The people on the city wall looked up into the distance, and there was a faint dust rising in front of them, and it was obvious that the main force of the enemy army was not far away.

Now that the main force of the enemy army has been killed back to Dangtu, then their siege of Yinling City must have been lifted, and Hua'an's hanging heart suddenly let go, and there was an indescribable ease in his heart.

"Haha! The peach leopard's movements are really fast enough, and it came back in less than a day. Han Huang looked at the dust in front of him and laughed loudly.

When Ma Xiong heard this, he joked: "It's a pity that Peach Leopard is still one step late, when the military supplies and grain and grass in Tucheng have been robbed by us, there is only an empty city left." ”

"Village master, leave this empty city to Peach Leopard!" A subordinate built yì road.

At this time, when Tucheng's walled soldiers were only 5,000, and Taobao's main force had 30,000 troops, the disparity in strength was too large, and abandoning the city was already the only choice.

Han Huang nodded, pondered for a moment, and suddenly frowned: "As soon as we came, we robbed the peach leopard of so many military supplies and grain and grass, and when we left, we should also prepare some gifts for the peach leopard, otherwise, wouldn't the peach leopard laugh at me and other thieves for not knowing etiquette." ”

"Hahahaha!" The crowd burst into laughter.

"The owner of the village, I think it is enough to prepare a piece of, put it in a bowl and put it at the gate of the city, the peach leopard must like it when he sees it." One of the subordinates shouted.

"Hahaha, just send a piece of." The crowd burst out laughing.

Han Huang and Ma Xiong also laughed, but soon, they all shook their heads, this kind of dirty thing that only street splashes would do, they would not accept it, it would damage their prestige.

"Brother Han, why do you need to deliberately prepare, the corpses of the enemy soldiers in the city are the best gifts for the peach leopard, and the peach leopard will definitely like it." Ma Xiong said loudly.

Han Huang nodded, but he always felt in his heart that he should send something more, these thousands of corpses of enemy soldiers were not enough, and he couldn't handle it.

The dust in front gradually became clear, the main force of the enemy army was less than fifteen miles away from Dangtu City, Hua An looked at the main force of the enemy army that was getting closer and closer, and suddenly thought of the scene of Zhuge Liang burning Xinye in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Since Dangtu City is destined to give up, and the people in the city have long since fled, why not follow Zhuge Liang's example when he burned Dangtu City?

Of course, if you set fire directly, you will definitely not be able to burn a single enemy soldier, and you can only set fire to it when the main force of the enemy army enters the city, which will definitely burn a group of enemy soldiers.

But when the enemy army enters the city and then sets fire, then the person who set the fire may not be able to escape, either caught by the angry enemy army, or burned to death by the fire, unless the last resort, Hua'an is unwilling to let these soldiers take this risk.

"Little Brother Hua, what are you thinking?" Han Huang frowned and thought when he saw Hua An, and asked softly.

Hua An didn't want to hide it, so he told Han Huang truthfully about his thoughts, but he didn't expect that when Han Huang heard this, he slapped his thigh, applauded repeatedly, and immediately ordered his subordinates to prepare all kinds of flammable materials in the city.

"You lead a group of capable men to stay, and the remaining brothers will immediately withdraw with me to Erlongzhai." Han Huang said as he walked down the city wall, preparing to evacuate Dangtu City.

"Master Hanzhai, the idea is what I thought, just let me stay and set it on fire!" Hua'an couldn't bear to let the soldiers take this risk, and said loudly.

"Big brother, let's stay together." Thunderstorm and Taowu spoke in unison.

The three of Hua'an have high martial arts, and if they stay and set fires, they are more likely to escape.

Han Huang shook his head and said as he walked: "Little Brother Hua once saved my life, and he is the great benefactor of our Erlong Village, how can we let our benefactor do such a risky thing?" Let's let the warriors of Erlongzhai do it! ”

Hua An saw that Han Huang insisted on not letting himself stay and take risks, and it was not good to disobey too much, so he had to follow Han Huang down the city wall and prepare to evacuate Dangtu City.

The group followed behind Han Huang, walked down the city wall and walked towards the location of the war horse, when passing by the warehouse where the enemy army was hoarding military supplies, Hua An inadvertently glanced at it, and found that these warehouses had not been emptied, and there were dense piles of dry firewood and hay, and some clay pots that were not known to be contained, and some soldiers were moving hay to various places in the city, preparing to burn the enemy army.

"What's in those clay pots? Why didn't these soldiers transport it back to Erlong Village? Driven by curiosity, Huaan walked quickly to the clay pot.

Tearing open the seal, Hua'an reached out and touched it lightly in the jar, and was immediately surprised, it turned out to be water, such as fake natural water, no wonder these soldiers did not transport these clay pots back to Erlong Village, the mountain springs of Erlong Mountain could not be drunk, what was the use of these waters.

Thunderstorm saw that the jar opened by Hua'an was liquid, and took it for granted that it must be wine, so he quickly reached out and held a little and put it to his mouth to taste it.

"Big brother, how is it water! It tastes weird. Thunderstorm spat out the water in his mouth and said loudly.

Hua An Zheng felt strange, there were many rivers nearby, and it was completely unnecessary for the enemy army to store so much water in clay pots.

