"Three days, it's been three days!"
Liu Yuan listened to the 'smoke rising...' in his ears. He raised his head and looked at the dim and chaotic moonlight in the sky. He thought to himself,'The moon is dark and the wind is high.'
After three days of siege, Liu Yuan's 4,000 soldiers had lost more than half of their lives. Now, there were less than 2,000 of them. The Wuhuan army had abandoned their cavalry advantage and attacked the enemy with their short numbers. In the past three days, they had lost more than ten thousand men, which was a quarter of the entire army. King Qiao was furious!
Zhang Ju was also caught in the crossfire and was imprisoned by King Qiao without any explanation. He only said that it was his rotten idea that caused such a huge loss.
Liu Yuan looked at his soldiers, who were becoming more and more determined, and a sense of sadness welled up in his heart. This was all exchanged with their lives. They had grown, but they had lost too much.
At this moment, Guo Jia arrived.
"My lord, everything is ready. We can begin now.”
"Good!"
"Dian Wei!"
"Yes!"
"I order you to lead 500 men and hide in the city. Once the Wuhuan army enters the city, set fire to it. Once it's done, immediately come out of the north gate and meet up with me.”
"Here!"
Liu Yuan led the remaining soldiers on a final patrol. Seeing that the streets and houses were covered with hay and watered with oil, he finally nodded in satisfaction. He spread his hands, and the 1,500 soldiers under him suddenly split into two groups. They drew their weapons at the same time and attacked each other.
Instantly, screams, screams, and the sound of weapons colliding could be heard far away.
" Huh?!" When King Qiao heard the voice, his first thought was to blow up the camp!'。However, on second thought, he felt that something was wrong. He quickly sent someone to investigate and called all the leaders under him over.
Not long after, all the generals gathered in the main tent. They all heard the battle cries in Pan Xi City not far away and were confused.
"Sir, what is going on? Could it be that Daren had sent someone to ambush Liu Yuan?”
One of them asked.
King Qiao shook his head and denied this person's words.""I saw that the soldiers were tired, so I gave up on the idea of a night attack and didn't send anyone. However, I also felt that it was strange, so I called you all over for a discussion.”
"Could it be that the camp has exploded?" Another general guessed,"These few days, our army has been attacking fiercely. I'm afraid the defenders in the city have been frightened."”
"Not bad!"
"Liu Yuan has few soldiers, and they are all county soldiers without any combat strength. Our army has already lost tens of thousands of soldiers, and they have probably lost all of them. It would be unreasonable if there was no internal strife.”
"That's right. When Liu Yuan first took control of Yuyang, there must be people in the army who are not convinced. Now that the losses are too heavy, they must have second thoughts.”
"In that case…" King Qiao finally smiled.
"Attack the city!"
"Attack the city!"
...
"Lord, they're here!"
"Good! Get out of the north gate!"
The soldiers put away their weapons, and Liu Yuan led the charge towards the north gate.
...
"Clang!"
"The door is open! The city gates are open!"
"Charge! Capture Liu Yuan alive!"
In order to kill Liu Yuan in one strike, King Qiao led 30,000 troops and charged into Pan Xi through the city gate opened by his subordinates.
From afar, they saw the Yuyang Army rush out of the north gate. They couldn't help but feel anxious. They quickly urged their horses to rush forward, shouting non-stop!
At this moment, he heard the sound of a cannon. King Qiao couldn't help but be startled, and a bad feeling welled up in his heart.
As soon as the cannons rang out, Xu Huang's 5,000 cavalry soldiers, who had been lying in ambush not far from the Wuhuan camp, charged forward. They quickly wiped out the thousands of panicked soldiers who had remained in the Wuhuan camp and burned down the camp. Then, he rushed to the north gate.
At the same time, Dian Wei roared,"Set fire!”
Then, countless rockets flew in the sky. Then, all the houses were set on fire.
King Qiao's expression changed drastically! His 30,000-strong army was in chaos!
The oiled dry grass burned very quickly. In just a few breaths, it spread throughout the entire county. The raging fire soared into the sky and surrounded King Qiao's 30,000-strong army!
"Retreat! Quickly retreat!"
King Qiao turned his horse around and wanted to retreat out of the south gate, but he saw that the camp outside the city had already been set ablaze.
"Ah! I'm burnt to death! Help!"
"Ah!"
"Help!"
...
King Qiao's army trampled on each other, killing each other in order to survive. The thick smell of blood spread from the flames.
"Sir, charge out! Charge out of the north gate!"
"The south gate is too far away. The camp has been robbed. It's dangerous!”
King Qiao listened to his bodyguard's constant persuasion and could no longer think. He gritted his teeth and said,""Charge out with me!"
"Liu Yuan! Liu Yuan!" King Qiao gritted his teeth when he heard the screams and cries for help from his soldiers. He wanted nothing more than to capture Liu Yuan and cut him into a thousand pieces! He cut off a corner of his burning cloak and whipped the horse even harder.
It didn't matter whether the soldiers were dead or alive. The most important thing was to escape. As long as he was alive, even if he had to go back and lick the king's toes, he would still have a chance to rise. If he died just like that, then everything would be for nothing.
However, King Qiao knew that Liu Yuan would not let him escape so easily. The attack on the camp outside the south gate and the fire must have been arranged by Liu Yuan. He knew that the south gate was definitely the safest, but the fire was too strong, so he could only go to the north gate.
This was the path that Liu Yuan had arranged for him. But he had to continue.
Outside the city, Liu Yuan looked at Pan Xi City, which had half the sky burning red, and sighed for no reason.
"What is my lord sighing about?"
Guo Jia asked.
"Listen to the screams that reverberated through the sky. Heh, they were still so arrogant during the day. The tens of thousands of people who were still alive and kicking were burned to ashes just like that. Fate is really magical.”Liu Yuan sighed.
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