Chapter Forty-Eight: The City Is Full of Flame Armor
When Chen Tie heard this, he hurriedly walked out, and in the direction of Zicheng, two more thick clouds of smoke rose, and Chen Tie could even faintly see the fire. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"Alright, it's done!" Chen Tieyi applauded and instructed the general Yu Hou beside him, "Call all the brothers over." ā
"Whoa!" The general Yu Hou hurried away, and soon, several heads and generals Yu Hou arrived and stood in a row in front of Chen Tie.
Chen Tie's gaze swept over everyone majestically, coughed, and said, "Everyone, Wu Yuegou is storming Zicheng, and Yang Jiedu has used the fire to temporarily block the enemy. However, once the fire was extinguished, the enemy could still attack the city, and the crisis was still not resolved. If the city is broken, we will all be captured. Do you still want to be captives? ā
Among the people under Chen Tie's temporary jurisdiction, several of them were imprisoned in the stone mine not long ago, and they were insulted. They all knew that if they were captured by Wu Yuejun, the situation would probably be even worse, and the life of the captives was really miserable, and no one wanted to live it again.
Immediately, several people clasped their fists and said, "I don't want to!" ā
"Good, good." Chen Tie smiled and quickly took out a map, the battle plan he had discussed with Yang Lian many times, only the two of them knew, and it was also to prevent someone from leaking out, so everyone didn't know what their purpose was in hiding here.
Chen Tie spread out the map, pointed to the city gate, and said: "I will personally take fifty people, take down the city gate, and put down the gate, at the same time, you set fire to the city of Luo, remember, there are many enemies, don't fall in love, just set fire." ā
One of the heads suddenly realized and said, "General Chen, it turns out that this is the purpose of carrying firewood yesterday. ā
Chen Tie nodded, didn't explain much, and continued: "You and others are divided into several teams, after setting fire in the city, you two teams, continue to rush to the city, and the rest immediately rush to the city gate, Wu Yuejun will definitely take the road to escape when he sees the fire in the city, and the pressure at the city gate must be great, but you can rest assured, I am ready, for a while, the Wu Yue people in the city will definitely be helpless, what we need to guard against is the Wu Yue soldiers outside the city." ā
The words were simple and clear, and everyone nodded their heads to show that they understood. Chen Tie glanced at everyone and asked, "Do you understand?" ā
"Got it." The deep voices of the crowd rang out.
Chen Tie waved his hand and said, "Action." With that, he went out with a group of soldiers. This place is not far from the city gate, only about a mile away, Chen Tie as he walked, while lighting the houses on both sides of the street and the piled firewood, the flames licked the firewood and wooden houses, the crackling sound sounded, and soon, it rushed to the roof.
Wang Shan, Zhang Wenying saw the fire, he found that the source of the fire was originally only one or two, but soon, within the scope of Luocheng, many fires broke out, and the fire spread quickly, and it only took half a pillar of incense to make the fires in the city almost connected. While Zhang Wenyi was surprised, he ordered the soldiers to strictly guard Wang Mountain, and there should be no abnormal movement until they understood the truth.
Chen Tie led his troops straight to the head of the city, at this time, Wu Yuebing, who was guarding the city gate, had already seen the sudden fire in the city, they were helpless, and some of them sent someone to report to Hu Qing, but the fire spread too fast, many soldiers were in the fire, some wanted to extinguish the fire, some wanted to escape, and no one gave them a unified order.
Chen Tie killed the head of the city, and three Wu Yue soldiers were left along the way, and the other Wu Yue soldiers saw Chen Tie's bravery, and they all pounced, Chen Tie shouted, like thunder: "Hu Qing is dead, don't you wait to be captured?!" ā
Wu Yuebing naturally did not believe Chen Tie's words, surrounded Chen Tie to fight, behind Chen Tie, several Tang soldiers rushed one after another, this group of dead soldiers with a desperate determination, fearless to the death, the city began to fight, Wu Yuebing gradually gathered, relying on the advantage of numbers, Chen Tie and others surrounded in the center.
