Chapter 746: Major Events (Part II)
At the end of the watch, ten black shadows have quietly touched the city, for the leader to stand under the city wall, holding a roll of rope, looking up at the city head coldly, the city came from the call of an owl, this is the signal, he put a large package on the ground on his back, a hand flicked, a rope flew up, the trap in the front of the rope accurately lassoed the battlements, the soldier pulled the rope, a jump, agile like an ape climbed up, other soldiers have followed suit to climb the city.
At the head of the city, Yan Qing pulled ten Song soldiers loaded with firearms to the city, which was a plan that had been deployed in advance, Yan Qing advanced to the city to respond, and then sent firearms to the city.
The leader of Shangcheng was Yan Qing's lieutenant Yang Guang, and he asked in a low voice, "How is the situation?" ”
Yan Qing shook her head, "The situation is not good, there are soldiers guarding the city bridge, and an iron gate has been repaired, locked with a big lock!" ”
Yang Guang looked at the city bridge in the distance, it was a section of the city wall between the county seat and the cangcheng, the length was about three hundred and fifty steps, the city wall was three zhang high, less than one zhang wide, relatively narrow, there was a pavilion barrier in the middle, the problem now was that an iron gate was built in the pavilion barrier, and there were dozens of soldiers guarding the city, it was difficult to pass.
"What then?" Yang Guang was also a little anxious.
I made an appointment to set fire to the second watch, but now I can't even cross the city bridge, how to set it on fire?
Yan Qing flipped through the firearms brought by Yang Guang, there were fire oil bags, iron fire thunder, fire crows, rockets, and a soldier also carried a sky-shaking thunder, Yan Qing took out the fire crow, "If it really doesn't work, use it to ignite." ”
"But Liyang warehouse is full of warehouses, how can it be ignited?" Yang Guang said anxiously.
Yan Qing smiled: "I caught two prisoners of war, they said that because there was too much forage, even the open air was full, if we launch ten fire crows, maybe one of them can ignite the forage, of course, the premise is that there is no way." ”
"Then Brother Yan has any ideas?"
Yan Qing nodded, "I'll give it a try." ”
Yan Qing took off his armor, he was dressed in a black night suit, he brought three fire folds, a bag of fire oil on his back, a dagger and a small crossbow, and a cloth bag on his back, in which was a roll of string, packed up, Yan Qing rushed towards the city bridge in the distance.
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In the woods about two miles north of the county seat, 3,000 cavalrymen, led by Wang Gui and Niu Gao, were looking intently at the county seat in the distance.
According to the information they obtained, there were 2,000 gold soldiers in Liyang County, of which about 200 were Jurchens, and the other 1,800 were Han troops, this army was just a small dish for them, and it was not Liyang County that interested Wang Gui, but Liyang Cang, there were actually millions of loads of forage in Liyang Cang, but Liyang Cang was guarded by 10,000 heavy troops, and his army could not succeed, so Wang Gui thought of Liyang County.
Wang Gui has been entering Hebei for half a month, and in the past half a month, they have broken through ten counties and annihilated 15,000 Jin soldiers, including 2,000 Jurchen Jin soldiers, and the rest are Han troops.
However, Wang Gui knew in his heart that they burned down the temporary granary on the south bank of the Yellow River, which did not have much impact on the Jin soldiers besieging the capital, let alone attacking and harassing the grain delivery team, and it could not affect the main force of the Jin soldiers in Kaifeng Mansion at all.
Wang Gui wanted to do something big, after thinking about it again and again, he finally set his eyes on Liyang Cang, although there was no food in Liyang Cang, all of them were forage, but Wang Gui's heart was like a mirror, if he could succeed this time, he would definitely shake the main force of the Jin soldiers.
"How much time is left?" Wang Gui asked in a low voice.
"A quarter of an hour to go!"
Wang Gui's eyes are staring at Liyang Cangcheng, if Cangcheng catches fire, the consequence will be that the whole city will be burned to ashes, and the soldiers in the city will either escape or die in the fire, Wang Gui's target is those Jin soldiers who escaped, if he can annihilate more than 10,000 gold soldiers, he Wang Gui can also earn a knighthood for his grandfather.
This is interlocking, and the most critical link is whether Yan Qing can ignite the fire in Liyang Cang, there is only a quarter of an hour left, Wang Gui is silently looking forward to it.
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The city bridge is about 300 steps long, and is divided into two halves by a pavilion barrier in the middle, of which the half near the county town is not defended by any soldiers and is empty, while the half near the cangcheng is guarded by dozens of soldiers, and the security is very tight.
At this time, a black shadow was sticking to the city wall and moving rapidly, Yan Qing was climbing the city from the middle of the city bridge, he was like an agile ape, jumping from one battlement to another, his body was close to the outside of the battlement, dozens of golden soldiers were not patrolling back and forth on the city bridge, but resting and napping under the wall, or chatting in a low voice, wrapped tightly in a blanket, and drank two sips of strong wine from time to time to resist the cold of the night.
