Therefore, the ruins of the White City have been plunged into a sea of fire, full of scorching fires, choking smoke, and the unpleasant smell of burnt horse thief corpses, and of course, the smell of horse meat, and the special smell of plants and trees after they have been burned to ashes.

In short, the ruins of the White City have become a purgatory on earth, and there is no safe pure land in the whole city, which is full of horrors and traps, which makes the horse thieves in it panic.

In this case, the mentality of the horse thief was close to collapse, so when he heard the voice of the officers and soldiers surrendering, he naturally had no choice but to surrender.

However, not all horse thieves' mentality is broken, individual fierce diehards, even if they die, they are not willing to surrender the officers and soldiers, they will not allow the horse thieves under their command to surrender, because they are the leader, worried that they will be liquidated after surrendering, so, it is better to die happily, so it seems to have more face, and surrendering and being executed is too faceless, if there is a torture, it will be even more unlucky.

"Second leader, we can't rush out anymore, it's better to ......"

Before a horse thief could finish speaking, his head was cut off by a tall Scarface.

The rest of the horse thieves were too frightened to speak, in the face of this living Hades, did they really dare not come hard, otherwise, their heads would be gone before they surrendered, and it would be a big loss.

"You all listen well, the officers and soldiers will not really treat us preferentially, have you all forgotten, we are horse thieves, thieves, if we surrender now, even if we are not executed by the imperial court, we will be sent to a prison cell for a lifetime, or be sent to do a lifetime of coolies, what is the difference between living and dying, everyone follows me, we rush out together, there are not enough officers and soldiers, if it weren't for this, we would have rushed in a long time ago."

The tall Scarface loudly reprimanded the horse thieves around him who wanted to surrender, not allowing them to surrender or kill them.

Under the threat of force and verbal brainwashing of the tall scarface, the horse thieves behind them no longer dared to surrender, so they had to bite the bullet, scurrying back and forth in the ruins of the indistinguishable direction, changing directions when encountering obstacles, and just rushing blindly.

These horse thieves who followed the tall scar-faced horse thieves, it was really very unlucky, they didn't even have a chance to surrender, and those scattered horse thieves were more lucky, they were completely disintegrated under the powerful verbal offensive of the officers and soldiers, and threw their weapons according to the instructions of the officers and soldiers, obediently came out to surrender, and then, according to the requirements of the officers and soldiers, raised their hands along the road to the direction of the nearest city gate.

In fact, this ruined old white city is within their territory, and they can often see this ruined city, but because this is a ruin, they rarely come in, at most they take a look from a distance, so they are not very familiar with the internal street situation, and it is dark at the moment, so they will not be able to distinguish the direction in the ruined city.

Knowing this, they would definitely travel to every corner of the Old White City, and in this way, there would be no embarrassment and loss today.

There are only more than 30 officers and soldiers in the city, divided into five groups, each group has only six or seven people, but they use the time before dusk to touch the internal streets and buildings of the ruined city, and their familiarity with the terrain is more than these horse thieves living here, so when they are ambushed in the city, they can be at ease, besides, the traps are dug by the officers and soldiers, and they naturally know best where there are traps and how to fight horse thieves, and they can also fight horse thieves very effectively, so that horse thieves suffer heavy losses.

However, the ruined city is mostly ruined, and the terrain is not so complicated, if it weren't for the darkness and fireworks everywhere, the horse thieves would have been able to quickly familiarize themselves with the terrain, so the longer the officers and soldiers hold on to the city, the more dangerous it becomes.

After several rounds of continuous attacks on the horse thieves, more than 30 officers and soldiers successively evacuated the city and came to the city wall, preparing to rely on the city wall to prevent the horse thieves from escaping from the old white city, and completely trapped them in this ruined city.

And with the withdrawal of the officers and soldiers, the few remaining horse thieves quickly cleared their way, and they divided into at least a dozen groups, and burst from different positions near the city gates and walls, and as long as they crossed the last barrier, they were free.

However, this is obviously not an easy task, the city gate has been blocked by the officers and soldiers with rolling logs and hay, the entire city gate hole is full of dry wood and weeds, and even the smell of oil can be smelled, so that as long as they dare to rush over, the officers and soldiers will immediately set fire, and they will be burned alive, and if they run through the city wall, they will have to give up their horses, so that after they get out of the city, it will be difficult for them to quickly stay away from this dangerous place, and they may be caught up by the officers and soldiers, so it will be troublesome.

