Fenghou

At four o'clock, when patrolling and changing defenses, Wang Xin led his men back to the camp to rest. He arranged a separate tent for Yang Rui and Tang Qian.

Taking a moment, Wang Xin took Yang Rui aside, and said in a low voice: "I know that brother wants to deal with the grain and grass, but let me tell you, the grain and grass warehouse is heavily guarded, you can't get in at all, and once you are found, you will be shot. Advise brother not to take this risk?"

Yang Rui laughed and said, "What if I burn down the tent in the barracks?"

Wang Xin shook his head, "Unless there are hundreds of people burning together, it's okay. One or two people are useless. Guan Shigu's camps are all grids. You can only burn [-] large tents in one grid at most. Immediately." You will be shot and killed by the patrol army, brother, listen to me, don't be reckless."

"But burning food and grass is my task, I have to do it, and I am willing to be killed."

Wang Xin sighed, "My brother has only been hiding in the Song camp for a year, why did he start working for the Song army?"

"I'm not working for the Song army, I'm working for Chen Qing, dear brother, Chen Qing is the general of the Song Dynasty who can really drive out the Tartars. I pin all my hopes on him."

Wang Xin was silent, took out his badge and handed it to Yang Rui, "Except for patrol soldiers, only the deputy commander and above can walk in the camp at night. When you meet patrol soldiers, show them your badge, and they won't It's embarrassing, the password in the second half of the night tonight is that the decisive battle is coming, I wish you good luck!"

"Isn't that betraying you?"

Wang Xin held up his badge and said with a smile, "There is neither my name nor a specific battalion number on it. It's just a few words of deputy commander. You can't betray me. You can just make up a barracks number at that time."

Yang Rui took the waist badge and went back to the big tent. Seeing Tang Qian studying the map of the military camp, he handed him the military badge, "Wang Xin gave it to us. With it, we can walk in the barracks at night. The password is that the decisive battle is coming." .”

Tang Qian looked at the badge, and suddenly asked, "What time is it?"

"It's almost five o'clock!"

"I'm already familiar with the road. Go out from here and go northwest. After walking for a mile, you will reach the material warehouse camp. When the time comes, will you cover me?"

Yang Rui shook his head, "My martial arts and archery skills are higher than yours. If I can escape, you may not be able to escape. You must be the one to cover me. We agreed."

Tang Qian nodded silently, and Yang Rui carried a gourd full of kerosene weighing ten catties, and a bag of twenty short torches, "Let's go!"

Tang Qian also took up his bow and arrow and sword, and the two of them left the big tent and rushed to the northwest.

Wang Xin stood at the door of the big tent and watched the two of them run away, sighed softly, and said to himself: "The hatred of the country, the hatred of my parents and my wife, is there really a chance?"

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The barracks camp of the Puppet Qi Army is located in the middle of the camp. It is composed of hundreds of tents. There are 20 shi of grain and [-] shi of forage piled inside. There are also a large number of siege weapons and even parts of [-] nest carts. , has not been assembled, but the wide moat in Chengji County makes the nest car temporarily useless unless the puppet Qi army fills in a section of the moat.

But the situation has developed to the present, and the puppet Qi army has no confidence to use the nest carts. The opponent has heavy-duty trebuchets for precise strikes. I am afraid that the nest carts will be completely destroyed if they don't even get close to the moat.

There is a barracks in Cangying, and a deep ditch about Zhang Xu wide, which is really difficult to pass.

Tang Qian and Yang Rui appeared in front of the gate of the camp in the north direction. They circled around and found that the guards were heavily guarded. There were many secret sentries hidden inside and patrolling soldiers. As long as they climbed over the camp fence, they would be found.

At this time, they suddenly discovered that there was a loophole in front of the most heavily guarded camp gate. There were dozens of soldiers standing in front of the camp gate, but there were no secret sentries on both sides. place.

The two exchanged winks tacitly, and Yang Rui sprinted and jumped into the deep ditch. Now he needs Tang Qian's support and cooperation.

At this time, Tang Qian swaggered towards the gate of the camp. Twenty or so defenders saw him and shouted, "Stop, the password!"

