Chapter 285 Burning Yinzhou Pass

In fact, Sun Kewang is not unable to fight, but he doesn't want to cause himself to suffer too much damage in order to rush to the aid of Hequ. Sun Kewang thought so, and Zhang Xianzhong also thought so, but this time Zhang Da was angry enough.

Looking at the military report sent by Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Dashou's face jumped wildly. This Zhang Xianzhong is really good at dealing with things, he has an army of 40,000, but he lets less than 4,000 officers and soldiers block the way north, fooling the ghosts?

Zhang Dashou really wanted to give an order, and forced Zhang Xianzhong to attack Shenmu and help Zhang Cunmeng deal with the officers and soldiers. But now is different from the past, as the strength grows step by step, Zhang Xianzhong is also a little disobedient. In desperation, Zhang Dashou could only send someone to Qingyang Mansion again, from Yan'an Mansion to Qingyang Mansion, and it took two days. Wang Ziyong was also very dissatisfied with Zhang Xianzhong's perfunctory behavior, but he also understood Zhang Xianzhong's thoughts.

Before Zhang Xianzhong attacked Fugu, confronted the champion and Zhenxiwei, when he was suffering, Zhang Cunmeng did not help. At that time, Zhang Xianzhong sent people to Qingyang Mansion to ask for help, but considering the importance of Yan'an Mansion and Hetao, he did not order troops to be sent to support. Now, Zhang Xianzhong expresses his dissatisfaction in this way. Soon, Wang used to repair a book and let people send it to Mizhi.

In the letter, Wang himself was much more earnest in his words, and perhaps promised some benefits. After getting the letter, Zhang Xianzhong read it and smiled bitterly. There are limits to some things, and now Wang Zi has good words, which is equivalent to admitting his previous mistakes in disguise. If he doesn't give the king his own face, then his Zhang Xianzhong's life in the righteous army will not be easy to mix.

On April 16, Zhang Xianzhong, with Liu Wenxiu and Sun Kewang as generals, divided 20,000 troops and galloped north to aid Hetao. This time, Liu Wenxiu and Sun Kewang took it seriously, but they didn't mean to be perfunctory, and Olge attacked and didn't get the slightest benefit, so they could only temporarily retreat in the direction of Yansui. Only one day later, Sun Kewang's vanguard drove straight into Yinzhou Pass.

Yinzhou Pass is not as good as Shenmu and Hequ, but at this time, Yinzhou Pass has become a very important place. Once Sun Kewang and Liu Wenxiu break through the Yinzhou Pass, they can threaten Shenmu from behind, and it will be difficult for the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu and Datong Mansion to go further and threaten Hequ City. Therefore, no matter what, the peasant army cannot be allowed to take Yinzhou Pass. And this time, it was not Liu Guoneng or Zhou Dingshan who guarded Yinzhou Pass, but Geng Zhongming, who had just joined the Xuanfu sequence. Geng Zhongming knew that this was an important test, and as long as he held the Yinzhou Pass, the future would be full of infinite possibilities.

Sun Kewang roared, the first to rush out, and immediately behind him there was a thousand people divided into a dozen long dragons carrying the ladder towards the eastern city wall of Yinzhou Guan, Sun Kewang personally led the troops to attack the city, the morale was boosted, and Sun Kewang was brave, and he really let him kill the city.

At this time, Geng Zhongming was looking at Sun Kewang's army in the south, and when he heard that the east city wall was in a hurry, he raised his eyebrows, and his expression showed a hint of coldness, "Order Chen Yaofeng to get out of the city, put fire oil, and burn it for the general." ”

Geng Zhongming was really ruthless, set fire to the eastern city wall, and the fire was so great that the peasant army did not dare to go to the city, and the officers and soldiers did not dare to stand on the city wall to defend it. Moreover, Yinzhou Pass is not more than other heavy cities, there are many wooden structures on the inside of the surrounding city walls, and the fire is likely to burn the entire eastern city wall extremely fragile. In fact, when he came to Yinzhou Pass, Geng Zhongming had already thought of this trick, anyway, the order that Tiemo gave him was not to defend Yinzhou Pass, but to drag the peasant army.

The city walls around Yinzhou Pass are low and not thick, and it is pure wishful thinking to drag 20,000 peasant troops by the city wall, and defending the city is just a means, when it cannot be defended, the city wall will be destroyed directly, and the peasant army will be let into the city. Geng Zhongming now treats Yinzhou Pass as a piece of fat and throws this piece of fat to the peasant army, then the peasant army knows that there is danger, and they will not retreat easily.

