The people in the prefect's mansion were awakened and panicked. Many people ran out naked without even having time to put on their clothes.
In the past few days, I haven't heard of any movement from the Han army, and Zhang Wei slept peacefully.
Until a slave banged on his door and shouted outside: "General, it's on fire, General, it's on fire."
Zhang Weicai woke up in a daze and heard clearly that there was a fire in the house. Zhang Wei hurriedly ran out.
"What's going on?" Zhang Wei grabbed a slave and asked.
In fact, the fire in the Prefecture was not that big.
That is to say, Fan Chong threw several bundles of burned hay inside, causing the people in the mansion to panic, but they were quickly destroyed.
The hay piled outside was burning with a raging fire, and it could not spread to the inside of the mansion in a short period of time.
Seeing the chaos in the prefect's mansion, Fan Chou led his people and ran away first.
He led three hundred people and rushed towards the west gate.
Setting fire to the city was just to cause chaos and buy a little more time.
The key point is to open the west gate.
Outside the city, Wang Ding and Gao Shun were already ready.
At that time, Wang Ding and Gao Shun quietly came to the west gate with their army.
When he heard the sounds of fighting in the city, Wang Ding began to let the army launch an attack.
More than twenty ladders were pushed close to the city wall. The iron hooks were tightly hooked on the top of the wall. The soldiers grabbed the ladders and climbed up quickly.
The defenders on the top of the city had just heard a surprise attack inside the city, and some people ran down the steps when they heard the sound of a big siege outside the city.
Tonight is really a beautiful day, with the bright moon hanging high in the sky, and the soldiers attacking the city can clearly see the situation in front of them without holding torches.
Gao Shun, Wang Ding and Xu Huang also came to the city gate, waited for the city gate to open, and immediately led the army to rush in.
"The city gate is open."
There is a gap in the city gate that is more than one foot high. People inside are pulling hard, and people outside are also pushing hard in.
The heavy city gate made a harsh friction sound, and the gap in the middle became wider and wider.
"Kill."
Gao Shun led his trapped camp and rushed to the front.
Wang Ding and Xu Huang also followed into the city.
When the defenders in the west of the city saw the city gate being opened, they stopped guarding and ran towards the city.
The defenders on the city wall were still fighting with the Han army on the ladder. When they heard that the city gate had been opened, they turned around and ran away, regardless of the Han army on the ladder.
They only have a thousand people here, how can they stop an army of 20,000 people?
There are people in the city who are in contact with the Han army, and they are cooperating inside and outside. If reinforcements do not come, how can these thousand people be willing to fight to the death?
And Jia Xu's analysis was correct. The defenders in the west of the city were very poor in terms of combat effectiveness and military discipline.
Cheng Yin only had seven hundred Han troops with wooden sticks in hand to stop them and open the city gate.
"General, something big has happened. Someone in the city has colluded with the Han army. They are fighting at the west gate. They want to open the city gate and let the Han army enter the city."
Zhang Wei, who was organizing to put out the fire, was shocked when he heard the news and quickly asked the man to mobilize the soldiers of Beiying.
He no longer had the intention to put out the fire, so he asked people to collect the gold and silver and prepare to go directly to the south gate.
But before we set off, someone came to report: "General, the Han army has already entered."
Zhang Wei's legs went weak and he almost fell to the ground. He shouted: "Let's go, come with me."
The Han army has entered the city, Zhang Wei no longer has hope, he just wants to escape Wudu.
Outside the north gate and the east gate, there used to be the camp of the Han army. He did not dare to go through these two gates, so he only ran towards the south gate with his entourage.
After entering the city, Wang Ding immediately went to kill the prefect's mansion.
On the road, I met 300 people led by Fan Chou.
Fan Chou saw this and saw that Wang Ding had entered the city, so he followed Wang Ding and headed towards the prefect's mansion.
When they arrived outside the prefect's mansion, the place was already in chaos. The slaves were running around in the dark, and no one was there to put out the fire.
Fan Chou grabbed a slave and shouted: "Where is Zhang Wei?"
"I don't know, I don't know, don't kill me." The slave was incoherent.
Fan Chou threw him away and arrested several more people, only then did he learn that Zhang Wei had run away.
"Lord, Zhang Wei ran towards the south gate." Fan Chou said.
Wang Ding left Gao Shun behind to continue dealing with the defenders in the city, and at the same time asked Cheng Yin to maintain order and put out the fire.
He and Xu Huang led a group of people and went straight to the south gate.
But when Wang Ding arrived at the south gate, the city gate was wide open, and the original defenders had already escaped with Zhang Wei.
Wang Ding did not pursue him again.
Instead, quickly control the city gate and close it again.
Zhang Wei has no ability, so he ran away.
Now that we have taken over Wudu, we must also stabilize the people's sentiments.
There are still 20,000 enemy troops in the city, so Zhang Wei fled with his confidants, but these people don't know yet.
Ordinary people were awakened, but no one dared to come out. They closed the door tightly and blocked the door with sticks and stones.
"Zhang Wei has escaped, and the rest are waiting. Surrender without killing." Wang Ding led his people back into the city and shouted along the streets.
Among ordinary people, there are still many believers of the Five Pecks of Rice Sect, but they dare not come out now.
They have not been completely brainwashed, and Zhang Lu’s Five Dou Rice Cult does not preach invulnerability.
Ordinary believers are still afraid of death.
Besides, Zhang Wei has run away, so what are they still doing?
The soldiers who came from the north of the city had already fought against Gao Shun, but when they heard that Zhang Wei had escaped, they all lost their will to fight. In addition, tens of thousands of Han soldiers shouted together, and they quickly fell to their knees. Zhang Wei has already run away, so naturally they are not willing to work for Zhang Wei anymore.
The fire in the city was also brought under control by Cheng Yin and his men. When Fan Chou set the fire, he had stepped on it. The fire did not cause much damage to ordinary people. The most serious damage was to the prefect's mansion.
Because Zhang Wei ran away first, the prefect's mansion was in chaos, and half of the prefect's mansion was burned down.
It wasn't until dawn that Wang Ding had time to count the casualties.
The biggest casualties were the 700 people who followed Cheng Yin to attack the city gate.
Even though the defenders in the west are relatively weaker, they only have a wooden stick in their hands.
After the initial panic, the West Gate defenders still organized an effective counterattack, and it was not until the city gate was opened that they collapsed.
Of the seven hundred people, 353 were killed in the battle, and everyone else was injured. Even Cheng Yin was shot in the arm.
Later, they fought against the supporting garrison from the north of the city, with Gao Shun's trapped camp as the main force.
Five thousand people, all of whom are the best of the best, are not comparable to the 20,000 crooked melons and dates in Zhang Wei's hands.
Because Zhang Wei ran away without anyone to direct him, it was really a rabble.
The trapped camp pushed across the street, but there were not many casualties.
The defenders who came from the north of the city to support them collapsed as soon as they encountered the trapped camp.
Zhang Lu made his biggest mistake by letting his younger brother Zhang Wei defend Wudu.