Chapter 261: Driving the Wolf into the River
Xiao Gan looked back from time to time anxiously to look into the distance, but he still didn't see Yelu Dashi's figure.
The Kaiyang Gate was crowded again, because the drawbridge was lowered, and the Song army's siege weapon catapult was also transported to the city, and there were teams of soldiers holding thunder. It seems that Liu Yanqing has no patience to tickle each other with Xiao Gan like this anymore, and continues to shoot.
Although Xiao Gan hadn't seen the power of the thunderstorm just now, he had also seen the power of the trebuchet, and thought that Song Jun was going to use the trebuchet to smash a passage so that he could rush over.
Xiao Gan looked back again, and saw that there were scattered people in the north running over with wood, cotton and linen, firewood and other things, Xiao Gan saw that the Song army on the opposite side had begun to prepare for projection, knowing that the situation was critical and could not wait any longer, he hurriedly ordered: "Ignite!" ”
With Xiao Gan's order, the soldiers guarding behind them moved together and quickly threw the ignited materials into the wood stacked in front. The people who rushed over from the north were all full of grief and indignation, and some of them still had blood on their bodies, so they just threw the firewood into the fire in front of them, and said to Xiao Gan together: "General, kill these beasts for us!" Let's go collect firewood and burn them to death! Then they all dispersed, and took the wood nearby, and looked at the fire to put it in the fire.
Liu Guangshi saw the soldiers lighting the fire and burning a circle of wood, laughed, and said, "But it's so stupid! I have never heard of a ring of fire stopping an army! ”
When Liu Yanqing saw the soldiers igniting the fire, he suddenly woke up and said, "It's not good! Then he shouted to the people next to the trebuchets on the left and right: "Smash these wood fires!" ”
As soon as they heard Liu Dutong's order, these soldiers skillfully stretched their hands and feet, put in the thunder, and threw them, and a series of movements were like flowing water, and they were even full of artistic sense. Even the thunderbolts that were thrown out fell on the fire with great vigour.
Seeing that they could show off in front of Liu Dutong, these soldiers came again quickly, and more thunderbolts fell around the soldiers.
"Bastard!" Before Liu Yanqing could scold a word, he saw that these soldiers began to prepare for the third group again.
It's too late to say anything.
The wind fuels the fire, and it also fuels the smoke. The pile of wood that had been burned was getting more and more vigorous, and the thunderbolts that fell in the fire were roasted by the fire, and the smoke that spewed out was even more funny, and even the thunderbolts that fell in the distance were kicked into the fire by the Liao soldiers.
The fire and smoke blew towards the Song army with the wind, and then the Song army realized that this circle of wood was just a combustion, and with the help of the wind, the fire quickly burned to the houses and trees near the city gate. The wind blew louder and stronger, and the fire burned brighter and stronger.
Liu Yanqing was still counting on using a trebuchet to smash a passage at first, who knew that these stupid elites would use thunder to smash it, and as the poisonous smoke and fire spread to him, it was too late for Liu Yanqing to leave.
The Kaiyang Gate, which was originally spacious enough, was crowded with about 10,000 Song soldiers, but now under the smoke and fire, seeing that the fire was burning, everyone was closest to him, and they all turned around and ran towards the city gate.
If you don't squeeze, maybe you can run out of it smoothly, but this squeeze will be blocked at the gate of the city. In addition, Liu Guangshi and Liu Yanqing's pro-army were busy escorting these two Liu generals out of the city, and when they saw that the city gate in front was blocked, and the fire burned to the buttocks, they suddenly became anxious, drew their knives, and slashed at the Song soldiers in front. The Song soldiers in front wanted to dodge on both sides, but both sides were also crowded with people, and they wanted to rush out to the front, but the front was still blocked, but it was a pity that these Song soldiers did not die in the hands of the soldiers, but were hacked and killed by their own people who were in a hurry to escape.
Those who were killed by their own people, trampled to death, burned to death, smoked to death, and killed by random arrows from behind, and after the Kaiyang City Gate became a sea of fire, these Song soldiers finally escaped from the Kaiyang Gate. After the 10,000 Song troops escaped, there were only more than 6,000 left. Commander Yuki is still alive and has not been burned to death by the fire.
Song Jun's bad luck is not over. After coming out of the Kaiyang Gate, all the Song troops began to squeeze towards the only suspension bridge. It's just that a trebuchet broke down on the suspension bridge. The soldiers who had come out of the city and had been devastated could not care about the trebuchet or not, so they had to squeeze past it, and if they could not squeeze through, they wanted to push the trebuchet into the water. A group of people huddled on the drawbridge, and before they could push the trebuchet into the water, the drawbridge "clicked" and broke from it.
The trebuchet is sinking to the bottom of the water this time, and the suspension bridge can't be crossed. After all, Liu Guangshi has a good mind, and inherited his father's style of play of "running if he can't win", and decisively took the lead in running east on the horse.
From the Kaiyang Gate to the east, turn through the southeast corner of the city wall, and then turn to the north, it is the Yingchun Gate of Yanjing City. There is Jiao'an Festival leading troops to attack, even if it has not yet entered the Yingchun Gate, at least there is a drawbridge.
More than 6,000 Song troops, under the leadership of General Xiao Liu, went straight to the east. In half a cup of tea, a group of people rushed to the corner of the city wall, but before they could turn the corner, a wave of heat rushed towards them. Liu Guangshi hurriedly asked the soldier to go up to check, the soldier braved the hot air, covered his mouth and nose, poked his head to take a look, but saw that the north side of the corner was red, it turned out that the soldiers threw firewood from the city wall and lit it, blocking between the city wall and the moat. From time to time, firewood was thrown down on the city wall to make the fire burn more vigorously.
The soldiers who checked it ran back and told Liu Guangshi truthfully, and Liu Guangshi knew that he had fallen for the trick of the soldiers. Attack and open the Yang Gate by yourself, where is it too late for the soldiers to protect themselves, where do you still have the heart to throw firewood down on the wall of Yingchun Gate in the east to block your retreat?
Liu Yanqing also rushed over at this time, and also heard that there was a wall of fire blocking the way out. I couldn't help but feel anxious, but I was helpless. Seeing that Jiao Anjie led the soldiers and the soldiers on the city wall to attack each other, he didn't care about rescuing him. Liu Yanqing turned the horse's head and drank: "Go to Danfengmen!" ”
The 6,000 Song army was like a group of pigs in the alley, turned back again, ran to the west, ran for a short time, but saw that there were also people on the head of Danfengmen City who threw firewood outside the city wall, look carefully, but it was a group of people, one holding some firewood, thrown into the open space between the city wall and the moat, the fire became bigger and bigger.
Liu Yanqing let out a long sigh, now there is no way to enter the sky, there is no way to enter the earth, and he has more than 6,000 people and horses, but he can only hold between this moat and the city wall, unable to advance or retreat, it is really funny.
Liu Yanqing was thinking hard about the time to get out, only to hear someone shouting on the city wall above his head: "It's here!" "Throw firewood!" "Burn the dog's day!" ”
Liu Yanqing didn't look up yet, and the burning firewood was thrown around him, although the firewood was small, it suddenly shocked the six thousand Song troops under the city, and all of a sudden, with Liu Yanqing as the center, went east and west. Liu Yanqing didn't dare to lag behind, and fled in a panic.