beggar prince

Zhao Yuanjian led 20 southern troops all the way to the north, capturing Qixian, Luxian, Qingxian, Qingzhou City, Beiyan City and other military bases.Now he leads the army to Fancheng in a mighty manner.

Fancheng is a mountain city, surrounded by mountains, green mountains and green waters.Fancheng is located on a hill with steep rocks, easy to defend but difficult to attack.Zhao Yuanjian's southern army failed to break through Fancheng three times, but lost [-] soldiers.

Tonight, Zhao Yuanjian stood on the temporarily built high platform, looking worriedly at the battle situation under the gate of Fancheng, his eyes flickered with uneasiness.

The soldiers of the southern army climbed up the hill with all their strength, hit the city gate and the city wall with crash cars, and other soldiers erected the ladder on the wall of Fancheng.

Li Yuan, the chief general of Fancheng, used a catapult to throw rolling boulders down the city. Zhao Yuanjian's Southern Army soldiers rolled down the hillside with the boulders and were crushed by the boulders.

Li Yuan also ordered the soldiers in Fancheng to use guns to shoot guns at the soldiers of the Southern Army under the city.The soldiers were planted hard and rolled to the bottom of the hill.

Zhao Yuanjian was very worried when he saw such a tragic situation, and he hurriedly asked the drummer to beat the drum to withdraw the soldiers.

When the [-] soldiers heard the drums of the retreat, they fled in embarrassment, carrying the banner of the Southern Army, dragging their long daggers and spears.The Fancheng soldiers opened the city gates and chased after them, beheading thousands of soldiers along the way.

The soldiers of the southern army fled back to the camp, and helped each other into the tents of the wounded soldiers.The tents of the wounded soldiers were crowded with wounded soldiers, too many to accommodate.

Many wounded soldiers lay down outside the tents, from the gate of the barracks to the wounded soldiers' tents.The soldiers were injured or died, some had broken legs, some lost arms, and were bleeding profusely.

Some wounded soldiers dully recalled the tragic experience that happened just now; some soldiers had chapped lips and pale faces.

Standing in the barracks, Zhao Yuanjian was heartbroken when he saw the plight of the soldiers. He immediately asked the doctor in the barracks to bandage the soldiers to stop the bleeding.

More than [-] soldiers were killed or injured that night, and their morale was greatly reduced.

In the big account of the barracks, Master Xu offered a plan to attack the city with the Fire Bull Formation.The terrain of Fancheng is dangerous, and the hills are difficult to climb. Forcibly attacking the city will not have good results.Fancheng is densely covered with forests, so it is a good choice to attack with fire.

Zhao Yuanjian and the generals agreed to rest for one night, and to attack the city tomorrow night with a fire ox formation and flint throwing.

Master Xu ordered several soldiers to go to Liu County to buy back a hundred cattle.

The soldiers divided the three cows into a team, covered them with red cloth soaked in fat, and connected them together with steel cables.

Late at night the next day, the sky was pitch black, and the birds returned to their nests.General Xishu and Qi He led [-] soldiers with spears and shields, drove the fire cattle, and rushed to the gate of Fancheng.

Qi He opened his bow, pulled an arrow tied with a red cloth to the string, and shot it at the gate of Fancheng.

The soldiers drove the cattle to the foot of the hill in Fancheng. They lit torches, threw the torches in their hands on the red cloth on the back of the cattle, and lit the fire.

The cattle were burned and convulsed wildly, and the soldiers whipped these strong cattle vigorously with long whips.When the cows saw the fiery red cloth in front of the gate of Fancheng, they rushed towards the gate of Fancheng like crazy.

The fire bull hit the city gate and made a loud bang, bang, like a huge thunder that exploded, shaking the tower of Fancheng.

The defenders of Fancheng faced each other hastily, and poured water down the city hastily.

A big hole was burned at the gate of Fancheng, and the fire bull rushed into the hole, rampaging in Fancheng, venting the fire, and thick smoke billowed out of Fancheng.

General Xishu and Qi He led [-] soldiers to attack.The Fancheng Army responded quickly and intercepted them at the gate of the city.

The Fancheng army surrounded them densely and aimed at the soldiers with arrows and crossbows. They congratulated them that they couldn't fight and had to retreat from Fancheng desperately.The Northern Army lost another [-] troops.

Zhao Yuanjian saw that Qi He and the others had retreated, ordered to throw the gunpowder, some letters flew out, and went straight to Fancheng.The sound of explosions in Fancheng shook the sky and turned into a sea of ​​flames in an instant.

General Zhongwu led his army to break through the city. Due to the steep hills, it was very difficult for the soldiers to climb up, and countless soldiers fell down if they didn't care.

