Chapter 739: Breaking the Fire with Fire
After Zhuge Liang became the chief military advisor of the Southern Expedition, the 100,000-strong army began to advance southward.
Zhuge Liang ordered the whole army to speed up, and it was necessary to join up with Lu Bu and Guan Yu's two troops and horses, and at the same time, Lu Bu and Guan Yu were released from the state of standby and moved closer to the large army.
Lu Bu and Guan Yu had been waiting for Liu Yu's order, and when they received the military order, they were very puzzled. This military order was issued in the name of the military advisor Zhuge Liang, and Lu Bu and Guan Yu didn't understand why this was the case. Fortunately, the person who came to deliver the order told them about Zhuge Liang being appointed as the chief military advisor by Liu Yu, which dispelled the doubts of the two of them.
The two of them each drove out and moved closer to Liu Yu's large army.
The large-scale actions of the two soldiers and horses had no way to hide Zhang Fei and Wei Yan. The two also received Xu Shu's order, so they decided to send scouts to monitor each other's movements. The scouts are very energetic, they are very dangerous now, Liu Jun's scouts are not dry food, if they are discovered by Liu Jun's scouts, they are likely to fall into a group fight.
After Lu Bu and Guan Yu returned to the main army, they went straight to see Liu Yu, and Liu Yu recognized their previous exploits.
"Yun Chang, Feng Xian, both of you are doing well. I will remember your deeds. Liu Yu affirmed the merits of Lu Bu and Guan Yu.
Guan Yu was silent, this was what he should do, and stood aside without saying anything.
"Your Majesty, the last general doesn't know why His Majesty wants the last general to stand still, and how did this Zhuge Liang become the chief military advisor, is he qualified enough?" Lu Bu and Liu Yu have a relatively close relationship, and he recounted the doubts in his heart.
If it were someone else, Liu Yu would definitely scold him, and he would dare to interfere with Liu Yu's will and decision, but for the sake of Lu Bu, Liu Yu could only explain patiently, after all, Lu Bu's relationship and credit were there, not to mention that if he didn't make it clear to Lu Bu, Lu Bu's brain couldn't figure it out.
"Kong Ming and Pang Tong had predicted that the enemy army Xu Shu would set up an ambush at Bowangpo, and the purpose was to lure Feng Xian and Yun Chang to pursue them, and then destroy the vanguard army in one fell swoop. This was confirmed that the enemy forces had indeed made some moves at Bowangpo. In order to prevent accidents, I ordered you to stand still, but fortunately you were not calculated by the other party. I was shocked by Kong Ming's talent, so after careful consideration, I appointed Kong Ming as the chief military advisor of this southern expedition. Liu Yu patiently explained to Lu Bu.
"Then why not Shi Yuan? Shi Yuan also predicted it. "Lu Bu and Pang Tong have a good relationship, and they are a little unhappy for Pang Tong.
Liu Yu shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Fengxian, Shiyuan asked for Wenyuan to attack by himself, so he took the initiative to give up the matter of this chief military advisor." β
Lu Bu gave up at this time, thinking that Pang Tong was too weird, he actually gave up such a good thing.
If Pang Tong knew that Liu Yu explained this to Lu Bu, he would definitely cry and faint in the toilet, if he knew that Liu Yu was going to set up a chief military division, he would not have gone with Zhang Liao at all.
Liu Yu directly asked Guan Yu and Lu Bu to go to Zhuge Liang, and the current military arrangements were arranged by Zhuge Liang with full authority. Lu Bu and Guan Yu both obeyed the arrangement, and Liu Yu said so, if they didn't do it, they would be resisting the order.
The return of LΓΌ Bu and Guan Yu meant that most of Liu Yu's troops on this southern expedition were concentrated together, except for the 8,000 soldiers and horses that were taken out by Zhang Liao and Pang Tong. Zhuge Liang immediately ordered all his troops to go straight to Bowangpo, where he was going to teach his friend how to behave.
Liu Jun's movements were all inquired about by Zhang Fei and Wei Yan, and they immediately conveyed this information to Xu Shu.
Xu Shu's heart was ecstatic, and as he expected, Liu Yu chose to attack Nanyang by concentrating his forces, and this was a good time for Xu Shu to defeat Liu Yu.
Xu Shu quickly ordered Zhang Fei and Wei Yan to give up the blockade and immediately rendezvous with Xu Shu. In the face of an army of more than 100,000 troops, Zhang Fei and Wei Yan did not have enough troops at hand, so it was better to come back as soon as possible, so as not to be wiped out by a wave of attacks by Liu's army.
Of course, Zhang Fei and Wei Yan would not oppose Xu Shu's suggestion, and the two soldiers and horses moved closer to Bowangpo where Xu Shu was located as quickly as possible. When they arrived at Bowangpo, Xu Shu happened to meet them.
"Strategist, there have been so many changes here, will there be any changes here. Did you see through our plan, let's be careful. Zhang Fei said worriedly.
Wei Yan didn't speak, but his face could make people see that he thought the same way.
