181 Blowing Sand and Walking Thousands of Miles (14)
Seeing the gate of Hancheng slowly open, Li You, who was wearing a horse all over his body, walked out of the doorway. Cao Ning greeted him and said, "General, you see that we have been running all the way, and we have not even eaten a bite of food......
When Li You went downstairs and got on the horse, he thought: Instead of giving this credit to Liu Fangliang, it is better to have it alone. He had already seen Zuo Guangxian's men and horses, and he was tired and tired, but he rode a hundred times and brought out three hundred horsemen by himself, which was enough to capture Zuo Guangxian back. Moreover, for the entire Han City, without these 300 horsemen and 2,000 foot battalions, even if the Zhu thief sent troops to attack, he would definitely be able to defend it.
"You can stay in the city and help defend the city!" Li You waved his hand, "Let's go!" ”
When he landed, the horse's hooves rumbled, and the earth trembled.
There were only two longitudinal, three horizontal and five main roads in Hancheng, and after Li Chuang garrisoned the troops, a large number of residents fled to the countryside to join relatives, vacating many houses. At that moment, a veteran army stationed in Hancheng stepped forward and led Xiao Donglou and others to find a place to eat and rest. No one knows how far Zuo Guangxian can run, and with limited time, how can he have the appetite to eat? Xiao Donglou said: "We still have many brothers behind, let's wait at the city gate." ”
The old soldier said impatiently: "Follow you, just remember, don't go to the east gate." ”
Xiao Donglou nodded again and again, and said secretly in his heart: Okay, it's clear where to make trouble now.
"Don't close the gates yet!" On the city tower, a figure dressed as a general walked down, his face was gloomy, and he saw Xiao Donglou dressed as an ordinary soldier, without the slightest politeness.
"Old man," the old soldier saluted, "and they said there were people behind. ”
The man walked up to Xiao Donglou, glanced at Xiao Donglou's scar, and said slowly: "I am the defense envoy of Hancheng, and the safety of this county is on my shoulders." Now that you have entered the gate of Hancheng, you have to listen to me! ”
Xiao Donglou grinned: "Why? ”
"I'm the Captain!" The man roared.
Xiao Donglou sighed. On the side of the body, when he twisted his waist, he had already drawn out the long knife on his waist, and when he slashed horizontally. The lieutenant jumped backwards and was about to shout, when he heard the sound of a bowstring, and an arrow went straight into the soft spot of the lieutenant's throat. The lieutenant made a loud noise. Xiao Donglou, who was chased up, was stabbed into the heart and completely broken.
Over there, the black skin also led people to draw their swords and kill the old soldiers and the soldiers at the gate, and the sound alarmed the guards of the city tower, and someone shouted at the time: "What is going on down there! ”
"It's okay, it's okay!" Xiao Donglou pointed in the direction of the east gate and laughed loudly: "Some small misunderstandings!" ”
The man above should be an officer, he was still not at ease, walked down quickly, and scolded: "What is the fuss? Wait for General Lee to come back...... Yes! ”
Another arrow struck him in the throat, knocking him to the ground. The head hit the ground and shattered. Xiao Donglou couldn't help but look back this time, it turned out to be a newly added Qin soldier, who was pulling out another arrow from the arrow plug and putting it on the string.
"Well done!" Xiao Donglou praised it, and immediately shouted, "Array!" Come with me! ”
More people in the city were alarmed, and before they could run down to see what was going on, they had already heard the sound of running in unison, and for a time they couldn't hear how many people there were.
When, when, when!
Alarm bells rang from the castle tower.
"Black skin! You guard this door for me! Xiao Donglou shouted: "The others follow me to the East Gate!" ”
Hanseong has only three gates: east, west, and north. Don't say that Li You has run away and can't hear it, even if he hears the alarm bell. It may not be possible to come back in time. Xiao Donglou ordered the whole team, and on the other hand, he had already found out the fire fold and was ready to set it on fire. He and Cao Ning had just run far after leading a game, when he heard the sound of shouting and killing behind him, and when he looked back, the people who had come down from the city tower were blocked in the doorway. However, it was precisely because of this that he did not suffer a loss, and the formation blocked those defenders.
The whole city of Korea was boiling, and the bell tower emitted a louder bell, announcing that war was coming.
"Don't, don't go to the East Gate!" Cao Ning grabbed Xiao Donglou, who was running in front: "You can't divide the troops, join forces to do it with them!" ”
Xiao Donglou gritted his teeth. Decidely: "Then do it!" Who has the fierce fire oil to burn this house down! ”
Ignition is not an easy task. In order to be able to burn down Li Zicheng's grain and grass warehouse, Zhu Cihong prepared enough fire oil for Xiao Donglou. This primitive petroleum extract was written into the book in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and was used to defend the city and set fire during the Five Dynasties and Two Song Dynasties. Shen Kuo gave this "stone lipid water" a name, called petroleum, which was used by later generations.
