In fact, when the fire reached the central courtyard, the fire had already weakened a lot, and there was a well in the central courtyard. Many people had already started to put out the fire, but just when they put out the flames, a box of wooden barrels suddenly flew in from outside.
"What are all those things?"
Half of Zatlk's eyebrows were burned off. He was extremely miserable at the moment. Many people's goods were reduced to nothing. He finally saw a glimmer of hope, but who knew that so many wooden barrels were thrown in from outside. From a feeling point of view, they thought these barrels were dangerous.
"Asshole, this is lamp oil, who threw it in?"
A businessman climbed up and smelled it, then uttered such a brainless remark, "Who else could have thrown it in? If it weren't for those people outside, lamp oil is so expensive, who would have such a big bucket of it? Ordinary people blow out their lamps as soon as it gets dark at night because they can't afford to light it. Who would have thrown such a big bucket of lamp oil in if they didn't want to burn you to death?"
"Hurry up and flush the oil with water. If the fire comes later, it will burn us all down."
Zatlk gave an idiotic order. Of course, for people of that era, it was common sense that water could extinguish fire, and it was also common sense that lamp oil could fuel fire. As long as the lamp oil was flushed with water, the fire would not burn. But they didn't know that the oil would be on the surface of the water. Once it encountered sparks, the fire would go wherever the water flowed.
"Upward shooting..."
Although Li Xiang didn't know what was going on inside, according to the description of an insider, there was water in the yard, so the fire might not be able to burn in. Once they wet all the wood in the yard, even if they threw oil in, it would not be possible to ignite it, so Li Xiang prepared to fire another round of rockets.
Dozens of soldiers lit the tips of their bows and arrows. When Li Xiang put down his hands, the burning arrows rushed in, and then there was another fire inside. Cheng Chuliang, who was standing next to him, admired him very much. In his eyes, there were many people in the Tang Dynasty who could fight, but Li Xiang was definitely not one of them. However, after Li Xiang's performance today, Cheng Chuliang felt that even if his father was here, he probably couldn't fight like this.
The fire had been burning for more than an hour. Although the people around wanted to go in and see what was going on, Li Xiang had already given the order that everyone could only watch from the outside. If there were any civilians around, they should be asked to go home quickly to avoid being harmed.
Now that the fire was getting weaker and weaker, Li Xiang ordered everyone to be on high alert. Many people must have been burned to death. Once the fire subsided a little, we could bring people in. Anyway, things like gold and silver could not be burned completely. We came here tonight and we couldn't go back empty-handed. The Tuyuhun people made a lot of money from business over the years. This is their base camp in Chang'an, and a lot of their money is stored here.
The various departments quickly received Li Xiang's order and began searching from the outer courtyard. If there were any survivors, they would kill them directly. After entering, everyone found that everything was burned black, the wood turned into black ash, and the people also turned into black ash.
Everyone was prepared to fight, but they didn't expect that after spending a whole night here, there would be nothing when they came in. Everyone's eyes were fixed on the central courtyard, perhaps only there were survivors.
"Pass the order down: of all the good things found, half shall be given to the government and half shall be kept for yourself."
Some people have already come out with copper coins. Although these things are also burning hot, they can still be rescued. Some people have come out with silver, which they have all thrown on the cloth at the door. Someone will come to count them later.
The Tuyuhun people occupied the transportation lines between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, so they were able to engage in bilateral trade. After arriving in Tuyuhun, Tubo merchants had to trade their goods to them and could not sell them directly to the Tang Dynasty.
On the contrary, the same was true for the merchants of the Tang Dynasty, so they took a huge advantage. The Tuyuhun people took all the largest profits from the bilateral trade, so they were very rich. In just a short while, the door was piled up with a mountain of copper coins.
"Your Highness, we have everything you requested, but there are only about twenty of them. They are very valuable. What do you want them for?"
Qian Ping ran over breathlessly, followed by several carts loaded with porcelain bottles. This was not the 21st century. These things had not been widely promoted in the Tang Dynasty. Only some noble families had porcelain bottles, and they were all white porcelain bottles with a slight yellow tint. This was caused by poor porcelain firing technology.
"Pour all the remaining barrels of lamp oil into the fire, then tear open these rags, leaving a strip of cloth outside. Then, listen to my command and get out of here if you have torches. I don't want any of my men to be roasted pigs tonight."
There were no glass bottles in this era, so Li Xiang could only use these porcelain bottles first. When attacking later, Li Xiang would have to use a few simple flasks. Seeing several soldiers coming with torches, Li Xiang was frightened. He was afraid that he would burn himself to ashes before burning others. He quickly told these guys to get away with the torches.
Although everyone still doesn't understand what's going on, we will do whatever His Highness says, and there will be no mistakes.
"All the troops have come in. There haven't been many casualties, only a few minor injuries. There's no one left outside. They've all retreated inside. We just captured someone alive. There are about 70 or 80 people who have retreated inside, including archers. We have to be careful later."
Chang Sun Chong pulled a living person over from the side, but he had been beaten to a pulp. The boy was tough just now, but now that he had lost two of his ten fingers, his teeth were not so tough anymore, and he told everything that happened inside.
"Don't worry, let our people go up the wall."
Li Xiang looked at the porcelain bottles with a smile and said, "If you guys resist later, don't blame me for being uncivilized."
"What the hell are you talking about? Look at how burned it is! When the house collapsed just now, these walls were smashed and crumbling."
Chang Sun Chong pointed to the distance and said, Li Xiang then saw that they were all adobe walls. When the houses collapsed, many walls had already collapsed, which saved us trouble. The houses in the middle are still burning. We will just charge in later...