Nothing to say for a day.

Outside the city, the coalition forces were in full swing making all kinds of siege preparations.

The two military camps in the south and north, with a total of about 25,000 soldiers, were divided into several shifts, and went out of the camp in turns, and a group of foot soldiers either dug Haozhou, or built watchtowers, or carried out ladders for trial, or arranged artillery, catapults and other objects in formation. Because of the rain for several days, the bows and arrows and fire guns were affected, so they were also taken out separately, placed in a dry place, and adjusted one by one. In the Yan military camp, and began to carry out the general mobilization before the war, according to different battalion heads, held a meeting to remember the bitterness and so on. In the Wu military camp, morale is also being boosted.

In addition to the foot soldiers, there were also cavalry.

The coalition army divided the warning area, in their respective areas, hundreds of cavalry or formed a phalanx, everyone dismounted, some stopped near the foot soldiers of the construction fortifications, and some were far away outside the enemy camp in the west of the city, to prevent the Yuan army from sneak attack,—— Yuan soldiers were numerous, and they could not be stationed in the city, so a large camp was set up in the west of the city, with more than 2,000 foot soldiers stationed, and a granary was also among them; Or divide into small teams, groups of three or five, and a column of ten people, scattered on the periphery, while monitoring the city, while guarding the main road.

If you look at it from a high place, you can see that on the north, east and south sides of the city, with the continuous camp as the core, there are soldiers of the two armies everywhere in a radius of more than ten miles. If there are tens of thousands of people, there is no boundary. It's like ants, dense, innumerable. In the meantime, flags are like forests, drums and horns are bursting.

Although it was a busy scene everywhere, the place where the most soldiers were gathered was on a flat and open area in the northeast of the city, which was under the responsibility of the Yan army. Roughly calculated, there were at least four or five thousand people. One-fifth of the total strength of the coalition army and one-quarter of the total strength of the Yan army were put here. Among them, there were five or six hundred cavalry and more than 3,000 foot soldiers. This is where the mountains of earth are piled up.

Some of the soil used to pile the mountains was dug up on the spot, and some was brought from afar. The soldiers worked day and night, and during the day, they came and went; At night, the fire is bright. In two days and one night, the earth mountain was built.

The bottom is two hundred steps, the top is one hundred and fifty steps, and the height is five or six zhang, more than half of the city wall. Standing on it, you can see the city clearly.

When the mountain was built, it was already twilight. Zhao Guo, Pan Xianer, Tong Shengyang, Hu Zhong and others all climbed the mountain to see the city.

I saw that in the city, the houses were lined up, and two wide roads ran through the east and west, and the north and south respectively, and formed a cross in the center of the city. With these two roads as the mainstay, many streets and alleys extend in all directions. This kind of street layout, which is common in county towns and some smaller cities, is the so-called "cross street". With a "cross", the city is divided into four parts, there are residential houses, there are official offices, there are residential areas, there are commercial areas, although the sparrows are small, all the organs are complete, and they are distributed in an orderly manner.

In normal times, the streets would be bustling in the evening, but now, they are deserted, and there is hardly a single citizen in sight, and all the people who walk through the streets are patrolling soldiers. The soldiers lined up in a line, and as they walked, they struck gongs and loudly announced the temporary military order issued by the guards to the neighborhood.

Sain Chidahu and Wang Baobao set up a lot of enemy towers in the streets. Standing on the top, the guards overlook the whole city, and can always monitor the residents for any changes. In addition, there are troops stationed in the four districts, and the discipline of the Chahan army is quite strict, but there is no situation where soldiers disturb the people.

Just on the "cross street", where the two main roads meet, there is an area where it can be clearly found that the level of security is the most intense. Three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry. Not only did they not even see the figure of a single citizen, but even the patrolling guards could not get close, and when they walked to this place, they all went around from a distance. It was also discovered that the Shangguan in charge of the defense of this area was actually a deputy Wanhu.

Pan Xian'er pointed out and said, "My lord, please see, the land on the side of the cross street is so well guarded, nine times out of ten, it must be where the Tartar grain storage is." ”

Zhao Guo looked at it carefully for a while, nodded, agreed with Pan Xianer's judgment, and said: "Look, it seems that the Tartars did not build a granary, but all of them were requisitioned houses. ......, occupy and occupy a lot of land. "It's really a lot of land. How big can a dwelling be? More than ninety percent of them are bungalows, and there is not enough space. Roughly speaking, there are hundreds of houses occupied by the Yuan army to store grain.

