Chapter 52: The Burning of the City
The battle in Macheng naturally couldn't hide the Han army outside the city, and Ye Zhao soon got the news of the chaos in Macheng.
"Lord, don't you want to do it yet?" Guan Hai wiped his big knife while turning his head to look at Ye Zhao, this battle is not only the grievances of the Xianbei people, but also the Han army, obviously has the strength to destroy the enemy, but it has always been outside the city to release arrows, the imaginary tragic battle has never appeared from beginning to end, sometimes he feels that these Xianbei people are too cowardly, so it is good to come out and leave some heads for them.
"Almost!" Contrary to the expectations of the soldiers, Ye Zhao did not continue to delay this time, but stood up, looked in the direction of Ma Cheng and said with a smile: "It's just right, before that digging bald, let's use Helian to set up a prestige for him." ”
"But ......" Gao Sheng on the side was stunned and said: "Mr. Qiu hasn't come back yet, what if that boss is unwilling to send troops?" ”
"He'll send troops!" Ye Zhao said confidently: "Now, it's time to say goodbye to Ma Cheng, and order Li Xing to immediately capture the city wall, but don't enter the city without permission!" ”
"Whoa!"
"How many catapults do we have now?" Ye Zhao turned his head and looked at Meng Hu on the side.
"Back to the lord, plus the one sent by Ning County yesterday, there are a total of twenty-four, but they are all a little old!" Meng Hu bowed and said.
Although there are many battles in the border villages, most of them are defensive battles, and catapults, which are large siege weapons, are rarely used here.
"All of them were moved to the city wall, one door and six planes, lined up, and the fire oil sent from various counties was also moved." Ye Zhao took the sword handed by the guards and walked towards the door: "Move fast!" ”
"Whoa!"
"Woo woo woo~"
The passionate horn sound accompanied by the sound of drums resounded through the wilderness, and the soldiers of the Han army in the south and north of the city quickly walked out of the city with the sound of the horn, lined up in a battle formation, and began to march towards Macheng, but at this moment Macheng has fallen into a fierce war, and the city is covered by the sound of fighting, screaming, wailing, and scolding, even those few soldiers who defend the city on weekdays have been involved in the melee at this moment, although the actions of the Han army have been discovered, but at this moment the city has been in chaos, for a while, it is difficult to transmit the news to Helian.
Li Xing quickly went up to the city wall, and according to Ye Zhao's instructions, he hoisted a heavy catapult on the city wall, and it took two hours, and when the sun was already in the west, twenty-four trebuchets and a jar of fire oil were all sent to the city wall.
"Leave our army's retreat on the city wall, and seal the four gates for me!" Ye Zhao came to the city wall under the escort of Guan Hai and others, stood by his sword, looking down at the chaotic city, and in his indifferent voice, there was an indescribable sense of slaughter.
"Whoa!"
Immediately, a soldier quickly sealed the city gate inside and out with stones and loess, Ye Zhao turned his head and glanced at Guan Hai: "Use the catapult to throw all the oil into the city, don't leave it for me." ”
"Whoa!" Guan Hai agreed in a rough voice and began to order.
In the city, there are more and more dead people, there are Hu people, there are also Xianbei warriors, and Lian looked at the soldiers who were constantly dragged off horseback in the sea of people and regretted a little, if these people pulled out of the city and fought in the field, even if there were more people in Macheng, it was impossible to block one of their charges, and the Xianbei iron cavalry could be crushed in the face of these Hu people who didn't even have decent weapons.
But at this moment, in this horse city, the advantage of the army is weakened to the maximum, but these Hu people in the city can use the terrain to deal with them.
In a fit of anger, he gave the order to kill, and now even if he wants to take it back, the war has been chaotic to this extent, whether it is the Xianbei warriors or these naturalized people in the city, they have already killed the red eyes, saying that they are naturalized people, but before naturalization, they are also tribes on the grassland, and they belong to the kind of people who are all soldiers, and at this moment, the behavior of Helian makes them feel threatened, and naturally they will not be polite to these Xianbei warriors.
Now even if He Lian regrets it, he can only break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, but after thinking of this, the Xianbei warriors in the city will also wither, how to face the murderous Han army, He Lian feels that his heart is constantly twitching.
"King~"
In the melee, a bloodied Xianbei warrior stumbled out of the crowd, staggered down beside Helian, and said heartbreakingly: "Han people, Han people have come in!" ”
"What!?" He Lian Wenyan's face changed greatly: "Why is it at this time?" How's the battle going? ”
"The walls have been occupied." The Xianbei warrior said with a sad face.
This is nonsense, the city is in a scuffle, even if you know it, it is impossible to rush to help, then Ye Zhao, I am afraid that this moment has been waiting!
"Huhuhu~"
Just when Helian was lost his soul, a whistling sound suddenly came.
"Papapa~"
One by one, the clay pots fell in the chaotic city, and the viscous liquid spread among the crowd with the clay pot shattering, and some were unlucky enough to be directly hit by the clay pots, and some were directly hit in the head and fell to the ground.
A thick, pungent smell began to spread through the city, and before people could react, a second batch of clay pots had already been projected.
"It's kerosene!"
In the crowd, many people's faces changed, and they subconsciously stopped fighting, and looked in horror in the direction where the clay pot was flying.
On the city wall, one by one clay pots were placed in the groove of the catapult, and five clay pots were placed in each groove, and then with the angry shouts of the soldiers, the long pole waved, and the five clay pots broke out of the air, scattered under the resistance of the air, and submerged into the city.
The 3,000 cans of fire oil transferred from the surrounding counties smashed into the city in two hours, and the whole city was filled with a pungent smell.
"Rocket, ready!" As it was getting dusk, under the fluttering banner of the Han army, Ye Zhao looked at the crowd that had begun to gather in the direction of the city wall, and raised his right arm high.
Clusters of arrows stained with fire oil were quickly ignited, and two thousand archers bent their bows and arrows to pull the bowstrings perfectly.
"Lord Ye, we are the people of the city, no!"
In the city, there were countless people's wails, and at this moment, whether it was the Xianbei warriors or the naturalized people in the city, how could they still have the heart to fight again, and they rushed towards the city wall like crazy.
"Put!" The raised right arm slammed down, and two thousand flaming arrows rose into the air, raining down on every corner of the city.
"Boom~"
Clusters of flames lit up, instantly illuminating the sky that had begun to dim, and countless figures rolled in the firelight, and screams resounded in the air filled with the smell of meat.