Looking at the firewood and grass piled higher and higher behind the big curtain in front of him, Shi Quanbin muttered: "I don't know what the thief thinks, this place is known as a military supervision department, but it is only such a small city. If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, who would have thought! ”

"Originally, this could only be the periphery of Lanzhou, and a small city was built to protect Lanzhou. Since Lanzhou is submerged in Qianghu, the land is barren, and the people there cannot support a big city. The party is a nomadic habit, and the construction of a small city here is just to settle the military supervision department, and the army is not stationed in peacetime, of course, the garrison army is not able to raise it around. This time, it was Hao thieves who took risks and wanted to sneak attack Yuzhong from here, so many people gathered here. Ye Li Yu begged that there were nearly 10,000 troops in the city, and it was estimated that it was not true, where could this small city rest so many men and horses, and the grain and grass in his city were not enough to support it. ”

Shi Quanbin said: "That's not necessarily, the ancient city of Lanzhou is only about five hundred steps, how can this small city also have three or four hundred steps, and ten thousand people can still rest." It's just that it can fit so many people, and it's inevitable that there will be a shortage of food and grass. ”

The city is just a stronghold, and under normal circumstances, most of the soldiers and horses are stationed outside the city, guarding the key passes in various places. When Yuan Hao arrived here, most of his 20,000 personal guards could only camp outside the city, and only a few people followed him into the city. The party armies were neither good at besieging nor defending cities, and for most of them the cities were not military strongholds, but only settlements. Most of the battles in normal siege warfare take place on the periphery, and the soldiers are in danger when they are under the city.

The party did not have the concept of defending the city, and in Zhuoluo City, it was still according to the nomadic habit, and everyone set up tents in the open space, and Xu Ping directly occupied the geographical advantage of this area at night. Now, it's up to anyone else.

Xu Ping looked at the countless rockets shot from Zhuoluo City in front of him, and said: "No matter how many people there are in the city, now we block the city gate, it's the same." Why can't you build a big city when there are fewer soldiers and horses? When the city is small, there is a limit to the number of people who can go to the city walls each time, and no matter how many people there are, it is useless. If there are really nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses in the city now, the best way for them is to go out of the city to fight, and we will have to spend a lot more time and feet. They retreated into the city by themselves, and who could blame them for being caught in the urn? Now that rockets are being fired in the city, I don't know how much gas they have to use. When the city set fires, we had water from the Karogawa River nearby, and we will set fires in a while, not knowing what they are going to use to extinguish the fire. ”

Shi Quanbin said with a smile: "I didn't dare to build a city near the water, because I was afraid that it would be flooded when there was a lot of rain in summer and autumn." Who would have thought that the city would be roasted by fire when it was built? It's not a shame that people are stupid. ”

Xu Ping nodded. Seeing countless rockets shooting from the city not far away, although the thick felt was constantly drenched with water, there were still a few places that burned, but they were quickly extinguished by the water. After thinking for a while, Xu Ping called Wang Kai and asked him to find a few strong men in front of him, and throw some gunpowder at the place where the arrows were lit in the city, so as not to let the soldiers release arrows unscrupulously.

The curtain was not held up by people, but a huge wooden frame, divided into many sections, and assembled when it reached the vicinity of the city. Because the city was so small, Xu Ping actually made a bigger wooden city, enclosing the city of Zhuoluo, and covering it with thick felt of wet water. In doing so, it is clear that there is no stone cannon or bed crossbow in the city, and the people in the city are blocked and cannot get out. At this point, in fact, there is no need to set fire to the city, and this wooden city is used instead of a ladder, and the city can be quickly broken by really taking the city. The choice of fire attack is to reduce casualties and, more importantly, to have a deterrent effect.

For an army of 50,000, the city was too small for the vast majority of people to line up to the city. It is better to let them go to the nearby mountains to cut down trees and pile up firewood and grass around the city. Yeli meets the beggar and doesn't want to surrender, so forget it.

Jia Kui, who had been under the giant screen, heard that there was such a thing, and he was the first to stand up and take the initiative to throw gunpowder into the city.

Yang Wenguang handed the tightly tied gunpowder bag to Jia Kui and instructed: "You have seen it many times when the gunpowder explodes, so be careful!" Exploded in your own hands, not a trick! ”

Jia Kui looked at the gunpowder bag in his hand and said with a smile: "Commander, you see that the gunpowder is wrapped in a wet cloth on the outside, how can it explode in my hand?" The most feared thing is that it can't be thrown into the fire on the head of the city, and it will be picked up by the party members! ”

"If you know! You're going with you as a soldier who is usually very good at throwing guns, so you must not have an accident! ”

Jia Kui agreed, took the gunpowder bag, and climbed the watchtower with a few selected soldiers. When he arrived at the watchtower, he looked at the city, and then checked the gunpowder bag in his hand, Jia Kui said to the soldiers beside him: "Straight lady thief, I feel very close below, and I still feel a little far away when I come up to see it." There was a big pile of charcoal over there, and the party members used it to light rockets, and we threw it into the charcoal fire together, leaving the person with the torch next to him alone. Throw that charcoal fire together, and one of us will always be able to throw it in! ”

The soldier agreed, listened to Jia Kui's order, shouted violently, and the two threw out the gunpowder bag in their hands together.

This powder bag is very small, only the size of a bowl, in fact, it does not have much power, and the biggest effect is to be scary. If it is too big, even if it is condescending to throw it from the watchtower, it will not be able to throw it far.

The party people shot a few rounds of rockets, and when they saw that they couldn't help the huge screen not far in front of them, they couldn't help but panic, and suddenly saw Song Jun throwing two unknown things over, and they retreated in fright.

The officer next to him was furious, kicked down a retreating soldier next to him, and shouted to everyone to move forward.

After all, the soldiers had practiced, and accurately threw the gunpowder bag into the fire, but Jia Kui was not so lucky, and rolled on the top of the city, only to roll to the fire, and was stopped by the firewood. Jia Kui was startled, but fortunately he finally arrived at the fire.

The party soldiers at the head of the city saw that the things thrown by the Song army fell into the fire, and there was nothing unusual, and under the reprimand of the officers, they cowered and came forward again. They set up arrows and stretched out to the fire to light the fire.

Jia Kui, who was looking upstairs, saw it and scolded: "Straight lady thief, usually this gunpowder is so badly exploded, why is it so bad to use!" ”

Before he could finish speaking, a loud bang was heard, and smoke rose from the fire and exploded. The lit firewood flew in all directions, frightening the party soldiers at the head of the city into running around, and the city head was in chaos for a while.

Jia Kui laughed: "Straight thief, rush to the city at this time, and cut these thieves one by one——"

Before he finished speaking, he looked at the city with wide eyes, and the gunpowder bag he threw was not exploded, but was still rolling around on the city.

"How's that for good? If it is picked up and thrown over by a thief, it will be a big disaster! ”

was so anxious that Jia Kui couldn't wait to step on the city wall and pick up the gunpowder bag that hadn't exploded. Now the bullying is that the army in the city does not have powerful weapons, and it can't hit the Song army who is working calmly outside the city, so he sent a gunpowder bag himself, what is this!

Just when Jia Kui was in a hurry, he heard another loud noise from the city, and as the black smoke rose, the gunpowder bag he threw could be regarded as exploding. Seeing that the army at the head of the city was fleeing in all directions in panic, Jia Kui breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, the sun is rising, and the firewood and grass behind the curtain are piled up more and more, and soon they will exceed the city wall. Xu Ping didn't know if lighting a fire outside the city would burn the people inside, but at least, the people in the city would not be able to fight if they were burned.