A place in the east city of Hangzhou is a hell on earth.
The blazing temperature spreads along the wind, and even in the other three directions, the scorching breath can be felt from a distance.
The east wind blew, and the flames rolled straight into the sky. The sky was thick with smoke, and the black ash seemed to be moving black clouds, howling and blowing forward.
Above the West Lake, layers of dust fell.
Life is like spring flowers and autumn grass, they come like wind and rain and go like fine dust.
The people in Hangzhou stayed behind closed doors, knowing that something big had happened. Hiding in their houses, even if they were far apart, they could vaguely hear the sound of roaring fires, crackling sounds, and miserable howls.
The merchants and homes on that street in the east city have long since moved away, leaving empty houses with not only wood but also various things that are easy to burn.
Zhao Tong promised to double the compensation for these houses. Fang La set out from Hangzhou that day and visited Huzhou and Xiuzhou. He must have looted a lot of property in these two places.
He asked Fang Gu and found out that Fang La did not send anything back to Hangzhou. He just kept these belongings with the army and distributed them as military pay or rewards after the war.
Therefore, this part of the money is in the bandit army. Whether it is distributed or not, it is still in the army. He can intercept this money and compensate the merchants. Even if it is only part of it, it is enough.
As for such a large fire attack, there is not so much kerosene, but in addition to kerosene, the most indispensable thing in a big city like Hangzhou is lamp oil. Various vegetable lamp oils and meat lamp oils boiled from animals and wild animals can be used as fire starters. fuel.
At this moment, the bandits trapped in the huge fire field were falling down one by one. It was difficult to identify the direction in the fireworks. Many people fled in panic, but they got into the shops on both sides that were already on fire and were killed alive. Burn to death.
Nowhere is safe, there is fire all around, there is smoke on the other side where there is no fire, and the temperature can cook people...
Fang La was stunned when the fire around him started. Only then did he understand what General Lu meant by the fierce fire oil, and then he realized how ridiculous it was that he only had more soldiers than the other party.
War and military affairs are not just about wielding swords and clubs and exercising strength. It does not mean that if you are strong in martial arts, you will be able to fight, and you will definitely be able to win the war.
Fang La, Wang Laofu, Chen Houtong and all the other generals under him were all extremely talented in martial arts. Almost all of them were proficient in martial arts and could fight against ten people, a hundred people, or even hundreds of people.
But among these people, only a few of them truly understood military affairs and knew how to fight. There was only one general, Lu, who knew battlefield strategies and battle opportunities. Unfortunately, this general Lu had no power and was a weak scholar.
Fang La was able to sneer all the way, beheading states and seizing cities. What he relied on was not the ability to fight, but the number of people. The believers below were not afraid of life and death and marched forward bravely. The Song troops in the two Zhejiang provinces themselves had little fighting power. The officials fled the battle, abandoned the city and ran away. road.
But as the battlefield was consumed a little bit, the number of troops snowballed, new people were replaced by old people, and the waves behind pushed the waves ahead. The earliest believers who joined the religion before the uprising had been overwhelmed by the new troops.
Later, although these people also had scripture evangelists who preached some scripture meanings, they were careless and went through the motions in a hurry before going out to fight.
These people are not very familiar with Mingjiao scriptures. It is impossible for them to believe in Mingzun and not be afraid of death.
Therefore, the combat power of Fang La's army is actually weaker now than it was at the beginning.
It can be seen from the fire right now that although some old believers are panicking, they are not afraid in their hearts. Seeing that they can't run out, they even sit down cross-legged, recite Sunlight Chanting or other scriptures, and close their eyes. .
The newcomers, however, screamed and ran around like headless flies, but no matter how hard they ran, they fell down and died soon after.
Fang La only realized after the fire started. It wasn't that he wasn't smart enough. As he said before, he was specialized in the art. Not only him, but also Wang Laofu didn't think it was fire oil when they smelled the smell.
Burning the enemy with kerosene has not been mentioned even in the three-pointers. There are many fire attacks in the three-pointers, but they are mostly dry firewood, fodder, sulfur, fire and saltpeter. There is no mention of strong kerosene, so Fang La did not expect that everyone Shoya didn't think about it, but instead thought about the smell of tree paint.
