"Are you Jiang Zhan?"

Baili rode (Wei Xian) and asked the man with a blue scarf on his head, but the man didn't recognize Baili Yan for a while.

"The last general is Jiang Zhan, who is Your Excellency?"

"General Wei Xian, how is the battle situation now?"

"Oh, the general is Wei Xian!" Jiang Zhan's eyes lit up, and his face was very different.

"Well, exactly. Do you know Ben General? ”

"The last general was a centurion back then, and the general was incorporated under the command of the last general under Duyang City, and he was lucky to survive during the siege of the city."

When Bailiyan heard the news of Jiang Zhan, she vaguely remembered that there was such a thing:

"I remember, you were injured at the time, and then transferred to Feicheng to recuperate, and I haven't seen you since."

"Yes, General Wei has a good memory."

"Then let me ask you, what is the situation of Simon's rebels now."

"General, the fierce battle is in a stalemate, the rebels have mobilized more than 2,000 people with spears and sickles on the inside of the city gate, and shoot arrows from the city, our army is poorly equipped, there is no bow and crossbow, it is difficult to attack and kill close to the city gate."

Bailiyan glanced at the west gate, the city gate was densely lined with shields, behind the shields were spears and hook and sickles, and blocked the entrance and exit to the horse road, and there were crossbowmen at the head of the city, while releasing arrows outside the city, while closely watching the movement of the west gate.

If the rebels guarding the city gate cannot be dispersed, the city gate cannot be opened, and the city wall cannot be attacked from the horse road to lower the drawbridge, and the Xian army cannot be led into the city, unless the Xian army outside the city has the means to cross the moat.

"When did the army outside the city start to attack the city, why can't you hear the shouts of killing?" Bai Liyan asked, not hearing any big movement outside the city, obviously not besieging the city.

"I don't know about this general, but there is indeed a large army attacking the city outside the city, and the rebels have been fighting back until our army comes."

"Shhh...... Since you want to attack the city, you have to cross the river, and you have to cut the suspension bridge rope or fill the trench to cross the river, and then use the rushing car to set up a ladder car to attack the city. The sound of killing outside the city is more like only a few hundred or thousands of people attacking the city, isn't it child's play! ”

Bai Liyan also heard it, there were indeed some shouts and killings outside the city, but the movement was not very big, at best there were only one or two thousand people.

Of course, one or two thousand men attacking the city gate and its surroundings was already a very high density, because there were not many rebels holding the west gate, and one or two thousand people attacking the city gate was already a very high density.

However, sieges are usually linear offensives, and the entire wall is attacked to dilute the enemy's defending forces, so that the enemy does not concentrate his forces against his own men. Therefore, there is no reason to launch a small-scale local attack that only attacks a little, which is no different from the tactic of adding fuel to one's own troops.

At this time, he couldn't take care of this, Bai Liyan finally asked:

"Jiang Zhan, where is Mr. Uncle Guang now?"

"In the secret passage southwest of the city."

"Secret Passage!" Bai Liyan was taken aback: "There is a secret passage in the southwest of the city, which can hide so many of you!" ”

"Exactly, as far as the last general knows, the earliest tomb came from the old site in the southwest of the city, and the earliest royal palace was there, so there is a big secret passage underground, which is more than enough to hide three or five thousand people."

"Shhh...... How can there be such a thing? ”

Bailiyan only felt incredible, if according to Jiang Zhan's statement, this secret passage in the southwest of the city must have a history of at least two or three hundred years, and it can still be used now, why hasn't it collapsed.

"General Wei, the two armies are stuck at the moment, and I still ask the general to dispatch where to go."

"It's hard to know what's going on outside the city without climbing the walls, have you ever sent someone to cross the walls from other roads?"

"It has been sent, but there are only two horse roads left on the left and right sides of the city gate in the west of the city, and the rest of the horse roads have been destroyed by the rebels and cannot be passed, and they must rely on ropes to go up, and the rebels are guarding it, and the ropes are useless."

The horse road is the slope road of the upper and lower city walls, generally at an angle of 278 degrees to 35 degrees, the huge city of Chenling, each city wall has eight to ten horse roads, the four city walls are forty, the rest of the horse roads in the west of the city are destroyed, only the horse roads on the left and right sides of the city gate are available. In this way, the rebels could concentrate all their forces at the West Gate and hold on to the two horse roads and the city gate, which was very convenient.

If you want to go up the city wall from other places, you have to walk a long way, and at the same time, you may face the resistance of the defenders on the city wall, which is extremely inconvenient to dispatch.

Thinking of this, Bai Liyan looked at the rebels on the city tower who were firing arrows outside the city, but she thought in her heart how to climb to the top of the city to find out the situation outside the city. Only by figuring out the situation outside the city can it be possible to know what Ye Xin is doing outside the city. Otherwise, your eyes will be black, and you won't be able to talk about the inside and the outside.

But the more than 2,000 rebels guarding the city gate shrank up with their shields and occupied the horse roads leading to the city gate and the left and right sides, and they couldn't go up at all.

Not to mention that the 2,000 people brought out by the Legation were exhausted from a day of fierce fighting, and they couldn't rush through at all.

Just as he was thinking about it, Yanping stepped forward and asked:

"General Wei, now that they have arrived at the West Gate, whether to fight or not."

"I can't beat it. The brothers fought for a day, and they were extremely tired, and it was not a suicide to go to the fortified position at this time. ”

"But seeing that the reinforcements are outside the city, if it drags on like this, the king will be in danger."

