After Zhang Bi and the messenger went out, not long after, there was a crisp explosion from outside, and a dazzling light appeared in the night sky and shone into the big tent.
After a while, the guard who was delivering the order came in and clasped his fists at Zhao Ziliang and said, "Your Majesty, the fireworks signal has been sent out.
General Brahan on the west bank of the river has sent out the fireworks signal in response."
Zhao Ziliang nodded, "Let's wait and see how the Huya Army's investigation progresses."
About a quarter of an hour later, Zhang Ben rushed back to the tent, clasped his fists at Zhao Ziliang and said, "Your Majesty, the investigation team has come back to report that except for the small number of defenders on the north and east walls opposite us, The southern city wall has There was no one there.
The sentry team entered the city from the south wall and found that more than half of the defenders in the city had disappeared.
After investigation, they found that most of the missing defenders had withdrawn to the Xicheng District.
The remaining defenders in the Dongcheng District were gradually withdrawing to the Xicheng District.
Walk" After Zhang Bi finished speaking, everyone knew that the Great Eater was going to break out to the west.
This was an obvious fact.
Only by breaking out to the west would the troops in Dongcheng District be withdrawn to Xicheng District.
On the one hand, concentrate troops and assault forces, especially cavalry, for a breakout.
Zhao Ziliang stood up and said in a deep voice: "Where are Ge Shu Jingye and Gao Chongwen?"
The two people immediately stood up and clasped their fists and said, "I'm here."
"I order you two to lead your troops to attack the city immediately and capture the Dongcheng District.
Those who resist will be killed without mercy.
Those who abandon their weapons and surrender will be detained."
"Take orders" Zhao Ziliang said to other generals and officials: "Fan Xichao and Fan Yong are in Xicheng District.
Xicheng District now has most of Harun's elite men gathered.
If Harun and Thomas break through with all their strength, Fan Xichao, Fan Yong, and Blehan will be defeated."
I'm afraid that I can't tie my pockets tightly, so the ministers immediately took a boat and rushed to the outside of the West City to sit down."
"Wait a minute!"
Dugu Wensu shouted, stood up and cupped his hands to Zhao Ziliang and said: "Your Majesty, the river is now overflowing, the river surface is extremely dangerous, and you can't see clearly at night.
It is very easy for the boat to capsize and cause an accident.
For the safety of Your Majesty and the ministers, I would like to ask you It is recommended to appoint General Bingham He is fully responsible for blocking the breakout of the Great Food Army.
Even if Harlan and others are allowed to escape, as long as most of his power is eliminated, he will not be able to make big waves in the future.
Now that our army is sure of victory, the more critical the moment, the less able it will be.
To be careless, I thought it was better to be on the safe side.”
Li Muchen also stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I also agree with Lord Dugu's opinion.
Your Majesty is worried about the war in the west and is worried that the general will not do well.
This minister can understand, but your Majesty cannot personally intervene in everything.
This is detrimental to the growth of generals and the development of the army.”
Zhao Ziliang touched his chin, nodded and said: "Okay, what the two adults are talking about is a golden match, Gu adopt it.
Come, send an order to the West Bank, ordering Bolehan to be fully responsible for blocking the breakout of the food army.
If anything happens at any time, Report to the orphan" "Follow the decree" In the West District of Cairo, senior officials Harun and Thomas were anxiously waiting for the soldiers and horses from the Dongcheng District to cross the river.
However, what they were waiting for was the loud shouts of killing coming from the Dongcheng District.
Everyone's face changed drastically when they heard these sounds. , Harlan shouted: "Quick, go outside and take a look."
After that, he ran out, and others followed with mixed emotions.
Everyone ran outside and looked in the direction of Dongcheng District.
Suddenly, a large amount of light appeared in the sky in the direction of Dongcheng District.
The light was mixed with billowing smoke, and the city was ablaze.
Ishaq said to Harun and Thomas: "Your Highness, General, the fire came from the north and east walls.
The Western Qin Army should be attacking the city.
Our remaining troops there are very weak now, and we are retreating now.
All Brothers are all feeling weak and don't have much will to resist.
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on for long.
It seems that we can't wait any longer.
Once the Western Qin Army discovers our intention to break out, even if we forcefully break out, I'm afraid there won't be much left.
"People" "How many cavalrymen still haven't crossed the bridge?"
"About two thousand people" Harlan gritted his teeth and said: "General Thomas, order the army to prepare for a breakout.
We can't wait any longer.
If you want to break through, you must make sacrifices for the future."
Thomas was about to agree, when a cavalryman, covered in blood, galloped over on his horse.
Before the horse could stop, he jumped off the horse and said loudly: "Your Highness, it's bad, the Western Qin soldiers have already reached the other side of the river.
Dongcheng District is full of their people, and the two thousand cavalrymen who were about to withdraw here were all detained in Dongcheng District."
Everyone's expressions changed greatly when they heard the news.
Thomas immediately said: "Pass on my order and order the garrison at the bridgehead to destroy the bridge and prevent the Western Qin Army from crossing the river through the bridge."
"Yes, General."
