At the same time as the plan to burn down the minister's palace, Gongsun Yue went out of the Chenghong Hall and went to the temple to supervise the battle. The battle in the inner palace went extremely smoothly, and only the temple held by King Xian was difficult to advance.

There are as many as 15,000 rebels attacking King Xian, Luan Chong's inner palace covers an area of one-fifth of the palace, and the temple occupies less than one-fifteenth, Luan Chong's thousands of people stick to the huge inner palace is more than enough and not enough, Gongsun Yue grasped this point, concentrated twice Luan Chong's troops, took the lead in taking the inner palace, gradually compressed Luan Chong to the west, and forced it to retreat into the temple.

At this time, Gong Shouqian was ordered to set fire to all the houses west of the Minister's Palace, and a raging fire rose into the sky, billowing smoke emitted a pungent smell, and under the blowing of the southwest wind, it quickly burned towards the west gate of the Minister's Palace, and the fire burned more and more vigorously under the help of the strong wind, and the sparks rushed all the way to the roof of the West Courtyard.

"Bastard."

Looking at the raging fire, Bai Liyan (Wei Xian) gritted his teeth and scolded three words, but there was a little bit of only the state officials who were allowed to set fires, and the people were not allowed to light the lamps, after all, he lit the fire last night, and at this time, people set the fire and he said that it was too much, this is a report and a report, but it came really fast.

At this time, Jiang Jie fled in embarrassment, and almost fell over:

"General, the houses in the west courtyard are all out of water, so let's transfer the brothers to put out the fire."

"No, let the West Courtyard burn."

Jiang Jie was taken aback when he heard the news:

"The general's west courtyard burned over, but it is the atrium, and the families of An Taihou and other households are in the atrium."

"What's the hurry, go, let Wu Deng take someone to fetch the roof of the atrium on the water, and water it for me from top to bottom."

"General, can this work!"

"Of course not!"

Jiang Jie was taken aback again, thinking to himself that this was not a contradiction in his words. Bailiyan disagreed:

"Go quickly, don't delay. There is a shortage of manpower, pull up the trustworthy prisoners too, be quick! ”

"No!"

The wings outside the west courtyard have been lit, under the noise of the southwest wind, the fire is spreading to the atrium, Yan Ping led the Xianjun to extinguish the fire here, the effect is not obvious, especially in front of the minister's palace is the prince's mansion, the building is mostly gorgeous wooden structure, painted, it can be burned up if it occupies the spark, it is difficult to extinguish.

"General Yanping, how is the fire under control?" Seeing that the fire was uncontrollable, Baili Yan asked anxiously.

"It's not good, not to mention that more than a dozen houses are burning, and they are tall beams and big tiles, and they will collapse at any time when they burn, and the brothers dare not approach!"

"Then let the brethren withdraw."

"Withdraw!"

Yan Ping was taken aback, and hurriedly said:

"The west courtyard is connected to the atrium, and it will be burned immediately, what to do if the embassy is withdrawn, it will not take half an hour, and the fire will burn all over the minister's palace."

"Wei has his own plan, let the brothers withdraw immediately, don't waste their lives here."

Due to the current technological and cognitive limitations, there were no early fire trucks such as "water dragon cars" in the palace, and for large wooden palace buildings that were more than two feet high, once a fire broke out, it was impossible to extinguish it by manpower with a bucket from the ground alone, like a private house. Without a pump structure, it is impossible for water to reach the palace several feet high, which is the fundamental reason why the rebels dared to set fire to the west gate.

On the contrary, if the house is no longer able to support the structure due to the fire, the firefighters also face a huge risk of being buried and killed if the structure collapses.

Yan Ping quickly evacuated the personnel to the open space between the atrium and the west courtyard wall, organized the manpower, and quickly cut down all the big trees within 20 steps of the front and back, and there was not a single one left.

"General Yanping, let the brothers dig a trench on the spot, at least two feet wide, and the deeper the better."

