While the Zhao army was struggling to put out the fire, the Qin army fired another wave of pine bombs to add fuel to the flames.
If the previous flint bullets were mainly used to break open Zhao Jun's wooden city wall, then this pine bomb was purely used to ignite fire.
Bundles of ignited pine trees were thrown near the city wall, and burned with a "crackling" sound when the mountain wind blew.
Soon the wooden city wall, which had been smashed with holes and broken wood everywhere, was set on fire.
In just half a stick of incense, the city wall originally used to protect Zhao Jun turned into a deadly wall of fire.
In fact, at this time the entire walled city had become a burning city of fire.
Like the fire of sin from hell, it burns away the prosperity and life in this world.
Zhao Jun had given up putting out the fire because they knew it was a futile effort.
No matter how hard we put out the fire, it can't stand up to the fire bombs fired by the Qin army.
Xuchang's first reaction was:
"Withdraw troops!"
"Retreat to the back mountain!"
"Retreat to the forest to defend!"
Wang Bai quickly stopped:
"Sir, you must not withdraw your troops."
"The back mountain faces cliffs on both sides, and there is only a steep mountain road on one side."
"The Qin army will definitely send troops to guard the mountain road and set up an ambush. The withdrawal will only lead to death."
Xuchang replied angrily:
"If we don't withdraw our troops."
"Is it possible that we will be burned alive by the Qin army here?"
Wang Bai advised again:
"Sir, the mountains behind are deep and densely forested."
"If the Qin army uses fire to attack again...how can we defeat it?"
"Isn't this another situation of being burned to death?"
Xuchang couldn't help being stunned when he heard this, and then asked:
"Then in the captain's opinion."
"What should I do?"
Wang Bai cupped his hands and replied:
"For today's plan..."
"The only way is to break out before the fire spreads to the city gate."
"Only by cutting a bloody path can we have a chance of survival."
Wang Bai's thinking was clear and organized. In this situation, the only way to survive was to break out of the encirclement.
However, Xuchang was already so frightened that he could no longer care about ideas and organization.
He just wanted to avoid taking one step at a time.
But just as Xu Chang was about to reject Wang Bai's statement, he rolled his eyes, nodded and said:
"What the captain said is true."
"The only solution for now is to break through."
"In this case, the captain will lead the northern soldiers in the front. We will follow closely!"
How could Wang Bai know it was a trick?
What’s more, this arrangement has no rationale:
Naturally, the northern troops with strong combat effectiveness should take the lead, while the rest of the Zhao army will provide reinforcements from behind.
As long as we work together and attack the enemy unprepared, it is not impossible to break through the encirclement head-on.
So Wang Bai said "promise" and went to prepare for war in a hurry.
The soldiers in the North were very fast. In this chaotic time, it only took one blow of the horn for thousands of people to gather under the banner from all directions.
Wang Bai looked at Xuchang.
Xuchang held his head high and nodded heavily to Wang Bai, cupped his hands and said:
"Captain, go first, I'll be there shortly."
"Exchange a life for a life, and we will not rest until death!"
Wang Bai was so excited by these words that he laughed and said:
"The general is also a man of temperament."
"A life for a life, till death."
"Children of the State of Qin, I, Wang Bai, are here..."
After saying that, with a wave of his hand, the soldiers opened the city gate, and thousands of northern soldiers came out shouting to kill them.
The rest of the Zhao army was about to rush out of the city, but was stopped by Xuchang.
"Get ready to retreat to the back mountain!"
"Leave a few people to guard the city gate and prepare firewood."
"If the Qin army comes up, they will close the city gates and set fire to stop the enemy."
Zhao Jun couldn't help but be dumbfounded when he heard this, and said that he had heard wrongly.
However, when Xuchang gave the order again, they realized that this was not the case, so they had no choice but to do it.
Wang Bai rushed out of the city without any awareness of the changes behind him.
The soldiers from the north all fought bravely to protect their commander and entered the Qin army's formation.
The first to bear the brunt was the thousand-man team led by Tian Bei.
The thousand-man army led by Tian Bao was not inferior to the Zhao army in terms of strength.
They are similar to Tian Bei, they are all veterans who fought with Yang Duanhe, most of them are of the highest rank and above.
The difference between Shangzhao and above and public servants and those without title is that they are armored warriors.
Not to mention anything else, on the battlefield, especially in close combat, there is a huge difference between being without armor and having armor.
With armor, it is possible to withstand the quick and less labor-intensive slashing action of the sword.
But without armor, when encountering an enemy, he will chop melons and vegetables with one sword, and he will be like a fish ready to be slaughtered.
When the two armies met, it was like two torrents crashing into each other.
In an instant, the sound of gold and iron clashing was loud and loud.
The Zhao army occupies a favorable geographical location, and its condescending and rapid attack caught the Qin army by surprise.
So at the beginning, the Zhao army took advantage and broke into the Qin army's formation and successfully divided the Qin army into two.
But Tian Bei, who had been through battle for a long time, did not panic.
Tian Ban looked behind Zhao Jun and saw that the city gate had been slowly closed behind him.
In other words, Zhao Jun only has this thousand-man army in front of him, and there will be no reinforcements in the future.
This surprised Tian Zi.
Because this means that this Zhao army is just a moth flying into the flame and destroying itself.
The Qin army only needs to hold its ground and wait for the Qin army from other directions to surround it... The Zhao army will never come back.
Tian was about to give the order to block the Zhao army, but then he thought again and waved the flag in his hand to the right and shouted: "Right".
The thousand-man troops under Tian's command were ordered to go to the right one by one to avoid Zhao Jun's sharp attack.
After Tian was captured, it turned out to be the troops under Zhang Xuan's command.
The reason why Zhang Xuan was placed in the defense of the Great Wall was because there were many unarmored soldiers in his team.
In addition, Zhang Xuan had just been given fifty lashes a few days ago and at this time, he was injured and did not react quickly to fighting.
Caught off guard, Zhao Jun's brave Northland soldiers attacked him and were killed, causing him to stagger around.
Then, a small group of northern soldiers actually broke out of the Qin formation in the darkness and attacked the rear.
There are trebuchets arranged there, and the pilots are busy loading the trebuchets, igniting them, and then launching them.
Shen Bing is also one of them.
At this time, Shen Bing didn't even understand the situation.
Because this incident happened too quickly.
Just now I saw the Qin army's fire bombs burning the Zhao army to great joy.
And there are two thousand-man troops blocking the front, so there won’t be any enemies!
But in the blink of an eye, after a burst of screams and shouts from the front, a group of bloody men rushed out...
Shen Bing was stunned on the spot, and he didn't even have time to distinguish whether he was an enemy or a friend.
Then he saw several ferocious faces running towards him, and several bronze swords shining with blood and fire swung at him.
At the critical moment, a powerful force suddenly came from the side of him and Shen Bing was thrown aside violently.
Shen Bing fell down and gnawed on the mud, making him miserable.
But at this time, he no longer cared about that. He struggled to get up and went to pull out the bronze sword from his waist.
However, perhaps because of panic, I tried to pull it out several times but failed to pull it out successfully.
Finally, he drew his sword and looked behind him, only to see that the high-carriage man had chopped down two Zhao soldiers one after another.
Then, as if he wasn't satisfied, he roared like a wild beast, then raised his sword and charged back into Zhao's army...