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At this moment, Yuming, who had retreated to the north of Xia County, looked at the sun above his head, and saw that it had gradually sunk westward, and the afterglow of the setting sun was shining on the city head of Xia County, reflecting a touch of gold.

"Almost! You can let Qin Qiong and Cheng Biting Jin withdraw them! Yu Ming said to Luo Shixin beside him.

Luo Shixin nodded, and then blew the horn, only to hear the long "woo woo" horn sound, from near and far, so that the soldiers of the two armies fighting in the city could hear it clearly.

Cheng Yanjin swung his axe at this time, hacked to death a Tang army general, and then wiped the blood on his face and said: "Shubao, King Zhou ordered us to withdraw!" ”

Qin Qiong also breathed a sigh of relief, and after flying up and kicking down a Tang soldier in front of him, he deliberately said loudly to the surrounding Zhou army soldiers: "Everyone withdraw!" There are many enemies, and we can count on doing our best......"

The Zhou army was originally inferior to the Tang army in terms of numbers and combat power. It's just barely supporting it with a momentum in his heart. Now that he heard that the Lord had ordered a retreat, that momentum immediately dissipated. They immediately followed behind Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin, and fled out of Xia County in embarrassment. Heading north. The Tang army finally captured Xia County after paying a heavy price.

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At this time, outside the south gate of Xia County, there are more than 100,000 Tang troops standing, the black pressure of the soldiers almost covers the entire wasteland, if you stand on the city tower and look at it, you will find that the line of sight is full of black pressure Tang army cavalry and infantry, as if there is no other color between heaven and earth.

At the front of the Tang army's formation, Li Shimin, the eldest grandson Wuji and others were wearing armor and riding horses in the sunset.

A moment later, a fast horse galloped from the city of Xia County, and the cavalry marched to Li Shimin, hurriedly turned over and dismounted, clasped his fists and saluted: "Your Royal Highness the King of Qin, Xia County has fallen into the hands of our army, and General Sheng is leading the army into the city to clear the remnants of the enemy." The enemy chieftain Yu Ming had already led his troops to flee north. ”

"That's it!" Li Shimin finally breathed a sigh of relief, and after taking Xia County, he opened the door to Yuan. The central part of Hedong will no longer have a barrier for the Tang army. In the case of occupying the geographical advantage, there should be many advantages to negotiate with Yuming.

Duan Zhixuan also said excitedly at this time: "King Qin, now we can finally go into the city and have a good rest!" Tomorrow I can send an envoy to negotiate with Yuming! ”

Li Shimin nodded, so he waved his hand and motioned for everyone to enter the city. But when he walked to the gate of Xia County, he frowned, because he smelled a scorching smell in the city.

"What's going on? How can there be such a strange smell in the city? He asked in a deep voice.

Where did the soldiers in front know, but Sheng Yanshi, who had just cleared the Zhou army in the city, was walking to the gate of the city, and when he heard Li Shimin's question, he hurriedly stepped forward and replied: "Qiqi King Qin, it may be that when the Zhou army fled, some houses were set on fire, and now our army is fighting the fire, and it is expected that it will not take long to extinguish it." ”

After Li Shimin heard this, he didn't care, he looked at the sky, and saw that it was already dark, so he nodded and said, "Okay then!" You put out the fire first, and this king won't enter the city tonight!" Tomorrow! ”

With that, he led his army and horses back to the camp.

And Sheng Yanshi did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly commanded the 100,000 infantry under his jurisdiction to enter the city and began to extinguish the fire.

Half an hour later, his soldiers came to report that several fires had been extinguished, which made him feel relieved.

"Let's find a place to rest! Send some more people to clean up the city guard mansion, and the king of Qin may have to come in and live tomorrow!" Master Sheng Yan commanded.

"Yes!" The soldier went down as soon as he received the order.

And Sheng Yanshi looked at the surrounding situation, but he was a little surprised. Because as far as the eye could see, I saw that all the houses built in the city were covered with a thick layer of black soil, and even the streets under our feet and the bottom of the surrounding city walls were also paved with a layer of black gravel.

And what surprised him the most was that there was no one in the city, and all the surnames were evacuated by Yuming first. This gave the whole city an eerie quiet atmosphere.

Sheng Yanshi didn't figure it out, he remembered that the original streets in Xia County were paved with bluestone, why did Yuming change it to black stone after occupying Xia County? Could it be that Yuming has a special fetish for black? It seems that his army also wears black helmets and black armor...... But why does Yuming himself like white clothes and white armor?

Sheng Yanshi was a little puzzled. However, he didn't want to think about these troubles, after all, it was completely dark now, and he couldn't see the details of the city clearly.

So, he decided to go to the castle guard mansion to get a good night's sleep, and then talk about it when he got up the next morning.

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Yu Ming had already left an agent in the city, and at this time he had received a report from the city, saying that Sheng Yanshi had led 100,000 people into Xia County to station. And Li Shimin, Pei Lian, Duan Zhixuan and others stayed in the Tang Army camp outside the city and did not enter.

