Chapter 525: Fall
The mile-long fire dragon burned and roared around the city, and the entire city seemed to be on fire, and the raging flames and billowing smoke almost ignited the clouds on the city, and the thick red dripping red.
Burn the new breath!
It turns out that this is Jia Xu's means!
When Zhuge Liang turned the moat into a fire belt with a ruthless mind, Jia Xu Jia Lao Fu directly came to the bottom of the kettle to draw salary, oh no, it was the bottom of the kettle, using the rolling wood of the corpse mountain to push the fire belt to the city of Xinxi, and the martyrs who had died were regarded as salaries in the flames.
If you are ruthless, I will be more ruthless than you!
This is undoubtedly Jia Xu's style!
Of course, the walls are made of stone, and obviously they are not easily ignited by fire, but the gates will burn, and the walls will be crispy.
Although Guan Yu was brave, he no longer dared to stretch his head out of his arrow and stomp on it, and the sparks that came up from under the city wall were enough to burn his enviable long hair.
The soldiers at the head of the city also did not dare to get close to the arrows and stomp half a step, the air waves of the arrows and the hot temperature on the city walls made them stand restlessly, and they kept stomping their feet like ants on a hot pot.
"General, let's go, we can't stay here any longer!" Governor Zhao Lei bared his teeth as he walked, and the soles of his feet had been burned a few times, but his duties did not allow him to leave without permission, and he quickly stomped his feet to Guan Yu's side.
"This Jia Poison Man is so ruthless, he wants to let the entire new soldiers and people bury the soldiers under his tent. The city gate is already on fire, and the city wall is estimated to not last long, and the military advisor and Mr. Zizhong are still waiting in the city, and if they don't leave, I'm afraid it will be too late! ”
As he spoke, a creaking sound came from the side.
Guan Yu, Zhao Lei and the others took a closer look, only to see that the paint on the wooden pillar of the Dianjiangtai on the head of the city was peeling off layer by layer, and the wooden pillar that had been baked by the fire crackled, and countless wooden tendons suddenly burst and broke, and the wooden pillar tilted, and the tiles flew all over the sky like a hailstorm, and dozens of soldiers nearby were injured in an instant.
"Boom!"
There was a bang, a wail.
The point commander finally couldn't bear it anymore, and the four big pillars fell down, and the countertop, pavilion and beam also fell to the ground, trampling countless dust and wood chips. The surrounding soldiers crawled to escape from the general's platform, and they no longer dared to approach half a step.
At this moment, there was also a creaking and crackling sound from under the city, how similar to what had just happened in Dianjiangtai.
Zhao Ti's heart was cold, knowing that the voice came from the city gate under his feet, and he also knew that the city gate was repeating the mistakes of Dianjiangtai, and his expression could no longer hide the anxiety: "General, when the judgment continues to suffer from the chaos, at this moment the fireworks are full of fireworks, the enemy army can't rush up at all, the city gate can resist for us for a while, let's go!" ”
However, I am trapped here today, and the death of this day is not a crime of war!
Guan Yu let out a long sigh, and the Qinglong Yanyue Knife was raised, and he shouted: "All the soldiers listen to the order: quickly withdraw to the county government and prepare to leave the city!" ”
Perhaps Guan Yu's prestige was too high, or the soldiers had long been burned and sweated and couldn't withstand the scorching fire, and with an order, all the soldiers in the city rushed to the county government like a flock of ducks foraging.
The city was suddenly empty, leaving nothing but a mess.
……
The cold arrows stopped, the rain of arrows stopped, and the rolling wood also stopped, and there was no movement on the city except for the wind, but Jia Xu still didn't dare to immediately order the siege of the city.
A thick smoke billowed out, and it was impossible to see any deployment on the head of the city at all, and no one dared to guarantee whether Guan Yu and his soldiers had endured the hot heat and hid under the arrows, quietly waiting for them to arrive, and then give them a fatal blow.
Second, the city wall may have been scorched by the fire, he didn't dare to press all the tens of thousands of soldiers on the city, in case the city wall collapsed, how could he be worthy of the expectations of the lord and the brotherhood of the robes?
Killing one is a crime, and Tu Wan is a hero. Slaughtered millions, Fang is the best of the best.
Such figures in history include Bai Qi, Cao Cao, Huang Chao, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Li, Genghis Khan, Zhang Xianzhong and Nurhachi and other heroic butchers. Jia Xu is a poisoner, and he may also be called an executioner, but he is definitely not a butcher whose hands are covered with the blood of innocents and even his subordinates.
