Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 614 The Fire Burns the City
At the end of February, the Central Plains is in the season of warm spring and flowers blooming.

The two battlefields of the Great Song Dynasty were fighting into a mess.In Jiangling City, Zhao Ji has not left yet.Since Cai Jing suddenly happened that day, he begged the great artist to tour the west and leave Prince Zhao Huan to stay in Jiangling.It was like a spoonful of water was suddenly poured into a pot of hot oil, and the crackling oil splashed everywhere, which was very lively.

In an instant, the city of Jiangling became chaotic, and when they left and stayed, each had their own support, and the dispute between them became fierce.Compared with fighting on the battlefield, it is still much hotter.

So much so that Zhao Ji had the potential to become a frightened bird, but he still stayed in Jiangling City and never left.

Helpless, the great artist still has face.It was necessary for Cai Jing and others to settle everything, and only after they succeeded in taking the blame did they set off on a western tour.

Even though the world knows her true colors, but there is that layer of tulle covering her face, just like the emperor's new clothes. Believe it or not, I myself believe that I was forced by the form and had to go west to Sichuan.

In Guanxi, Lu Zhishen had already led the army to Jingyuan Road, and his commander-in-chief Xi Gong raised his hands and descended.He even tricked Qin Feng and Shuai Zhao.Qin Fengbing gathered in the Zhenrong Army, which is later known as Guyuan, so that he could quickly reinforce Jingyuan Road in critical moments.But Xigong's surrender opened the door to Jingyuan Road. Lu Zhishen led the main force of the Guanxi Army. When Qin Fengbing had just received the news of Xigong's surrender, and everyone was confused, he appeared in front of Qin Fengbing and called Zhao Dian. Immediately sit on the wax.

He can't stand, he can't retreat.If you can't fight, you can't really abandon Guyuan if you retreat.

Lu Zhishen took the opportunity to divide Huaide's army, that is, Pingxia City.From there, cross to the west and cross the north side of Liupan Mountain. There is a road to cross Liupan Mountain.After arriving at Sikouzi, go south along the road.Although there are Jiuyang Village, Zhenqiang Village, Huaiyuan Village, etc. on that road, they can go around to "control Wuyuan on the left, Lanhui on the right, Huangliu around the north, Kongtong blocking the south, according to the shoulders of the eight counties, Behind the Zhenrong army is a battleground for military strategists, the key to the three towns.

Of course, if you want to enter Haoshuichuan, you still have to win the Zhenrong Army.Otherwise, you can only travel south along the mountain path, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive.The capacity of the trails there is too small, logistical supply is difficult, and it is inconvenient for the army to pass.Only by defeating the Zhenrong army, passing through the Shui River and then going south along the Wating River, can we reach Tianshui in Qinzhou by a road.

While asking Qinzhou to provide a large amount of food and grass to the front line, Zhao Dian tried his best to mobilize troops and horses to the rear. He even wanted to make Wang Yi ask for help from Xihe Jinglue, so that Qinzhou was empty.The two-headed snake Jie Zhen and the deputy one-horned dragon Zou Run led their troops along the Chencang Weishui Gorge to attack Qinzhou by surprise.Later, Li Yanxian, Yang Keshi, and Yang Kesheng led a large army, discarding all logistics supplies, and only took five days of dry food.

The reinforcements of the Liangshan Army and the Yang brothers' former reputation in the Western Army had just changed hands. On the surface, it was calm, but secretly, the turbulent Tianshui City quickly calmed down.That place is located on Qinfeng Road, where all money, food and military supplies are available.If you capture the city, you have everything.By the time Lu Qian's army reached the gates of Fancheng again, the Qin Feng soldiers led by Zhao Dian seemed to have no way out.This is a very sad thing for Zhao Dian himself.