"It's too big a range, it's very difficult. My lord. ”

The two of them were playing dumb riddles here, and Tong Shengyang, Hu Zhong and others were inexplicable and couldn't understand it.

Tong Shengyang couldn't help but interject and said, "Difficulty? What is the difficulty? Lao Pan, could it be that you still want to rob the granary of the Tartars? ......, what's it called? A tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye? Before the city was laid, he went to think about the granary? He shook his head repeatedly, "You're thinking a little too much, aren't you?" ”

Pan Xianer glanced at Zhao Guo, and saw that Zhao Guo didn't mean to explain, so he didn't say much, smiled, and said, "Yes, yes." ”

Zhao Guo actually didn't want to explain, anyway, the earth and mountain have been completed, and he will do it at night, and there is no need to keep it secret now. It's just that his mind is all on the granary in the city at this moment, and he doesn't pay attention to what Tong Shengyang is talking about.

He looked at it for a moment and said, "The houses occupied by the Tartars and the Tartars have brick houses, but, you see, more than sixty percent of them are still wooden and thatched houses. And between the houses, there are sheds built by the tartars, and the lower and lower sides should also be grain. As long as the heat is big enough, it is still possible,......。 ”

Tong Shengyang and Hu Zhong both looked at each other and asked, "What is possible?" ”

"Yes, there are ,......。" Zhao Guo waved his hand, and with the help of gestures, the stammering words finally came out, "It's possible to burn it!" ”

"Huh?"

Tong Shengyang and Hu Zhong looked at each other. Hu Zhong said: "The Tartar city is very well guarded, and it is unlikely that it will enter the city in a short time, so if you want to burn grain?" Unless the heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals descend to earth. ”

Zhao Guo smiled, didn't answer him first, changed his words and asked Pan Xianer, and said: "Wu and Wu Jun often participate in politics, but there are military documents sent to urge, urge and urge the siege?" ”

Since the siege of the city, Chang Yuchun has constantly sent envoys to ask when the siege will be made, at first it was polite, since last night, patience has become worse and worse, from "ask", to "suggestion", to "appointment", and now to "urging". According to Zhao Guo's instructions, Pan Xianer politely refused, only saying that the preparatory work has not yet been done, please "calm down and don't be impatient".

At this time, listening to Zhao Guo's inquiry, he replied: "Two hours ago, I just sent another messenger. Chang Rong couldn't hold it anymore, and repeatedly asked about his humble position, wanting to know what the adults were planning. ”

Tong Shengyang pursed his lips and said, "I heard that Chang Yuchun boasted in the Wu army that there were 100,000 people who could run rampant in the world. Hehe, didn't you just cross the Yellow River and defeat the second tiger Lin Chi, so you are so impatient? ”

He is Deng She's brother-in-law, and he has the opportunity to always be by Deng She's side, and he has heard Deng She talk about Zhu Yuanzhang many times, and he is full of praise for Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, two generals in the Wu army. I want him to be in the armyThis battle was led by Zhao Guo, and it was not easy for Chang Yuchun to come to help the battle as a guest army! Do you still expect him to be like the generals of Haidong, bow his head to Zhao Guo and obey his orders?

It's impossible to think about!

From Chang Yuchun's point of view, Sainchi answered suddenly and Wang Baobao was nothing more than that. Juye was defeated, like a lost dog, and fled south to Shanzhou; Although the reinforcements came, the strength advantage was closed and held on, and he was really cowardly! Moreover, in the battle outside Sheephorn Village, only the weak cavalry was used to beat Hu Linchi to the head, and he beheaded his brave general Chen Ming, which was even more disappointing. I thought that Chakhan Timur had a great reputation, but this time I crossed the river to help in the war, and there might be a tough battle to fight. Today, it seems that expectations are too high.

Zhao Guo could guess one or two about Chang Yuchun's thoughts, listened to Tong Shengyang's words, smiled slightly, and said: "Chang, Chang General Jiangnan famous general, miraculous plan to cross the river, a blockbuster, sheep, sheep Jiaozhuang defeated strong enemies, morale is like a rainbow, begging, seeking to fight, it is also understandable." Raising his head to look at the sky, seeing that the twilight was deep and approaching night, he ordered and said, "That is, immediately send someone to the Wu camp to meet General Chang, and say that tonight's third watch, we, we have to have an action, and ask him to be optimistic about the Tartar camp in the west of the city, and to respond for me." ”

"My lord, dare you ask what kind of action? Don't? ......, do you really want to burn the enemy's food? ”

"Exactly!"