After a cup of tea, Sun Kewang fought bravely, and the eastern city wall was killed out of a vacant land, and the follow-up peasant army continued to pour up, and in a short time, more than a thousand soldiers filled the entire city, but what made Sun Kewang puzzled was that those officers and soldiers retreated from both sides like a tide. In fact, the casualties of officers and soldiers were not too great, but why did they have to retreat? Isn't it a necessary thing to defend the city by repeatedly fighting at the head of the city? was suspicious, smelling a strong strange smell, it was the smell of fire oil, Sun Kewang's eyes were about to crack, and when he wanted to open his mouth to retreat, there was a whistling sound overhead, and the sound of banging smashed on the city, and those clay pots instantly turned into smashes, and the familiar fire oil flowed out from it. At this time, all the peasant troops already knew what the officers and soldiers were going to do, they showed fear, they made a loud noise, some people wanted to climb down the ladder, some people wanted to rush out from both ends of the city wall to find the officers and soldiers to fight, for a time everyone was crowded together, the scene was chaotic, everything happened too suddenly.

The city was on fire, the wind helped the fire, and the east city wall turned into a sea of fire in a blink of an eye, and the soldiers wanted to rush out, but the officers and soldiers on both sides were blocked by bricks and iron shields.

There are several kinds of most painful deaths in the world, being burned to death is the most tragic one, the fire oil sticks to the body, and the clothes on the soldiers' bodies are mostly fabric, the cloth melts and clings to the flesh, and they can't take it off.

Bang bang, gunshots rang out, instantly nailed to the chest, and a strong man fell to the scorching city.

"Ahh Yes... Save me... Help me...."A young man was covered in fire, and the fire had burned him beyond recognition, and who could take care of him at this time, he was in unbearable pain, and he climbed to the top of the city, and jumped straight down. The city walls were full of corpses and rolling logs, and the soldier did not fall to his death, but the fire on his body ignited the rolling logs under him, and he crawled hard, like a worm, and the fire grew bigger and bigger, and his hands were dry and black, and he raised them, and opened his mouth to say something, but he could no longer make a sound.

The fire on the east city wall was too great, and many peasant soldiers couldn't bear the pain, and jumped off the city wall like madmen, but Yinzhou Pass was a small city, there was no moat at all, there was no water, and the fire would not be extinguished as it fell to the ground, so many people were thrown to death, and the rest continued to suffer from the fire on the ground.

The world is vast, water and fire are ruthless, for the generals, but where there are other ways, rarely use fire.

The east city wall suddenly burst into flames, Sun Kewang was very surprised, and soon the spies came to report, saying that the more than 1,000 people who were besieging the city were all trapped on the city wall. Sun Kewang was furious, and a little frightened, Geng Zhongming was so good that he could come up with the idea of burning the city wall. Sun Kewang didn't send reinforcements to the eastern city wall, who could escape from such a big fire? Pulling out his saber and looking ahead, Sun Kewang's face was gloomy, and he roared sharply, "The whole army listens to the order and attacks the city!" ”

The south of Yinzhou Pass sounded the rumbling drums, the peasant army rushed towards the south city of Yinzhou Guannan like a tide, nearly 20,000 people charged together, the scene was magnificent, the momentum was like a tiger, if it was not a bold person, the light fright could also be frightened. The fire on the east city wall stimulated Sun Kewang and all the peasant soldiers, who roared like bloodthirsty beasts. The soldiers of Yunfu have always despised the rogue, but at this time, they were also shocked by this brave momentum, and many people looked at the city in amazement and lost their reactions.

Geng Zhongming is not an ordinary person after all, the corners of his eyes are beating wildly, and he secretly said in his heart, is Sun Kewang about to launch a general attack? Maybe some people think that Sun Kewang is angry, but Geng Zhongming doesn't think so, Sun Kewang launched a general attack, so anxious to take Yinzhou Pass, I'm afraid he knows that it can't be delayed for too long, once the main cavalry force in the east of Shenmu goes around to the south and launches an attack on the rear of the peasant army, Sun Kewang will definitely return in defeat.

In order to break through Yinzhou Pass, Sun Kewang can be said to have racked his brains, in addition to the ladder and rope, he also sent people to cut a lot of giant trees, and the giant trees were wrapped with iron sheets to prevent fire oil, and hundreds of people carried them towards the south gate of Yinzhou Pass.

With a bang, the city gate buzzed, and the city wall trembled three times, Geng Zhongming smiled bitterly, Yinzhou Pass is not a strong city like Ansai City, according to the peasant army's collision method, it is estimated that it will not take half an hour, and the south city gate will be lost.

"Roll the wood and stones, and everyone will return to the city at once!"

Under Geng Zhongming's order, the officers and soldiers did not save at all, and the rolling wood and stones that had been prepared for a few days were all smashed, and the peasant army besieging the city suffered heavy casualties, and the offensive was also stalled. With the lesson of the east city wall, Sun Kewang and Liu Wenxiu did not let the soldiers climb directly on the wall, but ordered the soldiers to hurry up and break through the city gate, but fortunately, the city gate was not very strong, and it was broken after a while, and as soon as the city gate was broken, the peasant army rushed in.

