Chapter 191: Burning City of Flames
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When the Youzhou army in the white wolf camp was fighting with the Liaodong and Karasuma coalition forces, in front of the wellhead in the backyard of an inconspicuous utility room in the west of the city, several figures were quietly slipping down the well rope into the deep well. Of course, they didn't slip to the bottom, but folded into a makeshift cavern next to the wall of the well.
There were already several people in the cave, and when they saw them coming in, a cold light flashed in their hands, and they said sharply: "Password!" ”
"Fisherman!" The visitor hurriedly replied, and by the faint light in the cave, he could barely recognize a few people in the cave, and couldn't help but bow in unison, "My subordinates meet Le Sima...... Sima Jing...... Didn't even leave the city? ”
Hiding in this unique place, it was Le Jin and his three servants, his face was calm, and he nodded to the visitor: "How many of you are the daring soldiers who carry out the last step of the plan?" ”
"Yes!"
"Well, it seems like we just met, your name is ...... Yang Ji? ”
"Yes, the subordinate is Yang Ji." Yang Ji took out a silver and bright pointed red tasseled iron helmet from the package around his waist, which was his trophy - Gongsun Xu's helmet.
Le Jin smiled approvingly: "Sure enough, it's a warrior, and your team leader also has the eyesight to choose you to carry out this task." ”
At this time, a person flashed behind Yang Ji, seeing that the costume was a tun chief, and bowed to Le Jin, with uncontrollable surprise on his face: "Why did Sima stay here, this, this is too dangerous." ”
Le Jin smiled deeply: "My plan, I want to see the last step with my own eyes." After a pause, he took a closer look at the tun chief and said. You are Qi Zhang, and you are the one who should raise the fire, right? ”
The tun chief smiled: "Sima has a good memory, I am Qi Zhang, raising fire to attract the Liaodong Army and the Karasuma people, in addition to his subordinates, there is also the Zhao team." ”
Le Jin nodded, didn't say anything, and felt in his heart that this battle between use and anti, or the battle for people's hearts. In the end, it's still the city to defend the chess!
Gongsun Du and Yang Yi, who single-handedly manipulated this matter, thought that if they mastered the relatives of some of the soldiers of the White Wolf Battalion, they would be able to control the hearts and minds of the people - in fact, they were right to think so, in this era, with their families as hostages, even the great power would betray, let alone a pawn. But what they don't know is that there is also something called brainwashing. It is enough for people to resolutely choose the former between loyalty and filial piety. What's more, they also got a solemn promise: "White Wolf City will not give up Paoze, and neither will Paoze's family." ”
Le Jin listened to the faint vibration of the horse's hooves above his head. The shouts of killing, the impact of blades, and the terrible screams from far and near, his eyes were like ice.
There was silence in the cavern.
After a long time, Le Jin seemed to wake up from his contemplation and suddenly smiled. Beckoning to everyone: "Come, come, sit down, sit down, there are only a few of us left in this camp." Let's have a good talk, anyway, the night is long, and we have to wait. ”
Le Jin asked about the names, places of origin, and family information of these daring warriors one by one, and Yang Ji's situation made him quite interested.
Yang Ji, the word Chengxian, a native of Huaiyin, Guangling, is eighteen years old, and he is chivalrous. When Zhenrong slaughtered Huaiyin, he killed several rebels, and then recruited the new army of Huaiyin, and was left and right from Lu Dai. In the end, he followed Lu Dai to Liaoxi and became a member of the White Wolf Army.
Le Jin was born as a ranger, and he was naturally a little more kind to Yang Ji, who was also from the same background, and Yang Ji's agile and sharp skills during the day also left a deep impression on him. Therefore, in addition to being cordial, I have more affection.
After listening to everyone's situation, Le Jin said to two of the sergeants who had relatives in Liaodong: "After tonight, Liaodong will definitely change." I believe that the White Wolf Army of the Sea, the city guards, and your family will definitely be preserved. ”
The two sergeants nodded silently.
In the middle of the night, Yang Ji and a sergeant quietly climbed out of the well, and as soon as they probe, they were so smoked by the strong smell of blood and smoke in the air that they almost fell into the well. But seeing that several corpses appeared in the courtyard, including Youzhou Army uniforms and Liaodong Army uniforms, it was obvious that there had been a tragic battle. The two climbed onto the roof, but saw that the camp was full of fires and smoke. People screamed and horses neighed, arrows flew wildly, gold and iron clashed, shouts of killing and screams filled the ears and brains. Through the smoke translucent by the firelight, the figures of fleeing and chasing people were faintly visible, and the camp road was littered with corpses......
