Chapter 682: Arson
The reason why the black-clothed dead soldiers can be called dead soldiers is that they ignore death at all, and once the order is given, they are like a ruthless machine, only knowing how to move forward and not retreat.
Moreover, these black-clothed dead soldiers are very athletic, two or three feet high wall, they don't even need to step on ladders, they can climb up with their bare hands, as long as there are a few uneven places on the wall, they can step on and fly up.
The attack of these dead soldiers was very fierce, which brought great difficulties to the defense of the Cao family soldiers, although relying on the power of the repeater crossbow, temporarily suppressed their attack, but Cao Liang knew that after all, they were at a disadvantage in numbers, and it was still quite difficult to hold on for a long time.
This time, there are at least a thousand people brought by Sima Yi, ten times the number of Cao Jiabing, and there are not many defenders of the arsenal on Cao Liang's side.
What's more, those defenders - forget it, Cao Liang really didn't count on them, for decades, nothing happened here in the arsenal at all, these soldiers guarding the arsenal were negligent in training, and usually stood guard and sentry, that is, they were pestle there like wooden stakes, and now when they saw such a battle, they had already turned pale and trembled with fright, where is there any combat effectiveness at all.
Sima Yi is determined to win the arsenal, so the attack of the black-clothed dead soldier is quite fierce, although the crossbowmen fought tenaciously, relying on the dense rain of arrows to seal the path of the black-clothed dead, but the crossbow arrows carried by the crossbowmen are limited after all, once the crossbow arrows are shot out, it may be difficult to block the attack of the Sima family's army.
Cao Liang couldn't help frowning secretly, it seemed that he still underestimated the combat ability of the dead soldiers of the Sima family, these people - no, these guys can't be called people at all, they are like a war machine, accurate and efficient and tireless, and they don't know what fear is, even if the corpses around them are like mountains and rivers of blood, these dead soldiers will still trample on the corpses and move forward with all their might.
According to the current situation, without reinforcements, the Cao family soldiers can only support for more than half an hour at most, once they are attacked by the Sima family army, it is likely that the defense line of the arsenal will collapse in an instant, after all, in terms of melee ability, the strength of the Cao family soldiers is far from these black-clothed dead soldiers.
However, such a situation is not unexpected, when Cao Liang occupied the arsenal, he knew that it would be difficult to hold on to the more than 100 people in his hands alone.
For this reason, Cao Liang has already prepared a second set of plans, that is, to set fire to the arsenal.
The weapons and equipment that he can't get must not fall into Sima Yi's hands!
After taking the arsenal yesterday, Cao Liang deliberately took a turn in the arsenal, the arsenal of the forbidden army is really extraordinary, the weapons hidden are dazzling, there are many types, swords, guns, swords, halberds, axes, hooks and forks, eighteen kinds of weapons, everything, not only individual weapons, large equipment bed crossbows, catapults, siege vehicles, and baggage vehicles are also complete, and it is not clear why the forbidden army still needs siege vehicles, even if the enemy army attacks, their task is only to defend the city.
As for the armor, it is even more piled up, chain armor, fish scale armor, two armor, chain mail, everything, these equipment, to arm an army of tens of thousands of people, I am afraid it is more than enough.
At that time, Cao Liang picked out hundreds of sets of armor for the Cao family soldiers to replace, but compared with the huge inventory, it was just a drop in the bucket.
Cao Liang definitely can't take away the remaining weapons and armor, but even if he can't take them away, he must not leave them for Sima Yi.
Sima Yi's purpose in attacking the arsenal is obvious, that is, he wants these weapons and armor to equip his army, these dead soldiers are already powerful enough, if they get these weapons and equipment again, wouldn't it be like a tiger with wings?
When Cao Liang was inspecting the arsenal, he found a lot of fierce oil fire cans, and he couldn't help but light up, if he wanted to set fire, I am afraid there was no more suitable ignition material than this.
Now the situation is critical, Cao Liang immediately ordered his subordinates to send out some people, and each warehouse sent a few people in, after entering, the task is very simple, that is, to smash the fierce oil canister into the pile of weapons and armor, and several in each warehouse, and then light the warehouse with a fire.
After Cao Jiabing was ordered, he launched an operation, I have to say that these fierce oil fire canisters are really very good, the badger oil in it is simply the best thing to ignite the fire, as long as it touches a spark, those badger oil will immediately burst into flames.
Although many weapons and armor are made of iron and are not easy to burn, more weapons and equipment are made of wood and leather, such as various types of vehicles and gun handles, halberd handles, leather armor also occupies most of the armor, these things will undoubtedly become ignition.
The main thing is that the warehouses are all brick and wood, and once a fire starts, these houses will be set on fire, and in a short time, the entire arsenal will be reduced to a sea of fire.
Cao Jiabing's movements were very fast, and it took only one or two pillars of incense to work, Cao Liang had already seen thick black smoke rising from these warehouses in the arsenal on the wall, accompanied by a crackling burning sound, seeing that the flames had burst out from the door and roof of the warehouse, it was estimated that it would not be long before the entire arsenal would be ignited.
It's a pity that so many good weapons and equipment have been burned down like this.
Cao Liang secretly sighed with regret in his heart, to be honest, he was really a loser, if he went to buy weapons and equipment in such a warehouse, he didn't know how much it would cost.
Cao Liang is rich, but in this era when the imperial court has extremely strict control over iron and ordnance, no matter how much money you have, you may not be able to buy the best weapons, the weapons in these warehouses, not only Sima Yi covets it, even Cao Liang is extremely hot, he has fought in Bingzhou for so many years, the weapons and armor used by the soldiers are in tatters, if these weapons and armor in the warehouse can be equipped to the Bingzhou army, it will inevitably improve the combat effectiveness of the Bingzhou army to a higher level.
It's a pity that Luoyang is too far away from Bingzhou, and Sima Yi is eyeing him here, and he can't transport these weapons and armor even if he kills Cao Liang, he can't get it, and he can't get it cheap.
Looking at the flames in the arsenal, and then looking at Sima Yi not far away, Cao Liang smiled, this time he finally took a step ahead of Sima Yi and destroyed these weapons and armor, and I don't know what kind of expression Sima Yi should have when he watched the fire in the arsenal burn?