"Do it."
After Li Xiang finished speaking, the twenty archers behind him raised their bows and arrows, with the arrowheads already lit. The same thing happened on all sides. When Li Xiang gave the order to shoot, the guards around him also put down their hands. With this kind of telepathy, as long as they were within a certain distance, their attacks could be synchronized, which was something no one else could accomplish.
In an instant, the Tuyuhun Guild Hall was surrounded by flames, and countless rockets were shot at it. Most buildings in this era were made of wood, so they would basically catch fire as soon as they came into contact with fire.
"The fire is coming, the fire is coming..."
Someone inside discovered the fire at the first time, and many people ran out of the house. Li Xiang's face did not change, and he continued to order his men to shoot arrows. Now the door has been blocked, we just need to shoot arrows inside with all our strength, and with the raging fire, the chance of your survival will not exceed 30%.
Two Hu people rushed to the gate. When they were about to come out, two arrows were shot at them. One arrow hit one of them in the throat and killed him. The other arrow hit one of them in the shoulder. He retreated with his seriously injured body.
"We can't escape. We're surrounded. Who are these people?"
"Hurry up and report to the police, we've been robbed."
The people inside didn't know what was going on, but they understood one thing: there was no way to rush out from here. There were neatly lined up soldiers outside the gate. As long as someone showed their face at the door, they would be shot with arrows immediately. There was no way to get out at all.
"Don't panic, gather your men immediately. All those who are not injured, follow my orders and gather in the central courtyard."
Zatlk was under house arrest by the emperor's order, but he was still able to send people out to do things. He also knew what happened today. It must be that Li Xiang came to take revenge. He suffered enough losses outside the Ministry of War that day.
He originally thought that his masters could take Li Xiang's life in a sneak attack, but he didn't expect that the boy's men were so powerful. Although Zatlk had ordered the masters to withdraw overnight, since the other party dared to come, they must have found evidence.
"Don't worry about those people, everyone retreat to the central compound."
Zatlk's order was quickly passed down, and many people crawled out of the house with injuries, but the surrounding soldiers didn't even look at them. In their opinion, such people had lost their combat effectiveness, and there was no point in continuing to bandage their wounds. It would be better to obey the order of His Royal Highness the Prince and retreat, at least to save our own lives.
Another thing is that we all belong to different tribes. You and I have nothing to do with each other. We are just from Tuyuhun. There is no need to lose your life because of you. The Tuyuhun dynasty is equivalent to a loose alliance, which includes 160 tents under Tuyuhun. Let alone cooperation among them, the struggles are very fierce.
"Your Highness, there's no one outside. Do you want to rush in?"
Cheng Chuliang rubbed his hands and said that he also wanted to try the power of this sword. It was said that when fighting with others, it could cut off other people's swords and also injure others. Today it came in handy.
"Don't worry, there's no need for us to go in now. They still have some fighting capacity. We just need to watch from the side. The fire inside will treat them well. Aren't these people willing to retreat to the center? Then let's add fuel to the fire and continue shooting arrows."
Although some brothers are not Li Xiang's direct descendants, they come to help you, and now everyone is a brother. If you ask everyone to risk their lives, that would be a bit too much.
"Your Highness, why don't we go in and kill some ass?"
Cheng Chuliang said with some doubt. He could still believe in Li Xiang's command before, but now the other side has obviously suffered heavy losses. If we go in at this time, we can complete the task in a short time and there is no need to stand at the door.
"Second Brother Cheng, do you think we're in a hurry? Chang'an City hasn't sent anyone over for such a long time with such a big fire. That means they've known about this for a long time. Why should we send our people in to fight? If anyone down there gets hurt, it means the whole family is ruined. We now have the most reliable method, and of course we have to pursue zero casualties."
What Li Xiang said made a lot of sense, but for Cheng Chuliang, he didn't understand what zero casualties meant.
Li Xiang spent half a day trying to make this guy understand what zero casualties meant. The situation at the scene was just as Li Xiang had expected. The fire began to slowly move towards the center. Even though they had retreated to the innermost yard, because there were too many trees in the yard, the center was already ablaze. From Li Xiang's position, it seemed as if the sky in the middle was burned red.
"Your Highness is kind and righteous. He values the lives of his soldiers so much. He will surely achieve great things in the future."
Cheng Chuliang said something from the heart. In today's era of cold weapons, no matter how good you are at fighting, you will face huge casualties on the battlefield. Li Xiang suddenly put forward this theory, and Cheng Chuliang really admired it.
Although we won the final victory during the Northern Expedition against the Turks, Cheng Chuliang still remembers the scene of bodies being transported back from the northern border one after another and the white gauze covering the ground in Chang'an City.
Your Highness is so considerate of the lives of ordinary soldiers. The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty will be well off in the future.
Just as everyone was watching the excitement, the sound of war horses was heard in the distance. Everyone thought that someone had been sent by some government office, but upon closer inspection, they found that they were some eunuchs from the Eastern Palace.
"What are you doing here?"
Li Xiang said in some confusion, even if they were to come, they should be the East Palace garrison, what can you guys do if you come?
"In reply to Your Highness, the Crown Prince asked us to bring some fun things."
The young eunuch said cheerfully that several carriages were coming from a distance and there was a strange smell in the air. Many people did not understand what it was at first, but they soon found out what it was. It was all lamp oil.
It turns out that Dad had already predicted that we would use fire attack.
"What are you still standing there for? Pour oil in."
At Li Xiang's command, his men picked up the wooden barrel on the cart, filled it with half a barrel of lamp oil, and then began to rotate it in place. When it reached a certain speed, they threw the barrel and the oil in directly to keep you warm.
