The Tang army continuously sent scouts from the city to inspect the situation of the enemy forces on the periphery, and in addition, delivered news to Fufeng County in a timely manner, and sent back official letters from the rear.

Among these scouts, there are the intelligence officers of Yanlang Pavilion, or the people who have been rebelled.

The team led by Qingshuang found such a person, and after the code, they left a living mouth, explained the task, and sent the information in.

Those scouts who were captured but couldn't deal with the code were naturally not insiders, and they were directly killed.

Two days later, in the middle of the night, a group of figures quietly gathered in the grain warehouse.

This operation was extremely dangerous, because there was not much food and grass in the city, and there were only six or seven days' rations left, which was still two meals a day, so it was heavily protected.

One of the leading team members said: "Don't worry, there is a captain in charge of patrolling outside the warehouse here, who is our person, he will transfer the outer guards to facilitate our actions, and he will mix into the granary, mainly to set fire to sabotage." ”

"Got it."

Dozens of figures on the periphery nodded, their faces resolute, and they looked at death as if they were at home.

They are all dead soldiers, they know the danger of this operation, they will die for life, and even if they succeed, they will be surrounded and killed if they escape.

"One more moment, ready."

The shadows were all lurking, waiting for a predetermined time.

Soon, the captain who was on patrol did speak, and at the time of the changing of the guard, he pretended to see the assassin and ran away with his team.

"Up!"

Zhao Yuan let out a low sigh, and these black shadows acted at the same time, carrying bamboo tubes and packages behind them, which were full of combustible grease, phosphorus and nitrate.

"Poof!"

At the same time, the guards who had already rebelled against them began to turn against them, killing their comrades, dragging the sentry guards to the ground, and then moving the corpses out of the way.

"Move fast!" The group dispersed to burn the grain, grass and supplies.

"Who?" There will always be a sentry that will find out and shout in time.

"Die!" Zhao Yuan led people to kill him, and there was a fierce battle with more than a dozen sentry posts who suddenly appeared.

"Ahhh

Screams rang out, shattering the silence of the night and disturbing the other patrols on the periphery.

At this time, the fire had already risen, and several grain and grass warehouses, as well as the grain bags outside, and the corn bags in the stone room were all ignited, mixed with combustibles, and soon they were burning.

"The granary is on fire!"

The guards who were a mile away saw it, and immediately shouted for fire and struck the gong.

"Bell, bell, bell—"

The sirens spread farther and farther, and more Tang soldiers heard the news of the fire in the granary and rushed over to put out the fire and kill the enemy.

Zhao Yuan has been surrounded by the grain depot and cannot break through, even if he breaks through, he will not be able to escape from Xiongguan, it is still a dead end.

"Brothers, our task is complete, the Dahua Imperial Court will never treat our children and grandchildren and families badly, and will posthumously crown us as martyrs, and engrave the heroic monument of Xiongguan, glorifying our ancestors! Come, anyway, the horizontal and vertical are dead, let's rush in again, put the fire bigger, so that the Tang army will not have a single grain left, and tomorrow will starve to death. ”

His generosity, and his pride in the face of death, infected the remaining dozen or so people, and all of them let go, turned and threw themselves into the fiery granary, and continued to destroy inside, and then he was set on fire, wailing and screaming, and burned alive inside.

The Tang army gathered around, seeing that the fire could not be extinguished, all silent, indignant, desperate, fearful, angry, all kinds of expressions.

Li Jiancheng, Princess Pingyang, Chai Shao, Li Wengan, Feng Li and others, when they arrived, looked at the raging fire, which burned the night sky red, and it was bright.

Although the soldiers of the Tang Army did not give up fighting the fire, the facilities were rudimentary, the water in the well was small, and it was far away from the river, so there was not enough water to fight the fire.

"It's over, the grain and grass are all burned, what will you use to boil tomorrow?"

"Yes, the army has run out of food, and this earthquake can't be stopped."

"I should retreat, stay here, I will starve to death."

"The enemy army is too cunning, cut off our food channel, and now the grain storage has been burned, and we can't fight the Dahua army at all."

There was a lot of discussion in the Tang army, morale was low, and even many people were worried about starving to death, and they had already begun to escape.

Li Jiancheng was so angry that he almost vomited blood, his face was pale, he already understood that he was going to fight with Luo Cheng, but he was still too tender, and he didn't even see the front of the other party, he was already defeated, and he was the one who was strategizing to win thousands of miles away.

"The young marshal deserves his name!" Everyone has this thought in their hearts, and they feel powerless to compete with it.

"General Xie, you stay to organize the fire extinguishing, and the rest of the people will immediately go back to the hall with His Highness to discuss the emergency military situation." Li Jiancheng called the shots.

"Oh, Your Highness!" Everyone replied in unison.

Li Jiancheng turned around and left, Xie Shufang stayed behind to command the fire and save food, and Li Xiuning, Chai Shao and others followed the prince and left in a hurry.

The big earthquake joint handsome White Tiger Hall, all the generals gathered, and the atmosphere was solemn and dull.

"In addition to the grain stored in the warehouse, how much ration is left for each one?" The prince asked.

Changshi Li Wengan said: "It's only a few hundred stones, only enough for 80,000 troops, and it can be eaten for two days, so it's still saved." ”

After Li Jiancheng heard this, his heart was extremely bad, and his face was gloomy: "It seems that the only way to do this is to retreat immediately, and within two days, feel the counties and towns near Fufeng County, carry out supply stationing, and then counterattack back!" ”

"Your Highness, this is the safest way at present, otherwise, 80,000 people will be short of food, and tomorrow will not stabilize the morale of the army, and there will definitely be turmoil."

Li Jiancheng nodded and said, "Well, go back and give an order immediately, and after tomorrow's meal, immediately retreat in batches!" ”

Chai Shao got up and said: "Your Highness, in order to ensure the smooth retreat of the army, someone needs to go to the front, so as not to be ambushed by the enemy. ”

"General Chai is right!" Feng Li agreed with him.

Li Jiancheng pondered for a while, and after glancing at the second general, he said: "General Chai Shao will set off at dawn tomorrow morning to explore the road to the east and eliminate the ambush soldiers. General Feng Li led 10,000 men to break off and block the Dahua army from attacking Chengguan, and he must hold out until noon before he can withdraw. ”

"Yes!" Chai Shao and Feng Li clenched their fists to receive their lives.