Xie Ming

Chapter 219 The whole city is on fire!

The Guanning Army led by Wu Sangui bombarded the city with numerous artillery pieces. By evening, they finally blew open two large gaps in the East Gate!
His subordinate, General Hu Xinshui of the Left Camp, volunteered to lead more than a thousand cavalrymen from his own army and prepare to attack the city!

At the critical moment, in front of the Dongguan city tower.

"Immortality!"

"quick!"

"Order the soldiers to seal the hole for me!"

"This city wall is so damn fragile!"

"Even if we have to withdraw our troops and fight in the streets of the city, we can't leave this gap!"

"It's a whole lot of business!"

"Hurry!" Hu Chen shouted, and ordered to remedy the situation.

"Yes!"

Upon hearing the order, Zhou Changsheng gritted his teeth and led the soldiers to return to the earthwork.

But right now!
He suddenly glanced outside the East Gate City and saw a group of cavalrymen, holding swords and torches, riding their horses and charging towards this side!
"Ah?! Captain!"

"It's too late! Cavalry! It's cavalry!"

"The storming of the city has begun!"

"We can't hold it anymore!" Changsheng was shocked and extremely anxious.

Upon hearing this, Hu Chen was also stunned for a moment, then he stuck his head out to look outside the city!
After watching it, his heart sank.

Seeing that the defense of Dongguan City was doomed, his mind raced, and after analyzing and judging, he realized that the time had come!
"Damn it! Is the entire army finally mobilized?!"

At this moment, it was dark outside the city, and Hu Chen made a misjudgment, thinking that Wu Sangui's entire army was approaching.

"Good! Great to see you!"

"Changsheng, quickly send a team of soldiers. The gap in the south must be filled."

"Also! After we retreat into the city and lure the enemy into the city, have someone block up the East Gate for me as well!"

“Don’t let the dumplings that you have worked so hard to wrap leak out the filling as soon as they are put into the pot!”

"Did you hear that?!" Hu Chen ordered.

"Yes! I understand. I'll do it right away!" Changsheng replied.

"Well, now that the assignment is done, hurry up and catch up! Run to the west of the city to find me and return to the team!"

"Xiao Quanzi?!"

"Gao Hu!"

"Let's go, we won't defend the city wall anymore!"

"Follow me and lead the troops down the road, mount your horses and prepare for street fighting!"

"quick!"

"Come with me!"

"We must lure all the enemy soldiers into the city so that Changsheng can do his job!"

Afterwards, Li Huchen waved his arms and shouted, leading all the guards on the city wall down the city path!
The first quarter of the evening of the seventh day (19:15)!

To the northwest of Baoding City, the city guarded by Hu Chen's troops officially entered the stage of street fighting!
Hu Chen led his troops and engaged in close combat with Hu Xinshui's cavalry from the left camp of the Guanning Army in the streets of the city!

Although most of Hu Chen's troops were newly surrendered soldiers and their combat effectiveness was insufficient, they relied on their familiarity with the terrain and were still able to fight back and forth with the enemy's cavalry in the night battle without showing any signs of losing momentum!

Three quarters of an hour!
Time flies!
In a blink of an eye, it was already 20: p.m.

Hu Chen's troops fought and retreated, luring the enemy deep into the city, and had already led all of Hu Xinshui's left camp of a thousand cavalrymen into the city!
"Boss!"

"Captain!" At this moment, Zhou Changsheng also retreated from the East Gate and chased to the front of Hu Chen's team.

"Oh? Changsheng is back!" Hu Chen heard it and called out.

"Captain!"

"Reporting to the captain, all the enemy soldiers have entered the city from the two gaps at the east gate, and they are already starting to fill the gaps!" Changsheng reported.

"Hahaha"

"Good! Great!" Hu Chen felt happy when he saw the plan gradually taking shape.

"No, but, Captain!"

"Something seems to be wrong!"

"It seems that this group of cavalry is not the entire army of Wu Sangui!"

"As soon as the enemy attacked the city, I ordered people to count the horses and men!"

"Based on the test data, this team of soldiers and horses has at most a thousand horses!"

