Before the large number of siege troops gathered under the city could fully react, the flames rising under their feet were already raging. When the soldiers saw this, they immediately realized that the sneak attack was unsuccessful, and they immediately began to flee backwards. Most of the people who didn't open their eyes were still standing stupidly, swarming up the ladder.
Some soldiers even tried to put out the rising flames with their feet. However, they had stepped on the wet grease firewood before, and their lower bodies were already covered with grease. This step became a veritable "fire". The clothes of hundreds of siege soldiers burned instantly.
And these stupid young people were actually screaming and rolling on the ground to put out the fire. Little did they know that this move ignited more fires and ignited all the firewood around them. In an instant, fires broke out in all directions, and the fire took advantage of the wind and burned like crazy.
Once the firewood that has absorbed enough grease catches fire, the fire will be unstoppable and will burn even more violently with the help of the strong night wind. The entire area under the city wall turned into a sea of fire in a short period of time.
Countless soldiers were ignited by the fire. They screamed and cried and struggled and ran in the firelight, but there was fire everywhere and there was no way to escape. Occasionally, someone rushed out of the sea of fire and threw themselves into the moat. Unfortunately, the moat had dried up long ago and could not extinguish the flames on them. They could only roll around on the muddy ground. The fire was out, and they were all burned and dying.
A large number of soldiers whose whole bodies were on fire were running around like headless flies. The smell of burnt flesh and hair was pungent and unpleasant. The soldiers were covered in fire and ran around. Some of them hit the city wall and fell to the ground. Others did not escape the sea of fire but fell to the ground and burned with white smoke billowing from their bodies. This scene was almost unbearable.
The soldiers on the ground in the sea of fire were miserable, and the soldiers under the ladder were even worse. Being in mid-air, the ground is full of fire above, and the city walls and enemy troops are below. It can be said that it is from the sky to the ground. Fireworks rose and flames burned, and the soldiers were like barbecues being skewered under the ladder. They were roasted until their skin was crispy and their flesh was rotten, and they fell into the sea of fire one by one.
I was so confused that I knew there was only one way to climb down the city wall. But before we climbed down to the top of the ladder, we were attacked mercilessly by the defenders, and Xiao Ming didn't even have a chance to surrender.
While tens of thousands of soldiers were wailing and struggling in the sea of fire, the soldiers in front stopped and fled forward desperately. We were lucky that we had not rushed into this sea of hellfire on the city walls. We would have been foolish to run at this time.
However, the sparse arrow rain from the top of the city still poured towards the city. Tens of thousands of feather arrows intertwined into a small life-threatening net, pouring down on the head and face, making the densely packed attackers within the range of an arrow. All the soldiers in the city were enveloped by the skynet.
Arrows were fired round after round, and the soldiers under the ground were cleared one by one. The fleeing soldiers only wished they had no ribs to give them wings, and they only wished their parents had fewer legs. It is only right to throw away all weapons and shields at this moment. Any cumbersome things that hinder the escape must be discarded.
At this moment, the war is not over yet, and the enemy troops have been severely damaged, but Li Yuan will definitely give us a chance to make a comeback. The enemy's morale collapsed, and it was time for another force to attack.
The generals went to Wang Jingguo to inquire, but Wang Jingguo scolded them one by one. Wang Jingguo knew Li Yuan's plan. The 20,000 cavalry were the frontline force. They were recharging their strength to kill the enemy in a worse way. They were dispatched because the time had not come yet.
Li Yuan also covered his nose, feeling sick in his heart. Li Yuan actually didn't want to use that cruel method of killing the enemy, but I had to use it. Even if a small part of the dead opponents were special ordinary people who pushed back the enemy's formation, Zou Jie knew that once Tanzhou was captured, If it is broken, those people will become wild beasts.
The small fires in the city came and went slowly. After all, they were flammable but long-lasting burning things like firewood and grease. Before a fierce small fire, it can continue to burn. But even with a small fire lasting just as long as a stick of incense, the seven or eight thousand siege soldiers on the city were swallowed up by the small fire. The ground was covered with burnt white corpses, each one twisted in grotesque shapes. There was green smoke and a foul odor.
Zouping agreed repeatedly and immediately sent orders to prepare horses.
"Send the order, the entire Xiaoqi camp will attack and break through the enemy camp! Zouping, order the cavalry team to prepare and prepare horses for me." Zou Jie issued a series of orders.
In front, when a small fire broke out on the city, Zhang Wenbiao, who was watching the battle from a low position on horseback, was slightly shocked. Before they had time to learn the specific situation, the siege troops and horses from the rear had nothing to do and fled forward like a tide. The news came a long time ago, and the other side was not prepared. Moreover, the fire in the city was fierce and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, so there was no way to stop it. Zhang Wenbiao was stunned for a moment and decisively gave the order to withdraw his troops.
Under the small streets within the eight city gates in the southeast and north, Wang Jingguo's 20,000 cavalry have been here since noon, fully armed, waiting for orders. The small battle that ended at noon has been in full swing, but the cavalry have always been able to Participating in the war made the generals and subordinates of the Xiaoqi battalion so nervous that they were smoking. Watching others fight while 20,000 heavily armored elite cavalry were idle in Tanzhou City, it was simply a kind of torture.
The same scene happened on the battlefield south of Tanzhou City. The 20,000 siege soldiers sent by Zhang Gu were also burned by the fire, but because the focus was on the east city direction, there was no limit to grease, and the ground under the south city was covered with There was dry grass and firewood, and Nancheng had the back of the wind, so the fire could spread quickly, thus giving Nancheng's siege troops a chance to escape.
Group after group of soldiers were hit by arrows and fell to the ground. We were lucky to die immediately, but for fear of being hit by these soldiers, we had arrows stuck under our legs, feet, and shoulders. We ran and ran and had nowhere to hide, so we could only crawl back screaming. But the broken arrows left us with no hope of living, and that was the worst part.
Since the opponent has no precautions, a sneak attack is meaningful, and our own troops are about to collapse at the first touch and are in danger of fleeing. The first priority is to retreat, but to quickly gather the troops and stabilize the morale of the troops to avoid something more difficult to control.
It was also freezing cold below the city wall. The Chu soldiers guarding the city covered their noses one by one as they dared to get close to the inside of the city wall. We suffered from the heat of the cold waves, and even more so from the smell of the burnt corpses. Few people lay down on the city wall and vomited.
Tens of thousands of siege soldiers threw away their armor and fled cleanly in just a quarter of an hour. The ground above the city was covered with corpses and weapons, and there were clusters of arrows stuck in the ground, like sparse weeds that suddenly grew up.
Li Yuan has always adhered to the principle that once he leaves the battlefield and holds a weapon in his hand, he is no longer called a civilian. Any opponent holding a weapon is an enemy, and Li Yuan will definitely show no mercy.
Even so, under the double blow of bows, arrows and fire, we collapsed at the same moment as the Dongcheng siege troops, suffering heavy casualties.
