The gate of Yangzhai City is already a sea of fire, and the fire is still gradually spreading outward, under the blowing of the north wind, the fire along the direction of the flow of fierce fire oil on the ice, gradually moving southward, those soldiers who are located on the edge of the moat, seeing such a scene, are scrambling to retreat sharply, but because the ice is slippery, many soldiers have fallen to the ground, and some even slipped into the wide and deep moat, falling from a height, either to death, or to be seriously injured.

Zhang Xiu's siege troops suddenly lost control, and retreated one after another, all afraid of being swallowed up by the flames, but because there were too many people, the bridge erected was too simple, when suddenly so many people passed on the bridge at the same time, the simple bridge was overwhelmed, only to hear a huge crisp sound of "Kala", the bridge was completely broken, and the soldiers who were passing on the bridge suddenly lost their center of gravity, their feet sank, and they all fell into the dry moat.

And the people behind also followed, they were like a train walking on a cliff and suddenly derailed, after the front of the car fell off the cliff, the carriage behind it also fell into the cliff one after another.

One step forward is a huge pit more than three zhang deep, one step back is the sea of fire burning, after the simple bridge collapsed instantly, it caused a dilemma for Zhang Xiu's siege troops, either to be killed, or burned to death, anyway, it was a death, many soldiers resolutely decided to jump into the deep pit as high as more than three zhang, after all, there were already people in front of them to cushion their backs, after falling down, they might be able to get away with it. But if you stay on the ground because you are timid. It will soon be devoured by the fire dragon that spreads over. They could be burned alive.

Thereupon. A large number of soldiers jumped decisively, and under the pit was a ghost crying wolf. Soon after the soldiers jumped down, the raging fire dragon used his scorching tongue of fire to engulf everything on the ground, and the entire battlefield was a sea of blazing fire, and in the sea of fire, there were hundreds of people who were burned alive. Let out their most sorrowful cry before they die.

It is different from the human purgatory on the other side of the moat, because of the break of the bridge, the fire only stopped on the opposite side, and where Zhang Xiu and the others were, they could only feel the heat wave blowing in their faces. However, they all witnessed this tragic situation with their own eyes, and the 3,000 soldiers and horses that had attacked them were reduced to nothing in an instant. The soldiers all swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and they were all secretly glad that they did not attack as a forward force, otherwise. Whether he will survive or not is still unknown. Even standing here, the scene just now made them feel palpitations, and their faces were full of fear.

"Help!" Zhang Xiu immediately shouted to the soldiers behind him, only to see that the frightened soldiers all took out ropes and threw them to the bottom of the moat, trying to pull up those who were not dead.

Yang Xiu burned the enemy army away, but the city gate was on fire, and the city gate also suffered losses, and the fire dragon's tongue of fire swallowed the city gate together, and the entire south city gate fell into a sea of fire, and the soldiers responsible for guarding the city gate could only retreat back and retreat to the urn city.

At the same time, Yang Xiu noticed that Zhang Xiu's army outside the city was trying to save the soldiers in the moat, and Yang Xiu had an idea, and immediately asked his henchmen to lead people out of the city through the west gate, digging the gap in the moat, pouring the river water in the Yingshui River into the moat, and freezing the enemies who fell at the bottom of the moat with the cold river water.

At the same time, Yang Xiu also commanded the archers on the city tower to brave the heat wave under the city, aiming at the direction of the moat, and using bows and arrows to stop the rescue of those enemies.

At this moment, Zhang Xiu looked at Yang Zhai City, clenching his back molars, hating it at all, he never thought that his attack, in front of this small Yang Zhai City, would be so vulnerable, not only suffered a huge loss, but also covered his face with a layer of humiliation.

Recalling that at the beginning, Zhang Xiu led the army to be almost invincible, invincible, and indestructible. Even when the army of Li Dao and Guo Yan in Guanzhong fought fiercely, it was more victorious and less defeated, and the last was because of the lack of troops, so he was forced to withdraw from Guanzhong, and went to Jingzhou to attach himself to Liu Biao, and became the Taishou of Nanyang.

In just a few years, Zhang Xiu no longer personally trained the army all the time, and it stands to reason that the army's combat effectiveness should not be weakened, but should have strengthened a lot. Even he himself is very satisfied with his subordinates, in Jingzhou, at least he is the overlord of one side, and even Liu Biao's eldest son Liu Qi and Cai Mao, the governor of the navy, are very active in wooing him.

But now, Zhang Xiu led the army to attack Yangzhai City three times and twice, and suffered heavy losses, for a general who can fight habitually, such a battle is simply a great shame.

"Hu Che'er!"

Zhang Xiu finally couldn't help it, and at the same time, he also had a plan to slaughter the city in his heart, and shouted directly behind him.

