Why My Domineering Prince Regretted Filing for Divorce?

In an instant, everyone’s eyes were dyed red.

The soldiers climbing the ladders screamed, rolling down in flames, and those below were caught off guard, engulfed by flames suddenly spewing from the ditches. They screamed, shrieking and rolling on the ground, some even stepped blindly into empty space and fell into the ditches.

The thin layer of soil and tree branches covering the ditches was burned away, revealing countless clay pots densely packed within, almost half a person’s depth and width.

They were filled entirely with tung oil!

No wonder two fire arrows could ignite them, completely halting their attack.

Those in the rear watched the two towering walls of fire, obscuring the entire Fufeng City Tower, swallowing the ladders which were soon burned to ashes, leaving them unusable, while their troops dared not approach the walls, helplessly watching their comrades struggling and pleading in the flames.

Xue Xian was stunned at that moment.

He had battled throughout Longxi countless times, never imagining that the Fufeng he had cornered could have such a strategy—seeing fire used for attack was common, but fire used for defense was something unexpected!

The surrounding deputy generals and soldiers were also panicked, rushing forward to ask, "General, what should we do?"

"If this continues, our ladders will be ruined!"

Xue Xian gritted his teeth and said, "Extinguish the fire!"

The deputy general responded, "Extinguish the fire? But where will we find water?"

Although Little Forest River was not far behind them, it was still a distance, and water couldn’t be instantly available; moreover, they came for a siege, lacking the means to transport water, hence the proximity rendered the nearby water useless for the immediate blaze.

Furthermore, the people on the City Tower awaited them to be in disarray.

As everyone was in chaos, suddenly they looked back and saw the twenty-odd forgotten water carts amidst the crowd!

There, wasn’t there water there?

Xue Xian immediately ordered, "Quick, use the water there to extinguish the fire!"

In fact, before he shouted, those around the water carts already had this thought, scrambling to push the carts toward the city gate; however, the carts were extraordinarily heavy, and the battlefield crowded with people running back and forth hindered their movement. Someone in the crowd shouted, "The terrain near the city gate is lower, just release the water directly!"

Those pushing the carts immediately understood.

But, they searched for the valve of the water cart for a long time without success, and just when everyone was flustered, a loud shout pierced the air, "Step aside!"

Heads turned to see Xue Xian riding forward at full gallop, the Yanyue Blade in his hand arcing a bright, snowy light!

Everyone immediately understood and hastily stepped aside, 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Xue Xian urged his horse forward, the heavy Yanyue Blade striking hard at the corner of a water cart. With a loud "crack," the cart was split open, scattering wood chips, and a surge of cool liquid sprayed out, drenching the faces of the nearby crowd.

Following that, water gushed from the cart, soon forming a small stream on the ground.

Those nearby, seeing this, imitated him, swinging their swords and blades to frantically chop at the remaining water carts. Within moments, several carts were split open, water gushing out and converging, rushing toward the city gate.

But just then, those drenched by the water wiped their faces, suddenly smelling something strange.

"This, this is—"

Not only they smelled it, as the water from the ten or more carts converged and flowed past everyone’s feet, more people noticed the strange odor.

Xue Xian atop his horse sensed the crowd’s reaction, a sudden realization dawning on him.

The smell was the same as that from the ditches under the city wall!

At this moment, Xue Xian’s eyes were aflame, he turned his horse abruptly, galloping forward while shouting wildly, "Get out of the way, quick, that’s—"

It was tung oil!

But before the words finished, the converging water from over a dozen carts had reached the foot of the city wall, and just then, a burning ladder cast a spark into the air, slicing a luminous streak through the sky, gently landing in the rushing stream.

With a deafening "boom!"

Xue Xian stared wide-eyed, his eyes nearly tearing as a massive fireball explosively erupted beneath the City Tower.