Chapter 450: Blocking the Enemy

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Li Wenhou never thought that Bian Zhang would rebel, he also thought that Zamo put Bian Zhang and others into the city, and then the archers under General Zhendong were attacking the city! Of course, this idea is also very out of tune, as long as the head of the archer regiment is not caught in the door, there will be absolutely no siege. It's just that he really can't think of anything else.

At this moment, a herald stumbled in, shouting as he went, "Chief! Big things are wrong! The enemy invaded the city. ”

Li Wenhou stood up with a "whoosh", his face full of shock, and asked, "What did you say?" Say it again? ”

The herald panted and said, "Chief...... Enemy invasion ...... The enemy has invaded the city, and it is now ...... has occupied the area around the East Gate...... There are a few streets around. ”

Li Wenhou's face changed suddenly, and he said, "How is it possible?" How did the other side get in? ”

The herald said, "Yes...... It was Bian Zhang's rebellion, and when Zamo Dajin let them in, Bian Zhang immediately attacked, the opponent's strength was too strong, and the defending army was not strictly guarded, so Bian Zhang controlled the east city gate. At this time, another 200,000 troops rushed in from outside the city, and the heavy cavalry opened the way, occupying several streets around the city gates. And the eastern wall has been occupied by more than half of it. When the opponent captured the city gate, Zamo Dajin had been shot by one of the opponent's generals. Mr. Cheng...... Mr. Zheng was also knocked unconscious by the other party and taken away. ”

Li Wenhou said coldly: "Pass the order, mobilize the troops of the whole city for me, and be sure to drive this army out for me within half a lifetime, at any cost!" ”

The herald immediately took the order.

Li Wenhou finally understood the strategy of the Zhendong general now, but it seemed to be a little late now, and he really wanted to beat his chest now. Now Zamo is dead, although this fierce general is not resourceful, but he is loyal to him, and his force is also very good, since he became the leader of the Xiqiang region, this Zamo has been following him to fight in the north and south, and now he is actually dead here.

What worries Li Wenhou the most is that the alien army of the imperial court has already arrived and begun to march towards Yaoshui City, if this army of General Zhendong cannot be driven out of the city before this army arrives, Yaoshui City will be in danger! As far as distance is concerned, if this alien army marches at full speed, it will be able to reach the outside of Yaoshui City in about ten hours at most. Can ten hours drive the enemy out of the city?

This army is not so easy to deal with, if you guess correctly, this more than 200,000 army is the army that intercepted Han Sui to support Beigong Boyu's army before, this belongs to General Zhendong's direct subordinate troops, and its combat effectiveness is very strong.

…… After capturing a few streets around the East Gate, the Blue Dragon Legion stopped its attack and returned to the defensive line built by its own legions, and after recovering its mounts, it worked with the other two legions to clear the fighting forces in these streets. At the same time, a large number of archers began to climb the roofs of the front line, occupy high positions and attack the opposing side.

Yang Yao rushed in with the Blue Dragon Legion, and he was also idle now, in order to prevent accidents, Yang Yao gave way to drive out all the situations in the area they occupied, and after some intimidation, he took them into the Xuanji Ring.

Then Yang Yao took out a large number of clay pots from the ghost ring, which were full of tung oil. One by one, the soldiers received a clay pot from Yang Yao as ordered, and then quickly rushed to the front line. When they came to the street where the two sides were fighting, the soldiers immediately opened the clay pot and threw it at the house across the street along with the clay pot, and the tung oil in it immediately flowed out and soaked the house.

With such an obvious approach, how could those Xiliang rebels not guess the intentions of the imperial army? However, even if they guessed, they couldn't find a way to deal with it, and the soldiers who threw the clay pots were all staying behind, and they were stopped by a column of well-equipped soldiers on the other side, and it was very difficult to protect themselves, let alone rush up to stop the soldiers who threw the clay pots.

Seeing that the outer houses of the several streets occupied by Baiyun City were all soaked in tung oil, the army of Baiyun City suddenly suffered a fierce counterattack from the rebels, and the first to attack was a Xiliang Iron Cavalry Legion. Fortunately, in the city, the speed of the heavy cavalry charge could not be very fast, and the deputy commander of the White Tiger Legion, Bocai, immediately ordered the pikemen to go out to block the opponent's Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

"Ignition!" Bocai roared, and immediately countless torches were thrown at the tung oil-soaked roof, and immediately puffs of smoke rose from the city, followed by the light of the rushing fire.

Due to the narrow streets, there are not many troops that can be put into the battle line, including the Xiliang Iron Cavalry that is rushing over now, only one or two thousand entered, and now the fire of the Baiyun City army has completely stopped these rebels who are fighting on this side, and as for the rebels who came from behind, they can only sigh with joy. Originally, the wooden house was easy to ignite, not to mention that it was poured with tung oil, how could it be so easy to extinguish?