Geng Zhongming also wanted to set fire to the southern city wall, but it was a pity that Sun Kewang and the others were not fools, and they did not give him the opportunity to copy the fire attack on the southern city wall. And when the south gate was breached, the situation of the east city wall was extremely miserable, Sun Kewang's hair was burned a little, his eyebrows were dark, a long knife was clenched in his hand, and the tiger's eyes scanned the entire city.

The fire had been extinguished, and the city was littered with corpses, and the pungent smell of burning was in the nose. After a long time, Sun Kewang shed two lines of turbid tears in his eyes, in this life, there have been battles and losses, but he has never been so miserable, the corpses of the brothers have become like this, the original six-foot man has become a thin mess, many people have been burned and melted together, and they can't recognize the appearance at all.

"Ahh Ah.....h

Sun Kewang looked up to the sky and roared, so that he could vent the pain in his heart, looking at the officers and soldiers who were constantly retreating, Sun Kewang smiled coldly.

"Imperial Court Eagle Dog, your grandfather Sun is here, who dares to fight...."Although Sun Kewang was burned so that he couldn't see his face clearly, he acted like a beggar, but his eyes were wide open and bright.

The sunset dyes half of the sky red, just like the Yinzhou Pass at this time, the price that the army can pay for breaking through the Yinzhou Pass is too great.

Qingshan buried the bones of the faithful everywhere, but who knows how many graves are empty, and there is not even a name. The spring breeze blew through this inconspicuous northwest town, and there were voices that kept ringing, like a ghost requiem, extremely desolate.

.......

Hequ City, when the Yinzhou Pass was in a vicious battle, the city on the Hetao Plain was also filled with gunsmoke. Since the day before yesterday, the officers and soldiers have begun to attack the river meander, but the way the officers and men attack the city is a little strange.

From the very beginning, officers and soldiers blocked the route with infantry and shelled the meanders. The rumbling cannons rang out one after another, and the cannonballs that had never been seen before exploded at the head of the city, and the ground trembling could be felt within a radius of dozens of feet. The city wall of Hequ is the same as Yinzhou Pass, it is not solid, many places are adobe bricks, a few cannons down, cracks appear in many places, and the clods of soil fall down.

Zhang Cunmeng has been fighting for so many years, and this is the first time he has encountered such a situation, and he continued to bombard according to the situation, and the officers and soldiers rushed to kill twice, and it is estimated that the city of Hequ will collapse. The officers and men are so powerful that the new type of artillery they have worked so hard to build is like a piece of tofu dregs.

Rumble.....

There was another cannon shot, and it exploded not far away, although it was a little distance, but the county government where he was located was still shocked to the roof of the house.

The officers and soldiers are crazy, but there are still people in the city, and they don't care about it, and they bombard it all the time. Didn't Zhang Cunmeng think about sending troops out of the city and destroying the opponent's artillery, but what he could think of, wouldn't the officers and soldiers think of?

What he is facing is the living Hades King Tiemo, this guy is as cunning as a fox and shrewd as a ghost, so he has set up an ambush and is waiting for him to send troops to take the bait. After hesitation, Zhang Cunmeng really didn't dare to send troops out of the city, thinking in his heart that everything would be fine when he waited for the other party to attack the city.

What made Zhang Cunmeng angry was that the other party kept bombarding with artillery, and the infantry outside the city showed no sign of attacking the city. Damn, don't you need money to shoot guns?

Zhang Cunmeng was really aggrieved, he had a large number of soldiers and horses, but he was trapped in Hequ City and passively bombed. Now that most of the brothers in the city have withdrawn, the casualties are no longer as serious as before, but they have been beaten passively, and their morale is about to be blown up.

Half of the flower horse Renkai touched his gray cheeks, spat out turbidity, and cried: "Brother Zhang, it can't go on like this, you have to think of a way....."

Zhang Cunmeng clenched the knife, looked at the sky with a hideous face, and sighed: "Brother Ma, do you think we have any other good way?" The officers and men only used artillery bombardment, but did not send troops to attack the city. Out of town? Do you think the living Hades will give us a chance to destroy the artillery? Those people don't attack the city, why are they waiting for us to take the initiative to deliver them to the door? ”

"This ...... What can I do? Ma Renkai's expression was gloomy and full of worry. After repeated bombardment, some brothers could no longer bear it, and in half a day, several people were frightened and went crazy.

"I can only endure it, Lao Tzu doesn't believe it, can the officers and soldiers keep firing artillery? There is always a time when the shells run out......"

The desperate shelling lasted until the evening. At this time, the 30,000 peasant troops in Hequ City were bombed, and they wanted to drop a broken brick on the roof, and they would reflexively hide under the wall.

As the sun set, the peasant army was looking forward to the officers and soldiers coming to attack the city, at least, without being artillery.