I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 471 Miserable and miserable
The original army was transferred from the "Xinzheng" battlefield. The problem was that the sudden process of the Chu army seemed completely strange. The original army was blocking, but many fortifications were not fully utilized.

For example, the original army only needed to deploy some troops behind a ditch. With these troops matching the ditch to block the way, how could the Chu army easily cross the ditch.

now what?The original army had organized an arrow array to stop them before, but later on, only the crossbowmen in the city were left shooting arrows. Where did the rest of the original army go.

Zong Lou couldn't guess what Yuan Jun wanted to do for the time being, and the situation seemed to be progressing smoothly, perhaps it was the illusion that Yuan Jun wanted to give Chu Jun.

"The enemy has prepared so many soldiers on the high platform, even if there is no shortage of soldiers in the original country, how can the soldiers be wasted?" Zong Lou could see something was wrong just from this point.

The Zhi family of the Yuan country took the lead in breaking through the research on evil gold, and indeed there is no shortage of excellent armor.

With good armour, is it necessary to have a man who can make the most of it?

Zong Lou is too aware of his commitment to training an elite!
The battlefield was in a mess, and Chu Junzhong didn't show the king's flag when he broke through. I'm afraid it's not easy to know where he is?

"General, I will find this thing in a cave."

A soldier brought a clay pot, which contained kerosene.

Seeing the kerosene with clay pots, Zong Lou's thoughts were opened at once, and he looked around subconsciously. The many combustible materials such as firewood and straw that had been ignored before seemed so dazzling after making relevant guesses.

"General, the original army is hidden in the cave. I waited for more than [-] casualties before killing five of them."

What the visitors didn't say was that they didn't dare to go deep into the cave at all.

That said, it wasn't an accidental discovery of the former army's stockpile site.

This time, many things can be connected in series!
Why are there so many flammable things around.

The original army was almost invisible in the wilderness.

A deep ditch with a width of about five meters was dug around the walled city built by the original army.

Zong Lou's face turned pale all of a sudden, his lips trembled, and he said, "Withdraw! Withdraw to the city!"

A large number of Chu troops were rushing forward, and Zonglou's team of about [-] went against the current.

They didn't run and yelled that the original army had set up traps and wanted to use fire attacks.

The reason for not shouting is too realistic. Shouting can easily cause panic and confusion. Everyone will run in the direction of "Xinzheng". It is too easy to block the city gate in order to fight for life.

At this moment, Ziguo has arrived near the No.17 ditch, staring at the emptiness ahead, feeling too much confusion in his heart.

"There must be a trap! They want to let us break through the line of defense and choose to ambush somewhere?"

"Or maybe the original army is hiding behind Gaopo, and I can't see it?"

"Or, among the new reinforcements, the Song army was able to fight, restraining too many original troops?"

Ziguo guessed for a while, but he did not expect that the original army would set fire to it.

I really don't blame Ziguo, there was no relevant battle before, luck is not as good as Zonglou, no one found the cave where the original army and the fire oil tank were hidden, or found it and didn't report it to Ziguo.

As for combustible materials such as firewood and straw, they existed when the original army built and laid out the lines.

Some things have been placed for too long, and it is really too easy for people to overlook them. Only after those things are put into use, they will feel how stupid they are to have seen them but ignored them.

Sun Ming, who was in charge of commanding the three fortresses, was looking up at the position of the sun.

Now, the Chu army has already attacked the No.17 line of defense. Looking at their crazy energy, Sun Ming knew that the higher-ups still underestimated the potential that the Chu army showed in order to survive.

According to the expectations of the Yuan country's high-level officials, the Chu army should only attack the No. 15 defense line in terms of time.

"Brigade Commander, an enemy force is returning to 'Xinzheng'."

Sun Ming saw Zonglou's countercurrent team only after being reminded, and his expression changed involuntarily.

A little bit of abnormality on the battlefield means that something has changed, and it is always wrong to think about the development of a worse trend.

Sun Ming is Sun Wu's son, even if it is the second son, he will be somewhat influenced by it since he was a child, and his sensitivity will be higher than those who lack family inheritance.

"Raise three red flags!"

This is a pre-agreed signal.

Once the fire attack plan is in danger of being exposed, three red flags can be raised to ask for early launch.

On the one hand, Sun Ming paid attention to the team in Zonglou, and on the other hand, he paid attention to a certain place in the barracks outside the defense line.