Xu Shu said confidently: "The two generals can rest assured, the reason why Liu Yu did this may be that he spent too much time in Yanzhou and Xuzhou, and the vanguard of Lu Bu and Guan Yu did not satisfy Liu Yu, so Liu Yu chose to concentrate all his forces to go south." The strategy under the plan is very close, and Liu Yu definitely can't think of this. β
Seeing Xu Shu so confident, Zhang Fei and Wei Yan were much more relieved.
Xu Shu saw that Zhang Fei's arm was injured, and said with concern: "Third general, you have to pay attention." Your injuries are not serious, but if it affects your future actions, it will not be good. You must know that you are our strongest general. β
Feeling Xu Shu's strong care, Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Strategist, don't worry, isn't it just a little flesh wound, it's not in the way!" β
Zhang Fei also moved his arm, indicating that he was fine. Xu Shu was relieved to see that Zhang Fei was really fine, Zhang Fei's ability was very outstanding, he was a military general who Liu Bei could fight with Liu Yu here, if he lost his combat power because of injury, it would really outweigh the loss.
The scouts sent out by Xu Shu came back and reported that Liu Yu's army was only five miles away from Bowangpo.
"Five miles! This Liu Jun is indeed elite enough, and the marching speed can be called the first in the world! Let's not waste time, enter the ambush immediately, let's let the world's overlord Emperor Shenwu know how powerful we are this time! Xu Shu was not surprised by Liu Jun's arrival, and made arrangements in an orderly manner.
The commander is the soul of the army! Xu Shu was so confident and calm, so that his subordinates were all equally confident, as if they had seen the scene of Liu Jun wailing in the fire.
Xu Shu and the others were all ambushed, just waiting for Liu Jun's army to come.
On Liu Jun's side, Zhuge Liang rode a war horse and walked in the front, followed by Lu Bu, Guan Yu, Pang De, Zhang He, and Zhang Xiu, while Dian Wei and Gao Shun were around Liu Yu's frame, protecting Liu Yu's safety.
Liu Yu is now lying in the emperor's car, reading the book leisurely, and now he is in a very relaxed mood, just waiting for the good news to be brought to him in front.
As Liu Jun kept getting closer, Xu Shu's little heart was beating faster and faster, and the time before he implemented the plan was already in the countdown stage.
Zhuge Liang looked at the map and observed the surrounding terrain, and before reaching Bowangpo, he ordered: "The whole army stops, the archers come forward, the rockets are ready, and the sword and shield soldiers are at the front!" β
Liu Jun all stopped outside the ambush circle arranged by Xu Shu, and a large number of archers also came to the front of the troops with rockets, and a large number of sword and shield soldiers guarded in front of the archers as cover.
Looking at Liu Jun's changes from afar, Xu Shu was shocked and said in surprise: "What's going on!" β
Zhuge Liang looked at Bowangpo, where the trees and grass were luxuriant, and sighed in his heart: "Yuanzhi, if you hadn't met me, maybe your strategy in Bowangpo would have succeeded." β
Zhuge Liang felt sorry for Xu Shu, a former friend turned into an opponent, which is too common in this troubled era.
Xu Shu saw that Liu Jun's archers all took out rockets, and the sweat on his head flowed down. Xu Shu understood what Liu Jun was going to do.
The best way to deal with fire attack, or to crack fire attack, is not to use water, but to attack with fire more simply, and fight poison with poison. Use the fire to burn all the combustibles of the other party, everyone should know that without combustibles, the flames will not burn. Then the opponent's plan of fire attack failed.
"Why, how could my strategy be seen through by the other party. Could it be that this is what Liu Yu's strategists saw through? It's impossible, even if you see through it, you can't see through it here in Bowangpo, it's impossible. Xu Shu's heart was about to go crazy.
Xu Shu was a little crazy, and at this time he saw the word "Zhuge " written on a relatively large banner in Liu Jun's banner.
"Zhuge ? There are people in Liu Yu's army with the surname Zhuge who are re-surnamed, and looking at his banner seems to be at the level of the main general! Xu Shu was even more shocked, and he faintly thought of it in his heart.
Xu Shu looked at the people under the banner intently, and a scribe with a lupine scarf was commanding. After seeing this situation, Xu Shu finally understood why his plan was seen through. It turned out that Zhuge Liang took refuge in Liu Yu! Xu Shu will never be mistaken, Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu are friends, to put it mildly, Zhuge Liang turned to ashes, and Xu Shu would recognize him.
Xu Shu once talked to Zhuge Liang about the terrain of Nanyang, and it was Zhuge Liang who said in his words that Bowangpo was a rare place for ambushes, so Xu Shu chose to ambush troops here.
"This time I really lost!" Xu Shu couldn't help blurting out.
Neither Zhang Fei nor Wei Yan knew what Xu Shu meant, and Liu Jun's archers quickly gave them an answer.
"Shoot the arrows!" With Zhuge Liang's order, Liu Yu's archers shot a large number of rockets.