"Trenches? What does a trench do? ”

"Don't ask too much, do what you are told!"

"No!"

At this moment, even if it is said clearly, how can Yan Ping know the truth.

The fire in the west courtyard burned more and more, after Yanping withdrew, the burning became more and more violent, Antai Hou saw that the fire in the west courtyard was developing rapidly, and immediately ordered Dian Kun to take people to support the fire extinguishing, as soon as the people arrived on the west side of the atrium, they saw that the Xian army was dragging the felled trees away, and began to dig a trench along the west side of the wall in two steps, and Dian Kun's face sank immediately when he saw this:

"General Wei, what is your army doing if you don't put out the fire!"

"General Dian came just in time, and there are still copper shovels in the house."

"What do you want to do?"

"To extinguish the fire, of course!"

Bai Liyan said of course, and Dian Kun was even more puzzled:

"If you put out the fire, you don't carry water, and you dig a ditch here."

"Naturally, it is to extinguish the fire, General Dian only needs to act according to the plan, and Wei can be guaranteed to be foolproof."

Dian Kun will be suspicious, although Bailiyan does have a set of soldiers, but fire extinguishing and using soldiers are two different things, can it solve the problem without relying on hard work?

"What is General Wei's plan?"

"General Dian may not know about this matter, so let's go and prepare copper production quickly and help me dig a trench."

Dian Kun got a copper shovel in disbelief and dug a trench ten paces west of the Xian army.

Nowadays, iron tools are still a precious resource, and the texture of geotechnical instruments such as shovels and pickaxes is still dominated by bronze, and there are few shovels, even if they are plows used for ploughing, they are only pig iron.

At this time, Jiang Jie, Wu Deng and others climbed on the roof of the atrium, and the hands relayed the houses and palaces in the atrium from top to bottom to water thoroughly, and more than 1,000 people from Yan Ping and Dian Kun were ten steps away from each other and dug two fire ditches at the same time.

The fire in the west courtyard was fueled by the wind, and the sparks had already drifted to the atrium building, and as soon as they encountered the water-stained wooden structure, the sparks were extinguished with a bang, and they could not continue to burn.

However, the fire in the west courtyard was too big, and the people who watched it were panicked, which made Antai Houji tremble. Isn't it strange that the fire was not only not under control, but also burned bigger and bigger.

hurriedly sent someone to ask, only to learn that Yanping and Dian Kun not only did not put out the fire, but were also digging trenches inexplicably under the organization of Bailiyan. Ji Tong was furious and personally led people forward, and when he arrived, he almost fell to the ground in front of him.

Instead of fighting the fire, Bailiyan actually set fire to the first trench dug along the atrium and the west courtyard wall, blocking the entire courtyard wall with one fire.

"Wei Xian!" Ji Tong couldn't bear it anymore and scolded loudly, his face sinking to the ground at this moment.

"What's the matter with Master Hou?" Bai Liyan asked knowingly.

"Okay, you Wei Xian, instead of putting out the fire, you set it on fire, this is because the minister's mansion is not finished fast enough!"

"Hou Ye's words are wrong, this is a plan to fight fire with fire, which can stop the spread of fire."

"Fire to fire?" Everyone looked at each other, Ji Tong was stunned, but he didn't speak immediately, he knew that Bailiyan had never exaggerated so far, but he really didn't know what the reason was for this to fight fire with fire.

"General Wei, what other mysteries are there in fighting fire with fire?"

But between the words, it was not clear, Hou Ye quickly ordered the battalions to prepare and kill from the north and south gates, and the rebels were in the streets and alleys outside the south and north streets at this time, waiting for our army to flee in panic, so as to kill our army in an ambush. Our army will be able to kill them by surprise if they are killed at this time. ”

"Shhh...... You're treacherous! ”

Ji Tong's words are sincere and heartfelt.