Lu Qian was not worried about the war in Kansai, because the gap between the strength of the enemy and ourselves was too big, and in the past cold winter, the Liangshan Army used both soft and hard tactics, and the results were rich.Even if Zhao Dian could gather troops and horses to suppress the Rong army for a while, he would not be able to withstand it for the rest of his life.No, he's afraid he won't be able to sustain it for a month.

The Song Army's situation in Kansai is gradually reaching a desperate situation, but the Song Army in Fancheng is also suffering painfully.

After the Liangshan army arrived in Nanyang, they asked people to spread some headless posts in Fancheng City, teaching the people in the city to leave the city early to seek refuge.Later when the army arrived at the city, Lu Qian first sent a letter to surrender, and the latter guarded Zhang Qiong, so naturally he would not surrender. "I am the general of the Song Dynasty. How can I bow down to serve you and other rebellious ministers? If you want to recruit me, you will die! Tell Lu Qian, the bandit chief, to attack the city if you have the ability. I have Song Zhongliang in Fancheng, Rather Stick to your guns!"

In this way, Lu Qian no longer needs to be polite.

A very simple thing is to go to Liangshan Pao.It's just that the shells used are not stone shells, but kerosene shells.

This thing is easy to make, just wrap the clay pot with a wooden shell, and put in grease, wood chips, and grass balls, and the weight can reach [-] catties.The outer wooden shell is also thin and impregnated with grease. The wooden shell is ignited first when launching.After the oil bomb is thrown far away, but when it hits the ground, even if it is in the water, the wooden shell clay pot can also be broken.When the explosion breaks open, the oil and fire will inevitably splash and burn blazingly.

If it falls among the crowd, the scene will be very inhumane.If it splashes on a person, the whole body will be covered with fire. In today's environment, it is almost impossible for such a victim to survive.Think about the scene of burning people running around and wailing, it is absolutely hell.

This is also the reason why Lu Qian asked someone to send out a headless post early, telling the people of Fancheng to leave the city early.

Lu Qian didn't think it was against peace to burn the defenders to death, but if the fire engulfed Fancheng and burned thousands of people in the city to death, he couldn't bear it.

"Listen to my order - let go!"

Behind the artillery carts, a flaming kerosene bomb was carried. Following the command, fireballs pierced the sky and fell towards Fancheng.

Maybe it hit the top of the city, maybe it fell into the city, and some fell outside the city.But no matter inside or outside, at the moment when the kerosene bombs hit the ground, the silver bottle suddenly burst into water, and everyone who was baptized by kerosene wailed, as if they had fallen into the abyss and hell.

Helpless, the moment the kerosene bomb hit the ground, a raging fire rose immediately.On the top of the city, a cannonball hit the top of the city, and the raging flames exploded violently. A total of 20 people were affected, and they all became "burning men" at this moment.His whole body was covered in fire, struggling to call out, the scene was horrible.

Its lethality is impressive, and its deterrent power is ten times that of the former.

That tragic scene will be more frightening than death.

"Each cannon self-calibrates, listen to my order - let go!"

When the city of Fancheng was in panic, the Liangshan artillery in the Liangshan army had already completed self-calibration, and then the second batch of kerosene bombs were also thrown over.

Lu Qian didn't immediately show off the artillery, and to be honest, the power of the artillery is not stronger than Liangshan Cannon.Especially when targeting cities.

After several waves of bombardment, Fancheng was in chaos.After the city has experienced the failure of the last defense, the newly built city wall is not only taller and thicker, but also covered with a layer of large green bricks.

However, the Fancheng city wall arranged in this way can have higher resistance to stone bombs, but it has no effect on kerosene bombs.It even had the opposite effect.Because the city wall was thicker, a large amount of supplies for defending the city were piled up on the city wall.

For example, a frame of wooden bed crossbows, such as bundles of arrows, such as piles of dry firewood, such as cans of grease.There are also a large number of wooden parapets, wooden rafts and so on.

Now covered by the splattered grease and flames, the entire city was in chaos, and the entire city was covered by flames.

