Just as the West City was falling into a melee, the East City was also brightly lit, with the city above and below as bright as day. Zhang Xutuo also set up a lineup below the city. However, unlike the "civilization" in the West City to persuade them to surrender, Zhang Xutuo had a large number of With siege equipment and a large number of troops, he directly used his own advantages to launch an attack on the east city guarded by Niluo Zhou.
On the front of the city tower, Murong Sanzang commanded a phalanx of catapults and a phalanx of catapults, using stone bullets and crossbows to brutally suppress and bomb the defenders on the front. Zhang Xutuo himself came with a small catapult phalanx. to the northeast.
Several soldiers came to Zhang Xutuo with a baggage soldier. The baggage soldier reported: "General manager, the catapult has been assembled."
Zhang Xutuo stared at the garrison soldiers on the city and asked without looking back: "Have you calculated the distance? Can a small catapult throw a fireball into the city?"
"Reporting to the manager, we have already calculated it. The catapult phalanx is only about a hundred steps away from the enemy at most." The baggage soldier said confidently: "And the big fireball is far less heavy than the stone projectile. With the range of our catapult, it is completely You can throw big fireballs into the city."
"Start, let me burn out those damn Tyuhun people." Zhang Xutuo smiled coldly. As far as he knew, the northeast corner of the city was a large military camp guarding the palace. The camping area was the same as the marching camp. The tent is composed of tents, and the northeast wind happens to be blowing tonight. As long as this area burns, the fire will follow the direction of the wind and quickly move toward the southeast.
Optimistic estimates suggest that half of the city in the south will be a sea of flames; even if this effect is not achieved, the defenders on the east city wall will be driven away by the fire and thick smoke. When daybreak, the Sui army officers can easily Climb to the top of the city and fight into the city.
Soldiers of the Sui Army put fireballs weighing more than 20 kilograms into the iron pocket of the throwing arm. Dozens of soldiers opened the trebuchet. The two-foot-five-foot throwing rod was bent to the limit. A soldier lit the immersion oil. The big fireball burned rapidly, pulling out long flames in the strong wind.
"Let go!" Following the general's order, large fireballs soared into the sky, like comets dragging their tails in the night sky, soaring towards Fuqi City.
The fireball crossed the city wall and the dense shield formation of the defenders, flew into the city, and hit a large tent in the military camp with a "boom". The fires scattered in the tent ignited and burned rapidly in the hunting night wind.
"Boom" one after another, the fireballs streaked across the night sky and flew into the city one after another. One of the fireballs did not break and rolled to the corner of a large tent. The fireball illuminated the tent curtain red and soon the tent was completely destroyed. ignite.
"What happened?" On top of the east city tower, Nile Zhou was directing his soldiers to resist the random stones and crossbow arrows. Suddenly, he heard an uproar from behind and asked sternly.
"Your Majesty, there's a fire in the north. Come out and take a look." A soldier came in to report.
Nile Zhou walked towards the gatehouse and looked north in the corridor. He was so shocked that the sword in his hand fell to the ground.
I saw large fireballs rising from the sky and smashing into the camp in the north. The fire took advantage of the wind and the entire camp was burned. The raging fire was swept to the southeast by the wind, and one tent after another was devoured by the fire. A sea of fire spread over several miles quickly. The soldiers on standby in the camp and the young and strong people who had been forcibly recruited cried for their fathers and mothers and fled desperately in the sea of fire.
However, the wind assisted the fire and caused the fire to spread very quickly. Even if someone was lucky enough to escape from the sea of fire, the sea of red flames that quickly burned them would burn them into flames. The air was soon filled with the aroma of barbecue.
Because of the obstruction of the city wall, the thick smoke formed a huge spiraling smoke column. When the smoke column was higher than the city wall and the resistance disappeared, the rising thick smoke airflow blew southward in the direction of the wind. In a moment, the entire Dongcheng was suppressed by black pressure. shrouded in thick smoke.
"It's over, Tuyuhun is over." Niluo Zhou seemed to have stepped on the air, and his heart fell into the abyss below.