What's more, there are so many troops in Hangzhou City, so how can we say fire attack? Just light it up? There is no wood, hay or other things piled up on the road. It will take time to light a fire. These soldiers and horses are not vegetarians. How can they not find it?
But General Lu thought about it. General Lu was always thoughtful and read a lot of books, including the art of war. Especially after joining the Mingjiao, he no longer read any sage doctrines and only studied the Mingjiao scriptures and military books.
Later, even when we went to the city, others were busy searching for gold, silver and jewelry from wealthy families. Only he went to read the books and got some secret military books that were extremely difficult to buy from these wealthy families, so he studied them when he had nothing to do.
Fighting during the day and learning the art of war at night, combining theory with practice, his skills improved by leaps and bounds. However, Fang La often insisted on going his own way and did not listen to him, which made him quite distressed.
Today, whether he was in front of the city and saw Zhao Tong playing the piano and planning to empty the city, or entering the city and seeing no one in the streets, he was full of doubts.
Zhuge Kongming's empty city strategy was successful because, on the one hand, no one had ever used it before, and on the other hand, he understood that Sima Zhongda was a very suspicious person.
But in today's world, there are not many people who know about the story of the empty city. Although it is not written in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, there are many unofficial legends since the Ji, Han and Jin Dynasties. Especially in this dynasty, storytellers were popular in the world and talked about the Three Kingdoms. The story of being separated is so popular that even ordinary people in the city don’t hear about it.
But Zhao Tong chose to come out in such a formation. He was the prince of Zhao Song, so it was impossible for him to understand the character of Shenggong Fangla, and Shenggong was not an indecisive and suspicious person.
Wouldn't it be stupid or bad to still act like this?
Speaking of stupidity, General Lu doesn't think Zhao Tong looks like a stupid person. How can a stupid person fight all the way to Hangzhou?
That means something is broken, there is a trap, there is an ambush!
However, he had carefully considered it in his heart before. There were only so many soldiers in Hangzhou, so what if there were ambushes and traps?
Even if half of the men and horses were lost, they would still be invincible. What's more, the team was still in the city. It would be strange not to turn the world upside down.
Therefore, General Lu couldn't figure it out. Even if the Thousand Jin Gate fell, he was sure that this was Zhao Tong's plan, but he still couldn't figure out what strategy the other party wanted to use.
Until Pang Wanchun said that the smell was pungent, he was confused and had a splitting headache thinking about it.
But when Pang Wanchun said it smelled like lacquer, he suddenly had an idea and remembered that lacquer can burn.
From this, I thought of fire attack again, and I couldn't help but be shocked. In this case, if the opponent wanted to ambush and win, there were only two ways, water attack or fire attack.
But a water attack should be impossible. After all, diverting water from the West Lake is not enough to flood the city. To divert water from Qiantang, let alone how huge the project is. Even if it can be done, the entire Hangzhou will be flooded. No distinction is made between the enemy and ourselves. I will kill myself. , so this should be excluded.
If it's a fire attack, everyone will smell like paint, but it's not that easy to burn new paint. It probably still needs to be dried out, and there needs to be substrate wood and other things.
But along the way, I didn't find any clues like that. The road was very clean, and I didn't see lacquered wood or dry firewood standing on the side of the road.
At this time, General Lu suddenly remembered a book he had read before. This book was written by Shen Kuo, Shen Zong's envoy during the Xining period. The book was called "Mengxi Bi Tan". There was one thing recorded in it, which was kerosene.
He has never used kerosene, but he has seen border merchants come to Hangzhou to sell it. They say it can replace lamp oil, but the business of the merchants is not good. People who have used it say that the smoke is very choking and extremely unbearable.
At that time, he smelled it specially and had some memories of the smell of kerosene.
Pang Wanchun's words reminded him. When he thought of lacquer, he thought of fire attack. When he thought of fire attack, he thought of the record about the flammability of kerosene in "Mengxi Bi Tan". He also thought of the smell he had smelled before. When he recalled it carefully, he couldn't help but be shocked. She was so pale that even her heart almost jumped out of her arms.
If it were kerosene, the army would be in danger!
Since this thing can be used as lamp oil, wouldn’t it be easy to use at a moment’s notice?