Thanks to the Song Army's complete preparations, there were gallows carts standing in the north of the city.In order to transport troops to the city as soon as possible, a winch that can go up and down is set up.

Although some have been affected, most of them are still usable.The defenders on the top of the city rushed forward, and those firemen even chose to jump off the top of the city in desperation.

The gate tower on the city was originally a wooden structure, but it was burned in an instant.

"Control, what should I do?" someone asked Zhang Qiong.

"Withdraw, first withdraw." What can Zhang Qiong do, all he can say is to withdraw first and then talk.

Although Lu Qian looked down on the situation in Chu City, he could see the clouds in the city.They were not in a hurry to break the city, but continued to order the artillery battalion to send kerosene bombs up, not only on the top of the city, but also inside Fancheng.

As mentioned in the previous article, Fancheng County was built along the Han River, not in square lines, but in long and narrow strips.Relying on the range of the Liangshan Cannon, it was enough to shoot kerosene bombs to most places in the city.In other words, Lu Qian is now setting fires everywhere and ordering generals with insufficient artillery battalions.In less than half an hour, the entire Fancheng County was enveloped in a fire that reached the sky, and it was beyond redemption.

Lu Qian looked at the sky above Fancheng, and saw the fire as if in front of his eyes, and the heat was rushing continuously. He was already three or four miles away from the city, and he could feel the billowing heat.

At this time, thick smoke was rising inside Fancheng, and flames were visible in the sky. The entire city was covered in thick fireworks.Although it was noon and the spring was shining brightly at the end of February, under the cover of black smoke, a feeling of intense coldness arose spontaneously.

The flames soared into the sky, the houses collapsed, and the wounded screamed and fled alive.If you look carefully, you can still see countless figures struggling in the flames, the whole scene is almost like a Shura field.

Even many Liangshan soldiers couldn't bear to watch, let alone Yao Gu, Wang Xiaozhong, and Wang Shixuan on the other side.In the eyes of the latter, Liang Shanjun's reputation of "benevolence and righteousness" will be surrounded by blood and fire.

Lu Qian was setting fire to the city, even though he had already asked people to spread the post without a head and told the people in the city to disperse.But how can there really be no one hundred people in Fancheng?Not really.According to reports from the intelligence department personnel in the city, when they withdrew from Fancheng, there might still be 800 people in the city.So are they all perished in the fire now?

Lu Qian couldn't care less about them.This time his goal was very big, but he wanted to be tainted with some "iron-blooded ruthlessness" so as to frighten the Song army.

What's more, even if all the people in the city were killed, the price was very worthwhile compared to the suppression brought by the Liangshan Army's arson and burning of Fancheng to the Song Army, and the benefits brought by easily capturing Fancheng.

He has already persuaded him in advance, and he is not morally condemned.It doesn't feel heavy mentally either.If it wasn't like this, how long would it take him to attack the city with a large army, and how much casualties he would have to pay.Isn't the life of Liang Shanjun his life?
The fire did not go out until the afternoon of the next day, and the entire Fancheng was in ruins.It's spring, it's the dry time.

Lu Qian called people into the city, first to contain the remains in the city, but to occupy a good position.

This time the Song Army's defense is still the same as before, except that one of their navy is missing on the Han River.Naxin Qizong led [-] troops to garrison Lumen Mountain. The mountain there is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is a tough bone.

Zhang Qiong led his troops to guard Fancheng, and Wang Shixuan led his troops to station at Yanshan Mountain across the river from Lumen Mountain.Xiangyang City was controlled by Yao Gu himself, assisted by Wang Xiaozhong.

Now Zhang Qiong fled back to Xiangyang with the defeated soldiers, and set fire to the Xiangfan pontoon bridge.

Lu Qian just asked people to besiege Lumen Mountain, but they only besieged it but did not attack it.When the navy arrived and the army crossed the Han River, it was time for serious action.

(End of this chapter)