Chapter 139: The Battle of Yangzhou (11)
"General—how does it smell like oil!" One of the soldiers said this suddenly, but it was too late for them to react, and many torches suddenly lit up outside the courtyard, and the courtyard was suddenly illuminated.
"Listen to the people inside - no matter what part of you are, we are the Yangzhou Army Escort, and now we order you to put down your weapons and come out one by one with your hands in your hands, our general said that you will only be given a stick of incense time to consider, and after a stick of incense, all unknown people will be killed on the spot! Don't worry—you've got some oil on you, and we're going to give you a great fireworks!" Haha – a bunch of fools! The soldiers of the Yangzhou Army who were shouting outside were a little carried away.
"Shut up - tell the truth, they will surrender, my hands have been itching for days, and I finally came across an opportunity to kill, but you kid leaked the general's intentions! You will stay behind for a while, and you are not allowed to participate in the war, just watch! The voice that spoke was Zhou Tai, and it seemed that Zhou Tai had kicked the shouting soldier.
On the street outside the courtyard, there are four waterwheel-like jets, which are equipped with wooden fan blades that can be artificially shaken to blow out a strong wind, and the fire oil in the skin bag on the side is blown into the air by a strong wind and scattered in the yard, and a waterwheel is connected on the other side, which is Cheng Yu used this thing in the war on the basis of the fire extinguishing vehicle designed by Zhou Yu, as long as Zhou Tai gives an order, the two thousand guards outside can throw all the torches and rockets in their hands into the house, No matter what kind of fierce generals or elite soldiers inside, they will be engulfed in flames.
Yangzhou City, which was originally very weak in the city defense force, sent 2,000 men and horses to Zhou Tai for quelling the chaos in the city, and Cheng Yu and Zhang Zhao also went up to the city tower in uniform to command the defensive battle of Yangzhou City, in order to prevent the city gate from being breached, Cheng Yu ordered all the four gates to be sealed with boulders, even if the city tower could not be defended, the enemy could not open the city gate in a short time, and his approach also told all the people in the city that if they could not repel these Yellow Turban Army, he was bound to live and die with Yangzhou City! Cheng Yu led the army to guard the south gate, Zhang Zhao led the army to guard the west gate, and the position of the east gate was handed over to a partial general to defend, and Zhou Tai would destroy the remnants of the enemy in the city in a short time to support the east gate.
Time is money, but also life, the Yellow Turban soldiers in the courtyard suddenly quieted down and waited for Li Xin to speak, the smell of fire oil is getting heavier and heavier, and the air is still spraying fire oil, they can't avoid this courtyard at all, the yard is not big There are more than a dozen houses, but except for the roof is covered with tiles, all the other places are houses built of wood, more than 3,000 people are crowded in the yard is already a little cramped, at this moment the fire oil in the body makes them even more full of fear, The door that didn't open was like a big mouth about to eat people, not knowing when it would be devoured.
The time for a stick of incense is very fast, but Li Xin doesn't want to surrender like this, but in the secret passage, there is no way to enter at all due to the smoke, and there are only two roads in front of him, one is to abandon the weapon and surrender, and the other is to burn the jade; He's still hesitating—
"It's time for a stick of incense—what do you think? General Ben can promise you that if you surrender now, lay down your blades and come out, I can promise not to kill you! If you still don't go all the way to the dark, then he will be your fate! Shoot-" Zhou Tai shouted as he let an archer who stayed in a high place outside shoot a rocket, the rocket landed at the feet of an unlucky Yellow Turban soldier, and suddenly ignited a fire, this soldier was unfortunately ignited, and the surrounding soldiers hurriedly withdrew from the distance of three zhang, watching this soldier being burned alive, they felt that death was so close to themselves at this moment, and they were a little shaken when they saw such a tragic situation!
"General—let's surrender! I don't want to die yet—dang-" A Yellow Turban soldier threw down his knife and rushed towards the gate.
"Stop—you fucking give me back!" Li Xin said as he grabbed the knife in his hand and plunged it into the back of the fleeing soldier, the knife suddenly pierced the back of the Yellow Turban soldier, he looked at his general with incredible eyes, he did not expect that he did not die in the hands of the enemy, but was punished by his own general. The most taboo on the battlefield is to stab in the back, even in the face of the enemy! It was also this knife that made the Yellow Turban Army, who was a little commotion, suddenly quieted down-
"Haha--sure enough, they are all brave people, brothers, since they want to die so much, then we will fulfill them! Ready-" Zhou Tai suddenly stopped after speaking for a while, he also saw someone fleeing towards the gate just now, but under the firelight, it seemed that someone had stopped him, he quietly picked up the bow and arrow, and drew the enemy's attention while talking, just at the moment when the other party relaxed his vigilance, Zhou Tai quickly locked on Li Xin and shot a fatal arrow.
