"surrender?"
"You actually thought of surrendering at this time?"
"Among those who surrendered, was Cao Kang among them?"
Fan Hanzhong thought for a moment and asked the man.
"There is no Cao Kang, most of them are ordinary soldiers!"
The visitor said to Fan Hanzhong.
"Tell them that if they want to survive, take off all their clothes, crawl into the trench and wait!"
Fan Hanzhong said to the man.
Although he doesn't want to take these prisoners, their current number is really not less than these thousands. Besides, there is already a shortage of food and grass. After the prisoners come, they still have to give them food and grass, which makes it even more difficult. .
But Fan Hanzhong heard that Cao Kang did not surrender, which meant that there were still many people around Cao Kang.
Perhaps these people did not refuse to surrender, but were worried that they would be killed if they surrendered.
Maybe he is watching inside.
That's why Fan Hanzhong thought of using the surrender of these people to attract the remaining people to defect as well, which would save trouble.
Let’s lure Cao Kang out first.
As for making them take off their clothes, they were worried that they might hide the murder weapon.
If these people don't really want to surrender, but the purpose is to kill them in order to get close to them, then they have to be on guard.
And if they really want to surrender, it doesn't matter to them whether they take off their clothes or not at this time.
Sure enough, after a while, all the troops who came out from Cao Kang's side jumped into the trench.
But when those people in the woods saw that taking off their clothes could save their lives, they took off their clothes one by one and ran towards the trench.
Cao Kang was about to take a breath, but he saw countless naked men rushing outside.
I almost vomited blood in anger, but it was too late to stop it.
I can only watch as there are fewer and fewer people around me.
At this time, inside the encirclement, Ma Yaohan's men had nowhere to go. They originally wanted to rush out, but before they could rush outside, they were beaten back by arrows and stones.
In the end, I had no choice but to stay still, not daring to move forward at all.
"General, there is no movement inside until now."
"It is estimated that the people inside know that we are ambushing outside and will not approach easily. Should we go in with our troops?"
"At this point they are scared out of their wits and can easily win."
A general asked Fan Hanzhong.
"The only people left inside are Cao Kang and Fan Hanzhong, right?"
"Is it necessary to keep these people?"
"In this case, send someone quickly to tell Zhangzhou Mu the situation here."
Fan Hanzhong thought for a while and decided to ask Zhang Bao.
After all, there are both Cao Kang and Ma Yaohan, who can be regarded as the two previous opponents.
Whether to rush in and kill them or capture them alive, Fan Hanzhong couldn't decide on his own after what happened to everyone last time.
Not long after, the scout came back, holding a letter from Zhang Bao.
Fan Hanzhong opened it and was immediately delighted.
"It seems that our Zhangzhou shepherd likes to play with fire when he has nothing to do. When we were in Shaanzhou, we set fire to the cities before. I heard that when we were in Sanhe County, we set fire to the mountains. It was really awesome. "
Fan Hanzhong handed the letter in his hand to several generals.
The above information is quite simple:
Set fire in the trench, leaving no one behind!
For Zhang Bao, there is no need to keep these people, whether it is Cao Kang or Ma Yaohan.
As for the troops inside, they have all fought until now, but those who can stay are basically unlikely to surrender casually.
There is no point in keeping these people.
As for arson, I just didn't want to lose Fan Hanzhong's men in vain because of their final trapped beast fight.
This time Fan Hanzhong and the others attacked the capital and had already lost a lot of people. If the losses continued, the subsequent battle would be unsustainable. After all, Zhang Bao and the others were about to face other battles.
"Give me the order to immediately prepare rockets and attack inside!"
Fan Hanzhong immediately said to everyone.
After the fire, all that was left inside were all kinds of heart-rending shouts.
Because the fire spreads from the outside to the inside, there is no way for the people inside to escape. They can only keep compressing, trampling, and falling down.
When those who had escaped into the trench saw the raging fire behind them, they were completely stunned.
If they hadn't escaped so decisively just now, they might have turned into ashes now.
As for Cao Kang or Ma Yaohan, no matter how powerful their men and horses are, they have no power to resist this kind of flame.
Zhang Bao used this trick again and again because he knew the power of this kind of flame before.
Now there are trenches outside, which are equivalent to ready-made fire breaks.
At worst, the area inside will be burned down.
Nothing is off limits.
The fire continued to burn until night.
A royal palace, a dense forest, two fires, echoing each other...
Early the next morning.
In front of Fan Hanzhong and the others, everything had turned gray-white.
All the trees and things that could burn were burned down.
However, most of the people inside did not burn, but were mostly killed by the smoke.
There were not enough trees in the forest to ignite them, but they did not burn.
"General, do we... still need to go in and take a look?"
One of the generals swallowed his saliva and asked.
"Bury them all, alas..."
"This is a serious matter. When I asked people to dig this trench, I really didn't expect to stop them and burn them to death. Who could have imagined that it would end like this again."
"It's a pity that Cao Kang and Ma Yaohan were considered heroes for a lifetime, but they died here inexplicably."
"Looking at it like this, I guess we may not be able to find all the corpses."
"Clean up the battlefield."
Fan Hanzhong shook his head helplessly.
Their previous battles were all actual battlefields, and they always felt a little different from the current situation.
It was as if he was holding back his energy and wanted to have a real fight with the opponent, but before it even started, the opponent was on fire.
Fan Hanzhong was disappointed but also somewhat fortunate.
At least this way, his troops can basically be saved.
…
Inside the capital at this time.
The fire that had been burning for two days and two nights finally began to extinguish.
For the people in the capital, looking at the ruined palace in front of them, they always feel that something is missing. With this palace, the city they are in is the capital.
Without this palace, this city is just an ordinary city.
Not to mention, in recent times, since Cao Kang became emperor, the capital has suffered a lot.
Although ordinary people did not participate in the battle, for them, they were inevitably affected by the process.
