Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 334 Battle Three

"So that's how it is!" Hou Junji said with a little disappointment, he thought there were a lot of them, and he wanted to finish burning Tuyuhun and then burn Tubo.

"Yes, if there were more, the battle would be much easier." Duan Zhixuan nodded and said.

"Although that is the case, if this is the case, I am afraid that we warriors will be less effective." Hou Junji sighed.

"I'm afraid it will be like this in the future." Duan Zhixuan, as the head of Li Shimin's personal guards, has naturally seen gunpowder that can make a thunderous sound, and has such violent fire oil. , agreed with what he said.

"Could it be that there will be a lot of oil in the future?" Hou Junji noticed the look in his eyes, and couldn't help asking in a heartbeat.

"It should be." Duan Zhixuan couldn't bring up gunpowder, so he could only answer vaguely.

Hou Junji saw that he didn't want to say more, and he didn't ask any more questions, and continued to pay attention to the siege.

The catapult quickly moved forward a hundred steps and continued to throw the oil pipe, while the archers also approached and fired rockets.

Duan Zhixuan saw the flames rising again in the city, and immediately nodded in satisfaction and said: "Be careful, in case the other party jumps over the wall in a hurry."

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"How about the other three sides?" Murong Xiaojun stood in the city, looked at the soldiers with hesitant expressions around him, and asked with a bitter face.

"General! The other three sides are in the same situation. The Tang army is still setting fire. What should we do now?" the deputy general replied with a bloodless face.

"It's vicious! It's really vicious! It's so angry that you can't rush out. You immediately lead people to demolish all the houses in front of you to prevent the fire from spreading. You must be quick!" Murong Xiaojun said anxiously.

"Those who don't want to die go and demolish the houses in front!" The deputy general shouted loudly as he climbed on the back of a horse.

The soldiers of Tuyuhun were only frightened by the fire. They were already in despair, but now someone took the lead, no matter whether they survived or not, there was rarely a glimmer of hope, so they hurriedly acted.

"Hurry up and find water, and ask everyone to cover their mouths with wet cloths." Murong Xiaojun felt that the air was getting hotter and hotter, and black smoke was spreading all over the city, so he quickly ordered to the guards.

"It's the general!" No one wanted to die, and the guards rushed into action.

"If you can survive, when the Tang army attacks, bring your brothers to break through." Murong Xiaojun said to another lieutenant general.

"General, we retreat, what do you do?" the deputy general asked worriedly.

"The loss is so huge, how can I have the face to return to the country, and I have not died to repay the lord of the country." Murong Xiaojun said bitterly. In fact, he didn't want to live. Too many, there is no good result when going back, but the family will be affected, not only Fu Yun will not let him go, but other families will come to make trouble. After thinking for a long time, no one died.

"General! After the end of the last general, you lead people to retreat. Without you, the last general will not be able to go back with you." The deputy general is Murong Xiaojun's confidant, and he is about to cut off the queen for him. Not bad, at least someone was willing to die for him.

"After breaking through the siege, rush to the vicinity of Songzhou with the fastest speed, meet Tubo, and then immediately withdraw back to the country. This is the vast majority of the country's troops. If they are all dead, let alone Datang, Tubo, even the party members will not let go Pass us, remember that for the sake of the Murong family, I must die." Murong Xiaojun grabbed the lieutenant general, lowered his voice, and urged forcefully.

"The general obeys his orders and will try his best to bring people back." The deputy general's eyes turned red, and he clenched his fists firmly and replied, he also understood what Murong Xiaojun meant, he was not trying to persuade him, but he was extremely sad.

Murong Xiaojun felt that the air was getting hotter and hotter. Seeing that the fire was still burning in all directions, his nostrils were full of hot air, occasionally there was a burst of smoke, and the horses in the city neighed continuously. As an animal, his nose was more sensitive, obviously more uncomfortable.

Seeing this, Murong Xiaojun's heart sank. If the horse died, there was really no way to break out, so he quickly ordered to put a wet cloth on the horse.

Fortunately, although this is a small city, there are many wells in the middle of the city. There are many people and strength, and people keep bringing water up, setting up tents to wet the tents, and shutting all the horses in. This is a sigh of relief.

The fire continued to burn until midnight before it was extinguished. Fortunately, although the fire was extinguished, it was surrounded by high temperatures, making it impossible for Datang soldiers to attack.

Murong Xiaojun looked at the sky, estimated that Datang would attack after dawn, and quickly arranged for the soldiers to rest.

At Yinshi just now, Murong Xiaojun, who hadn't slept all night, woke up all the soldiers to eat, and then began to organize their equipment and feed the horses. Everyone already understood that the entire army would retreat today, and there would inevitably be a bitter battle.

Sure enough, as expected, the soldiers of Datang appeared outside the city just after dawn, apparently not wanting to give Murong Xiaojun more rest time.

"General! The Tang army attacked from two sides, and the other two sides were guarded by cavalry." The guards who had already been arranged quickly inquired about the good news and came to report.

"I really want to kill them all! Isn't that direction the Xuanjia Army?" Murong Xiaojun knew that Datang was definitely attacking with all his strength, otherwise he would not have concentrated his forces, and immediately decided to break through from the ordinary cavalry.

"Go! Kill out." Murong Xiaojun put on his helmet, raised his hand and said coldly. After speaking, he got on his horse and led the way to the city gate. Although he knew that he would die today, there was no wavering in his heart.

"Woo! Woo! Woo!" The desolate sound of the horn tore through the dawn, the sky was already bright, and the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty shouted neat slogans and began to attack.

The building cart, which was taller than the city wall, moved forward slowly under the push of the soldiers. The catapult had already started throwing stones, and the weighed stones hit the city wall with a dull sound.

Entering the shooting range, the archers raised their hands neatly to throw, and the dense rain of arrows hit the city wall. The infantry roared and began to charge, and the siege ladder was quickly erected on the wall.

"Boss, it's not right!" The guard saw that the soldiers approached the city wall easily, but they didn't shoot a single arrow along the way, feeling something wrong and hurriedly said to Hou Junji.

Hou Junji naturally saw that something was wrong, and after a little thought, he understood that Murong Xiaojun wanted to escape.

"Bang!" The city gate that had been burned by the fire was pushed down!
"Kill!" Datang soldiers shouted excitedly and rushed into the city.

"Woo! Woo!" At this moment, a horn sounded from another city gate.

As soon as Hou Junji heard it, he knew that Murong Xiaojun must have broken through from that side, and he knew that Duan Zhixuan would definitely support him, so he didn't waste time, so he immediately rode forward, intending to quickly pass through the city and chase him from behind.

Hou Junji had just rushed into the city not far away when he found a fire in front of him, blocking the way forward. He couldn't help feeling anxious, and hurriedly called the soldiers to leave the city and chase after him by detour.

It turned out that Murong Xiaojun had already made preparations. He demolished the house yesterday and piled up all the wood, waiting for Datang to ignite it when he attacked, so as to block it.

(End of this chapter)