In order to fight a successful offensive and defensive war and leave the royal city victoriously, he mobilized all the young men who could be mobilized in the city. Since the 30,000 soldiers led by the Beigong Battle Station in the West City were elite soldiers, he put all the young men who had been recruited by force into the East City. , In addition, even Murong Shun and his family are there.
Originally, he planned to use the human sea tactic to resist Zhang Xutuo, who also had a large number of people. Once he showed that he could not hold on,
, and immediately fought a bloody path from the east gate. As long as everyone dispersed, he, Murong Shun, and his family could successfully escape through the cover of the numerous rebels.
However, tens of thousands of horses, young masters, and family members have now been burned by the fire, along with the horses and property. Even if some people are lucky enough not to be burned to death by the fire, the billowing smoke can kill them, plus the fire The fire horses are running around everywhere, how can the young master and his family survive? The soldiers on the city also fled down the city wall one after another. They knew that thick smoke was always the most deadly thing in fires. If they did not leave, they would surely suffocate to death in the thick smoke.
"Cough, cough, cough." As Niluo Zhou spoke, thick smoke filled his mouth and nose, choking Niluo Zhou and coughing violently, with tears and runny nose flowing down.
Two soldiers came forward, and without any explanation, they took Niluo Zhou away and ran away. The commander of the soldiers said as he walked: "Your Majesty, even if the Sui army cannot kill us, the thick smoke alone can kill us all. Dongcheng cannot be defended. Stay here, let’s go!”
Niluo Zhou suddenly exerted force, and the two soldiers holding him were caught off guard and were thrown away by him. Niluo Zhou took advantage of the situation and pulled out the sword from the waist of a soldier and put it on his neck. He coughed and howled miserably: "The Great Khan had great trust in me. Before he died, he gave me the young master and asked me to take him away successfully. However, now, I have sent the young master, my parents, wife and children to the most dangerous place." If I let them die in a sea of fire, what face do I have to survive? What face do I have to live in this world? You run for your lives!"
"Your Majesty, please don't be impulsive!" Seeing Nile Zhou directly holding the sword across his neck, the commander of the soldiers was shocked. He wanted to step forward to stop him but it was already too late.
"Poof~" The cold blade pulled hard and quickly cut the throat. The body fell down with splashing blood, and the ground was soon stained red with blood.
"Hahahahaha, your Majesty, take a step slowly, the little horse is coming." The commander of the soldiers laughed loudly, and he also drew his sword and killed himself, falling beside his master.
The soldiers hesitated for a while, but finally did not have the courage to lead the soldiers to commit suicide. They all knelt down in unison, kowtowed heavily to the corpses of their master and leader, and fled down the city wall crying.
Outside the city, Murong Sanzang, Zhang Shou, Liang Yuanli and other Sui generals stood on the Jinglan chariot and directed the soldiers to attack the city. At this moment, they were condescending and saw the city falling like a sea of fire. They were all dumbfounded and gasped from time to time. gas.
"The power of the God of Fire is so terrifying?" Murong Sanzang is a veteran among veterans. He has experienced many battles and is undoubtedly the first person in the Liangzhou Army. However, looking at those struggling and wailing in the sea of fire, rolling on the ground Even the voices of the enemy soldiers trembled slightly: "It is said that in the battle of Gaobiling, Duke Yang burned more than 100,000 rebels to death in a single fire. The rebel Wang Liang was so disheartened that he did not dare to fight again. I used to I thought it was an exaggeration, but now it seems like it’s true!”
"General Murong, actually we have had such a fire in Liangzhou once. When it comes to playing with fire, our Liangzhou army is no weaker than anyone else." Li Jing, who was riding with him, laughed and said very calmly: "Bu When Jia Khan invaded the south, the king used the Fire Ox Formation and the Fire Horse Formation."
"And I, General Manager Zhang, General Yin, General Wei and others introduced the Turkic army into Datong City, and then dropped fireballs from the left and right sides. The fire killed 80,000 to 90,000 Turkic soldiers and countless war horses. The ashes of the buildings in the city and the ashes of people and horses were spread all over the city, and on average, it was at least a foot and a half thick."