A group of horse thieves led by the tall Scarface was the main force, and after continuous traps and ambushes, there was not much left at the moment, there were about seventy or eighty people, of them, more than half were injured, and many of them were not lightly injured, they had already arrived at the west gate when they entered the city, and stopped fifty paces away.

There are more than 20 officers and soldiers on the platform of the city gate tower in front, bending bows and arrows at them, the city gate hole is full of dead branches and weeds, piled high, even if the fire is not lit, just these high firewood and wild grass, it is enough to make it difficult for the horses to move an inch, and after leaving the city gate hole, they have no way of knowing what else is behind, and their hearts are naturally worried.

"Second leader, the road ahead is blocked, let's go!"

A horse thief spoke.

"This place is blocked, and the rest of the doorways must also be blocked, it's the same whether you change it or not, let's climb over the city wall! The number of officers and soldiers is not much, and it is certainly impossible to defend so many city walls. ”

Another horse thief spoke.

"Second leader, we can't run far without a horse, let's just rush out!"

Another horse thief spoke.

The tall Scarface fell into deep thought, he couldn't figure out what to do, he was not sure of winning when he rushed over, and if he gave up his horse and climbed over the city wall, someone also needed to attract the attention of the officers and soldiers here, and restrain twenty or thirty officers and soldiers to defend the city gate, so as to reduce the number of officers and soldiers defending the city wall.

Li An stood on the platform of the city gate tower, looking at these horse thieves rushing over, and a faint smile leaked from the corner of his mouth.

"Guess what, the horse thieves will rush straight through the city gate?"

Ang Lee asked with a smile.

"How is this possible, there are so many tree trunks and weeds in the city gate hole, how dare the horse thieves rush over."

"If the horse thieves do rush over, it would be the best, so that we can roast all these horse thieves with just a fire, hahaha!"

"I guess the horse thief will sneak away, trying to find a loophole elsewhere to leave."

"Wouldn't anyone have guessed that the horse thief would surrender?"

The soldiers under his command are in a good mood, and their meritorious service is already a sure thing, how can they not be excited? With Ang Lee's boldness, he will definitely not treat them badly.

"Madame, don't you guess?"

Li An looked at Li Hanlu and asked.

"Husband, there is the sound of horses' hooves, and there are many, many horses, one or two thousand, and in the southeast, the distance is less than two miles."

Li Hanlu said seriously.

When Li An heard this, he said happily: "The sound of horses' hooves in the southeast direction, there are still one or two thousand, it must be Lao Guo's reinforcements have arrived, but Lao Guo came a little late, and he will have to be counted down later." ”

"It's good that General Guo can come all the way to drink soup, so don't embarrass him."

Li Hanlu said.

"Tease you, how can I embarrass Lao Guo? What is the relationship between the husband and Lao Guo, don't you know? ”

Ang Lee said with a smile.

Now Lao Guo's soldiers and horses are about to be reinforced, so these horse thieves trapped in the ruined city are afraid that none of them will be able to escape, and this battle will definitely be a complete victory.

"Give you a chance to make meritorious contributions, as long as you can move the people below to surrender, you will be considered a great meritorious."

Li An looked at the horse thief behind him with his hands tied and spoke.

There are more than a dozen of these horse thieves, and they surrendered under the invitation of officers and soldiers, and now they are on the platform of the city gate tower, and let them be responsible for surrendering, which is indeed a good note, so that the effect of surrender may be better.

"I'll come."

One of the horse thieves stepped forward, looked at the horse thief below, and shouted, "Brothers, the officers and soldiers have surrounded this place, lay down your arms and surrender!" The officers and men will treat us preferentially, and if we do not surrender, there is only a dead end. ”

"I'm going to make meritorious service too."

Another horse thief came loudly to surrender, trying to persuade the horse thieves to surrender.

However, there is a tall Scarface, a hard-nosed horse thief, and these horse thieves really dare not surrender, they are afraid that they will be cut off by accident.

"Horse thieves, what are you hesitating about, hurry up and surrender!"

The officers and soldiers couldn't help it and shouted loudly.

