Chapter 146 The time is ripe
In Anzhou City, the heavy snow for three consecutive days stopped on the fourth day. Once the vision became clear, King Yu began to worry. After all, Xia Tang and Xiliang were eyeing each other.
During these three days, King Yu made a new arrangement for the deployment of Anzhou City. All soldiers who could fight guarded the city gates on all sides. The distribution of troops was left to Shen Yongnian to lead Ou Luyang, He Yunke, Geng Yan and Peng Anze. All the wounded soldiers were placed properly and handed over to Yanzhi to organize the people to take care of them. Ling Feiyan and Siheng also joined in to help; the food and grass in the city were left to Xuan Shaoning to fully manage, and Duan Lang was the deputy to assist.
Through careful inventory, Xuan Shaoning was surprised to find that all the remaining rations in Anzhou City were only enough to last ten days according to the minimum daily configuration standard for each person. When he told King Yu about this situation, King Yu also frowned, but he still refused Xuan Shaoning's initiative to go out of the city to find rescue.
Back at the wounded soldiers, Xuan Shaoning saw several more wounded people passing away and being carried out. He wanted to see Yanzhi happened to meet Siheng who was feeding the wounded people water. He was holding the gourd given by Xuan Shaoning.
"Sheng, have you drunk the tea soup I gave you before?"
"Come on, Shaoning, help the leader change his seat."
After the two men properly placed the wounded soldiers, Si Heng lamely held the gourd and said, "Drink it. When Feiyan gave it to me, she said this was a tea soup made by Yanzhi. I drank it and tasted good after a sip."
"That's good, it's not in vain that Yanzhi specifically reminded me."
"Oh? Did Yanzhi tell you to let me drink it?"
"That's not true. It's not just you. She has prepared a lot of servings in total. You're one of them. I'm just worried that you've wasted Rouge's intentions."
"Am I that kind of person? Look at what you said! Besides, you attach so much importance to Yanzhi's intention, you..."
"Okay, you should continue to take care of the wounded, let's talk back."
Xuan Shaoning hurriedly left Siheng, and he didn't know what he was afraid of. He told himself in his heart that Yanzhi was just a sister and that he had already belonged to him.
Looking at Tang again, Wu Weihuo waited for three days, and finally waited until the weather cleared up. He ordered the crossbowman to prepare. By chance, Bei Chun Kang came to find Wu Weihuo in boredom.
"I said, Tuorong, it's the fourth day. When are you going to wait? The time hasn't come yet. If it doesn't come again, let me, Xiliang Warriors, create it for you. What's the matter of waiting!"
If it weren't for the cooperation between the two countries, Wu Weihuo would have taken action to get rid of the coward in front of him. No matter whether he was one of the Nine Kings of Xiliang or not, he could only endure it due to the Khan's face.
"Prince, many times the opportunity is waiting for it, not created by yourself. If it is possible to create it with the right time and place, then what else can you fight in this battle? As long as you take action, will it be settled immediately?"
Bei Chunkang did not read the irony in Wu Wei's words, but instead asked seriously: "As far as I say, is the time coming?"
"Prince, just wait and watch the show."
"Hey, we Xiliang warriors never like to get military achievements for nothing. We have to fight for it with our own swords and shots!"
"Oh? Well, then, there will be a chance for you Xiliang Warriors at that time."
After Wu Weihuo said that, he turned over and rushed out of the camp tent to the front line. Bei Chunkang naturally followed immediately. When he arrived at the front line, Bei Chunkang discovered that the crossbowmen in Tang had already arranged the formation, and trucks of Qingying were transported to the back of the military formation.
"This? Are you planning to completely burn Anzhou City with feather arrows?" Bei Chunkang could see what these people were going to do, but he didn't understand Wu Wei's approach. If he could rely on Qingying to burn Anzhou City, what would he do long ago?
"Prince, I have already said that you can just wait for the show to begin. I don't want to repeat this for the third time!"
