Chapter 510 Burning the Fahua Temple, the Achilles heel of Zengtou City
Ikuboji, who originally thought that he would be killed by several strong men in Soto City to vent his anger, now led a group of infantrymen, each holding a hoe, and marked the path according to the location of the pits he remembered set up in Soto City, and led the team
Slowly walked towards the direction of Fahua Temple.
At this time, Gushang Flea Shiqian, who was the best at lurking in Liangshan, had also sneaked into Fahua Temple without anyone noticing. Before the soldiers and horses launched a general attack, he had already begun to destroy the enemy's rear areas.
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When Wei Dingguo and Shan Tinggui each led 500 firemen and 500 Xuanjia troops to the camp set up at Fahua Temple in Zengtou City, the Xiangyong guarding the camp realized that the Green Forest soldiers and horses were taking advantage of the situation.
They came to attack the stronghold at night. Just as the leader of Zengtou City who was guarding Fahua Temple hurriedly ordered his subordinates to set up their bows and crossbows to prepare for the enemy, he saw hundreds of earthen pots falling straight down from the night sky, and the firewood in them
Grease was dripping all over the walls of the temple and the arrow towers erected behind the walls. Immediately, another five hundred arrow clusters were fired out from the rockets wrapped in oilcloth, and it was like a sudden burst of rain in the night sky.
Meteors and fire showers hit the rows of fences arranged around Fahua Temple...
In an instant, most of the dark night sky was illuminated by the blazing flames. The sound of the inevitable peeling fire devouring the hardwood could not be heard, but the wind increased the fire's intensity, and the oil added fuel to the fire. This fierce fire burned like a lotus flame.
Flame. At first I suspected that Emperor Yan was driving the divine horse, and it was here to herd it; I also guessed that the south was chasing red birds, and they were camping everywhere! The Zengtou City defenders who were guarding the Fahua Temple camp were caught off guard and were exposed to the smoke and fire. How could they do anything?
Effectively organize a counterattack against the enemy?
The blazing fire light illuminated the face of Wei Dingguo who was standing in front of the formation. He looked at Shan Tinggui next to him and snorted coldly: "It's just a temple, not a big city with high walls and deep trenches."
, can setting up a stronghold here help anything? First, set fire to make the guys scared, then attack with fire, and burn the bastard in a jar!"
Shan Tinggui smiled slightly, and then he also raised his spear. From Wei Dingguo, Shan Tinggui pushed out more than a hundred cars from Wei Dingguo's formation to look at the wall on the other side of Fahua Temple.
When the car was lit, the reeds, dry firewood, sulfur, and flames all ignited, and fierce flames filled the sky and thick smoke billowed. The raging flames turned into a wall of fire, gradually covering the gate of Fahua Temple and the surrounding area.
The grates placed around it were eaten away and burned down!
The leader of Zengtou City who was guarding the Hokke Temple didn't know how to deal with this fire attack. A small number of the warriors were unable to dodge and howled miserably in the flames. Most of the defenders were choked by the smoke and shed tears.
, everyone tried their best to squeeze into the Fahua Temple, fearing that if they were too late to hide, they would be burned to black charcoal by the monstrous fire in front of them!
But at this moment, food and grass were being stored deep in the Fahua Temple, and the place where the war horses were placed suddenly burst into flames. Not only were there heart-rending howls, but hundreds of war horses were neighing and stampeding under the raging fire.
The young horses struggled to pull away the reins that tied them, and ran out of the stable in panic! Many of the horses' manes and tails were burning with flames. They were unable to be controlled in extreme fear, and they were just running wildly in the Fahua.
People were galloping around the temple, and many of the defenders in Zengtou City were knocked over and trampled by the horses galloping from behind!
Fahua Temple was already in a state of wails and howls, but at this moment, they heard the muffled sound of "Dang!!!". The big bell on the bell tower of the temple was accidentally struck by someone, and the panicked Zengtou City defenders heard it again.
Someone laughed and said: "We have several mountains of heroes who have already entered the temple. If you don't surrender, you will die!"
Shi Qian, who quietly sneaked into the temple, took advantage of the Fahua Temple defenders to resist Wei Dingguo and Shan Tinggui's troops. He had already taken out the fire knife and flint, lit the firewood pile of food and grass stored in the Fahua Temple, and then sneaked to the stable to put it on fire.
After setting off a fire, he immediately climbed up the bell tower of Fahua Temple and knocked the bell. The defenders in the temple had been shocked out of their wits by several rounds of fire attacks. Now, strong men have already invaded the Fahua Temple, so there is no chance of defeat.
The courage to resist?