The nearby walled city saw three red flags on Sun Ming's side, and the officer in charge also began to pay attention to the outer barracks. At the same time, he ordered the soldiers to bring up the brazier. moved out.

Not long after, three red flags also appeared on an arrow tower in the barracks, but they appeared to be larger than the flags of the walled city.

Sun Ming received a reply, ordered to hang a new flag, took a deep breath and began to scan the surrounding walled cities.

It's just that it's useless for their camp to be ready. The rest of the camps must be instructed, hang the flag of readiness, and launch together to make the trap more effective in an instant.

On a certain ground full of firewood, the wooden planks sealed with soil were removed, revealing the figures of two former soldiers.

Then, three more former soldiers appeared.

There are too many materials, but the place where the cave is hidden is hollow, they can't see the situation outside, and it is difficult for outsiders to find through the materials that there is still a hollow inside, and soldiers from the original army are hidden.

"Quickly splash the oil, then go back to the cave and transfer!"

Only one person can enter and exit the cave at a time. The hollow space should be about two square meters, but the height is only a little over 1.5 meters, allowing two former soldiers to come up and squat to work.

After they finished everything, they returned to the cave through a passage with a depth of about two meters. While covering the sealing plate, they pulled out several iron shields to seal the passage.

The cave should be about four square meters?You can see a corridor on the left and right sides, which can obviously lead to other caves. Looking at the torch that is lit and mounted on the wall, its flame will swing slightly, and it is obvious that the cave is ventilated.

The order is that Sun Ming asks for instructions first, and the villages start to make preparations, and the soldiers of the original army hidden in the caves come out to pour fire oil, right?
Then there is an underground passage in the battlefield, and it is connected to the city!

Ziguo saw the former army's barracks hanging up the flag.

Those three flags were so brightly red that it was hard to ignore them.

Ziguo froze, his mind had too many thoughts in a very short period of time, but because of too many thoughts, he was completely unable to recover.

The current situation is that no matter what the Yuan army wants to do, it must be used against the Chu army.

If Ziguo can't even figure out how simple the truth is, his whole life will be wasted.

What is more realistic is that Ziguo thought a lot, but still did not expect that the original army would resort to fire attack.

On the other side, Zonglou, who had already arrived at a city gate in "Xinzheng", was calling the door. After being reminded by his subordinates, he saw the bright red flag hung on the former army barracks. After a shock, he began to call the door more hurriedly.

When Handa learned that the Chu army had gone and returned, he leaned out and recognized the Zonglou, and asked loudly, "Why did Master Zong return?"

If Chu Junzhong or Ziguo came, Handa would order to open the city gate without saying a word.

What is the most feared thing about the impregnable "Xinzheng"?What I'm afraid of is that I will be forced to cooperate with the outside world!
It was Zonglou who came, which really made Handa pay attention.

Why?Just because Zonglou was born in Qi State, and Qi State has been annexed by Yuan State, no one can be 100% sure whether Zonglou will be bought by Yuan State.

Zonglou knew that it could not be said that the original army had set up a trap for the fire attack, otherwise, the troops they withdrew from the battlefield would be deserters, and it would be almost impossible to get in.

"My king left something behind, and I ordered the building to come and retrieve it." That's all Zong Lou could say.

Handa was taken aback when he heard that, and asked, "What is it, I can send someone to fetch it for me."

The Chu army withdrew hastily, and it is entirely possible that they left something behind.

Zong Lou was very anxious, and he knew better than to be eager, thinking: "Sure enough, the mother country has been annexed, and it is too difficult to be a foreigner in another country!"

In fact, if you think about it personally, Zonglou knows that he will also be careful. How could he easily open the city gate in wartime and let in troops who cannot be 100% trusted.

"There is no need for all our staff to enter the city, only 20 people are needed to fetch things. Zheng Zhengqing, please open the door!" Zonglou shouted.

There was no sound above the walls.

When Zonglou turned his head and saw rockets being fired from a certain city, his heart couldn't stop sinking, thinking: "It really is a fire attack, once the original army's fire attack starts, it is even more impossible for Handa to open the door. It's over!"

The forts belonging to the original army were firing rockets outward, and the combustible objects were quickly set ablaze.

After a fire broke out in one place, the fire would definitely spread out, and when it reached the firewood poured with kerosene, the fire would explode after a short while.

It's not that the original country has gunpowder, it's just that the kerosene is packed in clay pots, and if the temperature is too high, it will indeed explode.

Many of the Chu troops who were desperately rushing out were running in the flammable area, and they were in the flames with almost no time to react.

