Chapter 172 Confusing Truth with Falsehood

Just when the artillery team broke through the main city gate and let the shotgun team attack Xuyi City, the assault team led by Gao Yuan also took the opportunity to rush into the city, and then attacked the city wall that was burned by the fire, aiming directly at Gao Changgong.

This commando team trained by Gao Yuan himself not only has extremely strong combat capabilities, but also has first-class weapons preparation! Two muskets are standard, a long sword and a dagger, as well as grenades and grenadiers! More than a hundred Rao troops, in the Ming Dynasty, could withstand the attack of thousands of infantry; In the dark, you can unknowingly pass through enemy formations to perform decapitation tactics.

At this time, the city wall was full of debris and debris produced after the explosion and the charred corpses after the fire, some of the 5,000 defenders stationed here were burned to death, some were trampled to death, some were pushed and fell off the city wall and fell to their deaths, and the remaining defenders had already broken down, fled and ran, leaving only some soldiers who had not had time to evacuate.

When they saw that a Chen army had already attacked the city wall, these soldiers instinctively shouted: "The Chen army has attacked the city wall!" Brothers, kill them back! Kill! "When he finished, he picked up his weapon and rushed towards the other party, trying to drive Chen Jun off the city wall!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Several of the defenders who rushed to the front were shot by the commandos without hesitation, and the legs of those who followed were trembling in fright, and a few soldiers who had seen the power of muskets before recognized the murderous weapons in the hands of the commandos, and couldn't help but immediately drop their weapons and raise their hands and shout: "We surrender!" We surrender! Don't kill us with spells! ”

"Where's Gao Changgong?" Gao Yuan asked loudly.

"When the fire was fired just now, the prince and the lieutenant general fled down the city wall with a personal army!" An officer was honest.

"Humph! Pretty fast! You, take us to Gao Changgong! The others, if they want to live, will immediately go out of the city and surrender, and if there is any resistance, there will be no mercy! "Gao Yuan, just mention the officer and leave.

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When Gao Changgong saw how many novel and strange Xiao Yao had offensive methods, he felt deeply uncomfortable, and he couldn't help but feel an inexplicable fear in his heart!

Is it the fear of death? Absolutely not, he has been fighting in the south and north for so many years, and he has long put life and death out of the way, and he has experienced the danger of dying on the battlefield and his life hanging by a thread, and he was even ready to die for his country at that time, and he did not have this fear!

But now this fear is the first time in his life, and it is a fear of strength! It's the fear of Xiao Yao's strength! In the face of Xiao Yao's kind of all-round crushing, the opponent is helpless and powerless to resist!

Gao Changgong is proud, he has fought for many years, and he has never tasted defeat in his life, some have completely annihilated the enemy with absolute superiority, and there are also defeated with less victory and more defeat! But now he has been beaten by Xiao Yao, a young man he has never met, and he has been beaten in an all-round way!

In terms of strategy, after secretly kidnapping Zhang Dabao, he has been hiding outside Xuyi City, but Xiao Yao suddenly led his troops to appear and caught him off guard! If it weren't for the gunpowder in hand, I don't know if I would have been able to break through the blockade line of the Chen army and escape into Xuyi City! Then now he was ready to lure the infantry battalion into the urn city, and then annihilate it with a bomb, but he was burned by Xiao Yao with the rain of fire that fell so that his own position was in chaos, and countless soldiers were burned to death!

In terms of combat, there is no need to fight, just because he is now beating himself so embarrassed, the soldiers have suffered countless casualties, and on his side, he has not even fought a single Chen soldier, all of them are long-distance attacks, this is the real decisive victory thousands of miles away!

Therefore, when Gao Changgong saw that the situation was not right, there were fires everywhere on the city wall, the soldiers were in chaos, and the battle plan he had formulated could no longer be realized, and now he would suffer a fiasco! Immediately with his own personal guards, he fled from the city wall as soon as possible and withdrew to the headquarters in the city.

"Zhang Dabao! Why haven't you talked to us, Xiao Yao still has this kind of weapon in his hand that can make the fire fall! Gao Changgong had red eyes, like an angry leopard, and scolded Zhang Dabao, looking very terrifying.