"The decisive battle is coming!"

There was no problem with the password, and the defender asked again: "Who are you?"

"I am the deputy commander of the Seventh Battalion of the Third Army. This is my badge!"

Tang Qian threw the badge over, and the lead soldier picked it up and looked at it. It was the badge of the deputy commander. He calmed down and asked, "What's the matter?"

"I want to borrow a grain bucket to weigh grain."

"The grain bucket should be borrowed from the logistics manager. We don't have one here, and this is an important warehouse. Don't get close. If you don't want to die, just leave."

After speaking, the soldier threw the badge back to him.

Everyone's attention was attracted by Tang Qian, but they didn't see it. Just a dozen steps away from them in the darkness, a black figure gently climbed up the camp fence, jumped into the camp, and disappeared. .

Seeing that Yang Rui had already entered the barnyard, Tang Qian picked up his badge and said with a smile, "I see, let's talk about it tomorrow!"

He backed away slowly, turned around and left, and returned to the northwest corner. They had previously agreed that Yang Rui would break through from here, and Tang Qian needed to cover him.

Tang Qian took off his bow and arrow, and hid in the darkness. Even if the patrol passed by him, he might not be able to see him...

Under the cover of Tang Qian, Yang Rui sneaked into the camp very quickly. There were strict patrols and secret sentries outside the camp, but inside the camp there were no patrolling soldiers, let alone secret sentries. This was also to prevent accidents. After all, there is also a large amount of copper coins hoarded in the barracks, which are soldiers' military salaries.

Yang Rui sprinted between the big tents, looking for his target, and his target was the hay tent.

The barn tent is different from the sleeping tent of the soldiers. The barn tent is very large. Basically, a big tent covers an area of ​​two or three acres. At this time, Yang Rui saw hay on the ground. It is a large forage tent, and the haystacks are piled up like a mountain.

Yang Rui was not in a hurry to light the fire. He searched around and found a fodder tent that was closest to the grain warehouse. After all, his goal was not fodder, but grain.

He took off the gourd on his back, sprinkled the kerosene full of the gourd on the forage, then lit a torch with a torch, threw the torch on the kerosene, and the flame spread instantly.

He left the big tent quickly, and ran through more than a dozen grass tents, throwing a burning torch into each big tent.

At this time, the flames in the first warehouse tent were raging, and the flames rose into the air, and the fire also ignited the tent.

'when!when!when! '

An alarm bell rang in the distance, resounding throughout the barracks, and the soldiers were alarmed and ran out of the big tent.

Just as Guan Shigu got up, he heard the siren and rushed out of the big tent, and saw the thick smoke billowing in the warehouse area at a glance. He was shocked, and hurriedly ordered: "Send the order, the whole army dismantles the big tent!"

If the fire was too fierce, the entire barracks would be affected, and the soldiers were in a mess, tearing down the tents one after another.

The fire in the warehouse is getting bigger and bigger. Countless soldiers are carrying the peripheral materials, mainly armor, bows and arrows, copper coins, copper coins and other materials. The siege weapons are too heavy, and the rescue is of little significance.

Yang Rui carried a bundle of spears and rushed out among the rescue team. He suddenly saw Tang Qian who was rushing in to put out the fire. Yang Rui grabbed him, handed over the spears, and bent over to pick them up. With a box of arrows, the two ran towards the camp together.

All the big tents were dismantled, 10 people were in a mess, and there were two extra people for no reason, who would know?

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Standing on the top of the city, Chen Qing looked at the raging fire of the camp in the distance. He was really happy. The scout army successfully burned down the enemy's warehouse. Without food, the enemy would retreat tomorrow. More importantly, without food , It will be a heavy blow to the morale of the enemy army.

Now the top priority is to close the door and beat the dog. I don't know if Liu Qiong can take back Weishui Military City?

"Do you all think Weishui Military City can be taken down?" Yang Zaixing asked with some concern.

Chen Qing smiled slightly, "That is the military city we built, why can't we take it down? Besides, Liu Qiong gave Liu Qiong three hundred small trebuchets and one thousand Huohuan soldiers, so there is no reason why he can't take it down."

