Chapter 251: The official warehouse in the south of the city
The streets of Changyang City were filled with the sound of soldiers gathering in all directions.
Approximately 8,000 people followed Xu Mu closely, pointing their swords at them, and fought their way out with great difficulty.
"Little boss, there are too many soldiers in the city."
This is not wrong, especially the place close to the city gate is like a dragon's pond and a tiger's den.
Riding General Feng, he finally took the soldiers and horses he had killed and ran forward along the street, away from the encirclement and suppression of the camp.
Si Hu turned around midway, grabbed a halberd from the Fengzi camp, and threw it forward with a roar. A captain who was chasing too far was thrown backward with his horse and man, and his body was pierced by the halberd.
After a parabola, he fell onto the snow.
For about half an hour, we were far away from the main road under the palace.
Xu Mucai took a breath and looked around at the number of people, feeling a little astringent in his heart. Leaving aside the Fengzi camp for the moment, the eight thousand Guanhead Army had more than five or six hundred casualties.
With a hard expression on his face, Xu Mu took out the bag of tips given by Jia Zhou, took out a volume of letter paper, and opened it silently.
There wasn't much content on the letterhead, just a few words.
"The official warehouse in the south of the city lures the enemy with smoke."
The official warehouse is the place where the official family stores grain.
Is it possible to lure the enemy with smoke and burn food?
Xu Mu's face was grim.
The young marquis outside the city only has two days to beg for his life. Once the young marquis dies, the morale of the Qing monarch will definitely be shattered this time, and they will suffer a huge defeat or even a disastrous defeat.
After all, even if the granary is burned down, there will probably still be stored grain. And the rice seller also said that 70% of the grain in the world has been secretly hidden by some people.
There is only one person who is the greatest greed in the world.
Xu Mu rubbed his forehead. He knew that his military advisor would not come up with a bad idea. After thinking about it again, he understood.
It's not really about burning food, and the wind and snow may not turn it into a fire, but it uses fire smoke to attract enemy troops to rescue. After all, the granary of the capital is such an important place. In this way, it can also disrupt the morale of the enemy troops.
and military spirit.
"Go with me!"
Xu Mu did not hesitate anymore and looked up in the direction of the south of the city.
"Little boss, where shall I go?"
"Guancang in the south of the city."
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Outside Changyang City, a mighty 50,000-strong army formed a large area.
"Master, what will the young master do?" Gu Ying asked cautiously.
In front of him, Yuan Tao, who stood upright, did not answer immediately. He raised his head and looked at the huge city in front of him.
The city wall, which is more than three feet high, is comparable to Wangzhou City at the border pass.
"The moat connects Jijiang River secretly. It is full of living water and cannot form ice." Li Rucheng approached, his voice a little solemn.
"If the wind and snow are too strong, the power of the fire and rockslide will be small. If we are across the moat, I'm afraid the momentum of the explosion will not be maintained."
Yuan Tao was silent for a long time, "I have considered it earlier. Changyang is a fortified city. Wait one more night, and your son-in-law should be in the city."
Li Rucheng stood in the snow, his robes and armor covered with frosty white eyes.
"Brother Yuan, the spies from Muyun Prefecture just arrived. Chen Changqing sent the tiger away from the mountain and secretly led an army of 30,000 people to hibernate in Changyang City."
"The wind and snow can't fly the book, the news is delayed..."
Yuan Tao closed his eyes slightly.
"Twenty thousand. I can guess what Xiao Yuanlu promised him. There is nothing we can do. There are many people in this world who want to climb up."
Yuan Tao stepped on the wind and snow and walked forward with deep steps.
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"My little boss, we've arrived in the south of the city."
Riding on the horse, Xu Mu frowned and raised his head. In front of him, there was a huge camp in the city.
In the wind and snow, I could still vaguely see the figures of people watching the night, walking back and forth.
"General, little Hu Han is back."
