Chapter 668: Moonlit Night Fire

The moon is like a disk. Hang across the sky.

The cold light sprinkled in the county, speckled and mottled with light and shadow, embellished the county like a dream, as if in a fairyland. Under the night scene, there is no peace and quiet, but a prelude to the hustle and bustle of killing. The soldiers of the regiment under the command of Yang Banhou gathered again, and they were following Yang Banhou's arrangement.

"Let's go!"

After Yang Banhou finished his order, he immediately shouted. Tang Fu conveyed Yang Banhou's order, and the soldiers of the entire regiment were immediately divided into three routes, and the first, second, and third battalions were still dispatched, advancing according to the position during the day.

Li Zhen looked at the city tower, and through the faint moonlight, he could still see clearly.

After a short time, gunfire was heard again in the city.

"Bang! Bang!!! ”

Continuous gunfire rang out, but the enemy troops who were lying in ambush in the houses on the left and right sides of the alleyway came out again. They used their houses as shelter and kept firing shots or throwing grenades, still trying to use the lanes to stop the soldiers from advancing.

"Archer prepare!"

Among the soldiers of the third battalion, a loud roar rang out.

The person who shouted was the commander of the third battalion.

With the order of the battalion commander, two teams of archers appeared in the army in the lane. The two teams, one on the left and one on the right, correspond to the houses on the left and right sides of the laneway. Not only that, but the arrows in the hands of the archers were not bare, but wrapped in linen soaked with tung oil, grease, and so on.

"Ignition!"

At a command, the soldier with a torch lit the bow and arrow in the hands of the archer.

"Shoot!"

In an instant, a landscape appeared in the alleyway.

Two bows and arrows with flames shot at the houses on both sides of the alleyway.

"Ding! Bite!!! ”

A series of sounds were heard, and rockets hit the houses. These arrows either landed inside the house or hit the house. The bow and arrow quickly set the house on fire with the effect of tung oil burning.

This was the case with the 3rd Battalion, as was the 2nd and 1st Battalions. The commanders of both battalions used the same method, constantly firing rockets and using the fire to set the houses on fire. As a result, the soldiers hiding in the houses on both sides of the street all ran out quickly and became the targets of slaughter.

Even, some of the clothes on their bodies have been set on fire, and they are completely on fire.

Under the night sky, the city was blood-red.

Li Zhen used a telescope to observe the situation in the north, east, and middle of the city, and was quite happy to see that the three armies had won phased victories. Although it is only vaguely visible through the telescope due to the dark sky, the general situation can still be distinguished.

Yang Banhou saw that there was a fire on three sides, and said: "Dashuai, you must rush into the Governor's Mansion tonight and capture Xi Yinglong alive." ”

Li Zhendao: "Where did you get this confidence? ”

Yang Banhou smiled and said loudly: "After solving the problem of the laneway, the soldiers will make great strides forward." When the army arrives at the Doge's Palace, it is sure to win. ”

Li Zhen said: "Not necessarily! The north of Lingui County is significantly higher than the south, west and east, and there must be a process of climbing towards the position of the governor's palace, and it is impossible to be without enemy soldiers on the way. So, I don't think it's going to go too well. ”

After a pause, Li Zhen said again: "If Xi Changzhen and Xi Yinglong planned to give up resistance, they would have led their troops to leave Lingui County a long time ago, and would not have stayed in the city to resist stubbornly." Before, the situation we encountered was that Xi Changzhen and Xi Yinglong shrank their peripheral forces and concentrated them all in Lingui County. Now that the two armies are fighting, Xi Yinglong and Xi Changzhen must have many means, and it is impossible to have only one ambush point in the lane. ”

Yang Banhou was silent and watched quietly.

Li Zhen saw that Yang Banhou looked unconvinced, and did not continue to explain.

……

Governor's Yamen, Hall.

After nightfall, Xi Yinglong and Xi Changzhen still did not rest. Through the hall, the two of them had already seen three fires burning in the city. Seeing this situation, both of them sighed slightly.

"Step! Trample!! ”

Footsteps rang out, and a soldier quickly ran in. With a panicked expression on his face, the soldier said loudly: "Your Excellency the Governor, the soldiers under Li Zhen's command used rockets to ignite the ......"

"Ben knows!"

Xi Yinglong interrupted the soldier's words and said, "Transfer back the soldiers, Ben will have the rest of the preparations!" ”

"Yes!"

When the soldier heard that there was a follow-up move, his heart was suddenly happy.

Xi Yinglong said: "Brother, it's time for your soldiers to appear next." ”

Xi Changzhen patted his chest and said loudly: "Don't worry, this time I will definitely teach Li Zhen a lesson." He thought he would be angry with a few fires, but I let him know what the real power is. ”

Xi Changzhen called the soldiers under his command and conveyed the order.

……

In the city, the three-way army under the command of Yang Banhou used rockets to defeat the soldiers hiding in the houses.

They rushed towards the Governor's Palace.

Due to the higher terrain to the north, all three armies encountered higher slopes.

On the way, the commander of the third battalion looked at the army under his command and shouted: "Brothers, victory is tonight. Among our three battalions, our battalion has only more than 1,000 soldiers, which is not as many as 3,000 soldiers in the first battalion. However, we must be the strongest, we must be at the front, and we must work harder for me. Take the Governor's Mansion first, and you can make a great achievement. ”

"Meritorious, meritorious!!"

The soldiers in the army shouted, and they were all very excited.

"Boom!!"

As the soldiers roared, an earth-shattering boom rang through the night sky. When the commander of the third battalion heard this, his face suddenly changed and he shouted: "Get down!" All lie down. He lay on the ground, holding his head in his hands, but the soldiers around him still couldn't react, and they still looked left and right.

"Boom!!"

A violent explosion erupted through the crowd.

In an instant, countless corpses flew up, dirt splattered, and blood quickly stained the ground red. When the explosion stopped, screams and wails suddenly came from among the soldiers, and it was the screams of the soldiers who had not been killed by the bullet just now, but had already been blown up and had lost arms and legs. The commander of the third battalion looked at the slope in front of him, and saw several cannons placed two hundred meters away, and through the opponent's torches, he could also see the dense enemy troops standing on the slope.

In the same way, when the soldiers of the third battalion encountered difficulties, the soldiers of the second and first battalions were also in trouble.

Three battalions of soldiers, all intercepted.

Li Zhen watched from the city tower, and when he saw Xi Yinglong and Xi Changzhen using new moves, his mood was slightly low. These two guys first used street fighting, and now they have become using the slope in the city as a commanding height to block, especially now that they are blocking head-on, it is definitely not like a small number of soldiers in street fighting, this time it must be elite.

Even, Li Zhen deduced that the other party not only had artillery, but also guns, and even grenades. After all, Xi Yinglong and Rawell definitely have these more advanced weapons.

"Withdraw first!"

Li Zhen looked at Yang Banhou with an inquiring opinion.

Yang Banhou nodded and said, "I agree!" Because even the effect of the strong attack was not great, Yang Banhou did not insist, and took the initiative to choose to retreat, and at the same time he sighed in his heart.

Twice in a row, I was stopped by the other party, which was really not smooth!

ps: first update; Combat effectiveness is recovering.