The leader of Zengtou City in the temple saw that fire was raging on several sides of the Hokke Temple, except for the west side where the fire was slowly extinguishing. He gritted his teeth and shouted loudly: "This temple can no longer be defended, follow me to break out."
go out!"
The defenders in the temple who would rather be chopped down by the enemy than to be exposed to the sea of fire again, after hearing the leader's order, everyone hurriedly swarmed towards the west side of Fahua Temple.
However, at the same time that they were setting fire to the temple, Wei Dingguo and Shan Tinggui had already led their troops to the west of Fahua Temple. The fire phosphorus gourds behind the five hundred fire soldiers had been removed, and the rows of fire oil tanks had been aimed at them.
In the direction in which the Zengtou City troops were escaping, the red-hot branding cones were about to ignite the poison on the fire oil cabinet. If the Zengtou City troops who escaped from the Fahua Temple still refused to abandon their weapons and surrender, then the five hundred fire soldiers would
Then he would ignite the ignition powder, and pull the pump behind the fierce fire cabinet with force, allowing the dozens of red flame fire dragons to spray out from the fierce fire oil cabinet, and once again burn and devour the enemy in front of him...
At this time, in the Nanzhai of Zengtou City, Zeng Sheng, the fifth son of the Five Tigers of the Zeng Family, saw flames rising into the sky in the direction of Fahua Temple.
The strongholds are at odds with each other. If the enemy attacks one of the strongholds, the other strongholds must send troops and horses to support them. Otherwise, they will be defeated by the enemy one by one and gradually fall into a situation where they are at the mercy of others.
Zengtou City arranged such a defense. Not only did they have to do this, in fact, Xiao Tang had already guessed the reason why Zengtou City's group had to set up such a formation.
Whether Chao Gai attacked Zengtou City for the first time in the original work, or Song Jiang raised troops to take revenge, or now Xiao and Tang led several mountains of troops to conquer Zengtou City, Zengtou City has several stockades built in the east, west, south, and north directions.
The routine is to deploy four or five troops to guard various places. Even if Zengtou City is completely passive in the face of the Liangshan army, Shi Wengong and the Zeng family and his sons still have to unite when they want to make the last stand.
The men and horses from each village responded to each other and went to rob Song Jiang's Dazhai, but they did not choose to huddle and defend, fighting to the end with the enemies who came to attack Zengtou City.
It's not that they don't want to, it's that they can't.
Because Zengtou City is known to have a radius of hundreds of miles, it requires vast land to herd and raise horses. Although its military strength and financial resources are far better than those of ordinary green forest villages, and the place is powerful, Zengtou City is, after all, just a city under the jurisdiction of Dejie County, Dezhou, Hebei Province.
Chuzhuang Town is not a strategically important military prefecture for the Song Dynasty government. Although Zengtou City has strong financial resources and huge power, if it is necessary to allocate hundreds of miles of land to repair city walls, ditches, and build forts,
That's nothing more than a fool's dream.
It is because the area under the jurisdiction of Zengtou City is too vast, the centralized wall defenses can only be concentrated in the Zeng Mansion area in the center of Zengtou City. With the original military strength of Zengtou City, it is enough to repel most of the incoming troops.
The invading green forest strongmen, but once they are at a disadvantage in the war, objectively speaking, the Zengtou City group does not have the ability to fight the enemy in a defensive battle for a long time. If they choose to concentrate their forces and only shrink to one point
, then not only will the war horse reserve that they rely on most be of no use, but all the hard work Zengtou City has made over the years by dominating the village and making a fortune by selling and herding horses will also be wiped out by the plunder of the strong men in the green forest.
So now that Xiao Tang had the absolute upper hand in terms of military strength, he immediately chose to launch a full-scale offensive against Zengtou City, because he knew that if he made such a move, Zengtou City would most likely have to follow his strategic intentions.
Still recruiting.
Moreover, Zeng Sheng was young and frivolous, with an arrogant and domineering temper. The death of his two brothers at the hands of the thieves who came to attack him had already filled his heart with unforgettable hatred. His father had endured the humiliation and went to that person.
A group of thieves asked for peace, but the thieves looked at the situation but still refused to give in. They were determined to wipe out his group in Zengtou City. Now Teacher Shi Wengong is guarding the Dazhai in Zengtou City. I see that group of thieves are aggressive, but I can still remain indifferent.
What!?
The more Zeng Sheng thought about it, the angrier he became. He suddenly roared: "That gang of thieves are so deceptive! Do you really think that I, Zeng Tou Shi, will let those hay bandits eat their own fish and meat? Prepare my horse! I will pay for the two."
