Wu Zide was not very happy and rushed down the city wall to the county guard's mansion, there must be someone waiting to meet in the mansion.

And the 2,000 people led by Wei Zhongxian are hurrying back on the sheep intestine path, and it would be too embarrassing to be found arrested or killed at this time.

At this time, on the city wall, the regiment commanders guarding the other two sides also arrived at the city tower, and did not find Wei Zhongxian, and then found out that perhaps the fundamental reason for the enemy's retreat was this unreliable general.

When the war began, Yuen Long already had some opinions about Wei Zhongxian's assignment, and he must have been a general himself no longer commanding the battle on the side of the castle tower, but taking a few thousand men to guard the southern city gate, which no one attacked.

It's not a little troublesome, but it makes the four regiment leaders very unhappy, but they don't say it, but they are definitely unhappy in their hearts.

It's just that stealing the camp made the four regiment commanders have another opinion on this lustful general.

And the defenders of the city are celebrating happily, and Xiang Wentian is not so comfortable.

When the soldiers were asked to withdraw their troops, they led the 1,000 or so guards around them to quickly rush to the back camp to find a way to put out the fire.

When the car arrived at the back camp, Xiang Wentian was dumbfounded, because the wind helped the fire, the fire was out of control at this time, and the heat wave was coming wave after wave, so that people couldn't get close to fight the fire.

In fact, the current fires are mainly because of the relationship between grain and grass, so once burned, once the compacted grain and grass are burned through, it is difficult to extinguish.

"Why are you still hanging out? Quickly push away all the tents that are not on fire, and you can't set the other tents on fire, otherwise they will burn them out!"

Xiang Wentian, who was standing on the car, saw where the people around him were all there, and he suddenly became angry.

Then more than 1,000 people around him immediately began to join in the firefighting. It's just that there is no way to save the burning ones, so you can only move the ones that haven't burned next to them as much as possible.

"Everyone, please note that there is fire oil on the tent, and it cannot be dipped in the fire. ”

A soldier who was carrying food lifted the curtain of the door and felt that it was wet, and when he smelled it, he realized that it was fire oil.

It's just that this prompt seems to have come too late, a gust of wind blew, a few sparks flew in, and a few soldiers who had just gotten into the tent to carry food in the back had not had time to come out, and the whole tent burned up in an instant.

"Ahh

With the fire, the dripping fire oil sparks also ignited the clothes of the few soldiers who had not yet come out of the tent.

Then he rolled on the ground by himself, plus someone else's save, his life was saved, but he also burned a large area of his body, and it is difficult to say whether he can survive.

Standing on the car, Xiang Wentian looked at the itchy roots of his teeth, snorting and panting.

It's just that the retreating army played a key role, there were many people and strength, and the soldiers who came down from the battlefield just now didn't care about their fatigue, and urgently joined in the firefighting.

More than 2 hours later, when the sun was setting in the west, the whole fire continued to burn, and the smoke drifted for miles away.

Therefore, the grain and grass were not completely burned, and nearly half of the grain and grass were left, and some of the armor was so heavy that a lot of it was burned.

Of course, this has something to do with the rescue later, after the army returned, Xiang Wentian ordered all the soldiers to participate in the rescue, and the first thing was to lift the tent.

It was because of this correct decision that more grain and grass were saved, and a rough calculation showed that there were nearly 1,000 burning tents, most of which were tents filled with grain and grass.

At this time, the fire continued to burn, and there were a few crackling sounds from time to time.

And the soldiers who came back from the withdrawal were all gray at this time, wrapped in cigarette ash, bloodstains, etc., and at this time they all bowed their heads and stood aside.

And the black-robed old man didn't say much at this time.

"Check... Find out what the people who guard the grain and grass are eating, and even if the weather is dry, they can't let the tent have fire oil on it, right? Could it be that the enemy ran out and set the fire?"

At this time, Xiang Wentian would not believe that it was the other party who secretly set the camp on fire, because if nothing else, first, he didn't have the courage, and second, with so many tents, how could he find the location where the grain and grass were stored?

Because Xiang Wentian specially ordered it, for fear of being recognized, all the tents where grain and grass were stored were the same as the tents where the soldiers lived.

In addition to setting fire to his own people, even if the enemy touches in, so many tents are enough for him to find for a day, let alone set fire to the camp so quickly. Therefore, Xiang Wentian concluded that it must have been done by someone inside.

At the same time, Xiang Wentian was also worried about a question, whether Tang Tiande deliberately arranged it, and gave himself a chance at this critical time, not to mention the interruption of the siege, the key is this grain and grass.

This time, more than half of the grain and grass were directly burned, but this 400,000 army eats and drinks every day, and it is a question whether such a little grain and grass can last until the follow-up supply.

Later, under the auspices of Xiang Wentian, all the people who remained in the camp that day were found, and this search found a problem, and the people guarding the grain and grass were gone.

Then Xiang Wentian looked at the fire that was still burning, could it really be that the enemy came to steal the camp?

