Chapter 537 - Counting is Counting
Zhao Xi and Xiang Zheng hurriedly climbed the north gate tower surrounded by a large group of Qi army soldiers, stood on the top of the city and looked out, and sure enough, they saw that hundreds of people were dodging and fleeing in the wilderness outside the city.
Just look at the bright and dangling straight-edged long knife, and you know that it is a ring-headed knife.
Among the countries in the Central Plains, only the Chu army used the ring-headed knife.
Seeing this scene, the eyes of many Qi soldiers immediately turned red.
A military marquis took out a long sword with his backhand and bullied Xiang Zheng, saying: "You also said that you didn't send troops out of the city to kill people and steal food, and now the facts are there, what else do you have to say?" ”
Xiang Zheng smiled faintly and didn't look at the military marquis.
The military marquis was furious, and when he was about to cut people, he was stopped by Zhao Xi: "Stop, just a few dozen ring-headed knives can't explain anything, these Chu troops are true or false, you will know when you catch them back and ask." ”
"The Admiral is wise." The marquis hit a nail and retreated in a daze.
"Admiral Mingjian." Xiang Zheng hugged his fists at Zhao Xi, and said, "However, I suggest that the general be more careful, and after sending troops out of the city, it is best to close the city gate and only open the side gate of the urn city." ”
The urn city has a long history in the Huaxia people, and the exact age of its appearance is no longer striking, but it is an iron fact that the urn city can greatly increase the defense strength of the city.
The so-called urn city is to build a ring or square city on the outside (or inside) of the original city gate, the city wall of the urn city is connected with the big city, and there are also defensive facilities such as arrow towers and battlements on it, and the city gate of the urn city is not in a straight line with the main gate. Under normal circumstances, the gate of the urn city is mostly repaired on the side.
For example, the north gate of Linzi urn city, its city gate is open on the side facing east.
As soon as Xiang Zheng reminded him, Zhao Xi's eyes suddenly narrowed slightly, and he said, "What does the prince mean by this?" ”
"It doesn't mean anything special." Xiang Zheng waved his hand and said indifferently, "I just hope that the general can be more careful." It's always right to be a little more careful, right? ”
"That's right." Zhao Xi nodded happily. At that moment, he followed Xiang Zheng's suggestion and ordered, and ordered the nearly 1,000 Qi troops waiting under the city tower to be prepared.
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Outside the city gate, Bai Yan and Han Ju were lying in the artemisia grass. is waiting coldly.
"General Bai, Zhou Yafu's kid shouldn't be playing tricks, right?" Han Ju said in a low voice, "This group of Chu soldiers pretending to be quite like that, even the ring-headed knives they use are all in the shape of the Chu army, but just by killing hundreds of Qi people with these fake Chu soldiers, they can deceive the city gate open?" ”
"Who knows." Han Ju was also not optimistic about Zhou Yafu's arrangement, and said, "Let's see." ”
The voice fell, and suddenly a Zhao Jun sentry hurriedly turned back. Said: "General, the suspension bridge has fallen!" ”
"Huh?" Bai Yan and Han Ju looked up in unison, but they couldn't see far at all because of the dark night, but the two of them didn't wait too long, soon. A large area of dense firelight appeared in front of the direction of the Zicheng Gate, and through the bright firelight, the two clearly saw that the Linzi City Gate had indeed been opened, and the drawbridge had also fallen.
"Damn, this Qi Guoyan has really opened the city gate. It's fucking evil. ”
"General Han, don't say anything, hurry up and take your respective parts and take the city!"
"What I'm saying is that Lixia City has given the Han army the lead, how can this Linzi also take the turn of our Han army and your Zhao army, hahaha, go!"
As they spoke, the two of them had already gotten up from the artemisia grass, and some of their own soldiers had already put up the war horses pressed in the grass, and then the two of them turned over and got on their horses, and drew their swords into the void, and the wilderness behind them burst into flames in an instant, and spread rapidly in all directions, endlessly. …,##########
"This is?!" Zhao Xi, who was standing on the city tower, was taken aback.
All the Qi soldiers who were guarding the city tower and waiting to see the good show were also taken aback, the defense of the city in this era completely relied on the towering city walls, so the defenders did not pay attention to the vigilance outside the city, so it was common for the enemy to touch the city walls while it was dark at night, but there were so many fires outside the city at once, which still surprised them.
Looking at this firelight, it doesn't look like thousands of people, let alone tens of thousands!
Let so many enemy troops touch the city gate, it is very undeserved, you must know that the Qi army also sent scout rangers in all directions, it is said that such a large army entered Linzi, how should there be a return? But in fact, even Zhao Xi was kept in the dark, which shows that the other party has been prepared.
Zhao Xi couldn't help but glance back at Xiang Zheng, if it weren't for Xiang Zheng's reminder, even if he had gathered nearly a thousand Qi troops in the city gate by mistake, he was afraid that he would not be able to stop the other party's onslaught, because the Qi army that went out of the city would definitely flee back to the city after being attacked, and it would be too late for the soldiers defending the city to twist the drawbridge and close the city gate at this time.