"I forgot, you didn't ask me! These incendiary bombs, in small quantities, were used up during the river crossing operation, and the infantry battalion did not use them again after that, so I can't remember for a while! Zhang Dabao said with a humble heart.

"I thought I could wipe out the infantry battalion in one fell swoop, but now I was beaten so badly by them! And let so many of our soldiers die innocently and tragically! If you die on the battlefield, no one has any regrets, but now you are dying on these bombs you made! Lord, I'm going to kill this liar! He taught us to make these bombs in the first place, but he didn't tell us that Xiao Yao had this kind of incendiary bomb, he must be a spy sent by Xiao Yao! Wei Xiangyuan said angrily.

"Don't kill me! Don't kill me! I really forgot that there was such a weapon as an incendiary bomb! And I am the confidant of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, not Xiao Yao's meticulous work! Trust me! Don't kill me! Zhang Dabao was so frightened that he shouted for mercy.

"Forget it, he's still useful! Let him go back to Xiao Yao, let him collect intelligence for us, and we must kill Xiao Yao next time!" But since they think you've been kidnapped by us, if we let you go back like this, I'm afraid they'll not believe it! And if you don't suffer a little, how can I be worthy of those brothers who were burned to death! Gao Changgong said coldly.

Then there was the sound of whipping and Zhang Dabao's screams like killing pigs came from the cell!

"Now that the infantry battalion has entered the city, and all the city gates are guarded by Chen's army, it seems that we can only give it a go and rush out with a bloody way! And we still have more than a thousand pounds of gunpowder left in our hands! You should be able to get out! "Gao Changgongdao.

"Lord, they have placed artillery in front of every city gate, we can't just rush out recklessly! And with the prestige of the prince, I believe that Xiao Yao will definitely send someone to deal with the prince! That's why I suggest using a fish-eyed trick to confuse the real with the fake! "Wei Xiangyuan said.

"Fake for real?" Gao Changgong asked puzzled.

Wei Xiangyuan found a soldier who was about the same size and appearance as Gao Changgong, and said to Gao Changgong: "When the prince goes into battle, he will wear a mask, so we let this soldier change into the prince's armor and robes, and then bring the prince's mask, and then lead a force to lead away Xiao Yao's pursuers, and then we will take the opportunity to rush out of the city with gunpowder!" Escape back to Xuzhou! ”

"Good! That's a good idea! Let this soldier pretend to be me to distract them! Let's take the opportunity to escape! "Now that it has reached the point of life and death that burns his eyebrows, of course Gao Changgong is important to save his life, so he agreed without hesitation to let this soldier die instead of himself!

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"Gao Changgong is in it?" Gao Yuan, under the leadership of the defender, rushed to the county office in Xuyi City.

"Yes, right here, Wang, after Gao Changgong came to Xuyi, he and his men have been living here, and we have prepared a lot of jars for them to send in! Also, they caught a man and locked him up inside! "In order to save their lives, the defenders did not dare to hide anything from Gao Yuan.

"Zhang Dabao is also in it? It's so good that saving people and catching people can be solved at the same time! Everyone's heart! Gao Changgong has gunpowder in his hands, he must have made a bomb out of those jars, we try to keep a distance from them, don't let them have a chance to throw bombs over! Gao Yuan commanded.

Before Gao Yuan's words were finished, he suddenly threw out a few smoking jars from the county office, which were bombs!

"Spread out and get down!" Gao Yuan shouted, everyone was highly trained and had a good reaction, immediately dodged the bomb, and then quickly lay on the ground.

Bang bang bang! After a few loud noises, a group of dozens of cavalry suddenly rushed out of the county government and fled towards the south gate, led by a general wearing bright armor and a mask on his face.

"He's a great man! I recognize his mask and armor! The defender pointed at the general and shouted, since he was captured, let him betray him more completely, because if he has made a meritorious service, not only will he not die, but there may be a reward!

"The first team, follow me to catch up and capture Gao Changgong alive! The second team went into the county government to rescue Zhang Dabao! Gao Yuan heard that it was Gao Changgong who rushed out, and he didn't have time to think about it carefully, so he chased after him with someone.

At the same time, another cavalry team, driven by a carriage, also rushed out of the back gate, and then rushed towards the north gate.