The soldiers around Chen Tie fell one by one, and more than a dozen people had already died on the battlefield, and the blood flowed into the cracks of the bluestone city wall, flowing rapidly, staining the city wall red.
At this moment, a Wu Yue soldier pointed ahead and said, "You see, the fire is getting bigger and bigger. ā
Many Wu Yue soldiers raised their heads, and in their sight, they were already blood red, and there was fire everywhere, Wu Yue's soldiers' faces changed greatly, and Chen Tie took the opportunity to launch a counterattack and killed five or six people. On the city wall, dozens of soldiers ran in, with black cloth tied on their heads, which was the logo of the soldiers of the Tang Army.
After these soldiers set the fire, they rushed to support, and with the addition of this group of people, Chen Tie's situation was much better, and he led the soldiers to rush left and right, trying to get close to the city tower.
Wu Yuejun commanded the soldiers to resist, but looking at the growing fire, his eyes were full of despair. Hu Jiedu has already entered the city, I'm afraid he has been burned to death, right? Du Tou's face changed, he hesitated for a moment, and finally, after seeing Chen Tie and the others kill like wolves, Du Tou screamed, gave up resistance, and fled in a hurry. With the escape of this capital head, more Wu Yue soldiers also chose to flee, and the army was defeated.
Chen Tie did not pursue, he took the soldiers to push the sassal wood piled up at the head of the city down the city, and at the same time put down the gate, the iron gate weighing more than 500 catties fell with a bang, and the two Wuyue soldiers who had no time to escape were cut in two by the gate at the waist, and they didn't even scream out, and the part that was hit instantly turned into meat sauce.
On the city wall, Yang Lian had prepared a certain amount of firewood earlier, mixed with the stone wood, although the amount was not much, but it was enough to enclose the city gate, this time Chen Tie was not in a hurry to ignite, but waited.
Sandwich City. Hu Qing hesitated, Fuzhou City had already broken through the outer city, and only the last fortress remained, Zicheng. If he retreats easily, he is really unwilling. In the hesitating half-pillar incense time, more Wu Yue soldiers were burned to death, and the Tang army still threw out more firewood, making the fire more vigorous, and the firelight reflected the cheeks of many people, hideous and terrifying.
Yang Lian pursed his lips, this is the first time he defended the city, although he has already had an idea, but the plan is not sloppy at all, if he is half a step late, it is very likely to be captured by Wu Yueren, and the next thing is not to think much, even if he does not die, Yang Lian will be the same as Cha Wenhui, he was poisoned by Wu Yueren, and after returning to Datang, he finally died of poison.
Cha Wenhui felt much better at this time, but he still covered his nose with his cuffs, but the smell of burnt meat was carried by the wind, which could not be suppressed and penetrated into his nostrils, and entered his lungs with his breathing, which made people very uncomfortable.
Zhang Wenying said: "They still haven't retreated? He was a little puzzled, so much firewood must be burned at least until the evening, which means that at least before the evening, it is impossible for the Wuyue people to attack Fuzhou. This is not to mention the difficulties that the countless charred corpses and ashes in front of Zicheng will cause to the Wu Yue people to attack the city.
Yang Lian glanced back at the smoke, he had already given the order, he believed that Chen Tie would definitely be able to complete the task, and Chen Tie set fire to the city, which was the real killing move. Whether Hu Qing was captured alive or burned to death, Wu Yue's army was leaderless, and no matter how many people there were, it was useless.
The people of Fuzhou in Zicheng, looking at the fire outside Zicheng, all had palpitations, and there were originally some people who didn't want to move from Luocheng to Zicheng, but at this time, they touched their chests and felt that they had picked up a life. Under the fire, I'm afraid there aren't many people alive, right?
