Chapter 285: Sneaking Closer to the Gate of the City
"Bastard! What panic? How can a good fire occur? How did it suddenly develop into such a situation? What the hell is going on inside? When the Wuhuan general saw Liu Xian's panicked appearance, he didn't suspect Liu Xian, he just became furious, and then shouted to ask Liu Xian about the situation inside.
"General, I suspect that there are spies in the Han army, otherwise it would be impossible to have multiple fires at the same time. The clothes that have just been sent in front of the warehouse yard have all been swept into the fire, and they can't be rescued, please ask the general to arrange people to go in as soon as possible to rescue the grain and grass, those grains and grass are the food of our whole army, and the survival of our Wuhuan tribe is basic! ”
"That's right! General, there must be something wrong with that batch of goods, and his subordinates suspect that those spies are hidden in that batch of clothes. This is ...... The person responsible for receiving the goods must bear this responsibility, after all, it is they who did not seriously accept the goods, which led to the spies getting in. Our munitions depot is so well guarded, under normal circumstances, those spies can't get into our depot at all. ”
Liu Xian first looked panicked, and then deliberately guided this Wuhuan general to the "truth".
"What? What went wrong with that shipment? Did those spies really hide in that batch of goods and get in? The Wuhuan general said with some suspicion.
"General, if this weren't the case, those Han army spies wouldn't have been able to get in at all. Hey, general, my subordinates have to hurry up to get water to put out the fire, and ask the general to send people to rescue the food inside, as much as they can rescue......"
After Liu Xian finished speaking, he immediately pulled Huang Wudie, who was behind him, and plunged into a thick smoke billowing out.
"Hey! And who is the general who is responsible for receiving the goods? The general seemed to think of something, and hurriedly asked.
However, where will Liu Xian answer him again? Through this cloud of smoke, I plunged headlong into a simple house that was no longer empty.
When the Wuhuan general saw that Liu Xian didn't reply again, he suddenly became suspicious in his heart, but there were too many doubts in everything, and he really hadn't doubted Liu Xian at this time.
The fire in the warehouse grew louder again. If you could only see the smoke and see the flames, now you can directly feel the billowing heat wave from the fire in the warehouse.
In any case, if he continues to hesitate, then don't think about salvaging any more supplies in this material warehouse.
He immediately had no choice but to order his men and horses to rush into the warehouse fire.
The fire in the munitions warehouse is indeed a matter of survival for the military horses that Qiu Liju has here. In the distance, it is even related to the rise and fall of their Wuhuan tribe.
Therefore, when there was a fire here, it really touched the hearts of all of them, the Wuhuan tribe. They were both frightened and anxious.
When the people sent out earlier to report that there was a fire in the warehouse, and the situation had not yet been delivered to Qiu Liju, many people from the Wuhuan tribe had already taken the initiative to fight the fire.
Shimen Pass is really not big, there is a fire in one place, and you can basically see it in the pass. Whatever it is, anyone who can see it will rush over.
It's a pity that the water and fire are ruthless, under the deliberate arson of Liu Xian and others, how easy is it for them to put out the fire? All they can do is salvage a little material from the fire. Especially those bags of grain, although the fire is very urgent, it is really not so fast to sweep all the grain into the fire.
When Qiu Liju caught fire in military supplies, he didn't have to wait for someone to come and report that he saw it.
When he saw it, he was both shocked and angry, and he had always attached great importance to his own material warehouse and military land. And he has always believed that in this Shimen Pass, he and Zhang Chi's men and horses combined have more than 100,000 horses here.
His military supplies warehouse is equivalent to being under the protection of 100,000 troops, and he has never thought that there will be any problems with his military supplies warehouse, and he has never thought that there will be any accidents.
But now, something happened right under his nose.
At this moment, in addition to his anger, he also had a kind of coldness as if he had been poured ice water from head to foot, which made him feel chills in the bottom.
Although that batch of supplies is not all that he Qiu Liju has, when he has a plan to fight Gongsun Chan here, he has the heart to make a long-term preparation. Therefore, this batch of materials is basically equal to half of his materials.