"How do you burn?"

"Wait until the third watch, and you, you will be able to know."

……

When night falls, the stars shift.

The third watch has arrived.

Tong Shengyang and Hu Zhongzhu will gather on the top of the mountain again. Gao Yanshi, who was patrolling at the foot of the mountain, also heard about this, and was just as curious, if it wasn't for his duty, he would definitely go to the top of the mountain to watch, even so, while leading the team to set up defenses outside the mountain, he also looked up at the mountain from time to time.

"You say, how are you going to burn the enemy's food?"

One of his lieutenants, Su Baiyu, followed him on horseback, shook his head honestly, and said, "I don't know." The second lieutenant general, Yang Youyin, also followed him, and said the same: "I can't think of it." ”

"Really, really,......。" Gao Yanshi crossed the horse, straddled the mount, shook his head and thought for a long time, and couldn't think of a suitable word to describe his incomprehension, and suddenly remembered a mantra of Wang Shicheng's aide Tian Jialie, who had died in battle, and blurted out, "Dog's day, but it's also strange!" ”

He tilted his head and looked at the top of the mountain, which had no torches for the sake of secrecy, and was so dark in the gloomy night that he could not see anything. After smacking his mouth twice, he took the red dates handed over by the black slave, threw them into his mouth, chewed and ate them, and said, "If you want to say that this date, I will tell you that it is still delicious in Binzhou." "Shandong jujube is famous, one of which is produced in Binzhou, because of the late ripening period, it is not ripe until October, so it is called winter jujube, the skin is thin and the meat is crispy, delicate*, sweet and fragrant, very delicious.

Don't look at Gao Yanshi's young and vigorous, and he has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he kills people like hemp, but after all, he is young, not yet twenty years old, and there are still some young people who have the mentality of a young man, and he treats dates as snacks and eats them on the battlefield. The black slave is the Kunlun slave he captured before.

Su Baiyu and Yang Youyin looked at his attitude, although they were all accustomed to it, but their reactions were still different. Su Baiyu smiled helplessly, and said in response: "What the general said is true. Yang Youyin Gong frowned, looking not very satisfied, and said in his belly: "How can you kill the enemy in battle and eat dates for fun?" How unreasonable! "But even if you are dissatisfied, you don't dare to say it, just perfunctory in the past.

"Let's go, let's go back and see." How far the horse was driven, Gao Yanshi turned his head to look at the mountain and said, "I hope the adults can succeed." ......, as long as you can burn the enemy's food, the decisive battle will be fast. ”

……

Not long after he left, Zhao Guo and Pan Xianer led the team to come.

A pro-soldier team of hundreds of people, escorting ten paragliders, hugged each other and climbed to the top of the mountain. The generals Tong Shengyang and Hu Zhong, who arrived early, bowed and saluted, and for the sake of secrecy, the envoys of the Wu army were not invited.

"I've seen adults."

"Everyone, please get up."

Everyone noticed the paraglider brought by Zhao Guo's own soldiers, and their eyes were cast. Hu Zhong asked, "What is this?" ”

"If you want to burn the enemy's food, you need to rely on it."

"How can I use it?"

"You'll find out later."

A clearing was opened at the top of the mountain, and all ten paragliders were placed at the far northeast. The ten dead men who came with the paraglider stood under the umbrella and held the stand.

To make it easier for them to set fires, there are ropes on the brackets that hold them in place. There are several barrels on each side of the shelf, which are either "fierce fire oil" or gunpowder; The bottom of the barrel is movable, and with a single pull of the mechanism, the bottom of the barrel can be pumped out, and oil and gunpowder can be leaked or released.

In addition, each paraglider is also equipped with ten "fire dragon out of the water", five on each side, the lead is twisted into a strand, and it is pulled to the hand of the dead man, and as long as it is lit, ten can be released together.

The dead were not wearing armor, their faces were covered with hideous masks, their bodies were wrapped in cowhide, and they carried short knives at their waists. Not wearing armor is to reduce weight; The face with a hideous mask is to frighten the pawns; Wrapped in cowhide is to defend against the Yuan army after the discovery of arrows, and all kinds of hideous images are also drawn on the cowhide; The short knife on the waist is used to kill the enemy or commit suicide in case it falls into the city and does not die if it falls to the ground.

There is also a pole on the bracket that can be pushed and pulled to adjust the surface of the wing in a small way, so as to adjust the direction of flight. However, this thing is not very useful, and the range of adjustments is too small, and it is better than nothing.

