In a corner of the firefighting scene, in the gathering area of Jing Shao's private belonging, several dead soldiers who had received orders glanced at each other, and then one of them skillfully hooked the branch used to extinguish the fire in his hand to the fire, and instantly hooked out several slowly burning branches. Then, he threw the spark at the dry grass, and in an instant, another flame burst into flames and spread rapidly to the surrounding area.

Someone silently took out the oil jar he was carrying, and threw it around the flame with an expressionless face, and then the flame spread quickly along the vegetable oil.

Some people even lit torches directly, and then lit fires everywhere in places that others couldn't notice.

And the people around them were not surprised when they saw this, not only did they not shout, but instead of silently covering the eyes of others for them, they were doing the same thing as them.

At the same time, to the east, south, and north of the fire, there were dozens of groups of people doing the same thing as Jing Shao's private family.

Thanks to the efforts of these people, the fire quickly spread to the southeast, north and south.

"Fighting fires..."

"The fire is spreading again..."

Seeing the spread of the fire, Baixin, who was fighting the fire, called friends one after another, and fought the flames even harder, trying to stop the fire from spreading.

It's just that the people who are fighting the fire are under the cover of some people, and under the chaos of some people, they quickly become a mess, and in the end they can only shout and watch the fire spread outward.

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To the west of the fire, southeast of Yingdu, Zhao Ju was organizing the people to fight the fire, and Huang Xie, who had already worshiped Zhao Ju as his teacher, hurriedly walked to Zhao Ju's side: "Sir, it's not good, there are reports from all over the country, the fire in the southeast and north has suddenly become larger, and it is difficult to control, and the fire has begun to spread to the outside at this moment." ”

When Zhao Ju heard this, he was stunned.

Although he had expected such a result, when he really heard the news, his eyes still involuntarily showed a hint of murderous intent.

After a pause, Zhao Ju quickly gathered his thoughts and said expressionlessly: "Now we don't have to worry about the other three sides, we just need to control the west, Yingdu is the foundation of my Chu State, so we must not let the fire burn to Yingdu." ”

As he spoke, Zhao Ju took out a silk cloth map from his sleeve, then unfolded the map and pointed to a black line on the map and said: "As the saying goes, fire and water are ruthless, and now the fire has expanded to dozens of miles, and it is no longer possible for manpower to extinguish it in a short time in a hurry." ”

As he spoke, Zhao Ju raised his eyes to look at the raging fire in front of him and said: "I have tasted it: it is better to raise the soup to stop boiling than to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle, and the reason why the fire is difficult to control is because the land in front of you is full of jungles, and there are many trees in the jungle, and it is difficult to cut down a fireproof passage in a short time."

So, I'm going to take the strategy of using fire to extinguish the fire. ”

"Fire to extinguish fire?" Huang Xie was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the map in Zhao Ju's hand and had a flash of inspiration: "What Mr. means is that we also set fires." ”

"Not bad." Zhao Ju looked at Huang Xie, who suddenly realized, and nodded with satisfaction: "To the east of Yingdu and west of Yunmeng Daze, although it is full of jungles, there are also dense rivers and lakes everywhere.

Therefore, we can use the river as a net and the lake as a point, and then set fire to the narrow jungle between the rivers and lakes, and water it on the west side, and then control the fire from west to east.

In this way, when the fire has burned everything that can be burned, it will naturally be extinguished. ”

After listening to Zhao Ju's plan, Huang Xie immediately bowed his hands in worship and said, "Mr. is wise." ”

Zhao Ju smiled, then looked at Huang Xie and said, "I plan to leave this matter to you, can you complete this task?" ”

Huang Xie looked at the black line on the map and thought for a while, then arched his hand and said, "As long as Mr. gives me three hundred private soldiers to lead the people in the west, then Xie will guarantee that he can complete the task." ”

"Good. I have prepared five hundred private soldiers, all of whom are elite and disciplined, and I will give them all to you. Zhao Ju nodded, and then pointed to the crowd in the distance and said: "Also, Xiang Junshen is compiling the people, he is proficient in military affairs and is familiar with the army formation, this time I asked Xiang Junshen to assist you in mobilizing the people." ”

When Huang Xie heard this, he immediately bowed and said, "Thank you, sir, Xie will definitely complete the task." ”

Soon after Huang Xie left, Qu Yuan came from Yingdu and came to Zhao Ju's side: "Ling Yin, how is the situation, I heard that the fire is spreading again?" ”

"Not bad." Zhao Ju nodded, then looked at Qu Yuan and asked, "Zuo disciple, how many people have you gathered now?" ”

Qu Yuan responded: "The Qu family, the prince's mansion, and the nobles who responded have gathered more than 10,000 people. ”

"More than 10,000 people..." Zhao Ju frowned, and then spoke: "It's not a small amount to be able to gather in a hurry, now your Zuo disciple immediately takes these people to Zhanghua Palace, and later I will ask Gongyin to take the craftsman slaves to Zhanghua Palace, and Zhanghua Palace will ask Zuo disciples over there." ”

"Good!" Qu Yuan nodded, and was about to turn around and leave, but heard Zhao Ju's voice again:

"Also, Zuo Tu, Zhanghua Palace covers an area of dozens of miles, if you can't do anything, Zuo Tu can give up the garden hunting ground outside the palace, just keep the palace."

"Please reassure Yin." Qu Yuan nodded heavily, then turned to leave.

On the other side, on the edge of the fire.

"Quick, there's a fire here, come and put out the fire." Shotsune saw a tree on the left on fire, and immediately loudly mobilized people nearby to put out the fire.

"It's not good, then it's also on fire, go put out the fire." When Zhao Chang saw that several more trees were on fire on the right, he hurriedly asked the person who had just gone to the left to fight the fire to go to the right again.