Although it is currently in the period of war between the Song and Jin countries, a cavalry of the Song army of unknown origin provoked everywhere on the west road of Hebei, stirring up the panic of the garrisons in various counties of Hebei, but obviously Liyangcang is not among them, with 12,000 defenders, no one dares to come to Liyangcang's tiger whiskers, it is this kind of self-confidence that invisibly makes the defense of the city head at night relaxed.
Yan Qing had already arrived at the end of the city bridge, he hid in the dark corner at the intersection of the city bridge and the city wall, staring at the situation on the city wall, there were no defenders in this section, only two golden soldiers, and these two golden soldiers were sitting opposite him, one seemed to be asleep, and the other was looking up at the night sky, with words in his mouth, I don't know what he was thinking?
Yan Qing raised the short crossbow and gently pulled the hanging knife, 'Whoosh! A short quenched arrow shot out and hit the throat of the soldier who was looking up, and this arrow cut the soldier's trachea with precision, and he snorted, but did not make a sound.
But to Yan Qing's surprise, the severe pain caused the soldier to wave his hand and beat him, and he woke up the sleeping soldier next to him with a punch.
Seeing that the situation was critical, Yan Qing jumped up and pounced on the soldier, and before the soldier could fully wake up, a dagger was plunged into the soldier's chest, and the soldier let out a terrible scream.
"Oops!"
Yan Qing screamed secretly, and stabbed the soldier to death again, as soon as he stood up, there was a shout not far behind him, and he saw a group of patrol soldiers rushing towards him.
With a wave of his hand, a spear shot at him like lightning, Yan Qing jumped up, jumped on the battlements, dodged the fatal blow, and the spear shot the soldier who had been shot in the throat but had not yet died, and nailed him to death on the head of the city.
As soon as Yan Qing turned around, he saw that the black and swarthy below was like a mound of earth, he jumped down without hesitation, the mound below was very small, Yan Qing accurately landed on the 'mound of dirt', and with a heavy flick of his body, the mound of earth overturned and overturned him to the ground.
Sure enough, it was hay, and he landed on a pile of hay, and before he could get up, an arrow 'whoosh!' The ground brushed past his ears and nailed to the ground, Yan Qing struck a spirit, jumped up, and rushed towards the depths of darkness, at this time, a rapid alarm sounded above the city, "Dang! While! While! Sirens pierced the night, alarming the city's more than 10,000 defenders.
At this time, Yan Qing had already hid in the depths of the hay pile, he took off the oil skin, sprayed out all the oil, and poured it on a piece of hay, although the grass did not need to use the oil again, but the role of the oil was to ensure that the flame burned quickly at the beginning, so that the enemy did not have time to extinguish the fire.
Yan Qing immediately blew a fire fold and threw it on the hay, 'Boom! A flame ignited and spread rapidly in all directions, and this was the work of the oil that quickly burned all the forage within a few feet.
When the fire burned to the point that it could no longer be extinguished, Yan Qing turned around and fled, hiding in a hidden place not far from the gate, he was waiting for the enemy army to be completely chaotic, and it was his chance to escape while the chaos was his chance.
The soldiers of Cangcheng were in a mess, countless soldiers took basins to draw water from the well and splashed them at the burning haystacks, but there was no point anymore, the fire had swept the forage within a radius of hundreds of zhang, the huge flames rose into the air, the tongue of fire rolled towards the dark and dull night sky, and the billowing smoke filled the interior of Cangcheng, and the soldiers began to drop the buckets and basins to flee for their lives.
When the fire was in full swing, Yang Guang placed three earth-shattering thunderbolts on the city bridge, quickly lit the fuse, and he led the soldiers to quickly withdraw to the city, at this time the city wall was full of soldiers who ran to see the fire, but most of the soldiers gathered on both sides of the north city tower, one mile away from the city bridge, when Yang Guang led his men down the city, no one found their abnormality.
Just when Yang Guang and his entourage just ran down the city, they only heard an earth-shattering explosion, followed by two violent explosions, the whole city seemed to be shaking, the soldiers at the head of the city were so frightened that they covered their ears and lay on the ground, after a while, when they slowly lifted up, they found that half of the city bridge had disappeared, and was completely blown up by three earth-shattering thunderbolts, and after a while, the other half of the city bridge also collapsed.
At this time, the flames had swept away half of Cangcheng, the city gate was opened, countless golden soldiers rushed out, Yan Qing escaped in the first batch of people, but he knew very well what he would encounter when he came out, Yan Qing did not cross the suspension bridge, and jumped off the moat directly and ran west on the ice.
At this moment, a bangzi sounded, and a dense number of arrows shot towards the rushing golden soldiers, most of whom were not wearing armor and had no defense, and they fell to the ground with arrows one after another, screaming miserably.
Wang Gui roared, "Block the city gate and kill me!" ”
Three thousand cavalry swept in, brandishing swords and spears, and slaughtered countless golden soldiers in a panic.