In a chaotic and famine-stricken era, I picked up an empress to be my wife.

All eyes fell on Zhang Chi.

"Are you Zhang Chi, the foremost strategist of the southeastern prefecture?" Yuwen Bingyu asked.

"That's me!"

"Then tell me, I'll give you a chance!" Yuwen Bingyu granted her request.

"I witnessed the scene of 20,000 people dying in the fire last time. Since they used fire, they must have had a kindling, right? We can use fire to ignite the fire in advance, so Shen An's trick will be ineffective!"

"He can't possibly rearrange everything in such a short time!" Zhang Chi said, waving his white paper fan.

These words were a revelation to everyone.

"This method is brilliant! You truly deserve to be the top strategist in our southeastern prefecture!" Yuwen Bingyu looked at Zhang Chi and found him to be a handsome and talented man, and couldn't help but pat Zhang Chi on the shoulder.

Zhang Chi utterly despised Yuwen Bingyu, a woman who was both lewd and stupid.

He symbolically said, "You flatter me," then took a few steps back and looked at Li Haiyi and Yuwen Qin.

"My lords, what do you think of my method?"

"Let's use this method, fire attack!" Li Huaiyi agreed.

Yuwen Qin did the same; they immediately prepared dozens of carriages, placed dry firewood inside, lit it, and made the horses run forward quickly.

Seeing this from the city wall, Shen An felt a pang of regret. Warhorses were extremely expensive these days, and dozens of them had died just like that.

Shen An understood their purpose.

Unfortunately, his explosive trap was dug half a meter underground. The explosive canister had to be detonated from below to ignite other flammable materials. Only by blasting open the soil layer with the explosive can the fire be ignited.

Even if they asked the higher-ups to light a fire, it wouldn't make a difference.

Dozens of carriages were burned.

There was no movement outside the city walls.

"No explosion occurred? Could it be that Shen An didn't set a trap?" Li Huaiyi wondered.

"Looks like we'll have to try a few more times!" Yuwen Qin said.

"Hmph, is it possible that those explosive traps require special fuel, and that such fuel is extremely special and not easy to obtain, so Shen An didn't actually set up that trap this time?"

"You lot are like people who have been bitten by a snake once and are afraid of a rope for ten years. You still think you can take this city? Don't dream!" Wei Min'er stepped forward again.

"Are you trying to provoke us? It seems you have no choice but to kill us!" Li Huaiyi could no longer contain himself.

"Who dares!"

Yuwen Bingyu shielded Wei Min'er, saying, "Li Huaiyi, I don't know why you're so hostile towards us women, but isn't what she said reasonable? You can't cause trouble for an innocent woman just because you're incompetent, can you?"

"That's right! You're clearly incompetent and can't solve the problem at hand, so you want to take it out on me, a weak woman. What kind of heroes are you? If you're so capable, go kill the enemy! Why are you bothering a little girl like me?!" Wei Min'er looked scared, but spoke extremely boldly.

Even a fool could see that there was something wrong with this woman, but Yuwen Bingyu, because Wei Min'er's words resonated with her own thoughts, stubbornly believed that there was nothing wrong with her.

A sense of powerlessness rose in the hearts of Li Huaiyi and Yuwen Qin.

They really wanted to tell Yuwen Bingyu, "If you trust Wei Min'er, then send your people to try."

But they knew that if the experiment went wrong and too many people died, it would be bad for them as a whole.

He could only lower his stance and say, "Okay, okay, it's all my fault. I really can't think of any good solutions, but if there's no problem there, the risk is just too great. I suggest we try the fire attack again!"

"Hmph, incompetent man!" Wei Min'er pressed on, "What if we continue the fire attack and still find no problem?"

"Then we'll look for another way, but we absolutely must not act rashly!" Li Huaiyi said.

"Hmph, not only incompetent, but also cowardly. He didn't dare to speak up. After the fire attack was successful, he launched an attack! What a coward!" Wei Min'er mocked.

Li Huaiyi's eyes were almost spitting fire, but he couldn't lash out; he had never suffered like this in his entire life.

He had already made up his mind: as long as he got rid of Shen An...

He would do anything to kill Wei Min'er and that idiot Yuwen Bingyu!

"Bingyu, continue with the fire attack," Yuwen Qin said.

