After nightfall, the heavy rain finally stopped, and also the fighting in various places in Youzhou City. The Liao army defending the city could not withstand the fierce assault of the Song army. Even though they had more troops, they could not hold on for long after losing many of their generals. After half a day, they were either killed or abandoned their weapons and surrendered, including all the troops. Including the military camp, all the garrison forces in the city were subdued.
Only the soldiers and horses on Ximen's side are still struggling to support themselves and making their final struggle. But as the Song army began to gather all its forces here, their destruction was not far away.
At this moment, following Sun Tu's order, the soldiers had pushed many Liao nobles in the city to the front of the team, hoping to use the lives of these hostages to coerce the Liao soldiers in the camp to abandon their weapons and surrender. But this trick, which had been successful in other military camps, had little effect here. The shouts of brothers Yelu and Guang were met with a burst of arrows, which frightened them so much that they could only retreat in a hurry, and then He looked longingly at the Song generals beside him: "Generals, we have tried our best."
The other officers and soldiers of the Song Army were also quite annoyed when they saw this. Generals such as Shi Xiu and Yang Xiong even asked for battle: "General, please give the order. We will lead our brothers into the camp right now. We will surely capture this place within an hour or two." A military camp!"
Yue Fei and Hua Rong looked even more eager to give it a try. This enemy army was the military camp that they had escaped from. They naturally felt that they had a heavy responsibility and wished they could take the lead and kill them now. Thinking about how they captured the entire Youzhou City in a short period of time, how could they be blocked by such a small military camp
Sun Tu's expression was also a little gloomy, but when faced with everyone's invitation to fight, he did not nod in agreement. Instead, he used the light from the surrounding torches to look at the Liao army camp that stood against the city wall. This military camp was built in a very systematic way. The wall is half the city wall and more than four feet high. In addition, there are two arrow towers next to the camp gate. If the enemy is determined to defend to the end, he will be able to attack by force. It's really not an easy thing.
Dong Ping also saw some clues and immediately helped explain: "Everyone, please be patient. This military camp is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If we attack forcefully, we will have to pay a high price. There are only three to five hundred people." There are so many casualties that we can’t even get in.”
"We are willing to kill the enemy for our country without fear of casualties!" At that time, several generals in front expressed their opinions, and then this momentum also spread to other soldiers. They also shouted: "We are willing to follow the general to kill the Liao soldiers, even if we die No regrets!”
After hearing this, Sun Tu's expression softened slightly, and then he spoke loudly: "I know everyone's thoughts, and I believe that none of my brothers in the Shandong Army are afraid of death. But death must have its value. The current situation in Youzhou If you are about to decide, why take such a dangerous risk?"
This respect and consideration for the soldiers immediately made everyone feel even more grateful. However, the calls for battle stopped, and everyone looked at their general expectantly. They believed that General Sun would come up with the most appropriate solution as he had done every time before.
At this time, Lin Chong came closer and said: "General, I have an idea. We can only besiege but not attack. Presumably the military supplies in the military camp must be limited. As long as they are starved for a few days, these Liao troops will definitely collapse without attacking..."
These words immediately attracted the approval of many people, but Sun Tu shook his head gently: "No, this is too slow. I
We only captured Youzhou City with the help of our troops' uncanny tactics. Maybe the Liao army from elsewhere will come to rescue us soon. We must not leave such hidden dangers in the city. Moreover, the situation in the city is far from settled, let alone leaving them any thoughts. "As he said this, he slowly made up his mind, but the murderous look in his eyes could not be concealed at all.
"What does the general mean?" Dong Ping also scratched his head for a while, really unable to come up with a way to get the best of both worlds.
"Attack with fire and kill one to serve as a warning to others!" Sun Tu said his idea solemnly, but everyone looked at each other in confusion. Yue Fei was even more outspoken and could not hold back: "General, now that the heavy rain has stopped, how can we use the fire attack? At least we have to wait until tomorrow and the day after everything in the military camp is dry before we can use it."
Although the others didn't say anything, it looked like they were thinking the same thing. At this moment, the Liao army camp in front of us was dripping wet from inside to outside. Not to mention the fire attack, even the sparks couldn't get up.
But Sun Tu looked determined: "Of course, ordinary fire attacks can't do anything to them, but I have a way to make this fire burn immediately! Go and ask someone to bring some trebuchets near the city wall."
Was he planning to use kerosene? All the generals were making guesses, but their hearts were still full of doubts. Not to mention that kerosene may not be found for a while. Even if it does exist, the situation in the military camp is probably not such that kerosene can ignite a fire. But since General Sun gave the order, no one dared to disobey the military order. Immediately, soldiers quickly ran to the armories under the city walls. In less than half an hour, four or five trebuchets were dragged Arrived in front of the army.
"General, we may be able to throw stones to destroy the defense of the military camp and kill the Liao army." At this time, Dong Ping thought of another simpler method. Indeed, although the walls of this military camp are high, they are far less solid than a real city wall. As long as they demolish nearby buildings and take out stones as ammunition, it will be enough to destroy the military camp in front of them.
Others also nodded in agreement. At least this method is much more reliable than any fire attack, because until now they have not found kerosene or other things to ignite the fire. But to their surprise, Sun Tu shook his head: "No, just attack with fire. Only in this way can we frighten the entire city's soldiers and civilians so that they will never dare to have any objections!"
This time, he not only wanted to destroy this Liao army camp, but also used the most brutal means to kill all the Liao soldiers who still wanted to resist, so as to serve as a warning to others! And just when everyone was a little stunned, and even wanted to give some advice, Sun Tu turned his body aside, and with every move of his hand, a huge iron bucket slammed to the ground, bluffing all the surrounding generals. A jump.
"This is..." Everyone's eyes widened with surprise: "Where did this come from..." They were all convinced that they had been staring at General Sun before, but they failed to see clearly what he was doing. Such a big iron bucket was conjured out of thin air.
Sun Tu did not explain, but took two steps back. With one move and another press, another large barrel appeared in front of him. In this case, seven or eight iron barrels fell to the ground, making everyone stunned. What is this, a magic spell
Only the closest confidants with Sun Tu had some strange expressions on their faces, but they were not too surprised in their hearts, because they had seen him earlier.
I've seen some of my general's special abilities. For example, Wu Songruda and the others ate delicious dry food that Sun Tu conjured up out of thin air when their military rations were cut off; and those firearms were also improved by using the gunpowder in the firecrackers that his general suddenly took out... Although Sun Tu had these things He hadn't really shown it in front of everyone, but his attentive subordinates had already sensed the extraordinary nature of their general.
But today, Sun Tu conjured up these iron barrels out of thin air in front of everyone, which shocked everyone psychologically more than anything before. Everyone looked at him with fear and surprise, and no one was there for a long time. Can speak a clear sentence.
Sun Tu still looked indifferent: "The oil in this barrel is a hundred times more powerful than kerosene. As long as you throw it into the Liao camp and then attack it with rockets, the entire military camp will be turned into a sea of flames! This begins Bar!"
These iron barrels were naturally taken out by Sun Tu from the system warehouse. They were large barrels of diesel fuel stored in the newly opened warehouse. The quantity of this batch of diesel oil was far greater than what he had seen when he opened the new warehouse that day, and this was the reason why Sun Tu dared to lead his light cavalry to raid Youzhou City.
Even if the defenders here are unable to break open the city gates and defend to the end, Sun Tu can use the diesel fuel and the contents of other warehouses to turn the entire Youzhou City into a sea of fire. By that time, the city of Youzhou was in ruins, and all the soldiers and civilians were dead and injured, so it would naturally fall into his hands.
Of course, that was the last resort, at least the result of easily breaking through the city was what he preferred to see. However, this method still has to be used now. Who told these Liao soldiers to be so ignorant
After seeing Sun Tu perform such a miracle, the soldiers who had doubts at first did not hesitate at all. They followed the order and searched out large and small earthen jars and bottles from nearby hotels or houses, and then put them away. The diesel fuel in the barrel was poured into it. For a moment, the pungent smell quickly spread in the air, causing many people to cough.
By the middle of the second watch, everything was ready. Following the orders, the trebuchets moved rapidly, throwing hundreds of bottles and cans filled with diesel towards the Liao army camp. Suddenly, it was like hail and raindrops, covering the entire military camp.
The Liao army that was guarding the camp had actually been observing every move of the Song army outside. After seeing their actions, everyone was frightened. They held up their shields or hid in a more secure room. But he was completely unable to resist.
After a while, the sound of ping-pong resounded throughout the camp, and then transparent diesel flowed everywhere in the camp. The pungent smell filled the entire camp, making people feel sick and coughing. .
"Is the Song army planning to use such despicable means to force us to fight out?" All the Liao people thought in their hearts, and felt that it was a bit ridiculous. They would not just give up.
But before they could express their persistence, a large row of archers from the Song army stepped forward outside the camp. As the order was given, rockets roared and shot into the sky ahead, before falling towards Liao. camp. As soon as those flaming arrows hit the ground and were stained with diesel oil floating on the stagnant water, there was a bang, the fire flashed, and the unexpected flames started to rise and spread!
The real purgatory on earth appeared in the military camp at the west gate of Youzhou at this moment...