"Oh no, there's a fire ahead, wait for it."

"It's not good, spread on both sides, and the people in front retreat quickly, otherwise they will be surrounded by fire."

"Right..."

Zhao Chang blindly commanded the firefighters, causing the crowd to be chaotic, although everyone was trying their best to fight the fire, but they could not control the fire at all, but after working for an hour, the firefighting crowd retreated five miles.

In the middle of the day, seeing that the fire continued to spread, Zhaochang, whose face was black and smoked by the fire, scolded the crowd fighting the fire with red eyes: "Bastard, why can't you control the fire, why is the fire spreading, it must be that you bastards are not effective in rescue, you should be killed, you should be killed, you should be killed!" ”

With that, Zhao Chang stomped his foot in anger, then snatched a branch directly from the hands of a common man, and then rushed directly towards the fire, and began to frantically flutter sparks.

The people who were originally dissatisfied when they heard Zhao Chang's scolding, at this time, Zhao Chang, who saw that his face was black and his clothes were torn, actually rushed to the edge of the fire to extinguish the fire.

Seeing this, the dissatisfaction that had just risen in the hearts of the surrounding people suddenly dissipated without a trace.

"Zuo Yin !!"

"Fighting fires..."

The surrounding people, who were touched by Zhaochang, immediately shouted to join the firefighting team, and then fought hard to put out the flames.

But... An hour later, the exhausted crowd was once again forced back three miles by the fire.

At this time, Zhao Chang struggled to lead the people to fight the fire, but inside and outside the two sides, the fire was spreading rapidly.

Seeing that Zhao Chang and the others were about to be surrounded by fire, Luo Fei, the doorman on Zhao Chang's side, sweated and shouted: "Your Majesty, the fire on both sides has arrived, retreat quickly." ”

"No..." Zhao Chang yelled and refused: "I want to put out the fire, and if the fire is not extinguished, I will not retreat." ”

"Your Majesty..."

"Get out, if you're afraid of death, get out, I won't leave!"

"Your Majesty!"

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At this time, Luo Fei suddenly said to a few soldiers: "Come on, hold on to the king, let's retreat." ”

As soon as Zhao Chang saw that he was being held by the soldiers, he immediately yelled: "I'm not leaving, I'm not leaving, I'm going to put out the fire here..."

Seeing that Zhao Chang had retreated, the hundreds of soldiers around him immediately stopped hesitating and retreated outside.

When Zhao Chang was carried out of the encirclement of the fire, Zhao Chang violently pushed away the soldiers who were holding him, then knelt heavily on the ground, slammed the ground with a fist, and then looked up at the sky in pain, and shouted in despair: "Why is this? Why is this, I have tried my best to put out the fire, why can't I put out the fire, not even not only did not extinguish it, but I also couldn't control the fire, but was forced back by the fire.

Why, O God, is this? ”

The people nearby who retreated with Zhao Chang heard Zhao Chang's painful roar, and their hearts immediately ached.

Just when everyone was grieving and despairing, a loud voice suddenly came from the crowd:

"It must be the king's perverse behavior, so Taiyi and the Black Emperor are angry, this is a heavenly fire from heaven, which cannot be extinguished by manpower.

So it's not Zuo Yin's fault! ”

As soon as the voice landed, someone immediately responded:

"Yes, it's not Zuo Yin's fault."

"Yes, it must be so, otherwise, with a great sage like Zuo Yin leading us to extinguish the fire, how could we be forced back by the fire."

"Yes, this is the heavenly fire from heaven."

"Yes, this is a heavenly fire from heaven."

At this time, Zhao Chang heard that all the people around him were talking about the heavenly fire, and seeing that the resentment and fear in the hearts of the people had been stirred up, he immediately cried bitterly and asked: "If this is a heavenly fire, which cannot be extinguished by manpower, then what should our Chu country do, should my Chu country be extinguished by the heavenly fire?" ”

As soon as Zhao Chang's voice fell, someone in the crowd immediately shouted: "This is a warning from the heavens, so as long as the king reforms himself, the heavens will take back the heavenly fire, and the fire will be automatically extinguished." ”

Then, someone in the crowd immediately echoed: "Yes, as long as the king changes, the fire will be extinguished automatically when he hears it." ”

When Zhao Chang heard this, he immediately stood up from the ground and said loudly: "If it is really a warning from heaven, then how can I, as an assistant minister of the king, sit idly by, and I should immediately go and persuade the king to reform himself." ”

After that, Zhao Chang bowed his hand to the people around him: "Please also ask your fathers and brothers to put out the fire again, and often go to persuade the king to change his ways." ”

After Zhao Chang finished speaking, he immediately walked towards the Black Emperor Temple where the King of Chu was located without looking back.

After a pause, a voice suddenly came from among the surrounding people: "The heavenly fire cannot be extinguished by manpower, instead of sitting here and watching the fire spread, it is better to go to the outside of the Black Emperor Temple to advise the king." ”

"Yes, we will also go and advise the king."

"Yes, we'll go too."

"Go together, go together..."

At this time, in the distance, not long after the six monarchs and others saw Zhao Chang going to the Black Emperor Temple, the surrounding people followed Zhao Chang to the Black Emperor Temple.

Seeing this, Liujun and the others celebrated each other and said, "Everyone, since Zuo Yin has already gone to advise the king, then how about we too!" ”

"Let's go... Let's go..."

After a period of time, outside the Black Emperor Temple, Zhao Chang led dozens of ministers and nobles and more than 1,000 people, under the vigilant gaze of the guards and soldiers, and bowed to the Black Emperor Temple Chief: "The ministers ask to see the king." ”