The appearance of the raging fire did not exceed the expectations of the Chen Dynasty cavalry.
In this era, throwing flaming oil cans down from the city walls was a common means of defense.
But the fire that can't be put out is a bit of a headache.
For a fire caused by a regular kerosene tank, you can either throw mud and sand to put out the fire. In more urgent situations, you can just rush forward. Although trained war horses are also afraid of fire, they will still obey the knight's command. As long as you rush forward, it's actually no big deal.
Of course, this is easy to say without any pain.
After all, in a normal city attack and defense battle, no one would be stupid enough to use cavalry to attack the city walls.
But isn’t there a way around this?
Besides, if the prince had not insisted on expanding the results of the battle, the other two light infantry units should have accompanied the cavalry in the attack. The infantry should have been sent out at this time. Both putting out fires and climbing city walls are considered the expertise of infantry, and the cavalry would at most rush in to hunt down the remaining enemies after the infantry opened a gap.
Despite his complaints, Lieutenant General Li still asked each cavalryman to carry as much mud and sand as possible before setting off, making all preparations.
The cavalrymen faithfully carried out Lieutenant General Li's orders. After all, everyone knew that they were attacking a transfer station, and God knew what kind of supplies were stored in such a large-scale transfer station. The appearance of kerosene was quite normal.
The fire started.
Everything is mixed up.
But it didn't work.
The charging cavalrymen were horrified to find that the flames covered by the mud and sand had not been extinguished, but were just continuing to burn underneath the mud and sand. If the war horses rushed forward and their hooves lifted the mud covering the surface, the flames would stick to the hooves like a maggot and continue to burn.
"The fire isn't the right color, and it doesn't smell right."
In a flash, Lieutenant General Li discovered the problem.
It’s a pity that this place is very close to the city wall. Discovering the problem is one thing, but whether there is time and whether it can be solved is another.
Since there is no solution, just rush ahead.
"Go, go ahead."
Regarding the fact that many of his men were engulfed in flames, Lieutenant General Li's only military order was to let the remaining people rush to the city wall as soon as possible.
They can't set fire to the city walls, right? Wouldn't that burn themselves?
"Captain, the city walls can no longer hold on."
In fact, there was no need for the entourage to report, as Jiang Guoping, who had just withdrawn, also saw it.
The city gate had been dragged by the ropes and was on the verge of collapse, and it looked like it could not hold out for a few more breaths.
Most of the defenders who blocked the gap in the city wall had been killed in battle, and the temporary formation formed by the infantry could not withstand the several attacks of the cavalry, even with the addition of fortifications built with supplies.
"Where's Master Xue?"
Jiang Guoping tore off a roll of bandage and wrapped it around his right arm with the help of his followers. The Chen Dynasty cavalry archers were very good at archery, and a wolf-tooth arrow penetrated deeply into his upper arm through the gap in the arm armor.
If I go for treatment now, the problem shouldn't be serious. It's a pity that I don't have the time. But it doesn't matter. I'm going to die anyway, so who would care about an arm?
"According to your military orders, Commander Xue has taken people to burn the supplies. The remaining gasoline is with her. Don't worry, we won't leave a single grain of rice or a single square foot of cloth for these old dogs."
The follower said through gritted teeth.
Then he added, "We've already made an agreement with the two agents from the Intelligence Department. Once we give the signal, they'll take Master Xue away. With your order, no one will accuse Master Xue of deserting the battlefield. They'll also take all the auxiliary troops with them, as many as they can."
"That's good. We can't let the notorious Snow God die here. Otherwise, even if we return alive, I'm afraid we'll be criticized."
Jiang Guoping said calmly.
When I was in class before, the teachers once said that if a person was asked to choose between life and death, it would naturally be very difficult and a struggle. After all, there is great terror between life and death. This is not just talk.
But once this person knows that he is on the road to death with nowhere to escape, he will actually become very calm, even cool-headed.
At that time, he was very curious about this question and felt that there was a lot of truth in it. Once he understood it, it seemed that he could see through life and death.
But the teacher's answer to him was extremely simple.
Just accept your fate.
Well, Jiang Guoping has to accept his fate now.
Since the Chen Dynasty had few cavalrymen and could not surround the enemy from all sides, they only attacked from the west, taking advantage of the halo of the setting sun to gain as much advantage as possible.
So for the defenders, running is no problem.
Lieutenant General Li, who was deep behind enemy lines, had no intention of pursuing the remaining troops to expand the victory. For him, who was far away from the rear, it would be a great achievement to destroy this transit station and delay Qinghe's retreat.
Who knew the Qinghe defenders were so stubborn, fighting even though they knew they couldn't win...
Lieutenant General Li, who had just rushed onto the city wall and was commanding the cavalry who had lost their horses to expand the breakthrough, could not help but complain.
The people in the southwest can't be so stubborn. What's the point of fighting this kind of battle?
Although it seems that the people of Qinghe have very strong willpower now, willpower alone obviously cannot change the outcome. At most, it will only cause some trouble to themselves.
Of course, this is no longer just a matter of causing trouble. Lieutenant General Li looked at his subordinates, who had been reduced by nearly a quarter, and he knew that this was a big trouble.
I never thought that the attack and defense of a small transit station would be so bloody.
There were still many Qinghe soldiers on the city wall who were fighting stubbornly. Now they not only lost the protection of the city wall, but each of them had to face the attack of two or even more Chen Dynasty soldiers. Defeat would happen in a flash.
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