The scene in front of me is so similar to the bloody night of Huaiyin!
Yang Ji was reminded of the past, and his eyes turned red. Kill! Burn it! Soon, it's your turn!
After a stick of incense, Yang Ji and his companions returned to the well and reported to Le Jin: "As Sima expected, as long as the firewood is piled up all over the barracks, and we don't work hard, the enemy will ignite." At present, the city is full of fires, and there is a tendency to burn the city. ”
Another sergeant also said: "The fighting is much quieter, and the corpses are piling up in the city, and it seems that the killing is almost done." ”
"Good!" Le Jin stood up, his eyes shining, "The last step, seal the door and burn the city!" ”
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The white wolf camp has two camp gates in the west and south, of which the west gate has long been blocked by rocks, and even the hundreds of infantry troops led by Lejin have withdrawn along the rope ladders arranged earlier along the west and north city walls after leading the enemy into the city. At this time, the only entrance and exit of the entire White Wolf Camp was only one south gate.
The south gate was first occupied by the Youzhou army, and with the strong entry of the Liaodong Karasuma coalition army, the camp gate soon changed hands. At this time, the only person guarding this passage was a sergeant of the Liaodong Army. According to the establishment, the number of people in Yitun is 100, but there are not many members, and there are 70 or 80 people, which is not bad.
Le Jin and his party of seven people, the soldiers were divided into two ways, Qi Zhang led the two sergeants to set fires, anyway, when they saw the houses that had not yet burned, they could start the fires, and the scattered fires would form a continuous trend. And Lejin rate Yang Ji and the other three, the goal is straight to the door. Of course, Lejin would not be so arrogant as to think that with just a few of them, he could take down dozens of times more enemies, and then be able to block the escape path of this thousands of troops - how arrogant would it be to have such a stupid idea.
Lejin is on the top floor of the gatehouse at the south gate, and a killing game has been laid out. Now, all he has to do is detonate this killing. Let all those who enter this camp tonight not want to get out alive.
The White Wolf Army was originally a branch of the Liaodong Army, and nearly half of their clothes were provided by Liaodong, and they were almost exactly the same as the Liaodong Army in terms of clothing, even if they were slightly different, in the dark night. It's also hard to tell. Therefore, Le Jin and his entourage walked close to the city wall, and all the people they encountered along the way were basically Liaodong people and Karasuma people, but they didn't encounter any trouble. But the people of Youzhou can't see a few, and it is obvious that the victory and defeat have been divided.
Lejin and others couldn't be more familiar with their own camping city, and they only chose the fastest and most hidden place to go, and soon, the south gate was in sight.
Seeing the figures in front of the gatehouse, Le Jin whispered to Yang Ji and the others: "Remember." Don't fight, just rush to the gatehouse. The plan is like this, I will guard the corridor with the big man and Niu Li, and the first person will be agile and strong, and the matter of the broken pillar will be handed over to you. ”
was named by Sima to take the lead, Yang Ji's blood surged, and his voice was low. The tone was firm: "Yes!" ”
Lejin's two guards put on iron helmets from the moment, closed their masks, and took off their coats, revealing a specially made cowhide armor with pockets sewn all over it. Then he opened the large package he was carrying, took out the iron plates, inserted them into his leather pocket, and fastened them with buttons. This kind of cloth button is also the "invention" of Ma Han, with this seemingly inconspicuous gadget, just the fabric of the military expenditure. That's a lot of savings. The subtle difference between the white wolf army and the Liaodong army's clothing is here, the use of buttoned clothing is tighter, more straight, and more convenient for marching and fighting.
Heavy armor axe and mallet soldiers, plus a desperate Saburo Lejin who was famous in the annals of the Three Kingdoms first, the three husbands are in charge, and the hundred men are difficult to open.
"Let's go! Get as close as you can to the defenders, and listen to my orders before you strike. Le Jin gave an order, and Yang Ji secretly carried the blade and walked in front, while the two wrestlers carried axes and mallets, followed closely behind.
Due to the similarity of costumes and the chaos inside and outside the camp at this time, the Liaodong guards at the south gate did not pay much attention to the four of them for a while. It wasn't until they saw the four of them quickly approaching the steps of the city that the Liaodong soldiers shouted: "The city gate is important, you can't approach without an order, go away!" ”
"Leave your uncle!" Le Jin shook his shoulders, shook off the outer cover, and rushed up with a leather shield in one hand and a halberd in the other, and rushed up with lightning speed, smashing over one person with a shield, and the halberd swept away, almost breaking the neck of the other guard.
