The castle was in chaos at the moment because a fire broke out in the warehouse.
He had been trapped in the fort for seven days, and the royal army came to harass him from time to time, making it impossible for him to live a peaceful life in Tianma Fort.
Of course, Zhu Xiaoyong was not idle either. At the same time, he also sent out men to constantly leave the fort to fight back.
In any case, both sides fought vigorously, but the scale of the battle was limited to about fifty people.
But who would have known that this afternoon, the royal army did not follow the routine, and it could be said that the whole army was dispatched.
After arriving in position, they formed formations in the north and south of Tianma Fort. They did nothing else but fired arrows into the fort.
The most exaggerated thing is that the Wangfu Army also built a simple catapult.
It is a joke to use this thing to attack a city, but it is enough to deal with Tianma Castle. After all, the walls of Tianma Castle are not that high.
In fact, Xu Yu didn't intend to use the gadget to attack the fortress wall. He used it to project fire oil.
These days of harassment and investigation allowed Xu Yu to figure out the situation inside Tianma Fort, which made him target the granary.
This morning, when the Privy Council's military order urging the use of troops arrived, Xu Yu was forced to produce results as soon as possible, so he made the desperate move.
Xu Yu collected all the lamp oil and decided to do something big, projecting the lamp oil into Tianma Castle and burning down the opponent's granary.
So this catapult became Xu Yu's trump card.
The lamp oil was sealed and packed in special wooden barrels. Along with it, there were "rockets" that seemed to be free of charge and were taken into Tianma Castle.
This time all the people from the Guards Department were dispatched and fired 23 barrels of kerosene and 500 rockets into Tianma Fort, eventually causing a fire.
Standing on the fort wall, looking at the raging fire below, although soldiers continued to put out the fire, Zhu Xiaoyong knew that this was in vain.
The granary cannot be saved. Even if the fire can be extinguished, all the food inside will be reduced to ashes.
At this moment, another strong gust of wind blew, further fueling the flames of the fire.
The soldiers carried wooden buckets and poured bucket after bucket of water out, but it was basically of no use.
Just listen to Zhu Xiaoyong's instructions: "Send people to pour out more food, and then send people to separate the granary from other houses to prevent the fire from spreading again!"
It is a very difficult decision not to save the granary, and only Zhu Xiaoyong is qualified to make this order.
Several hundred households wanted to give advice, but when they saw the raging fire below, they just wanted to bow to reality.
The order was quickly passed on, and the soldiers below changed their mode of action and began to grab as much food as possible from the granary.
To the north of Tianma Fort, Xu Yu and Chen Yuhe had led their men back to their positions and reorganized their formations.
According to their original plan, they were to drive zombies into the encirclement and let these zombies attack the Tianma Fort bandit army.
But who knew that these summoned zombies could not attack the rebel army in the fort at all, and could only continuously attack the royal army's defense line.
Reality forced Xu and Yu to give up this strategy. This is really the plan that cannot keep up with the changes.
Standing in front of the position, looking at the thick smoke rising from Tianma Fort two hundred meters away, Xu Yu couldn't help but smile: "The granary inside must be in danger. Just today and tomorrow... the bandit troops inside will definitely break through, and we can defeat them."
Catch them all in one fell swoop!”
Chen Yuhe nodded and said with emotion: "The military order of the Privy Council will be delivered as soon as possible. I think it was the prince who asked about this matter. I am worried... but I didn't expect Brother Xu's methods to resolve this problem!"
Chen Yuhe meant to praise, but Xu Yu still said calmly: "It's a fluke, it's just a fluke!"
"Instruct the guards to take action soon and kill as few horses as possible. This will be of great use!"
Chen Yuhe was convinced of this and said, "I've already said hello about this!"
"That's good, then...just wait and see what happens!" Xu Yu said with a smile.
In Tianma Fort, the fire in the granary was out of control.
However, the connection between the granary and other buildings has been cut off, so the fire can be considered under control.
The fire shot into the sky, and the red light shone on every soldier's face. Everyone had a stern expression.
Perhaps feeling the heat wave, the horses became restless and kept neighing.
Looking at the food snatched from the ground, Zhu Xiaoyong's face became more and more gloomy. This amount of food could not be sustained for a few days by eating horse chews.
Turning around, Zhu Xiaoyong said in a deep voice: "We have to break out, otherwise we will be trapped and die here!"
"Give me the order, all ministries will cook immediately, and break out after eating and drinking!"
After that, Zhu Xiaoyong didn't say much and walked straight into the hall.
Several hundred households immediately followed in. Breaking out of the encirclement was a last resort, and they had to ask for information.
After receiving the military order, the soldiers immediately began to prepare dinner, and at the same time they were mentally prepared for battle.
In the hall, Zhu Xiaoyong had just sat down, and someone from hundreds of households behind him asked: "Brother, when will we break out of the encirclement?"
"After eating and resting for half an hour, we will break out!" Zhu Xiaoyong said solemnly.
Even if you include the time for eating and cooking, it only lasts for an hour.
Was it too hasty to break through the encirclement after an hour? Several households raised this question.
"Brother, are you too anxious?"
"Afraid? How many days will the food last? If we don't hurry now, are we really going to die trapped in the fort?"
Speaking of this, Zhu Xiaoyong became even more angry and said: "I thought before that we should directly fight the Yong army. If you didn't agree, how could there be today's disaster?"
Now that the counterattack was coming, several hundred households must be dissatisfied, but they did not talk back to Zhu Xiaoyong.
Zhu Xiaoyong also lost control of his emotions when he was angry, so he tried his best to control his emotions at this moment.
The entire Tianma Castle was very quiet, and an hour passed like this.
All the soldiers in the fort were well fed and well fed, the horses were well fed, and everyone was ready for battle.
In the hall, Zhu Xiaoyong was discussing matters with several hundred households and some middle-level officers.
"We will leave the fort later and break out to the south!"
The first sentence Zhu Xiaoyong said made everyone present extremely puzzled.
"Brother, are we going to attack Andu County? Even if we break out, we don't have that much food!"
Looking at the person who spoke, Zhu Xiaoyong asked: "So you think we should go back to Liaoping directly?"
"Prince Yong's Mansion is so powerful that we can't resist it. We should withdraw to Liaoping first and ask His Highness Prince Ming to send troops for reinforcements!"
After hearing this, Zhu Xiaoyong glanced at everyone present and asked: "You all think so too?"
Most people nodded, and then Zhu Xiaoyong smiled and said: "I also think we should go back to Liaoping!"
Good guy, his words stunned everyone again.
Since we are going back to Liaoping, why should we break out to the south? Liaoping should be heading north.
There are only 200 enemies in the north, but there are more than 300 in the south. Even in terms of difficulty, we should break out to the north.
Finally, someone couldn't help it and reminded him directly: "Brother, you should go north when returning to Liaoping!"
"We are returning to the north, will the people of Yong's army think of it? They can think of it if they are not stupid!"
"But why? They only sent 200 people to defend the road we must pass through? But they placed 300 people on the south side?"
Everyone was speechless and looked at Zhu Xiaoyong, waiting for him to continue.
"Because they want to lead us north, indicating that those two hundred people in the north must be deceitful!"
It turned out that there was such a possibility. Everyone present looked as if they suddenly realized it. No one would question Zhu Xiaoyong's decision.
Just listen to Zhu Xiaoyong continue to say: "So, we have to fight back to the south. As long as we break out, we have horses, we can take a detour and return north!"