A thin figure, dressed in black, hurried back. Xu Mu remembered that this man had practiced stealing for his wife's medicine soup money, and was extremely good at hiding.
"General, I looked at it for a long time and then counted the stoves beside the village. There are at least seven or eight thousand troops inside."
"got it."
There was not much time, Xu Mu Ning's eyes turned and he glanced at the beheaded army behind him. Many of them had wounds of various sizes on their bodies.
Xu Mu drew his sword, and when his palm slid towards the blade, it made a cut. Then, he calmly raised his hand, wiped the blood on his face, and wiped the robe and armor on his body.
Everyone present didn't know why.
"Everyone, this is to lure the enemy out of the camp. If those fat generals and soldiers see us in ruins, they will definitely care about military achievements and rush out of the camp to take our lives."
The more than 8,000 beheaded soldiers suddenly understood and followed suit one after another.
With a proud face, Si Hu hit the double-edged ax with his palm, and blood suddenly spurted out several feet high. Yu Wen next to him was so shocked that he hurriedly tore off his robe and armor and tied him up.
"Where are the people from Tiger Hall?" Xu Mu stood in the wind and snow, already covered in blood.
"General, I'm waiting here! If there is any difficulty, please leave it to me." Several leaders of the Tiger Hall stepped out steadily.
Xu Mu's eyes looked pleased, he was worthy of being a soldier raised by Yuan Tao, who would fight to the death with loyalty.
"Hu Tang listened to the order and ambush outside the camp. Just waiting to lure the enemy out of the camp, he immediately outflanked and ambushed them."
"Listen to the general's orders!"
"Commander Yu, you also take the Fengzi Camp to kill the enemy with iron bows in a farther place."
Yu Wen clenched his fists with determination on his face.
"The rest of you will have to deal with me!"
Xu Mu turned around and looked again, and found that the remaining three thousand people were all bloody.
Lame, Xu Mu calculated the distance of throwing the bow. Then he stopped for a moment.
Si Hu probably forgot about it. Just when he was about to start a fight, Xu Mu gave him a shudder, and he suddenly woke up and lowered his head.
The night watch soldiers at the Guancang camp soon discovered the remnants of the army in front of them. A fat general was so frightened that he climbed up to the top of the camp.
"Turn around and leave." Xu Mu shouted in a low voice.
The remnant army of three thousand people began to howl in the sky, cursing, and limping forward to escape.
Along the way, many people also lost their weapons and armor and were in a state of panic.
"I'm starving to death. I haven't eaten steamed buns for eight days." Si Hu shouted the loudest.
Xu Mu was afraid of spoiling things and hurriedly covered his mouth.
"General, we are really out, out!" An old pawn in front of him lowered his head and looked ecstatic.
Xu Mu also clenched his fists tightly.
The fat general who rushed out of the camp had a face full of ecstasy, as did several captains. There were about five or six thousand soldiers in the army. They hurriedly raised their weapons and chased forward.
"Don't kill us, we are willing to surrender!" More than a dozen old soldiers sneered and shouted sadly.
Xu Mu stopped and turned back coldly. When he realized that the fat general had left the camp a long way away, his face suddenly turned red and he raised his arms and shouted.
"The decapitated army, we are waiting for death! Xu Mu only asks if you dare to fight!"
"kill!"
The more than 3,000 beheaded soldiers, who were covered in blood and depressed, roared for a while and picked up the weapons on the ground.
Yu Wen, who was lying in ambush in the distance, led the Fengzi camp to quickly set up bows and twist arrows. After a few arrows were revealed, hundreds of soldiers from the camp lay in wait on the spot.
The fat general who was riding the horse was so frightened that his face was full of horror.
"Kill!" She put away her bow and took out her sword, the Fengziying roared and rushed to kill.
The more than 4,000 dead soldiers of Hutang who were ambushing on both sides also wielded poison-quenched knives and fought into a group with the 5,000 to 6,000 battalion troops who were chasing them.