Forced by the situation, Xiao Yuan decided to take a risky move to turn the tide of the battle.

Late that night, he personally selected 3,000 soldiers and secretly went out of the city.

For the sake of ease of movement, these 3,000 people were not equipped with halberds, but wore armor, swords around their waists, and some of them were equipped with bows and crossbows, and more importantly, almost all of them had a jar of fire oil tied to their waists.

These fire oil is also the last reserve, and it is impossible to take fire attacks and burn grain and grass without it.

And the 5,000 soldiers left to Peng Shuang, without the assistance of fire oil, will defend the city tomorrow, and his pressure will undoubtedly be very great.

After leaving the city, under the guidance of Ye Cheng, Xiao Yuan and the others also found a dense forest and began to hide.

After a night of silence, the next morning, the ghost army poured out again and attacked Liucheng.

On Xiao Yuan's side, the soldiers had rested overnight and eaten the dry food they had brought with them, and they were already ready to go.

"Report~~~~" At this time, a spy also ran over quickly, then knelt down on one knee, and saluted Xiao Yuan: "General, the main force of the ghost army has begun to attack the city. ”

"Good!" Xiao Yuan didn't say a word, he got up directly and waved his hand: "Let's go!" ”

Three thousand men and horses began to rush towards the ghost army camp.

And at this moment, just as Xiao Yuan expected, almost all the ghost troops were dispatched, and their large battalion was actually very lax in defense, and it was impossible to think that the soldiers of the Central Plains would be unable to defend the city, and they would dare to take the initiative to attack.

As the saying goes, surprise and unpreparedness, on the battlefield, the fighter plane is fleeting.

When he was getting closer and closer to the ghost army camp, Xiao Yuan's heart couldn't help but become a little nervous.

Fortunately, because of its laxity, there were no ghost army secret posts along the way, and the three thousand soldiers approached the camp very easily.

There are so many people and horses, at this time, even if the ghost army in the camp doesn't want to find out, it is impossible for a ghost army on the wall to widen his eyes, but before he can scream, a sharp arrow has pierced the sky and hit him in the face.

Immediately afterward, there was a flurry of arrows, like a rain of arrows, sweeping in.

Plop puff plop!

One by one, the arrows were nailed to all parts of the camp, shooting over several ghost soldiers at the gate of the village, and in the miserable howls that sounded one after another, some ghost soldiers began to shout frantically: "Enemy attack!" There's an enemy attack—"

"Kill!" At the same time, Xiao Yuan also pulled out the sword at his waist and rushed out first.

"Chong-" is the so-called will have the heart of death, the soldier has no greed for life, the main general is brave, and the soldiers below also let out a roar and rushed into the village with it.

There were not many ghost troops near the walled gate, only a few dozen people, and after Xiao Yuan rushed in here, he immediately raised his knife and fell.

How could a dozen or so people be able to stop three thousand people, and they were drowned by a sea of people almost instantly.

At this time, most of the ghost troops in the village are still in a state of confusion, many people are still drinking together, and after the warning comes, they pick up the weapons on the ground, and then want to block it, it is already too late.

At this time, the camp was in chaos, and there were shouts of killing everywhere, mixed with the frightened cries of the ghost army, and the ghost army scattered and fleeing for their lives could be seen everywhere.

This attack on the camp was not to kill the enemy, but mainly to burn the opponent's grain and grass, so Xiao Yuan went all the way to the destination, and at the same time raised his sword and shouted:

"Leave those who run away, follow me to the grain and grass camp!"

Under his leadership, three thousand soldiers were huddled together, on the other hand, on the side of the ghost army camp, from time to time there were scattered ghost troops running out of various camp tents in a panic, such a chaotic situation, most of those stragglers who came out were killed on the spot before they could react.

It didn't take long for Xiao Yuan to reach the location of the grain and grass camp, and he immediately began to order: "Quick! Throw the oil at it! ”

With his order, the soldiers took the oil jar from their waists and began to throw it with all their might, and one of the jars of fire oil smashed all over the camp, some on the stakes, some on the ground, and the sound of clay pots shattering one after another.

"Ignition—"

The torches that had been prepared were thrown into the oil stains, and the fire oil caught fire, and in an instant, the fire snake spread wildly along the oil stains, and most of the wood and cloth in the camp were burned under the fire.

The fire is getting bigger and bigger by the wind, and the coverage is getting wider and wider.

Looking at the raging fire in front of him, and listening to the terrible howl of the ghost army in the fire, Xiao Yuan's heart finally fell, and he knew that this surprise attack was successful!

At this time, Ye Cheng also came over covered in blood, his face, as well as the blood stains of the enemy soldiers left during the battle just now, reflected the firelight, and he said excitedly: "General! We did it! ”

Xiao Yuan came back to his senses, and after calming down, he immediately said: "It's not good to stay here for a long time, go quickly!" ”

"Withdraw—"

He came quickly, withdrew faster, and after setting fire to the grain and grass, seeing that the fire could not be extinguished, the three thousand soldiers did not even stop for a moment, and directly withdrew from the camp.

After coming out, he didn't immediately return to Liucheng, because now, the main force of the ghost army was storming the city pass.

At the city gate, Peng Shuangzheng was holding a big knife and commanding the battle.

"Hold on! Resist me—"

The armor on his body was already stained with the blood of the enemy, and after the roar, a ghost army also happened to follow the ladder and emerged from his place.

After the ghost army showed up, he held a scimitar in his right hand, screamed strangely, and was just about to jump onto the city pass, but Peng Shuang swept a knife, and in an instant, he directly cut off his head.

Blood sprayed, and the decapitated corpse fell from the ladder.

And that's just the tip of the story.

If you look down from the sky, the entire city wall is full of ladders, and countless ghost armies are surging up frantically along the ladders, and there are crowds of people below.

From time to time, spears were thrown onto the city defense, piercing through the bodies of the Central Plains soldiers above.

Arrows rained down, and huge stones were thrown down one after another, knocking down one person, often bringing a group of people overturned.

This siege battle was very bloody, and the blood of the soldiers was splashed on the city, and from time to time people fell off the city wall with a miserable howl.

But even so, the ghost army still failed to attack the first step of the city, Peng Shuang ran left and right, and the enemies who died in his hands no longer knew how many.

At this time, in the position of the commander of the ghost army, a herald also ran over in a panic, and then shouted in a trembling voice: "Oh no! Our camp was attacked, and the grain and grass were destroyed—"

"What did you say!?" When the commander of the ghost army heard this, his eyes immediately widened, and he grabbed the herald by the neck, and roared angrily:

"How is that possible! The defenders of Liucheng, all of them are shrinking into the city, where are the enemy troops coming from! How dare you lie about the military!? ”