Bowangpo is now a powder keg that can be set on fire without too many rockets. The entire Bowangpo was turned into a sea of fire. In order to strengthen the power of this fire, Xu Shu even got all the sulfur and fire oil in Nanyang County here and put them in the grass and trees of Bowangpo. Now these things have not achieved the results that Xu Shu expected, so they have been cracked by the enemy, which is a great waste.
Bo Wangpo kept thinking of the sound of the explosion, which alarmed Liu Yu, who was reading a book in the car. As soon as Liu Yu came out, he saw the skyrocketing fire and secretly screamed that it was dangerous. If Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong hadn't noticed it, otherwise, their troops would be wailing in this fire right now.
Zhuge Liang shook his fan gently, his eyes kept staring at Bowangpo, wanting to see if Xu Shu's ambush troops were also inside. As a wise man, Zhuge Liang absolutely believed that Xu Shu would not take advantage of a fire alone, and there must have been a large number of soldiers ambushing near Bowangpo.
Zhang Fei and Wei Yan were desperate, needless to say, this enemy army knew that there was an ambush in Bowangpo, and they knew it very clearly.
"Strategist, what should we do?" Wei Yan wiped the sweat from his head, he was scared now, his side did not succeed, so Liu Jun, who had no loss at all, must not be able to stop his side.
Xu Shu was cheated by his friend, and now he hasn't turned a corner. Xu Shu scolded Zhuge Liang, aren't you Zhuge Liang comparing yourself to Zhong Leyi, don't you want to become a top military advisor in the power of the cable, what the hell are you now serving the world's biggest overlord, Emperor Shenwu. What you said back then was all nonsense, I still regarded you as an idol back then, but I didn't expect you, an ambitious person, to make the easiest choice, which makes me embarrassed.
Xu Shu fell into his own world and didn't hear Wei Yan's voice at all.
Wei Yan saw that Xu Shu was silent, and thought that Xu Shu had been hit, and he was very anxious in his heart.
Zhang Fei grabbed Xu Shu's shoulder, kept shaking, and said, "Strategist, wake up!" β
Zhang Fei's shaking made Xu Shu wake up, Xu Shu knew that he had lost his temper just now, and said, "What's the matter?" β
Both Zhang Fei and Wei Yan knew that Xu Shu hadn't heard his words just now.
When Zhang Fei was about to speak, a voice came.
"Xu Shu! Did you hear it, Ben will call you out to answer! Dian Wei shouted at Bowangpo with a big bullhorn.
Xu Shu and Zhang Fei were stunned, the voice was too loud. Zhang Fei thought that his voice was relatively loud, but he didn't expect that there were other people's voices so loud, and they actually passed through the sea of fire to reach here.
Xu Shu and the others all looked in the direction where the voice came from.
Dian Wei's mouth was aimed at the loudspeaker, and he continued: "Xu Shu, do you think that your little strategy can succeed? Don't think that after winning a few battles with Sun Ce and Liu Biao, you feel invincible in the world. Now let me tell you, our army's Zhuge military division has long seen through your heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys, and you will know what you want to do with your little tail. Lao Tzu advises you, seeing that your bones are amazing and your appearance is extraordinary, it is better to abandon the darkness and turn to the light as soon as possible. Otherwise, with your little strength and resourcefulness, it would be strange that you can stop my lord's million-strong army. Think about it, don't regret it too late! β
Dian Wei's actions were done by himself, and he didn't accept anyone's orders, which caused Liu Jun to be stunned. Dian Wei was originally guarding by Liu Yu's side, but because he was too bored, Dian Wei handed over the task of guarding to Gao Shun and came to the front of the army to watch the excitement. Dian Wei, who was really bored, took out a loudspeaker and sprayed angrily at the fire on a whim, venting his inner depression.
Zhuge Liang saw Dian Wei talking with a loudspeaker for the first time, and it turned out that this thing had such a function. Zhuge Liang had always wondered why Dian Wei carried this object every time, but now he finally figured it out.
"It's so useful! I don't know which ingenious person made it. Zhuge Liang exclaimed.
"This thing was made by His Majesty, and many generals in the army have it, but they rarely carry it with them. General Dian's was the first, so General Dian's always had him with him. Zhang Xiu, who knew the details, immediately explained to Zhuge Liang.
It was invented by Liu Yu, and Zhuge Liang could only sigh that His Majesty's mind was sensitive.
And Xu Shu could only twitch the corners of his mouth, who was the thing opposite, what were he talking about.
"Strategist, what are we going to do?" Zhang Fei asked again, he didn't care what nonsense the other side was talking about, the key was to solve the problem in front of him as soon as possible.
"Let's get out. The strategy failed, and there was not much point in staying here. Xu Shu ordered.
Zhang Fei and Wei Yan had no objections, so Nanyang's troops left Bowangpo.
Due to the obstruction of the fire, Liu Yu's army could not see Xu Shu and the others leaving at all, and Xu Shu and the others could retreat with their whole body.
Xu Shu swore in his heart: Kong Ming, since you have taken refuge in Liu Yu, then we are opponents. Even if your talent is better than mine, I won't admit defeat, let's see!