Chapter 457: Cooking Oil with Fire
Soon after Liu Yi personally led the army to kill and repel the Yuan army's offensive, Li Tieniu's Suzaku battalion finally arrived at Lianshan, it turned out that a heavy rain landslide blocked the official road that day, and it could not be cleaned up for a while, Tie Niu had to make a detour, but the road was far away and muddy, and those large bombardment cannons that were usually majestic on the battlefield became a burden at this time, and the wheels fell into the pit and let the horses and hooves exert their strength and could not pull it out, and finally Tie Niu made a quick decision and discarded nearly half of the bombardment cannons before rushing to the army at this time, The soldiers did their best.
"Tie Niu has seen the lord, the Vermilion Bird Camp missed the time, the blame is on Tie Niu alone, please punish the lord." After arriving, Li Tieniu's first thing was naturally to come to see the lord, seeing Liu Yi's tired appearance, he was also shocked in his heart, he didn't know about today's fight, but the lord worked hard so far, he couldn't help but blame himself deeply, missing the time is the wrong time, he didn't want many excuses.
"You get up first, what's going on, it's not too late to make it clear and then punish." Seeing the arrival of the Suzaku Battalion, Liu Yi was very happy in his heart, but he has always been strict in governing the army, and military law is like a mountain, this delay Li Tieniu, as the head of a battalion, has the obligation to explain clearly, otherwise even if he is a close relative of his confidant, as long as he violates military law, Liu Yi will definitely treat everyone equally, and he will never show mercy to his subordinates.
"No, my lord, that day。。。。。 As a last resort, Tie Niu had to push twenty sky-bombing cannons to the bottom of the hill to arrive in time, and it was not easy to manufacture ordnance, and Tie Niu was willing to take the crime. Li Tieniu didn't stand up when he heard this, knelt on the ground and told everything in detail.
"This is the time of heaven, it is not your fault, what did you pay you before? If you arrive early, the soldiers of the Beiping battalion will be less damaged, although the ordnance is valuable, how can it be compared to the lives of the soldiers? You did a good job, but you reacted a little slower, and you are not guilty, get up! Liu Yi is by no means a pedantic person, and he admires Li Tieniu's quick decision.
"No, lord, Tie Niu looks bad at you, is that Yuan Shao really so powerful?" Since Xiyuan followed Liu Yi, Li Tieniu had never seen Liu Yi so tired, asked with concern at the moment, and looked at Guan Hai on the side with his eyes, they have been colleagues for many years.
"Hey, speaking of which, we don't have to fight, we have to do it himself, during the day." Seeing that Liu Yi did not speak, Guan Hai also informed Tie Niu of the details of the daytime battle.
"What did this kid Hong Biao eat, he actually asked the lord to go into battle in person, the lord was all to blame for the late arrival of the iron bull." Listening to Guan Haiyi, Li Tieniu could also imagine the fierceness of the daytime battle, and couldn't help but have a lot of complaints about Hong Biao in his heart, they are the old brothers of Xiyuan, and it is not an exaggeration to say a few words, but think about it again, if he came earlier, how could it be so, although the lord is brave, but if there is a mistake in the battle array, he sweats like pulp when he thinks of this, and then kneels on one knee and says.
"When the fuck did you become a kneeling worm? When did Lao Tzu become muddy? Get up for me, and come back to this set of batons to beat you. Liu Yi said angrily.
"Yes, the lesson of the lord is that the lord is brave and invincible, and he is afraid of who will come, and now that the iron bull has arrived, please send the lord!" Now only in front of these old subordinates Liu Yi will have a lot of foul language, but it is very useful in the ears of Tie Niu, which proves that the general does not treat them as outsiders, not only him, but many generals are like this, and immediately stood up and smiled.
"I don't know who you learned this sycophant kung fu from." Liu Yi laughed and scolded but groaned, presumably Yuan Shaojun's offensive was just around the corner, how to use the Vermilion Bird Battalion to give the other party the greatest damage? In addition, Li Tieniu's current situation is still outnumbered.
When he was thinking, Li Tieniu and Guan Hai didn't dare to say anything to disturb, a moment later someone came to report that the military division had arrived, and soon Xi Zhicai walked into the tent, he saw the iron bull people and horses entering the village in the middle of the mountain, and his heart was happy.
"As soon as the Iron Bull Suzaku Battalion arrives and our army is safe, is the lord thinking about a way to break the enemy?" Liu Yi's fatigue can be seen at a glance, but there is no mention of the battle during the day, if it is not for the lord himself to lead the crowd to fight, I am afraid that today's defense line will be forced by Yuan Jun, it is not appropriate to say more about this matter at this time, and said to Liu Yi at the moment, when he saw the Vermilion Bird Camp, he had an idea in his heart.
"I can't hide anything from the military advisor, Guan Zhicai's words, I have a clever plan, let's talk about it quickly." Liu Yi unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, among several military advisors, he was most afraid of Xi Zhicai, because he has always been outspoken and upright, and the most important thing is that no one can doubt his loyalty to Liu Yi, so usually Lang Sheng is indeed a little afraid of him, but he has great respect for him in his heart, at this time, seeing that he does not pay attention to the affairs of the day and seems to have a good way to break the enemy, of course he is very happy, and immediately let the military division on the main seat, and he sits aside, it seems that the military division has become himself, and he has become an iron bull.
