Chapter Twenty-Three: Kill My Prestige
Four days later, the night was like splashing ink. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
That is, in the south of Qiu City, in the dense woods, that is, in the northeast of Qiu City, hundreds of Tao family troops are like ghosts, hiding in it.
Hundreds of soldiers and horses stood silently in the darkness, motionless, as if waiting for something.
At the third watch, the potter in the darkness drove his horse to the edge of the woods, and the eagle eyes pierced through the darkness and looked towards the head of the city.
I saw the south gate line, the lights were bright, and the figures of the Taishan Kou on duty could be faintly seen, going back and forth in the city.
"The time has come, let's do it." The potter turned his horse back into the forest and gave the order with a whip.
Xu Sheng, who had been standing for a long time, took a deep breath and turned back to give orders to his soldiers.
After a short time, several Tao soldiers worked together to lift the linen cloth covering the ground.
A huge pit is impressively presented in front of you.
The soldiers on the left and right, including Fan Xu and Hua Mulan, were all shocked, and their suspicious eyes looked at the big pit in unison.
In the deep pit, there is a tunnel, and the darkness is impossible to see.
This tunnel, which leads directly into the Qiu City, is exactly the strategy offered by Xu Sheng to break the enemy.
If you want to break through Jiqiu City without consuming troops, you must surprise your troops.
In the past few days, every night, the potters have sent troops to beat gongs and drums outside the city of Jiqiu, feigning an attack, but using the noise of the ground to cover up the underground excavation movement, so that a hundred soldiers dug such a tunnel, straight into the city.
Even the Chang Feng in Qiu City, he would never have dreamed that the potter had secretly dug a tunnel leading to his chrysanthemum.
The potter looked around at the soldiers, these young soldiers, their faces were surging with excitement, and their blood was boiling.
"Mulan, bring the wine." The potter shouted and jumped off his horse.
Behind her, Hua Mulan was ordered, and she was busy drinking the order to the pro-army, and distributed the good wine that had been prepared to the hundred soldiers.
Tao Shang raised his glass in his hand, looked excited, glanced around at the soldiers, and said sharply: "Whether you can open the door to Lang Evil depends on tonight's battle, Tao respects you a cup, please." β
In the pride of the words, the potter raised his glass and drank it all, and then slammed the empty bowl to the ground and smashed it.
"I am willing to serve the Lord!"
All the soldiers responded angrily, and they all raised their glasses and drank them all, imitating the potters, and smashed the wine glasses to the ground.
The clatter of cracks resounded through the woods, like the sound of war drums, urging people to forge ahead.
The potter poured another bowl of wine, turned his gaze to Xu Sheng, and said solemnly: "Wen Xiang, this is a risky move, it's up to you, after the success, let's drink again." β
It's all over again.
"My lord, prepare the wine, and when I come back, we won't get drunk." Xu Sheng laughed, extremely heroic, drank the bowl of wine, and shouted good wine.
"Tick...... The system scanned that Xu Sheng's loyalty increased, and generated 10 benevolence points, and the host now has 43 benevolence points. β
The prompt sound of the system elf sounded in his mind, which made the potter feel a burst of unexpected joy in his heart, but he suddenly realized that Xu Sheng was a good wine, and his bowl of high-quality wine was just what he liked, which made his loyalty rise, and he also felt the monarch's love for him.
Secretly happy in his heart, the potter smiled, waved his hand and shouted: "I'm waiting to drink with Wen Xiangyou, the time has come, let's go." β
"The end will go." Xu Sheng responded with indignation, holding a torch in one hand and a knife in the other, jumped down the pit first, and did not hesitate to drill into the dark tunnel.
Behind him, the elite dead soldiers from a hundred pirates jumped into the pit with Xu Sheng without hesitation, and drilled into the tunnel one after another.
The pottery merchant stood there, watched all the soldiers of the city attack enter the tunnel, turned over his horse, and shouted: "Mulan, Fan Xu, follow me to the north gate, and prepare to intercept and kill the fleeing enemy." β
Fan Hao and Hua Mulan's blood was boiling, they both turned over their horses, led hundreds of pottery soldiers, followed the pottery merchants out of the woods, bypassed Jiqiu City, and went to the north gate.
Half an hour later, 600 soldiers of the Tao Army were lined up outside the north gate, all of them boiling with enthusiasm and eager to fight.
In addition to the 100 soldiers and horses who stayed in the camp, bluffed, and Xu Sheng's 100 soldiers who attacked the city, these 600 soldiers and horses were already all the belongings of the potters.
The potter stationed in the horse looked at the enemy city from afar, and a cold smirk burst out of his eagle eyes, "Chang Xuan, Chang Xuan, you kill my messenger and openly humiliate me, and tonight I will let you know the true strength of my pottery merchant." β
In the darkness, layers of murderous aura have risen to the sky.
In the secret passage, a hundred city raiding teams led by Xu Sheng were slowly moving forward in the narrow tunnel.
After more than half an hour, Xu Sheng finally arrived at the end of the tunnel, and a fork appeared in front of him, which was divided into several tunnels leading to all directions.
Xu Sheng turned around and made a gesture, and the soldiers behind him divided their ways and entered various forks in the road.
Xu Sheng walked to the center, carefully moved to the bottom of the tunnel, and gently dug upwards with his own hands.
As a native of Xuzhou, he had come to Jiqiu a few years ago and knew the layout of this city well, and it was for this reason that he dared to offer this authentic strategy.
It's just that after a few years, he doesn't dare to guarantee that the layout of the city has not changed, and Xu Sheng is not 100% sure whether this tunnel crossing is safe or not.