The tall scar-faced beard was crooked, stared at the horse thief behind him viciously, and said loudly: "No one is allowed to surrender, don't be deceived by these officers and soldiers, surrender will be worse than death, you must not surrender." ”

Seeing that the horse thieves were shocked, the tall scarface opened his mouth and ordered: "A dozen of you will stay with me to contain the officers and soldiers, and the rest will flee from both sides, the city walls are broken everywhere, as long as you want to escape, you can always find a gap, go quickly!" ”

This is not the discovery of the tall Scarface conscience, he is using tricks, trying to use these horse thieves to lure away the officers and soldiers, so that he himself has a chance to rush out of the most dangerous city gates.

As soon as the horse thieves heard this, they immediately fled in two groups, looking for the gaps in the city wall, and then escaping through the gaps, after all, many of the gaps were less than one person's height, and they could easily climb over.

After all the fifty or sixty horse thieves left, the tall scarface looked at the Tang officers and soldiers at the city gate, and then at the dozen or so elite horse thieves under his command, and said, "Let's go too, hide first." ”

"Second leader, didn't we stay to contain the officers and soldiers?"

A humble horse thief asked.

"What so much nonsense, let you go."

The tall Scarface yelled angrily, and then rode his horse out of the sight of the officers and soldiers, but he didn't go far, just waited under the broken wall not far away.

"Li Shilang, these horse thieves plan to find a breakthrough from the city walls on both sides, the city walls are so long, I'm afraid they can't be defended, and besides, the horse thieves also have bows and crossbow weapons in their hands, not lambs to be slaughtered, do we want to reinforce both sides."

An officer asked.

Li An nodded and said, "Just leave five or six people, and the rest of the city walls on both sides will be reinforced!" Block as many horse thieves as you can, pay attention to safety, and would rather let a few horse thieves go than let the soldiers lose their lives. ”

"Yes, Li Shilang."

The officers and soldiers were moved to respond, and then immediately divided the troops into two ways to reinforce the city walls on both sides, although the white city is not very big, but the city wall is not particularly short, and the city wall is still uneven, defending such a city wall, the difficulty is extremely great, it is easy for the horse thief to find a breakthrough gap.

And the reinforcements of the officers and soldiers on both sides were naturally also seen by the spies sent out by the tall Scarface, which made him immediately understand the painstaking efforts of the tall Scarface, it turned out that his second leader did not want to sacrifice himself to cover the horse thieves, but let the horse thieves attract the officers and soldiers, and then, so that he could break through the city gate.

"Second leader, the officers and soldiers began to reinforce both sides, and there were only five or six people left behind the city gate."

When the tall scarface heard this, he said happily: "Wait a little longer, when these officers and soldiers go farther, we will protrude from the city gate." ”

"Second leader, but the gate of the city is full of tree trunks and dead grass, how can we stand out."

A horse thief said.

The tall scarface stared and said, "What are you afraid of, we are all good horses under our crotches, and we can still cross the two-foot-high obstacles." ”

"But these are all good materials to burn, if the officers and soldiers set fire, will we be burned to death in the city gate?"

Another horse thief asked.

"Don't be afraid, as long as we suddenly rush over with lightning speed, it will be too late for the officers and soldiers to ignite the fire, how can the fire burn all at once, there must be some time!"

The tall Scarface spoke.

"What the second leader said is, let's wait."

The pony thief spoke.

However, they were a little whimsical, and Li An did not hesitate to send out the soldiers from the city gate, not to ignore the defense here, but because Lao Guo's soldiers and horses were already close in front of him, he saw Lao Guo's bright armor.

"Just keep watch here, and the rest of you will go down with me to meet General Guo."

Li An said and led everyone to climb down carefully from the gap next to him, the ruins ladder is in the city, and the outside of the city was originally a smooth city wall, but because of corrosion, the wall outside the city is no longer completely flat, and there is not much pressure to climb up and down, especially here, the angle is only more than fifty, and a few daggers can be used as ladders.

"Madam, why are there only three hundred people, didn't you say one or two thousand?"

Li An looked at Lao Guo and his party a hundred steps away, and asked.

"Maybe it's the division of troops, General Guo has been on the battlefield for a long time, and naturally knows how to surround all the old Baicheng."

Li Hanlu opened his mouth and said.