Chapter 006: Burning City
At dusk, Zhai Rang really came, and what greeted him and his 100,000-strong army was a city where people went to the empty city.
Although Zhai Rang didn't have much wisdom, he was more cautious, and asked the army to check it carefully several times before he could move in with confidence.
After some hard work, the tired body of the sergeants who came for a long time could no longer support it, and in desperation, Zhai Rang had to send more than a thousand sergeants to guard the direction of the princes, and the rest of the people waited for the rest to live in the private houses, and returned to the county government by themselves, and slept together.
Guan Cheng was very quiet today, so quiet that he could hear the snoring of the army.
The sergeants were too tired, the rapid march was already hard, and they had already received definite news that the Sui army had arrived in Cannes, and they were more relaxed mentally, and they fell into a deep sleep one by one, which was very sweet. Even the more than 1,000 sergeants who were in charge of guarding hid in some corners to avoid the wind and snow in the cold and snowy night.
When the fourth watch comes, the heavens and the earth seem to fall into silence, and everything seems to be dormant.
However, in the forest less than a kilometer away from Guancheng, many soldiers suddenly poured out, carrying clay pots, trying their best to hide their figures.
Yang Tong, who was dressed in a white battle robe, squatted in front of the army, glanced at the brightly lit Guancheng, and said to Luo Shixin beside him: "Shixin, you take a few clever people to see the other party's vigilance." ”
"Whoa!" After Luo Shixin nodded, he waved his hand lightly and said in a low voice: "Follow me"
Several soldiers dressed in white immediately followed Luo Shixin to Guancheng, when they reached a position of less than 100 meters, they immediately crawled on the ground and crawled forward, and when they reached the bottom of the city, they stood up and looked up, saw that there was no one in the city, and quickly circled the city, until the south of the city did they hear the sound of dialogue at the head of the city.
"Lao Cheng, the big boss is going to kill Kangcheng tomorrow, and he doesn't rest in this ice and snow, why are you in such a hurry?"
"If your brother and nephew were killed, wouldn't you be in a hurry to get revenge? Moreover, Wang Ruxin and Zhang Shanxiang are also dead, and General Shan has also lost half his life, these people are all the henchmen and generals of the big boss! Another soldier said lazily, apparently a veteran oilman.
Luo Shixin heard what was said, and hurriedly leaned against the city wall to listen.
"What's wrong with that?"
"Something wasn't right in the first place!" Lao Cheng continued: "In the past, we plundered the countryside and robbed the merchants, how happy we were. But when the second master arrived, everything changed! ”
Luo Shixin's eyes were cold! A murderous machine full of hatred burst out.
"Who's to say it's not? After he comes, he is not allowed to commit any of the following; 2. It is forbidden to plunder people's property; Three are not allowed to rape ** women, those who disobey these three will be executed, it is said that his 'Pushan Public Camp' has killed many people! It's scary to think about. ”
Lao Cheng said in a depressed tone: "This is not allowed, Lao Tzu found that he was not a robber, but Confucius." It won't be long before there will be an immortal Master Cheng. ”
Luo Shixin almost laughed when he heard this.
"I heard that many powerful people have gone to the 'Pushan Public Camp', and even the head of Xu has asked the second family for advice from time to time."
"That's why the big boss is in a hurry! He not only wants to take revenge this time, but also has to fight a big victory to offset the prestige of the second leader, and only by catching Yang Tong, the king of Xiaoyue, can he sit firmly in the first place. ”
"The Assassin King?"
"It's hard, it's hard!" Old Cheng Zhizhu said in his hand: "Sensei said that the assassin king killed, I think it will be very unsafe tonight." This city is empty, there must be a conspiracy! Brother, don't sleep tonight, once you do, you probably won't live to tomorrow. It's not that my brother doesn't remind you, it's right to be careful. ”
"Thank you, Brother Cheng, for the reminder!" The one immediately salivated with gratitude.