It can only be a matter of luck.
According to Xu Sheng's estimate, the tunnel was less than a few feet from the ground, and in order to avoid making a noise, he had to slow down his movements as much as possible in order to make the least noise, and it took Xu Sheng almost half an hour to finish digging just a few feet away.
Finally, a small piece of the hole appeared, and there was a faint light shining in, and Xu Sheng's heart instantly rose to his throat.
He didn't dare to guarantee that the entrance to the cave would open there, maybe it was nobody, maybe it was right under the feet of Taishankou, everything was possible.
There was silence outside the entrance to the cave, no footsteps could be heard, and no soldiers were snoring.
Xu Sheng's hanging heart relaxed, and after making sure that there was no one at the entrance of the cave, he sped up his speed, quickly opened the hole, and then climbed out of the cave first.
As soon as he got to the ground, Xu Sheng glanced around vigilantly, and in an instant, ecstasy appeared on his face.
The location of the entrance to the cave, consistent with his pre-estimate, happened to open in the area of an abandoned ancestral hall.
"God help me, brothers, come up for me." Xu Sheng let out a low roar of excitement and ordered the rest of his subordinates to climb up the hole.
In a short time, dozens of dead soldiers had climbed to the ground, and the rest of the people must have reached the point of pointing.
The entire city of Jiqiu was silent, and there was not a single movement heard from far or near, and it was obvious that Taishan Kou had not noticed their existence.
Xu Shenghuan glanced around and shouted: "Set fire to me as planned, burn it for me!" β
His order was handed down, and more than 100 soldiers took out the fires they carried with them and set them on fire, while at the same time, the rest of the people and horses also crawled out of the ground and went to set fire to a stick of incense.
The flames raged, and in a short period of time, Qiu Cheng seemed to be swallowed up by the heavenly fire that fell from the sky, and the fire that rose to the sky illuminated the four fields as bright as day.
When they woke up from their dreams and rushed out of the military house in a panic, the entire city of Jiqiu was already in flames.
The sound of sparks, the collapse of houses, and the screams of terror all mingled together, and in an instant, the city of Qiu became a hell of a group of ghosts struggling.
In the lobby of the county government, the lights are bright.
The Chang Xuan, who was sitting on the top, was drinking drunk, and was chewing a half-gnawed heart in his mouth, happy and chic, and he didn't take the potters outside the city as a thing at all.
After all, the potter only had 800 men, 200 fewer than the Taishan army he defended the city, and there was no need to be afraid of this kind of strength comparison.
For the past few days, Chang Yan should eat his heart and eat his heart, drink and drink, everything is business as usual, and tonight is no exception.
"General, we have been attacked by the enemy, and there are fires everywhereβ" Suddenly, his own soldiers burst in, shouting in terror.
Chang Xuan, who was half asleep, opened his eyes in a daze, smashed half of his heart, and scolded: "What are you screaming about, you idiot, the city is not broken, how can the enemy set fire." β
"It's true, general, take a look, there's fire everywhere outside." The pro-army shouted in horror.
Chang Xuan's body was shocked, and then he was a little sober, staggered to his feet, dragged his half-drunk body, and moved to the door of the lobby.
Just looking up, Chang Feng was instantly petrified.
I saw that the entire sky above Jiqiu City, the fire sky was dazzling, and the smoke was billowing out, as if the sky was burning the city, and hell was coming.
The entire city of Jiqiu has become a city of fire.
"How can there be a fire all of a sudden? How did the enemy break through the city, and why didn't the city report it at all? Chang Feng was so frightened that he instantly sobered up, and he was so shocked that he didn't know what to do.
In the moments of his panic, the scorching fire had spread rapidly to the point of being uncontrollable.
This sudden fire completely disrupted the command system in the city, and in the absence of the military order from the upper peak, the panicked Taishan Kou were frightened by the flames, desperately opened the city gate, and fled in the direction of the north gate.
Chang Feng was helpless, he was afraid that if he was one step too late, he would be burned to death in the city, so he could only hurriedly follow the flow of fleeing soldiers and flee towards the north gate, intending to flee to Kaiyang to ask Zang Ba for help.
Outside the north gate, the potters and his soldiers, their eyes were bloodshot, happily admiring the picture of the enemy city being burned.
These angry soldiers all looked at the potters with awe, and were deeply impressed by the potters' means of attacking the enemy's city.
"Lord, it's so good, it's so good, burn all these Taishan turtle sons into roast suckling pigs!" Fan Hao was so excited that he screamed, and his eyes were about to explode.
Looking at the city of Jiqiu, which had turned into a sea of fire, the potter's heart burned wildly, and the anger that had been accumulated for several days erupted like a volcano at this moment.
His eyes were like blades, and he stared coldly at the burning of the city in front of him.
The destructive power contained in nature is really unimaginable, and the potters are only now realizing that it is no wonder that in history, Zhou Yu's Chibi fire can burn Cao Cao's army of more than 100,000 people to collapse.
Although the fire of the potter, although it is not as magnificent as Chibi, it is more than enough to burn the more than 1,000 Taishan troops of Changyi.
In the eagle's eyes, I saw that the suspension bridge in the north was lowered, and after the city gate was opened, the embarrassed Taishan Kou, like a nesting ant, you pushed me and rushed out of the city gate.
The potter stood still, as calm as water, and he could even see the frightened expressions of the enemy soldiers.
Almost.
In front of the prancing horse array, the potter drew his sword and pointed towards the enemy city, and shouted: "Fan Xu, what are you waiting for, lead the soldiers to kill me, and kill the prestige of my potter!" β