294. Burning the city
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The soil on the gentle slope that had just been piled up was still very soft, and in some places it could sink the entire instep into it, and from time to time there were people staggering in the rushing procession.
Che Huang Xu Sheng carried the big iron halberd in both hands, and struggled to climb in front of the leader.
The archers of the defenders had been battered for two days, and today there was no sparse rain of arrows on the tower, but at the end of the gentle slope, thousands of heavily armored sergeants were crowded in the dark, armed with spears and halberds, aimed at the outside of the wall.
The big war is about to reach the point of hand-to-hand combat.
The team charging on the gentle slope was not fast, but it was still approaching step by step, and the war drums cheered by the black mountain thieves behind the array were already beating loudly.
Several small Black Mountain troops carried ladders and roamed in search of opportunities.
In the sound of war drums, the defenders on the city wall and the charging Sizhou soldiers got closer and closer, but there was no other noise coming out, only heavy snorts spurting outward.
Behind Che Huang Xu Sheng, he did not follow their own soldiers.
Xie Yun led his subordinates and followed behind the two Guoyi generals with one foot deep and one foot shallow, refusing to lag behind half a step.
This time to break Jinyang, Xie Yun wanted to follow the two generals Guo Yi, which he spent a lot of effort to get from Xu Dangkou.
Thinking of the hateful appearance of the little fat man smiling and eyebrows when he met Wu Pu, he actually needed to take the lead and salute and call "school captain", Xie Yun was angry.
When the little fat man was walking around behind his buttocks, he still had two thick long noses on his face, and he didn't dare to go west when he told him to catch fish, but he didn't dare to touch the shrimp, and he was honestly a little fart boy and a little chubby, and now he is actually a captain!
What about Lao Tzu?
Lao Tzu is just a military marquis!
Xie Yun has never paid so much attention to the level of position.
Hearing that Wu Pude was promoted to lieutenant, Xie Yun didn't feel too much, and he was happy with Li Lei. But this time they fought side by side, and when they met in the army, they could only meet with military salutes, and the little fat man's pretense was meaningless. In fact, his smug appearance really stimulated Xie Yuan to make this brother.
Among the rising stars in Henan, Xie Yun and Li Lei and Xiahou Sheng were already among the best, and they all had to lead a military horse as teenagers: Xie Yun served as a military marquis in the Guoyi School of the Dangkou Army, Li Lei served as a military marquis in the Guoyi School of the Weilie Army, and Xiahou Sheng served as a military marquis under the command of the partial general Gu Sheng. However, compared to today's junior captain Wu Pulai, he is far behind.
Xie Yun, the former child king, has a lot of aura on his body - the son-in-law of Tian Feng, the only son of the general Gu Shengjia, the only son of the general Gu Shengjia, Xie Yun, the former child king, has an unlimited bright future, and he himself has never been left behind. Now he is far inferior to the little slugs who followed his ass in the past!
This is called Xie Yuan, how can he be embarrassed?
Therefore, Xie Yun, who was in dire need of military merits, finally asked Xu Huang for permission, and put aside the two generals Guo Yi to guard him, and followed behind the two, determined to make war exploits.
Wu Pu's little fat man is still following the side of Zhao Yun, the general of the cavalry, and he doesn't know when he will enter the city!
At this time, Xie Yuanrang's eyes emitted a faint green light. is like a hungry wolf who has been hungry and thirsty for a winter.
Forward! Forward! Forward!
There were no arrows to block it, and the distance between the top and bottom of the city wall connected by the earth slope was rapidly approaching, and finally, the long dragon rolling forward reached the other side, and the chariot Xu Sheng reached the wall.
The defenders who had been waiting on the city wall for a long time shook out dozens of long thorns with their hands!
"Drink!"
The two generals roared in unison, and stood by the wall, and the four large iron halberds slashed left and right, cutting off the heads of countless spear-pointed halberds handed over.