"I still hope that I can lead [-] cavalry to take the first step."

Chen Qing pondered for a moment and said: "This suggestion is okay, but you led [-] cavalry to go first not for the Weishui Army City, but to cooperate with me to attack the puppet Qi Army, understand?"

"Understandable!"

Yang Zaixing was really excited, he immediately went down to the city and ordered [-] cavalry, opened the west gate and rushed out, taking a detour to the east!

Chapter 544

General Wang Long guarded Weishui City under Li Chengzhi's order. He also suspected that there was something tricky in the city, but he almost turned the city upside down. He inspected every inch of land and every brick of the city, and found nothing suspicious, so he let it go. Xin, maybe Li Dutong is right, the other party is afraid of a [-] army and has to give up the military city.

But Wang Long never imagined that Song Jun did save a hand, but this hand was not only inside the city, but also outside the city.

The organs in the city are located on the south wall of the city. The south wall is slightly inclined, and the south is high and the north is low. There is a groove under the north wall of the city head.

Of course, the puppet Qi army didn't understand the Song army's siege methods, so they naturally didn't understand the subtle inclination of the ground at the top of the city. A raging fire could be ignited at the top of the city, but the flames didn't last long, and the kerosene flowed into the trenches Inside.

The Song army had their own means of attacking the city, and they showed it vividly when they attacked Pingliang City. Unless the puppet Qi army mastered the method of timely extinguishing the fire, they would not be able to withstand the fierce fire of the Song army attacking the city.

The foreshadowing outside the city was outside the south city, and the Song army left an eighty-step line outside the south city, placing more than a dozen large stones for marking.

This eighty-step line is very important. It allows the Song army to use a small trebuchet to throw the fire oil tank right on the top of the city.

Just before the grain warehouse of the enemy's camp was set on fire, Liu Qiong also led the army into action.

This time Chen Qing actually deployed two armies outside Chengji County. One was a scout battalion of [-] soldiers, led by General Tang Qian. gunpowder.

The other army is the [-] army led by Liu Qiong. They have only one task, to retake the Weishui Army City and cut off the retreat of the [-] Puppet Qi Army.

For this reason, Chen Qing gave Liu Qiong a lot of resources, including [-] small trebuchets, [-] altars of fierce fire oil, [-] Huohuan troops, and [-] siege ladders.

At the fourth watch, three hundred small trebuchets were quickly lifted to the eighty-step line, and the soldiers reinforced the trebuchets on the ground. On the outside of the city, it is also more accurate.

Each trebuchet was operated by five soldiers, about one person tall, and the throwing pole was one foot long. When the black trebuchet appeared eighty steps away, the defenders on the top of the city faintly saw a clue.

"There is an enemy!"

The soldiers on the top of the city shouted one after another, and a soldier rushed to the top of the west city and rang the alarm bell, 'Dang!when!when! '

The chief general Wang Long was awakened suddenly, he ran out of the room before he could put on his shoes, and asked loudly in the courtyard: "What's the matter?"

"I don't know the specifics, it seems to be the alarm bells coming from the head of Xicheng!"

As soon as the soldiers had finished speaking, a soldier rushed to report, "Report to Commander, a large number of Song troops have been found outside Nancheng!"

Wang Long's eyes widened, and he immediately ordered: "Order the whole army to go to Nancheng!"

There were [-] puppet Qi troops in the military city, and [-] soldiers defended the city at night. Under the command of the general Wang Long, they rushed out of the military camp and ran towards the southern city wall...

But before they reached the south city wall, countless bright red fireballs suddenly appeared in the sky, flying towards the head of the south city, and the top of the south city instantly turned into a sea of ​​flames. Running away, many soldiers were burned into burning men. After running for dozens of steps, they fell down and were engulfed by the flames.

The soldiers under the city stopped one after another, looking at the raging fire above Nancheng in fear.

Wang Long came galloping on horseback and shouted, "The first battalion is going to the east city, and the second battalion is going to the west city!"

Two thousand soldiers immediately divided into two groups and rushed towards the east city and the west city.

After two rounds of kerosene pots were thrown, there was no more soldiers on the head of Nancheng, and a thousand fire raccoon soldiers were dispatched. They rushed to the south city wall with twenty siege ladders on their shoulders.