Bailiyan also realized what it means to wait for no one at this moment, on the one hand, there is the Xianwang who is in danger, and on the other hand, there are reinforcements close at hand, success or failure are all in a thought, the opportunity is fleeting, and there is no room for hesitation.

But he also knew that at this moment, just a moment of bloody courage would not help at all.

Just when he was in a dilemma, smoke suddenly billowed from the city, and Bailiyan faintly saw some clues.

"I see, why didn't I think of it!"

"General Wei, what the hell is going on!" Hikohei asked puzzled.

"Now there is salvation, let the brothers continue to rest, and the reinforcements are about to enter the city!"

Yan Ping was even more surprised when he heard the news, and hurriedly asked:

"Why did General Wei say this?"

"General Yan doesn't know about this, General Jiang Zhan should know that the reinforcements must have used calcium carbide to burn the city gate."

One or two thousand men and horses are obviously not enough to make a difference under the city gates, but if you just pile calcium carbide under the city gate and set it on fire, it will be more than enough.

Since the seizure of calcium carbide last year, various armies and battalions have organized soldiers to observe and understand the characteristics of calcium carbide many times, and Yan is stationed in the prince's mansion all year round, and there are some things on the front line that he does not know, but Jiang Zhan knows.

If Ye Xin burned the city gate with calcium carbide, the 20,000 horses should be more than enough, and the Black Turban Army also burned the gate with calcium carbide back then, and laid down a large area of the city in a short period of time at a very small price, otherwise it would be impossible to expand rapidly in just three months.

Now as long as the moat outside the city is filled in a few passages to cross the river, Ye Xin's men and horses will pile up calcium carbide under the city gate under the threat of the city head, pour a splash of water, and then it will be time for the defenders to be in a hurry.

"General Wei, is this matter a bit overestimated, can calcium carbide really pour water and start a fire?"

Yan Ping said in disbelief, and then Jiang Zhan said:

"General Yan, the matter of calcium carbide is now known to the three armies, since General Wei expected that the reinforcements would burn the city gate with calcium carbide, most of them are true."

"Alright, let the brethren surround the rebels under the city from the left and right, and take time to rest. Once the gates are burned, it will probably not be long before they are burned through. ”

The fire outside the city grew bigger and bigger, and the rebels at the head of the city rushed to douse it with water. There are more than a dozen rows of holes at the top of the city gate hole, and the holes lead vertically to the city wall, just sandwiching the entire city gate between the holes. When not in use, use stones to block, when activated, you can pull out the stones, put arrows and throw shuttles under the city gate through the stone cave, or pour hot oil and boiling water.

At this moment, the rebels poured water into the burning city gate through these holes, trying to extinguish the fire, but instead of extinguishing the fire, the fire burned more and more, and released toxic acetylene and carbon monoxide gas, and soon the rebels were poisoned and fainted.

Around Shen Shi, the fire finally burned through the city gate, and the two thousand rebels guarding the city found that the situation was not right, and the formation began to float, because of the spread of acetylene and carbon monoxide gas, there were poisoning and death one after another, and the rebels who held the city finally couldn't hold out, and the formation began to move.

Bai Liyan saw it in his eyes, but he had no intention of attacking. After all, the formation is not chaotic, and the casualties are still too large at this time, and the diffusion area of the poisonous gas will be very large, even if these rebels are not defeated by the reinforcements from outside the city, they will die in the invisible poisonous gas.

Sure enough, half a moment later, the city gate had burned through an irregular hole half a foot high and three feet wide, and more rebels who were sticking to the city gate were poisoned by carbon monoxide and acetylene gas, and the rebels' psychological defense line finally completely collapsed at the moment when it was on the verge of the limit.

Seeing this situation, Bai Liyan decisively ordered:

"Yanping, Jiang Zhan!"

"The last general!" The two spoke in unison.

"Order the battalions, out of range of the strong bow, to surround the rebels with a glaive array."

"No!"

More than 4,000 people first pulled up a long snake, and after adjusting it, it formed a huge arc-shaped fan and pressed towards the city gate step by step.

"Order all battalions, shout to the general, tell them to surrender and open the city gate!" Baili Yan Road

"No!"

The rebels' positions are in chaos, and the psychological defense line at this time is on the verge of collapse, and if you kill hard, you can naturally kill them, but Bai Liyan doesn't want to make any more senseless sacrifices, and kills them for a day and a night, whether it is the rebels or the Xian army, the casualties are also heavy.

Continue to fight, no one is the final winner, for Xianguo, the real benefit is the Black Turban Army. After the Battle of Chenling, all the achievements accumulated by Shao Ping before will come to naught, even worse than the losses of the Black Turban Army in Shao Ping.

"Surrender and don't kill, surrender and don't kill......"

All the soldiers shouted in unison, and the rebels' faces were like earth.

"General, what now!" A rebel centurion said in a panic.

"Surrender the general, and their reinforcements will soon come in."

"It's all my own brothers."

"Yes, let's come down, it's all my own brothers, and it's not our fault that we rebelled."

Seeing that the general situation was gone, the rebel general took the lead in throwing his weapon on the ground and tore off the white scarf on his arm, and said in a dejected voice:

"Brothers, come down!"

The words fell, and the sound of Jin Tie landing came and went, and the last courage and will were completely crushed in the face of strong pressure.

Seeing this, Bai Liyan decisively ordered:

"Jiang Zhan, speed the men and horses to control the rebels under the city, General Yan leads the headquarters to the city to force the rebels to submit, and those who do not surrender will be killed!"

"No!"

The two spoke in unison, and immediately led their men and horses to the west gate.

At this time, the Xian army outside the city had filled in several passages in the moat, and the men and horses gathered two hundred steps west of the moat.