However, there were so many defenders gathered on the walls on this side. The sergeant, who did not wait for the equipment in the front row to be interrupted, retreated into the crowd, and the one in the back came up.
The serpent-like stings were endless, wave after wave.
The long line of charging forward stopped there, and the two Guoyi soldiers behind Xie Yun had to stop, anxiously waiting for the two generals to open the gap.
In order to prevent the crowd from hitting Che Xu and the others, Xie Yun and the others also arched their backs to prevent the people behind from pushing.
On the dirt slope, there were more than two people in height. But to show their martial courage and compare with each other, the two generals Guo Yi can't allow others to come side by side again, and join others in. It is necessary to make them move a lot less, and the equipment is not smooth.
The whole looked at this place, but let Che Huang and Xu Sheng struggle to wave the big iron halberd in both hands impenetrable, and did not give up half a step, but it was difficult to break through for a while.
Xie Yun and the others could only be in a hurry in the back.
Although the rocks and logs of the defenders were ineffective, the road of the city wall was full of dense defenders, and they had to find a foothold first to open the gap and climb the city wall.
Che Huang Xu Sheng relied on his martial arts to stalemate with the defenders, and the temporary accumulation of dirt on the slope could not be opened for a while, and Xu Huang and Zhao Yun were anxious in the back, but unexpectedly, the one who took the opportunity to go to the city first was actually a black mountain thief.
Relying on the soldiers on the dirt slope to attract the attention of the defenders, several small black mountain thieves successfully set up ladders on both sides, and soon some thieves climbed up the wall.
At this time, the defenders seemed to realize that they were not only defending the narrow two or three zhang section of the earth slope, but the entire section of the city wall.
There were more and more thieves climbing up the ladder, and the defenders had to disperse to fight and resist, and the crowded sergeants gradually dispersed, and finally Xie Yun saw the opportunity, an arrow step stepped over the side of the car millet wielding the iron halberd, supported the wall with one hand, and forced away several sergeants who rushed over with the halberd with his left hand, firmly stood on the wall, and the halberd waved two or three times, and then jumped to the road to stand.
In the blink of an eye, another four or five halberds stabbed indiscriminately, if it weren't for the fish scale armor to protect himself, Xie Yun would not be in a hurry to parry this time, and he would have to be either killed or injured.
Thanks to Xie Yun's long halberd, Che Huang climbed up the wall, and then pulled Xu Sheng up again.
The two brave generals landed in the city, wielded the big iron halberd and slashed left and right, and there was no enemy to help Xie Yun hold it, and the head of the city suddenly stabilized, and the charging dragon had to roll again.
There were only more than 1,000 defenders at the head of the city, and a steady stream of Sizhou soldiers climbed up and quickly dispersed them.
"General, what should I do?"
I have to have a good fight, and I can't see a Yuan Jun when I raise my eyes, but Wu Pu's little fat man is still outside the city, Xie Yun finally began to get excited, and asked how to act in the future.
Why do you have to defend this point? Che Huang was very puzzled, but his duty was to break the city with Xu Sheng, and now he didn't have it, so he had to order: "You go to seize the city gate and welcome the army in!" ”
"No!"
Xie Yun got the order. Kill yourself to the city gate.
It's just that when Xie Yun led the army, he saw that the east gate of Jinyang had been sealed by sand, stone and crosswood, and all of them were moved away.
Do the defenders have to fight in the streets and eat away at the soldiers who enter the city? Or set up an ambush on all sides? It was very surprising that he did not encounter the main force of the Yuan army, but Deng Ji ordered the battle to be decided, and he could no longer be suspicious. Xu Huang was afraid that the front army would suffer a loss, and when the situation in the city was reported, he couldn't wait to dredge the city gate, and said to Zhao Yun: "Brother Zilong is still invited to lead Hao Zhao, Wu Pu Duan, and the three school rangers to pick up outside, and a certain person walks into the city with the army!" ”
Zhao Yun was also anxious, unable to compete with Xu Huang. I had to do what I said.