"The end will be! What did the general command? Hu Che'er answered, rode a horse to Zhang Xiu's side, and asked with a fist.

"You lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to the east gate of Yangzhai City and attack from the east gate. We are flanking from both sides, and we must take this city at all costs. You tell the soldiers that after the city is broken, they will rob the city for three days, and whoever grabs everything in the city will be the one who has the water. As for the people in the city, men, women, and children, kill them all, and leave not a single one behind! Zhang Xiu commanded resentfully.

After Hu Che'er heard this, he immediately came to his senses, made a "whoosh", lit up five thousand soldiers and horses, and moved towards the east gate.

At this time, the archers on Yangzhai City were constantly harassing the injured soldiers under the moat with arrows, and the fire at the south gate of the city gradually weakened a lot after burning for a while.

The main driving force for the burning of the fire is the fire oil, when the fire oil is burned, the fire will naturally decrease, there is nothing flammable on the ground, the fire has nothing to burn, it will definitely be extinguished. The fire weakened, the south city gate had already suffered, it was already scorched black, and the city gate of the urn city was also directly exposed to the enemy's sight.

Zhang Xiu felt a little excited, the city gate that he had tried his best to attack just now was actually burned north in the fire set by the defenders themselves, so that he only needed to lead the army to break through the gate of the urn city, then this city would be equal to his.

However, before Zhang Xiu could take action, a surging whistling sound suddenly sounded in his ears, which made his nerves tense and hurriedly asked, "What is this sound?" ”

Just when everyone else had the same doubts as Zhang Xiu, a huge torrent suddenly rushed from the corner of the moat outside the West Gate, washing everything in the moat with lightning speed, the cold river water, the high waves, were enough to swallow everything.

Zhang Xiu and the rest of the people hadn't reacted yet, and the torrent that rushed down drowned everything in just an instant, and the soldiers who fell at the bottom of the moat were directly swept away by this torrent, and what remained in front of everyone's eyes was an ocean.

Zhang Xiu wanted to save those injured soldiers, but at this time, his brows were wrinkled into a Sichuan character, and he looked at Yang Xiu on the upper floor of Yangzhai City with sharp eyes, and he hated to break his body into thousands of pieces and eat him alive.

And the weird smile that Yang Xiu released at him on the city tower was more like laughing at him, which made Zhang Xiu extremely unhappy in his heart.

Of the 3,000 soldiers, none of them were rescued, and the entire army was wiped out. For Zhang Xiu, how many 3,000 soldiers can he sacrifice like this?

Next, Zhang Xiu gathered the army together again, and then used words to provoke these soldiers, because among the 3,000 soldiers who had just died were their brothers, nephews, and elders, and revenge became the most important thing in everyone's hearts at this time.

Zhang Xiu shouted out in front of everyone that after breaking the city, he would rob for three days, all the things that were grabbed belonged to individuals, men and children must all be killed, and the women and soldiers watched by themselves, whether to kill or keep as slaves, it all depends on their personal choice.

After the order was issued, Zhang Xiu's subordinates were in high spirits, this is the rhythm of slaughtering the city, and it can indeed vent the hatred in their hearts.

The soldiers all regrouped, stood there and regrouped, and then waited quietly for the fire on the opposite side to subside. At the same time, Yang Xiu led the defenders of the city to retreat to the urn city, Zhang Xiu saw this, and immediately ordered the soldiers to build a simple bridge again, this time without the harassment of the enemy, the bridge was quickly built, and the fire on the opposite side had gradually extinguished, leaving only some smaller fires. So, Zhang Xiu ordered the army to cross the bridge, and then rearrange the troops on the opposite bank.

Because of the fire on the ground, the ice had melted, making the land muddy, and there were charred corpses scattered on the ground.

There was no time to pay tribute to the dead souls, Zhang Xiu gathered the army again and prepared to attack, and at the same time, the 5,000 soldiers led by Hu Che'er also assembled outside the east gate, and built a bridge, ready to cross the moat at any time.

In the urn city of Yangzhai City, Yang Xiu received a report from the guards of the East Gate, saying that thousands of soldiers and horses had gathered outside the city and were ready to attack.

Yang Xiu's brows furrowed, the fire just now had already used up most of the fierce fire oil, and the remaining fierce fire oil had to defend two city gates at the same time, which was not enough at all. In the face of Zhang Xiu's pressing situation step by step, as well as powerful soldiers and horses, if the urn city is lost, then Yang Zhai City will be finished.

Moreover, Yang Xiu had vaguely heard something about slaughtering the city outside the city just now, which made him feel very worried.

Now Yang Xiu can only hope for reinforcements, if the reinforcements do not come, it is very likely that Yangzhai City will fall soon, and then tens of thousands of people in the city will also suffer from the catastrophe. (To be continued......)