He hurriedly reminded Fang La. Fang La was angered by the sneak attack and was in a hurry to mobilize his troops. It took several times to hear clearly, but he did not realize what the smell of kerosene meant.
General Lu's heart was filled with despair at that moment, and in just a few short breaths, the fire broke out and there was no way out.
Fang La was stunned when the fire started, and realized how ridiculous he was. Then he hurriedly looked at General Lu: "Commander, what should we do?"
Seeing the flames covering all directions almost instantly, General Lu felt his hands and feet were cold and remained silent.
Seeing him like this, Fang La couldn't help frowning and shouting: "Military advisor, can you break out of the encirclement?"
General Lu still didn't speak, and Fang La didn't wait for him and directly ordered the army to rush forward.
We can't retreat back. Behind us is the city gate. There will be no way out and we can only burn that side.
But after rushing forward for a short distance, I couldn't rush through anymore. The blazing fire was not something that a human body could easily pass through, not to mention the thick black smoke. After just a few breaths, my head became dizzy and I fell into a coma. land.
As a last resort, Fang La had to lead his men back again. At this time, the army began to become chaotic. This was an army of tens of thousands. Some soldiers did not obey the command and ran to both sides. They were either burned to death or choked to death by the smoke.
Fang La looked at some veterans sitting on the ground and began to chant: "The raging fire is burning my broken body. How can life be joyful and death be painful? To eliminate evil for good, only light is the reason. Joy and sorrow will all return to the dust. Have mercy on me." The world is full of sorrows!"
He panicked in an instant. Seeing people falling down one after another, he felt extremely impatient and had no choice but to look at General Lu again.
General Lu had no martial arts skills and could not hold his breath. At this time, his face was very ugly and he was coughing non-stop.
Fang La's eyes were already red, and he shouted at General Lu: "Teach me, military advisor!"
General Lu looked at him and said reluctantly: "Holy, Holy Duke, with martial arts, go up the city wall, go...go..."
Fang La was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but look regretful. He had heard General Lu's words before entering the city and had already thought of a way to attack the city. I'm afraid something like this wouldn't have happened now, but now it was too late to regret.
He stretched out his arm, grabbed General Lu and put him on his horse, and then shouted to the general approaching: "Follow me to the city!"
The stairs leading to the city head on both sides of the city gate are blocked from bottom to top by huge rocks and other objects. They are steep and high, almost as high as the city.
In this situation, it is simply impossible to open a passage below. The layers are accumulated and the weight reaches at least hundreds of thousands of kilograms. If you want to move it, you can only move it from top to bottom.
Ordinary soldiers can't climb up at all, even those with some martial arts skills can't climb up. Only those who are truly strong in martial arts, know how to make light bodies, and can fly over walls and walls can give it a try.
And Fang La led people back to the city gate, only to see that there were dead bodies everywhere, and the temperature was extremely high. Even the huge stone walls had become pitch black, flashing with fire and steaming. It was obvious that something had been smeared on them before. , just burned out.
Fang La wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand. His face was burned red and his eyes were blurry.
If he were an ordinary person, running around like this, he would have been burned to death long ago. It was only because of his martial arts that he could hold his breath and not fall down.
Almost everyone around him was like this. Even Wang Laofu was not going anywhere. Fang Baihua was in the worst condition at the moment. His body was swaying and he was about to fall. The horse under him could not hold on and suddenly snorted. Kneel down on your knees and lie down with a "plop".
Wang Laofu hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Fang Baihua to prevent her from falling.
At this time, looking inside the city gate, Deng Yuanjue stumbled over: "Holy, Holy Duke... you can't open the Thousand Jin Gate. The gate is so hot that your hands will be cooked if you touch it."
Fang La glanced at him, took a deep breath, and ordered: "Climb the stone wall and go up the city wall!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a shower of arrows came from above the stone wall. Everyone had to grit their teeth to endure the heat, get closer to the stone wall, and dodge the arrow attacks.
But then the people above started to throw things down again, such as bricks, stones, tiles, earthworks, sand and ashes. However, because they were close to the front, after the things above hit them, they were still some distance away from the stone wall. There were also weapons being fired, so at most they suffered some minor injuries. .
"Up, up, up!" Fang La roared. Most of them had tiger claws flying around their bodies, but those who didn't pulled out daggers and daggers, plunged them into the cracks in the rocks, and climbed up little by little.