Jun Sima attacked, it was an order!
The big man and the bull roared angrily and threw off their arms, and the axes and mallets fell, and the guards on the road to the city were swept away like grass targets and fell to the city one after another.
Yang Ji held a ring-headed knife in each hand, ran in a few steps, jumped up in a cushion step, stepped on Niu Li and the shoulders of the big man to grab the front, jumped down, the cold light flashed, and the necks of the two guards spurted blood and fell.
It should be said that in such a chaotic situation, the defenders of Liaodong still maintained considerable vigilance, quickly reacted, and quickly gathered to besiege it. But under the surprise attack of the four fierce men, they overturned more than ten guards all the way and landed in one go, less than thirty steps away from the gatehouse.
The big one and Niu Li opened the way with a thick armor heavy axe and a giant mallet, like two door gods, the axe and mallet swept left and right, when the person was clothed, one step and one pool of blood, one step on a corpse, and a bloody road was killed. And their helmets and armor were covered with deep slashing and stabbing marks.
Under the open-mindedness of the two ironclad warriors, Le Jin and Yang Ji rushed into the gatehouse one after another.
Lejin erected a shield and a horizontal halberd in front of the narrow corridor, while Yang Ji almost didn't touch the ground with his feet and rushed to the top.
The gatehouse has two floors, and on the top floor there is a half-story attic, which is generally used to stack all kinds of military sundries. But at this moment, there are hundreds of pounds of boulders piled up here.
The Youzhou Army and the Liaodong Army, which occupied the gatehouse successively, have come up to inspect it, and it is normal to pile up stones in the gatehouse to defend the city, but it is rare to use such a large boulder. The soldiers of the two armies, though a little strange, did not delve into it. They absolutely did not expect that the six wooden pillars supporting the tens of thousands of catties of boulders in the attic had all been sawn off in advance, and they were carefully painted and camouflaged......
There were only four archers on the top floor, who were on guard at the window, and when they heard the sound of hurried footsteps, they just turned their heads in surprise and brushed their swords twice, and two of them had already fallen. The other two hurriedly drew their arrows and stretched their bows. Yang Ji split his hands, took off his two knives, spun out a huge light wheel, poofed twice, pierced his chest and abdomen, and was killed with one blow.
Yang Ji wiped a handful of sweat, pulled out a bundle of thick rope from the attic, and tied it to the pillar. Starting from the four corner side posts, struggle to pull them off one by one. As each pillar tilts, the attic makes a startling rattling sound and dust falls.
After the four corner columns are pulled and folded, there are still two middle ones, which must be pulled off at the same time.
Yang Ji was sweating profusely, his whole body was almost out of strength, and he struggled to pull the rope, but his feet slipped and he didn't succeed in pulling several times. And the fierce blade clashing sound downstairs and the screams of dying made Yang Ji even more anxious, almost gritting the root of his teeth, but he really had more than enough heart and not enough power!
At this time, there was a sound of rapid footsteps on the stairs, and Yang Ji was frightened, dropped the rope, and was about to draw a knife on the corpse. But before he could make a move, a person had already appeared at the staircase, covered in blood and with a murderous face, it was Jun Sima Lejin.
Yang Ji took a long breath, only to feel softer.
"Boy, it looks like you need my help!" Le Jin gritted his teeth and smiled, his face was lined with blood, which was hideous, but in Yang Ji's eyes, he was extremely relieved.
With the two of them working together, the two wooden pillars in the center slowly tilted in the end. The two looked at each other and shouted in unison: "Run!" ”
Two figures leaped out of the top window at the same time and landed on the crowd below.
The 10,000-pound boulder smashed down with gravial acceleration, directly piercing the second-layer rammed earth slab, and then smashed through the entire ground of the city wall that had been thinned one layer in advance with a more violent falling momentum.
In the earth-shattering loud noise, the south gate collapsed, and countless gravels, dirt, and slabs completely blocked the last and only way to escape.
The collapse of the building gushed out a strong hurricane, like a blower bag, which provoked the fire all over the city to rise, and the flames were raging.
Under the heavy sky, the White Wolf Camp was like a huge furnace, which burned not only firewood, but also thousands of invaders...... (To be continued......)