Seeing that the thunderstorm said that the taste of water was strange, Hua An was startled, and hurriedly looked carefully into the pot, only to see that the four walls of the clay pot were gray, but the bottom was white, and the white at the bottom was granular, could there be something at the bottom of the water.

So, Hua An hurriedly rolled up his sleeves and stretched his entire arm into the jar, and suddenly his palm touched the white hard particles at the bottom of the jar.

Hua An took out a handful and held it in his hand to observe, feeling quite familiar.

"Big brother, what is this?" Thunderstorm and Momotake exclaimed at the same time.

Hua An looked at it for a moment and probably guessed it, so he smiled indifferently and rubbed these white particles back and forth between his hands.

After a while, green smoke rose from his hand, and Hua An put the smoking white object on the hay beside him, and suddenly, a large bunch of hay burned.

"Big brother, this thing catches fire when you rub it, what is it?" Thunderstorm, Zhao Wu, suddenly became interested.

Hua An smiled indifferently and explained: "These white particles are white phosphorus, which ignite when exposed to heat, so they can only be stored in water. ”

"The enemy stored this white phosphorus for the purpose of igniting a fire for cooking." The thunderstorm extinguished the already burning bundles of grass.

Hua An shook his head and said, "It's not for cooking, it's for siege." ”

"Why haven't I seen the enemy army?" Zhao Wu hurriedly asked.

"Haha! The enemy army has already used it in the attack on Yinling City, have you forgotten those big fireballs flying from the enemy formation? There's this white phosphorus in there. Hua An looked at the two and explained.

"It turns out that those choking fires are made of these things." Thunderstorm and Zhao Wu nodded thoughtfully.

Hua An touched the white phosphorus in his hand, and suddenly thought, why not mix these white phosphorus in the hay, so that the enemy soldiers entering the city must not find anything abnormal, and when the enemy brigade steps on the hay mixed with white phosphorus, the continuous friction will definitely make the white phosphorus spontaneously combust, so that it will save a group of men and horses to take the risk?

Thinking of a good way, Hua An hurriedly told Han Huang and Ma Xiong, the two were overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered a team of men and horses to quickly arrange, and then led a large group of men and horses to evacuate from the east gate of Dangtu City.

When Yiqiē was ready and the last group of men and horses withdrew from Dangtu City, the vanguard of the Peach Leopard army had already rushed to the south gate of Dangtu City.

Looking at the quiet city walls and the wide open city gates, the enemy vanguard did not enter the city directly, and the experience of the battlefield made them naturally suspect that there was an ambush in the city.

"You guys, go into the city and see how it's going." The junior general of the enemy's vanguard army pointed to the five soldiers beside him and ordered.

Hearing the order, the five soldiers rode their horses and ran towards Dangtu City, and reconnoitred within a radius of 500 meters inside the city gate, but did not find a single figure, and the city wall was also empty.

"General, there is no one in the city." The five soldiers will report the situation to the pioneer commander truthfully.

The suspicion of the vanguard general was immediately diminished, and for the sake of safety, he ordered three hundred cavalry to enter the city of Dangtu immediately and launch a comprehensive search.

Soon the three hundred cavalry generals searched the city of Tu, and in addition to finding more than a thousand corpses, they did not find a single shadow of a living person.

At this time, the enemy vanguard general was completely relieved, and he led the vanguard of 5,000 soldiers and horses to enter Dangtu City.

The 5,000-strong army continued to step on the hay mixed with white phosphorus under their feet, and the long-term violent friction caused the white phosphorus to emit wisps of green smoke, which soon burned.

"General, there's a fire in the east."

"General, there's a fire in the west."

"General, the front is also on fire."

"General, the back is also burning."

Suddenly, the entire Dangtu City continued to catch fire, and the soldiers ran quickly to the open space without fire in order to avoid the fire, but the strange thing was that wherever they ran, the ground would be on fire.

Soon, the entire city of Dangtu was shrouded in fire, and the fire became more and more vigorous, and soldiers continued to die in the flames, and countless soldiers were burned.

"What's going on, what's going on, who set the fire." The enemy vanguard general was completely stunned, stared around, and roared loudly.

"Hoo ......"

A burned-out thick wooden stick smashed down from a height, hitting the arm of the pioneer youngster, and the huge heat and weight made the pioneer junior's arm instantly painful.

"Ah......" a heart-rending cry came from the mouth of the young pioneer.

"General, the fire is getting bigger and bigger, let's think of a way!" One of the generals shouted in despair.

The pioneer general frowned and shouted, "Rush out." ”

After saying that, he held a gun in one hand, picked up the blazing hay in front of him, and walked through the fire with his burned subordinates.

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"Big brother, look, when Tu Cheng is on fire." Thunderstorm said loudly.

Hua An looked back, and the Dangtu City behind him was indeed a fire, and it was obvious that the enemy army had been tricked.

"Looks like the fire is raging!"

"I don't know how many enemy soldiers burned to death."

The soldiers of Erlongzhai discussed loudly.

Han Huang and Ma Xiong also nodded proudly, this can be regarded as a 'big gift' they gave to Peach Leopard, this gift should be enough.

Seeing that everyone's attention was attracted by the fire in Dangtu City, Zhao Wu leaned in Hua An's ear and whispered: "Big brother, the task has been completed, shouldn't we go back." ”