Chapter 507
The infantry under Li Chen gathered under the city of Xianyang, and saw more than a hundred cannons neatly lined up under the city. More than a hundred cannons lined up in a row, and in front of the artillery array was a trench two or three meters long and more than one meter deep. The purpose of this trench was to prevent Hu Hai's cavalry in the city from raiding artillery positions.
"General Wang, can we bluff like this?" the artillery general shrank his head and asked with some guilt.
Wang Li felt relieved when he looked at the cannons in front of him. Li Chen was full of cavalry, and even these infantry were brought out by Liu Bang. Naturally, these cannons were brought out by Liu Bang. If you look closely, you will find that except for the more than ten cannons in front, the rest were carved from giant wood. Why was the outer sheet covered with copper paint to disguise the appearance of cannons?
With these thousands of infantry and more than ten artillery pieces, it is naturally a dream to capture Xianyang. This infantry is just placed under the city to hide its eyes and ears. Li Chen's real killer weapon is still the cavalry. Once the people in the city successfully seize the city, the cavalry can quickly occupy Xianyang City as soon as they rush forward.
It was dark, and the defenders on the imperial city were sleeping. These days, the shortage of food in the imperial city became more and more serious, and their food rations were reduced repeatedly. The reduction in food rations also made it harder for the soldiers who were watching the night. If they couldn't eat enough, they filled up a stomach full of water. When the cold wind blew, their whole body felt like they had entered an ice cellar.
“嘘,嘘,嘘.”
If you drink too much water, you will naturally have to urinate. A defender in the imperial city was hiding from the imperial city to release water. Now that Li You is short of troops, these soldiers who are vigilant must solve the problem of eating, drinking, and urinating on the city wall.
"Swoosh, swosh, swosh."
The night was dark, and a slight movement came from the city wall. Several hooks and locks had been hung on the city wall at some point, and black shadows came secretly from behind.
The walls of the imperial city are not as high as Xianyang City, and they are only about two or three feet tall. This height is not a difficult city wall for trained soldiers. However, the defenders of the imperial city were so hungry that they were dizzy due to hunger and cold that they did not notice that someone had sneaked up.
"have......"
The soldiers who were peeing at the city seemed to have discovered the enemy who was secretly coming up. Just as they were about to shout, their mouths were covered, and then a long sword was placed on their necks and pulled them down fiercely.
"Puchi." Blood gushed out, and the hot blood poured on Feng Jie's face, dyeing his eyes bloody.
At this time, it was Feng Jie who led his troops to attack the imperial city. He had already touched it while the night was dark.
"Enemy attacks, enemy attacks."
Although the soldier who was peeing did not shout out, the enemy was soon discovered by the soldiers who were patrolling the night, and the warning sound immediately rang through the entire city wall.
"Feng Jie, die." Li You moved quickly and led his troops to kill him as soon as possible.
Li You came directly from the city wall, but Feng Jie's subordinates needed to climb up the city wall. The speed of support between the two was naturally not the same level, and soon Feng Jie and others were surrounded.
"Stop them, and the rest of them shoot arrows at a speed." However, Feng Jie's purpose was not to separate the male and female from Li You, his purpose was to burn the palace.
With Feng Jie's order, his soldiers immediately divided into two groups. One group blocked the besieged Li You and others. The other dozens quickly took off their longbows from their backs, ignited the rockets, stood on the city wall, and shot from a high place from the buildings in the imperial city.
Li You was shocked when he watched the rocket fly into the imperial city. At this moment, he finally realized that Li You was not drinking.
"Retreat, withdraw, withdraw."
With one move, Feng Jie was no longer entangled with Li You. As the saying goes, a hero will not suffer any loss in front of him. The reason for now is like a red-eyed rabbit, and he wished he could tear off a piece of Feng Jie hard.
Feng Jie came quickly and went quickly. He came gently and walked gently, leaving more than a hundred corpses on the city wall, but then ignited a raging flame in the imperial city.
"General Li, what should I do?" A side general trembled all over and pointed at the palace and said hesitantly.
Feng Jie set a fire in the palace in front of them, but they were powerless. He was really riding on his head and pulled the shit, and then watched others lift their pants and leave.
The rockets that Feng Jie and the others shot were covered with tincture oil and sulfur. They landed on the wooden buildings in the palace, and in an instant, a blazing flames were ignited.
Li You looked at the raging flames in the imperial city, and he forced himself to calm down. At this time, he was the backbone of these defenders. If even he was in chaos, the imperial city would really not be able to defend it.
"Notify the eunuchs and maids in the palace and order them to put out the fire quickly. If they really can't save them, let it go there." Li You pondered.
"General Li, don't we put out the fire?" the side general said in surprise.
"We can't leave, we will hit Feng Jie's thoughts as soon as we leave. I'm talking about it, this fire will not burn the Afang Palace." Li You said firmly.
Fortunately, the imperial city is big enough, and there are many mailbox houses for palace maids and eunuchs on the outside. The fire is still far from the Afang Palace in the center of the imperial city. As long as the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace are not fools, it is impossible for the fire to burn to Afang Palace.
"Happy, happy."
"I didn't expect that I would burn the palace one day. This is much more interesting than the houses of the landlords in our village." The rebels who had just retreated under the imperial city laughed.
The one who just followed Feng Jie to burn the imperial city was the prisoner camp composed of death row prisoners. Now they should not be called dead prisoners. These surviving prisoners in Shimenshan have already obtained a brand new identity. The figures of burning the imperial city are also suitable for this group of lawless death row prisoners.
"This is just a lesson for Li You. The fire in the city cannot burn Afang Palace, which is not a damaging move for Li You."
"You, quickly push the "train" over. Let's burn the city wall. I want to see if Li You can still stay on the city wall." Feng Jie ordered the prisoner army under his command.
The train that Feng Jie mentioned was not the "fouling" train, but a train filled with dry firewood and sulfur and poured with tinder oil. The "trains" prepared in advance were pushed out and they were lined up to visit under the imperial city.
"Push over." Feng Jie gave the order, the prisoners' soldiers pushed the "train" under the city wall with their shields and braved the arrow rain of the imperial guards.
The "train" was placed in a row on the hem of the imperial city and was then quickly ignited. A fire dragon spread over the edge of the imperial city and soared into the air, and the temperature on the city wall immediately rose.
"Hurry up, get water to put out the fire." Li You ordered quickly.
"Let them burn, it's just warm." A soldier murmured in a low voice.
"Fart, now we won't put out the fire. When the fire starts, we will all become roasted suckling pigs." A veteran kicked his butt and scolded angrily.
However, with Li You's soldiers, they are quite far away from the place where they fetch water, and fetching water like this is just a drop in the bucket.
Chapter completed!