Outside Lingui County, a neat group of soldiers gathered.
This army was clearly under Xi Yinglong's command. The leaders were Xi Yinglong and Xi Changzhen. Xi Changzhen was dressed in armor. Looking at the city that had turned into a sea of fire, he stroked his long beard under his chin and had red phoenix eyes. He laughed and said: " Sir, Li Zhen has really been tricked this time. The city gates in all directions have been blocked. With the help of the power of fire, it will not be easy for Li Zhen to break through the city gates. Even if he uses artillery to break through the city gates, we He can't escape if he's still waiting outside the city."
Xi Yinglong said calmly: "Li Zhen did lose, but we also paid a lot."
Xi Changzhen said with a sad look on his face: "That's true."
Think about how much Xi Yinglong paid and how much pressure he endured in order for Li Zhen to reach Lingui County smoothly and to allow Li Zhen to successfully attack the city. These are still secondary. The key is Xi Yinglong's soldiers also suffered many casualties, especially the losses in Xunzhou Prefecture, Liuzhou Prefecture, Nanning Prefecture and other places, all caused by Xi Yinglong's failure to rescue.
In order to design Li Zhen, he paid a huge price.
At this time, Xi Yinglong finally waited for the opportunity to take revenge.
To avenge the previous shame.
In the army, soldiers all have this idea.
Xi Yinglong recovered his thoughts and asked in a deep voice: "Brother, is the road back closed?"
Xi Changzhen patted his chest and said seriously: "Don't worry, don't you worry about what I do? As a role model for the army and a model for everyone to follow, I am absolutely reliable in what I do. I have safely passed us through the city." The passages to the outside of the city are all sealed. Not to mention that the passages are blocked, it will definitely be difficult for Li Zhen to find a tunnel out of the city, and they will not be able to escape."
Xi Yinglong rolled his eyes, he had never seen someone so boastful.
"Brother, the fire has become a climate."
Xi Yinglong said leisurely, looking at the raging fire in the city, he also firmly believed that this battle would be won. The next step was just to delay the time. Now that victory was about to be won, Xi Yinglong was in a particularly good mood.
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In the city, Tang Fu led the army to break through the siege towards the north gate.
"Boom, boom,."
On both sides of the street, the burning houses began to collapse, beams and other wood continued to fall, splashing dust on the ground, and sparks flying everywhere. The harsh environment on both sides had a great impact on Yufu and his army. , the heat radiated from the raging fire even made the hair of the soldiers under his command begin to curl.
As we approached the north gate, the fire became more intense.
Through the fire, Tang Fu had already seen the boulder blocking the gate. He shook his head secretly, thinking that the soldiers on his side were too careless. Xi Yinglong wanted to use the boulder to block the city gate. No one noticed such a big move. It was really too careless that led to today's situation.
"Help, help me."
A scream suddenly sounded among the army.
The clothes on a soldier caught fire and he yelled immediately, because he had been walking on the road with fire burning on both sides, and his clothes had already been dried. Once he encountered a spark, he was immediately ignited. The first With the help of his comrades, the burning soldiers quickly extinguished the flames. However, one after another soldiers in the army had their clothes ignited by flying sparks, causing the army to become confused.
When this situation occurs, it cannot be overcome, so it can only be avoided as much as possible.
Yufushi was heartbroken when he saw his soldiers being devoured by fire.
"Quickly, blast open the city gate."
Yufu no longer hesitated and decisively ordered the artillery to aim the cannon at the city gate. Within a moment, the cannon was ready and aimed in the direction of the city gate.
"emission."
With an order, all the gunners fired.
"Boom, boom,."
A series of loud noises were heard, and cannonballs landed at the door one after another. There was a loud bang. The cannonballs shattered the boulders at the city gate and also exploded the city gate. A stream of air came in from outside the city, as if it was brought in. A breath of fresh air refreshed everyone's spirits.
"rush out."
The company commander was the first to roar, and his soldiers immediately rushed out.
They braved the fire and risked their lives. When they rushed to the city gate, there was a burst of gunfire outside the city, and the dense rain of arrows, bullets and bows and arrows were fired at the city gate. A powerful barrage of firepower formed, and almost all the soldiers who rushed out were shot dead.
Xi Changzhen looked at the soldiers coming out of the city with a sneer on his lips.
Before that, he concluded that "Li Zhen" would escape from the north gate, because among the four city gates, Li Zhen entered from the north gate, and Li Zhen was closest to the north gate. In order to save time and leave faster, he Li Zhen would definitely choose to break out from the north gate, while Xi Changzhen stayed outside the north gate just to wait for Li Zhen to come out.
Right now, what Xi Changzhen has to do is to delay the arrival of Li Zhen's army.
It was impossible for Xi Changzhen to use bows, arrows, and bullets to block "Li Zhen's" army in the city. However, Xi Changzhen understood that as long as he delayed for one minute and one second, the damage caused would be doubled, ten times, or even a hundred times, because in the city There is also a raging fire, which is the most important killing move. Xi Changzhen's idea is correct and vicious. More and more clothes on the soldiers in the city are burning, and the ranks are becoming more and more chaotic.
The soldiers who fought out of the city were too few to form a large scale.
The army has fallen into crisis.
Tangfu was surrounded by soldiers. He felt the heat wave coming, but there was no danger yet. He looked around with a trace of regret in his eyes. From the time he led the troops to fight until now, Tangfu had never encountered such a war. He has never encountered such a dangerous situation, but right now, he has no choice.
If you can't get out, you will die if you stay in the city.
Tang Fu knew that he had to fight out, because there were troops led by Li Zhen and Yang Banhou outside. Once he killed out, the threat would be gone. Tang Fu took a deep breath and continued: "Brothers, the commander-in-chief is leading his army. To intercept Xi Yinglong, as long as we fight out, we will win immediately. We will fight for our lives and for us to go home to visit our relatives."
"Never surrender, fight to the death."
The company commander had a determined expression on his face and vowed to live and die with Tang Fu.
Another platoon leader also said: "Batalion Commander, I will live and die together and will never be a coward who surrenders."
The company commanders, platoon commanders and other cadres at all levels in the army expressed their refusal to surrender, and they all firmly followed Tang Fu to death. The morale of the entire army was impassioned. No one wanted to surrender, and they were all willing to live and die with Tang Fu. die.
"Batalion Commander, we can't die."
When everyone felt helpless, the company commander suddenly yelled.