Li Yuan, the chief general of Fancheng, shot a gun at the soldiers of the southern army below the city and threw down rolling boulders, and the siege failed again.

The southern army under the city of Fancheng was blown to pieces and fled, and layers of corpses were stacked together.

Fancheng has a moat and several mountain springs. Although the city gate was breached and suffered heavy losses, it still protected the city.

A few days later, Zhao Yuanjian's southern army was also attacked by such ferocious fire. Thousands of fire oxen rushed towards the southern army camp, igniting a monstrous fire.

Fortunately, Zhao Yuanjian expected that the Fancheng Army would retaliate against the Southern Army, so he shifted his position.When the Northern Army arrived, they burned the tents, but found that the Southern Army was not there, and the Southern Army was unscathed.

The southern army ambushed in the woods and had a vicious fight with the Fancheng army who came to attack them. They beheaded more than [-] members of the Fancheng army, which was a relief.

After this sneak attack failed, the Fancheng army no longer went out to fight. They defended the city like a rock, unable to break through no matter what.

In the big account of the military camp, Zhao Yuanjian discussed with the generals about breaking the city.

Zhao Yuanjian frowned, and asked, "Mr. Xu, what do you think?"

Xu Junshi: "Fan Wang, the only plan for the present is to cut off their food and grass. There is no food in the city, and it is difficult to support them alone. If we send a large army to besiege them, they will surely surrender. The spies report that Fancheng's food and grass are not enough. They will soon come from Youzhou. The city transports food and grass."

Zhao Yuanjian let out a resonant laugh: "As expected of a military adviser. Qi He, you go to prepare and rob their grain truck."

Qi He sent spies to Youzhou City to find out the news, and soon got a group of civilians driving out of the gate of Youzhou City with a group of horse-drawn carriages.

Qi He sat in the tent, dressed in black, holding the Lingxing Zhandao.At the middle of the night, spies came to report: "Fancheng army disguised as ordinary people, drove herds of cattle and sheep, and came on the grain cart, covered with firewood and reeds."

Qi He was overjoyed, and went straight to the mountain road where the grain truck was driving.The soldiers raised their crossbows and lay in ambush in the woods beside the soldiers' path.

At four o'clock, the food team appeared on the trail, and the car was driving on the potholed mountain road, creaking.The leader of the food team looked at the woods on both sides of the mountain road vigilantly. He felt that the mountain road was extremely quiet tonight, and the sky was dark and eerie. He felt that an accident must happen tonight.

With a few whistling sounds, tens of thousands of arrows flew out from the woods, and the soldiers in Fancheng who were pressing on the rations fell to the ground one after another.

Qi He hurried forward, removed the firewood and reeds covered on the grain cart, and saw corn that was as crystal as pearls.

Qi He killed all the grain-pressing soldiers, and he took out the token for entering the city from the leader of the grain team and put it on his chest.Back to the barracks with fifty grain trucks.

Panting heavily, Qi He ran into Zhao Yuanjian's military tent covered in ashes.Zhao Yuanjian greeted him at the door of the tent with a big smile, and hugged him: "General Qi, this king will record your first-class merit. In the future, the emperor will reward you for your merit and make you a great general!"

Several generals in the big account are sitting in front of the map looking at the map of Fancheng.Zhao Yuanjian supported Qi He on the seat, and Qi He presented the token for entering the city.

Zhao Yuanjian took the token and said, "Great, let's destroy the food and grass in Fancheng again, so that they can't get over it. Congratulations, you will visit Fancheng again tonight!"

Zhao Yuanjian knew that the guards on the upper floors of Fancheng City walked back and forth patrolling with spears day and night. The defense was so strict that it was difficult to enter Fancheng.Now that he has the token to enter the city, he can send people in to burn the food and all military equipment.

Zhao Yuanjian continued: "We have robbed their army rations. Immediately, you pretend to be a food delivery soldier in Fancheng, carry fifty carts of grain and grass, sneak into the city, take the opportunity to burn down their granaries, and then set fires everywhere!"

Master Xu stood up and cupped his hands and said, "The vassal king has a good strategy, and his subordinates are willing to bow down!"

Several people in the tent laughed, their troubles were finally resolved.

The sun was shining slightly, and the sky was a little red, Qi He and twenty elite soldiers, disguised as escorting Fancheng soldiers, walked under the gate of Fancheng.Qi He took out his entry token and showed it to the city guard. Seeing that it was the food team coming to press the grain, the city guard hurriedly pulled down the iron chain and put Qi He into the city.

The city guard went down the steps and asked Qi He, "Why didn't you arrive last night?"