Speaking of this, Li Jing said with a wry smile: "We were standing on the mountain, smelling the strong smell of meat and burnt smell, and we all vomited. But the king was really bad. He deliberately invited us to eat barbecue afterwards, and refused to eat. No. It makes us all afraid of him."
Murong Sanzang was speechless when he heard this: "..."
That year, he was the governor and general manager of Kuozhou (Cuihe County). He originally wanted to rush to Zhangye's aid, but the damn Tuguhun people took advantage of the Turks' large-scale southern invasion and suddenly attacked the three counties of Chuihe, Xiping and Lintao, making him Liang Mo, the governor of Shanzhou (Xiping), and Zhang Jun, the governor of Taozhou (Lintao), were unable to advance westward, so they were unable to participate in that vigorous battle. Since he was not involved, he naturally had no way of knowing many details.
However, good and evil will eventually be rewarded. Murong Fuyun was opportunistic and cooperated with Bujia Khan to conquer the Sui Dynasty, hoping to get a piece of fat from it.
The meat was not shared, but it angered Yang Ji and the late emperor who believed in "if you don't accept it, you will do it, and after you do it, you will take it", thus laying the groundwork for today's demise.
When Murong Sanzang thought of these old things and looked at the Tuyuhun people who were screaming miserably in the fire, his mood was no longer sympathetic, but happy.
You deserve to die!
Who gave you an arrogant and overestimating Great Khan?
"General Zhu, what is the king's order?" On the other side, Zhang Xutuo was questioning the stupid Zhu Can.
"It's nothing!" Zhu Can replied to Zhang Xutuo and continued to watch the fire. When he saw a horse being burned to death, he felt extremely regretful. If he was asked to roast it, he would never do this.
Zhang Xutuo slapped him off his horse and said angrily: "Old Zhu, if you don't tell me, I will roast you into a roast pig. Do you believe it or not?"
After Zhu Can found him, he was watching the fire, and then applauded happily. When he asked him something, he said nothing and just watched the fire. Although it didn't take much time, Zhang Xutuo, as a leader, The military commander, however, took every breath and every breath very seriously. He couldn't figure out the reason after repeated questions, and he began to get angry in his heart.
Zhu Can trembled, climbed up quickly, and said: "General Zhang, the Xicheng bandit army has blown up the camp, and they are killing each other fiercely. The king asked you to launch an attack, but this should be useless, because you did It must be quite beautiful.”
Zhang Xutuo glared at Zhu Can and shouted at him: "Don't give me nonsense, keep talking!"
Zhu Can's ears were ringing from the roar, and he was afraid that Zhang Xutuo couldn't hear him, so he also said loudly: "The king gives you two tasks. One is to launch an attack, and the other is to spread out the troops to cooperate with Yang Yichen in Nancheng and Beicheng. Xue Shixiong surrounded the city and did not allow anyone to escape."
Zhang Xutuo also made him roar until his ears buzzed, but he understood what Zhu Can meant. He picked his ears and asked, "Xue Shixiong is in charge of Beicheng now, right?"
"Yes!" Zhu Can said loudly: "The king put Xue Shixiong, Li Daliang, and Dugu Pingyun in charge of Beicheng. At the same time, he asked Achi and Po Chaoqi to help Yang Yichen. The mission is not to allow anyone to escape."
"Why are you yelling so loudly?" Zhang Xutuo couldn't stand this fool anymore.
"Fool, do you understand?" Zhu Can said.
"..." Zhang Xutuo was speechless upon hearing this. This fool that everyone knew actually called him a fool?
"Fool, do you understand?" Zhu Can asked again.
"I understand!" Zhang Xutuo smiled bitterly and said, "Go back and tell the king that I understand."
"Someone actually admits that he is a fool, and he is indeed a fool." Taking advantage, Zhu Can immediately climbed onto the horse's back and fled as fast as he could.
Zhang Xutuo was too lazy to argue with this idiot and immediately ordered his soldiers: "Order Xue Ju to march to the south of the city and fight with Yang Yichen; order Yuchi Gong to march to the north and fight with Xue Shixiong. No one is allowed to escape, otherwise, the military law will engage in."
"Here!" Upon hearing this, the soldiers immediately dispersed.
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