At this time, the objects thrown from above became more dense and frequent. Immediately, several generals and leaders with weaker martial arts were smashed down. They were already weak due to the fire, and they fell to death as soon as they fell.
By the time they reached the halfway point of the stone wall, the number of people was less than half that of when they first climbed up, with only about twenty people left.
Fang La held General Lu between his arms, not knowing whether he was dead or alive, while Wang Laofu walked in front with Fang Baihua on his back, his face looking very heavy.
The stone wall was scalding hot, and the people behind were getting slower and slower. The two of them were able to change the sky, had advanced martial arts skills, and could easily resist attacks from above, so their speed did not slow down.
But at this moment, a splash of scalding hot water suddenly poured down on them, and the two of them hurriedly changed their positions using Qinggong. However, those below did not all have such skills. They screamed in agony, and immediately fell down a few more.
Fang La's face was clouded, and he didn't look back. He just climbed up with all his heart, but suddenly something dropped from the top of the stone wall. This time, it was lamp oil mixed with kerosene, and it rained down like rain.
Fang La yelled, took off the cloak behind him, waved his hands to cover it, and danced so tightly that all the oil was blown away.
The same was true for Wang Laofu over there, but many people behind him were stained with kerosene.
Fang La knew something was wrong at this time, and hurriedly glanced at Wang Laofu: "Wang Gong, be careful of the rockets above!"
Wang Laofu was dressed as a monk. Although his beard and hair were white, he was as tall as Fang La. At this time, he only heard him say: "Holy Duke, let me clear the way!"
Fang La immediately fell silent. There must be Song troops on the stone wall waiting to block and kill them. Those who go up first will face the thunder attack. Wang Laofu wanted to protect his own safety and get to the city.
At this moment, kerosene and lamp oil were sprinkled from above. Accompanying the oil were fluffy rockets. These rockets had cloth heads tied in front, burning kindling, and shot downward.
Some of these arrows were shot at people, and some were shot at stone walls. Immediately, some generals were hit by the arrows and fell down. The place where there was kerosene and lamp oil on the stone wall instantly glowed with a layer of fire. Although it was not big, But the temperature suddenly rose, and the people whose clothes had been stained with kerosene were immediately ignited, screaming and struggling, but at this moment, they were hanging in the air, there was no room to put out the fire, and they fell to the ground within a few seconds, either falling to death or burning to death. .
Fang La kept changing his body position on the stone wall. This was because he relied on the sky to change his bones and tendons. Otherwise, even if he was not burned, he would definitely be injured.
Over there, Wang Laofu suddenly accelerated his movement. He did not use weapons such as flying grasp, but controlled two judge pens with one hand. The two pens alternated back and forth. Just a little bit in the crack of the stone wall drove his body to leap upward.
At this time, he had surpassed Fang La, and was only one or two feet away from the top. All the attacks from above began to attack him, and the pressure on Fang La's side suddenly decreased.
Just watch him stand up again, exhale suddenly, and let out a shocking roar. The roar was so loud that it was deafening, piercing the clouds and cracking stones, and shaking people's hearts.
Fang La heard it clearly. This was Wang Laofu's secret skill of pressing the box, called Tianlong Yin, which is as famous as the lion's roar in Shaoshi Mountain in Zhongzhou. They are both secret techniques of hurting people with sound.
This loud roar made the defenders on the stone wall tremble and their movements sluggish. Wang Laofu took advantage of this opportunity to jump up again, and his feet landed on the top of the city.
But just when he fell down and was still standing, a cold light carrying murderous intent suddenly shot directly from the bottom of the tower not far away.
This is a crossbow arrow. Not only is this arrow incredibly fast, but the heat and timing are also impeccable.
At this moment, when Wang Laofu's old strength was exhausted and his new strength was not renewed, he saw the arrow heading straight for his chest, and his snow-white eyebrows suddenly stood up. He was currently weak in strength and could not avoid it under normal circumstances, but he The sky changed five ways, and his body suddenly bent sideways.
This is something that ordinary people simply can't do. Even if someone forcibly bends the body to the side, there is only one result, that is, the waist bone is broken, and the person is either dead or disabled.
