Chapter 373: Ruthless
"Rush, kill!" An army of thieves poured into the city like a tidal wave.
At this moment, the sound of the piano at the head of the city changed abruptly, from a hundred birds to a phoenix, to an ambush on all sides.
The sound is like a big bead and a small bead falling on a jade plate, and it is like rain hitting a plantain.
Like crying, like crying, like swallowing, as if the pillar of heaven collapsed, the sky was heavy, and the blade was faint.
It is like the howling of the earth, the weeping of demons, and the indignation of men and gods.
I don't know how many soldiers were put into the city, and suddenly I heard a loud "boom" sound, and the jack gate of Dongtai Gate fell suddenly, and the thief army who was walking under the gate was immediately pressed into a bloody blur, resembling a meat pie.
The forbidden troops hidden under the battlements at the head of the city all straightened up at this time, rolling wood and stones, ash bottles and clay tiles, and threw them outwards one after another.
All kinds of strong bows and crossbows, flying artillery stones, all went out of the city to greet them, but in just a short moment, the future of the city and the influx of thieves suffered countless casualties, and the corpses accumulated to the side of the moat.
The thieves on the other side of the moat suddenly panicked, and the army of 200,000 entered the city with a full 50,000 or 60,000, and the most important thing was that the Holy Father and Wang Gong Lao Buddha also entered, and most of the generals also entered!
Under the leadership of the remaining generals, they carried siege equipment desperately and rushed to the side of the moat, and the entire drawbridge was already crowded.
Although the drawbridge was wider, it was too close to the city, and it became a target for flying artillery at this moment.
The large bluestone seemed to be raining, all falling to the suspension bridge, even if the various military materials of Hangzhou City were good enough, the suspension bridge was also made of iron rope thick wood, but where could it withstand such a hard smash, and it was also crowded with human weapons.
Only listen to the "crunch, crunch" movement came, and then "click" a loud sound, the suspension bridge was broken into several sections, directly into the water, and the thief army and baggage on the bridge all fell into the river, Hangzhou's moat is living water, not more than some big cities in the north dug out, not only deep and undulating, a fall into it regardless of whether you will be water, first rush aside and then say, and the river wall is steep, in the nearest position want to climb can not climb up.
Above the city, ballistas, bows and arrows, and flying cannons were fought without money, and the fierce counterattack under this kind of defense was something that the thief army had never encountered since the incident, even when they fought Suzhou.
Although Suzhou is as big as Hangzhou and has many reserves, it has taken a steady and steady road, and even after the arrival of Tong Guan's reinforcements, it has not been attacked so fiercely.
And at this moment, the city of Hangzhou seems to be crazy, what 30 arrows can destroy the eight-bull crossbow, what 100 arrows will be broken 1000-step crossbow, what 50 stones will twist the machine to crack, all of them are used, especially to fight in crowded places.
The thief army was immediately defeated, Fang La and the others entered the city obviously in an ambush, they were bound to be rescued, but at this time they couldn't move forward at all, even if they wanted to build a plank on the river, it was difficult, let alone set up a ladder under the city to attack the city.
Just when the thieves were at a loss for what to do, suddenly the sound of shouting and killing came from the rear formation, and then the horse's hooves stirred, and a cavalry with nearly 10,000 people was like a sharp knife directly inserted in.
The back of the thief army was almost all infantry, and they were rushed back and forth by these Song cavalry for two or three years, and there were countless casualties in an instant.
At this time, Chen Hoop, who remained in the army to suppress the formation, hurriedly issued a military order: "Retreat, retreat for three miles!" ”
Chen Hoop Bucket is a grandmaster-level master, but even if the grandmaster is in the army, he can't influence the general trend, at this moment he sees that the situation is not good, he can't fight across the river in a short time, and then he is attacked by a sneak attack, if he doesn't withdraw the army, the loss will only increase, and the army's heart will also be shaken, so he gave this order.
But some generals in the army are Fang La's henchmen, even in the Ming Sect, they are also the people who hold the authority, although Chen Hoop Bucket helped Fang La, but he did not join the religion, and he is not the head of the Ming Sect.
These people didn't want to carry out the military order, and they were bent on crossing the river to attack the city and rescue Fang La.
Chen Hoop Bucket couldn't help but be angry, his face was gloomy like water, he didn't think that Fang La would have an accident in the city, not to mention Fang La's own martial arts were extraordinary, that is, there were long-established grandmasters like Wang Gong Lao Buddha by his side, and there were also small masters with special means such as Deng Yuanjue and Pang Wanchun.
What's more, there were 60,000 or 70,000 horses who entered the city with Fang La!
How many defenders are there in Hangzhou City? According to Fang Baihua, he was deceived by the other party, but in fact, Zhao Ta's army should be less than 50,000.
There are less than 50,000 people, and there are suspicious formations on the Huzhou side, and there are so many cavalry ambushes outside the city, how many people can be left in the city? Twenty or thirty thousand at most!