More Chu soldiers suddenly found that the surrounding area was on fire, and soon it was filled with thick smoke, and their vision was suddenly covered, and they coughed continuously, and soon tears and snot flowed.

When Zonglou was in despair, he heard the sound of "creaking" from the city gate. Seeing that the city gate opened a gap, he drew out his sword and shouted: "Enter the city!"

Handa, who just showed his face, saw the thick smoke billowing in front of him, and before he had time to do anything, Zonglou grabbed his arm and shouted in astonishment, "Mr. Zong has betrayed!?"

Zonglou dragged Handa into the city and said, "It was planned by the original army, but now it has been set on fire! The ruler quickly ordered the gates of the city to be opened, which may save the life of the king of Chu! And if the Chu army is recruited into the city, it will be added to the city." Defenders of the city!"

Isn't it jumping back in place?

Save the king of Chu?God knows where Chu Junzhong is.

It's a good idea to recruit the Chu army!

Handa wondered whether the Zonglou was a rebellion. After a short moment of astonishment, he began to call out the names of his cronies, and ordered the gates of the city to be temporarily opened, that is, they must be closed immediately if they found the original army approaching.

This is based on the premise that "Xinzheng" has more than one city wall. Handa believes that even if there is chaos in the first city wall, as long as the gate of the second city wall is not opened, the hazards can be controlled within an acceptable range. Inside.

In addition, Handa made up his mind that he would never allow the Zonglou to cross the second city wall!
When they came to the top of the first city wall, they looked around and saw thick smoke billowing everywhere, and they heard the howling of ghosts and wolves from all over the field.

"Such a situation..." Handa didn't know how to describe it at all.

In fact, they really couldn't see clearly, all they could see was thick smoke.

This is also relatively normal.

The so-called normal is that if the fire is not big enough, it will inevitably produce a lot of smoke.In the event of a fire, it is impossible to have a big fire everywhere. The smoke is actually the most dangerous thing, because people have to breathe, and the trachea and organs cannot withstand the repeated choking of smoke, and insufficient oxygen is even more fatal.

Zonglou, who knew that he had turned around before the gate of hell, couldn't help feeling afraid!
At that time, if the city gate had been opened a little later, and Handa, who knew that the original army used fire attack, would not have opened the gate, Zonglou and his group would have become one of those outside the city who were burned or choked by smoke.

There is too much smoke, too thick, and the field of view is too limited. It is really difficult for people to see the size of the fire clearly.

The Chu army who is closer to the city gate, among them there are many smart people, must want to retreat when they see the miserable scene ahead, and then learn that the gate of "Xinzheng" is wide open, so many brain cells don't need to die, just for survival The instinct will be to run into the city.

The smoke has been swept towards "Xinzheng" by the wind, not only bringing smoke, but also a lot of ashes.

"Zheng Zhengqing, I'd better wait." Zong Lou said.

Handa was still immersed in the imagining of the end of the Chu army. He was called by the Zonglou several times before he came back to his senses. Where are you?"

According to common sense, Chu Junzhong should be in the middle of the breakout Chu army?This is to open a gap in the front, so that Chu Junzhong can get out in time, so that if there is a danger in the rear, he will not be caught immediately.

When he came to a room, Handa was stunned for a while, then suddenly said: "The original army... is really cruel!"

Looking at the posture and looking back at the past, the original army clearly planned for a long time, and waited for the Chu army to break out of the siege before launching a fire attack.

Zong Lou was a little speechless.

From the beginning to the end, the original army didn't deliberately hide it. If you want to blame it, you can blame the coalition army for not having any smart people. They were so smart that they saw so many flammable objects and immediately thought that the original army was about to launch a fire attack.

And this really can’t be blamed on the high-level coalition forces. They saw so much wood before, and the wood itself is the material for building fortifications; as for straw, weeds, wheat straw, etc., they are also materials needed for building fortifications.

If there is something weird about it, it can only be said that the original army prepared too many materials.

As soon as Handa thought about what happened to the Chu army who broke through the siege, knowing that it was useless to ask, he still asked, "How many survived?"

Zonglou was observing the Chu army entering the city just now, and said with a heavy face, "At most [-]%."

The main thing is to compete for the road, killing each other and trampling each other is fine, but it just causes the city gates to be crowded.

As long as order can be maintained, more people will definitely enter the city.

Handa and Zonglou looked at each other, and then sighed in unison.

(End of this chapter)