Guo Ziyi was scheming. He laid out a series of tricks, pretending to attack the south city, and pretending to assemble in the east city. When Tian Shenyu came to his senses, he transferred all the troops to the east city. However, the Tang army blew up the north wall, and thirty-two cavalry teams rushed into the city first.
There was no one to stop them, they went straight to their goal.
However, there was no large influx of troops in Beicheng. Tian Shenyu saw a glimmer of hope and ordered: "Seal the collapse of Beicheng with fire!"
At this moment, a series of explosions came from the direction of Nancheng, the ice wall collapsed, and tens of thousands of Tang troops began to approach the city.
The defenders of Nancheng were shocked by the violent explosion. First, the civilians dropped their trebuchets and fled for their lives, and then the soldiers also began to flee.
The fire on the ice weakened a lot. More than a thousand Tang Army soldiers used wet bedding to pave a passage, and 20,000 Tang Army cavalry rushed into the city along the passage.
Tian Shenyu was still commanding to block the gap in the north city. At this time, the soldiers from the south city came on horseback and reported, "Lord, the south city cannot be defended. The enemy has entered the city."
Tian Shenyu gritted his teeth and turned around and ran towards Cangcheng. He shouted loudly: "Light the beacon and raise the whole city on fire!"
He led two thousand soldiers and fled into Cangcheng. By this time, the beacons in Cangcheng had been lit.
Tian Shenyu rushed to the top of Cangcheng City in one breath and looked into the city, but unexpectedly found that the city was quiet and there was no fire anywhere.
Tian Shenyu was shocked for a while, this is impossible!
A large amount of dry firewood and a barrel of kerosene were stored at each fire point, which were guarded by thirty-two of his soldiers. As long as the beacon in Cangcheng caught fire, they would pour kerosene on the dry firewood and light it on fire.
, why is there no response?
At this time, a soldier reminded: "Lord, didn't you say that thousands of cavalry rushed in after the North City collapsed? They disappeared after entering the city. Could it be that they did it?"
Tian Shenyu suddenly understood that the three staff members had the blueprints for his deployment, but they were missing now. They must have been betrayed by them.
Gritting his teeth, he turned back to the leader of the soldiers and said: "Take a thousand soldiers to pour all the kerosene on the street and then light it. Let's see who can be saved!"
"Follow the order!"
The leader of the soldiers rushed out with a thousand soldiers.
The gunpowder warehouse was not far from Cangcheng, only one mile away. A thousand soldiers holding torches had just approached the kerosene warehouse. Suddenly, a burst of arrows shot out, and more than a hundred soldiers who were running at the front fell down one after another.
The leader of the soldiers was also shot by more than a dozen cold arrows and fell down immediately.
"Get back!"
Xu Pei, the lieutenant general, shouted: "Tell Tian Shenyu to give up his ambition, and he will never even think about setting fire to the city!"
The other soldiers were so frightened that they turned around and ran back to Cangcheng.
When Tian Shenyu heard that Xu Pei had rebelled against him, he was so angry that he punched the city wall.
"Lord, if you can't do it, retreat! While there is still a chance." Several generals suggested uneasily.
They do still have a chance now. Cangcheng is a water gate leading to the outer city protection. Now that the river is frozen, they can retreat from the ice!
He couldn't burn with the city, and Tian Shenyu didn't want to die. Of course, he wouldn't leave Cangcheng to the Tang army. Tian Shenyu immediately ordered: "Light the warehouse, open the city gate and retreat!"
The soldiers set fire to more than a dozen fodder warehouses and followed Tian Shenyu towards the outside of the city.
There was a fire in the warehouse, and the alarm bells rang loudly. Li Fei Yuanli led thousands of soldiers to put out the fire. The soldiers had experience. They ignored the warehouses that were already on fire, but put out the warehouses that were not on fire. They spread wet bedding on the top of the warehouses.
The transom was blocked again.