Qi He said with a smile: "The grain team was attacked. Fortunately, we were alert and did not lose a grain of rice, but many brothers were killed or injured."

The city guard ordered Qi He to enter the alleyway of Fancheng, and Qi He led the soldiers to drive the carriage to the granary in Fancheng.

Qi He ordered the soldiers to unload tens of thousands of tons of grain and grass and put them into the granary.He and the soldiers rested in the tent near the granary. After eating pancakes and drinking water, they fell asleep and waited for the action at night.

At four o'clock in the night, Qi He woke up and found that there was a strong wind in Fancheng, and the wind howled.

Zhao Yuanjian and General Zhongwu, who were hiding in the woods, were very happy. The strong wind would make the fire more fierce and help the southern army get better results.

There was silence around the granary, only the sound of howling wind.Qi He sat up with the soldiers, walked out of the tent, and walked into the granary.

They unpacked the rice sacks and took out tongs and oil drums.

They took the oil barrels, sprinkled them on the grain and grass, and ran out of the granary.

Qi He lit the torch with the tongs and threw it on the granary, and the granary caught fire in an instant.The raging flames stretched out their tongues and jumped into the sky. The flames were more than ten feet high.The flames spread rapidly.They threw torches to the barracks, grass, and stables next to the granary, and those things burned together.

Qi He and the others took out fireworks, shot them into the sky, and sent a signal to Zhao Yuanjian, and then they quickly flashed into the darkness.

The patrolling soldiers in the Fancheng barracks heard the noise and saw the flames, and rushed to the granary to rescue them, but it was too late.

The fire was raging and raging, and the grain in the granary was bursting with crackling noises and billowing black smoke. They tried their best to rescue them, but they couldn't stop the raging fire.

But tonight, a strong wind blew again, blowing the ignited tent cloth, food and grass to the top military tent, and the flames crackled away, swallowing more military tents.This prairie fire burned the Fancheng military camp into the sky, as bright as day.

Countless soldiers were burned to death in the Fancheng barracks.The soldiers who ran out of the tent went to the moat to get water to put out the fire, and there was chaos in Fancheng.

Li Yuan, the chief general of Fancheng, rode on his horse, held a big knife, and looked at the raging flames, unable to do anything.He thought that going on like this was not an option, he could no longer protect Fancheng, cutting off food and grass would be a dead end, and more than [-] troops were killed or injured.

Seeing the failure of defending the city, the generals directly under him will not let him go, and his wife and children are all in the city.He wanted to save the lives of himself and his family, so he could only rely on Zhao Yuanjian.

In half an hour, except for a few tents in the barracks, all food, horses, tents and other things were reduced to ashes.

Li Yuan rode a fast horse to the upper floor of Fancheng City.Zhao Yuanjian had already led the soldiers of the Southern Army on horseback to attack the gate of Fancheng.

The soldiers of the southern army hit the city gate with a crash car, and the city gate was knocked and twisted with a loud noise.After knocking for a quarter of an hour, the gate was finally opened, and the soldiers followed Zhao Yuanjian to rush in, and finally captured Fancheng.

Tens of thousands of soldiers guarded Zhao Yuanjian, General Zhongwu and others rushed forward, and the soldiers of Fancheng who guarded the city took up positions.

Li Yuan stood on the tower and hurriedly gave an order: "Don't make mistakes! Let the vassal king enter the city!"

After hearing this, the soldiers in Fancheng dropped their weapons and stepped aside to make way for the southern army.

Li Yuan quickly jumped down from the tower and ran to Zhao Yuanjian: "The final general is willing to assist the vassal king and dedicate Fancheng to the vassal king!"

Zhao Yuanjian looked at the chief defender of the city, he was strong, strong and brave, and he knew that the general's defense skills were profound.Zhao Yuanjian was very happy to see him surrender.

Zhao Yuanjian was overjoyed, he said: "Please get up quickly, that's great, I have another fierce general under my account!"

Zhao Yuanjian asked soldiers to pick up Li Yuan's family members.

Li Yuan asked Zhao Yuanjian to climb up the tower and wait for the southern army to enter the city.

The sky is not yet bright, and the stars are shining brightly.Zhao Yuanjian went up the gate tower unimpeded all the way, and he was in a great mood.Zhao Yuanjian looked at the gray and vast mountains that could not be seen clearly outside Fancheng, and couldn't help taking a few breaths of the fresh night air.

He said to himself: "I will see the emperor soon."

Li Yuan reorganized the army, and there were only more than [-] soldiers in Fancheng's army, all of whom surrendered to the Southern Army.The mighty southern army entered Fancheng and guarded the tower.