Soon, a series of siege ladders went up to the head of Nancheng, and a thousand Huohuan soldiers swarmed up...

At the same time, a thousand soldiers carrying wet quilts also climbed to the top of the city. Behind them, there were another two thousand soldiers. All the soldiers were elite and powerful in combat.

Soldiers of the Huohuan Army rushed to the top of the city. The flames on the top of the city were mainly concentrated on the inner side. There were almost no flames on the outer wall, but black smoke was billowing, making it difficult to identify the direction.

However, the soldiers of the Huohuan Army had undergone strict training, and they were different from ordinary people. They ran to the east and west at high speed, rushed out of the flame zone, and began to quickly deploy fortifications. Three hundred soldiers held large shields and spears.

The other two hundred soldiers stood behind the line holding the god arm crossbow.

At this time, the flames and thick smoke on the top of the city began to disappear one by one, and a large number of soldiers of the Song Army appeared on the top of Nancheng.

Wang Long could see clearly, his face turned pale with fright, he waved his knife and shouted: "Song army has attacked the top of the city, kill it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a mace arrow shot out like lightning, Wang Long couldn't dodge it in time, this arrow hit his throat, he let out a muffled cry, backed up two steps, fell from the top of the city down to the city, and died instantly.

Liu Qiong put away her bow and arrow, waved her big gun and shouted: "Brothers, kill me!"

"Kill!"

The soldiers of the Song Army who rushed to the top of the city rushed to kill the enemy...

There is no suspense in this battle. The soldiers of the Song Army are all elite, and their combat effectiveness is extremely strong. In addition, they have an advantage in numbers, and their morale is high. There are countless.

Before dawn, the Song army occupied Weishui City, and more than 2000 enemy troops surrendered. Some of the enemy troops fled through the east gate.

Five thousand Song troops reorganized the military city, moved materials such as kerosene into the city, and deployed trebuchets to the top of the city, waiting for the arrival of the main enemy army.

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Li Cheng finally ordered the withdrawal of the troops. He had to make this decision. Although they salvaged most of the armor and copper coins, the vital food and forage were all burned by the fire, and the entire warehouse camp was finally burned to nothing.

One hundred thousand troops needed food, tens of thousands of war horses needed fodder, but the little grain in their hands could only sustain the army for two days. Although Li Cheng ordered the news to be blocked, all kinds of news about the shortage of food had already spread like wildfire and spread all over the world. The whole army, the whole army is panicked, and morale is low.

In the chaos, the one hundred thousand troops hastily withdrew from their camp to the east.

'Woo-oo--'

From the top of Chengji County, the sound of horns was heard continuously. At this time, the army had withdrawn to [-] miles away. Li Cheng turned his head to wait and see with a solemn expression. Yao Bing, the aide, sighed and said, "The Song army should send troops!"

At this time, a spy came galloping on horseback from behind, stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "Report to Dutong, the gate of the south city of Chengji County is wide open, and countless soldiers have rushed out of the city!"

"how many people?"

"When I saw it, there were almost 2 people, but there is still a mighty army coming out behind me. I don't know how many people there are."

"Hurry up and investigate, I want to know the exact number!"

"Follow the order!"

The spy turned around and galloped away.

Yao Bing pondered for a moment and asked, "Is Dutong still going to have a decisive battle with the Song Army?"

Li Cheng sighed and said: "The morale is relatively low now, and I can't make up my mind. Let's see the strength of the opponent!"

At this time, Guan Shigu rode up to him and asked, "Has the other party dispatched troops yet?"

Li Cheng nodded, "The opponent has sent troops, but the number of troops is not yet known. I have asked the spies to find out as soon as possible. Do you think General Guan wants to fight the opponent?"

Guan Shigu said: "We must be ready for a decisive battle. It is more than 100 miles from here to Weishui Military City. We have to spend the night on the road at night. I am afraid that the opponent will attack at night."

Li Cheng looked at the sky, it was already afternoon, and he finally made up his mind, "Instead of being attacked halfway, it's better to set up a big battle now and fight the opponent!"

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