In addition, a thin layer of oil is poured on the surface of the umbrella and the support, and when the soldier is about to fall to the ground, or when the soldier is shot by a bow and knows that he is about to die, he can light a fire and burn the whole paraglider to the ground. This design is still for the sake of secrecy, so that the enemy will not know what it is and how it is made.

- But then again, paragliding is like a landmine, it is not very high-tech, it is mainly an imagination, as long as it appears on the battlefield, sooner or later it will be learned by others. At most, it's just a matter of time or night.

The things are put away, and the dead are in place. Zhao Guo personally stepped forward to check and made sure that there was no omission or omission, and ordered his soldiers to serve good wine and toast the dead soldiers one by one.

"'Drive, drive the six dragons, ride the wind'. This is one of the lord's favorite verses. Ladies and gentlemen, you are going to fly to the enemy city tonight, and you are going to fight against the wind! Since ancient times, the two armies have faced each other, and you are the first to see anyone fall from the sky. More than 20,000 soldiers outside the city and the city are in the spotlight; Tens of thousands of captives in the city and the city will be regarded as gods! This trip, strong, strong! Please drink alcohol. ”

The paraglider flew only a few miles away, just enough to reach the city, in other words, that is, these ten dead soldiers would definitely die without returning.

When he was in Yidu, Deng She had promised that no matter whether the trip was successful or not, he would take good care of their families: "I will support your wife." "The promise to take care of their wives and children as if they were their own is not insignificant. Moreover, these people were the most loyal people selected from the army, and they had already given their lives to Deng She, so they all obeyed their lives with anger, willing to sacrifice their lives, and used their lives to repay them.

Everyone served wine and said, "General Xie wine!" "Drink it all and throw the bowl down.

At this time, there is no need to say much, life and death have been put aside, so why use bold words to express ambitions? Just like when Yi Shui was cold, Jing Ke was far away, but it was just a song. A thousand words, all in a bowl of wine. Drink three bowls in a row, and the hour has come. Zhao Guo turned his eyes to the city, saw that the torches on the city wall were lit, and the city was pitch black, took two steps back, gave way to the road, and arched his hand and said: "Please!" Gentlemen, see off the strong men. ”

Before, the location of the granary in the city had been pointed out to the dead soldiers.

Under the gloomy night, the mountain is high and the wind is cold, since Zhao Guo and below, Tong Shengyang, Hu Zhong, everyone's personal soldiers, and the soldiers guarding the top of the mountain are lined up on both sides of the road, solemnly saluting. The generals wore sassy cloaks, and the sergeants wore their hats. Ten dead men set up paragliders, from slow to fast, from the northeast end of the summit to the southwest end of the summit, and after a hundred and fifty paces of sprint, ran to the end.

Everyone watched with bated breath.

……

At the foot of the earth mountain, Kunlunnu, who was walking behind Gao Yanshi's horse, suddenly pointed to the sky and whined.

……

From the moment he received Zhao Guo's military text, Wu Jun was very puzzled, "There will be an action in the middle of the night", what action? When I asked again, I couldn't ask anything. Therefore, in order to find out, Chang Yuchun specially arranged a few horses to explore horses while arranging troops to defend the camp of the Yuan army in the west of the city, and always paid attention to the movements of the Yan army.

Tanma guarded outside the Yan military camp, observed for most of the night, did not see Zhao Guo have any signs of going out of the camp to fight, just when he was inexplicable, a Tanma was about tired, stretched his waist, and suddenly looked at the sky and was stunned.

……

On the top of the mountain, Tong Shengyang, Hu Zhong, generals, and soldiers were all stunned at the same time.

Tong Shengyang pointed to the night sky outside the mountain and stammered: "Fly, fly." ”

……

"What are you yelling about?"

Startled by Kunlun Nu, Gao Yanshi's boss was unhappy, reprimanded, followed his finger and looked at the night sky, and his speech suddenly became unfavorable: "Fly, fly, what is it?" ”

……

The stammering situation also appeared on Wu Jun's horse exploration horse: "Look, look at the sky, there are things flying." He asked the same question as Koyonsei, "Yes, what is it?" "Hit the horse and go," quick, go and tell the general! ”

……

The only one who didn't stutter became Zhao Guo: "It's really flying!" ”

……

Ten paragliders, sailing with the wind, are like big birds, and like eagles, soaring in the night sky, and in an instant, they reach the city. Almost at the same time, the guards at the head of the city noticed the anomaly, and thousands of people looked up in unison and opened their mouths wide, because they couldn't react, and they all seemed to be stupid.

