Chapter 104: Midnight Fire Attack

On the night of April 21 in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen.

It's almost midnight.

Tian Xiong took the soldiers around him and quietly passed through the gap between Xiayi and Xizhai from the south, and quietly came to the east of Xizhai.

However, he saw a large area of fire from a distance, and secretly said in his heart: "General Huang is really true, it's not good for me to go somewhere to set fires, I have to put them here." ”

There is no him, because this place is not suitable for siege, and the purpose of building Xizhai is to block the middle of Yuan Shi in Xiayi City, so it is the strongest built here, even if the other three sides are reinforced, it may not be stronger than here.

But feeling that there was some cold east wind at night, Tian Xiong had to admit that Huang Degong's attention was good.

It's just that there is no one to attack the city, which does not mean that the relaxation is weaker, just look at the bonfires that are piled up dozens of steps under the wall.

Although it is not brightly lit, it can also be done on the wall.

At this point, it's impossible to hide it.

"Come on." Tian Xiong said.

"Kill." Tian Xiong gave an order, and hundreds of soldiers rushed to the wall, and these hundreds of soldiers were all armor soldiers, but all of them were carrying or resisting wooden barrels behind these hundreds of soldiers. Inside is the oil of fire. They were joined by a number of people, who did not bring oil, but who brought large bundles of wood.

"Dangdangdang." The crisp voice not only woke up Zhang Xuan's department, but also woke up Xiao Yuan Ying in Xiayi City.

"What's going on?" The first to react was Shen Wandeng.

Zhang Xuan asked the remnants of the Xiping camp to guard the east.

First, there are so many chips in Zhang Xuan's hands, and secondly, Zhang Xuan also feels that there will be no problems in the east, the wall in the east is only one or two miles away from the Xiayi city wall, and only if he is not a fool, he will not attack here.

However, since Shen Wandeng took over, he has been conscientious.

I don't know what psychological pain, or the pain of the stump on the body, made Shen Wandeng refuse to have a moment of leisure from morning to night, and would rather die of exhaustion than rest for a while, although it was early in the morning, but Shen Wandeng had long been woken up by the pain, so he heard the sound of the alarm bell and immediately came out to check.

Shen Wanteng saw hundreds of armor soldiers rushing over, but he didn't mean to attack the city, he just shot at the top, but behind these people, many people smashed wooden barrels on the wall, Shen Wanteng smelled it lightly, and knew what it was.

"Oil." Shen Wandeng's face changed greatly, and he said: "Don't care about those people, shoot the people in the back, use rockets." Bring me a bow. ”

There were not many people on the wall, so Shen Wandeng decided to take matters into his own hands, but after saying this sentence, Shen Wandeng suddenly woke up and said: "I have a broken arm, and I can't shoot arrows anymore." "Suddenly heart

There was a bit of discouragement.

However, even so, Shen Wandeng's order was timely, but it couldn't stop the fire from burning.

Dozens of rockets hit people, some only hit the ground, and only a few shot into the oil and exploded, and countless flames spread. Fire and water are ruthless, and countless people are rolling back and forth in the flames, trying to escape.

Tian Xiong took his own soldiers to supervise the battle in the back, and those who dared to retreat were all beheaded, Tian Xiong's face was even more red and hideous under the reflection of the flames, and said: "Give me all the fire, it won't work today, no one wants to leave alive." ”

"Boom." A cannon rang out.

But it sounded from behind Tian Xiong.

It was Xiao Yuanying, who was in Xiayi City, who found that the situation here was wrong and opened artillery to support. Tian Xiong suddenly became even more anxious, and sent all the personal soldiers around him. Jumping foot scolded: "Don't go yet." ”

Tian Xiong is not worried about the power of the artillery, in this situation of blind fire in the black light, just by feeling, he can't hit people at all, he is worried that Xiao Yuanying will attack him out of the city, he can be between the two thieves, such behavior can almost be regarded as pulling teeth from the tiger's mouth.

"Boom." The flames burned violently, like countless vines climbing on the wall. One fire was lit, but after a while, several fires were lit.

