Chapter 316: Ambush in the city

On a sloping ground about five miles southwest of the South Gate, a cavalry contingent of tens of thousands of men was stationed on horseback, silently waiting for the best opportunity to attack.

These were 30,000 cavalry soldiers led by Marshal Su Shang of the Allied Army, and they arrived here more than an hour ago.

In this operation, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Su Shang transferred a total of 60,000 cavalry soldiers from Liyang County, plus 20,000 garrisons in Weicheng City, which is already the same as the total force dispatched by Li Mi.

At this time, a scout messenger with a torch in his hand and rode a horse quickly, "Report to the marshal, a Wei army of about 20,000 people was found ten miles away in the northwest, and they were advancing along the official road in the direction of Liyang City. ”

Su Shang was stunned for a moment, a little puzzled, then figured it out, and said with a smile, "It seems that this Li Mi is still quite powerful, at this time, he actually didn't forget to arrange soldiers to intercept possible reinforcements." ”

"It's pretty impressive."

Wei Zheng also smiled slightly, "However, no matter how powerful Li Mi is, he is by no means your opponent, Marshal, he can't think of it at all, Marshal, you have already guarded against his hand, and you have already broken the army into pieces two days ago and sneaked behind them."

Liu Lancheng also nodded and said with a smile, "The marshal's clever calculation is like the regeneration of Zhuji, and Li Mi's 20,000 soldiers are blind."

"Ben Shuai originally just thought that if the army could suddenly appear in front of Li Mi, it would definitely play a role in taking it by surprise and disturbing the morale of the army, but he didn't expect it to play such a role now" Su Shang laughed, and couldn't help but be a little complacent in his heart.

At this time, two more scouts came on horseback with torches in their hands, and one of the scouts who arrived first reported, "Report to the marshal, General Su Dingfang has led 30,000 soldiers to the predetermined place. ”

"Okay" Su Shang nodded, his gaze turning to the other scout.

The scout messenger then stepped forward and said, "Report to the marshal, the enemy's vanguard soldiers have arrived outside the south gate half an hour ago, and they have entered the city very quickly, and it is estimated that 5,000 people have entered the city by now."

Su Shang nodded, then turned back and ordered the generals behind him, "Inform the army to sneak out immediately, and wait for the team to enter within a mile of the enemy before launching a charge."

"Yes," the generals whispered.

"Liu Lancheng, you lead your 5,000 soldiers to guard against the 20,000 enemy troops in the northwest, once they turn back to support, immediately intercept them and scatter them."

"Yes"

The 30,000 soldiers were divided into five teams, and under the command of their respective generals, they quickly marched towards their predetermined goals, and after a while, the same place became a bare slope again.

Su Shang took 10,000 soldiers and went straight to Li Mi's handsome banner. Thousands of horses galloped, thousands of hooves trunged on the ground, and the dull sound came out from afar, constantly echoing in the night sky at dawn.

There was a sudden shocking sound of horses' hooves in the night sky, and Li Mi's face suddenly changed greatly, and he instantly understood that he had been tricked

It's a pity that before he could think of a way to deal with it, a burst of shocking war drums suddenly sounded in Weicheng City, and then, the streets near the south gate were blazing, as bright as day, and bursts of earth-shattering shouts and killings sounded immediately, and the shouts of killing were mixed with a terrible scream

It turned out that the Allied soldiers had already set a trap in the street near the south gate, and the people had been evacuated, and a large amount of hay and firewood were placed on both sides of the street.

As soon as the drums of the attack sounded, the windows of the houses on both sides of the street were opened, and immediately after that, sharp arrows were fired from the windows, mixed with some rockets

The two sides are only a dozen steps apart, the power of the bow and arrow can be multiplied, and the dense Wei army soldiers are like giant arrow targets close in front of them, and the soldiers of the allied army don't have to worry about the accuracy of the arrows at all, they only need to quickly pull the string and release the arrows.

In a short period of time, the soldiers of the Allied Army hidden in the houses had already fired four rounds of sharp arrows, and the soldiers of the Wei Army fell in rows, and thousands of casualties had been lost in an instant.

Under the sharp arrows, some soldiers who were lucky enough not to die with sharp arrows in their bodies suddenly let out a terrible scream. The screams were earth-shattering, tearing through the night and echoing over the city.

The sudden change, the forward general of the Wei army was suddenly a little confused, and before he could make a suitable decision, the rocket had already ignited the dry grass and firewood on both sides of the street, and in the blink of an eye, a raging fire was ignited on both sides of the street.

Some of the quick-witted Wei soldiers planned to rush into the houses as soon as they were suddenly attacked by sharp arrows, and they fought a melee with the officers and men of the Allied Army in the houses.

Bi Zhang, under the enemy's sharp arrows, if you can't fight in close combat, then you can only become an arrow target all the time and die in vain. Moreover, the two sides are only a dozen steps apart, only need to rush through this distance, the two sides are in close combat, the enemy does not dare to release arrows, and then the two sides fight in close combat, life for life, the hope of survival is much greater

However, they were still a step late. The raging fire of hay and firewood blocked their tracks, and the Wei soldiers who were able to successfully rush past before the fire ignited were only a very few, not one out of ten.

Even so, these Wei soldiers who successfully rushed over were by no means lucky, and the Allied soldiers in the houses had already made all kinds of preparations, and as soon as they rushed into the houses, they were already killed by the allied soldiers who rushed up.

At this time, only a loud "bang" sound was heard from the city gate, and on the inside of the city gate hole, a huge stone bar that had long been hung up by a rope had been smashed down, and some Wei soldiers who had not had time to escape were suddenly smashed into meat cakes.

The giant stone bar weighs 10,000 catties, the length, width and thickness are all zhangxu, and the inner side of the entire city gate hole is sealed tightly and tightly.

There were enemy troops in front, the back road was blocked, and there were raging fires on the left and right, and the Wei soldiers in the city suddenly collapsed, and there was no morale, and the forward generals were even more pale and desperate.

The raging fire was a demon that devoured people, even if he was just standing next to him, the blazing temperature still burned the soldiers' armor to the core, but the soldiers of the Wei army did not dare to take off the only protection, because the soldiers of the allied army were still firing a steady stream of sharp arrows in the houses

The surviving Wei soldiers could only move further and further away from both sides of the street, approaching the middle of the street, huddled tightly together. Unfortunately, the temperature of the armor is still rising, and if this continues, they will be roasted by the Allied fire, even if they are not killed by the arrows of the Allied army.

At this moment, an order came from the end of the street, "Suspend the release of arrows, and those who surrender will not die."

A glimmer of life in a desperate situation, the Wei soldiers did not hesitate at all, and threw down their weapons, took off their armor, and surrendered on their knees

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