"Master?"

Sun Yi, who was originally arranging for people to prepare to transfer the people out of the city, was stunned when he heard Gu Xiwu's order.

Burning the city?

This is just the beginning, how can you take such a decisive step?

"We can't stop them, we have to create a little trouble, otherwise neither we nor any of the people in this city will be able to escape!" Gu Xiwu's face didn't see anything special, but his tone was unusually heavy.

With these people, she has no way to fight the Lanling Army at all. She could only delay as much as she could, delaying until Mo Xuanyin received the news, and then asked people to come over to support. And setting fire to the city, this is the only way she can come up with it now!

"But......" Sun Yi still wanted to say something, but when he saw the Lanling army getting closer and closer under the city gate and the already precarious city gate, he didn't say anything: "Yes, my subordinates understand!" ”

This is not South Vietnam, and no one knows what will happen here. But what he knew was that if they couldn't stop it, they would all be wiped out here. Thinking about it this way, Gu Xiwu made this decision, in fact, he should be more tormented than him.

They have no other choice.

At this time, Sun Yi was even a little glad that this time Gu Xiwu was bringing them from the regent palace. If it is a soldier in Yunnan, can they really carry out Gu Xiwu's order so decisively? The answer is obvious, and by that time, it may be more than just a matter of losing a city.

"Go ahead!"

Glancing downstairs again, Gu Xiwu also turned around and walked down the city tower.

Half an hour later, the city gate behind him had been attacked three times, and the government soldiers had already lost a squad. Fortunately, however, the gates remained closed and were not taken.

Hearing that the last wave of people in the city had left the city from another direction, Gu Xiwu's originally hanging heart finally let go of it a little. She took the oil from Sun Yi's hand, poured it on the city tower herself, and then lit the first fire of the night.

With the appearance of this fire, fires broke out all over the city.

"Master, let's leave too. Here, it's going to be dangerous! ”

Seeing that the entire county had become a sea of fire, Sun Yi stood beside Gu Xiwu and said anxiously. The fire has gradually spread, and with the Lanling army outside soon to enter, this is really not a safe place.

"Let's go!"

Gu Xiwu also understood that she had made such a big determination to snatch back so much time just to delay time and arrange it well in Yongzhou, and now that the plan has begun, every minute and second left has become extremely important.

On the other side, the Lanling people who were trying their best to break through the city gate.

"General, they're withdrawing!"

A scout came to a man in the armor of a general, and then told the news of his discovery.

"Withdrawn?"

Shen Qiong raised her head and looked at the city gate, there was indeed no trace of a person, just empty.

Although he knew that Yunnan's troops were insufficient, and this was an easy battle, it was the first time he had seen this practice of leading the army to leave after only fighting once in the first twenty miles of the battle.

"Yes!" The scout said with certainty, but he was also wondering why the group had all withdrawn at once. This is not the same as giving up this town to them: "Is it difficult, are they afraid?" ”

Come to think of it, there is only one reason that is acceptable.

Yunnan has been passively beaten during this period, so it is understandable to do such a retreat at this time.

"Who is leading the troops in Yunnan this time?"

Shen Qiong frowned, as the military king of Lanling, he was a clear man to these few people in Yunnan who could lead troops to fight, and his style characteristics were all in his heart. But unexpectedly, this time it didn't feel like it was given to him by anyone he knew.

However, even if it is a raid, it is impossible to put an unknown person here?

"Well, there's no news yet." Another person beside Shen Qiong walked out: "Because of the transfer of the war, there is no definite news on our side about the nearest city defense in Yunnan." It's just that it stands to reason that the people in the east have already been transferred to the front. I always feel that the ones we fought with before are different from the soldiers from Yunnan that I usually see. ”

He is Shen Qiong's adjutant, and he can also be regarded as the military advisor of the Shen family's royal family.

"Check, check for me!" Shen Qiong once again turned over the thoughts in her mind and recalled them, and after finding that the style this time was really unfamiliar, she suddenly said to the adjutant: "I want to see what Yunnan has come up with this time, what ......?"

Before he could finish speaking, a scout hurried over.

And faster than him was the fire in the city, which was getting brighter and brighter.

Just as Shen Qiong was talking to the adjutant, the place between the walls in front of him was all illuminated by firelight, and there was even an intensifying situation. It was as if the whole city was on fire.

"This!"

Shen Qiong almost couldn't control herself when she saw the scene in front of her, and secretly cursed a dirty word.