Although Wang Laofu managed to do this and dodged the crossbow arrow, he slipped to the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Although he is a master, the martial art of Sky Transformation does not depend on your level, but only depends on which level you have practiced. He only has the fifth level of Sky Transformation. It is still a bit reluctant to perform this action, not to mention that when the strength is not enough, he immediately He was seriously injured.
At this time, the soldiers at the top of the city had already reacted to the shock of Tianlong Yin, but they had received the order and did not step forward. They quickly took out their hand crossbows and fired at Wang Laofu.
The power of this hand crossbow is much greater than that of a bow and arrow, and its firing speed is also faster than that of a bow and arrow. Several rays of light rushed towards the old Buddha.
After Wang Laofu used his remaining strength to knock away more than a dozen crossbow arrows on the ground, he could no longer resist the other arrows. He used his seriously injured body to protect Fang Baihua behind him, allowing those crossbow arrows to hit his body and throat. While rolling, another mouthful of blood spurted out violently.
Fang La had jumped up from the stone wall at this time. Seeing this scene, his eyes couldn't help but burst. He shouted and rushed forward. His fists were like heavy mountains, and in the blink of an eye he flew away and killed more than a dozen crossbow-wielding soldiers. , rushed to Wang Laofu.
"Wang Gong!"
Wang Laofu was on the verge of death at this moment, and his lips moved: "Holy Duke, take... take the flowers and go quickly!"
After saying that, as soon as his eyes closed, the great master died like this under the sword.
"Ahhhhh!" Fang La couldn't help shouting in the sky at this moment. He waved his big sleeves to knock away the arrows, and pulled Fang Baihua out from behind Wang Laofu. Fang Baihua's face turned pale and he passed out.
Fang La held Fang Baihua under his arm, only to see countless more flying crossbow arrows coming at him. However, he was far away from the fire, and he was not seriously injured like Fang Laofu. He actually used his skill to block the arrows while heading towards the battlements. Sweep away.
"Master Fang, where are you going?"
A cold voice suddenly sounded, and he saw a sword light coming from far to near, as fast as lightning, heading towards him.
"Zhao Tong!" Fang La gritted his teeth, but he didn't dare to fight. He kept walking and slid forward.
But this sword was so fast that it seemed to have locked onto him. Fang La's body movements could not move faster than the light of the sword. As soon as he reached the edge of the city, the sword also arrived!
At this moment, Fang La was shocked. He found that he could not avoid this sword!
Zhao Tong's sword can only be blocked, not dodgeable!
The eleventh deadly sword!
"Ah!" Fang La suddenly made a palm with his left hand and struck hard at the sword light.
At this moment, the sword light actually trembled slightly.
Grandmaster? Fang La is the master? Sure enough, he has been hiding his martial arts skills!
Zhao Tong's heart skipped a beat. He didn't expect that Fang La was also a master. If he wasn't a master, he wouldn't be able to impress him with this sword!
Unexpectedly, in addition to Fang Qifu, Fang La is also the master of Mingjiao!
But what about the Grandmaster? It is impossible for the Grandmaster to resist this eleventh sword with his bare hands!
Fang La's left arm exploded into a ball of blood mist in an instant, and the entire arm was shattered by Mo Xie's sword.
But then Fang La's body emerged from the city wall at an incredible angle, like a swimming fish.
The sky becomes the sixth way? !
Zhao Tong's pupils shrank, and Fang La had actually mastered the sixth sky transformation!
He hurriedly chased after him and looked outside the city. He saw Fang La carrying Fang Baihua behind him, lying on his back so as not to fall. He held the flying grab with his remaining right hand and slid down the city wall. Feizhu made a harsh sound as he rubbed against the city wall, splashing out countless sparks, but it also slowed down his fall.
At this time, soldiers gathered around him and were about to shoot arrows. Zhao Tong squinted at Fang Baihua on Fang La's back and waved his hand.
Except for one right arm, Fang La's entire body was hidden under Fang Baihua. Even if he shot an arrow, it would not be able to hit him at all. Instead, he would directly shoot Fang Baihua to death.
Fang La has now used his biological sister as a shield!
Zhao Tong's face turned a little dark. He snorted coldly and turned around. At this moment, two more people climbed up from outside the stone wall. He said coldly: "Shoot them all and leave no one alive!" (End of Chapter)
