"Sir, there is fire coming from the city of Beiping. Our people should have succeeded. Do you want to attack immediately?"
A few miles east of Beiping City, a troop of tens of thousands of cavalry was guarding there. They sneaked in under the clear night, and the leader was actually Xu Huizu, which shows that he attached great importance to the battle of Beiping City. He looked in the distance towards Peking.
Sure enough, he saw the flames rising into the sky, and knew that victory or defeat depended on this. With a wave of his hand, he ordered the cavalry to attack.
In addition to the generals, Xu Huizu was accompanied by several counselors. When they saw that Beiping City was really on fire, they all thought that the plan was working and were very excited. They knew that as long as the grain depot in Beiping City was burned, the people in Beiping City would be destroyed.
No matter how persevering the people are, they are no match for hunger, so there is no need to attack. After a few days of siege, they will be able to surrender obediently.
The cavalry roared and trampled through the wheat fields in the east of Beiping City. Wherever they passed, there must be a mess. The wheat harvest in this area will be extinct this year. It can be seen that war is really not a fun thing. It is the officials who make contributions.
The unlucky ones are the ordinary people.
Soon, the leading troops of the cavalry rushed to the southeast of Beiping City. They saw that there was no sound in Beiping City. Even the gate to the south of the city was wide open. There were many people on the city top shouting: "The city is down, the city is down, hurry up."
Let’s go into the city.”
It would be a bastard not to seize such a good opportunity. The vanguard troops rushed towards the city gate without saying a word, and the follow-up troops also followed up. When the counselors with the army saw it, they were all overjoyed and congratulated Xu Huizu one after another. Even the usual
The generals who were too conservative to talk about fighting also felt that this victory came too easily and was almost unbelievable.
"Huhuhu..." There was a soft sound, and several jars were thrown into the city gate, blocking the attack of the cavalry vanguard. The general who led the army had seen the fire attack tactics of the Peiping Army. As soon as he saw the broken jars, he threw them
Subconsciously he waved his hand to signal his subordinates to rein in their horses.
However, this time he was overly worried. When the cans were broken, there was no kerosene flowing out, but a sweet fragrance filled the air. When the horses they were sitting on smelled it, they all suddenly sneezed. Some of them
The war horse also jumped up and down like crazy, throwing the man off the horse wildly.
And just when the general, such as Monk Zhanger, was scratching his head, dozens more cans were thrown over, and this time it was real kerosene. No, as soon as the cans hit the ground, rockets came, and there was a roar.
, the fire is raging
Get up. That's not all. There was a muffled crackling sound inside the city gate, as if thunder sounded in the mid-air. It kept ringing around them, as if the air would explode, whether it was war horses or people.
Very frightened.
Yes, the surrounding air is exploding! The first batch of jars thrown over were filled with heated ether. Once the jars were broken, they volatilized into ether vapor and quickly oxidized into peroxide in the air. Peroxide
It is very unstable and prone to explosion when heated. No, when the kerosene fires, the ether vapor in the air also explodes.
The visitor obviously has not studied chemistry, and air can explode. This obviously breaks through their cognitive scope. Things they cannot understand, they naturally associate it with strange powers and chaotic gods. This association immediately makes their little courage rise.
If you let go, let alone attack, you won't be able to escape in time. No matter whether you have done something or not, it's not as important as your life.
The leading troops wanted to run back and escape this terrifying city gate, but the following troops crowded towards the city gate crazily. Hundreds of people and horses crowded in front of the city gate. Horses neighed and people shouted in chaos, and they were even more advancing and retreating.
No. But at this moment, the "Jijun" who were still shouting on the tower actually stopped shouting and started scattering fire ashes on the bottom of the tower.
The enemy troops, who were already in chaos, were blinded by the ashes and lost all their fighting power. But at this moment, dozens of long ropes flew down from the tower and were tied around the arms of these unlucky guys.
body, he hanged himself directly on the tower; at the same time, Ping Laida
The opened city gate also slowly closed, and there was only a group of dumbfounded people left outside the city gate. Many of them were still as if they were demented. They were already busy. They were here to attack the city. There were even some unlucky ones who were kept on the tower.
The rope that flew down was caught, and then he was hoisted to the tower.
Xu Huizu, who was supervising the battle outside the city, saw this and knew that this was a trap. He also knew that sending people to storm the city gate would be useless, so he immediately summoned his subordinates to renegotiate the battle plan. The generals did not dare to fight at first, but
At this time, everyone suggested to retreat; however, the counselors went to tell them that the arrow had to be fired because the arrow was on the string. If the snake could not be killed this time, there would be trouble in the future.
While the two factions were discussing, the fish belly gradually appeared on the horizon. At this time, the closed city gate was opened again, and more than a dozen naked prisoners were released. These prisoners were stripped of their clothes.
, but still laughed non-stop. When people outside the city saw it, they felt even more confused and immediately brought these "laughing" men to see the general to explain what happened in the city.
These people were pulled in front of Xu Huizu, but they still laughed non-stop. When the soldiers saw it, they shouted angrily: "Don't be rude in front of the Duke!"
"Hahaha... the little ones, haha... the little ones don't dare, hahaha... the little ones can't stop, hahaha... come on, haha..." A "laughing" man laughed intermittently
As he said this, Xu Huizu's soldiers were so angry that they almost chopped them with knives.
