Chapter 17: The Flame Wall
The first fire in the north of the city, Song Yun only burned two streets, and the residence of five hundred Qin soldiers was just a small fight.
And this second fire in the west of the city, which was a long sea of fire, completely surrounded a military camp and trapped more than 3,000 people in a Jedi.
The fire was so big that Sikong Cuo and Bai Yingqi were shocked outside the city.
Bai Yingqi looked at the "red clouds" in the sky above the city, rubbed his eyes, and said astringently:
"General, this fire can't have been set by the assassin too, right? How many people are going to be burned here......"
Sikong's face sank like water, "The fire broke out in an instant, it should be fierce fire oil - where did the assassin get so much fierce fire oil?" ”
Bai Yingqi thought for a moment and hesitated: "Could it be that it was stolen from our military camp?" ”
“……”
For a moment both of them fell silent.
"Guarding the camp is the most important to prevent night attacks, patrolling in the camp, night horses outside the camp, cruising non-stop, every 100 steps should be set up with two listeners, one change and one replacement, so as not to listen to the ......"
Sikong Cuo gritted his teeth and said, "These fools think they have won the battle, so they turn a deaf ear to my request!" ”
"Order, send out a battalion of gale riders, and quickly enter the city to investigate the situation of each battalion."
After saying that, Sikong turned around and returned to the account, "Bai Yingqi, you also prepare, we will enter the city later!" ”
"Ahh ”
"With me here, the Assassins have no chance to take advantage of it!"
……
After Song Yun set fire to the camp in the city, he did not go to the east of the city again, but lay on the roof nearby and lurked.
His fierce fire oil has been used up, and it is difficult to inflict a lot of damage on the Chengdong army.
There is still an opportunity to wait.
At the same time, the system information in my mind is constantly refreshing.
[Zhencheng Wufu Song Yun killed 2 third-order enemies, 194 second-order enemies, 2207 first-order enemies, and the martial arts cultivation value was +3227]
[Current Realm: Fourth-Order Martial Master, Peak]
[Cultivation required to advance to the early stage of the fifth order: 2538/10000]
This is the capture of the two military camps in the west and middle of the city, and the cultivation value continues to increase.
The military camp in the west of the city is basically finished, and the first- and second-order Qin soldiers will soon die.
The situation in the city is fine, after all, the flames did not surround the barracks, and the Qin army is organizing a retreat.
The wind fueled the fire, and it spread quickly, so the Qin army withdrew in a hurry.
Many people have just woken up from their sleep, panicked, and the scene is somewhat chaotic.
After waiting for a while, Song Yun finally saw a convoy of horses, under the protection of hundreds of Qin soldiers, hurriedly driving out.
These carriages are not carrying people, but boxes of supplies.
Song Yun's eyes lit up, and he quietly jumped off the roof, still wearing a Qin soldier's armor, and quietly blended into the retreating crowd while the nearby soldiers were unprepared.
Most of the Qin troops could still be lined up according to the formation, but a few battalions happened to be splashed with fierce fire oil, and the dead fled and fled, and they were completely dispersed.
Song Yun was mixed in the scattered team, and no one checked him now.
The streets were crowded with people, noisy and chaotic, and the sound of the officers' impatient commands, the rapid breathing of the soldiers, the clashing of armor and weapons, the sound of military boots stomping on the ground, and the creaking of wheels......
Most of the soldiers could only follow the footsteps of the people in front of them, not knowing where they were going, and they would flee the fire behind them first.
Song Yun's goal was very clear, and he walked a diagonal line through the crowd with difficulty, and finally stuck to the side of the convoy.
The carriage with the oil was recognizable, with a canopy and no cover, and the heavy barrels inside could be seen jolting and swaying, constantly hitting the inner walls of the carriage, faintly emitting a pungent smell of burnt paste, mixed with the smell of rotten eggs.
Song Yun slowly leaned over, and through the Qin soldiers who were responsible for protecting the convoy, he pretended not to walk steadily, his body was crooked, and his hand quietly touched to the side.
The carriage vanished instantly, leaving only two horses pulling a lone frame.
A Qin military commander in the back was stunned for a moment, and then screamed in panic, and even broke his voice.
"Where's my carriage?"
Seeing this, the nearby Qin soldiers were shocked, and looked down for the carriage everywhere, and there was a commotion, almost blocking the road.
Just as Qin Jun was running to find a carriage, Song Yun quietly broke away from the team and sneaked all the way east, coming to the vicinity of the camp in the east of the city.
At this time, the military camp in the east of the city had just been transferred to the west to check the situation, and most of the people were still in the camp.
This time, Song Yun had more fierce fire oil in his hand, a full eighteen barrels.
As with the military camp in the west of the city, he poured oil directly outside the military camp in the east of the city.
Finally, two more barrels were thrown at the gate of the east gate, which were ignited with rockets, blocking the way for the Qin army to escape from the east gate.
In less than an hour, Song Yun set three fires in the west, middle, and east of the city, turning most of the Anxi military towns into a city of flames.
Especially in the west and east of the city, the entire military camp was surrounded by fierce fire and oil, and the low-ranking soldiers were almost completely wiped out.
The military camp in the city also suffered as many as 30% of the casualties, and the rest of the people retreated to the north of the city in a hurry, only to survive.
Wait until Sikong Tso Tie blushes and enters the city from the north gate.
A huge "wall of fire" has been erected in the military town spanning dozens of miles from east to west, completely blocking the passage between Sikong Cuo and the main force of the Qin army in the south of the city.
Meng Su and several other battalion deputies, with the remnants of the two battalions in the north and middle of the city, stood behind Sikong Tso tremblingly, looking down at the ground, and did not dare to say a word.
Even Bai Yingqi, who is cynical on weekdays, has a straight face and is silent at the moment.
The orange-red firelight reflected on everyone's sweaty faces, and also stained their black armor with a slight red.
"Look at the city you guard......" Sikong Cuo's tone was cold, and a killing intent was faintly about to erupt.
Meng Su and the others buried their heads even lower.
It is their task to garrison the eastern, western, northern, and central urban areas, search for houses, and ensure safety.
I thought it was a paddling rear mission, but when I got it, many officers were still indignant because they couldn't go to the front.
No one expected that the four military camps, with more than 12,000 Qin troops, would be turned upside down by an assassin, with heavy casualties.
And now, what is the origin of the assassin, how did he infiltrate the barracks, how did he steal the fierce fire oil...... Qin Jun knew nothing about this information.
This was a serious combat defeat, and these officers could not run away if they were demoted or degraded.
If Anxi Military Town is not taken down because of this matter, it is not good that someone will lose their heads because of this!
The Qin State has the strictest legal system, and victory must be meritorious, but defeat must also be severely punished.
This made all the officers uneasy, and they could only hope that they would make up for their mistakes in the future, and that they would not be tortured by that assassin again.
After waiting for a long time, two cavalry teams outside the north gate came one after another and reported to Sikong Cuo:
"The west gate and the east gate have been blocked by fire, and it is difficult for our army to enter!"
"The fire is several feet high, and the city walls have also been affected, so it is temporarily impossible to pass through the city."
Hearing this, everyone's faces changed slightly, and they looked to the south with some concern.
Behind the wall of fire spanning dozens of miles, the 20,000 main forces of the Qin army were fighting fiercely with the remnants of the Tang army.
Now 20,000 people are trapped.