Quietly watching the smoke on the city head gradually dissipate, counting the flames under the city wall, Jia Xu's mood gradually calmed down.
He knew that this battle had been won, and no one could hold out for so long under the scorching heat of such a fire, not even Guan Yu, after all, Guan Yu was just a person, not a god or a cold-blooded animal whose own temperature changed with the change of temperature.
"Boom!"
"The city is broken!"
"The New Rest City is broken!"
A violent sound sounded in the sea of fire ahead, followed by the screams of the soldiers behind him.
Jia Xu smiled faintly and shouted: "Enter the city!" ”
Zhang Liao, Huang Zhong, Yan Liang, Gan Ning, as well as Gao Gan, Zhaozhao, Wuyan and Nalou quickly adjusted their troops, and all the soldiers were divided into four directions and eight teams swept towards Xinxi City.
"Bang bang!"
With two loud bangs, Zhang Liao took the lead in stepping through the circle of fire and galloping into the city, and the horse's hooves trampled on the bright moon halberd, and the remaining half of the city gate smashed to the ground.
The soldiers behind him shook the weapons in their hands, screamed, and swarmed in. The ruined New Rest City suddenly resembled an unguarded girl, facing a pack of hungry and crazy wolves with her heart open.
The four gates were wide open, and eight armies of soldiers and horses rushed in like lightning.
Zhang Liao, they can't wait, they want to use Guan Yu's head to pay tribute to the martyrs who died in the sea of fire!
However, the street was quiet, all the shops, residences, and yamen were all closed, and there was not a single pedestrian to be seen on the street. The people didn't, and Guan Yu and his soldiers didn't even see half of the cold hair.
"Go find a few people!"
Zhang Liao took Huang Zhong, Yan Liang, Gan Ning, Gao Gan and others to search through the county office, and had to yell at Niu Gai and others.
Niu Gai naturally did not dare to disobey Zhang Liao's orders, and soon brought dozens of people from the residences on both sides of the street. As soon as the inquirer, he learned that Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu and others, as well as all the soldiers, never came out after entering the county office.
Tunnel!
Definitely authentic!
Although Zhang Liao has not yet found direct evidence, Zhang Liao definitely has reason to believe that there is a tunnel in Xinxi that leads directly to the outside of the city, and the entrance to the tunnel is in this county office.
"The military advisor, Zhuge Liang and Guan Dabeard and all the soldiers are not in the yazhong, and there is no trace of them in the city!" As soon as Jia Xu and Guo Jia arrived at the county office, Zhang Liao hurriedly explained his analysis and the two military advisors one by one.
Jia Xu and Guo Jia were stunned when they heard this, and immediately nodded, Zhang Liao's analysis was in line with the meaning of the two.
They originally thought that they might encounter a bloody battle in the city, but since the wind and waves in the city were calm and there was no wave, it was naturally enough to prove that Zhuge Liang and the others had fled, otherwise how could a small county town hide 20,000 or 30,000 horses without revealing any traces?
Jia Xu thought for a moment and asked Guo Jia, "Fengxiao, what do you think?" ”
Guo Jia had already walked out of the shadow and sadness of the defeat at the city gate, and appeared extraordinarily calm: "Judging from Liu Bei's current distribution of forces, Zhuge Liang and Guan Dabeard have nothing more than two paths to go, that is, Yiyang and Jingzhou!"
Jingzhou is Liu Biao's territory, and it is also the place where Liu Bei lived before, although the two are of the same clan, Liu Bei can also be regarded as a relative that Liu Biao can't beat, but the place of residence is the place of residence, and they will never send people to see people's faces again unless they have to.
And this goes to Yiyang, one is by water, and the other is by land. Our army has Gan Xingba on the waterway, and its ability to fight water is well known to all princes, and Zhuge Liang is a wise person, who should not make up for his shortcomings and avoid his strengths, but go straight to Yiyang around the water surface. Therefore, the direction they are heading in at this moment must be the Qinglong Mountain Range! ”
Zhang Liao, Huang Zhong and the others were shocked, but Jia Xu had already nodded and smiled: "The hero sees the same thing, but the meaning of filial piety coincides with Jia." However, after Zilong sent two generals, Yan Liang and Wen Huan, to assist in breaking the city, the defense of Qinglong Mountain was inevitably a little weak with only one person to support.
Pass on my general order: Order the five generals of Gao Lan, Zhaozhao, Wuyan, Nalou and Zhoucang to quickly light up the soldiers and horses of the headquarters and immediately rush to the Qinglong Mountain Range, be sure to get in touch with Zilong before Guan Yu breaks through the barrier, and firmly trap the thief army in the mountain! ”