The last three kingdoms

Chapter 1177 Buried in the Sea of ​​Fire
The food and grass supplying more than 20 troops is a huge amount. If it is piled up in one place, it will definitely be higher than a small mountain. Now it is evenly distributed in Xingyang City, and it almost takes up half of Xingyang City.

Spring is the time when the weather is dry and the food is flammable. In order to ensure the safety of the food, Zhang Xiang simply drove the people out of the city.Although the common people were crying and fighting for the land, they still chose to obey Wu Jun's swords and guns, because Zhang Xiang ordered that anyone who refused to move would be killed without mercy.

After several bloody incidents, the people of Xingyang could only leave the city with tears in their eyes, and vacated their houses and courtyards for the Wu army to store food and grass.They hated Wu Jun's atrocities and complained, but after a few days, they may thank Wu Jun for what he did and saved them from being buried in the flames.

After expelling the people, Zhang Xiang properly arranged the grain and grass, and he couldn't help but be complacent, thinking that if the grain and grass were stored in Xingyang City, they would be as safe as a mountain.

But what Zhang Xiang didn't expect was that the Han army didn't attack the city at all, but threw fireballs and rockets directly into the city.The heavy stone bullets thrown by the catapult can hit the city wall, and the grass rope fireballs thrown by the catapult are dozens of times lighter than the stone bullets. The throwing distance must be much farther than the stone bullets, and they can easily fly over the city of Xingyang. The city wall fell into the city of Xingyang.

The gunpowder arrows fired by the Lianista are also half lighter than the usual arrows, and the shooting range is greatly improved. The terrifying power of ten arrows in one shot enveloped the entire Xingyang City in a rain of arrows.

Although Xingyang City has a large area, the Han army launched attacks simultaneously from four directions: east, west, north, south, and so dense fireballs and rockets fell on Xingyang City, and the catastrophic consequences are naturally self-evident.

In order to prevent fire, Zhang Xiang also prepared a large number of fire extinguishing facilities such as water tanks and sand in the city, but these facilities may be effective in dealing with general fires. There is nothing you can do.

Since the storage of grain and grass is next to each other, once the grain and grass in one storage catch fire, the fire will quickly spread to the other storage, and the whole street will burn.

It was already You hour in the afternoon when the Han army launched an attack. By the time it got dark, the entire Xingyang city had been reduced to a sea of ​​flames, and the flames were soaring into the sky. The red sky could be seen hundreds of miles away.

In the sea of ​​flames, the soldiers of Wu did not even have time to escape, not to mention putting out the fire. The fire not only burned up the food and grass gathered by the Wu army, but also all the houses in Xingyang City were ignited. A place to rest.

In the sea of ​​flames, Wu Bing, who was covered in fire, ran wildly and screamed, until they were burned into pieces of coke.

More Wu soldiers died in the billowing and choking smoke. The smoke accompanied by the fire was more like an invisible killer. Pieces of Wu soldiers fell down, and Xingyang City seemed to be a Shura hell. .

Zhang Xiang's face was ashen, he never thought that the Han army would use this kind of attack method, and wiped out the defenders of Xingyang, including food and grass, without a single soldier.Zhang Xiang regretted it only at this time. If so much food and grass had not been piled up in Xingyang City, the Han army's fire attack might not have been effective. Xingyang City, which was thought to be solid and stable as a mountain, turned out to be a crematorium. Zhang Xiang was about to cry. tears.

"General Zhang, let's break out. If we don't leave, we will all be buried in the flames." Seeing that the fire was about to swallow everything in Xingyang City, Cai Min said anxiously to Zhang Xiang.

The food and grass had almost been burnt out, the army was dead, and the battle hadn't been fought at all, so the situation was so unbearable, Zhang Xiang felt aggrieved, what the hell was going on?

Seeing that the fire was rushing towards this side, if he didn't leave the city, he would really be buried in the sea of ​​fire as Cai Min said, so Zhang Xiang immediately ordered to open the city to break through.

The gate of the city was opened, but as soon as Wu Bing showed his head, there was a rain of arrows on the opposite side, and Wu Bing who rushed out fell to the ground one after another.

It turns out that outside the city gate, the Han army had already deployed a large number of crossbowmen to seal the entire city gate. As soon as Wu soldiers showed their heads, they would be attacked by dense arrow rain. The density completely covers the entire city gate, and I am afraid that even a fly cannot fly out, let alone a living person.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Wu Bing retreated immediately and reported to Zhang Xiang.

Zhang Xiang was completely dumbfounded at this moment, the fire behind him covered the sky, and the road in front was blocked by the bows and arrows of the Han army. This is the rhythm that will completely put them to death.

"Go! Go out at all costs, or we will all die here!" Zhang Xiang yelled through gritted teeth. Now there is no way out, either to die in battle or to be burned to death. Only with a bloody path can they have a chance of survival.

However, the dense rain of arrows from the Han army made Wu Jun feel fearful. The entrance of the city gate was not big, and at most only seven or eight people could pass side by side.

Cai Min yelled: "Follow me!" With the shield in his left hand and the gun in his right, the first prancing horse rushed out.

Someone led the team, and the Wu soldiers naturally gained a lot of confidence, and they rushed out in a swarm.

Cai Min beat his horse like flying, and after rushing out of the city gate, he desperately rushed towards the arrow array of the Han army passing by, but the rain of arrows from the Han army was too dense, and Cai Min's shield had already stuck five or six arrows. The unprotected war horse was hit by arrows in many places. After rushing forward for dozens of steps, it finally collapsed.Cai Min rolled off his horse and rolled twice on the ground. Seeing that he was only a dozen steps away from the Han army formation, he yelled, turned over, and wanted to rush into the Han army. In the army formation, dozens of long spears stabbed out in unison, Cai Min watched helplessly as the sharp spear points penetrated his body.

Wu Jun retreated back in embarrassment again. Seeing Cai Min die tragically in front of the formation, Zhang Xiang knew that it was almost impossible to break out from the tight formation of the Han army. After leaving, he had to order Wu soldiers to shout to the Han army: "Don't shoot arrows, we are willing to surrender!"

The Han army stopped firing arrows and said loudly: "If you surrender, throw away your weapons and come out with your hands up!"

Zhang Xiang ordered the remaining Wu soldiers to throw away their weapons, raise their hands high, and line up from the city gate to surrender to the Han army.

(End of this chapter)