Song Jingang was a little nervous at this time, and he asked quietly: "King Zhou, Li Shimin didn't enter the city, do we still use that plan?" ”

"Of course! Otherwise, after dawn tomorrow, when Li Shimin and Pei Lian, two fine people, enter the city, they will definitely find something wrong in the city. Yu Ming sighed and said: "Now that it is dark, the enemy cannot see clearly, we can also use suspicious tactics to confuse them, so that they do not dare to go out of the city to pursue." But if it is daytime, whether there is an ambush or not, everyone can see it clearly, with Li Shimin's shrewdness, it is very difficult for us to succeed! ”

The eldest grandson Wuji also agreed: "Although it is not as good as expected, if you can completely annihilate the 100,000 people of Sheng Yan's division, it will also be a major blow to the Tang army, and Li Shimin will definitely not dare to fight in the hinterland of Hedong again!" ”

Yu Ming nodded, raised his eyes to look at the night sky, and then said to Song Jingang: "King Kong, now you can start implementing the plan!" ”

"Okay! The last general is waiting for this moment! Song Jingang showed an excited look, and then waved his hand and said, "Pass my order and start ignition!" ”

When the herald heard this, he immediately shouted loudly: "General Song has an order, light the fire!" ”

"Subordinates obey ......"

"The person in front stepped forward with a torch and started to light the fire!"

Song Jingang's military order quickly spread throughout the army, and the soldiers spread the dry grass and dry branches prepared in advance on the ground, and then poured the fire oil that had been prepared long ago. Then use the fire fold to ignite.

In an instant, there were several places outside Xia County, raging flames rose into the sky, and at the same time, along the dry grass and dry branches sprayed with fire oil, quickly spread around, but a meal actually surrounded the county seat of Xia County. A large circle of fire was formed.

And this move naturally could not be concealed from Li Shimin, and he soon realized that Zhou Jun must have a plan. It's just that he thinks that the Zhou army is trying to do a suspicious tactic, inducing him to send troops to rescue Xia County, or send troops to find the main force of the Zhou army, and then sneak attack his own camp.

After thinking for a while, he said in a deep voice: "Our army must not leave the camp and the city without permission, order Sheng Yanshi to close the city gate, stick to the city, and wait until dawn to understand Yuming's intentions and then make a decision."

Li Shimin's orders were carried out to the letter, and both the Tang army in the large camp outside the city and the Tang army led by Sheng Yanshi in the city sent a large number of guard posts to stand by in battle.

At this moment, in a small forest ten miles outside Xia County, Song Jingang was commanding thousands of Zhou soldiers, burrowed into a tunnel, and then rushed towards the other end of the tunnel......

About half an hour later, from several hidden ruins in Xia County, the figures of Zhou soldiers emerged, and they poured the black crude oil they had prepared on the roofs of those houses and the ground of the streets. At this time, the sentries of the Tang army gathered on the city wall, staring intently at every move outside the city, not thinking at all that their threat came from underground......

It didn't take long for Song Jingang to command the soldiers of the Zhou army to spill tens of thousands of catties of crude oil into every corner of the city, and then retreated along the tunnel to the outside of the city. Before leaving, the last soldier lit a fire outside the tunnel. Moments later, a raging fire began to burn from inside the city.

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"General Sheng, it's not good!" In the sound of hurried footsteps, the captain of the pro-soldier hurriedly broke into the mansion of Xia County, and then shouted at the door of Sheng Yanshi's bedroom: "There is a fire in the city, and the fire is still very big!" ”

At this time, Master Sheng Yan had just fallen asleep, but he hadn't fallen asleep yet. After hearing the call of the captain of the pro-soldiers, he did not get up. He stretched his waist and said, "What's the big deal, it must be that when the fire in the city was extinguished before, there were fish that slipped through the net, but they were not completely extinguished, and now they are resurrected." You can bring some people and pour more water to extinguish them! ”

When the captain of the pro-soldier heard this, he said with a bitter face: "General Sheng, we have already tried the method you said, but this fire cannot be extinguished at all, but it is getting bigger and bigger. Many houses and streets were burned down! ”

"Humph! You must have refused to do your best to put out the fire! Tell some more people to get up! One person is not enough, can a thousand people do? 1,000 people are not enough, 10,000 people are not enough? Sheng Yanshi said a little angrily: "This little thing has to bother me, what does General Ben want you to do?" ”

After hearing this, the captain of the pro-soldier had to leave the palace resignedly.

When he reached the gate, he saw that there were fires in many parts of the city, and there was faint smoke rising into the sky, and many soldiers ran out of their houses naked, standing in the street and shouting, and some soldiers were fighting the flames on the ground with brooms and clothes, and the situation was chaotic.

"Look at this posture, there are so many people up, but there is no need to wake people up again!" The captain of the pro-soldier mused.

He then hurriedly pulled his throat and shouted, "Don't be in a daze, everyone! Find water to put out the fire! Otherwise, it won't be good to disturb General Sheng's sleep......"

"Uh...... Yes, sir! Seeing that it was the captain of Sheng Yanshi's personal army, the surrounding soldiers also cheered up from the panic, and then ran to the nearest well to fetch water to extinguish the fire.

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