The cold light shines on the county town, with spots and mottled light and shadow, decorating the county town like a dream, as if you are in a fairyland. Under the night scene, there is no tranquility and peace, but a prelude to the hustle and bustle of killing. , the soldiers of a regiment under Yang Banhou gathered again and were following Yang Banhou's arrangements.
"Set off."
After Yang Banhou finished his instructions, he immediately shouted loudly. Tang Fu conveyed Yang Banhou's order. The soldiers of the entire regiment were immediately divided into three groups. The first battalion, the second battalion, and the third battalion were dispatched according to the day's order. Position forward.
Li Zhen looked around on the tower and could still see clearly with the faint moonlight.
Not long after, gunshots were heard again in the city.
"Bang, bang,,."
Continuous gunshots rang out, but enemy soldiers were ambushing in the houses on the left and right sides of the official road leading to the Governor's Palace. These people shot and dropped bombs, trying to block the advance of the army. Obviously, Xi Yinglong still refused to give up and wanted to Use the house as a bunker to stop Li Zhen's soldiers.
"Archers prepare."
A loud roar rang out from the soldiers of the third battalion.
The person who shouted was the commander of the third battalion.
As the battalion commander's order was issued, two teams of archers appeared in the army in the lane. These two teams, one on the left and one on the right, corresponded to the houses on the left and right sides of the lane. Not only that, the bows and arrows in the hands of the archers were not bare arrows. , but wrapped in linen cloth soaked with tung oil, grease, etc.
"ignition."
With an order, the soldiers holding torches lit the bows and arrows in the archers' hands.
"shoot."
In an instant, a landscape appeared in the lane.
Two waves of flaming bows and arrows shot clearly at the houses on both sides of the lane.
"Ding, ding,,."
Continuous sounds came, and rockets hit the house one after another. These bows and arrows either fell inside the house, or hit the house. The bows and arrows quickly set the house on fire through the burning effect of tung oil.
This happened to the third battalion, and the same happened to the second and first battalions. The battalion commanders of the two battalions used the same method, constantly shooting rockets and using fire to ignite the houses. In this way, the people hiding on both sides of the street All the soldiers in the side house ran out quickly and became the targets of massacre.
Even some of the people's clothes had been set on fire, making them look like burning people.
Under the night sky, the city was blood red.
Li Zhen used a telescope to observe the situation in the north, east and middle of the city. He was very happy to see that the three armies had achieved staged victories. Although due to the color of the sky, he could only see vaguely through the telescope, but in general The situation can still be clearly distinguished.
Seeing the fire on three sides, Yang Banhou said: "Commander, we will definitely rush into the Governor's Mansion tonight and capture Xi Yinglong alive."
Li Zhendao: "Where did you get this confidence?"
Yang Banhou chuckled and said loudly: "After the problem of the alley is solved, the soldiers will make great strides forward. When the army reaches the Governor's Mansion, they will definitely win."
Li Zhendao: "Not necessarily. The north of Lingui County is obviously higher than the south, west and east. Going towards the Governor's Mansion, there is bound to be a climbing process. There cannot be no enemy soldiers on this road. Therefore, we I don’t think it will go well.”
After a pause, Li Zhen continued: "If Xi Changzhen and Xi Yinglong had planned to give up resistance, they would have led their troops and left Lingui County long ago instead of staying in the city and resisting. What we encountered before was that Xi Changzhen and Xi Yinglong shrunk the perimeter. All their troops have been concentrated in Lingui County. Now that the two armies are fighting, Xi Yinglong and Xi Changzhen must have many means, and there is no way they only have an ambush point in the alleyway."
Yang Banhou remained silent and watched quietly.
Li Zhen saw that Yang Banhou looked unconvinced and did not continue to explain.
…
Governor's Yamen, lobby.
After nightfall, Xi Yinglong and Xi Changzhen still didn't rest. Through the hall, they saw three fires burning in the city. Seeing this situation, they both sighed slightly.
"Tap, step,."
Footsteps sounded, and a soldier ran in quickly. With a panicked expression on his face, the soldier said loudly: "Your Majesty, the soldiers under Li Zhen's command used rockets to ignite..."
"I know, general."
Xi Yinglong interrupted the soldiers and said: "Returning the soldiers, I have already made other preparations. I used the alleyway during the day and failed to stop the attack. I continued at night. Am I not a fool? The soldiers in the alleyway are just a pretext. I can make arrangements freely. "
"yes."
When the soldier heard that there was a backup plan, he felt happy.
Xi Yinglong said: "Brother, it's time for your soldiers to appear next."
Xi Changzhen patted his chest and said loudly: "Don't worry, I will teach Li Zhen a lesson this time. He thought he was so arrogant after setting off a few fires. I let him know what is truly powerful. He has Cannons, I have cannons too."
Xi Changzhen called his soldiers and conveyed the order.
…
In the city, the three armies under Yang Banhou used rockets to defeat the soldiers hiding in the houses.
The army was rushing toward the Governor's Mansion with great momentum.
Due to the higher terrain in the north, all three armies encountered higher slopes.
On the way, the commander of the third battalion looked at the army under his command and shouted: "Brothers, victory is tonight. Among our three battalions, our battalion only has more than a thousand soldiers, which is not as many as the first battalion, which has more than three thousand soldiers." There are thousands of soldiers, but we must be the strongest and be at the forefront. Give me more strength and capture the Governor's Mansion first, and we will achieve great success."
"Make meritorious service, make meritorious service,."
The soldiers in the army roared, all excited.
"boom,."
When these soldiers were shouting, a thunderous roar was heard, resounding through the night sky. After hearing this, the commander of the third battalion suddenly changed his face and shouted: "Get down, all of them get down." He got down immediately. He was on the ground, holding his head in his hands, but the soldiers around him still couldn't react and were actually looking around.
"boom,."
Violent explosions erupted among the crowd.
In an instant, countless corpses flew up, soil splashed, and blood quickly dyed the ground red. When the explosion stopped, screams and wailings suddenly came from the soldiers. Those who had not been killed by the bomb just now had been killed. The soldiers who were missing arms and legs were screamed by the explosion. The commander of the third battalion looked at the slope ahead and saw several cannons placed two hundred meters away. Through the opponent's torch, he could still see standing on the slope. There are dense enemy troops on it.
Similarly, when the soldiers of the third battalion encounter difficulties, the same goes for the soldiers of the second and first battalions.
All three battalions of soldiers were intercepted.
Li Zhen watched from the tower and saw Xi Yinglong and Xi Changzhen using new tricks. His mood was slightly depressed, but his expression remained unchanged. He had already anticipated a new situation. The two guys first used street fighting, and now they have used the people in the city. The slope was used as the commanding height to block, and Li Zhen even deduced that the opponent not only had artillery, but also guns, and even grenades. After all, Xi Yinglong and Russell's cooperation definitely had these more advanced weapons.
Li Zhen looked at Yang Banhou and asked: "Banhou, what do you think?"
Yang Banhou said in a deep voice: "Use a cannon to blast him."
