Following Mr. Zhang’s yell, the soldiers dropped the rocks containing fire and thunder ammunition that they were about to add to the catapult, and at the same time picked up some bottles and cans from the side and put them directly on the catapult. on. Following Zhang's order, all the catapults were sent out again, but this time it was no longer the firearms, but a few bottles and cans.
Outside the city, the princes' coalition soldiers who were used to the attack of the catapult did not focus on these changes, but fully followed Yang Lin's orders and rushed forward against the offensive. After waiting for the bottles and cans to fall, there was a clear cracking sound, and the soldiers of the princes coalition army realized that something was wrong. Although these things have a certain degree of lethality, they are far worse than the previous rocks mixed with fire and thunder ammunition. Except for the unlucky ghosts who were directly hit, most of the people next to them have nothing to do.
Yang Lin didn't pay attention to this change at first. He just directed the soldiers and horses to attack the wall with all his heart, but as more and more bottles were dropped from the city, Yang Lin also felt something was wrong. When the opponent's new round of attack had just ended, Yang Lin rushed to the nearest soldier who was hit.
This hapless soldier's head was hit by a bottle, and he opened the scoop directly, and the red, red and white on his head was spilled all over the floor. If it weren't for Yang Lin who had gone through a lot of killings and had been used to it, I was afraid to watch it. In this disgusting scene, I vomited a long time ago. Beside the soldier's corpse, there were smashed bottle fragments, which seemed to be harmless. This kind of ceramic fragments could not pierce even the soldier's army boots.
Yang Lin frowned, wondering why Zhao Jun suddenly changed this kind of thing. Could it be that the stones in the city mixed with fire and thunder ammunition have been used up? impossible. The letter king, Zhao Zhen, did his best to come to Xianning, how could he not have enough supplies? After only a few rounds of attack, it is impossible to use up all the rocks mixed with fire and thunder ammunition.
Yang Lin almost forgot that he was on the battlefield at the moment, just standing next to the corpse and lowering his head thinking. On the other side, Xia Cheng and Wang Xiong were also rushing towards the wall of Xianning. Wang Xiong was the most anxious and rushed to the other side. He shouted towards the city in Xianning: "Zhao Yan, come out and fight me."
Wang Xiong’s loud voice is notoriously loud. This roar resounded throughout the battlefield, and invisibly, it also boosted the morale of the coalition forces. Those princes coalition soldiers also started shouting and screamed more bravely. Shock off the wall.
In the city, Xin Wang Zhaozhen, who heard Wang Xiong's roar, slowly opened his eyes. For a moment, a frenzied warfare appeared on his face, but soon disappeared without a trace. He looked up at the generals who were looking at him, grinned, and said, "Don't look at me. As I said, Qianqian will handle all this battle. General Shan, give Wang Xiong a shot for me. Hello."
Shan Hongfei was taken aback for a moment, but soon understood, nodded and laughed, and said: "No problem." After that, with a backhand, he grabbed his own dedicated iron bow into his hand, and at the same time, he took his other hand. He drew an arrow from the arrow box in the hands of the soldiers next to him, bent the bow and set the arrow, and aimed directly at Wang Xiong outside the city. The bowstring was pulled to the full moon, but at the moment it was released, the arrow was shot out.
The arrow cuts through the air like a meteor, which is undoubtedly several times faster than the arrows shot by other archers. And Wang Xiong, who was struggling to kill, seemed to have a premonition. He suddenly raised his head and looked at the arrow that was flying towards him. Even with a loud shout, the spear in his hand pierced against the arrow. .
With a clang, the arrow shot by Shan Hongfei was undoubtedly bounced away, and Wang Xiong's spear was also raised high. Obviously, the power of this arrow was not inferior to Wang Xiong's spear.
Wang Xiong had never encountered such a powerful arrow before, and he immediately pulled the mount hard, pulled the horse high and raised its front hoof, and let out a neigh. Wang Xiong raised his head and looked at Xianning. Shan Hongfei was slowly putting away the iron bow and smiled at Wang Xiong.
"Tsk! Zhao Yan, it seems that he doesn't plan to come out anymore." Wang Xiong has read the meaning from Shan Hongfei's smile, and he also smiled. Naturally, he would not think that Wang Zhao Zhen was afraid of him. Actually In the current situation, it is indeed not the time to be brave. Wang Xiong didn't care, and he held his spear and shouted at the men behind him: "Chong! Chong! Rush me Xianning for Lao Tzu. Lao Tzu doesn't believe it anymore, Zhao Yan can bear it."