According to the speculation of Xu Huang, Zhao Yun and Zhang Yan, the high-ranking cadre Yuan Shang drove out the people in the city, and in order to collect and save food, he defended Jinyang and waited for help, but the defenders on the east city wall only had more than 1,000, which is difficult to understand.
Is it really just to let the Sizhou cavalry enter the city and lose the advantage of mobility?
One way or another. It's certain that there will be a lot of hard fighting inside.
As Xu Huang entered the city, the Sizhou soldiers returned to the front of the team, and Yang Feng and Du Chang of the Black Mountain Thieves followed closely behind, slowly pushing forward into the city.
It's just that all the way forward, the resistance of Yuan's army is not resolute, and the soldiers in each street and alley also encounter sporadic waves of enemies, resist one or two, and then break and flee to prevent ambushes. None of the schools pursued.
"Stop!"
The situation was really abnormal, and the team had gradually penetrated into the city, and Xu Huang became more and more uneasy.
After thinking about it for a while, he couldn't find the source of his uneasiness, so Xu Huang could only order to the guards: "Order the colonels, send more scouts to the periphery!" Don't get too far away from each other! ”
Tens of thousands of soldiers searched all the way to the north and west of the city, behind them. There are more than 30,000 Black Mountain bandits, and there are also teams that search along the city wall, but most of the Jinyang City can no longer find the enemy.
Gao Gan Yuan Shangjin cicada broke off its shell and flew away?
The discipline of the Montenegrin thieves is corrupt. The enemy army did not appear, but many people could not help it, and did not care about the doubts and worries of the leaders, so they scattered and went to the big houses to look for belongings.
It wasn't until Xu Sheng led his men that they arrived at the North City Gate that a large open space was opened, and behind the clearing, tens of thousands of enemy troops were quietly arrayed.
The roofs of the remaining houses behind the clearing were all the only remaining archers of the Yuan army.
Seeing the black pressure of Yuan Jun on the opposite side, Xu Sheng was taken aback, in addition to the archers on the roof of the house, at the front of the north street, there were three thousand halberd warriors neatly arranged.
Your side has now abandoned cavalry combat, and if the opponent's elite heavy armored cavalry charges along the street, the consequences will definitely not be good.
"The whole army, put the horses away! Blow the horn and personally guard to tell General Kou! ”
Xu Shenggang roared like this, and there was already a gong on the opposite side, and the three thousand halberders urged the war horses and rushed over.
At the same time, dozens of puffs of smoke rose along the city walls, and the soldiers who had been lurking in various parts of the city in the early morning began to set fire to the city.
The flames flew so fast that they were blown by the wind, but in a matter of moments, they were joined together, and the smoke billowed towards the city.
The people of Jinyang were forcibly driven out and the empty city was vacated, and Fengji had already arranged it in the city, ordering the sergeants to pile up flammable saltpeter firewood everywhere.
He wants to exchange the lives of tens of thousands of Black Mountain thieves in two Sizhou armies for an empty Jinyang City!
He fought a lot with Deng Ji in Montenegro, and Feng Ji already knew that even if he began to plunder when he entered the city, he would first look for a large family, so the sergeants who set up the initial fire point and lit the fire were mostly in the homes of poor families.
After entering the city, the Sizhou army only cared about finding the main force of Yuan's army and failed to carefully search the residences; And the Black Mountain thieves who robbed the house were scattered, and the occasional accumulation of saltpeter firewood would not care, even if they were alert, they would not have time to announce it.
It was the height of summer, and there was no rain in Bingzhou for more than a month, and the city of Jinyang was dry and tight in the morning, and the fire in all directions was together, and it suddenly became a monstrous flame.
Looking at the smoke and fire burning in all directions, Xu Huang's heart sank to the bottom, and then he knew that the blocked east gate was the anti-brigade and others to return and escape. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for the recommendation vote monthly ticket, your support is my biggest motivation ......)