Wang Zuo stood on the north gate of Ningxiang County, his black-red and black-red face full of worry. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Wang Zuohang was born in Yichuan and was called "Yichuan thief" by the local government.

Although Yichuan is also subordinate to Yan'an Mansion in northern Shaanxi, it is not far from Guanzhong, so Wang Zuohang, who started in Yichuan, has also heard of the Shaanxi governor Hong Chengchou and his men and horses in front of him, and knows that the Shaanxi officers and soldiers who are now driving outside the city are not good stubble, and their combat power is not inferior to the border army of Yansui Town, which once ran away in embarrassment.

Think about it again, the Huangluling in the east is in danger, the Shimen Pass in the south of Shennanyu is also broken, and the Shennanyu where the "Hengtian King" is located is also in danger, and they are already preparing to transfer, and the situation of the "righteous army" in front of them can be said to be extremely dangerous.

Thinking about it, Wang Zuohang sighed involuntarily.

Wu Yangui, the king of the whole world who followed closely by Wang Zuohang's side, heard Wang Zuohang's sigh, knew that Wang Zuohang was worried in his heart, and in the face of the officials and soldiers in front of him, he had no bottom in his heart, and said at the moment: "Brother Zuohang, don't worry, let's lead the brothers here to guard first, if it really doesn't work, we will retreat all the way to Shennanyu." When the time comes, let's rely on the natural danger of Shennanyu and fight to the death with these officers and soldiers! ”

As soon as Wu Yangui finished saying this, Du San, the "big red wolf" who was also standing on the side, glanced at Wu Yangui and said with great disdain: "The King of Hengtian is about to evacuate Shennanyu, and he is counting on us to leave him a territory in Ningxiang!" Can you wait for us to retreat in Shennanyu?

"Besides, there's a bird for it?! Huangluling, is Shimen Pass considered a natural risk?! Let's just say that you are the king of the whole world, and the army of 20,000 people is not burned to the ground?! ”

The "big red wolf" unceremoniously poked Wu Yangui's sore spot, making Wu Yangui glaring at him angrily.

However, what the "big red wolf" said was right, so Wu Yangui was speechless for a while, and he couldn't say anything, just stared at the "big red wolf" fiercely.

And the "big red wolf" Du San's anger towards Wu Yangui is a look of indifference, in his heart, what is the king of the whole world is not the king of the whole world, the name sounds good, but now there are only hundreds of minions under his command, who is afraid of him!

The "big red wolf" saw that Wang Zuohang was still silent, and then said: "Big brother, we only have this bit of belongings left, and our brothers can't be guilty of being a shield for those people in Shennanyu!"

"Without these brothers, we won't have anything to protect our lives!

"Besides, looking at the meaning of King Hengtian and Prime Minister Zuo, Shen Nanyu may not be able to protect it! Big brother still has to plan early! ”

The big and small leaders such as "Passing the Sky Star", "Full Sky Star" and "A Gust of Wind" who followed Wang Zuo also echoed the "big red wolf".

For this truth, of course, Wang Zuohang understands much more than the leaders under his command.

After the uprising, he moved to northern Shaanxi and Shanxi, Wang Zuojiao was not caught by the official army and destroyed, and at the same time always maintained relative independence among the leaders of the thieves.

It's just that the situation in front of him really makes him a bit of a dilemma.

"If the brothers made up their minds and followed their brother before the official army in front of them came, we would have offended the Hengtian King and left! It's just that in this situation, how can we get rid of it all the way?

"But if the brothers follow my king and don't fight, they will withdraw to the mountains, and then don't say that Shennanyu is not guaranteed, that is, Shennanyu is preserved, and it is not easy for our brothers to explain to the king of Hengtian!"

Wang Zuohang said this, and finally made a decision.

"In my opinion, Brother Yangui is right! Let's stay here in Ningxiang for a few days to see, if the official army is really powerful, then Ren is not satisfied, we should withdraw and have to withdraw! ”

Wang Zuohang said this, and all the leaders under his command had nothing to say, and each of them went to guard the four gates according to the previous assignment.

Just after the afternoon, Wang Zuohang stood on the tower of the north gate of Ningxiang, and saw hundreds of officers and soldiers outside the city from a distance covering six catapults to advance towards the north gate of Ningxiang.

Hong Chengchou rode a tall horse, stopped on the hillside two or three miles outside the north gate of Ningxiang, holding a monocular clairvoyant mirror in his hand, looking at the crowded thief army at the head of the city.

Not far in front of Hong Chengchou is the advancing army of officers and soldiers.

Li Wenyun led the musket team on the left, Zhong Dewu led the sword and shield men under his command on the right, and in the middle was the catapult team personally commanded by Wang Chengen, the general soldier of Shaanxi.

In front were six catapults with heavy wooden wheels, and in the back were three large fire bombs loaded with 500 large fire bombs made by the Ganquanyu Fierce Fire Oil Bomb Factory.

Compared with the incendiary bombs made by the firearms bureau of the Armed Forces Institute in Baliqiao, Tongzhou, the fierce fire oil bombs made by Ganquanyu are definitely thin skins and large fillings, with a large number of cans, and a 10 catties each, which is three to four times the weight of the standard incendiary bombs of the Armed Forces Institute.

