Chapter 20: Two Fireworks
When Chi Yulin's army crossed the river, it was not hindered, and the battle that he thought was extremely fierce did not start, and until the soldiers came to the city, they did not encounter a single soldier of the Dongduo people. This is undoubtedly unreasonable, and it also makes him, who has always been cautious, doubt in his heart, and his plan to take down Sangancheng in one fell swoop has also consumed more than half.
After the camp was settled, he successively sent more than a dozen scouts to inquire about the news of Qiongsang, and from his judgment, Lu Xinghe was likely to go to support the people of Mingsha Mountain. And the news I got is basically the same, according to the report of the people who came back, Lu Xinghe left with the soldiers on the second day of the raid on Huangjia Town, and now the rest of the city are old, weak, sick and disabled.
Chi Yulin took Sanggan City without much effort, but it did not give him a sense of victory, this is like a hunter hunting, Xingxing went to kill a bear, but only picked up a rabbit, or died, the disappointment can be imagined.
However, even small victories are victories. After rewarding the three armies, he wrote a document to report the victory and sent someone to Dadu. In addition, he wrote another letter to the front line, asking Chu Tiangang to watch out for his back, and at the same time, tentatively explained that he wanted to serve in front of the army.
At this time, the situation has been reversed. Ding Jianwei's army of destruction, after three days and three nights of hard fighting and heavy losses, finally captured the outer city. Then he took the lead and personally led the charge to capture the inner city. On the other hand, he personally welcomed Chu Tiangang into the city, and reorganized the army, preparing to march into the capital of Mingsha Mountain.
It was a victory of great significance that will be remembered in history. After this victory, Mingsha Mountain has existed in name only, and the excitement of the Kangle people can be imagined. They held a grand celebration, and Ding Jianwei rewarded his troops. However, his reward was bloody.
The Iron Blood of the Destroyers comes from their cruelty. When they were defeated twice in this war, they were full of hatred for the people in the city, so Ding Jianwei's reward was what they wanted the most, slaughtering the city for three days. During these three days, they could slaughter the people of the city, men, women, and children, officers and soldiers, and poor people.
As soon as this order was issued, the Division of Destruction became a true army of demons. Each of them had three or five knives on hand so that they could be replaced if they were damaged during the slash. There are all kinds of perverted tools: sickles, hoes and other agricultural tools, hammers for striking iron, torture tools for yamen, and even wooden sticks, stones, etc., anything they see has become a sharp weapon for killing.
From the beginning of the order to the end, all the indigenous people were almost slaughtered. Not to mention people, even cows, horses, donkeys, mules, chickens, ducks, geese, dogs, etc., all the living creatures they could see could not escape the clutches of the devil. However, their sanctions also came soon.
On the eighth day of Chu Tiangang's entry into the city, the last army stationed outside the city also entered the city, and the troika entered the city at the same time. That is, on the night of this day, a suspicious figure crawled out of a secret passage, and under the cover of night, came to the city wall of the inner city, and lightly buckled the city wall three times, and there were three responses from inside.
"Take it away, I'm saluting it."
With a few very slight sounds, the normally ordinary city wall opened inward, and the salute quickly flashed in, and then the door closed again.
"General Xiang, how's the situation?" Countless pairs of expectant eyes stared at him in unison.
He couldn't bear to tell them such a cruel truth, so he just shook his head and said, "These things will be talked about later, and we will use the second plan."
"Second option"? The bearded Enke looked at him in surprise: "Is there no one in the city"?
"No," he said desolately, "and the demons of hell."
Everyone looked at each other, desperate to know what was going on, but Xiang Zhili didn't give them a chance to ask questions.
"Go and tell the others to tie all the leads together, and light the fire in their hands when the ugly time comes, but do not retreat at once until you are sure that the plan is in order."
"All the leads are lit"? The bearded Enke asked, still very skeptical.
"All leads"! He gave him an incredibly firm answer.
At the same time, Lu Yuanhang's army also quietly drove back, and they set up camp on a lonely mountain in the south of the city, waiting to see a grand fireworks. What they don't know is that another equally grand fireworks display has already begun.
Just outside Sanggan City, Lu Xinghe's army had already fired thousands of rockets into the city, igniting the gunpowder that had been placed, and in an instant, the city became a sea of fire. And the people who had been ambushed near the city gate also lowered the drawbridge and let the army rush in.
Chi Yulin was still sitting firmly in the general's mansion at this time, commanding all the soldiers and horses to fight the fire. He has always been wary of landing Xinghe, so the city defense is not leaky, so he doesn't believe that the other party can break through a gap from such a tight defense. But what he never expected was that there was a small mistake in such a very important link as the city gate.
"General get on the horse, please"! General Zuo Chu Tianyao said loudly: "The enemy is close at hand, don't leave at this time, let alone when"!
"Lu Xinghe, an unknown person, even if he led 100,000 people to fight against me, he is definitely not my opponent, and now he is sent to death, how to avoid him"! He also knew in his heart that this was just a strong argument to cover up shame, and it was really not convincing, so when Chu Tianyao gave him the steps again, he borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, pointed with his hand, and said loudly: "Lu Xinghe, today you succeeded in your treacherous plan, and let you be domineering for a while, come to Longshi Castle in the future, you and I will fight again"! With that, he fled in a hurry.
Lu Xinghe chased after the Sanggan River all the time, came to the Dragon Stone Fort, and began to attack the city without waiting for Chi Yulin to have a chance to breathe. Chi Yulin's defeated generals were frightened, hasty, and poorly planned. At this time, morale is low and people's hearts are fluctuating, how can the castle be kept? After resisting for only an hour, he was defeated. And this defeat is a real defeat, Huye Town, Yulin Town, Shiquan Town, Baishi Town and Huangjia Town, the five towns are lost, and he himself has killed himself with a sword and claimed guilt.
If this fireworks sounded the death knell for the rout of the Kangle people, then the fireworks in the dome completely pronounced their ending. As the first burst egg exploded in the quiet middle of the night, thousands of burst eggs exploded one after another, and Dome City instantly became a purgatory on earth, which can no longer be described as tragic.
When the first rays of sunlight rose in the east, the city in front of me disappeared into thin air. In addition to flesh and blood, there were more fragments of armor in the entire ruins. There is not a single intact wall, not a single formed building, and not a single living person.
The smoke and dust that were still burning were filled with the smell of blood. A few rats sniffed at the burnt meat, and the crows joined in the fun, latching their still connected intestines to the trees to dry as if they were their trophies.
"The fate of the aggressor should be worse than this"! From Lu Yuanhang's face, there was no trace of pity, only hatred in his heart. These people who dragged him into battle and slaughtered his people, he longed to drink their blood and eat their flesh.
"Good news"!
Suzushita took the letter from the messenger's hand and held it to him.
"Read it"!
Pan Yue, who received the order, took the letter, faced the sun, and read aloud: "Lu Xinghe, the head of the Dongduo guard, bowed to the general of the King of Wuling:
Since the teaching, according to the plan, first take Sanggan, then take Huangjia Town, and now take Longshi Fort and the surrounding five towns, the enemy of 100,000 people, collapsed, Chi Yulin, Chu Tianyao and other generations have been awarded. Now, our army is all based on the fortress of Longshi Fort and cut off Chu Tiangang's supply, but the general will not attack himself if he persists for years. When he returns to the division, the general will strike in front of him, and I will strike after him, and there is no reason to be invincible."
Lu Yuanhang laughed when he heard this, and said to the person who came: "Go back and report to your general, Chu Tiangang is no longer worried, ten days later, I will go to meet him in person and discuss the future."