Wang Shichong's order was conveyed to Wang Shiyun, the king of Qi in the State of Zheng, as quickly as possible. To be honest, Wang Shiyun wanted to scold Ma Ma for selling criticism.
If Tongguan was so easy to defeat, why would he spend more than half a month fighting with a little bastard in Tongguan?
"Within ten days?"
Hearing the news, Mrs. Wang, Wang Xingben and Wang Renze looked at each other in shock. Isn't this embarrassing? Tongguan is really difficult to fight!
Even if they have an army of 100,000, but the strength of Tongguan is there, plus that tortoise-like Li Zhiyun, what can they use to defeat them?
Hit him on the head?
"Yeah, your Majesty really said it would be within ten days?" Wang Renze asked.
Wang Shiyun glared at him and directly showed him the imperial edict sent from Luoyang. Wang Renze was speechless after reading the edict. It was really true.
"General, what should we do?" Mrs. Wang asked.
If Tongguan is easy to fight, it doesn't matter to them within three days, let alone ten days. But Tongguan is not easy to fight, and the Tang army is obviously prepared. The two sides have been fighting for more than half a month. Doesn't your majesty know?
"If I knew what to do, would I still come to you?" Wang Shiyun asked angrily.
Mrs. Wang was speechless. You are a great general. You can't do anything. Why do you think your subordinates can do anything about it?
Wang Xingben said fiercely: "General, we have no other choice but to forcibly conquer Tongguan."
Hearing this, Wang Shiyun suddenly felt a pain in his head.
Is this a problem that can be solved with just one sentence? Is it possible that attacking Tongguan during this period is not considered a forceful attack?
"Are you sure?" Wang Shiyun asked him.
Wang Xingben said indifferently: "There is only one way, let the soldiers attack the city day and night, and exchange lives for lives."
Hearing this, Wang Shiyun frowned, "In this case, even if Tongguan is captured, we may not have many soldiers and horses left. You must know that the defenders in Tongguan may not be less than 40,000."
"But if we fail, we will be held accountable by His Majesty." Wang Xingben retorted calmly.
Wang Shiyun understood that Wang Shichong was putting pressure on him.
After thinking about it, Wang Shiyun decided to summon civil and military officials to ask for their opinions.
However, Guo Shiheng, Zhang Tongren, Yang Gongqing, Shan Xiongxin and others are all warriors. They only have passionate martial arts and no clever minds. Let them come up with ways to conquer Tongguan, it is better to let them lead troops to attack Tongguan.
The rest, Dugu Wudu, Dugu Ji, Cui Xiaoren and others are also helpless.
Of course, Wang Shiyun had a strong point in his heart. Guo Shiheng and other big bosses couldn't come up with a solution, which he thought was understandable. But Duguji, Cui Xiaoren and others were suspected of taking advantage of the situation.
After much discussion, Wang Shiyun finally adopted Wang Xingben's method.
storm!
The sun sets, the moon rises, and the stars gradually appear.
Tongguan did not fall into calm because of the fall of night, but became more and more noisy. Stretching torches illuminated the earth, and Zheng Army soldiers continuously attacked Tongguan.
"It's a little strange." Zhang Shigui touched his chin, thinking in his eyes.
Next to him is Yu Jun, the former general manager of Shaanzhou. Yes, he is also from the Yu family of Guanlong clan.
When he learned about Yu Jun's identity, Li Zhiyun was not too surprised, but he had to be wary in his heart. From the court to the local government, everyone was a descendant of Guanlong.
"What's so strange?" Yu Jun asked in confusion.
Since the defeat of Shaanzhou, he and Zhang Shigui had followed Li Zhiyun to defend Tongguan. According to the arrangement of the King of Chu, it was their turn to be on duty tonight.
Zhang Shigui looked at the attacking Zheng Army soldiers below and said, "Don't you think that the Zheng Army soldiers attacked particularly fiercely tonight?"