Tian Xiong immediately breathed a sigh of relief, didn't say anything more, and immediately ordered a retreat.

Tian Xiong's department fled faster than when he came, but left Zhang Xuan with a mess.

When Zhang Xuan came here, the fire had already burned to the wall.

Although there is a thick layer of mud on the outside of the wall, which is used to set fires, the wall is made of wood after all, and the mud cracks under the burning of the flames outside, and the flames lick along these cracks into the logs inside.

The small Yuan battalion brigade was dispatched first, and Yuan Shizhong sent someone to report the news, saying: "My general said, please ask General Zhang to put out the fire with peace of mind, and my general will guard the outside for General Zhang." ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Thank you for me, your general." ”

"Yes." The messenger of the messenger immediately departed.

After Zhang Xuan sent the envoy away, he immediately drew 500 people from the Baoding camp and 500 people from the Linying camp, plus the remnants of the Xiping camp to extinguish the fire, and at this moment Zhang Xuan felt the lack of water. 】

In the Xizhai, five wells were drilled in order to get water, one in each of the four corners, and one in the middle, but five wells were only enough to drink water on weekdays, and when the fire was extinguished at the moment, it was not enough at all.

The fire spread, and for a moment there was a feeling of unstoppability.

The east wind was not strong, it was only blowing gently, but the flames were dancing in the wind, and there were sparks that wanted to fall somewhere else.

But after a while, the east wall can no longer stand people.

Zhang Xuan immediately made a decision, and forcibly dismantled the place where the east wall, the south wall, and the north wall came into contact, and made a section of the isolation area, which could be regarded as controlling the fire. But at this time, it was already the second half of the night, and the sky was almost dawn.

The entire eastern wall of the wall began to slowly extinguish.

Zhang Xuan secretly said in his heart: "Fortunately, I have been prepared for a long time. ”

He knew that this walled wall was not very strong, and he was facing Huang Degong, thinking that Huang Degong's department would never lack cannons, Zhang Xuan began the construction of the second line of defense, and built a section of the city wall with the plate construction method a few meters inward.

This is also the inspiration given to Zhang Xuan by Chen Yongfu when he first attacked Kaifeng.

It's just that this also takes time, and it is impossible for Zhang Xuan to blow a breath, and this second city wall will come out. Although the method is very convenient, it also takes a few days to get the dirt dry. However, the baking of the fire this night made the eastern section of the city wall take shape in advance.

But whether it is strong or not, there is finally a city wall.

Just when Zhang Xuan was comforting himself, a cannon rang out and suddenly reached Zhang Xuan's ears.

Suddenly woke up Zhang Xuan, he didn't have to think about it, even if he thought about it with his toes, he knew that this was not him, nor was it Xiao Yuanying's cannon, your result was obvious, it must be the masterpiece of the official army.

"I should have thought of it." Zhang Xuan said fiercely: "Huang Degong didn't think about burning the entire camp with a single fire, he just wanted to consume the physical strength of our army. ”

Although Zhang Xuan took precautions against this, but under the raging fire, a few people could rest peacefully, and there was almost half of the night in the camp, and at this moment, Huang Degong began to run away before dawn, just because he didn't want to let the camp have a little peace.

With Huang Degong so deliberate, tomorrow's attack will definitely be much more powerful than the previous two days. But I don't know what kind of means will be available at that time.

Zhang Xuan thought.

At this moment, Zhang Xuan only thought so.

"My lord, that's not right." Zhang Su came to Zhang Xuan with a little panic and said, "My lord, look. ”

Zhang Xuan looked at a cannonball in Zhang Su's hand, there was still residual temperature on this cannonball, but Zhang Xuan didn't care about the residual temperature, what he cared about was that this cannonball was obviously more than the cannonball he had seen before, Zhang Xuan said: "Where did you find this?" ”

Zhang Su said: "I just called in." ”

"Hit in." Zhang Xuan was surprised: "The walled wall was not blocked, but it was still crossed the wall. ”

"I don't know." Zhang Su smiled bitterly.

It makes no difference to Zhang Xuan whether he knows or not, no matter which one is possible, it is not good news for Zhang Xuan. What should I do?

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