Chapter 162: Project Flame
Under the overall defense of Huafeihu, Xinghuaguan is only one of the points. This point is very inconspicuous, and it seems that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so in previous wars, the attacking troops would not take the initiative to attack Xinghua Pass.
But Wu An, who joined the army, knew that Xinghua Pass could be said to be a transit station, and attacking Xinghua Pass was equivalent to opening multiple entry points at the same time, allowing the Southern Dynasty army to easily tear through the defense line of the five counties.
Hearing that the Xinghua Pass had been broken, several officers present panicked, and the conversation between Wang Yi and Yuan Jian raised a glimmer of hope in their hearts.
Could it be that the Ombudsman had been prepared for this?
Xinghua was closed on the mountain, very close to the seventh horse, and after Wang Yi gave the order, he took the lead out of the camp, and Hua Feihu and others also followed.
It didn't take long for them to see a blazing fire on the mountain. The fire was extremely ferocious, and as soon as it appeared, it instantly spread throughout the fortress.
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At this time, the troops in Xinghua Pass were two groups of people.
The first group was responsible for sneaking through the tunnels, and there were less than 10,000 people. They took advantage of the darkness last night to sneak into the passage that had been dug a long time ago, and this morning they broke through the last few meters at the scheduled time and rushed out of the mountain tunnel.
Just like the news sent back by Wu An, Xinghua Pass is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and relatively few soldiers are responsible for defense inside.
After the sneak attack troops rushed in, they found that the soldiers guarding Xinghua Pass were not only small in number, but also particularly cowardly.
The passage they dug up in the end was actually not large, and it could accommodate several people in parallel. If the garrison swore to resist to the death, they estimated that they would have to fight for a while longer, and only after the people inside slowly expanded the passage could they slowly form a local advantage.
Therefore, although the standing garrison of Xinghua Pass was only more than 1,000 people, they still sent 10,000 troops to attack the army, just to be prepared.
However, the general in charge of the sneak attack never expected that the defenders of Xinghua Pass were directly frightened when they saw the enemy coming out from behind. I didn't even think about it, so I ran away. There were only a few dozen people who came out first, and they were ready to harden thousands of people to buy time for the large army behind.
In this case, it is actually difficult for the vanguard to survive.
However, the soldiers defending the city on the opposite side were scared away without saying a word, and they didn't even have a brave one!
In their impression, the warriors of the five counties are not like this!
Could it be that these people were all the old, weak, sick and disabled people specially deployed by Wu An to cooperate with his sneak attack?
The soldiers did not have the leisure to analyze the psychology of the Xinghua Pass defenders, since they had fled, it was better for them to hurry up and let the large army in.
As a result, the second wave of the Southern Korean army entered Xinghua Pass.
There are more people in this group. Because of the problem of passage restrictions, the sneak attack troops only entered more than 3,000 people in a quarter of an hour. But since the gates were opened, the main force had advanced to nearly 50,000 men.
Everyone was secretly laughing at the weakness of the defenders of the Southern Dynasty, when they suddenly saw a ray of fire coming from a distance, and then it spread instantly. In just a few seconds, tens of thousands of soldiers were surrounded by raging flames.
Hit the trick!
Everyone was shocked, and at the same time, orders from commanders at all levels sounded everywhere:
"Retreat!"
"Withdraw from Xinghua Pass!"
"All out of town!"
At this time, it is impossible to withdraw completely, no matter how fast the soldiers run, they are not as fast as the flames, not to mention that there is chaos in Xinghua Pass now. However, at this time, there are still 3 exits in Xinghua Pass, namely the south gate that the army has just passed, the north gate facing the direction of Kaifeng, and a mountain tunnel with a width that can only allow a few people to walk in parallel.
Without waiting for the commander to give the order, the soldiers who approached the three places began to run as fast as they could. Smart people know that if you can't withdraw at the first time, it will be even more difficult to get out after everyone is piled up.
However, even if it was these three exits, Wang Yi did not intend to let them go.
Shortly after the fire spread, a line of fire burned along the city wall above the south gate.
can burn on the stone wall, obviously Wang Yi found someone to make the lead in advance.
The flash of fire came very quickly, and in just a few seconds, it ignited a large net hanging in the air above the city gate.
The net lasted only half a minute in the flames before breaking open from the lowest point, and then huge stones rolled down from the tower, blocking the south gate.
Not only the south gate, but the north gate was blocked in the same way half a minute later.
If it weren't for Wang Yi's inability to determine the location of the passage, he wouldn't even let go of this narrow mountain tunnel.
The two city gates were blocked at the same time, and the officers hurriedly organized the soldiers to move stones and extinguish the fire.
But the stone is large and heavy, and it is very difficult for both of them to carry it, and it is not at all possible to dredge it in a short time.
As for the fire, can it be quenched?
Just kidding, Wang Yi put oil on the wood, and this thing burned fast and long-lasting. Now that the entire fortress is in flames, how to extinguish the fire?
Now everyone's only choice is to run to the mountain tunnel. Although there are not many people who can pass at the same time, at least there is hope of survival. So, people began to rush in the direction of the tunnel like crazy.
At this time, Yuan Jian observed everything that happened in the fortress from a commanding height on the top of Xinghuaguan Mountain, which was a purgatory-like scene on earth.
Countless soldiers were caught up by the raging flames, and they were instantly burned into burning people. They threw away their weapons, ripped off their armor and rolled on the ground. However, there were a few places around where there was no fire, and they wailed and cried, but they could only burn more and more, until the life was exhausted.
Most of them were burned by fire, and half were killed by mutual trampling.
There are many fighters who want to compete for a glimmer of life, and these people seem to burst out with all their vitality running in an instant, but there are inevitably too many obstacles in the middle. With the help of inertia, a running warrior can easily push down the people around him.
At this time, once you are pushed down, it is difficult to get back up.
Few people are willing to pull you along, and most people will just step over you and buy themselves even half a second. And those who were willing to help their teammates, who bent down to support them, soon became part of the fallen crowd, being trampled on their backs, legs, and faces.
Seeing this, Yuan Jian couldn't help but swallow his saliva, he calmed down for a while, and then clicked on the walkie-talkie and continued: "Boss, I'm a cave demon, the flame plan is going well, and I request to implement the rat hole plan." ”
"Repeat, Project Blaze is going well, request to execute Project Rat Hole. ”
Hearing Yuan Jian's voice, Wang Yi put the walkie-talkie to his mouth again, pressed it and said, "Received, approve the implementation of the rat hole plan." Repeat, approve the execution of the rat hole plan. ”
"Roger. ”