Wu Weihuo's words were cold and terrifying, so Bei Chunkang nodded and stopped talking.
It took two hours to prepare for the Tang army. When the people, feather arrows and green fireflies were all in place, their intentions had been seen through by the defenders of Anzhou City.
"General, that ghost fire is not easy to deal with." Chen Yongnian was a little worried. After all, he had seen the power of this ghost fire before.
King Yu always felt that the purpose of the Tang people was not just to let the ghost fire burn in Anzhou City. If so, they would have done it long ago, so why wait until now?
"I'm a little worried that they have another conspiracy, and it's definitely not as simple as using fire attack." King Yu couldn't guess the Tang people's plan, so he could only strictly order all soldiers to prepare for a hard battle.
Wu Wei was caught in the military formation and saw the figure of King Yu appearing on the top of the city. Although he couldn't see clearly, he firmly believed that this person was King Yu.
"I have prepared a gift carefully, and I hope you will accept it with a smile!"
The witch was ordered to shake the corner flag, and the crossbowmen immediately shot wave after wave of feather arrows into Anzhou City.
"defense!"
The guards immediately raised their shields. After all, the top of the city was made of hard rocks, but the city was almost all wooden houses, and once they were shot by feather arrows, they would be ignited immediately. King Yu had arranged a fire extinguishing force to extinguish the fire in the city. However, this time King Yu miscalculated, and the fire extinguishing force would soon lose its original role.
The wounded soldiers are far away from the battlefield, so judging from the range of the feather arrows, they cannot reach here. However, everyone in the wounded soldiers knows that the Xia Tang and Xiliang coalition forces are launching another attack.
Xuan Shaoning pulled out Junwu and planned to go to the battlefield, but Yanzhi grabbed him.
"Don't worry, I will definitely take good care of myself."
"Brother Xuan, promised me that I must come back safely."
"I promise you!"
Xuan Shaoning patted Yanzhi's shoulder with his hand and turned around and left. Duan Lang and Xing Gang followed behind. Ling Feiyan and Siheng also planned to join but were rejected by Xuan Shaoning.
"You are disgusting me for being a lame!"
"Sheng, you are indeed injured. I am worried that the enemy will launch an attack from other aspects. With you and Feiyan here, I will not worry about it."
"I understand, don't worry, with us here, we will definitely ensure the safety of the wounded and Yanzhi!" Ling Feiyan immediately realized Xuan Shaoning's intentions.
Xuan Shaoning nodded to them gratefully, turned around and joined the fire-fighting team.
This fire-fighting team is mainly composed of left-rank guards, with the leader being Miao Wei. After the first wave of the enemy's attacks, a row of houses near the south gate had begun to burn. These blue flames rushed very fast, and just like life, little by little fire cores would drift in the wind to find targets.
"There's burning over there, hurry!"
Under Miao Wei's command, a small team of left-ranking guards threw the prepared sand and soil into the fire. According to the experience of fighting in Donghu, water cannot be used to deal with this blue flame. Sand and soil are a powerful tool to extinguish ghost fires.
However, it is really physically exhausting to carry sand and soil. For this reason, Miao Wei divided the fire extinguishing team into two parts. Some of them carried sand and soil with all their strength, while others rushed to the scene to extinguish the fire. Although sand and soil were effective against Qingying, the amount of sand and soil was limited after all, and the enemy was still attacking continuously. Often, the fire on this side had not been extinguished, and the flames were rising there again.
The firefighting team was busy, and everyone was running out of their way. Miao Wei was thinking about how to change the status quo, but there were not many soldiers in Anzhou City, and King Yu could no longer distribute more troops to assist in extinguishing the fire.
"Everyone works hard. Once the fire gets bigger, it will be our dereliction of duty!"
Miao Wei was carrying two bags of sand and soil on his back and was about to rush into the fire, but found that the soldiers rushing to the front had a strange look. What was the strange thing? Miao Wei couldn't believe his eyes.
Chapter completed!