Yu Yun looked at it for a while and guessed: "A few days ago, when Zheng Jun attacked at night, his troops were sometimes strong and sometimes weak. Is it possible that Wang Shiyun was testing the loopholes in our defense? Or that he wanted to take advantage of us to get used to it.
Launch an onslaught?"
Zhang Shigui did not directly overturn this guess, but frowned and thought.
As time slowly passed, Zhang Shigui gradually realized that something was wrong. Normally, Zheng Jun's night attack would last for about two hours before retreating, but tonight, after three hours, the intensity of Zheng Jun's attack still did not slow down.
On the contrary, it becomes stronger and stronger.
Is Wang Shiyun serious?
"Something is not right, I will inform the King of Chu, and you should step up your defense." With this instruction, Zhang Shigui ran away.
Yu Yun also realized something was wrong.
"Quick, top it!"
After a while, Li Zhiyun, Du Ruhui and others rushed to the city head one after another.
At this time, the arrows were Ling Xun, and there were flowers to shot around, and the sound of ping -pong pong was not cut off for a moment. Not far away, the noisy fighting sound was even more spiritual.
Li Zhiyun observed for a while and came to a conclusion.
"It seems that Wang Shiyun jumped over the wall in a hurry."
Du Ruhui asked: "Does your Majesty mean that Wang Shiyun intends to attack Tongguan by force regardless of the cost?"
Li Zhiyun nodded and said: "It will be dawn in another hour. Zheng Jun's troops are increasing instead of decreasing. It can be seen that Wang Shiyun plans to attack day and night and will not give us a chance to breathe."
Xue Shou chuckled, "We have no chance to breathe, and neither does he."
"That's right." Li Zhiyun ordered: "Bring the kerosene up and pour it on the city wall!"
"As you command!"
Li Zhiyun had not used kerosene before. Because the monthly output of this thing from the Ministry of Industry was very small. This time Li Shimin attacked Hebei and took away 70% of it. Li Zhiyun only brought 30% over and kept it useless.
Now, he had to use kerosene to stop Zheng Jun's madness. While damaging their military morale, he had to make them fearful of attacking Tongguan.
The Zheng Army soldier climbed up the ladder, and then he suddenly noticed that it seemed to be raining above.
When he looked up, he saw that the water was flowing from the soldiers above his head.
"You're fucking seeking death. Get out of here if you're scared. You actually pissed yourself from fear!"
He thought it was the soldiers above who were scared to death.
However, he moved his nose and realized something was wrong. The smell of urine was too pungent.
Immediately afterwards, a thick flame suddenly rushed towards him like a fire snake.
"ah!"
The intense heat burned the Zheng army soldiers.
Countless flames spread along the kerosene on the city wall, and the climbing Zheng Army soldiers fell from the top of the city one after another.
Bang!
A clay pot fell on the battering ram at the city gate, followed by a torch falling on it.
In an instant, flames filled the air, and their speed was so fast that the Zheng Army soldiers pushing the battering ram had no time to react.
"ah!"
Screams came one after another, and the flaming men clashed crazily in the dark night. The kerosene combined with the arrows of the Tang army, and the Zheng army's tidal attack suddenly stopped as if it hit a mountain.
The burnt smell spread along the wind to the Zheng Army camp behind.
"This is Tang Jun's fierce fire oil!" Wang Shiyun was shocked. He was very familiar with the pungent smell, and he knew it was Tang Jun's fierce fire oil when he smelled it.
The fierce fire oil of the Tang Army is no longer a secret. After all, its overbearing flammability and durability have left many anti-kings in the city with lingering fears.
Wang Shichong once asked Wang Shiyun to find a way to refine this fierce fire oil, but in the end he failed.
At this time, Guo Shiheng, who was supervising the battle at the front, stumbled into the camp.
"General, the Tang army's fire oil is so powerful that our brothers can't hold on any longer. The walls of Tongguan City are all covered with fire and will burn if they touch it!"
"What!"
Wang Shiyun lost his voice and looked at him blankly.
Thousands of thoughts flew through my mind, and finally turned into a mess.