Huzhou, Yucheng.
As a small city in the northwest of Huzhou, due to wars and rebellions, the few people in the city had fled the city earlier.
At this time, the people occupying the city gate were less than two thousand rebels. Hu Fu was wearing a brand new Shu armor and looked out of the city angrily.
The entire city of Yucheng has been completely surrounded by tens of thousands of Beiyu troops.
"General, those Beiyu people did not attack the city immediately."
Hu Fu had a calm expression on his face, remembering Dongfang Jing's words, and immediately asked someone to prepare a white flag begging for surrender, and placed it at the top of the city to show weakness.
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"Begging to surrender." Shentu narrowed his eyes and thought it was funny. These rebels will certainly die. There is no point in begging. He had previously thought that the rebels had some confidence. They had just besieged the city and were already begging for surrender. Furthermore, the Shu soldiers were not in Huzhou at all, which meant that this rebel army was just a lone army.
The defenses of the small town in front of him were really dilapidated. In two hours at most, he was confident of wiping out this wave of rebels.
"Send my military order and prepare to attack the city!"
"General Shentu has orders, prepare to attack the city!"
During the rapid march, there were no large siege equipment, but even just rope hooks and city ladders were enough to take down the entire city gate.
Just as Shentu thought, within a short period of time, the entire Yucheng was already crumbling and was about to be breached. Two of the three city gates are about to be broken.
Shentu narrowed his eyes. As he expected, these rebels were already helpless after the Shu soldiers gave false information.
"Break the city gate and surround the rebels quickly!" Shentu roared angrily. Under the order, the Beiyu army outside the city rushed towards the city crazily.
"I will personally lead the army into the city! If you refuse to surrender, kill all the rebels——"
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Walking down from the top of the city, Hu Fuyi had a murderous look on his face. You know, he has been waiting for this moment for a long time. The crippled strategist from Xishu told him that if he wanted to win back the victory, now was the best opportunity due to the confusion of various intelligences.
This Yucheng is not a place to die, but an urn. If the enemy troops outside the city are introduced into the urn, there will be a fire that will burn these enemy troops to death!
"Come out from the North City Gate!" Hu Fu roared.
Not long after, the remaining rebel soldiers of more than a thousand soldiers quickly followed Hu Fu and prepared to leave Yucheng. In front of their eyes, more and more of Shen Tujiu's troops had entered the city gates, and were fighting fiercely.
"Start the fire, start the fire."
Under the heavy fog, the vision was not clear, and an ambush fire was about to burn in the small Yucheng.
"No, there is kerosene in the city!" First, an alert general shouted in alarm. Next, more and more soldiers began to shout urgently.
In just a moment, after igniting the fire, the kerosene and flammable materials quickly burned. The entire empty Yucheng suddenly turned into a blazing fire. Many of the Beiyu soldiers who rushed in ran outside in shock before they understood what was going on.
Shen Tujiu, who was leading his troops, suddenly turned pale. Thinking it was a great victory, more than 30,000 troops attacked from two city gates, and nearly 10,000 people crowded into the city. But at this time, this small town was already in raging fire.
"No crowding, get out of the city quickly!" Shen Tu said in a trembling voice. He suddenly felt that he was extremely stupid and did not expect to fall into the rebels' trap.
The people outside did not expect that a fire would break out. There are no streams or rivers nearby to draw water from. If you want to get water, you need to go to the river bank twenty or thirty miles away.
"Quick, the general is still inside, think of a way to put out the fire!"
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Huang Zhizhou looked up into the distance with a calm expression.
After hearing the information about the siege ahead, he wiped his knife for a while before leading the army towards the front.
"General, why is there smoke?" A fair-faced general asked.
Huang Zhizhou paused for a moment, and his expression suddenly became anxious.
"No, is it possible that General Shentu was ambushed? Quick, I'll march quickly! Fengzi Fifth Battalion, you can take off your cloak, go to the river bank to wet it, and then meet at the front to put out the fire!"
Under the thick smoke that filled the sky, faint screams of pain could be heard.
By the time Huang Zhizhou and his men arrived, the fire was already raging. There was no water source nearby, so he calmly ordered people to dig out earth to put out the fire, and first opened a city gate to allow the army inside to escape.
"Damn it, why do these rebels know how to lay fire? General Shentu fell into the trap!" General Pi shouted from the side.
Huang Zhizhou stayed calm in the face of danger, led his men and horses, and tried every means to put out the fire. The Fengzi Fifth Battalion, who had previously been ordered to go to the river bank to wet their cloaks, came back not long after.
Accompanying him were Shentu's own troops who also went to fetch water.
"Use a wet cloak to put out the fire at the city gate!"
"If anything happens to General Shentu, I, Huang Zhizhou, will be the one to blame." Grabbing two cloaks, Huang Zhizhou rushed towards the city gate with the help of his martial arts while many people were stunned.
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"There's a fire, strategist, there's a fire!"
Dongfang Jing's face was calm, and he took it lightly many times, but pitifully, the general of the Northern Chongqing Army fell into the trap. Unfortunately, he received Hu Fu's letter and was unwilling to join Xishu after all. Instead, he chose to continue hibernating in Huzhou.
Dongfang Jing sighed.
"Chai Zong, take the refugees and soldiers and prepare to withdraw to Dingbeiguanli."
"Military advisor, have you withdrawn your troops?"
"It's time to withdraw. There is no point in staying here. Hu Fu's side should be hiding in the near future. Of course, I also hope that they will not be found by the people of Beiyu."
"I can't say that the traitor Huang Zhizhou was burned to death!"
Dongfang Jing was silent for a while, "I hope so."
The wooden wheel cart moved forward slowly, and Dongfang Jing's thin figure began to retreat slowly in the direction of Dingbeiguan. In this world, there are many types of military exploits, and it is not just killing the enemy that counts as a military exploit. In this game, the road has been paved, and in the next step, it should gradually become a matter of course.
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"General Huang, General Huang!"
Shen Tujiu, whose face was covered with dirt, was almost burned to death in the city. When he saw Huang Zhizhou risking his life to save him, he shed tears of grief.
"General Huang saved at least thousands of soldiers in the city this time!"
Huang Zhizhou, who was gasping for air, waved his hands hastily, "I said before that you and I are the two armies of each other. How can I just sit idly by and ignore something bad happened to you? Furthermore, General Shentu and I are also old friends."
Shentu's eyes burst into tears, he was speechless and choked for a moment, and could only hold Huang Zhizhou's hand tightly. Only now did he realize that at some point, the back of the central guard general in front of him had been touched by fire. It was burned red and even large pieces of skin were peeled off.
Shentu burst into tears.
"General Shentu, don't do this. You and I have to work together to drive the rebels out of Hebei." Huang Zhizhou comforted, his face still as humble as ever.
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