Fenghou

Chapter 469 Lanzhou
Tang Qian used the method of disguising himself as a general of the Xixia army and frightening the horses to deceive some of the guard posts and shorten the distance by more than half. He finally got one chance, and he only had this one chance. Once he missed it, the Xixia army would never give it to him again. second chance.

Tang Qian has practiced this arrow countless times. His target is the kerosene barrel, and every detail has been considered. Even the arrow he chose is a three-edged armor-piercing arrow. This kind of arrow is different from the Spike Arrow. There is a bloodletting tank, and once it hits the kerosene barrel, the kerosene will flow out of the bloodletting trough, and when the gunpowder arrow burns, the kerosene will be ignited immediately.

The Xixia people stacked the fire oil barrels and gunpowder barrels layer by layer. Tang Qian shot at the top layer, and the large spear array in front could not stop them.

He also knew that he had only one chance. After the arrow was shot, he ignored it, threw away the bow and arrow, drew a knife and killed an enemy soldier, grabbed a spear, and brandished the spear to break through.

Xia Lian watched a rocket soar into the sky and shoot at the kerosene barrel. He was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder split, his legs went limp, and he knelt down on the ground.

In just a moment, a ball of fire burst open, and the kerosene barrel exploded, followed by a larger ball of fire. This was the explosion of dozens of barrels of kerosene, and a puff of thick smoke rose into the air. And rise.

Everyone was stunned, but what was even more frightening was still to come. The powder kegs were also ignited and exploded. It exploded a few hundred paces away.

The soldiers ran away in fright. Tang Qian dodged and hid under the horse's belly. His war horse ran wildly with a herd of cows in fright. At this time, no one cared about him.

Xixia soldiers ran to the river to fetch water to fight the fire, but the fodder and food were surrounded by the burning fire oil overflowing from all sides. The dry grass and food were all ignited and quickly burned into one piece. Three thousand barrels of fire oil flowed and burned everywhere. Many soldiers called for river water, but they couldn't get in because they were blocked by burning kerosene.

The night wind was strong, and the fire became more and more intense. The [-] soldiers of the Xixia Army watched as the [-] shi of grain and [-] dans of fodder were completely swallowed up.

Everyone was desperate, Song Jun repeated his tricks, and they encountered a food crisis again.

Eighty miles to the south, Chen Qing stood on a hill, looking at the faintly visible fire in the distance, he turned his head and smiled at Niu Gao: "It seems that the scouts have succeeded."

Niu Gao nodded and sighed: "With Xia Lian's cautious marching all the way, it's really not easy to burn his luggage. We must reward this scout team for their outstanding performance."

Chen Qing had roughly guessed that it was the deputy scout commander named Tang Qian who made the great contribution.

"That's right, it's a good reward!"

Agan County in Lanzhou is a small county, located forty miles south of Lanzhou City, with a population of only a few thousand people who mainly make a living by farming. There is no military camp in the city, only a warehouse, which stores thousands of shi of grain, and has [-] Xixia soldiers. Keep watch here.

In the evening of that day, a caravan composed of more than a hundred mules came to the South City Gate, loaded with goods. The owner of the caravan was a middle-aged man riding a donkey, and he was accompanied by more than a dozen fellows.

The city gate was guarded by several militia soldiers. They were sitting by the gate and chatting, when they suddenly saw a caravan approaching, their eyes lit up, and the opportunity to make money came.

Lanzhou City may be more heavily guarded, but in a small county like Egan County, it is necessary to guard the city gate, and only a few state soldiers are responsible for opening and closing the city gate.

Their so-called guarding the city gate is actually to get money.

The leading soldier came up to meet him, pretending to shout, "Stop, what are you doing?"

The businessman said with a smile: "Go to Xixia to do business. The Yellow River has not completely thawed. Come here and wait for a few days."

"what kind of business?"

"Small business, do some wine business."

The leading soldier slapped his thigh and shouted, "Alcohol is a contraband!"

The businessman gave him a contemptuous look, "Do you think this is Lin'an? There are also contraband! Just tell me how much money you want, and don't do this with me."

The leading soldier chuckled, "Brother is a smart man, I can't fool you, and our brothers just want money for a drink, this amount!"

He held out a finger, indicating that he wanted consistent money.

He has seen a lot of businessmen traveling here and there, and he knows that as long as he gives them one set of money, they will definitely ask for another two sets of money, endlessly.

"It's too much. Lanzhou City only needs five hundred Wen. You are a small county town and you dare to ask for a consistent amount of money. If you break the rules, you will have to drink the Northwest Wind in the future."

Seeing that the other party actually knew the rules, the lead soldier didn't dare to ask for more, so he nodded, "Then follow the rules!"

The businessman took out half of the money and threw it to the other party. Several soldiers smiled all over their faces, "Please come in, master!"

With a wave of his hand, the merchant led the caravan into the city.

When they came to the county seat, they temporarily rented a big house. This big house was close to the city wall and a group of people unloaded all the goods, which were all heavy leather bags.

The businessman's surname is Liao, he is really a businessman, but his more than a dozen clerks are Song soldiers pretending to be Qiao. Liao Dongzhu is very familiar with Agan County. The mansion he temporarily rented fully meets the requirements of the soldiers. It is located at the root of the city wall. .

These leather bags were filled with kerosene, and they prepared both ways. If a tunnel could not be opened, the kerosene would be directly stored in the city. If a tunnel could be opened, the kerosene could be brought from outside.

As night fell, more than [-] soldiers came from all over the county, and [-] soldiers gathered in the whole mansion. They closed the gate and began to dig tunnels in the woodshed close to the city wall.

Chen Qing adopted Cao Baozong's suggestion that he must win Lanzhou City first, and he handed over this task to Yang Zaixing.

At this time, there were [-] Xixia troops in the camp on the north bank of the Yellow River, led by Shang Dongyan, but Lanzhou City on the south bank of the Yellow River had only [-] defenders, even less than the troops in Dingxi County, mainly because it was already far away from the camp. Recently, there is no need to station more troops. A thousand troops are stationed just to control Lanzhou City.

In the early morning of this day, just after dawn, a [-] Xixia cavalry came galloping from a distance. The guards at the top of the city saw it from a distance and hurriedly closed the city gate.

Not long after, the cavalry rushed to the city, and a general stepped forward and shouted in party language: "Why close the city gate?"

The general on the top of the wall had never seen this general, he hesitated, and asked again: "Is there a military order?"

The leading general scolded: "We didn't sleep all night, what military order is needed, it delays the big event, and it's your head!"

After cursing, the general still took out a command arrow and held it up high, "See clearly, the command arrow is here!"

Sure enough, it was the general's command arrow, the guard did not dare to neglect, and immediately ordered the city gate to be opened.

This General Gate is just a soldier of the Song Army who knows the party language. The real leader is Liu Qiong behind him. This time, Yang Zaixing gave Liu Qiong the opportunity to outwit Lanzhou City.

The city gate opened slowly, the suspension bridge was lowered slowly, and the general waved his hand, "Enter the city!"

Two thousand cavalry rushed into the city of Lanzhou in mighty force.
Half an hour later, Yang Zaixing led [-] cavalry soldiers to the city, and the flag of the Song Army had been replaced on the top of the city. Liu Qiong smiled triumphantly from the top of the city: "General Yang, I'm sorry, I didn't even leave Tang for you!"

Yang Zaixing snorted, and led the army towards the city.

(End of this chapter)