And at this time, the old man in the black robe, who has always been relatively smart, is also a little confused at this time, now that he is no longer a person, did he run away after setting fire or was he killed?

It's easy to say that it was set on fire and ran, so it can basically be judged to be a thief, but if it was killed, then the matter would be a big deal.

Soon after, a soldier reported that the wall was damaged, and it did not look like it had been caused by a monster attack, as it was clearly visible that the neatly cut plane had been cut by a knife.

Xiang Wentian followed the black-robed old man to the scene to watch, and the two looked at each other as if they were surprised by each other's eyes.

And this broken gap saved the lives of the soldiers who remained in the camp. In the end, Xiang Wentian had to admit that the enemy came to steal the camp, but how could the enemy find a place to store grain and grass?

This point has always been around Xiang Wentian's mind, and he is puzzled, but now there is no time for him to think about these things, on the one hand, arrange people to store grain and grass.

On the one hand, send people back to the Heavenly Trench City, and let the people who transport grain and grass set off quickly, otherwise they will soon starve to death.

And just when Xiang Wentian checked the damaged gap and returned to the Chinese army's big tent, the 2,000 cavalry led by Wei Zhongxian finally walked out of the sheep intestine path and went up to the official road.

After a while, the rest of the people guarding the city wall could already see the team galloping in the distance, and then one of the commanders urgently shouted, "Hurry... Quickly open the gates and welcome the general into the city. ”

In this battle, Wei Zhongxian successfully refreshed his status in the hearts of his subordinates, and at the same time, Xiang Wentian remembered this name fiercely.

As Wei Zhongxian entered the city, he was warmly welcomed, and the remaining 3,000 soldiers and soldiers who came from other city walls, as well as the common people, heard that the great hero had returned, and all of them spontaneously came out to greet them.

At the gate of the south gate, the people and soldiers stood on both sides of the road and cheered, Wei Zhongxian led 2,000 horsemen through the city cave and entered the city, and the gate was closed.

"The General is Mighty"

"The General is Mighty"

At this time, the excited people and soldiers on both sides shouted one after another, and Wei Zhongxian's face also showed a knowing smile. Then he sat down on the horse, stretched out his hand and pressed it, and suddenly the street fell silent.

"Brothers, people, these are what I should do as the leader of the city guards, and what you really want to praise is the 2,000 ordinary soldiers behind me, who are not afraid of death and can only get such results by going out with me to steal the camp. ”

"These soldiers have followed me on the paths, dug into the bushes, and hung their heads on the waistbands of their trousers to achieve such success, so I want you to send them your cheers. ”

"In addition, I will apply to the city lord for a bounty of 100 for each of these 2,000 people, to encourage their bravery and not be afraid of sacrifice. ”

As Wei Zhongxian's words fell, the people cheered again, and the 2,000 people behind him burst into tears one by one at this time, not to mention anything else, how many generals were willing to share the credit with their subordinates?

At this point, Wei Zhongxian can be regarded as completely subduing the entire city guards, so that this group of city guards will follow him to conquer the world together.

With Wei Zhongxian's return to the city, Yuen Long Shi Da and several people also knew, but it was still in the battle stage, and the ghost knew whether the other party would attack the city again, so they did not go down to welcome.

And Wu Zide, who was in the county guard's mansion, also received a message from his subordinates and knew that Wei Zhongxian was back, but he was now negotiating things, so he didn't make much noise. But his heart has already made a great contribution to Wei Zhongxian.

On Wei Zhongxian's side, he did not stop defending the city because of the burned grain and grass, on the contrary, what Wei Zhongxian was most afraid of now was that the other party would throw it alone and directly attack the city, so that the shortcomings of his own soldiers would be exposed.

Then no more nonsense, Wei Zhongxian ordered the 5,000 people to continue to guard the south gate, once someone came to attack, the wolf smoke warned in time, and then clamped the horse's belly and went straight to the north gate.

"General..."

Seeing Wei Zhongxian go up to the city tower, the four regiment leaders shouted respectfully.

Wei Zhongxian nodded, didn't say anything, and then frowned, looking at the corpses under the city wall, and the siege ladder left on the side of the city wall that he didn't have time to take away.

"Yuen Long, send someone to scrap those ladders, not to stay here, and send someone outside the city to collect the corpses of our soldiers. ”

"Subordinates obey"

Yuen Long hugged his fist and went down to make arrangements, it must be that the other party has not launched a siege now, and it seems that the best time to collect the corpse at this time.

Sure enough, less than half an hour after the team went down to collect the corpses, nearly a thousand carriages came out of the other party's camp, but they all waved white flags and began to collect the corpses.

Seeing this, Wei Zhongxian nodded with satisfaction, at least Xiang Wentian still knew how to collect the corpse, but the people who collected the corpse were all extremely sad and angry, especially when they saw that their side was destroying the siege ladder.

It's just that Wei Zhongxian didn't pay attention to these at all, and now Wei Zhongxian is thinking about how to resist the next wave of offensives.