Luodu,

After the fire, Dongguo, which was devastated and devastated for several miles, was like a huge scar and scabies left in the original regular layout of chessboard and vegetable furrows.

The effect of this fire is so good that even the initiators of it did not expect. The fire, which was originally expected to be only seven or eight castle squares, was eventually fueled by the wind, and a large number of sparks were blown across the wide main street, or through the barricades with a large number of timber components, and continued to spread to other castle squares, and burned more than 20 Dongguo castle squares, including Xishi.

Since the defenders deliberately set the fire, and the attackers were powerless to put out the fire, they could only let it spread and find another way out.

Therefore, in addition to the hundreds of casualties who were responsible for the arson and could not flee, they also bought the defenders a whole day and a night.

To this day, some of the "fuel-rich" cities are still shrouded in flames and smoke.

As for the possibility that tens of thousands of people may be tens of thousands of people, and the result of being buried in the sea of fire, it is naturally ignored by the superiors

But for those generals who finally gathered their subordinates who were scattered and raging, intending to reorganize an offensive, and showing something about it, it was an out-and-out disaster.

This fire killed and injured more than 10,000 people, and only a very small number of them were really burned to death by the fire, mainly those unlucky ghosts who did not get the order in time and stayed in place. And more often than not, the environment is unfamiliar or lost, and the death and injury caused by crowding and trampling.

In order to compete for a possible way to survive, those red-eyed soldiers did not hesitate to meet their familiar comrades, wielding swords and fire and opening a bloody path.

The second-line assembly areas and forward sortie positions that were originally scheduled to be several were also disrupted and scattered because of the spread of the fire, and for a time they did not know the soldiers and the soldiers did not know who they would be, and they ran apart, and I don't know how much time it would take to regroup.

This also gave Wang Song, who was blind and determined to make a difference, and when he was in a puddle of ice water, he almost didn't vomit blood on the spot, and the old wound recurred.

At the other end of the city, there was still a rain of cannons and stones on the Dingding Gate, and Yang Keshi was still shouting and fighting, running and encouraging the defenders who were suppressed again and could barely raise their heads, and it seemed that they did not receive these effects.

A gun emplacement, which had been silent for a long time at the head of the city, also made a dull sound again, and a huge projectile roared out, penetrating a climbing trolley pushed up, shattering countless fragments and human bodies from the rear together.

Then he was overwhelmed and fell to the side, and the panicked archers and armorers above broke off together, overwhelming the wrestlers who were struggling to advance together on the way forward.

The trolley of this giant city is so huge, so when it falls, it almost blocks a large section of the battle line of the siege party, and it is impossible to clean it up in a short time, which also means that all kinds of heavy siege equipment called two or three and make people breathless can stop for a while.

"Well done......"

Yang Keshi looked at the gun position with appreciation. The long and fierce offense and defense are enough to make any newcomer quickly grow into a suitable veteran, if not dead. As long as time goes by, they may not be much inferior to the Southern Dynasty's Divine Army.

However, it was like quoting his thoughts.

As soon as his words fell, the counterattack and revenge of the city followed. For a moment, there were almost several cannon fires, and when they landed on this cannon position, the fragments of masonry that burst up in an instant almost swept away the dozen or so people standing by the cannon, and there was no figure who could stand.

The heavy gun mount, with its heavy buzzing sound, cracked in large chunks, and fell diagonally to one side, but it was no longer usable.

This is already the fourteenth, destroyed gun emplacement. The huge caliber and overly bulky body limit its range of movement, and it can only accept the bombardment of the city on the spot until it can no longer bear the result.

"Stone Cannon ......"

Yang Keshi shouted

"Where are our stone cannons......"

A moment after his order disappeared behind the city walls, there was a whirring sound, dozens of flaming parabolas, rather irregular scattering and falling on the ground where the besieging enemy troops were walking, and from time to time there was a wailing cry,

It's just that compared with the initial situation, the number and frequency of launches have become much sparser, and the accuracy is also much worse.

Because, even if there are craftsmen on call day and night for emergency repair and maintenance, but the hundreds of stone cannons and bed crossbows that can be used are still under high-intensity use, and are quickly worn out and scrapped one by one with casualties.

"Sons, sons, it won't last long......"

A general covered in dust and blood came over in a hoarse voice.

"Help is needed everywhere, when will it arrive......"

"In persistence, in perseverance, there will be ...... in one day"

Yang Keshi could only comfort his subordinates like this, in fact, he knew that this was just painting bread to satisfy hunger.

In fact, since the day before yesterday, the support from the city has been cut off, because it is said that the remaining soldiers and horses in the city have gone to support the northern city.

But he can only use this white lie to continue to consume and maintain the little confidence and expectation of his subordinates. He didn't know how long it would last.

Because, the mental state and morale of the defenders are obviously low and depressed, and it is only because the enemy in front of them is desperately persecuting that they grit their teeth to support it.

After all, many people have seen or heard about the changes that have taken place in the north, and after burning for a day and a night, the morale and morale of these troops in the southern city, which can still be supported, have also fallen to the bottom.

If it weren't for Yang Keshi's efforts to restrain him, and severely punished a few soldiers who were worried about his family members in the city and wanted to flee back to see what was going on, he would have barely suppressed a certain momentum.

As the saying goes, "there is a strong enemy on the outside, and there are unforeseen dangers inside", if he hadn't sent his own troops to the city to transfer some young men and women to cover people's eyes and ears as backup, I am afraid that the hearts of the people under his command would have dispersed long ago.

"Pingdingmen urgently asks for help......"

At the far end of the city wall, a group of figures hurriedly ran over, but it was a small group of sergeants who were burned by the smoke and fire and could not see their true faces.

"There are spies in the army, guiding the enemy troops outside the city to fire artillery,"

After the first person saw Yang Keshi, he couldn't help but beg loudly

"It was Zhu Zhen who guarded the following twenty-five generals who were all killed and wounded, and only Song Zuoling was left to support the leader ......"

"Commander Wangyang, for the sake of being in the same boat, pull the brothers along......"

As the saying goes, a wave of unevenness rises again and again.

Suddenly, there was a commotion behind the city walls, and a puff of black smoke slowly rising.

"What's going on......"

Yang Keshi asked in surprise.

"Did you go out of the water......

Then, the captain of the pro-soldiers, who was covered in blood and had a few broken arrows stuck in him, stumbled up to the top of the city and shouted loudly

"Commander-in-chief, go,"

"The Solidarity Soldiers and the Volunteers have rebelled......"

"They have burned their equipment and are looting arsenals and institutions......"

"It means that the city is open to surrender to the enemy, and the brothers can't stop these dog thieves anymore......"

As a result, Yang Keshi, who was physically and mentally exhausted, suddenly turned black in front of him, and his heart was so emaciated that he almost fainted......

Through the snowy sky, you can see the faintly towering city walls of Wujiao Pass.

With the muffled cheers in the ranks, I somehow breathed a sigh of relief.

There's nothing more beautiful than a hot bath and a spicy soup and barbecue in a hot room on a cold day after a long snowy trek.

The torches that open the way and guide the way, the wide opening of the outer gate of the city, the clearing of the snow, and the smoothing of the hard pavement paved with water-absorbing sand and gravel, make our steps unconsciously become brisk.