Even if there are traps and ambushes, the elites of the Holy Army brought in by Fang La, and they can fight against the Western Army, even if they lose half, they are not the enemy of these defenders in the city, right?
So Chen Hoop Bucket is not so worried, and even has a glimmer of hope that Fang La will be the main rebel in the city and take Hangzhou!
Since he can't attack on his side, and there is a sneak attack by the Song army behind him, the first thing to do is to stabilize the camp, preserve the military strength, and reduce losses!
There is nothing wrong with this, this is the most sensible and correct thing to do.
But now those generals are not satisfied, and they obey orders on weekdays, but at this moment, Fang La is trapped in the city, where can he still stabilize, he knows that he is dead, and he must continue to rush forward.
Chen hoop bucket was anxious in his heart, he rarely got angry, and even showed softness all the time, seeing that things were not good at the moment, he couldn't help but be angry!
He is the Taishi of the Fang La Holy Dynasty, and he is respected by Fang La as a teacher, and his official position is one of the highest people.
At this time, he rode his horse straight to the army, and saw that several leading generals were still shouting, intending to lead the troops to forcibly cross the river and attack the city, and couldn't help but say angrily: "How dare you disobey military orders? ”
Several generals were also afraid of him, but they also claimed to be a member of the Ming Sect, and Chen Hoop was not a position in the sect, so they complained one after another, only saying that they were bent on saving the sect leader and could not easily withdraw their troops.
Chen hoop bucket said two more words, several people just didn't listen, Chen hoop bucket was anxious, the gray light in his sleeve cut out, just a knife, and one of the generals was directly cut under the horse, the head flew high, blood splattered three feet.
The remaining generals were immediately dumbfounded, and they heard Chen Hoop shouting angrily: "I am in charge of the Chinese army under the orders of the Holy Prince's army, and if there are any people who do not obey the military orders, they will all be killed!" ”
These generals are not afraid of death, but they can't die like this, and when they heard Chen hoop bucket carry out Fang La, they had to respond to the order with a blue face, turn the direction of the army and retreat to the rear.
This retreat was shaken by the army's heart, when he entered the city just now, the momentum was huge, and many of the soldiers below also knew that Fang La was locked up in the city, and he retreated at this moment, so he couldn't help but have some other thoughts.
The thief army retreated, and the cavalry of the Song army in the rear took a detour and charged and robbed, and it was Du Bai who took the lead, only to see him wearing a black cloud helmet, wearing a black cloud and black light armor, a black horse under his crotch, holding a snake spear to rob, just like half a black tower in the thief army team to kill in and out, there is a great tendency to be inappropriate.
Seeing this situation, Chen Hoop Bucket wanted to rush forward, but the cavalry of the Song army rushed back and forth twice, so as to kill some soldiers, and then fled quickly, rolling up bursts of smoke and dust, like a thief killing his home, and retreated far away without hesitation.
Chen Hoop Bucket is helpless, he is a grandmaster, but he is not a commander of the army, let alone a master of the art of war, although he can lead the troops, but it is to ensure that the army is not chaotic, obey the command, it is really to deal with some emergencies on the battlefield, and even some deputy generals are biased generals.
At this moment, he could only be cautious and slowly retreat into the distance......
It is said that in the city of Hangzhou, with Zhao Ta's order, the "boom" of the jack gate landed, and the soldiers in the gate tower then broke the gate cable, even if the gate tower was lost, the giant gate could no longer be pulled.
Suddenly this kind of thing happened, the thief soldier immediately reported it, Fang La couldn't help but be stunned when he learned about it, and hurriedly looked at General Lu next to him.
Lu Jiang's face changed slightly, and he said, "Holy Father, I'm afraid there is an ambush!" ”
Fang La frowned and said, "Isn't it an empty city plan?" ”
Lu Jiang said: "I'm afraid it's not so simple, this Zhao Ta is cunning, quite a samadhi of fiction and reality, the minister is still not in a hurry to open other city gates, catch this person first!" ”
Fang La said: "But all the stairs on both sides of the city were blocked by him, and this time he was in a hurry to enter the city, and he didn't bring siege equipment, so the soldiers couldn't climb up at all." ”
Lu Jiang was slightly silent, he was a weak scholar, so naturally it was impossible to go up the steep wall.
But he wants to say that ordinary soldiers can't climb up, but people with strong martial arts can always go up, right?
Not to mention grandmasters like Wang Gong Lao Buddha, even small grandmasters like Deng Yuanjue and Pang Wanchun, if you want to find a way, you can also go up, right?
Shoot people and horses, capture thieves and capture kings.
When he entered the city, he didn't catch Zhao Ta, the king of Song, first, but hurriedly opened several other city gates, and General Lu didn't know what Fang La thought!
After entering the city, he opened his mouth to warn, but Fang La saw that the passages on both sides of the city gate were blocked, and the soldiers could not enter the city from these sides, so he ordered to break the other city gates first.
