Seeing that Zhang Liao had deployed an effective defense, Huaxing did not give any more orders, but spent more than ten minutes carefully observing all the enemy forces in the east, south, west, and north.

After he finished reading it all, he returned to the lookout in the east and stood with Zhang Liao:

"How? Stressed? ”

Hearing this, Zhang Liao smiled slightly, shook his head and replied:

"At first, seeing the other party's big formation, it really scared me! But after looking around, they couldn't attack at all. Hehe, how could the fortifications designed by my Zhang Wenyuan be easily destroyed by his thousands of halberds? As he spoke, he saw that Zhang Liao's face still showed a bit of pride:

"Not to mention the fence, even the city gate can't be broken. I really don't know what they think, isn't such a raid equivalent to death in vain? ”

"Hehe, why do I feel a little bit of 'Lao Zhang sells melons'?"

Hearing Zhang Liao say this, Hua Xing first replied half-jokingly, and it didn't take long for him to remind:

"However, don't be too happy, in my opinion, they will never use this method, there should be a follow-up move."

"Afterstroke?" As soon as these words came out, Zhang Liao frowned, and asked with a confused expression: "What kind of trick?" Please also ask the master to make it clear. ”

Hua Xing nodded while pointing to the soldiers under the city and said:

"Although the enemy is attacking from all sides, have you noticed that the number of people in these four groups is not the same?"

Zhang Liao really hadn't paid attention to the number of people before, and when he heard Hua Xing say this, he narrowed his eyes and observed carefully.

"Oh! That's true. That's right! The number of people in the east and west groups is much more than that of the north and south teams! In that case, the other party's focus is actually on the east and west gates......"

After muttering thoughtfully, Zhang Liao quickly realized the problem, turned his head and said to the guards on the side:

"Photon, you quickly go to the city to pass on my orders, and transfer 100 people from the soldiers on the north and south sides to strengthen the defense on the east and west sides."

"No!"

The guard named Photon responded with a fist clenched and quickly ran to the stage.

But just halfway through the run, he turned around and came back:

"Uh...... General Zhang, did you let them wait under the city, or did you go to the watchtower and the city wall to garrison? ”

"Of course, I went to the city gate, and it was very ...... to climb so high."

But this time, without waiting for Zhang Liao to finish speaking, he was interrupted by Hua Xing's words on the side:

"General Zhang, do you want me to say it...... Let's put half of the top and bottom half. Also, ask them to have more water on hand. ”

"Huh? Why is that? Zhang Liao once again showed a puzzled look.

Faced with Zhang Liao's question, Hua Xing did not answer directly, but pointed to the soldiers under the city and asked:

"Didn't you notice that many of the soldiers on the east and west sides were carrying large cloth bags?"

Hearing Hua Xing's words, Zhang Liao looked at the audience on the spot, and nodded after an interval of seven or eight seconds:

"Don't you say I really didn't pay attention, there are a lot of backpacks. But what do they do with their backpacks? ”

"I'd guess most of their bags are flammable. Their raid tonight is fake, and they want to burn the fence, which is the real purpose! ”

"Huh? You mean...... They want to burn down our fences and gates? ”

After listening to Huaxing's analysis, Zhang Liao was stunned for a moment, but soon showed an incredible expression:

"W-How is this possible? The snow on the ground was thicker than a quilt, and the stakes were wet. They're coming tonight, can they light it? Guan Yu's head was kicked by a donkey, right? ”

As for why the enemy army made such a choice, Huaxing was also confused.

But apart from flammable materials, he couldn't think of anything else the enemy could pack in a cloth bag.

So even if it sounds unlikely, just in case, Huaxing still told Zhang Liao:

"I don't know why they did the same. But whether it's true or not, we must be ready to put out the fire, and we must not take it lightly! ”

After saying this, I saw Huaxing directly say to Photon:

"Photon, according to the arrangement I said, the top and bottom are half and half each, ready to extinguish the fire at any time."

Hearing what the coach said, Photon immediately nodded and ran to the stage without hesitation.

……

Due to the importance of tonight's raid, Guan and Zhang were not at ease about handing over such an important task to ordinary soldiers.

Therefore, both of them went into battle in person, and each led a group of men and horses to the east and west gates.

Although he didn't ride a horse, Guan Yu, who was tall and strong, was still fresh under his feet when he ran up, but with half a pillar of incense, he led the soldiers to the East City Gate.

On the way, they were also hindered by archers.

But because they were always moving, and there was night protection, there were few casualties, and they came to the city almost in full force.

But as soon as they arrived under the city gates, the situation became tricky.

It was obvious to everyone that the top-down offensive had suddenly become much more intensive.

In addition to the arrows, there are also falling rocks of different sizes every once in a while, which is much more dangerous than just now.

In order to complete the task as soon as possible and reduce casualties, under Guan Yu's order, the soldiers with backpacks rushed up and stood the bulging cloth bags one by one under the city gate.

After all the cloth bags were placed, Guan Yu and more than a dozen soldiers gathered the torches in their hands at the same time, ready to light the firewood and anointing oil they brought.

However, because the snow melts when exposed to heat, it is sometimes extinguished by snow water as soon as it is ignited.

In addition, there are cold winds from time to time, and small flames can easily be extinguished by strong winds.

So, it took a lot of time just to ignite the fire.

After about a minute or two, I heard a crackling and popping sound in my ears, and hundreds of cloth bags full of flammable materials finally burst into flames, and the east gate was instantly plunged into a sea of fire.

Seeing this, many of the soldiers were overjoyed, believing that they had done their job.

But as the main general, Guan Yu did not relax his vigilance, holding his shield high while staring at the fire.

Because he knew in his heart that when he looked at the fire now, it was because he had ignited the flammable things they had brought.

As for whether the damp city gate and the tall fence can be successfully ignited, it is still two theories.

So he was always frowning, without half a hint of relaxation.

It wasn't until another two or three minutes passed that Guan Yu's complexion improved slightly.

Because he found that there were some traces of spontaneous combustion in a certain corner of the city gate, which indicated that the damp city gate had finally been ignited by the fire.

As long as this momentum continues, after another pillar of incense, the city gate will be destroyed by fire.

Once the gates are breached, the village's defenses will be instantly ineffective. With three times the strength of the opponent, Guan Yu believed that they would be able to kill the enemy without leaving a single piece of armor, and victory was close at hand.