Chapter 53 Dead Road
Amid the endless wailing sounds, even though the fire had not yet rolled over to the city wall, the scorching heat wave had already made the soldiers on the city wall dry.
"General Ye, we are the Han people who have been naturalized by you. Please let us have a way out!" Countless people were driven by fire to the vicinity of the city wall, but were shot dead by ruthless rain of arrows. Seeing that the fire had begun to spread here, an old man knelt on the ground and begged.
Ye Zhao glanced at the sea of fire that was spreading, turned his head to look at Guan Hai and Ding Li and said: "I inform Li Xing to hang the catapult cart as soon as possible, and the soldiers went down to the city one by one, lined up a hundred steps outside the city, blocked it with arrow formations, and do not let anyone escape!"
"Here!"
Guan Hai agreed and went to send the order in person. Ding Li continued to direct the soldiers to hang the catapult cart under the city with ropes that had been prepared. However, the catapult cart was too bulky and the city wall was narrow. Even after the pottery jar was put on, it had already started to move. Until now, it had only put down four units. There were still two on the city wall here that had not been put down, but at the speed of the spread of the fire, one would probably have to be thrown away.
"Shoot the arrow!" Seeing someone tentatively rushing towards the city wall, Ye Zhao's eyes were cold and he gave a command, hundreds of arrows fell down and forced the crowd back.
The fire was spreading wildly. Retreat is death. Although it may die, it is not as desperate as the fire. He Lian stood in the crowd under the escort of his personal guards. He looked at a Han army soldier ruthlessly blocking their retreat on the city wall. He gritted his teeth and looked at the surrounding soldiers and civilians, shouting loudly: "The Han people are not ready to give you a way out. Since they are all dead, why not fight with them!?"
"Yes, fight with them!" Many people started to clamor.
"Lord, if we are entangled by them, we may not get out of here!" Ding Li leaned over to Ye Zhao and whispered.
Ye Zhao nodded, held his hands on the female wall, looked down at the crowd that began to riot, and said aloud: "Han Lian violated my border, and the crime is unforgivable. I will come here just to take the head of Helian and offer the head of Helian. I will open the city immediately!"
While speaking, Ye Zhao waved his hand, and the archer immediately stopped shooting the arrow, but did not collect the bow, staring coldly at the crowd below.
"Don't listen to him nonsense!" In an instant, He Lian felt countless bad eyes falling on him, and even many Xianbei soldiers showed the same gaze, and their faces changed drastically. He pulled out his waist and pointed at Ye Zhao and said, "You believe the words of the Han people!? Now we will fight together, and there is still a way out."
"A bitch, if you hadn't invaded the city, how could we have fallen to where we are today! Helian, take your life!" In the crowd, a Wuhuan man suddenly rose up and slashed at a Xianbei warrior in front of him with a knife.
"Give my daughter my life back!"
The Wuhuan people's attack seemed to be a fuse. In the past few days, although Helian ordered only the Han people to be killed in order to avoid unnecessary losses, these Hu people had settled in Macheng for a long time, and some even took Han women or had women in their families to marry into Han people. Helian ordered that many families had separated. Today, Helian even indulged the Xianbei soldiers to rob their property, and had already felt a sense of resentment.
Compared to Helian, Ye Zhao's two years of management of Macheng was still guaranteed. He had been holding back his resentment and the desire to survive. In just a moment, hundreds of people rushed towards Helian.
The personal guards of Helian naturally protected Helian and fought with these people. The sudden outbreak of battle between the two sides attracted more people into it. The two men who were originally temporarily quit due to running were fighting again. The surging fire swept up, and the two entangled men were instantly swallowed by the flames.
He Lian felt the scorching heat wave in the air and anxiously directed his personal guards to break through the siege, but he was the one who Ye Zhao called to kill, and it was also the hope of everyone here, how could he let him go?
Seeing Hu Min who rushed up to stop him from leaving, and Lian was so anxious that he suddenly realized that the Han army on the city wall had disappeared at some point, and his expression changed. However, after Ye Zhao saw that the two sides were fighting again, he ordered the soldiers to follow the long ladder left before to exit the city. A group of people were only concerned about fighting, but they did not find that the Han army had evacuated quickly while they were fighting, and even a catapult was left on the city wall that they had no time to take away.
"Stop fighting, the Han army has retreated, open the city gate quickly!" He Lian kicked Hu Min who rushed in front of him and shouted at the city wall.
"Boom~"
At this moment, a tongue of fire swept with the wind, and dozens of Hu people who were fighting each other were swallowed by the tongue of fire. When He Lian looked back, he felt his scalp numb. The fire had spread here during the period of fighting between the two sides. There were only a few hundred people left in the crowd of thousands.
"Hurry, open the city gate!" He Lian rushed towards the direction of the city gate with his men and horses. Seeing that the Han army had disappeared and the fire had spread here, the Hu people had no intention of continuing to fight. The two jealous people who had been killed before were now threatened by death, they gave up their past grudges in an instant and rushed to the city gate.
It was only when they opened the city gate that they were desperate to find that the city gate had been sealed with earth and stone from outside.
"Damn Han people, we didn't let us leave alive from the beginning!" He Lian looked at the blocked city gate with red eyes, and roared and shouted: "Get down from the city wall!"
But before they could retreat from the city gate, the fire had spread to all around.
"Hurry up, go to the city wall!" He Lian stretched out his hand to block his body, and the scorching heat surged. He felt that the air sucked into his lungs was burning. A group of people rushed to the city wall, and many people were squeezed down from the city wall and were swallowed by the sea of fire in an instant.
"King, there is no road!" After finally rushing to the city wall, looking at the empty city wall, the long ladder used by the Han army to go up the city wall had already been withdrawn. Although the Macheng wall was not high, it was about three meters under Ye Zhao's several reinforcements. If you jump down at such a high, it would definitely be a dead end.
"What should I do?" At this moment, He Lian's brain was unprecedentedly calm. When he saw the catapult car left by the Han army, his eyes lit up and pointed to the catapult lane: "Retreat to it and use it to go down the city."
The height of the catapult is similar to that of the city wall, but it is just right at this time.
Under the pressure of death, a group of people burst out with unprecedented potential. With concerted efforts, they pushed the heavy catapult cart down from the city wall and landed it on the ground to form a steep inclined ladder.
"Go aside!" But before He Lian could slide down the catapult cart, a warrior had already pushed everyone away and climbed onto the base of the catapult cart.
"Swish~"
"Puff~"
A sudden cluster of arrows shot through the warrior's chest. Amid the warrior's unwilling wail, his burly body slid down from the catapult cart and smashed hard on the ground.
He Lian twitched his heart violently, and then he was shocked to find that the Han troops had already formed a formation fifty steps outside the city wall.
Chapter completed!