"Is it a bird?"

"The gods descend to earth!"

"The red thief has invited God! It must be Lei Gong. ”

The Red Turban Army was initiated because of the White Lotus Sect. "White Lotus Demon", everyone in the Yuan army knows it, and no one knows it. There are many rumors that there are Taoist priests and mages in the Red Turban Army, all of whom can sprinkle beans into soldiers, and they are all good at calling for wind and rain. Although no one has really seen it all this time, it is inevitable that I will be shocked and shocked when I suddenly see someone who can resist the wind, and his face is hideous, and the umbrella surface is strange and like wings.

Not only the soldiers, but even the generals were also temporarily distracted. Finally someone reacted, regardless of whether it was a god or a ghost, it must not be put into the city. The Mongolian generals shouted loudly: "Immortal Heaven is above!" ……。 ”

Immortality is the belief of the Mongols. Whoever speaks, almost speaking, will be called "immortal heaven". Even the holy decree of Emperor Mengyuan, the format at the beginning is also according to the convention: "In the immortal weather force, in the great blessing shade protection, the emperor's holy decree." Influenced by General Meng Yuan, Meng Yuan's soldiers also shouted: "... Immortal Heaven is above! "Some dropped their weapons and fell to the ground, and some raised their guns and hugged the sky, shouting to the extreme.

The guard on duty tonight is Li Laobao, who rushed out when he heard the news, only glanced at the sky, and urgently ordered: "Archery!" With a strong bow, with a strong crossbow. ……。 After all, he had read a book, unlike ordinary soldiers, his judgment was good, and he guessed at that time that this must be a ploy of the Yan army, and after a little thought, he urgently ordered his subordinates, "Quickly report to the city, the Yan thief enters the city from the air with tricks, be cautious, be careful to guard against the granary!" ”

What can a dozen or so people do when they enter the city? Ninety percent of them are sure to go to the granary.

His reaction was quick. Unfortunately, it was too late.

Ten paragliders, taking advantage of the confusion of the guards, entered the city lightly and skillfully.

Before Li Laobao's heralds got down to the city, the paraglider had already arrived at the grain storage area. After gliding for miles, the umbrella had already begun to fall. In fact, when you pass the city, you don't leave the city high, if the Yuan army shoots arrows at that time, you will be shot half of the ten crosses. When we reached the top of the granary, the distance from the ground was less than a kilometer away.

The dead soldiers were trained, although they were not far from the ground, but they were not impatient, and according to the procedure, they first poured "fierce fire oil", then scattered gunpowder, and then ignited the fuse, and cast the "fire dragon out of the water". - Up to this time, all the soldiers in the city, whether they were at the head of the city, or patrolling, or guarding the granary, had not fired a single arrow. In fact, Dunsher had expected that five or six paragliders would be good enough to complete the task, but the reality would be far better than he expected.

……

The chaos in the city was all seen by Zhao Guo and others.

After the initial excitement and surprise, when the paraglider was about to fly over the city, they were all wary, perhaps because of the gloomy night, the guards did not find out too long in advance; When they crossed the city, their hearts were tight; Flying over the city, I relaxed for a while, and when I saw the granary again, I couldn't help but be nervous again. The whole process didn't take long, half an hour at most, but it seemed longer than a night.

Finally, as a hundred fire dragons shot out of the water, the city burst into flames.

Zhao Guo let go of his clenched fist and said softly: "It's done, it's done!" ”

Looking at the fire, about eighty percent of the Yuan army's grain storage range, although because it was in the city, it didn't take too long for the Yuan army to organize firefighting, but the ignition fuel was "fierce fire oil", and it was not easy to douse it with water. After a fire, I dare not say that all the enemy's food will be burned, and there will always be sixty percent.

Most of the grain was burned, and the Yuan army was trapped in the lonely city, how would it react?

Maybe the burning of grain and straw alone is not enough, so we will add another plan to add fuel to the fire. Zhao Guo ordered: "The battalion head of the camp that lives and lives to stay at Tankou Station will raise the banner of Tai'an Bi Qianniu and Deng Chengzhi, and come over to teach with me; Again, according to the order of the main army, I ordered Tai'an to send an army to fight and raise the banner of the Yidu army, and also come to join us. If there is not enough people, you can use strong men to fill the number! After a pause, he said, "And sent a battle report to General Chang, and said that our army had designed to burn the enemy's grain, and asked him to prepare for a decisive battle!" ”