Chapter 765: The Flames Rising to the Sky
The night is coming.
Yang Saburo silently lay on the straw paved ground for a while, and when the sounds around him were quiet, he quietly got up, tried his best to control the sound and took out a small cloth bag from the hole in the wooden board on his side, and then took out a dagger, and then put the small cloth bag into his arms, held the dagger, and walked out of the grass shed in the dark.
This afternoon, the city gate to the south was closed early, and after hearing that an army of unknown origin had come from the south, Yang Saburo knew that the time he had been waiting for had come.
This is a gathering place for the poor in the south of the city, and most of the houses are mainly wooden sheds, on the one hand, because the north of the city has always been expensive and the south of the city is low, so not many people want to live in the south of the city; Another reason is that the south of the castle is an area affected by the war from south to north, and even if the brick houses escape the damage of stray arrows, they will be demolished by the defenders and thrown out as stones......
These reasons also created a large area of grass and wood shacks near the urn gate in the south of Huguan City.
Water and fire are ruthless, so in the face of water and fire, people are always more flustered, and there is no more suitable place to create a riot, so the area south of Huguan is also the goal of Yang Sanlang.
Between the grass and wood sheds, under the light of the moonlight, the crooked wooden houses and grass sheds formed all kinds of strange shadows, Yang Sanlang squatted against the shadows, if he didn't look closely, he couldn't see that there was a person hiding in the dark shadows.
After a while, more than a dozen black shadows came out of nowhere, and slowly gathered around Yang Sanlang.
Yang Sanlang counted the number of people, then lowered his voice and said in a low voice: "Do everything according to the plan!" Do you have flint and flint? ”
A few people hiding in the dark shadows nodded, and some people pulled out some of the cloth bags in their arms to show Zhang Sanlang.
"Good! Now separate, don't stop after the ignition, all head north! Move fast! Zhang Sanlang emphasized again, and then waved his hand to let these people disperse.
Immediately, a dozen black shadows divided into four or five groups, and disappeared into the shadows of the grass hut......
The deep night, like a thick black veil, naturally covered up the traces of Yang Sanlang and others, and after a while, more than a dozen fires ignited in the grass shed and wooden house area in the south of the city almost at the same time!
Since the beginning of spring, there has been no rain, and the dry wooden houses and forage are the best fuel, and in just a dozen breaths, the original small flames suddenly swelled and spread outward......
More and more planks and forage were reduced to ashes in the flames, and a lot of heat and smoke were provided, and even the most sleepy people were awakened at this time, and suddenly the whole south of the city was in chaos, and the cries and screams were transmitted far and wide......
The "crackling" sound of the burning of the grass hut wooden hut made the whole fire completely uncontrollable, and from time to time several grass huts were burned down by the flames and collapsed, crushing the people inside in the sea of fire, making a terrifying howl before death.
All of a sudden, the fire shines in the sky!
Fang Yue, who was outside the southern city, had already been dressed neatly and sat in the big tent, he was also waiting for the signal that Yang Zan said, and suddenly saw the fire in Huguan City, the fire was soaring to the sky, and it seemed to dye half of the sky red, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, thinking that this Yang Zan really had some way, and immediately ordered the soldiers to leave the camp and go straight to Huguan Nancheng!
When the army started, it naturally attracted the attention of the soldiers above the southern city of Huguan, and a military marquis on duty leaned on the female wall and asked loudly about Fang Yue's intentions.
Fang Yue rolled his eyes, raised his head and shouted: "Seeing that the fire broke out in the city, the special soldiers came to put out the fire!" Don't open the city gates yet! "Anyway, I still have to find a more legitimate reason, if this military marquis on duty believes it in a panic, won't it save me a lot of trouble?
The marquis obviously didn't believe it, and didn't order the city gate to be opened, but just said painlessly to wait for him to go and report it, and then retracted behind the female wall.
Fang Yue also didn't plan to open the city gate with a word, but when he saw this, he raised his sword and shouted: "Water and fire are ruthless, how can you delay, come here, attack the city!" At this time, taking advantage of the chaos in the south of the city and taking the city gate, where would he wait for any military marquis to report it, so he didn't care whether his preface and words violated each other, and directly issued the order to attack the city.
Siege has never been an easy thing, if there is no equipment, it is simply difficult to attack the city, Fang Yue naturally has some preparations, although the time is relatively rushed, there is no way to make a large climbing car tower, but it is still possible to make some cloud building cars, rushing cars and simple ladders.
The terrain of Huguan is very dangerous, for Fang Yue, it is indeed a lot of restrictions, there is only a small attack surface, the rest of the places are mountains, and there is no way to exert force, if in peacetime, Fang Yue will not attack at all, because as long as the defenders are not idiots, as long as there are a thousand people defending on the city wall, even if he puts all the thousands of people under his command into it, most of them will not be able to break through the Huguan gate.
But today is different.
Fang Yue is also a member of the army, and he is also very clear about the matters of daily city gate guarding, so normally, there is a military marquis on duty at the city gate, and then the night is divided into two time periods, which are rotated by two Qu Chang and soldiers, that is to say, if nothing else, there are only about three or four hundred people defending above the south gate of Huguan now......
The other soldiers had to rush over, limited by the special geographical location of Huguan, so it was impossible to come from the mountains on both sides, and there was no city wall to walk, and the only south passage of the city was blocked by fire!
Therefore, as long as the three or four hundred soldiers guarding the south gate are exhausted, the city gate can naturally be taken. Now Fang Yue's goal is one, that is, to exchange his life for his life, and use the lives of his two, or three, or even four soldiers to consume the defenders on the city wall of Huguan!
Fang Yue brandished his war knife and roared loudly, urging the soldiers to climb up the ladder frantically, now the fire in the south of the city is soaring, and his side can not even use the torch, saving a lot of trouble.
The guards above the Huguan were shouting, obviously caught off guard by Fang Yue's surprise attack, and until now, no arrows have been fired.
The weak counterattack of the Huguan defenders further boosted the morale of Fang Yue's side. Fang Yue's soldiers were like a nest of ants, swarming under the southern city of Huguan, one after another simple ladders were erected, and the car made a squeaky sound, and they were constantly approaching the gate of Huguan......