It can be regarded as Li Xin's death - after he killed the deserter, he paced to the front of the burned soldier to check, and the fire near the soldier had not been extinguished, what he wanted to do was to deter those soldiers who surrendered, only by rushing out could he live! Just when he turned around to speak, he realized that there was an arrow stuck in his back, and a stream of blood came out of the corner of his mouth, and he could only feel that he couldn't control his body and fell to the ground with a "snap".
Another sudden death shattered the glass hearts of more than 3,000 Yellow Turban troops at once, and the general who restrained them was also shot to death, and for a while, the dragons were leaderless, you look at me, I look at you, and a smell of burning began to fill the air.
"Brothers—surrender! Your general is dead, we don't need to follow him to die, we want to follow Lao Er alive! The general outside knows Lao'er! Han Feng had long heard Zhou Tai talking outside, but in the past few years, Zhou Tai has often come to Taishou Mansion on business, maybe he can still live, when he said it, he looked carefully at the yellow turban soldiers around him, he was afraid that he would accidentally give his life. Don't look at these Yellow Turban soldiers who used to be farmers, but if they have seen others kill pigs, they will slowly kill pigs, not to mention that they are all masters who have killed people in their hands.
"What you say is true? Can you guarantee that we won't be killed? Why should we believe you, we have died so many brothers along the way, who knows if you will sell us too! One of the Yellow Turban soldiers spoke, and his words were what the rest of the Yellow Turban soldiers wanted to ask.
"Wait a minute—I'm shouting outside now, listen to me!" Han Feng struggled to stand up, turned his head and pressed his heart and shouted: "It's General Zhou Tai outside, and the little one is Han Feng, the butler of the former Taishou Han Xuan, please General Zhou come out and answer!" ”
"General Ben is here—Han Feng? Han Butler? General Ben didn't believe it when he heard that the former Taishou Han Xuan had joined the thieves, but he didn't expect to see an old acquaintance in this place, it seems that your master is already a thief. However, what advice does Steward Han have? Zhou Tai also heard this voice a little familiar, in the past, when a general entered the Taishou Mansion to do business, he had to look at the face of this housekeeper, this old boy did not bury himself, but he didn't expect Han Xuan to really become a thief, it is really a world style and people's hearts are not ancient!
"Sure enough, it's General Zhou, how dare the old man Han Feng advise General Zhou, but there is one thing to ask General Zhou, and I hope that General Zhou will be fulfilled!" The soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army in the courtyard heard that this Han Feng really knew Zhou Tai, and they were immediately relieved in their hearts, at least they could live for one more minute.
"What's the matter—tell me about it! But General Ben's ugly words are ahead, don't try to play tricks in front of General Ben, once you annoy General Ben, you will be roasted all! Knowing that there are secret passages in you, I want to delay time and prepare to escape, but even if I give you time, how many people can you run? "Zhou Tai didn't know that the secret passage inside had been tricked by Gan Ninghu and couldn't escape, they really became turtles in the urn. Zhou Tai also thought that this Han Feng wanted to delay time, but his task was to surrender if he could, and kill him if he couldn't! In a word, it is a quick knife to cut through the mess - how fast and how to come!
"General—don't be impatient! Lao Er is asking you for one thing, that is, these people in us are all ordinary people from poor backgrounds, and they will join the Yellow Turban Army after being bewitched by the Taiping Dao, and ask General Zhou to raise his noble hand, and they will surround them with their lives after putting down their weapons! Little Lao'er has thanked the general here-" Han Feng finally gritted his teeth and said his purpose, although he knew that they had been officers and soldiers before, they knew the law and broke the law, but there was only a chance to live, who would kill themselves.
"Oh-" It's really a twist, Zhou Tai thought they would fight to the death, but he didn't expect to abandon all of them and surrender? How could he not grasp such a good opportunity, Zhou Tai immediately said loudly: "As long as your equipment surrenders, General Ben will definitely not harm your lives, otherwise you will not die well!" How is it? "Actually, there is no need for Zhou Tai to say such poisonous words, it's just that he also wants to quickly solve the remnants of the enemy in the city and go to the city head in time to support.
"Thank you, General! We are willing to surrender to the guilty-" At this time, the people valued the promise the most, and the Yellow Turban Army in the courtyard heard Zhou Tai say this, and replied loudly before Han Feng could speak.
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