The rebels who were stopped in the east suddenly went crazy, and without backup, they had only a dead end in the face of hundreds of thousands of enemy troops, but these guys Bi Jing were elite forces, and they did not surrender in such a desperate situation, but completely ignored their own defenses and launched a desperate fight against the Baiyun City army.

The fire continued one by one and gradually spread to the west, but the rebels who were stopped in the west were not idle, and they began to demolish the houses under the command of the generals, and made a fire barrier to prevent the fire from spreading throughout the city. The amount of work is not large, but it is enough to demolish some key parts of the building.

Some of the Baiyun City troops are also demolishing houses, and they don't want this small piece of land they occupy to be burned down by a fire they have set themselves.

In about half an hour, the rebels who were isolated in the east were all annihilated by the army of Baiyun City, and the White Tiger Legion also paid more than 2,000 lives.

At this point, they could finally take a break, and it was impossible for the other side to attack them until the fire was extinguished. Judging from the current fire, as long as it does not suddenly rain heavily, the fire will have to burn for at least three or four hours, which is also due to the fact that the wood of the house is very easy to burn, otherwise I am afraid that this time will be longer.

Taking advantage of this time, Yang Yao immediately ordered the army to start arranging the defensive line, digging trenches in the streets, and setting up obstacles.

…… Li Wenhou stayed in the City Lord's Mansion, only to feel upset for a while, he didn't know how Yaoshui City, which was originally a sure winner, had become the way it was now. When you are ready to go to the Dongcheng battlefield to have a look.

As soon as he walked out of Yaoshui City, he saw the thick smoke billowing from the east of the city, and half of the fire reflected red, just when he was in doubt, a herald ran over and said: "Chief, the imperial army used tung oil to set fire to several streets in the city, completely cutting them off from us, and now our army cannot pass. Please also ask the leader to decide! ”

Li Wenhou burst out of his heart with a breath of anger, and suddenly felt that his heart was depressed and abnormal, and only after a while did he ask: "When will the fire be extinguished?" ”

The herald said, "Leader, it will take about three hours. ”

Li Wenhou sighed and said, "Okay, you go over first!" Pay close attention to the situation and report back as soon as there is a situation. ”

"Yes!" The herald yelled, then turned and ran toward the battlefield to the east.

Li Wenhou looked at the firelight in the distance again, and reluctantly returned to the City Lord's Mansion, he had a bad premonition in his heart, maybe Yaoshui City really couldn't hold it. But he hadn't thought about abandoning the city yet, because this was the nest he had worked hard to run for nearly a year, and it was also his base, and he didn't want to give up so lightly.

It's just that now that Yaoshui City is already at war, it is impossible to mobilize troops to come over to support. Among the cities belonging to the Xiliang camp, the closest to Yaoshui is Qinchuan City, and it will take at least nearly two years to rush from Qinchuan City. But the foreign army of the imperial court will not wait for these two years.

…… Three hours later, the fire finally weakened, all the houses in the fire had collapsed, and sporadic flames burned in the rubble. If you want to wait for the flames to go out completely, you have to wait at least an hour or two.

The rebels couldn't wait so long, they started to put out the fire with basins, and some rebels began to pave the ground with sand to avoid the soles of their feet being burned by the hot ground.

Yang Yao looked at the rebel soldiers who were busy, and there was some contradiction in his heart. Guo Jia stood beside him and said, "Lord, give the order!" ”

Yang Yao picked up his feelings, nodded, and said loudly: "Archers prepare, stop the other party from extinguishing the fire!" ”

Suddenly, the archers of the White Tiger Legion stood in front and, under the cover of a row of heavy shield soldiers, shot at the rebels who were busy. The rebel soldiers, who had no ability to resist, immediately fell in large numbers.

The rebel soldiers in the back did not deter from this, but they also made a corresponding defense, that is, they also sent a heavy shield army to advance to the front line, covering the other soldiers to carry sand or water basins. At the same time, there were a large number of archers in the rear to counterattack.

The two sides clashed on the smoke-emitting position, and countless arrows intertwined in the air, making the scalp tingle.

It took about half an hour for the rebel camp to finally get through the more than 200-meter fire ground, and the sand and soil had covered the ground, although it still looked hot and dry, but it would not be scalded. And in many places, the bedding was not sand, but the corpses of soldiers. In the process, the rebels paid at least 60,000 or 70,000 lives to pave the way to Guò.

At the moment when the fire field was conquered, the rebel camp suddenly burst out with huge potential, and in order to vent the frustration in their hearts, they frantically launched an attack on the Baiyun City army. Moreover, all the elite legions that rushed to the front were the elite legions of Yaoshui City, many of them were seventh-order soldiers, and there were also some eighth-order Xiliang iron cavalry. (To be continued)