"Then according to our previous estimate, the headcount won't match!"

Zhou Changsheng was careful and this report was very important.

Hearing this, Hu Chen was stunned and pulled the reins of the horse hard.

"what?!"

"Only Qianqi?!"

"That"

"That means there should be at least a thousand soldiers outside the East Gate who have not fallen into the trap!" Hu Chen estimated.

"Captain, what...what should we do?!" Changsheng asked bitterly.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

"Wu Sangui, that old thief! That old bastard!"

"He is such a coward! He ruined my business!"

As Hu Chen was speaking, the tall horse under him seemed to sense the rider's anger, so it cooperated by raising its hooves and breathing heavily, pacing left and right, becoming restless!
"Changsheng! I can't care about so many things!"

"Just take as many as come in!"

"Hurry up and distribute the prepared fuel and the accompanying servants!"

"I will follow the original plan and try to lead these thousand enemy cavalrymen to the West Gate!"

"Make arrangements quickly while it's still dark!"

"We have limited time, otherwise something unexpected will happen!"

"After everything is arranged in the city, light a fire as a signal!"

"After you deal with these, you can take the soldiers through the South Exit Tunnel later!"

"First, go to Dongguan first!"

"It is important to seal the two gaps at the East Gate!"

"Did you hear that?!" Hu Chen ordered.

"Yes! I understand!" Changsheng did not hesitate and resolutely accepted the order.

"Eternal life! Eternal life!"

"There is a gap at the East Gate. There are still more than a thousand enemy troops outside the city, and they have artillery!"

"You are leaving now. Alas!"

"Just do your best!"

"It's hard to keep the truth secret, so bring your brothers and come back alive to me, do you hear me?!" Hu Chen was worried and stressed his instructions.

"Don't worry, sir!"

"Just take a look!"

"I will be in charge of all the details of setting the whole city on fire. I have great gratitude for the general's trust in me. I will definitely carry out this general's plan to the end!"

"Take care, Captain!"

"Changsheng is gone!"

After he finished speaking, Zhou Changsheng shook his horse's head, led about ten people around him, and galloped towards the treasury in the city.

"Changsheng, wait until the fire starts in the city, and then you and I will meet at Hongsha Ridge outside the city!"

"Remember!"

"Remember this!"

Hu Chen continued to speak, but Changsheng did not turn around, but just waved goodbye!

In the battle, Li Huchen did not have time to think too much, so he led his soldiers and retreated westward again, and De Changsheng went his separate ways!

It is five quarters past ten!

Hu Chen's troops gradually led Hu Xinshui's troops to Xiguan.

On the way, the Guanning Army's cavalry was brave and the Huchen Army suffered heavy casualties!

At Zhou Changsheng's place, after separating from the main group of people, a small team quietly ran into the city's treasury.

Another quarter of an hour passed!

At about six quarters past the hour of the twilight, the officer Ding, who had been prepared in advance, had scattered the kerosene all over the city as planned.

Especially at the three gates of west, south and north, Changsheng arranged people to light fires and guard them accordingly.

Wait until everything is ready!

Changsheng personally led the team, rushed to Dongguan, and started to light the fire!
At once, the four levels worked together to start a raging fire!

There was kerosene everywhere in the city. Once someone ignited it, the whole city was immediately engulfed in flames!
When the rear troops of Hu Xin’s army saw this, they were immediately horrified!
In front of Xiguan!
Hu Chen led the troops to open the city gate and escape from the city at the same time!
Hu Xinshui took the lead and was in the front row, and his leader, a hundred cavalrymen, also chased after him!

The rest were intercepted in the city and never came out again!

"General!"

"Hey General!"

"Oh no! Something terrible has happened!" Hu Xinshui grabbed his horse's tail and a close soldier looked back, horrified at the same time. He hurriedly spurred his horse forward to chase after him and report to him.

Hearing the sound, the team led by Hu Xinshui had already chased the enemy more than two miles outside the city.

"Blind Deer! What did you say?!" Hu Xinshui asked back without stopping.

"Ouch! Stop!"

"General, stop now!"

"We've fallen into a trap!"

(End of this chapter)