Volume 1: The Yellow Turban Rebellion Chapter 80: The Night Battle (1)

The mysterious starry sky only saw a crescent moon, under the low hanging night, Yangzhai County seemed to enter the lion of dreams, even the construction site in Xicheng District there was no noisy and boiling human voice, only somewhere in the city there will be a faint sound of dog barking, and then it was drowned out by the heavy night.

Like the devil of the night, a group of people emerged from all over the city, and gathered in the alley next to the main gate of the county government by the faint starlight.

If you stand on the walls and look down into the city, you will see that these men have lit a fire and planted their torches on the ground. With a low and powerful "Ignition!" Each of them lit the rocket on the string with a torch on the ground.

When the flames were ignited, a sound sounded the horn of the attack, and also woke up Yangzhai County in the night.

All of a sudden, hundreds of lit arrows flew into the county government with a whistling roar, some landed on the roof, and some missed and fell into the nearby houses. After three waves of rockets were fired in a row, these people covered with yellow turbans used all kinds of blades, and the shouters rushed towards the main gate of Yangzhai County.

For a while, the sound of shouting and killing resounded in the sky, and Yang Zhai was like a coal stove with fire oil, and it exploded with a bang.

After the three rounds of rockets, the location of the hall of the county government was in flames, as if it was on fire, but the shouts and cries were not heard, but the houses that were mistakenly fired into the rockets came out with a miserable cry for help.

Without thinking too much, these people rushed to the gate of the county government in a few breaths.

I saw that the black wooden gate of Yangzhai County was tightly closed, and the sound of crackling and burning wood from inside seemed to give infinite strength to the attackers.

The door was knocked open after a few blows, and the leader was slightly stunned for a moment, and then excitedly ordered everyone to cross the screen and rush to the lobby.

But when everyone crossed the screen, they were all stunned on the spot: Where is the fire in the county office? It was clearly a man-high piece of wood piled up in the open space in front of the lobby and poured fire oil on it, giving people the illusion that there was a fire in the county office. The leader realized that he had been tricked, and he wanted to direct everyone to withdraw. But how can the chaotic crowd hear him? And how are these whom he has brought with him the Lord who can listen to the nagging of men?

As a result, the people inside wanted to squeeze out, and the people outside wanted to rush in, and the crowd became more and more chaotic.

At this time, I saw pieces of cowhide lifted from the roofs around the courtyard, and soldiers dressed in woolen came out from below, about sixty or seventy people in all. The soldiers were tall and tall, each armed with a huge bow that had never been seen before.

As a red flag fell in the corner, sharp arrows were shot out, and the sound of swishing was endless.

To say that these people are also well-known figures in the rivers and lakes, how can they be afraid of bows and arrows? It's just that the arrows fired by these soldiers are longer than ordinary arrows, and at such close range, they are much more powerful than ordinary bows and arrows. Some people believed that they were strong in martial arts, and stretched out the weapon in their hands to dial it, but they were nailed through the thighs fiercely.

At this moment, there was no longer a need for the leader to command, and everyone dragged the wounded and rushed out of the gate again. In this confrontation, more than a dozen wounded people appeared in the attack, and the momentum was frustrating.

Xu Shu, who was standing in the corner, said: "Taiping Dao really used rockets, thanks to Brother Zhicai's order, someone secretly took out the cooked cowhide in the warehouse in Zhuangzhong and covered it all over the county office, so that he would not be in a hurry." ”

Guo Bin nodded and said, "Yes, Zhicai has worked hard." ”

Xi Zhicai hurriedly said: "The lord and Yuan Zhizhi praise it, thanks to Xiao Guo Jia noticing the increase in the demand for fire oil in these Taiping Dao, otherwise, who would have thought that Taiping Dao would attack with fire?" ”

Guo Bin was very satisfied with the performance of several people: they were all young, after all, their experience was limited, and it was already a blessing to be able to do this. Who can be a master strategist who has never been lost since he was a child? You know, even if you are a genius, you only start a little high.

But looking at the Taiping Dao people who had withdrawn, several people's brows furrowed again.

Guo Jiadao: "There are only more than 200 guards in the county government, and now there are more than 100 special soldiers joining, but they are by no means advantageous in numbers. ”

Xi Zhicai nodded and said, "Yes, it seems that there are nearly three hundred people." ”

Xu Shu said: "I think there were originally people lurking in the city in Taiping Dao, but we only noticed the next hundred people, and we didn't count the people who were originally lurking in the city." ”

Just when the three strategists regretted it, Guo Bin said: "I believe in Yun Chang, don't worry about this kind of small scene." ”

To say that the number of people in the county government is indeed quite a lot, Yuan Shao's family will be in the back hall at this time. Among the dwellings outside the county office, they are all Yulin Army. But after all, the three parties are not subordinate to each other, and if Guan Yu is in command, I am afraid that there will be problems such as inefficiency due to some people's dissatisfaction. Therefore, Guo Bin instructed Yuan Shao to let them each guard the back hall to protect the safety of the eldest prince Liu Bian.

Seeing that everyone in Taiping Dao retreated, Guan Yu's shout came from the roof: "All the troops listen to the order!" Close the gates and get ready to meet the enemy! ”

I saw more than 200 people coming to the wall, holding spears in their hands, facing south and facing north, waiting for the Taiping Road people to climb over the wall.

Sure enough, after waiting for a while, some people in Taiping Dao couldn't bear it, and relied on their light body kung fu to climb over the wall. But he saw that there was a spear with a cold handle coming over, and those who were good at kung fu could still hold on to the wall and turn it back, and those who were not good at kung fu couldn't catch it in one breath, so they stabbed him to death on the spot. For the first time, there were casualties in Taiping Road.

Seeing that he could not climb over the wall and that the rockets could not play their due role, the leader of Taiping Road ordered people to throw cans of fire oil into the courtyard wall. Suddenly, the crockpots were shattered, and the smell of fire oil came to my nose. Some of them threw oil cans on top of the fire, and the fire rose with a loud bang, and the smoke suddenly became cloudy.

Guan Yu was shocked and said, "Hide behind the wall and be careful of fire attacks!" ”

Before he could finish speaking, he saw another rocket fly in from outside the wall. He didn't shoot far, he only shot down at the area where the crockpot landed.

Fortunately, across the courtyard wall, the archery skills on the opposite side are not very high, and there are not many people on fire.

At this time, the effect of woolen tweed was seen: some soldiers stood close to the place where the crockpot landed, and although they were accidentally caught by fire, their clothes did not catch fire. I only saw that Guan Yu was determined in his heart, and secretly sighed that Guo Bin had a long-term vision, this military uniform made of felt was not only warm and wear-resistant, but also not afraid of fire.

But after all, there were many fires, and some of them also burned to the row houses on both sides, and the courtyard was also chaotic for a while.

Outside the wall, there were Taiping Dao people standing on the houses to observe the situation, and the leader learned that there was also a fire in the courtyard, and he was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered people to take advantage of the chaos to turn over and enter the wall.

Suddenly, nearly 100 Taiping Dao people took advantage of the chaos and turned inside. The soldiers under the courtyard wall did not have time to stop it, so they formed a formation in their squads and attacked the incoming Taiping Road under the command of each squad leader.

At this time, the smoke in the courtyard was blazing, and the archers on the roof could see the situation in the courtyard clearly through the fire in the courtyard, but looking at the comrades who had been fighting with Taiping Dao, the bows that were drawn could not be shot.

For a time, the crisis at the gate of the county government began to appear.