The situation in the city made Li Shenfu a little stunned, all the houses were razed to the ground, there was rubble and earth everywhere, and the wood was piled up by the city wall, like a hill, and nearly a thousand big tents were planted next to each other in the county seat, one by one, almost filling the palm-sized county town.

However, as soon as he thought about it, Li Shenfu understood that the county town was too small to accommodate 20,000 troops, so Sheng Yanshi drove the people in the city away, razed the houses, and used wood to burn the fire, which was also an expedient measure.

At this time, it was already dusk, and the soldiers were already tired and hungry after a day and a night of galloping, and without waiting for Li Shenfu's order, they seized the camp one after another, drank water and ate, spread blankets and slept in the city, and the city was in a busy mess.

"Dashuai, camping like this, it is easy to be attacked by the Sui army." A partial general cautiously reminded Li Shenrune.

Li Shenfu was also worried about this matter, such a dense camp tent, if the Sui army came in from outside the city, the consequences would be unimaginable, but camping in the field was also easy to be attacked by sneak attacks and fire attacks, and it was even more dangerous, he pondered for a moment and ordered: "Pass my order, dismantle half of the camp tent!" ”

Li Shenfu considered that the camp tents should not be so dense, scattered camps, even if they were attacked by fire, they might be able to rescue, but his order caused complaints from the Tang soldiers, everyone had already allocated camp tents, each arranged accommodation, and now half of the camp tents were going to be demolished, and no one was willing to move out.

Noisy and shouting, cursing and yelling, and even a fight for the camp tent, the camp was in chaos, and the marching Sima Zhao Shu was so helpless that he had to run to report to Li Shenfu: "Marshal, the soldiers are too tired to refuse to move the camp, and it is a mess." ”

Li Shenfu said angrily: "Isn't my military order useless? ”

At this time, one of his generals advised: "Commander, in fact, it is useless to disperse and camp, the wind is too strong at night, and it is difficult to avoid being attacked by fire, it is better to send more patrol spies to seal the surroundings tightly, once there is a situation, we can leave and evacuate the city." ”

Li Shenfu saw that it was too late, the soldiers were exhausted, and they couldn't stand the toss, and more importantly, his subordinates were reasonable, and the scattered camp tents still couldn't defend against fire attacks.

Helpless, he had no choice but to nod his head and ordered the deputy general Li Hanwen: "Send a thousand patrols on the periphery, and you must closely monitor them within ten miles, and if there is any abnormality, you must report it." ”

A thousand Tang troops rushed out of the city at lightning speed, casting a tight patrol net for ten miles around.

As night fell, the noise in the city slowly disappeared, and the tired soldiers fell asleep, only the more than a thousand soldiers patrolling back and forth on the city's head, watching the scene in the distance.

More than ten miles away in the south, Yang Yuanqing immediately stood on a snow hill, staring coldly at the clearly visible city in the distance, Li Shenfu entered the city in his expectation, Li Shenfu did not suspect that Sheng Yanshi had surrendered to the Sui army, which was the key to the success or failure of the entire battle.

Behind him, Luo Shixin smiled and said: "I only now understand His Highness's plan to invite you into the urn, isn't this city just an urn?" ”

Cheng Yanjin was a little worried: "Isn't it a bit too cruel to burn with fire......

Luo Shixin next to him looked at him in surprise, when did this kid become so compassionate? Cheng bit Jin grinned, "I'm not pitiful for them, I mean, it's a pity that so many troops are burned to death." ”

"They have a choice, they don't want to die and surrender."

Yang Yuanqing snorted coldly, at this time, there was the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and the patrol soldier led a cavalry to gallop over, and the cavalry stepped forward and bowed down to report: "Your Highness Qiti, Chief Pei asked me to send a message, it is ready and ready to do it at any time." ”

"When?" Yang Yuanqing turned around and asked.

"Your Highness, I'm going to change it soon."

The appointed time was coming, and Yang Yuanqing said to the cavalry: "Tell Chief Pei to take the fire in the city as the signal and act according to the original plan." ”

"Yes!" The cavalry saluted, turned their horses, and galloped away.

Yang Yuanqing looked up at the moon, the moon was like a jade plate, walking through the thin dark clouds, the bright moon was sprinkled on the earth like silver light, the snowy night was quiet, this was originally a night of holding a woman's hand and strolling in the moonlight, but at this time, the moonlight could not hide the murderous intention.

Not far away, 10,000 cavalry of the Sui army were ready, the knife was unsheathed, the arrow was wound, and the murderous spirit was soaring, Yang Yuanqing's heart suddenly surged with a killing intent that swept the world, and it was irresistible, and the rìzi who defeated Li Tang was getting closer and closer.

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The city wall of Liangchuan County is very low, only one zhang high, old and damaged, several places have collapsed, the soldiers on the city patrol back and forth, very jǐng ti, not far away, Zuli River water flows close to the south of the city, into the Yellow River several miles away, from the river to attract a tributary, around the city a circle into the moat, at this time the river has been frozen, the surrounding silence, no life.

Many strategies have endured, and the reason they have succeeded again and again is that many of the people involved have died and are unable to pass on the painful lessons to future generations, and this time is no exception.

At the base of the city wall, a hole can be seen every hundreds of steps, and after the bricks were loosened, the people in the city stole the corners of the house, and each cave became a nest of snakes.

In a very ordinary cave in the southwest corner, there was a sudden movement, and a miserable white hand voice stretched out from the cave, and a thin face was revealed tightly, this was not a child, but a thin man.

He looked at Yue Sè, turned around and whispered, "Old Five, the time has come." ”

They drilled back again, and after a while, a black hole slowly appeared in the corner of the pile of wood in the city, and two thin Sui soldiers came out of the hole, and they hid behind the wood, looking around with jǐng.

In the middle of the night, the tents were one after the other, the north wind was howling, and the grass clippings were hovering above the camp, and the nearest tent to the two men was about thirty paces, they looked at each other, and nodded together, and a soldier took out a rocket from a hole in the ground, and made a soldier quickly pour fire oil on the pile of wood.

"Click! Click! , after two slight sounds, a flame ignited in the hands of the soldier, and another soldier ignited the rocket.

"Who is it?"

Someone above them suddenly shouted loudly, and the light of the fire attracted the attention of the defenders of the city, and they were discovered, but they were at the last moment, when the bowstring sounded, and a rocket took off into the air, drawing a blinding arc of light, and inserted it into the big tent accurately, and the big tent was coated with grease, and soon a hole was ignited, and the rocket fell into the tent.

A piercing jǐng voice rang out above the city, 'Dang! While! While! Echoing in the silence of the night, a large group of sentries with spears ran along the hundred paths of the city wall, and the city began to move, and two soldiers casually threw the fire fold on the wooden pile, and immediately a blue flame burned on the wooden pile, and spread rapidly, and the two soldiers burrowed into the ground like moles, and disappeared without a trace.

This kind of fire oil is the new fire oil of the Sui army, after being refined several times by the new technology of the two Romans, the oil quality is lighter, the combustion power is more violent, the wood of the house has long been dried, it is very easy to catch fire, the fire oil is matched with dry firewood, and the fire begins to burn.

At this time, the city began to be in chaos, the first big tent burned the ropes, was blown by the wind, pieces of tents with fire flew in all directions, dozens of tents around it were ignited, the flames were in the air, the huge tongue of fire like the devil's bloody mouth, mercilessly devoured everything, the fire was so fast, only a moment later, almost: half of the big tent was ignited.

The frightened horses neighed desperately, tore the reins and ran along the city walls, the terrified soldiers ran out of their tents, most of them without armor, some barefoot, the sky-high fire in the city made everyone scattered, and the instinct for survival made them rush to the city gate desperately, and the cries in the city shook the sky.

At this time, the horn outside the city sounded continuously, and then the thunderous sound of horses' hooves sounded on the ground......

20,000 Sui troops came from the north and south respectively, and surrounded the two city gates in the north and south of Liangchuan County, just like laying out two big pockets, and the Tang soldiers who escaped from the city had no way out.

But at this time, it was the luck of the Tang soldiers to be captured by the Sui army, the city has become a sea of fire, the raging fire has completely engulfed the entire city, the city was burned, the Tang soldiers were burned and screamed, the people who ran out of the city fled for their lives, and they died in the sea of fire if they couldn't run, and the soldiers even ran up to the city, jumping from the city desperately.

Li Shenfu's big tent was in the middle, he was woken up by his own soldiers, and ran out of the big tent barefoot, the big tent was already a sea of fire, and the big tent around him had all been ignited, and the soldiers screamed and fled for their lives, Li Shenfu's eyes were red, and he shouted desperately: "Come on!" Come on! ”

But at this time, no one paid attention to him, and the soldiers also escaped, suddenly, there was a neighing of a war horse behind him, Li Shenfu turned his head suddenly, and his eyes showed a frightened look, only to see a frightened war horse rushing towards him, Li Shenfu couldn't dodge, a miserable scream, was knocked out by the war horse, fell on a big tent that had not yet burned, and immediately fainted.

After a while, he woke up and struggled to get up, but there was a sharp pain in his legs and chest, his ribs and leg bones were broken, and there was no one around except for the fire, Li Shenfu shouted in horror, "Help! Come and help me! ”

No one responded, and at this moment, a piece of cloth with flames fell from his eyes, and Li Shenfu shouted in horror, "No! No! The cloth could not understand his shout, and fell on the big tent, which was ignited, and the fire burned rapidly, getting bigger and bigger, and the fire gradually engulfed the screaming Li Shenrune completely.

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Tens of thousands of horses and nearly 4,000 Tang troops were burned to death in Liangchuan County, and the rest of the 16,000 people who escaped were all captured.

This battle completely changed the situation of the battle between Guannei Province and Hexi Province, Yang Yuanqing immediately ordered Pei Renji to lead 15,000 Fengzhou troops to kill Hexi Province, and at the same time, Su Dingfang, who was far away in Dunhuang, also received an order to lead 10,000 cavalry to Zhangye County.

Pei Renji and Su Dingfang's two armies were flanked to annihilate the last 10,000 Tang troops in Zhangye County, while Yang Yuanqing stayed in Huining County to rectify the 35,000 surrendered troops, and he was patiently waiting for news from Tang Ting.