How Wang Xiong went crazy, Yang Lin no longer had the energy to take care of it. He was still standing next to the corpse, clutching a fragment of a bottle in his hand, feeling more and more uneasy in his heart. Yang Lin suddenly discovered that there seemed to be a lot of black ink stained on the fragments of the bottle, and he didn't know what it was for. Yang Lin subconsciously put the fragment under his nose and smelled it. Yang Lin's face changed immediately, his hands trembled, and the fragment fell to the ground. Yang Lin looked at the oil stains on the ground, Yang Lin's face was already full of horror, and he cried out loudly, "This is black oil."
Although Yang Lin had never seen such a thing, he also felt that it was a kind of oil. He guessed right, this was the oil that Xin Wang Zhao Zhen asked Xin Wang Jun to find. Although oil is difficult to extract, it is not unavailable.
At the same time, on Xianning, Ji Qianqian looked at the situation outside the city. At this moment, many princes' coalition soldiers had already climbed to the barrier wall, and it would not be long before the juncture was overcome. Ji Qianqian smiled, nodded and said: "It's time. Send the order to the four generals Shan Shanyue, General Li, Xiaogui Xie, and Hua'an to launch the rocket."
Not long after Ji Qianqian gave his order, he saw countless fire lights on the arrow towers on the left and right wings of Xianning. However, this time the fire light did not appear on the wall of the arrow tower, but inside the arrow tower. Lit. Immediately afterwards, those fire lights shot towards the coalition forces outside the city with bursts of breaking through the air.
And the ground that was already covered with kerosene immediately ignited a raging fire after touching the flames on these rockets. Those corpses covered with oil became the best fuel for the fire, and the soldiers who had been splashed by the fire oil were even more miserable at this moment. The fire spread to them, causing them to scream again and again. For a moment, the entire battlefield was full of screams, which made people palpitating.
A light breeze blew by, bringing a scorching smell, and sent it to Xia Cheng and the others. Several civilians did not hold back, and when they turned their heads, they threw on the ground and vomited. Xia Cheng and the others at the front were pale and looked at the tragedy ahead with disbelief.
At this time, the flames were so high that nearly five thousand Xia Jun had been trapped in the sea of fire. Before the fire was subdued, none of the five thousand Xia troops would even want to run out. Gao An, who was next to Xia Cheng, was also dumbfounded, and was trapped by the sea of flames, not only Xia Jun, but also a part of the Fujian Road army led by Wang Xiong and Xia Cheng.
Although Gao An had been mentally prepared to sacrifice his subordinates before, Xia Cheng and Wang Xiong were different. Gao An knew in his heart that these two brothers were his right arm. Without the two of them, Gao An will no longer be able to compete with the heroes of the world. Gao An immediately shouted to Xia Cheng: "Brother Xia! Brother Xia! Hurry up and send someone to rescue them!"
"No." Zhang Sailiang, the adviser by Xia Cheng's side, immediately denied Gao An's words, and said to Xia Cheng: "My lord! No more soldiers can be sent now. The area in front of Xianning has completely fallen into Zhao Jun's attack range. If we send someone to rush in again, we can only die in vain. We can only hope that this sea of flames can be extinguished as soon as possible."
As if to refute Zhang Sailiang's words specifically, a few loud noises were heard from the front battlefield, but countless black shadows flew up from the city of Xianning. The catapult on Xianning once again threw those bottles and cans. Came out and fell directly into the sea of flames. In an instant, the fire that had just weakened a bit once again flared again.
Seeing that the sea of flames reignited again, Gao An's face became paler, his upper body shook, and he almost didn't fall off his horse directly. Fortunately, a few soldiers behind him supported him from behind.
Tong Wenbo was also unable to maintain his usual calm, turned his head to look at Zhang Huaxuan, and said, "Zhang Huaxuan, what can you do?" If it is in government affairs, Tong Wenbo is much better than Zhang Huaxuan. Zhang Huaxuan is good at it, so Tong Wenbo put his last hope on Zhang Huaxuan.
At this moment, Zhang Huaxuan also shook his head bitterly and said: "If there is a way, how can I not say? Don't forget, there are still more than 5,000 soldiers of my family there. Obviously Zhao Junzhong also has an expert. One set is connected to one set, and a circle is set up for us to drill. We are just trapped by the fire with thousands of people. We are already very lucky."