The fire spread, and the fire in Luo Cheng was no worse than that outside Zicheng. Just when Hu Cheng was persuading Hu Qing, a soldier hurriedly came, his face was black, he almost rolled in front of Hu Qing, and said anxiously: "Hu Jiedu, Luocheng is on fire." ā
"What?" Hu Cheng looked back, his face changed greatly, just from here he could see the fire in Luocheng, you can imagine how big this fire is.
Hu Qing looked at the rear in surprise when he heard this, there was a panic in his heart, the war horse under his crotch moved two steps, and then galloped, Hu Qing panicked, and already had the intention of retreating. Originally, many soldiers stared at Hu Qing, Hu Qing didn't leave, they didn't dare to go, as soon as Hu Qing left, Wu Yue soldiers fled one after another. Even the Wu Yue military flag was thrown to the ground and was quickly trampled on.
At this time, the fire had not yet spread to Jiacheng, although most of the soldiers fled, but still maintained a certain order, Hu Cheng followed closely behind Hu Qing, looking at the fire that was getting closer and closer, his heart was full of worry. This fire was by no means accidental, but premeditated by the Tang army. No matter how powerful a person is, he still looks so helpless in the face of fire.
Maybe after running for a while, Hu Cheng's forehead was sweating profusely, and he couldn't tell whether it was hot or roasted by the fire, or the anxiety in his heart?
A group of people ran desperately along the narrow road of Jiacheng Hu Qing suddenly found that there was also a fire on both sides of Jiacheng, he suddenly remembered that Bao Xiurang had told him that when he was chasing Yang Lian in Jiacheng, he found that there was firewood on the city wall, and Hu Qing didn't think much about it at that time.
Hu Qing didn't know why the fire in Jiacheng was slower, but he knew that if it was slow, he would be trapped in Jiacheng and never get out again. The horse whip waved desperately, the war horse galloped desperately, and it was getting closer and closer to the north gate of Jiacheng, and he could hear the sound of fighting at the north gate of Jiacheng in the crackling fire. There is no doubt that it was the Tang army that was fighting with the Wu Yue army.
You have to get out as soon as possible, Hu Qing thought so, and the leather whip in his hand swung more diligently. Fortunately, Hu Qing grabbed the gate before the Tang army occupied the north gate, and after running for more than a dozen steps, he looked back and saw that the Wu Yue army behind him was pouring out like a tide.
On both sides of the streets of Luocheng, the fire was slightly smaller, but after this period of burning, the houses on both sides had collapsed, and the relatively large timbers such as door beams and pillars had fallen to the ground, greatly delaying the march of Wu Yue's army.
Hu Qing rushed left and right through the streets, carefully bypassing the obstacles on the ground, which greatly slowed down the speed of escape. When the war horse saw the fire, it already had a tendency to be frightened. When the running war horse jumped, it was burned by the flames, and the mane on its body was ignited, and it quickly burned. The war horse was in pain, jumping wildly, Hu Qing couldn't control the war horse, and was dizzy, and suddenly, the war horse tripped over the debris on the ground and fell to the ground, screaming sadly, and fell to the ground.
Hu Qing fell off his horse, fell into disgrace, and almost fell into the fire, shaking his head vigorously, and then he sobered up a little. Suddenly, the pain in his body made Hu Qing scream, he found that the robe on his body was ignited, he struggled to stand up to put out the fire, but the armor on his body greatly restricted his movements, a few pats had no effect, but his hands were burned by the fire, he grinned in pain, and sweated profusely on his forehead.
Hu Cheng had been following him, and seeing this, he hurriedly stepped forward and fought the fire on Hu Qing's body. After working hard for a while, he finally put out the fire, and Hu Qing found that the iron armor on his body was also burned, and with the help of Hu Cheng, Hu Qing took off the battle armor, and his mood was slightly lighter.
Hu Qing looked around, and his black eyes were already red. (To be continued.) )