Walking down the city wall, Xu Mu's face became more and more serious.
Two hours, if converted into the time of later generations, would be about four hours. It was enough for him to take the girl to dinner, a movie, and to the hotel...and then walk out of the hotel.
Not too much.
"Old General Lian, who is the commander-in-chief of Beidi this time?"
"I heard that he is the brother of the Great Khan of Beidi, Tuoba Zhao, King of Zuo Khan. Tuoba Zhao has a gloomy temperament and a city in his heart. He once said that this time he would skin hundreds of generals in the Central Plains and trample them under his feet."
Xu Mu sneered.
The king of the foreign tribes in the grassland is called the Great Khan. Under the Great Khan, he is divided into the Left Khan and the Right Khan, which are equivalent to the Zaifu and Taiwei of the Daji Court.
This level is a level higher than that of Hu Yange, the original King of Guli. It can be seen that the Beidi people are bound to win this southern expedition.
"Little boss, I will retreat in two hours, what should I do now?"
Xu Mu raised his head and looked at the top of the city.
After the Beidi people's catapult, the offensive rarely slowed down. The Di dogs who wanted to climb the wall were also forced down by the defenders at the top of the city using various methods.
"Old General Lian, could you please guard the pass for now?"
Just as Lian Yong was about to reply, suddenly another arrow fell from the sky. He was so shocked that he hurriedly stopped talking and hid himself behind the city wall.
Xu Mu took a deep breath. Of course Wangzhou City cannot be defended. The city gate is too broken and the Beidi people can't even beat it a few times.
There can be bloody battles, but it is not wise to stay and die for the city.
I told Lian Yong before that before leaving Wangzhou, I would leave a killing trap behind.
"Brother Mu, what should I do?"
Si Hu, who ran after him, was a little reluctant. He wanted to drag his double-edged ax and chop off a few more Di people's dog heads.
"Si Hu, how many years have you and I lived in Wangzhou?"
"Brother Mu is two years older than me, and I am sixteen this year."
"Si Hu, you are twenty-four years old..."
"That's more than twenty years. When I was a child, I survived by begging."
Even though he traveled through time, seriously speaking, Xu Mu had a lot of feelings for this old city of Wangzhou in his heart.
He left Wangzhou, destroyed Wangzhou, and now, he wants to destroy Wangzhou again.
"Si Hu, please bring some people and lift all the stone slabs near the North City Gate."
These stone slabs, as the old official in Wangzhou said, have been in disrepair for many years, and many of them have been trampled to pieces.
"Brother Mu, what are you doing?"
"Find something that is easy to catch fire, bury it and cover it up, leaving gaps, and remember to pour some kerosene on it."
Those who did not go to the city wall to garrison, as well as many wounded soldiers who had retreated, rushed over one after another. Following Xu Mu's instructions, they kept looking for flammable materials such as dry grass and dung, and carefully buried them under the stone slabs without forgetting.
Pour some fire oil over it.
Two hours was not much time, but fortunately there were enough manpower. By noon, the open space in front of the North City Gate and the avenue were covered with flammable materials soaked in kerosene.
If it rains now, Xu Mu will scold his mother directly.
"General, everything is buried!"
Xu Mu nodded and stood up, looking around at the surrounding layout. Time was too tight to allow the entire city to burn down.
However, after asking Qingtian Camp before, most of the heroes who traveled around the world were carrying Mongolian sweat medicine. Xu Mu simply took them all and buried them in several directions. When the fire started, it should have some effect.
This fire was enough to allow tens of thousands of people in Wangzhou to leave safely.
Throughout the ages, most of the examples of battles in which a small number of people defeated a large number came from the two attacks of water and fire, Red Cliff, the Burning Company Camp, Baiqi Water Flooding Yancheng...
After walking a few more steps towards the city wall, Xu Mu walked to Lian Yong's side. At this time, under the city gate of Wangzhou, the offensive of the Beidi people gradually slowed down.
The corpses under the city ravine were piled up on several levels. Those of Di Gou, those of the old soldiers, the black armor of the Yuzhou Army, and the white armor of the Qingtian Camp.
When fighting, people will die.
"This was the case in the past. King Zuo Khan could not attack for a long time. Seeing that Di Gou had lost his morale, he wanted to retreat first."
One hundred thousand Beidi people might be able to succeed in a continuous crazy attack, but the number of corpses filling the gully would increase several times.
Xu Mu frowned and looked towards the direction of the Di people's camp. Compared with the previous King Guli, Zuo Khan of the Beidi people was really more stable.
"According to the wars these days, when the siege equipment has been redeployed, these Di dogs will come up again and fight to the death."
"Don't worry about this for now." Xu Mu said in a solemn voice.
"Old General Lian, the time is almost up. You and others should retreat first."
"What about the little boss?"
"I will lead three thousand people to the rear. These three thousand people are light cavalry and will catch up quickly. I don't need the baggage in the city, but I can bring some food and grass."
"Why is this?"
Xu Mu turned his head, his face a little gloomy, "Zhao Qingyun is staying between the two cities now, and there are still 20,000 light cavalry. I'm worried that too much baggage, plus there are people outside the city, will slow down the march.
speed."
If he is intercepted by Zhao Qingyun and attacked by Di Ren who is slowing down behind him, disaster will be imminent.
"I will listen to you."
"Old General, set off quickly."
Lian Yong nodded and did not waste any more time. He asked the garrison at the top of the city to retreat carefully, and after counting their numbers, he and more than 20,000 troops from the Yuzhou camp slowly marched to the outside of Wangzhou City.
Wangzhou is only a hundred and twenty miles away from Hezhou. If we march faster, we can arrive there at night.
Zhao Qingyun is certainly a trouble. But Xu Mu is more willing to guess that this dogman may be unwilling to accept it and has been circling around Hezhou, thinking of taking it back to the city gate.
"My little boss, I'm all ready." Chang Wei ran over with a pear blossom gun in his arms, still chattering, "You fool, this time I'm going to burn all these dogs into red dogs!"
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Xu Mu smiled slightly and took it as a response.
Even excluding those who died in battle and those who were recovering from their injuries in the rear, the Di people still had an army of approximately 70,000 to 80,000 people. No matter how powerful the fire in Wangzhou City was, it was impossible to burn them all in one fire.
"Brother Mu, do you want to go?"
"Wait a minute, the Di people's baggage is coming. I guess they will throw flint again later to steal a round of ammunition."
"My dear boss, what is ammunition?"
Xu Mucai was shocked to realize that he had slipped his words and was too lazy to explain. He raised his head and stared into the distance. The time was just right. After the next wave of collapsing fire stones, there would be dense crowds of Beidi people trying to break through again.
Not long after.
As Xu Mu expected, the Beidi people went crazy. Following the "woo-woo" sound of the ox-horn trombone, Beidi's captains kept running on horseback, commanding the regrouped phalanx.
Above the sky, the first roaring fire-colliding stone was thrown from a distance with the power of a lever, drawing a parabola filled with fire and smoke.
"Get off the city wall!" Xu Mu shouted angrily.
More than three thousand people jumped off the top of the city one after another, so that the entire city suddenly became empty.
Xu Mu was not worried.
I guess those Beidi people would just think that they were hiding behind the female wall again.
Waves of fire and rocks exploded, constantly cracking the ancient Wangzhou city wall. Immediately afterwards, the roars of the Di people rushing through the pass could be heard.
Xu Mu coldly rode up to General Feng. Behind him, more than 3,000 light cavalrymen also mounted their horses.