And the new scout, who watched the general's face gradually turn dark, suddenly trembled, as if he didn't need to report his news anymore. But thinking about it, he still had the courage to come to Shen Qiong's side.

"General, there is a fire in the city, and the whole city is on fire!"

Originally, they found out when the first place was on fire, but they thought it was something other than the city, but when the second and third places came out or even more, the scouts who were looking for news from all sides felt that something was wrong.

In addition, the people who watched them before were gradually transferred out, and they actually set fire to their own city!

"General, they, actually set fire to their own place?"

The adjutant actually had the same puzzle as the scout, what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd in Yunnan this time?

"Still don't understand? We're playing tricks! Shen Qiong's face was already darkened: "These people are blocking our footsteps!" They are abandoning a small city, waiting for reinforcements to come, and stick to Yongzhou! ”

In the end, it is a veteran who has been galloping on the battlefield for many years, just a simple thought, and the joints are thoroughly analyzed. It's just that even if I thought about it all, it was already too late at this time.

The appearance of this fire seems to be that it will not be extinguished if it does not burn for three days and three nights.

Gu Xiwu did not hesitate to use the entire city as a price, just to burn nothing here. If they want to move forward, they can only put out fires!

But to put out the fire, they have to stop here for a day or more. And this time is enough to give Gu Xiwu and Yunnan a chance to breathe, and when they end the matter here and rush to Yongzhou, no one knows what the situation will be.

"So what should we do next?"

The adjutant had never seen such a posture, and for a while he felt a little unsure of where to start.

"What to do? Firefighting, of course! ”

It seems that because this incident really exceeded Shen Qiong's expectations, his temper is not very good, and he even raised his voice when he spoke.

"But in that case, aren't we going to miss our chance tonight?"

The lieutenant remembers that the first task they were given was to surprise at night. Just like Mo Xuanyin's raid on Suizhou, they took Yongzhou.

Originally, Shen Mengxian didn't have such a plan, but I don't know if he was stimulated by Mo Xuanyin. Perhaps, he felt that it was impossible to use such a trick again with the relationship between him and Mo Xuanyin, so what was finally decided before departure was really such a plan.

They have been hammered out again and again, and they have guaranteed that nothing goes wrong.

But no one told them that this is the first battle, and this will be the way Yunnan will take it?

If they go to an opportunity like tonight, the opportunity for them to occupy it will be gone, and Yongzhou will only become the same end as the battlefield that there are now.

Yunnan had losses, but they didn't take advantage of it.

"If you don't put out the fire, shall we fly over?"

Shen Qiong sneered, looking at her left and right hands for the first time, she used a look like an idiot.

The army has pressed here, and no matter what happens, they must take Yongzhou. And the only way to Yongzhou is this county seat, and if they don't put out the fire, it is equivalent to completely losing the opportunity.

In this matter, Yunnan gave them a path that they had no choice at all.

"General......" The adjutant also suddenly thought of this, and looked at Shen Qiong with some apologies: "It's me who is impatient!" But if our men and horses put out the fire, we will have to delay here. We don't know the water source of the facilities in the city, and if we rush into the city, our people may be in danger. ”

The city gate was there, and it was already smashed, but now it will open with a push.

However, no one wanted to go in.

The fire in the city was so bright that the whole sky was reflected as if it were day. Such a fire, one carelessness, is the death of countless people.

He didn't want to, he brought out these people and died in such a place without waiting for them to actually go to the battlefield.

"I know what you mean, but there's no other way out!" Shen Qiong was also silent for a while: "Pass on my military order, and the advance team will go into the city to investigate first, find the water source and all the tools to extinguish the fire." We have to race against this fire! ”

"Yes!"

The adjutant pursed his lips, but he couldn't say anything else, only to turn back and convey Shen Qiong's order.

On the other side, Gu Xiwu, who had retreated to Yongzhou, was following behind the people.

"Every family of the people who have withdrawn from the town will be compensated with silver! In addition, let them be told that if they are temporarily tight-lipped about what happened, it is said that it was an accidental fire. Gu Xiwu thought: "Don't let the news of Lanling's pressure spread, otherwise Yongzhou will be in chaos!" It will be in vain for us to do anything! ”

"Yes!" Sun Yi has been following her, and when he heard this, he subconsciously ordered the people around him to do it.

"You go over in person, and besides, let them both follow!" Gu Xiwu paused, and clicked on the person Mo Xuanyin handed over to her before: "This matter, Mo Xuanyin's people need to be there!" ”