097 Burning the river pool

At this time, the movement outside the city obviously also aroused the idea of the Di soldiers at the head of the city, and there were many more torches on the city for a while, some of the Di soldiers watched from the city, and some went down to complain to the leaders.

However, no matter who it was, there was a sense of foreboding in their hearts, and the Han army began to attack before dawn, which had never happened in a few days.

Could it be that the attack routine of the Han army today is different from that of the previous days? Could it be that the Han army is going to use something they have never seen before?

Tai Shi Ci didn't let the soldiers wait too long in this panic, and with the roar of his life, more than a hundred thunder carts and more than a hundred three-bow bed crossbows attacked together!

The oil bladder hanging from the crossbow bolt was unlit, and the only sound of the wind tearing could be heard in the darkness! This is not the case with the thunder car, which fired ten shots at one shot, and more than 100 chariots fired more than 1,000 fire altars in one round, like a brilliant meteor shower that pierced the night sky!

It's just that the soldiers defending the city are not in such a mood to appreciate such beautiful scenery, seeing these starry meteorites from far and near, they who have long known that the thunder car is powerful suddenly dodge around like headless flies!

But soon they were a little relieved, as they noticed that the meteor showers did not seem to fall on their side, but over their heads and landed in the city......

Wait a minute...... Town!?

Some of the Di soldiers who came to their senses hurriedly turned their heads, only to see those "meteors" smashing into the city, and suddenly burst into sparks! Flames splashed on the wooden houses, and soon flames erupted!

If it were just these jars full of fire-stirring things, the fire caused would not be extinguishable, although it was fierce. The point is that the skins filled with fire oil were carried into the city by flying spears, and the oil poured out of the sacs instantly soaked the surrounding area, and this area was touched by sparks, and the orange flames ignited by the oil were obviously not extinguished!

In an instant, half of Hechi City fell into a world of fire, and at a glance there were burning houses, trees, and countless people living in the city, screaming and fleeing from their residences, but there were scorching flames everywhere in front of them, and they had no way to go, they desperately shouted for help, and finally were burned into a pile of broken corpses that could not see their original faces, and were black and swarthy......

The entire eastern city was covered by fire, and although the thousands of soldiers guarding the city on the eastern city wall escaped for the time being, they finally found in despair that the sea of fire cut off their way back, and the raging fire was constantly whistling towards them under the blowing of the mountain wind, and they were about to be turned into ashes in front of them!

"Firefighting! Hurry up and put out the fire! At this time, the city wall became a pot of porridge, and the great disaster was imminent, and the soldiers even ignored the Han army outside the city who still threw fire bombs non-stop, and opened the city gate to get water from the moat. Most of them were Di people of the White Horse tribe, and many of them were scholars from other tribes who wanted to surrender in front of the Han army when they were cornered.

These firefighting Baima people have no choice but to take care of it, because not only are they besieged by the fire, but there are also their little relatives in the fire! But could that little effort extinguish the fire of half the city? Besides, the Han army outside the city could watch them open the city gates without doing anything?

Seeing this situation, Tai Shici hurriedly turned around and reported to Wen Yuan: "Lord, the soldiers were forced out by the fire, can they fight or not?" ”

Wen Yuan was looking intently at Hechi City, which had fallen into a sea of fire in front of him, as if he was a little distracted, and only after a while did he sneer: "Those who go out of the city will be shot!" If you want to put out fires, how easy is it? ”

And this sentence not only sentenced those firefighters to death, but also the people of several other tribes who wanted to surrender.

The Qiang envoy beside him shivered when he heard this, and his fear of Wen Yuan had penetrated deeply into his bones!

"The king has an order! Those who leave the city will be shot and killed, leaving no one alive! Soon, Wen Yuan's military orders were passed down layer by layer, and the crossbowmen who had been standing seventy paces in front of the city gate and had been waiting for a long time heard the words like arrows, and shot all the people who rushed out of the narrow city gate hole one by one! There was no way, they didn't have the protective gear to resist the domineering penetration of the strong crossbow......

The situation in the south city is also like the east gate, the city guards opened the city gate to carry water to put out the fire, and many people still want to go out from the south gate! However, Cao Zhen and Dianman had already led 5,000 soldiers and horses to wait there, and they also received Wen Yuan's general order......

The thunder cart and bed crossbow were fired non-stop for half an hour, and most of the river city had been plunged into a sea of fire, and this fire continued until now, and I don't know how many things were burned and how many people were burned to death.

Wen Yuan looked at the sky, it was already dawn, so he said to Tai Shi Ci: "The thunder car and bed crossbow are a hundred steps forward, and continue to attack with the maximum range!" ”

"The last general obeys!" As Tai Shi Ci turned around and gave the order, the fire continued to spread to the side of the mountain behind Hechi City......

In the city, the Di people have become a pot of porridge everywhere, and they have really become a swarm of ants on a hot pot. Wang Doumao also summoned people to put out the fire at first, but later saw that the fire was uncontrollable, so he could only gather the clansmen in despair and retreat!

Seeing the painstakingly managed Hechi City destroyed in a sea of fire, Wang Doumao's heart ached! And when he did his best to gather five or six thousand remnants, and less than 20,000 people, he fainted in heartache! Because that means almost two-thirds of the living people in the city have been buried in this fire!

Woke up by everyone, Wang Doumao almost bit his lip and ordered: "You can't stay here any longer, Du Hao, you take half of the people out of the city from the north gate, and I will take half of them to the west gate, and the women and children in the clan will follow behind, and quickly flee to the mountains!" ”

"Good! I know! Quick, there is no leader, follow me to the north gate! Du Hao hurriedly agreed, he couldn't wait to leave this purgatory land quickly, Du Hao hated it in his heart! If we hadn't waited for two more days, what would it be like losing two-thirds of our troops now?

However, he was lucky in comparison, because he saw with his own eyes that Pu Hu was hit by the fire altar that fell from the sky, and instantly turned into a burning man, and the terrible scream like killing a pig still lingers in his mind!

What a loss! However, Du Hao also has his own little abacus in his heart, three of the seven tribal leaders were burned to death, and when he escapes from the river pool and collects these ownerless soldiers into his subordinates, he may be able to recover some of the losses!

"Come with me! You, you, you, come with me to Simon! Wang Doumao also gathered the remnants of the soldiers around him and ran towards the West Gate, he had the same idea as Du Hao.

It's just that their extravagant hopes are soon shattered by the ruthless reality!

Wang Doumao and Du Hao were about to separate, when they suddenly saw a raging fire in the west and in the north, which was originally pitch black! Wang Doumao only felt that his scalp was exploding! Just as he was about to send someone to check, some soldiers defending the city had already rushed back and reported: "The leader is not good! Simon...... The west gate is blocked by fire! ”

"The north gate is also on fire, and the brothers can't rush out at all!"