Qiu Liju had long been prepared to oppose the Han Dynasty, and he didn't know how much effort he had spent on preparing this batch of materials. But now, it was actually extinguished by a fire.
At this time, the henchman who was in charge of receiving the goods happened to arrive, and he reported to Qiu Liju that the batch of supplies sent by Liu Yu had been delivered to the military supply warehouse, and he also wanted to say that he had been attacked while receiving the goods.
But as soon as Qiu Liju heard about the munitions warehouse, he didn't want to hear more from him at all, now that the munitions warehouse was on fire, what was the use of listening to him say that now? In a fit of rage, he directly cut off this confidant with a single sword.
Then, he immediately mobilized some people who were guarding the city walls of the city and rushed to the warehouse.
Zhang Chun is also stunned now, he was defeated by Gongsun Zhan, he was chased and beaten all the time, and he couldn't take much military supplies away at all. It can be said that his current tens of thousands of horses are basically maintained by Qiu Liju's supplies. Now that there is an accident in Qiu Liju's military supply warehouse, then next, who can give him military horses? Therefore, he was also a little panicked, and when he saw Qiu Liju angrily killing the general, he didn't stop it, and quickly transferred some of his men and horses, and went to the material warehouse together, hoping to use the advantage of numbers to see if he could still extinguish the fire and rescue as many supplies as possible.
Inside Shimen Pass, it was indeed a mess at this time, fighting fires, rescuing materials, and the fire was chaotic.
Liu Xian and Huang Wudie, as well as the other thirty or so caravan guards, they all took advantage of the chaos to get out smoothly.
In the material warehouse, like Liu Xian and Huang Wudie, they also killed some Wuhuan soldiers who found them, but they didn't attract too much attention from the Wuhuan soldiers.
At this time, not to mention the area of the military material warehouse, the entire Shimen Pass was shrouded in choking smoke. Therefore, the corpses in the fire had already been involved in the fire, and no one found out that they had soldiers killed.
The dozens of people killed by Liu Xian and Huang Wudie at the beginning, they were among the "goods", and when the general and the tie rushed in, those "goods" were already in the sea of fire, including those corpses. And at that time, they were in a hurry to rescue the grain and grass in those houses, and when they saw that the batch of clothes could no longer be saved, they didn't pay attention to it anymore.
It was all messed up, and Liu Xian knew that it was time.
He immediately took the more than 30 people, avoided those Wuhuan soldiers as much as possible, and approached not far from the gate of Shimen Pass without danger.
Although Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun transferred some people to fight the fire and rescue materials. However, the men and horses at the gate did not move, not only did they not move, but they also sent some other men and horses to strengthen the guards.
Liu Xian, Huang Wudie and others hid in a tent about two or three hundred steps away from the gate, and saw the situation at the gate of the city gate clearly.
And what they saw made everyone feel their scalps tingle.
These Wuhuan military horses, they may not have thought that someone will come to attack their city gate. But now outside the gate, Gongsun Zhan's army is still ready to move, and it may attack the city at any time. And in the Guannai, the military supplies warehouse caught fire, and it was a mess. In this way, the Wuhuan generals who stayed behind to guard the wall, they did not dare to take it lightly.
Qiu Liju, in a fit of rage, beheaded the confidant and his own general, and the news had already reached their ears. They don't want to follow in the footsteps of that general, Qiu Liju didn't transfer them to help fight the fire and rescue materials, so the people they stayed behind must guard Shimen Pass, especially the gate of Shimen Pass.
Originally, there were already one or two hundred people fixed at the gate of the city, and now, there are at least two thousand people. These two thousand men and horses, they were not scattered around, but lined up inside the city gate, as if someone would attack them from the inside of the city gate.
With such a formation, how can you break under the gate of the city? How can I enter the gate and open the iron-clad gate?
At this time, even Liu Xian felt a little anxious.
Now that there is chaos in Shimen Pass, it is the best time to open the city gate and let Gongsun Zhan's military horses enter the city. However, with so many people guarding here, how could I, the thirty or so people, break into the city gate?
Moreover, there are actually more than 2,000 men and horses here, because the city is also densely packed with Wuhuan soldiers, and they can also come down from the city to support at any time.
Liu Xian was really embarrassed at this time.