This is also the weight of the traditional fierce fire bomb, which is mainly used to defend the city, or to guard dangerous passes, and is not suitable for the throwing of grenadiers.

However, a fiery oil bomb of this size is very suitable for long-range throwing with a simple trebuchet.

The chief soldier Wang Chengen looked at the thief army at the head of the city and shouted, and some of them had even begun to shoot arrows in the direction of their own team, with a contemptuous sneer on their faces.

He was very confident in the trebuchet he had personally supervised, although he had not yet carried out the projectile of live ammunition, and there was no accurate number of how far it could be hit in the end, but it was absolutely no problem to throw each fierce fire oil bomb weighing only ten catties into the city and even into the city.

The closer you get to the city walls, the more arrows rain from the city, but most of the arrows are pinned to the ground or fall to the ground about 200 paces from the city, and they do not threaten the advancing teams below the city at all.

Wang Chengen, the new commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, commanded his team until the six catapults that had come out of the hurry advanced to a distance of about 250 steps from the city wall, and then ordered his subordinates to stop and began to carry out intense debugging and proofreading.

Of course, the king on the head of the city has also seen the world, knowing that this is the catapult of the official army, and soon ordered the thieves under his command to raise their shields to prepare to cover it, and after giving the order, he himself took the left and right, and immediately hid in the city tower, waiting for the attack of the official army.

Wang's expected attack soon began.

After the six catapults were prepared, Wang Chengen, the chief soldier of Shaanxi, personally raised the flag and signaled to Hong Chengchou, who was supervising the battle on the hillside in the distance, and Hong Chengchou quickly ordered to wave the flag left and right and give the order to bombard.

Then, with the order of Wang Chengen, the chief soldier of Shaanxi, the six catapults were pulled apart at the same time, and the other end of the boulder fell quickly, and correspondingly, the rope wrapped in the fierce fire oil tank was thrown into the sky in an instant.

Six black fiery oil canisters were soaked into the sky, and in the exclamation of the thieves at the head of the city, some were smashed on the city wall, some were thrown into the city wall, and smashed on the ground in the city, and two hit the shield held high by the thief army at the head of the city, and then shattered in response.

After the canister shattered, a large patch of viscous black mixed with yellow-brown mucus flowed out, giving off a choking smell.

Most of the thieves from the outcasts have never seen the power of the fierce fire oil, so they naturally don't know what this thing is, and the small leaders of the thief army keep shouting: "What is it?!" What is this?! ”

But more thieves found that it was not Shi Yi that the officers and soldiers threw at us, but they were greatly relieved, thinking that these things were not a big deal, but they were just pungent.

As the commander-in-chief, Wang Chengen knew that there were only 500 fierce fire bombs in total, so only two of the first round of projectiles were accurately thrown at the head of the city, and he immediately ordered the other four catapults to correct the error.

The first dozens of officers and non-commissioned officers were in charge of each catapult, so after some changes, the angle and distance of the projectile were quickly adjusted, and after a squeaking sound, the second round of fire bomb delivery was also prepared.

With another order, six fierce fire oil tanks rose into the sky again, and all six fierce fire oil tanks accurately fell on the head of the city of Ningxiang County.

The thieves at the head of the city did not take any effective countermeasures except to raise shields to protect themselves or run to dodge.

Immediately after, after a short while, six fierce fire oil canisters were thrown into the city, this time one of them hit the roof of the north gate tower, and at the same time, the oil canisters were broken, and the tiles and planks on the roof were smashed out of a hole, and the viscous fierce fire oil was left in the building at the city gate.

And Wang Zuohang, Wu Yangui and others, who were hiding from Shi Yi in the city gate tower, were shocked when they saw it, these big thieves followed Wang Jiayin to wander around, but they had seen the fierce fire oil.

Especially Wu Yangui, the former frontier army fugitive, immediately shouted when he saw it: "Brother Zuohang, it's not good!" It's fierce fire oil! The dog officer army is going to attack again! ”

After Wu Yangui shouted this voice, Wang Zuohang had already reacted, and immediately took the lead and ran out of the city gate tower.

He didn't want to organize the thieves in the city to fight back, because they had no way to fight back.

He's going to get down to the city first.

Wang Zuohang walked down the city quickly, and ordered: "Pass the order!" Gather your men, go out of the city and attack, and be sure to destroy their catapults! ”

As soon as Wang Zuojiao went down to the city, the third round of fierce fire oil canisters thrown by the official army catapults was once again thrown accurately on the city.

And this time, the fire oil canister that was ejected was different from the previous two times, the first two times were not ignited and did not carry flames, but this time it was ignited and then thrown into the city.

Some of the fires were extinguished by strong winds before they could catch up because of their rapid spinning and falling in the air, but four of the six came with flames.

These four burning canisters of fierce fire oil fell from the sky and smashed on the top of the city, and the flames flew everywhere, instantly igniting the fierce fire oil that had been splashed all over the city!

In the exclamation and screams of the thieves at the head of the city, the entire section of the city wall near the north gate of Ningxiang City soon fell into a sea of fire.