The drum of Xinchang City was beaten again, but this time it was louder than before, it was a two-way drum.

The sudden sound of drums made Gongsun Kang smell a hint of danger, but he couldn't guess the true intentions of the Xinchang defenders, and at the same time he took the remaining cavalry to quickly rush to the outer city gate, although he did not break through the inner city gate, but taking the outer city gate still provided a prerequisite for breaking through Xinchang in the future, and he was not a failure to lead troops into the city this time.

Just when he led the cavalry to rush into the inner city gate, Shan Liang's figure appeared on the city tower, and the scene Gongsun Kang saw at the last moment when he entered the city gate cave was Shan Liang's arm lifting a rolling log high and then throwing it down, and at the same time there was a loud shout in his ears: "Smash it hard for me!" ”

When this sound fell, Gongsun Kang's heart was half cold.

And the fact is also the same, at this time the city tower above the crowd surged, in the single beam of the order, the city tower county soldiers began to frantically throw thick round logs to the city, one by one smashed down, immediately the soldiers and war horses who were about to enter the city gate hole smashed the flesh and blood, only a moment to divide the cavalry led by Gongsun Kang into two.

The sassal wood kept falling, and it was accompanied by boiling oil splashing during the process.

More than half of the trapped cavalry made Gongsun Kang very anxious, looking at the cavalry that was difficult to advance an inch, although it was only a step away, it was like a thousand miles away, and fought back to suppress the defenders of the city tower, Gongsun Kang gave an order, in fact, even if he didn't say it at this moment, there were already cavalry who began to spontaneously fire a salvo above the city tower, and the effect was remarkable, almost so that the defenders couldn't raise their heads.

The soldiers of the county made a counterattack under the leadership of Shan Liang, but they were suppressed and could not effectively fight back, just when the cavalry under the city thought that they could safely rush into the city tower. What the cavalry never expected was that Shan Liang ordered again to throw all the wood coated with animal and vegetable oil prepared on the castle tower early in the morning. Then came the torches that ignited the fire, and the torches were thrown down like rain. The greased timber was immediately ignited, and with the previous rolling wood and the boiling oil that slanted down, the castle gate cave was immediately ablaze.

The fire was not big at first, but it was impossible to extinguish it because of the oil, but the defenders could still enter the door hole calmly, that is, when there were less than 200 people before and after, the fire began to become more and more fierce, and the cavalry under the city became agitated. At this time, the archers on the two wings of the city wall arrived under the leadership of Li Xiang. The dense rain of arrows shot a large number of cavalry, making it difficult for the cavalry to maintain a suppression of the tower, and the cavalry could no longer sit still under the double blow, regardless of it, and rushed towards the doorway.

At this time, the fire in front of the city gate cave was completely ignited, and the flames were soaring into the sky, more than two feet high, although it was not impossible to pass, but it was absolutely difficult to rush through the sea of fire without some courage and courage.

And now it's not just the danger of fire. There is also the archers on the city tower, the big enemy, the arrows are pouring down, and the Xinchang County soldiers who have no arrows to suppress are also busy again under the leadership of Shan Liang. But because of the temporary preparations, the sassal wood has bottomed out, and there are only three or four pots of boiling oil left. But that's enough.

The scene in front of him made Gongsun Kang's eyes split, but he could face such ruthless things as water and fire. In the doorway, he could only be anxious, in vain. In particular, the more and more crazy cavalry dismounted and rushed to the door with their heads in order to rush through the sea of fire, but the fire was too fierce, although they rushed through the sea of fire, but in the end they were quickly burned to ashes after rushing through the door because of the raging flames.

This scene made his heart drip blood, and this tragic scene made him scream more than sadly, Liu Lan, you are too vicious, the almost crazy Gongsun Kang roared wildly, but it did not help the cavalry who were stopped out of the sea of fire, they became the live targets of the defenders, and they were shot through one by one, like a hornet's nest.

The cavalry fell one by one, and some cavalry soldiers could no longer stand this double torture and began to fight back frantically to make the last battle of the trapped beasts, but to no avail, they couldn't even splash a little wave, and under the blows of 3,000 mine archers and Xinchang County soldiers, they soon became a dead corpse.

The eight hundred or so people were less than half in an instant, and the number was still increasing, but soon the cavalry found a way to save their lives, close to the city wall, which was a dead end for the archers, plus the night was dark, it was not easy to be found, and it became a helpless move for many knights to wait for the fire to reduce while avoiding the arrows of the city tower in the corner of the wall.

But Shan Liang, who was not kind at all, gave another order, throwing all the remaining timber that had been soaked in oil on the city tower onto the suspension bridge, leaving Gongsun Kang completely in Xinchang City!

Bang bang bang

The timbers were all thrown down, and not many of them fell exactly on the drawbridge, more fell into the moat, but it was enough, and the single girder was satisfied, and immediately ordered to throw torches and set the drawbridge on fire.

But this move was discovered by Gongsun Kang early on, and he almost thought of the same way, that is, to let them be trapped in Xinchang City.

Gongsun Kang was already furious, but at this moment, the moment when the back road was likely to be cut off, he still wanted to wait a little longer, according to his calculations, the infantry led by Yang Yi was about to arrive, if he could arrive, then he still had a chance.

The wood on the suspension bridge was ignited, but at this moment, the flames in Gongsun Kang's eyes were even more raging.

Although the raging flames made him wait for a good opportunity for revenge, the cavalry around him did not think so, and they were afraid in their hearts, the scene of their comrades being burned to ashes in front of him just now was too terrifying, and he kept persuading the young general to retreat temporarily, and the gentleman did not stand under the dangerous wall, and it was not too late to fight Liu Lan when the infantry arrived.

Although Gongsun Kang wanted to continue to insist, he also understood that what everyone said was not unreasonable, if the infantry was delayed, and Liu Lan launched an attack from the inner city, then he would really be buried here with 3,000 cavalry today, although it was the first time to fight on behalf of the soldiers, but Gongsun Kang, who knew the art of war, made the most correct judgment in an instant.

"Rush across the drawbridge, withdraw from Xinchang, and wait until you join the infantry to avenge today!" After Gongsun Kang gave the order, the remaining more than 1,000 cavalry turned over and rode on horseback, galloped away with him outside the city, and in a moment, he came to the drawbridge, the drawbridge had been ignited, although it was only a small flame, but the mount was a livestock after all, afraid of fire, and did not dare to move forward, fortunately, the fire here was not like the city, there was no boiling oil to fuel the fire, and the defenders above the city tower also found them, bent the bow and arrows, and saw the terrifying arrow rain hit again, Gongsun Kang did not care about anything else, commanded the war horse to quickly cross the drawbridge.

When crossing the bridge, he did not forget to use his spear to quickly dial the wood on the suspension bridge, and all of them fell into the moat, and the fire was quickly controlled, but the defenders' flying arrows flew down at this time.

At this moment, looking at the dozen or so people who fell off their horses in an instant, the thing Gongsun Kang wanted to do most was to kill Yang Yi alive, and what were Yang Yi and his infantry doing at the moment? (To be continued......)