But at this moment, the jack gate behind actually fell, obviously this Hangzhou is not as simple as an empty city, there must be an ambush, then you can't go too deep, you still have to catch Zhao Ta first, but Fang La still said that he couldn't climb up!
Fang La saw that General Lu was silent, and said: "My holy army has many generals and high morale, how many soldiers can there be in this Hangzhou city?" Don't worry! ”
General Lu said: "Holy Father, the minister thinks that it is still necessary to catch the bird king Zhao Ta, and the worst is to ...... Reopen the rear gates first! ”
Fang La nodded and said, "It is natural to open the city gate, where is Deng Yuanjue......"
His voice fell, and Pang Wanchun suddenly said beside him: "What smell?" How a little pungent nose. ”
Over there, Deng Yuanjue rode over and asked, "Holy Father, what do you command?" ”
Fang La's face was a little puzzled, and he also smelled a strange smell that seemed to be floating in the air, so he ignored Deng Yuanjue, but looked at Pang Wanchun and said, "It seems to be...... Lacquer? ”
Deng Yuanjue took a sharp breath at this time and shouted: "Holy Father, it is indeed a bit similar to the taste of Qiyuan!" ”
Pang Wanchun said: "Isn't it that after this Zhao Ta entered the city, he also celebrated, put up lights, and painted the shops and trees?" ”
Deng Yuanjue said: "I just saw that this poultry king looked oily and powdery in the city, and he couldn't say that he also married two concubines in the city, so he celebrated with his talents, powdered the streets, and painted the houses." ”
Fang La said with a cold face: "What nonsense, Deng Yuanjue, you take someone to open the jack gate of the city gate and continue to let the holy army in." ”
Deng Yuanjue answered, took a sentry and turned around and left.
Although he is a small grandmaster, he is born with divine power, and this jack gate is easier to open inside than outside, and it is naturally not possible if there are fewer people, Deng Yuanjue will take five hundred people away, and he has weapons, it is still possible to forcibly open it, but it is difficult to say how much time it will take.
As soon as he left, Lu Jiang's face suddenly changed: "Holy Father, this smell ......"
Before he could finish speaking, suddenly a shout of killing came from everywhere, and Fang La frowned: "Where to kill?" ”
At this moment, behind the ridges of the houses on both sides of the street, countless bows and crossbow arrows poked out, and a rain of arrows shot down in an instant.
Fang La's face was gloomy, and he shouted angrily: "Break the house and open the way, and kill those Song soldiers for me!" ”
Lu Jiang said urgently at this time: "Holy Father, that smell seems to be ......"
Fang La didn't let him finish his words, and he didn't even hear what he was saying, so he began to dispatch troops, wanting to break down houses and roads, and kill those crossbowmen hidden in the heights.
At his command, the army immediately dispersed and rushed on both sides.
At this time, General Lu couldn't bear it anymore, pointed the horse's head at Fang La, used all his strength, and shouted loudly: "Holy Father, that smell seems to be fire oil!" ”
Fang La looked at him with a hideous expression, and couldn't help but be stunned, and said, "What oil?" ”
Lu Jiang was so angry that his face turned white at this time: "Holy Father, the smell of fierce fire oil!" ”
"Fierce fire oil?" Fang La showed a trace of doubt, thinking in his heart what would happen to the taste of fierce fire oil?
But just as he was thinking about this, a great change suddenly occurred!
I saw that the houses around suddenly rose thick black smoke, and the trees and walls were all shot up by rockets tied to cloth heads, and even the streets were lit up one after another, and smoke rose everywhere.
In the blink of an eye, the smoke turned into a fire, and all the houses, trees, streets and alleys were ablaze.
The houses on both sides are all shops, and the seats are connected, and the houses at this time, although the appearance is about blue bricks and tiles, many things inside are wooden, and the pillars and beams are also wood, and some houses are all made of wood at all.
At this moment, all the houses were on fire, connected together like a fire dragon, and the black smoke and flames were swallowed, several feet high.
And the road was also set on fire, and there seemed to be lines of fire buried in the ground, like earth fire dragons, connected with the houses and trees, forming a huge sea of fire.
In an instant, this area became a purgatory on earth, black smoke rolled like a demon god descended into the world, the fire soared into the sky as if the heavens and the earth were burning, and the ghosts and wolves howled continuously, and the crying father and mother screamed again and again.
This is the main street of Hangzhou Dongcheng, not to mention the largest street in Hangzhou is about the same, although the shops on both sides are on fire, the trees are on fire, and the ground is like a fire earthworm, but there is still a place that is not on fire, but ......
The black smoke was billowing and choking people to death, and the soldiers couldn't breathe after only a few breaths, their heads were dizzy, and they lost their strength, and they fell to the ground after just a dozen breaths.
Moreover, the temperature in this area has risen suddenly, like a large fire cage, and it is summer, and it can roast people to death just by roasting it inside, and there is no need for flames to get on your body.
A moment later, countless soldiers lost their lives under the smoke, and the raging fire did not abate at all, and a gust of wind blew, and the fire became bigger and bigger......
(End of chapter)