The soldier hiding behind Luo Shixin said softly: "General, are you okay?" ”
"It's okay, let's go!" After the two left, Luo Shixin, who was full of horror, quietly withdrew with his soldiers.
When he returned to Yang Tong's side, Luo Shixin repeated everything he had heard.
"I can't imagine that in addition to Li Mi, Xu Shiji and other leaders of the Wagang Army, there are people with such knowledge! Fortunately, it is not the decision-making level. Yang Tong was overjoyed!
"Late is a change! Immediately send the order down, and a moment later, the city will be burned with fire, and at the same time, let Pei Xingyan and Niu Jinda get ready! ”
"Whoa!"
As the order was issued, the soldiers of the Sui army wiped their faces with snow and maintained their high spirits.
When time passed slowly like a trickle, Yang Tong glanced at the night, stepped on his war horse, and shouted: "Great Sui warriors, kill !! ”
"Kill!!" The lurking army immediately charged towards Guancheng under the leadership of Yang Dong, Qin Qiong, and Luo Shixin.
At the head of the city, when the soldiers who were already sleepy heard this huge scream, they immediately looked up, looked at the ant-like army under the city, immediately turned pale, immediately rang the bell, and shouted: "Enemy attack, enemy attack"
However, just after shouting, the feather arrow flew sideways, and one of the feathered arrows was shot at his body, and after a wail, the whole person fell from the city.
At this time, with the help of the charge of the war horse, the Xiaoguo army threw the crockpots filled with fire oil into the Guancheng, and then rockets were fired into the city.
Now it is winter, the weather is dry and dry, the city is mostly flammable, by the fire oil leads, the fire burns rapidly, the surging flames are swept by the wind the whole city, one by one the houses are red flames flying, burning the houses, and the firewood and grass used by the people for the winter, in an instant the whole city forms a sea of fire, the whole city is engulfed by fire.
Inside the city!
100,000 rebels cried and cried for their fathers and mothers, and in the raging flames, they trampled on each other, screamed and screamed, and rushed to the city gate.
Zhai Rang woke up from his sleep, as soon as he came out of the county office, he saw that the fire was out of control, he had led the army for many years, and naturally knew that there was no possibility of saving the city at this time, and if he didn't run for his life, he was afraid that he would die here.
He immediately made a decision, led his personal guards cavalry all the way to the north gate, at this time the city gate was crowded with people, they were like plugs, blocking the city gate, crowded and unable to get out and unable to retreat, which was equivalent to blocking the only way out.
Originally, as long as they followed the order, they could escape to the greatest extent, but in the realm of life and death, who could have such noble character in the rebel army who was terrified and had no military discipline to speak of? In the case of life threatened, no matter how many people care, one by one is mainly to save their lives, and everyone is not willing to lag behind, and they are swarming to be the first.
Seeing that there were not many people, and the fire here was too big, Zhai Rang took his personal guards to cover up and kill the past! After killing hundreds of soldiers in one go. Then arrange for the soldiers to go out of the city in order! and arranged for the overseers to hack to death the soldiers who disrupted the order on the spot, which brought the chaos under control.
Groups of soldiers fled in an orderly manner.
If you look down from the sky, you will see that the entire Guancheng is like a tofu block wrapped in a boxy flame, and only the four gates of the southeast, northwest, and northwest can be used as an exit, but the Sui army has already prepared, like a rabbit, to capture the Wagang army that has abandoned its weapons one by one, and at the same time guard the four gates with crossbow soldiers to prevent the Wagang army from escaping.
The combat effectiveness and fighting will of the Wagang army were far inferior to the regular army, and in addition to this sudden situation, the flames soared into the sky, and the fighting all over the sky, a strong fear immediately appeared in their hearts, and some people wanted to rush out, but the fierce Sui army was defeated and retreated.
Feathered arrows are flying, rebels are crying, wailing and wailing, and blood stains the earth.
When the Sui army shouted 'those who surrender will not be killed', they gave up resistance one by one.