While talking, Zhang Huaxuan's expression became more and more ugly. With Zhao Yanjun being able to help such an expert, it seems that the possibility of attacking Xianning this time has dropped a lot. As for what Zhang Huaxuan could think of, how could Tong Wenbo not think of it, and his expression also became ashen.
As the so-called leaking of the house happened in the night rain, at this moment, there was a shout from behind. Everyone turned their heads subconsciously, and saw a general of Xia Jun riding a fast horse from behind. Come here. Xia Cheng recognized at a glance that it was Fang Yunshan, a general who had been placed under the account of the rear army before. Fang Yunshan rushed towards this side while yelling: "No good! Your lord, no good. Up!"
Seeing Fang Yunshan's panic, Xia Cheng's expression became more and more ugly. Fang Yunshan led the Taishan thief to harm Raozhou and Fujian Road in the past, and his temperament was very calm, and he was a general talent. And since he took refuge in Xia Cheng's account, Xia Cheng has never seen him so panicked, and involuntarily, an ominous premonition was born in Xia Cheng's heart.
Soon, Fang Yunshan rushed to Xia Cheng's body, turned over and dismounted, but because of too much urgency, he fell directly to the ground. However, Fang Yunshan didn't care about that much. He turned over, and even before the dust on his body was photographed, he stumbled to Xia Cheng, and said to Xia Cheng with a fist and said, "My lord. The big thing is not good. That's it. Then Liu Jiajun and Peng Youjun suddenly got up and ran away."
"What?" This time it was Xia Cheng's turn to shake his upper body. Xia Cheng only felt that his eyes were black, dizzy, and his body trembled, and he fell down on the horse's back.
"My lord." "My lord." Xia Cheng's fall was startled, but he hurriedly stepped forward to help him. On the other side, Tong Wenbo and Zhang Huaxuan's expressions also became extremely bad. Both were wise men of the world, and immediately guessed the reason for the departure of the two armies.
After looking at each other, they didn't expect them to calculate and calculate others all day long, but today they were calculated by others. At this time, Xia Cheng slowly stood up with the support of everyone, opened his eyes danglingly, and called Zhang Huaxuan in the first sentence.
After Zhang Huaxuan heard it, he immediately ran to Xia Cheng's front, bowed down directly, and said with shame: "My lord, the subordinate is negligent. Please also confess my crime." Zhang Huaxuan is the chief think tank under Xia Cheng's account. Zhang Huaxuan was all commanded by Zhang Huaxuan this time when the allied forces of the princes attacked Zhao Yanjun. But the battle has been fought so far, and the first battle has not been won, but the coalition forces have fallen apart. If they are really to be held accountable, Zhang Huaxuan can only bear the responsibility.
Xia Cheng sighed for a long time, but waved his hand to Zhang Huaxuan and said, "Okay. I don't want to hold you accountable. This is the end of the matter. I just want to ask Mr., what should I do next?"
Zhang Huaxuan prayed to Xia Cheng again and again, and then stood up and saluted Xia Cheng, "My lord. Now that the war has come, it is impossible to do anything. If you continue to stop and suffer the damage, it is better to withdraw now. Can reduce losses."
This suggestion Zhang Huaxuan also hesitated again and again before making the decision. Although Xia Cheng said that he would not be held accountable, for Xia Cheng, this withdrawal was not just a loss of this soldier. Previously, Xia Cheng organized an alliance with great fanfare to denounce Zhao Yan, but now the alliance fell apart, and Xia Cheng returned without success. This was a fatal blow to Xia Cheng.
Xia Cheng obviously thought of this, but he looked back at the towering Xianning in the distance, but shook his head helplessly. He waved his hand at the crowd and did not speak, but the meaning could not be more clear. Immediately, General Yang Huai, the general who was supporting Xia Cheng, shouted in a deep voice: "Procedure! Mingjin retreat."
These six words were shouted, and Gao An, who had been silent for a while, finally couldn't support it. Like Xia Cheng just now, he fell to his knees. This order means that Xia Cheng and Wang Xiong who are trapped in the sea of flames have no hope.
Gao An has lost two generals and even two brothers. How can he feel better? The soldiers beside Gao An also stepped forward to support Gao An, shouting Gao An one after another.
Suddenly, a soldier next to Gao'an looked at the direction of the battlefield, his eyes lit up, and exclaimed: "My lord. Look, it's General Xia and General Wang."