"Brother Liu Xian, what should I do? Now General Gongsun is waiting for us to open the city gates. Huang Wudie was also a little anxious.
She said that she was going to open the city gate to let Gongsun Zhan's military horses enter the city, but in fact, she was worried in her heart that once the city gate could not be opened, it would mean that they would be trapped in this stone gate.
And she wasn't afraid, but she was just worried that Liu Xian would have an accident. You must know that the fire in Shimen Pass will always be extinguished, which is obviously arson, and after the fire is extinguished, it will be the time for the whole city to search for the arsonist. When the time comes, they will have nowhere to hide.
"Method ......" Liu Xian's eyes kept observing the situation of those Wuhuan people, and his mind was also spinning rapidly, and he finally fixed his eyes on the stone gate behind those Wuhuan people.
The wall of Shimen Pass has a thickness of more than 10 meters, the lower width is narrow and the upper part is narrow, the wall is built with a certain slope, and the upper city head is estimated to be ten meters wide.
That is to say, the city gate hole is about ten meters deep, a width that can allow two or three carriages to enter and exit side by side.
Such a width is neither wide nor narrow.
Liu Xian considered that if he and the others could break into the city gate, it was not that there was no chance to open the gate of the city.
As long as you break into the city gate hole, then she and Huang Wudie can defend the city gate hole.
Although there are many Wuhuan soldiers, there are only a limited number of people that can be accommodated in the city gate hole, and in the city gate hole, they can also block the attack of bows and arrows from all directions, and they only need to be in front of the enemy.
However, it is certain that even if he and Huang Wudie can be defeated, it will only be temporary, and the Wuhuan soldiers will definitely rush up desperately after seeing the gate of the city gate being opened. Liu Xian and Huang Wudie must persist until Gongsun Zan leads the army to kill.
And according to the plan, Gongsun Zhan's army must be outside the city, and it will not be too far from the city gate, especially this time it will definitely be the cavalry who will rush into the city, and when the gate of the city gate is opened, they will rush over quickly from hundreds of paces away, which should not take much time.
Fortunately, there is no moat or drawbridge in front of this stone gate, as long as the gate is open, Gongsun Zhan's military horses only need to break through those obstacles such as antlers outside the gate to enter the city.
Liu Xian estimated that it would only take five minutes at most for Gongsun Zhan's military horses to enter the city.
Liu Xian calculated all kinds of possible situations in his heart, and finally felt that it was still worth a try. In fact, there is no way to do it if you don't try, now that so many Wuhuan soldiers and horses are guarding here, if you don't open the city gate as soon as possible, the more disadvantageous it will be to yourself.
Liu Xian ventured into the city to carry out this plan, not really to die, but only to fight, as long as he rushed to the city gate, then there was a chance. Even if it was too late to let Gongsun Zhan's army enter the city, he and the others would have a chance to escape.
Liu Xian's mind was decided, and he said to Huang Wudie and the people behind him: "Now it seems that we don't have any good way, but to break through!" ”
"Break in? But, but there are two or three thousand people in front of me. Huang Wudie was taken aback, you must know that her strength is stronger than Liu Xian, but she doesn't dare to face the army formation of 2,000 people with her own people.
"Don't worry, we can take them by surprise. Moreover, we don't want to fight to the death directly with these Wuhuan military horses, all we need to do is to rush over and kill them into the city gate. Liu Xian looked at the military array in front of him and said, "It would be nice if we could get a war horse now." If we have a warhorse, we will sprint faster. ”
"There are a lot of war horses in this city, but they are all guarded by the Wuhuan army......
"War horses? I saw that there was a group of horses not far away, and there was no one to guard them, by the way, it should be our batch of horses pulling goods. ”
"Our horses pulling goods? That's a hundred horses. ”
Liu Xian's eyes lit up when he heard this.
Those horses were originally some old and weak horses, and it was okay to pull a carriage, but they couldn't be war horses. For the sake of this plan, Liu Xiandu has already given up these horses.
At this time, Liu Xian also remembered that when they arrived at the material warehouse, someone did untie the horse pulling the carriage and take it away, but he didn't expect it to be sent to a place not far from here.