themselves.

Now as long as the news is transmitted to Longxi, Sima Lun will definitely not sit idly by after receiving the news. Only when he sends troops to rescue can Chen Cang be safe.

However, even if Sima Lun received the news, he would not be able to send troops to rescue Chen Cang in a very short time. He also had to make plans and formulate a detailed plan to rescue Chen Cang.

Therefore, when the reinforcements arrived, Zhoutai must hold on to Chen Cang and not give the Wei army any opportunity to take advantage of.

But the persistence at this moment is not the same as the previous persistence. Although the defenders suffered heavy losses, they did not hurt the root cause. There were quite a few soldiers under their command. At least, Zhoutai could still organize a defense line.

But once and forth, after this fire, the morale of Sima's army was severely frustrated. Without the spirit of the first battle, even Zhoutai himself no longer had the confidence to defend Chen Cang. Zhoutai himself deeply doubted that if the Wei army maintained the offensive posture of the previous period, how many days would Chen Cangcheng be protected?

But even the difficulty was, Zhou Tai had to grit his teeth and persevere. He went to Chen Cang's four doors to encourage and inspire morale, and was very careful in defense of every place, without missing any omissions.

Zhou Tai knew that the more critical the time, the more we had to pay attention to the details. The thousand-mile dike was destroyed by an ant hole. Even any negligence would lead to the loss of Chen Cangcheng. Now is the most difficult time in Chen Cangcheng. All soldiers must unite, share the same hatred of the enemy, and fight to the death, so that they can overcome the difficulties.

But what is strange is that Zhou Tai has already made preparations for the shattered slap, but there is no movement on the Wei army. Even the catapult cart withdrew from its position after the attack was completed. The entire Wei army camp was completely unmoved, which made Zhou Tai a monk who was two feet tall - he couldn't touch his mind.
Chapter completed!