"So the most appropriate thing to do is to mobilize these captives and let them help defend the city."

"Even if you're worried about the loyalty of the captives, there's no need to let them go.

Once they return to Yuan Tan's command, they can still go to the battlefield to fight. ”

Simbi patiently explained.

Jiang Wei laughed and said,

"Gong Xin, even if these captives are willing to help us defend the city, their combat effectiveness will only drag us down."

"Yes, keep them in the city, but we will send someone to keep an eye on them. In case someone takes the lead, it's troublesome. ”

Deng Ai smiled slightly and echoed softly.

"Then it's better to kill it directly!"

Simbi's face showed a fierce look, and he made a gesture of decapitation.

"These captives add up to 20,000 people, and if they are all killed, it will only increase the number of killings."

Jiang Wei shook his head,

"We forced them to unload their weapons and armor and drive them away, which also added problems to Yuan Tan."

"Yuan Tan has no food, grass and ordnance in Liyang City, how can he arm these captives?"

His analysis made Xin Bi suddenly realize, and then gave a thumbs up,

"Boyo is really smart, these are things I didn't expect."

Simbi paused, and then said,

"Then how are we going to defend Liyang City?"

"Who said we're going to defend Liyang City?"

Deng Ai smiled.

These words made Xin Bi stunned.

……

Halfway between Liyang City and Yecheng.

Yuan Tan, with an army of 50,000, had already set up an ambush and was patiently waiting for Jiang Wei and Deng Ai's martial army.

Seeing that it was not early, Yuan Tan frowned,

"Is there any news from Liyang?"

"Back to my lord, no."

Guo Tu said softly.

Yuan Tan paced a little uneasily.

At this moment, suddenly a spy came running over,

"My lord, there was a sudden wave of routs in the direction of Liyang."

Yuan Tan had something bad in his heart, and hurriedly rushed over in person.

These rout gates have been controlled, and when they saw Yuan Tan coming, they hurriedly cried,

"My lord, we are all subordinates of the general!"

Yuan Tan's brain buzzed, and he said in a trembling voice,

"What about the rulers? How's Liyang City doing? ”

"Lord, the general was killed by Jiang Wei and Deng Ai, and Liyang City is gone!"

Hearing the news, Yuan Tan's eyes darkened, and he almost spurted out a mouthful of blood.

Before leaving, he took this into account, so he told the management to guard Liyang City.

But I never expected that after only half a day, Liyang City would be lost!

"Lord, we must take Liyang City back now!"

Guo Tu said fiercely.

"Jiang Wei only has 9,000 people, and he can't hold it at all."

"Not bad." Xin Ping nodded in agreement.

Needless to say, Yuan Tan also knew that Liyang City must be taken.

Most of the grain and grass in his army are in Liyang City.

If there is no Liyang City, he can only return to Qingzhou with the army.

"Pass the order, you can set off and rush back to Liyang!"

Yuan Tan roared!

Knowing that the situation was urgent, the two generals, Wang Zhao and Peng An, did not dare to hesitate at all, led the army to march quickly, and soon returned to Liyang.

It's just that at this moment, the gate of Liyang City is opened, and when you look from the outside, there is no one inside, and everything is quiet.

Guo Tu glanced at it and said with a smile on his face,

"Lord, it seems that Jiang Wei and Deng Ai are afraid of you and have already run away in advance."

Yuan Tan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

There was no fire or smoke in the city, and it seems that the grain and grass were not destroyed.

In this way, the loss is not large.

"Hurry into the city and find out what's going on."

Yuan Tan commanded.

A group of soldiers rushed into the city, and after an hour they turned back.

"My lord, there is not even a ghost in the city."

Yuan Tan relieved his mind and ordered,

"Into town!"

A mighty army marched towards the city.

Xin Ping rode on horseback and followed behind Yuan Tan, his eyes inadvertently fell on both sides of the street, and then he was slightly stunned.

He immediately grabbed the reins, rolled over and dismounted.

Yuan Tan in front noticed Xin Ping's actions and said incomprehensibly,

"Is there anything wrong with it, sir?"

Xin Ping didn't rush to answer, he walked to the corner of the street.

On both sides of the street, there are large piles of thatch, straw mats, rags and other miscellaneous items.

If there are only a few, it is not eye-catching.

But on both sides of the street, there are these things.

This made Xin Ping a little uneasy.

He lifted the clutter above, only to see countless bottles and cans placed underneath.

The pungent smell came over.

Xin Ping's pupils shrank sharply, raised his head, and said in a trembling voice,

"My lord, this ...... It's fire oil! ”

Yuan Tan was startled, and looked down the entire street, his face showing a look of horror.

If these sundries are all fire oil, such a huge amount will probably make Liyang City burn down!

"Withdraw!"

Yuan Tan shouted at the top of his voice.

But the other soldiers didn't know what was going on.

They looked at Yuan Tan as if he was crazy, whipping his mount and running out, but they didn't react.

At this moment, a cannon shot suddenly sounded.

Immediately afterwards, the fire oil on both sides of the street was ignited one after another.

A spark quickly ignited the prairie fire.

The huge Liyang City fell into a sea of fire all of a sudden!

Fortunately, Yuan Tan and several other generals reacted quickly, they quickly escaped from the city, and stopped the remaining troops from continuing to enter the city.

But the tens of thousands of soldiers who have already entered the city are miserable.

Smoke billowed and flames raged.

They screamed, swallowed up by the merciless sea of fire.

Looking at Liyang City, which was shrouded in fire, Yuan Tan wanted to cry without tears.

I didn't burn it in the morning, I didn't burn it in the evening, but I didn't burn it until I led the army into the city.

It's so ruthless!

Previously, Yuan Tan didn't take Jiang Wei and Deng Ai seriously because they were young.

But now it seems that the clown is himself!

Simbi stood still.

Looking at the black smoke rising into the sky in the distance, it almost blocked the sky.

Vicious.

This is a ruthless person!

If he was allowed to design it, he would destroy Liyang City at most.

But Jiang Wei and Deng Ai were thoughtful and actually planted fuel in the city.

waited until Yuan Tan entered the city before releasing a fire.

This fire went down, Yuan Tan not only lost food, grass and ordnance, but also lost his soldiers!

Looking at Jiang Wei and Deng Ai's young and somewhat excessive faces, Xin Bi was extremely happy in his heart.

The generals under Hua Xiong are all such monsters.

Fortunately, I had the foresight and chose to take refuge.

"Let's go, Gong Xin, come with me to see the lord."

Jiang Wei laughed loudly, and together with Deng Ai, he led the army around the direction of Yecheng.

Let's say that after Yuan Shang retreated from Liyang City, he marched all the way and returned to Yecheng.

But to his surprise, although there was a mess outside Yecheng, there was no trace of Huaxiong's army.

As soon as he entered the city, Yuan Shang asked Feng Ji,

"What about Huaxiong's army?"

Feng Ji sighed, "It's already retreated." ”

Yuan Shang breathed a sigh of relief.

The others immediately boasted,

"This Huaxiong is nothing more than that, when he heard that the lord had returned, he immediately fled without a fight."

"Cowardice!"

"He's just afraid that the lord will kill him."

Yuan Shang couldn't help but show a smug smile.

"Count him as fast today, or I'll kill him."