Chapter 1966: The bigger the fire, the better!

"Can't Linfen City keep it?"
When Yu Sheng heard his reproach, he hurried to his knees and said, "The emperor forgive me!"
Pei Yuanzhang looked at him coldly: "I just want to know, what's going on with the city gate. You should make it clear first, and then talk about forgiveness."
Yu Sheng still knelt on the ground, and said with his head down, "Master Zhang, they are still fighting hard, but tonight-because the enemy used the catapult, it really makes us a little tricky."
I frowned and said, "But I don't see much damage on the tower."
"..."
"Is it that the gate cannot be kept?"
Yu Sheng could only say: "They are constantly bombarding the city gate with that kind of catapult. Now the city gate has been burned into a sea of ​​fire. Because the offensive is too strong, we have no time to extinguish the fire. If this continues, the city gate will be burnt through of!"
"Oh?!"
I froze and looked at Pei Yuanzhang again, his frown was also wrinkled, and turned to look out the window.
The fiery red light in the sky turned out that enemy forces outside the city were burning the gates of the city. No wonder the flames were so high that even a large sky was red.
The city gates are naturally made of thick wood. Although the possibility of being set on fire by the enemy is considered in the war, it is easy to extinguish the fire by defending the city. Generally speaking, things do not count in the scope of their consideration, but this time, because the enemy forces outside the city used that type of catapult, the offensive was several times stronger than the impact of ordinary soldiers. Standing still, there is no time to extinguish the fire.
In this way, once the city gate is burned through, then Linfen City may really be defiant!
Thinking of this, my face also became pale, Yu Sheng knelt in front of Pei Yuanzhang, Shen Sheng said: "The end sin should be dead, but I beg the emperor-"
"You needn't say anything!"
Pei Yuanzhang interrupted him with a wave of his face: "Since he decided to stay in Linfen and decided to stay in Linfen, there is no plan to evacuate during the war!"
"but--"
"Again," his eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a little light: "Oh, I still believe in Zhang Ziyu."
"..."
"He must be able to defend Linfen City."
"emperor……"
Although he was not talking about himself, after all, Yu Sheng was also a subordinate of Zhang Ziyu. He was the one he brought out. Hearing the emperor at this critical moment could trust the defenders of Linfen and trust them, which was also very encouraging to him. For a while, his face turned red, and watching Pei Yuanzhang speechless.
Pei Yuanzhang Yifa said calmly and quietly: "Go and tell Zhang Ziyu what you said. He is waiting for him here. When he keeps the gate, he will reward him in person!"
Yu Sheng's eyes were all red, Volde nodded his head, then stood up and turned away.
The rumbling sound was still ringing in my ears. I thought about it, and they winked at Zhesheng. They immediately came over and hurried to follow up.
When they were gone, I turned to look at Pei Yuanzhang and said gently, "Your Majesty ..."
He also turned to look at me.
"Your Majesty, do you really want to stay here?"
"..." He didn't answer me immediately, but he was silent for a while before slowly saying, "Can it still be done now?"
"..."
It seems that he has also considered several aspects.
Staying in Linfen is actually the only and reliable choice now. After all, Zhang Ziyu is a veteran and staying in Linfen for so long will not be useless. Besides, I only consider leaving now. Where can I go? Once out of the gate, it was just the target of the catapult.
It's just that this step has come, and it really scared me a little.
Seeing that my face became pale, he was silent for a while, reached out to cover the back of my hand, I was trembling with the hot temperature in his palm, and was about to retract, but he grabbed it I took my hand and whispered, "Don't move!"
"..."
For a moment, I didn't know whether I should move or not, just looked at him hard.
At this time, I needed support, and a person told me the "nothing will happen, everything will pass" guarantee.
But he also needs it.
But no one can give him.
I gritted my teeth so that I didn't move. He held my hand tighter and tighter, pinching my phalanges a little bit painful. I could only bear it, and the ears heard the rumbling voice gradually diminished. Get up, but there was a panic sound outside, I hurriedly leaned out of the window to see, but saw a group of soldiers running around the city hurriedly, as if looking for something around, some people even kicked directly The closed doors and windows of ordinary people, or broke into other people's homes, and went directly to move things.
What? Haven't these gates been broken yet, these people are going to start chaos in the city?
I hurriedly looked at Pei Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty!"
He frowned as well, but still calmed down: "Don't move and see what they're doing!"
