King Pingdong was very proud. After he got the first-hand information, he did not tell the other two princes directly.
Now they have confirmed that the person who burned down the granary was Li Yuguo, and the person who assassinated the three princes was also Li Yuguo. Li Huguo has now become the enemy of the entire Liao Dynasty. No matter who cuts off Li Hugo's head, it will be recorded in the Liao Dynasty. in the history books.
So King Pingdong gathered his most elite troops and marched towards Liangcheng. King Pingdong's army was the East China Sea Navy. Although he was not familiar with land battles, the well-trained navy had to deal with 20,000 scattered soldiers. Soldier, that is very certain.
He looked down on Li Yuguo from the bottom of his heart, because Li Huguo had never fought them head-on, and this time as long as he made dumplings for Li Huguo, his reputation as Pingdong King would shock the entire Liao Dynasty!
One hundred thousand soldiers and horses formed a mighty formation in a long snake formation, marching towards Liangcheng from east to west.
Coming near the city wall, the current King Pingdong can be said to be very majestic. The golden armor is exclusive to the princes of the Ping Dynasty. It symbolizes that the prince is the greatest under the monarchy. Even the prime minister cannot match him. Moreover, he holds a three-pronged sword in his hand. Halberd, this is one of the three major national weapons of Daliao.
It is a supreme treasure that can summon tsunamis and form tornadoes on the sea. It is extremely powerful, but since this is land, the natural effect is greatly reduced.
In addition, one hundred thousand soldiers and horses, marching under starry night, arrived from Tianjian City to the vicinity of this small Liang City in two days. Wearing sea-blue armor, these one hundred thousand soldiers were also very powerful.
"We're finally here." Li Huguo said while standing on the city wall.
Seeing Li Yuguo appear, King Pingdong was shocked. He did not expect that Li Yuguo would find out in advance: "What is going on?"
"I was sold, and I'm still counting the money here." Li Huguo said with a smile.
King Pingdong got off his mount and found that the ground was soft. He didn't care: "You mean, the prefect of Liangcheng has rebelled?!"
"Your Majesty, save me!" A shout appeared from the top of the city. It turned out that the prefect was hanging in the air.
Li Yuguo said: "I have known for a long time that this prefect has no good intentions, but this is all, if I can get you to take the bait, it will be worth it. I thought that I would come with a few more princes so that I could catch them all, but I didn't expect that only you came. Just one person, that’s fine, that’s fine!”
"You, how did you find out about my arrangement!?" The eunuch gritted his teeth, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. It was obvious that Li Hugo treated him specially.
Li Huguo said: "I deliberately dealt with the nine scouts in front of you, but for the last one, you used your most powerful scout, so I deliberately let it go. This made you think that this scout was powerful and escaped from me. On the other hand, my interception earlier gave you the false impression that I am particularly afraid of the prince's army."
"You..." The prefect was shaking with anger.
Li Yuguo added: "Also, I know that when you come here from the east, it must be this city gate, so you will start fighting here, and I have also prepared a feast for you to taste together. King Ping Dong, you Don’t you think the smell under your feet is pungent?”
As soon as these words came out, King Pingdong immediately kicked his feet, but he was horrified to find that there was a layer of mud under his feet, and under the mud there was a layer of fire oil!
Li Huguo raised his hand, and in an instant, a large number of archers appeared on the top of the city. These archers dipped their arrows in kerosene to form rockets, and Li Huguo said: "Let go!"
With a command, a wave of arrows came down overwhelmingly with blazing flames. The scene was so majestic, it was almost like a ferocious beast about to devour endless lives.
King Pingdong was shocked and immediately said: "Retreat, retreat to the valley!"
"Your Majesty, we are being robbed behind us. There is a heavy shield team of 500 people. They have blocked our only way out!" A captain of ten thousand men ran over and said.
King Pingdong slapped him hard: "You, you told me earlier! This is the mouth of the gourd. Once it is blocked from the front and back, it will be a turtle in the jar. No... This Li Huguo has already planned to plot against us like this!"
In addition to Pei Yunhai, the biggest reason why Li Yuguo chose Liangcheng was the terrain here. Although the terrain of Liangcheng was good before, the quality of the soldiers was not high, so Li Yuguo could easily win it with a surprise attack, but now Li Yuguo uses The largest formation changed the layout of the entire Liangcheng, so Liangcheng immediately became a military fortress. Except for the thinner city wall, the rest was almost invulnerable. Of course, if the city wall was to be reinforced, this was absolutely impossible. Reinforcement The city wall can take at least three months, or at most several years. After all, the amount of siege is very large.
Li Yuguo happened to win over Pei Yunhai at that time. He brought a group of brothers who could be said to be natives of Liangcheng. They had already prepared a big gift for Li Yuguo. He moved all the largest logs and stones around Liangcheng to form A complete urban defense system was established.
The mouth of the pot behind King Pingdong can be said to be extremely narrow, similar to the Hot Spring Pass in the Battle of Hot Spring Pass. It is only five meters from side to side, so five hundred people are more than enough to block the mouth of the pot.
So after thinking again and again, King Pingdong said: "The spout of the pot cannot be pushed away for a while. In this case, Liangcheng's city defense is notoriously poor. All the soldiers obey the order and follow me to break through the gate of Liangcheng." , wipe out all the bandits!"
yes!
There was a huge momentum around them, and in the face of the danger of death, the soldiers' fighting spirit was pushed to its peak.
But Li Huguo was already prepared: "How many new catapults have been built?"
"Three." Pei Yunhai said, "Because time was too tight, I only completed three. Originally, I wanted to build more, but the brothers were exhausted. For three days, we worked all night to build them. Catapult."
"Three is enough, get on the kerosene altar!" Li Huguo shouted.
The water tanks filled with kerosene were sealed with gauze. After being ignited, the catapult's mechanism suddenly rotated, and the kerosene jars were like flying cannonballs, blasting towards the enemy group.
Once the burning kerosene barrel collided with the kerosene prepared in advance on the ground, the flames immediately spread, and the mouth of the pot became a huge fire.
A young Jin soldier held a red-hot shield in his hand. He gritted his teeth and persisted, sweat dripping from his forehead: "Brothers, watch, this is General Li's chance for us to be brave. We should have died under military law." , but this time... we will use our own blood and flesh to stop these thieves!"
"withstand!"
The shield soldiers in Hukou looked at death one by one and held up their shields without fear. The Liao soldiers who were jumping around in the flames wanted to run away, but it was too late and their bodies were immediately covered in flames.
At the same time, the city defense weapons such as rolling logs, kerosene jars, falling rocks, etc. were all fired up, and the entire Hukou became a fiery purgatory!