When Zhao Xi and the generals of the Qi army at the head of the city were secretly frightened, the Qi army who went out of the city and was about to arrest people had already shouted and fled towards the two sides of the urn city, but none of them fled back to the urn city, because when they left the city, they saw that the city gate was closed, and if they fled back to the urn city, they would be blocked by the enemy, and there was no way to escape.
Seeing this scene, Xiang Zheng couldn't help frowning, this was a small oversight.
However, soon Xiang Zheng's brows stretched again, in front of the two armies, the fighters were only in an instant, and the opposing general might not be able to take care of this small flaw.
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Bai Yan still found this small flaw, so he was a little surprised, and said, "Hey, no, why didn't these Qi troops run back, but ran to both sides?" ”
"Why do you care so much?" Han Ju said nonchalantly, "A little later, the city gate will be closed!" ”
While speaking, Han Ju had already driven the Qi army towards the city gate to cover the past, Bai Yan only hesitated slightly, and the Zhao army had already fallen behind Han Jun, and the seventeen or eighteen captains, Sima and the military marquis were a little anxious, and they all looked at Bai Yan with eager eyes, Bai Yan didn't have time to think about it, and he also urged the war horse to rush onto the suspension bridge.
In the deafening sound of killing, rows of Han Jun and Zhao Jun roared and rushed into the north gate of the urn city, and the Han army who rushed into the urn city first soon found out that something was wrong, although the gate of the urn city was open, the gate leading to the city was closed, and the discerning people knew at a glance that this was a trap, and the Han army who rushed to kill in front of him suddenly shouted.
But at this time, it is impossible for the Han army to retreat, behind them, more Han soldiers and Zhao Jun are stepping across the drawbridge and swarming through the gate of the urn city, and the loud warning of the Han army in front of them is also annihilated by the shouts of more Han army and Zhao army behind them.
Bai Yan also finally entered the urn city, and saw the crowded appearance of the urn city, Bai Yan was taken aback, and when he hurriedly turned around and wanted to withdraw from the city, it was already too late, and hundreds of dry firewood and white grass were suddenly thrown down on the head of the urn city, and then dozens of cans of fire oil were poured down, and then dozens of torches were dropped, and the fire was burning.
As soon as the fire ignited, it completely isolated the inside and outside of the urn city, and the thousands of Han troops and Zhao troops who had poured into the urn city could not advance and retreat, and they became turtles in the urn at once.
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The northern suburbs of Linzi, on a hill.
A monstrous fire has been lit outside the gate of the north gate of the urn city, although it is far away, but it is still clearly visible Zhou Yafu's face, and the soldiers standing on the left and right sides secretly look around, only to see that Zhou Yafu's face is very unsightly, and the corners of his mouth are even twitching slightly, obviously, this plan to capture the city has failed. ..., as soon as the fire came, Zhou Yafu knew that his plan had been discovered, and Zhou Yafu immediately thought of another more difficult problem.
The gate of the North Gate Urn City has been blocked by the raging fire, and it is absolutely impossible for the thousands of Han troops and Zhao troops who have entered the Urn City to escape again, and the North Gate Urn City is huge, Zhou Yafu roughly estimated that there are more than 2,000 trapped Han Jun and Zhao Jun, and they must be the most elite armor soldiers in the army!
Bai Yan and Han Ju were anxious to enter the city for profit, and they were trapped inside.
And until now, there has been no screaming and wailing in the urn city, which shows that the Qi army or the Chu army has not yet killed the killer, at this time, Zhou Yafu has some hope that the Qi army or the Chu army will kill the killer, because there are more than 2,000 prisoners of war, especially Bai Yan and Han Ju, the two hostages, and when the next dirty is divided, the Lian Heng Alliance will be in a very disadvantageous situation.
No one is a fool, Xiang Zhuang, the king of Chu, is even more shrewd, how could he not use more than 2,000 prisoners of war as bargaining chips to bargain with Lian Heng Alliance? Zhou Yafu knew what it would mean if more than 2,000 people were captured, but he had no choice.
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When a team of Qi archers with bows and arrows appeared on the women's walls around the urn city, the more than 2,000 Han soldiers and Zhao soldiers who were trapped in the urn city exploded in an instant.
However, no arrows fell from the city.
The Han army and Zhao army in the urn city were in turmoil for a while, and finally gradually calmed down, and in the end, the more than 2,000 people in the entire urn city were silent, and even the falling needles on the ground were clearly audible.
Then a majestic general of the Qi army appeared on the top of the city, and shouted to the city: "If you want to live, put down the weapons in your hands, and the general promises not to kill any of them, and when the king of my family is in the country, I will let you go back." After a brief pause, the general of the Qi army showed a cold light again, and said in a cruel voice, "This general will send people down to collect weapons, if you dare to make any changes, or if any of you who come down to collect weapons has a mistake, then, all of you...... No mercy! ”
The sound of weapons landing on the ground suddenly sounded in the urn city, and many people threw their swords to the ground.
Immediately, dozens of hanging baskets hung down on the tower of the urn city, and dozens of Qi soldiers began to pack up the weapons all over the ground, and then put them into the hanging baskets and hung them up to the city tower. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )