Yuan Junzhang saw all of this with his eyes.
His eyes were filled with eagerness.
As long as they could get out, with his troops and the Turkic cavalry, he could wipe out the entire Tang army. He could wipe out this group of Tang soldiers, but the problem was that he could not kill his way out.
Yuan Junzhang was not willing to give up. He ordered the cavalry to stop charging and let the infantry charge forward with shields. Unfortunately, there were ballistae outside. The shield soldiers could not open a path.
If they were purely archers, the appearance of the shieldbearers would allow them to charge through the rain of arrows. The problem was that the shield soldiers were in front of the arrows. One arrow was enough to penetrate the shield and kill the soldier behind the shield.
So even if the shield soldiers formed a formation, they could not stop the arrows. For a moment, Yuan Junzhang's way out was completely blocked. At this time, Zhi Shili had already caught up.
He came to Yuan Junzhang's side and frowned. "Yuan Junzhang, we are now under attack. The Tang dynasty came prepared. It will be difficult for us to get to the Gate of Yan now. "
Although the cavalry under his command had suffered some casualties, in reality, the losses were not great. After all, Yuan Junzhang was at the front. Even if there were arrows, the soldiers would block them with their swords. So, they could temporarily preserve their strength.
Yuan Junzhang said, "Chieftain Zhishi, although we are unable to break out of the encirclement, think about it. Once we break out of the encirclement, we can easily annihilate this group of Tang soldiers. As long as we wipe out the Tang army, it will be easy to take over the Gate of Yan. I think Li Daen must be here. "
Zhi Shili had a thoughtful look on his face.
He looked at the archers and ballistae outside. They had built a forest of death. Anyone who got close would die under the arrows. It was not possible to kill their way out.
The problem was that there were ambushes in the forest.
If they could not break out, they would be shot continuously.
Zhi Shili gritted his teeth and said, "Yuan Junzhang, I believe you. Let your men continue to break out. As long as we can get out, we will have a chance. Try again. If we can't break out, we will retreat. "
Yuan Junzhang opened his mouth and his cheeks twitched.
Just now, he had told Zhishi Sili that his plan was to have Zhishi Sili's Turkic cavalry charge out of the encirclement. But looking at the current situation, it seemed unlikely.
Helpless, Yuan Junzhang could only order his soldiers to continue charging.
As Yuan Junzhang's soldiers charged forward, they saw a group of people walking out from behind the crossbows. The person in the lead was surprisingly Li Daen. Other than Li Daen, there was also Zhangsun Shunde, Du Qi, and a group of guards.
Yuan Junzhang knew Li Daen.
The moment he saw Li Daen, his eyes blazed with hatred. Gritting his teeth, he pointed his sword forward and shouted, "Charge, charge! Capture Li Daen!"
"Kill!"
Yuan Junzhang shouted.
After Yuan Junzhang gave the order, the infantrymen under his command stared at their shields and continued to move forward quickly. Even with the rain of arrows, the soldiers gritted their teeth and charged forward. They knew very well that they had to break out of the encirclement.
Because being blocked at the exit was a dead end, countless people did their best to charge forward. Under the charge of these soldiers, the distance was constantly shortened and they gradually approached the crossbows.
When Yuan Junzhang's soldiers were a certain distance away and were about to charge forward, they saw Li Daen wave his hand, and spearmen charged out.
The spearmen were responsible for protecting the crossbows.
As a result, although Yuan Junzhang's soldiers charged out, they could not destroy the crossbows. During this short delay, they were quickly killed by the arrows that came shooting over.
Du Qi followed beside Li Daen. He looked at the countless soldiers gathered at the exit of Jade Talisman Peak. A brilliant smile appeared on his face as he said, "Prince Dingxiang, let the soldiers start the fire!"
"Okay!"
Li Daen immediately agreed.
He immediately gave the order. Not long after, the messenger quickly passed down the order. Finally, the order was passed down to the two sides of the forest near the exit of Jade Talisman Peak.
After receiving the order, the soldiers who were shooting arrows quickly took out one clay jar after another. These clay jars were quite large and the mouth of the jar was blocked with weeds.
After the soldiers picked up the clay jars, they threw them with all their might.
One clay jar after another flew through the air. In the next moment, they had already smashed onto the bodies of Yuan Junzhang's soldiers. Only a crashing sound could be heard.
The clay jars either shattered on the soldiers' bodies or fell to the ground and shattered. In short, as soon as the clay jars shattered, greasy kerosene flowed out of the clay jars and sprinkled on the ground.
If it were just one or two clay jars, it would not have affected it. However, the problem was that there were no less than a hundred clay jars thrown down in an instant. In a short period of time, the exit was covered with a layer of kerosene.
"Whoosh!"
Suddenly, one fire arrow after another rose into the sky.
Soon after, the dense rain of fire arrows landed in the crowd or on the ground. Kerosene was very easy to burn. When it saw the sparks, it instantly burned.
In addition, there were many weeds on the ground. There were also some corpses of soldiers. When their clothes burned, the kerosene scattered like fire snakes and ignited the surroundings.
Even if the soldiers wanted to put out the fire snakes, the fire burned. In particular, the kerosene was not easy to extinguish, causing a sea of fire to gradually form at the exit.
Du Qi looked at this scene with a bright smile on his face.
They had finally reached this step.
This was Du Qi's plan to deal with the Turkic cavalry. If it was on the plains or an open area, Li Daen's forces would definitely not be enough to defeat the enemy.
However, it was different now. At the foot of Jade Talisman Peak, the Turkic cavalry's attack was stopped. They could not escape at all and could not fight at all. As a result, the sea of fire burned, these Turkic cavalry and Yuan Junzhang's soldiers were turtles in a jar.
None of them could escape. They would all be burned by the fire and fall into a desperate situation.
At this moment, Yuan Junzhang was really panicking.
It's over!
He had fallen into a trap again.
At this moment, Yuan Junzhang regretted not listening to Dugu Qiong's advice. If he had listened to Dugu Qiong's advice and quickly retreated from the exit, he would not be attacked by the fire now.
Not only Yuan Junzhang was panicking, but so was Zhi Shili. Zhi Shili and Xieli had invaded Daizhou's Gate of Goose several times, and each time they could come and go as they pleased. However, this time was different. He was in a difficult situation.
Zhi Shili did not care so much and shouted, "Retreat, we'll retreat immediately. Yuan Junzhang, we can't waste any more time. If this continues, all of our troops will be buried here. "
The spread of the fire terrified Zhi Shili.
Cavalry was unparalleled on the plains.
However, once cavalry lost their foundation, they would lose everything.
Zhi Shili was not willing to stay any longer. In his mind, he was no longer thinking about taking over Gate of Goose, nor was he thinking about stealing food. The only thought in his mind was to retreat.
"Retreat, retreat!"
Seeing this, Yuan Junzhang also shouted the order.
As the order to retreat was given, more and more soldiers started to retreat. However, when Du Qi saw this scene, Du Qi sneered. They were too naive to want to leave when they were already here.
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