Since this morning, the rebels have been beaten passively everywhere, even if there is a fire in the backyard now, they still want to use the trap set by the rebels to oppose the customer, except for the treacherous description, there is no suitable word to describe what Bai Liyan did.

So Gong Shouqian, who thought he was clever, was killed by thousands of men and horses in the Legation's Office, lost his armor and completely lost all control of the streets in the north and south, and finally captured more than 1,000 people, and was almost driven to the west of the city.

Gongsun Yue fell into a stalemate at this time, the combat power of the forbidden army in the inner palace of King Xian was significantly higher than that of the forbidden army in the outer palace, and it was not necessary to kill each of them. At this time, King Xian may be Jiang Hai in his bones.

"It shouldn't be!"

Gongsun Yue frowned, looking at the stalemate of the battle and muttering to himself, the battle situation did not show any signs of improvement.

At this moment, a figure with blurred flesh and blood and ragged clothes came on horseback in a hurry, and before he came to Gongsun Yue, he fell to the ground and cried:

"Teacher, teacher......" Gong Shouqian crawled in front of Gongsun Yue, and there was hardly a clean place on his body.

Gongsun Yue was shocked, and only thought that Gong Shouqian must have been defeated by the Minister's Mansion:

"Shouqian, what's going on!"

"Teacher, the forbidden army of the Legation suddenly came out from the north and south, and the students were caught off guard and were defeated."

"How is this possible, didn't you lead the army to ambush outside the North and South Streets in advance, the Minister's Mansion is on fire, and the forbidden army should have fled in a panic, how can it be possible to defeat you with one blow."

"It is said to be so, but who would have thought that this was Wei Xian's trick."

"Trickery? Didn't the fire reach the Legation's Palace? ”

"The fire was burned, but the fire only burned to the west courtyard, and then it no longer burned to the east, and the students did not find anything unusual at that time, just waiting for the forbidden army to escape from the embassy to ambush and intercept it, but who knew that they were prepared, climbed to the top of the houses on both sides, and threw quicklime at our army, and our army's front line might as well be blinded, and they took the opportunity to kill from the front to open the gap, and then dispersed our army."

"Shhh...... How is this possible, since the fire has already burned to the west courtyard, why didn't it burn into the mansion! ”

Gongsun Yue was puzzled, but when he thought of fourteen or five thousand people, it was only half a day, and he was killed by Baili Yan Dasan, if he killed the palace from behind, wouldn't it be even worse.

"Shouqian, how many people are there under General Zhao's command at this time!"

"Not counting the wounded, there are more than 6,000 people who can gather, and the others either flee alive or die, or surrender and be captured by the forbidden army. The student committee really didn't expect that the person surnamed Wei would be so treacherous, and in the case of a fire in the West Courtyard, he could still kill our army, and he really underestimated the enemy. ”

"Yes, it's a light enemy...... Gongsun Yue sighed, his heart was half cold, under the absolute advantage of the army, he could even kill Baili Yan to make a comeback, if it wasn't for the gods to descend to earth, it would also be a hero in the future.

After a moment of silence, Gongsun Yue's eyes narrowed, and he made up his mind to make a desperate bet.

"Order General Zhao to collect the horses and go to the east gate, and replace the defenders of the east gate to the palace, I have other arrangements."

"What about the Legation's Palace!"

"At this time, I can't take care of those, our army in the palace has an advantage, as long as we break through the temple and capture King Xian before Bailiyan, there is nothing to be done about Bailiyan."

Zongmiao has been surrounded on three sides, Luan Chong, who is sticking to a corner of the inner palace, will soon be driven back to the Zongmiao, the troops in the hands of King Xian are decreasing, and it will be a temple situation surrounded by Zongzong on all sides, even if Baili Yan leads the army to come, its strength is not advantageous, and when it encounters the forbidden army under Gongsun Yue, its combat power will probably be flattened.

As long as he preempts Bailiyan and captures the heirs of King Xian alive as hostages, it will be easy to force the Xian army to submit.