Each warehouse is made of blue bricks. As long as the roof is not set on fire, the warehouse is basically saved.
The raging fire completely engulfed the thirteen fodder warehouses, but the more than thirty grain warehouses on the other side of the river were wrapped in thousands of wet quilts by the Tang army. Even if the fire was blown by the night wind, it could not ignite the grain warehouses.
Tian Shenyu led four thousand men out of the warehouse and ran wildly in the wilderness. At this time, 20,000 Tang Army cavalry, led by Tian Shengong, came from all directions.
When Tian Shengong saw his brother, he let out a long sigh and shouted: "Pass on my order and kill him without mercy!"
"Woo——"
The horn sounded to kill the enemy, and 20,000 cavalry came from all directions, killing the enemy until ghosts cried and wolves howled, and rivers of blood flowed.
Tian Shenyu was so anxious that he led hundreds of soldiers to break through the encirclement.
At this time, he suddenly saw his brother Tian Shengong under the banner. Tian Shenyu opened his eyes wide and shouted: "Brother, do you want to kill me?"
Tian Shengong said loudly: "His Royal Highness Jianguo has already given you a chance. If you give up on your own, you can't blame others. You can go on your way! I will protect your grandson's life."
Tian Shenyu sighed, "Heaven will destroy me!"
Tian Shengong waved his hand, and thousands of crossbow arrows were shot at Tian Shenyu and his soldiers. Tian Shenyu was shot like a hedgehog and fell to the ground and died. Hundreds of soldiers were also shot dead, and no one escaped.
Tian Shenyu's two sons and five grandsons were also killed in the rebellion. The young grandson Tian Shengong promised to keep was named Tian Min. He was adopted from an early age to Tian Zhongyu, the second son of the second son Tian Shengqi. He is only seven years old now.
As the sky gradually dawned, the troops in the city surrendered, captured and killed, and order returned to Taiyuan City, with groups of Tang Army soldiers patrolling the streets.
Cangcheng was also taken down, and the seven fodder warehouses were completely burned, leaving only a pile of ruins. Fortunately, other warehouses were not affected.
Zhonglang, Xu Pei, and four others were introduced to Guo Ziyi by Tian Shengong. These four people were Tian Shengong's old subordinates. Tian Shengong sent troops to defeat the eunuchs, and they were responsible for staying behind.
Guo Ziyi praised: "The four generals understood the righteousness well and were able to defend the fire oil depot on their own initiative. They did not give Tian Shenyu a chance to burn the city and saved Taiyuan City. I will definitely express your great contribution to His Majesty the Supervisor."
The four of them were overjoyed and bowed together: "Thank you, old general, for your love!"
Guo Ziyi comforted them a few more words and allowed them to take up their original posts temporarily. Then Guo Ziyi commended the thirty-two cavalry brigade commanders. They lived up to their trust and pulled out thirty-two ignition points first, without missing a single one. Tian Shen
Jade's plan to burn the entire city failed completely.
Of course, the real great achievement was Guo Ziyi. He used superhuman strategies to attack the east and west and captured Beicheng. However, he only allowed 3,200 cavalry to enter the city. The army did not attack Beicheng. This gave Tian Shenyu hope to defend Taiyuan City, leaving Tian Shenyu with no hope.
The city was immediately ordered to be burned. It was this short delay of a quarter of an hour that allowed the thirty-two cavalry teams to seize the opportunity to remove the fire points, causing Tian Shenyu to fail.
Till his death, Tian Shenyu never understood why his plan to raise the fire failed and no one ignited the fire.
But one thing Tian Shenyu guessed was right. His deployment plan was sold by his staff. The owner of Beidu Restaurant spent 8,000 yuan to buy the deployment map from Tian Shenyu's staff Zhao Cheng, plus Guo Ziyi's planning and Tang Jun's plan.
The cavalry's powerful execution finally saved Taiyuan City.