As soon as he heard the soldier's words, Gao An immediately shook his body, and immediately stood up straight and looked towards the battlefield. I saw that in the direction of Xianning, the sea of fire was like a wall blocking the road to Xianning, and heard a few violent shouts, the two riders suddenly rushed out of the sea of fire, Gao An's eyes were fixed. , Isn't it just his close friends Xia Cheng and Wang Xiong
I thought that Xia Cheng and Wang Xiong would definitely die, but now that they saw the two escaped, Gao An couldn't contain the excitement in his heart. A soldier pushing away from his side ran to meet Xia Cheng and Wang Xiong. Go, yelling while running: "Two brothers. Are you all right? Great."
Soon, Xia Cheng and Wang Xiong ran up to Gao An and saw Gao An approaching to greet them. They both rolled over and got off their horses at the same time. They hurried to the front of Gao An, held their fists against Gao An, and shouted in unison: "General, my brother is worrying you."
"It's fine if it's okay." Gao An was so excited at the moment, patted the shoulders of the two. In fact, it is impossible to say that the two of them had nothing to do. Xia Cheng's face was stained, and his shirt was burned with several holes, and the long beard was also burned. At one point, it looked very embarrassed.
Wang Xiong is even more miserable. The clothes on his upper body have long been burned, and even the dark skin was burnt red, and there were several blisters on his shoulders, and the big beard on that face was even more burnt. Half off.
At this moment, Yang Lin also rushed back with the remaining soldiers and horses. Before, Yang Lin had guessed Zhao Jun’s strategy first, so he dodged quickly, and did not fall into Zhao Jun’s trap like Xia Cheng and Wang Xiong, so Yang Lin did not. What hurts, but there are more stains on his face. After seeing Xia Cheng, Yang Lin hurriedly rolled over and got off his horse. When he came to Xia Cheng, he knelt down and shouted: "My lord, I will be incompetent at the end, please punish me."
Xia Cheng also sighed, personally stepped forward to help Yang Lin, and said: "Okay. Needless to say. If you lose, you will lose. If you lose this time, we will call back next time. Let's go. Take advantage of this. As the fires are not extinguished, Zhao Jun can't go out and pursue them, so let's withdraw our troops quickly."
As he said, Xia Cheng waved his hand, turned around and got on his horse and left. Although Xia Cheng was doing very free and easy, but looking at his back, he was unsatisfied and unwilling to tell. Everyone knew that after this defeat, Xia Cheng had completely lost the opportunity to defeat Zhao Yanjun.
In the future, all Xia Cheng could do was to settle the side and become the overlord of the side. Just like Xia Cheng, then Gao An, Gao An looked at the Fujian Road Army that had lost at least half of it, and he was crying without tears. He looked back at the Xia Jun soldiers and horses next to him, and nodded secretly in his heart. Gao An wants to continue to survive in the future. Going on, only to stand with Xia Cheng.
In the first year of Shaoxing of the Great Song Dynasty, the Jiangnan East Road Jinglue Envoy Xia Cheng, the Jiangnan West Road Jinglue Envoy Peng You, the Jiedu Envoy Liu Guang, and the Fujian Lu Jinglue Envoy Gao’an Quartet princes formed a coalition of vassals and joined the Da Song Jiangling Jiedu Envoy Zhao Yan's army fought in Xianning.
However, the result was beyond the expectations of the people of the world. The allied forces of the princes with superior strength did not win a battle, and Liu Guang and Liu Guang died before Xianning. Finally, as Liu Tong, who had just succeeded Liu Guang, and Peng You, Peng You, arbitrarily withdrew their troops, causing the entire vassal coalition to fall apart, this massive battle ended in the victory of Zhao Jiajun.
Of course, people with a discerning eye can also see that the end of this war has already marked that the princes of all walks of life are no longer able to compete with Zhao Yanjun for the Southern Song Dynasty. And the disintegration of the alliance of princes also marked that there is no possibility of an alliance between the princes of the Quartet, and a chaotic war may break out between the princes of the Quartet at any time.
As the victor of this battle, Xin Wang Zhao Zhen returned to Jiangling with a triumphant army. In the Battle of Xianning, except for the heavy armored infantry who was first attacked by the coalition forces and annihilated the entire army, the Zhao army had almost no damage. In such a big battle, it is a miracle to be able to get such a result.