"Hmph! How dare you call someone like Bingyu, who has even lost his own stronghold, 'Lord Yuwen'!" Wei Min'er stomped her foot and said.

Yuwen Bingyu remained silent, tacitly agreeing with Wei Min'er's words.

Yuwen Qin changed his tune: "Lord Yuwen, let's continue with the fire attack!"

"Alright, continue the fire attack!"

The fire attack lasted for a day and a night, but still nothing happened.

"There was no movement for a whole day and night, which means there was no trap here at all. It also confirms what I said before: the materials required for that explosive trap are special, and Shen An can no longer make a second one."

"You guys, why don't you attack the city as soon as possible? Shen An has definitely asked the people of Qingyang City for help. If we continue to wait, it will be disadvantageous for us!" Wei Min'er stepped forward again.

Yuwen Bingyu was provoked.

"Gentlemen, it's been a whole day and night. If there were any problems, they would have appeared long ago. Min'er is right, we can't wait any longer! We must attack now!"

Both Yuwen Qin and Li Huaiyi had suffered losses before, so they dared not take any more risks.

"That's still too risky."

"Hmph, do you have any other ideas? If not, then shut up! You useless and incompetent men, you have no guts, yet you want to stop us women from succeeding?" Wei Min'er shouted, pointing her finger at their noses.

Upon hearing that women were being prevented from succeeding, Yuwen Bingyu completely lost her temper and her competitive spirit flared up: "You incompetent men are so hateful! You are incompetent yourselves, so you try every means to prevent us women from being outstanding!"

"I've seen through you all. From now on, shut up and do as I say, or else you'll regret it!"

Before Yuwen Qin and Li Huaiyi could speak.

Yuwen Bingyu then issued the order to attack the city.

"This city must be captured today!"

She wanted to make these incompetent men understand that gold will always shine, and that incompetent men cannot stop a woman from becoming better!

She was well prepared this time, with wooden carts carrying stones to help her army block Shen An's repeated crossbow attacks.

Li Huaiyi and Yuwen Qin did not allow their men to act.

Since they can't stop it, they can only prioritize their own safety.

Since this woman feels they are stopping her, then let her be a guinea pig.

"See that? My soldiers are unstoppable!" Yuwen Bingyu exclaimed excitedly.

Her soldiers continued to advance.

Those repeating ballistae seemed unable to penetrate the wooden planks reinforced with stones, nor could they immediately ignite the planks.

In no more than 15 minutes, her men will arrive at the city walls and begin the actual siege!

Moreover, there hasn't been any explosion so far!

This proves that Wei Min'er's analysis was correct; Shen An simply did not have the ability to create a second explosive trap.

Her belief in Wei Min'er's words shows that these outstanding women share a common spirit.

Unlike Li Huaiyi and Yuwen Qin, who are useless cowards who pretend to be wise despite their lack of courage, they are utterly foolish!

"Boom!"

The next moment, a violent explosion rang out, and flames swept over her soldiers like a giant wave.

The space outside Julu City is much larger than that of Qingyang City. Previously, Qingyang City had at most 20,000 people perish in the fire.

This time, there are 30,000 people!

The underground explosives blasted open the thick layer of soil, igniting the flammable and explosive materials inside, turning the area in front of the city into a sea of ​​fire.

The soldiers had no time to escape before they were engulfed by the sea of ​​fire.

This was the first time Yuwen Bingyu had ever seen such a scene, and she was completely dumbfounded.

Shen An was overjoyed on the city wall; he had never expected the three-man coalition to fall for the same trick again.

After all, once someone has been fooled, they should have learned their lesson!

Why are you rushing over here?!

If they insist on coming to their deaths, Shen An will naturally accept them all!

"Hehe, this is all thanks to Wei Min'er!" Mr. Mingyue chimed in.

"She's talented too, but will they cause her trouble next? I really want to have someone like her!" Shen An's admiration for talent burst forth.

"My lord, you need not worry. Min'er is extremely shrewd and has already taken the opportunity to escape. She may appear before me tonight, and I will introduce her to you then," said Mr. Mingyue.

"That's excellent."

On the other side, Li Huaiyi, as if unable to bear it any longer, roared at Yuwen Bingyu, "Didn't you say we were incompetent? Didn't you say we were stopping you, stopping you women from becoming better? What do you say now? What do you say? Speak up, don't be a fucking mute!"