However, Xu Huizu noticed something strange. He waved his hand and said: "Pull him down, water him to wake him up, and then pull him up for questioning."
These dozen "laughing" men were immediately pulled down, but after several basins of cold water were poured on them, they still continued to laugh wildly. The people present were even more confused: Could it be that they were possessed by evil spirits when they were laughing like this?! Could it be that in the city of Peiping?
Are there really monsters and ghosts? When thinking about this, the soldiers became even more frightened and had no fighting spirit. Xu Huizu did not dare to send any more troops to attack until he found out what was happening in the city.
Just as the incoming enemies were whispering to each other about whether there were real demons and monsters in Peiping City, a loud sound of war drums was heard in the city. Hundreds of black dragon flags suddenly appeared on the city top, as well as thousands of brave soldiers in bright helmets. The sound of boots hitting the ground was neatly heard.
Accompanied by neat orders, the Peking Army's military appearance was majestic, no longer the careless militia that it had been a few months ago.
"Who is coming? Why are they attacking me in Peiping?" On the tower, Tie Xuan asked in a loud voice, knowing full well.
Xu Huizu was in the army and heard Tie Xuan calling for formation. He was about to come out to persuade him to surrender, but was stopped by his subordinates. Finally, just to be on the safe side, he only sent a reasonably alert counselor out, not to persuade him to surrender, but to ask:
"Our army patrolled nearby and saw the flames of Beiping rising into the sky. We thought there was a turmoil in Beiping City, so we took the liberty to come and see what was going on."
Not to mention, this counselor is really cunning. He originally came to attack the city, but he made nonsense and changed it to rescue him. Of course, such high-sounding words could not fool Tie Xuan. Tie Xuan refuted the opponent sternly.
, but heard Wan Lei behind him whisper: "Don't break up and continue to deal with it."
"There is some trouble in Beiping City. A group of people pretended to be a grain transport team, smuggled some gunpowder into the city, and set fire to our grain depot. It is really abominable. We are about to find out the mastermind behind the scenes so that we can get an explanation.
, you came here so quickly, are you working with those people and want to take advantage of the chaos to seize Peiping?" Tie Xuan said angrily.
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding. Your Majesty has made it clear that he will not use troops against Shuntian Prefecture. Even if we have 10,000 courages, we would not dare to trap Your Majesty in unbelief and unrighteousness. Where are those people? Please leave it to the imperial court. The imperial court will decide
Punish them for the serious crime of lying and making false accusations." The visitor opened his eyes and told lies, but this was also a draft.
In fact, Xu Huizu had already prepared a rhetoric for the use of troops against Peking this time, that is, the city of Peiping was occupied by thieves and turmoil broke out. In order to save the people of Shuntian Prefecture, the imperial army was "forced to have no choice" before sending troops to Peiping.
Since the Peiping army was unable to protect the city, the imperial army had no choice but to reluctantly take over Peiping.
I have to say that this thief's statement about catching a thief is very shameless. However, history is written for the victors, and the truth is often sealed in the dust of history. However, Xu Huizu's organization was exhausted, but he did not count the city of Beiping.
There will be "ghosts" inside, and he can't capture it with the little force he has.
"Are they really not sent by you? Those people kept saying that they were sent by Mr. Xu." Tie Xuan asked falsely.
"It's really not the case. Mr. Xu will not use troops against Peiping. These people must be remnants of rebels and traitors. Seeing that the city of Beiping is rich, they want to imitate the Beiping army and occupy the city as king. Master Tie should not spare mercy on such rebellious ministers and traitors."
The counselor keeps trying to steal the money. The official character is born with two mouths, and his tongue is boneless and can be manipulated by you. This is really not unreasonable.
"Even if they weren't sent by you, they are still your troops, and you have nothing to do with them. If something like this happens again in the future, don't blame us for not keeping our oath." Tie Xuan said angrily.
"No, no, this will never happen again in the future," the counselor said.
"I believe you this time, but the losses we suffered in the defense of Beiping City were all caused by your lax military management. Therefore, these losses should be compensated by you." Because of Wan Lei's "instructions" to strive for peace, Tie Tie
Xuan stopped delving into it and instead reached out for iron and steel. Even before the rebellion, he had to give the imperial court a thumbs up.
Seeing Tie Xuan asking for compensation, Xu Huizu breathed a sigh of relief. In his opinion, the Peking Army was just an army that was greedy for small profits in front of them, and would not jump over the wall in a hurry. So he made a gesture to the counselor who spoke for him.
The counselor first promised to gain advantage and stabilize the Peiping army first, and then think of another way to attack Peiping.
"That's natural. We will pay compensation according to the amount of damage caused. It's just that those rebels can be returned to us so that we can kill them as a warning to others." The counselor said, he really wanted to get the people back, then
But there were ten thousand people, and they were all well-trained troops. He was actually detained, which made him feel a little weird, so he wanted to get them back so that he could find out what happened.
"We have 220,000 stones of grain burned and 10,000 people captured. You bring the grain, and we will collect it with one hand and hand it over to the people with the other." Tie Xuan said, and at the end he did not forget to add: "Don't
Just like this time, we will send people to rebel and rebel."