In today's world, there is no drilling and oil extraction, and only the oil can be extracted from the spilled oil, and the production is limited. Fortunately, Yan'an is the origin of the spilled oil, so Qinzhong has large reserves, which is also the reason why Sun Chuanting made trains according to local conditions. - In addition to the artillery cars, there are also spray trains carrying fierce fire tanks.
Many of the people who have not used up the fierce fire oil on their bodies are all packed in coconut scoops. With Xiao Donglou's order, coconut scoops filled with fierce fire oil flew to the houses everywhere, and were immediately ignited by the rockets that followed, blooming fluffy sparks.
Heipi's side was not stupid, and when he saw Xiao Donglou turning back, he knew that this meant that he was preparing to withdraw. They are accustomed to being mountain bandits, desperately killing when the wind is downwind, and retreating when the wind is against the wind, which is really commonplace. "Set fire!" Blackskin shouted, "Answer the big boss!" ”
"Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! "Zuo Qian's headquarters pressed the formation, broke through the intrusive array that was not yet thick, and just attacked Xiao Donglou who rushed back from both sides, scattering the intruders.
"No, we still have to withdraw!" Xiao Donglou was extremely depressed in his heart, the miracle he originally envisioned was not achieved, and he might have lost his brother's life in vain.
"Set fire and leave!" Heipi shouted, let Xiao Donglou go out of the city gate first.
The city gates have not been closed, and it is convenient to evacuate at this moment. The black skin finished setting the fire and quickly withdrew. Without the command of the commander of the defense envoy, the intruders were in a mess, and some people shouted for firefighting, and only two sentry chased out, but they filled in the gaps between Xiao Donglou's teeth.
In the two rounds, the men and horses ran for five or six miles before they stopped to rectify the queue.
Cao Ning also said with some regret: "It's okay now, not only did you not steal Han Cheng, but even Zuo Guangxian was lost." ”
Xiao Donglou also said depressedly: "Alas, this time it's really ......"
Bang!
There was a thunderclap, and the earth shook violently, and even the horses neighed.
A black cloud like a lingzhi appeared above Han Cheng, slowly rising.
A strong wind blew from Hancheng, picked up the thin snow on the ground, and smashed it on his head and face.
"This ...... What the is it? Xiao Donglou swallowed the unfinished words into his stomach, and looked at the Hancheng city like a big bonfire.
"Wait...... It's a northwest wind ...... now," Cao Ning stretched out his hand and tried the direction of the wind.
"Nonsense!" Xiao Donglou scolded: "In the cold winter wax moon, can there still be a south wind day? ”
"When the fire burned Chibi, it was Kong Ming who borrowed the east wind...... Ahh Cao Ning was interrupted by Xiao Donglou, almost crooked, and pulled back and said: "This one we are walking is the north gate, and the east gate is actually in the southeast direction, right?" As soon as we set the fire, the fire borrowed the wind and went to the east gate! ”
"I'm asking why it's blowing up!" Xiao Donglou said angrily.
"The east gate is the place where the thieves are stocking gunpowder and oil." Cao Ning hahadaxiao said: "No wonder people don't let us lean over!" Haha, I'm glad we didn't make it! ”
Xiao Donglou looked at the burning Han Cheng, and sighed for a long time: "Those brothers who didn't come out are not a loss. ”
The captains of each flag counted the number of people, and there were more than a dozen brothers in Hancheng this time, and they didn't even have time to grab the badges, so they could only check the roster and make a death list after they went back.
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Li You ran not far away, and vaguely heard Han Cheng's alarm bell. He thought that there were 2,000 guards in the city, and he couldn't hold a city. If he rushes back to the rescue, his three hundred men and horses will be in trouble if they just collide with the Zhu Thief Array. Therefore, he only sent two horsemen and horses back to investigate, and at the same time still led the brigade to pursue Zuo Guangxian.
There were still clear horseshoe prints on the road where Zuo Guang's first part ran, and he could see the figure on the horizon in front of him in the distance, and Li You was really a little reluctant to escape with this meat to his mouth. That is, the price of Zhu Ming's general soldiers has only fallen recently, if it is two years earlier, it is enough to catch a general soldier to be promoted three levels in a row!
Without waiting for the Tanma to return, the huge movement from the direction of Hancheng made Li You's heart sink instantly.
That's the powder kegs of the Great Army!
These gunpowders were all captured Ming gunpowder, and some of them were even gunpowder transported from Beijing to Xi'an. After the Dashun army had a large number of Fulong machine guns from Jiaxian, the soldiers also found that it was much easier to attack the city with artillery than to fill it with human lives, and they were more dependent on gunpowder.
And yet now......
Li You's eyes were dark, and he shook it before he stabilized on the horse's back, turned the horse's head, and said loudly: "Go!" Come back with me! (To be continued......)
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