Soon a few soldiers came out of a house, and I saw faintly by the light of fire that they were holding something in their hands, as if it were-it was some broken firewood.
What is this doing? The robbery did not see anyone robbing firewood.
I thought I was reading it wrong, but more soldiers came from all over, holding some firewood sticks in their hands, and even carrying the shabby wooden doors of other people's homes. Several people gathered together in a hurry. Ran to the gate of the city, and the same thing seems to have happened elsewhere. Some people didn't know what was going on, and they thought that someone would break into the house and rob and they all started crying.
We also see that this matter is not so simple, but at this time, there are no branches that can be regenerated, so I don't care, I just wait for the news from the gate of the city to come back.
After about a tea time, I finally saw Zhe Sheng ran back.
I hurried up to me: "How's the situation over there!"
Zhesheng was sweating all over, or he saluted to Pei Yuanzhang and me, and then said: "The emperor, Sister Yan, just now that the entrant Yu Yujun has passed the words of the emperor to Master Zhang, and the soldiers who guard the city listen Now, everyone deeply feels the magnificence of Emperor's grace. Master Zhang ordered that he must adhere to Linfen City and never give in!
I took a deep breath.
Sure enough, pinning all hopes on them at this time is indeed the last and best way.
These soldiers were praised by the emperor, and they will inevitably fight each other.
but--
Pei Yuanzhen asked calmly, "What about the battle?"
Zhe Sheng's face paled slightly, and said, "The gate is about to be burned through."
I hurriedly asked, "So, what did Master Zhang plan?"
"Mr. Zhang also asked his people to go around the city to find things that could be burned. They all piled up at the gate of the city, half as tall as the gate, thicker than the walls."
"What? He, what is he going to do?"
"He made people set fire inside the gates!"
"what?"
I froze, and for a moment I couldn't respond-set fire inside the gate?
Zhesheng himself frowned, "We don't know what Master Zhang is going to do, so if the fire is burned inside and out, isn't the city gate going to be destroyed sooner?"
"..."
"Not only the city gate, but even the upper floors of the city are on fire. Even if someone is going to extinguish the fire at this time, it is too late."
"..."
I thought about the scene he said and suddenly understood something, and Pei Yuanzhang already said, "He's right to do this."
Zhesheng looked up at him: "Ah?"
I'll come over right away and nodded.
Zhesheng looked at me: "Sister, what do you mean?"
A little relaxed smile appeared on my face, and said, "Master Zhang did a good job and burned fire inside the city gate. The city gate was burnt through, but can people outside the city break in? "
"..."
"The towers have all been burned down and must be constantly falling down. In this case, it is difficult for anyone to rush in."
"..."
"So, the greater the fire, the better!"
With that said, I turned my head and looked out the window again. The sky-flaming flame was like a red-burning pillar, straight into the sky, as if a large hole would be burned in the zenith.
Sure enough, at this time, the catapult outside the city stopped, and no rumbling sound was heard again.
At this time, Zhesheng realized suddenly: "So it is!"
After speaking, he said joyfully, "Master Zhang really uses soldiers like gods!"
...
Indeed, Zhang Ziyu was able to come up with such a method at such a critical juncture, and he was indeed a veteran who relied on the court and his ability to turn the tide.
However, there is still a problem.
It is impossible to keep the fire going.
Now that they cannot attack, it does not mean that they will never be able to attack. The city gates have been opened. If people outside the city do not retreat, then sooner or later, there will be a confrontational battle!
At that time, could Zhang Ziyu still resist?
Thinking of this, I had already put down my heart and raised it again. I saw more and more soldiers looking for things that could be burned around. The people probably knew what happened, and some even started to tear down their windows and doors. The thatch on their roof was given to them.
When the fire burned, it burned all night!
Seeing most of the place in the city, they were able to dismantle and unload everything and burned them, but the fire still dropped little by little.
The fire slowly went out, and the eastern sky began to appear a little bright.
It's going to light up.
Outside the city, however, the drums of war began to swell, and the winds blew up, taking me a step closer and almost falling.
After a whole night of fierce fighting, everyone has reached the limit, so that they will not retreat and still have to attack. It seems that the people outside the city have made up their minds and must capture Linfen this time!
I could not help clenching my fists.
This is a battle of life and death!
The roar of the defenders in the city also sounded in my ears, and it seemed that the drums of war could be heard. Zhang Ziyu must also call for troops to fight the army outside the city!
But at this moment, I suddenly heard the sound of war drums and roaring people, as if a warning gong sounded ...