The cavalryman who reported the news agreed and immediately mounted his horse, turned around, and galloped towards the bridge.
Thomas then told a herald next to him: "Pass my order.
The troops still stationed in Xicheng District are not allowed to make any noise, are not allowed to light torches, are not allowed to leave their posts without orders, and are not allowed to turn on lights in any house in the city. , Violators will be killed.”
"Yes, General"
Thomas then said to Harlan and other officials and ministers: "Your Highness, gentlemen, let's go to the west gate now.
Once the troops and horses are almost assembled, we will open the gate and break out.
No matter whether there are mountains of swords, seas of fire or abyss outside the west gate, we must Gotta get through” Harlan and other ministers and officials mounted their horses and ran toward the west gate, with their respective guards following closely behind them for protection.
Everyone quickly arrived at the west city gate.
At this time, there were already 6,000 cavalry and 8,000 infantry that could be assembled here.
These 6,000 cavalry were all elites.
Among the 8,000 infantry, 3,000 were former veterans, and the remaining five were Qiandu are the people who have survived every battle in the past twenty days.
These people have been baptized by war.
Although they are not elites and have not received military training, they are better than those farmers and herdsmen.
But it is much more effective in combat.
Harun, Thomas, Ishag and others climbed up the city wall to observe what was going on outside the city.
Harun called a soldier and asked: "Is there any movement or anything unusual outside the city?"
The soldier replied: "There is no movement after dark, and nothing unusual happens.
Everything seems very peaceful."
Thomas looked up at the stars in the sky and sighed: "Tonight is actually not a good time to break out.
If there is no other way, I don't recommend breaking out tonight."
Harlan and other officials and ministers all knew why Thomas said that tonight was not a good time to break out, because there was a sky full of stars and moon, and a breakthrough of the army would easily expose the target.
Harlan said: "Things have reached this point.
If we don't break out, the Western Qin Army may have understood our intention to break out, but they may not have time to deploy, so we must fight against them now."
Thomas had a strong sense of unease in his heart.
He had fought many battles with the Western Qin people.
Although each time they ended in defeat and retreat, he had accumulated a lot of experience over the years.
The Western Qin people had always besieged the city.
Three Jue Yi, that is, surrounding three of the city walls and attacking, leaving the remaining wall unattacked.
This can weaken the defenders' will to resist and their determination to fight to the death, but it does not This is not to say that the Western Qin people will not deploy any troops outside that wall.
The Western Qin people are extremely cunning and often tell the truth.
You may think that there are no Western Qin soldiers outside the wall that is not surrounded, but in fact the Western Qin people The army has hidden many soldiers and horses outside the city.
Sometimes you think that the Western Qin army may have hidden a lot of ambushes outside the city, but in fact there are not a single soldier, making you unclear about the reality.
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
Thomas knew the danger of this trip, but he had no choice but to be besieged by the Western Qin army until the city Either break, or risk a breakout, and now he can only choose to risk a breakout.
Everyone came to the city gate.
Harun drew his scimitar and ordered: "Manrad, you lead two thousand cavalry to open the way in front.
No matter what is in front, keep rushing forward.
Whoever blocks and kills whom, understand." "?"
"Yes, Your Highness" Harun shouted: "Open the city gate" More than a dozen soldiers worked together to turn the noose, and the thousand-pound gate in the city gate was slowly pulled up.
The moonlight and starlight outside the city were the same as inside the city.
Although the light was not very bright, figures dozens of meters away could still be seen. .
"Go" Manrad drew his sword and rushed out of the city first.
The two thousand cavalry behind him followed him and rushed out of the city.
The sound of a large number of horse hooves gradually spread to all directions, and rows of cavalry rushed out of the city into the night.
They were heading west under the stars and the moon.
Rushed into the desert.
It took a full twenty minutes for all the two thousand cavalry in the lead to leave the city.
When Harlan saw that the two thousand cavalry leading the charge had all left the city, he immediately slapped his horse, waved his hand, and shouted: "Let's go!"
Thomas, Ishaq and other ministers and officials followed Harun, with some guards protecting him, followed by four thousand cavalry, and finally eight thousand infantry.
Thomas and Harlan simply expected to be able to take away all the infantry.
They would be thankful to God if they could take out all the cavalry safely.
The role of the infantry was mainly to delay the pursuit of the Western Qin cavalry and make way for their cavalry to escape and ascend to heaven.
After breaking.
The two thousand cavalry in the lead rushed west for more than ten miles without encountering any obstruction.
They did not hit a single Western Qin soldier on the road.
This made Manrad breathe a sigh of relief, but he knew that he could not stop now.
The Western Qin soldiers could attack at any time.
It's possible to catch up.
Sure enough, there were a lot of shouts of killing from the rear.
Manrad and the cavalry around him couldn't help but look back and found a large number of torches in the rear.
These cavalry holding torches must be Western Qin cavalry, because the Dashi cavalry is not accurate.
For torches, lighting the torch will reveal the location and purpose.
Manrad immediately whipped the horse's buttocks with his riding whip, speeding up and galloping forward.
The other cavalrymen even ran faster than him, and many of them had already run ahead of him
.
: