"Yes!" Wang Huilong clenched his fists and agreed, beating his horse and galloping towards the front of the military formation.

In today's siege battle, Zhao Junsheng gave Wang Huilong 3,000 people, plus he himself still had more than 1,000 people brought from Xingyang, a total of nearly 4,000 people, which is quite abundant in terms of troops.

When several commanders saw Wang Huilong running over on horseback, they all clasped their fists and saluted: "I've seen the general!" ”

Wang Huilong stopped and looked up at the city wall and asked, "What is the situation on the city wall?" ”

One of the commanders said: "The defenders are carrying stones to the city walls. According to the general's observation, yesterday they were using the door panel to resist the rain of stones fired by our army's wheeled trebuchet, although the defensive power of the door panel was slightly insufficient, but it was much stronger than the shield, but today they were not seen carrying the door panel to the city wall. There are not many people on this city wall, only some sentry and patrol, and those who operate the swinging cantilever on the enemy tower, and the other defenders do not seem to be on the city wall! ”

The second commander said: "According to me, they are afraid of the rain of stones, and they are all hiding under the city, after all, no one can withstand the dense smashing down!" ”

Wang Huilong was thinking about the offensive strategy, and the third commander asked: "General, how to fight this battle today?" Our brother's net worth and life are all in your hands! ”

Wang Huilong asked: "How many rounds of stone bullets have been fired by our army's wheeled trebuchets in the past few days?" ”

"It should be······ Five rounds, right? The last general will remember that the rain of stone bullets fired every day is five rounds! ”

Wang Huilong narrowed his eyes and ordered: "Send an order to the catapult crew, let them fire the stone bullet rain first, or five rounds!" ”

“······ General, the defenders have all taken refuge at the foot of the city wall, and even if the stone bullets rain over, the casualties on them will be limited! ”

Wang Huilong said coldly: "If they don't smash the rain of stones and bullets, how can they rest assured that they will go up to the city wall?" Smash me, carry out the order! ”

"Yes!"

The order was given, the catapult began to be executed, and the flywheel trebuchet hung nets with stones on them.

The first round of stone bullet rain was quickly launched, and the overwhelming stones fell on the city head and inside and outside the city wall, and the guard Xue Tong, who was hiding at the foot of the city wall, was secretly happy about his decision, this time the decision was right, if he remained on the city wall, he was afraid that he would suffer heavy casualties.

In the military array outside the city, Zhao Junsheng was puzzled: "It seems that there are not many people on the city wall at all, but Wang Huilong ordered to smash the stone and bullet rain, what the hell is he doing?" ”

Hua Mulan said on the side: "Hey, hey, how did you become a lord?" Since you let him command, you should trust him and don't interfere with his decisions casually! ”

When Zhao Junsheng heard this, he hurriedly said, "I didn't interfere, I just had doubts in my heart!" Okay, I'll shut up and wait until the war is over before I speak, okay? ”

Hua Mulan said: "I think General Wang should have his own ideas, and he won't be targeted!" ”

Dongfang Chen said at this time: "Ruochen guessed correctly, Wang Huilong saw that there were few defenders on the city wall, on the one hand, he suspected that they were hiding under the battlements; On the other hand, if the defenders are mostly at the root of the city wall, they are dodging the stone bullet rain, although his stone bullet rain has no offensive effect, after the end, the defenders can rest assured that they can go to the city wall! ”

More than half an hour had passed since the five rounds of stone bullet rain were fired, not to mention the defenders and civilians in the city, even the cadres outside the city felt terrified.

"General, five rounds of stone bullet rain have been fired!"

Wang Huilong listened to the report, but his eyes did not leave the city wall, the stone bullet rain had just ended, and the defenders appeared on the city wall in large numbers, which proved his guess, that is, the defenders figured out the interval between the stone bullet rain fired by the cadres, the number of launches, and so on.

"Order, let the flywheel catapult crew hang the oil tank!"

"Yes!"

In order to ensure that the fire oil tank will not be blown out by the wind when it flies in the air, the filling hand soaked the net bag of hemp rope with all the oil oil, and the hemp rope soaked in the oil will not be burned in a short time, which is enough to support the net bag to launch the oil canister.

In order to shorten the launch time as much as possible and ensure that the oil tank is launched before the net bag is burned out, the procedures and steps of the entire catapult unit must obey orders and act consistently.

"Ignition!" The commander gave the order.

The soldiers in charge of the ignition of the trebuchets immediately held torches and quickly set fire to the nets.

As soon as all the nets with the canisters of fire oil were set on fire, the commander ordered: "Cavalry start!" ”

The knights pulled the rope and galloped backwards, and the flywheel began to spin, accelerating, faster and faster, and the nets hanging on the flywheel all burned and spun, like a large fireball that was spinning rapidly.

When the soldier at the top of the trebuchet pushed the blade out, the ropes were cut one by one, and the large fireballs "swished ······" Swiftly shoot out towards the city wall in turn.

"What's that?" Some of the defenders at the head of the city couldn't help but shout.

Everyone looked up at the rain of fire falling from the sky, Xue Tong was the first to come back to his senses, his face suddenly changed, and he shouted: "Hide, hide!" Hide under the women's wall, put your shield above your head, hurry, hurry! ”

At this time, it was too late for the soldiers to run down the city wall, so they could only find cover to hide.

The canisters flew very fast in the sky, raining down on and inside the city walls.

"Bang Bang Bang ······" When the tank hit the ground, all of them were shattered, and the oil mixed with the ignition in it splashed out, and it was ignited by the flames after it fell.

Countless fire oil burned on the city wall, and many of the defenders hiding under the female wall and the defenders who blocked their heads with shields were not spared, and their bodies were burned, and a raging fire soon burned on the city wall.

"Ahh

The defenders had not yet recovered from the chaos and brutality of the fire, when a second wave of fire bombs fell, and the fire suddenly doubled.

The soldiers of the defenders who had not yet been burned were so frightened that they ran to the city, at this time no one's orders worked, the crowded stone staircase of the city wall became the only way to live, and countless defenders were crowded here, causing a serious blockage, a large number of soldiers were pushed down by their companions behind, and countless people were trampled to death and injured.

"Whoosh ······" Another wave of oil canisters fell, smashing and splashing a large amount of oil, which ignited, and all the defenders who were crowded at the stone stairs of the city wall were burned.

"Ahh

After all the five rounds of fire and oil bombs were fired, the entire city wall was in flames, and the rolling logs used by the defenders and soldiers on the city wall to defend, the huge tripods hanging and hanging pendulums, the enemy towers, and the city gate towers were all ignited by the fire, and the fire rose to the sky, and half the sky was red.

Tens of thousands of cadres and soldiers outside the city all stared blankly at this scene, my God, this is simply a burning city, under such a fire, it is difficult for the gods to live, let alone people.

The fire was still burning, and smoke was billowing from the sky.

Zhao Junsheng instructed Chang Kun: "Take 3,000 cavalry to ambush in the direction of the south gate, and once someone breaks through and evacuates from the south gate, attack immediately!" ”

"Command!" Chang Kun clenched his fists and agreed, beat his horse and picked up the soldiers and horses and left quickly.

The guard general Xue Tong stood in the city and saw a fire burning in the direction of the city wall, his face was miserable, just such a fire not only burned all the defense facilities on the city wall, but also killed more than 2,000 people in the city wall and the army under the city, and the temperature of the meat being burned and burned from afar could be smelled from afar, which was disgusting.

Xue Tong's helmet was long gone, more than half of his hair had been burned, his cloak had been burned into rags, and several large blisters had been burned on the back of his hands, but he had no intention of dealing with the burns now.

There were more than 2,000 people around him, and this was already all the defensive forces in Linzi City, and a general asked, "General, what should we do now?" In this case, we will definitely not be able to hold on, so it is better to plan early! ”

Xue Tong also knew that if he stayed any longer, he would either die in battle or become a prisoner of the cadre army, but it was not so easy to break through, don't look at the cadre army is surrounded by three and one, there is no cadre army in the direction of the south gate, God knows if the cadre army has laid an ambush in the direction of the south gate?

But now it is not possible to withdraw, and it is not possible to evacuate from the south gate, and the other three city gates are surrounded by cadres and heavy troops, and it is impossible to break through at all, so they can only go through the south gate.

"Order, everyone follow me to the South Gate, we will break through from the South Gate, from here to Dongyang City, it will only take one day to arrive, maybe there will be someone supporting us before Dongyang City!"

"Yes, General!"

The team rushed to the south gate, half an hour later, the army arrived at the gate of the south gate, Xue Tong raised his hand to stop, he turned his head to the deputy general and said: "General Ben takes two hundred people to go in front, you take the team of men and horses to walk three miles behind!" ”

The adjutant general hurriedly said: "General, if you want to explore the way, let the last general take people to explore the road, the general still stays to lead the team, if the last general and two hundred soldiers are ambushed, the general will find another way to break through!" ”

"No, you don't have as much experience as me, you stay and lead the team, and I will lead two hundred people to explore the way, so it's decided!" After Xue Tong finished speaking, he waved his hand behind him: "Follow me in the first building!" ”

Xue Tong rushed out of the south gate with two hundred people, and in the woods three miles away from the south gate, Chang Kun was ambushing here with three thousand cavalry.

"General, look, Liu Songjun really broke through from the south gate!" The adjutant general pointed to Liu Songjun, who was rushing from the direction of the south gate, and whispered excitedly to Chang Kun, "Give the order, general, if you delay any longer, they will run away!" ”

Chang Kun thought for a while and shook his head: "No, let them pass!" There must be more than one in the city, and I suspect that their brigade is behind, and these are just exploring the way in front! ”

It didn't take long to see nearly 2,000 Liu Song troops coming quickly from the direction of the south gate.

The cavalry of the cadre army showed excitement again, Chang Kun and the other soldiers and horses entered the ambush range, grabbed the lance and shouted: "Kill-"

"Kill—"