Seeing the lord's move, Xi Zhicai is also Wan'er, his personality is somewhat similar to Tian Feng, once he recognizes the truth, he would rather bend than bend, of course, Liu Yi is not Yuan Shao, he will never act when he should give in, but will appreciate Xi Zhicai's attitude towards business even more. Zhicai also knows this in his heart, and sometimes his attitude is indeed a little too much, but there is no other way to do it because of his personality.
"Iron Bull, the soldiers of the Vermilion Bird Battalion need to rest and recuperate." Xi Zhicai asked Tie Niu.
"Don't worry, the Lord Gongjun Division, this distance is nothing to the soldiers of my Suzaku Battalion, and it can be fought!" Li Tieniu said confidently, as the commander of Liu Yijun's old fourth battalion, he valued the honor of the Vermilion Bird Battalion more than his life, and the drills on weekdays were extremely strict.
"Okay, how many thunderbolt canisters are left in the army now?" Xi Zhicai asked again with an appreciative sigh.
"A lot of two places in Nanpi in Anxian County have been used, and now they have lost some in a hurry, and now there are only more than 1,000 left in the army." Li Tieniu replied that the whole army knew the benefits of the equipment of the Vermilion Bird Battalion, and Tieniu had to check the quantity of these materials in the battalion every day, which could be said to be well understood.
"More than a thousand? But it is barely enough, my lord, although Yuan Shao's morale was frustrated in the first battle during the day, he will make a comeback after a little rectification, and the offensive will be more fierce than before, our army has no geographical advantage in defending the defense, and the troops are at a disadvantage, and now that the iron bull has arrived, he will borrow the thunderbolt cans of the Suzaku Battalion to teach Yuan Jun a lesson. Xi Zhicai thought for a moment when he heard this, and then said to Liu Yi.
"Listening to the words of the military advisor, do you want to use the method of fire attack? Hurry up. Liu Yi's heart moved when he heard this, and he immediately urged, the military advisor has a good plan, so he doesn't have to guess.
I can pour firewood and grass on the position of the general, let the soldiers of the Beiping battalion retreat three miles, let the soldiers of Yuan come in, and after they occupy the defense line of our army, they can let the Suzaku battalion of Tieniu attack them with thunderbolt cans. Xi Zhicai said, this idea has been in the middle of the mountain since he had, after the day's battle, this time the Yuan army will not be less troops, this fire can be put into the two sides of the army closer!
"But so ... Well, this is a very clever plan for the military advisor, and it can be done quickly. Originally, Liu Yi wanted to say that the fence they had painstakingly built would also be burned, but after thinking about it, there was no danger of defending the palace this time, as long as it could hit the living force of the Jizhou army, what were these dead things? Moreover, if this plan is successful, the Suzaku Battalion is already in place, even without these obstacles, he is confident that he can continue to hold on, at this time, more than an hour has passed since the first battle, and he needs to speed up the arrangement.
"Ziping, you take 5,000 sergeants to carry firewood and grass to make arrangements, tell Hong Biao and Captain Lin, let them retreat and make way for the open space, the firewood and grass must be piled up quickly, don't forget to pour fire oil, go quickly." Seeing that the lord said this, Xi Zhicai no longer hesitated and said to Guan Hai.
"Tie Niu, you also have to send someone to accompany Ziping to observe the terrain ahead in detail, once you hear the sound of the order, the thunderbolt canister of the Vermilion Bird Battalion must be accurate, and the launch must be ready, and then the Vermilion Bird Battalion will be hidden behind the Beiping Battalion and the Guards Battalion, and arrange it immediately!"
"No, no." Guan Hai and Tie Niu were ordered to go out of the tent immediately and prepare to go.
"The lord can rest for a while, and when the Yuan army is offensive, you and I can sit and watch the soldiers of each battalion make contributions!" Xi Zhicai said to Liu Yi again, looking at the face of the lord, he knew that he had worked extremely hard today, and he still needed a good rest to live, the war would start soon, and he must hurry up.
"Okay, call me as soon as the enemy forces attack." Liu Yi also knows the importance of Xi Zhicai's words, as the main general, his every move is related to the morale of the whole army, at this time, the fatigue of the whole body has not yet recovered, it is indeed time to rest, the battle behind does not know how long it will take, he must have enough energy to deal with it, after speaking, he simply closed his eyes and rested on the desk, Xi Zhicai instructed the left and right not to disturb himself and went forward.
Maybe it was because he was too tired, Liu Yi fell asleep soon after lying down, and when Guan Hai came to call him, he felt that he had just closed his eyes, but then he woke up and realized that Guan Hai called him that the enemy must have launched an offensive, and when the next agitated spirit got up and walked out of the tent, Ziping hurriedly followed, and after walking not far ahead, he had already heard the sound of Yuan Jun's shouting and killing, at this time, Xi Zhicai had already ordered someone to build a high platform, and Liu Yi commanded the battle on it.
Sure enough, Yuan Shao's offensive this time was even more fierce, and he invested a full 8,000 soldiers, but to the surprise of those soldiers who rushed to kill bravely, there was neither a rain of arrows nor soldiers on the opponent's front to meet them, and there was no movement from the defenders until they rushed to the fence. But at this time, I couldn't think about it so much, and after pushing it to the fence, Sergeant Yuan finally saw the Beiping camp lined up and waited outside Lixu.
Although this situation was unexpected, the captain who led the army in front of him was too surprised, and it was a great thing to be short-handed, after raising the red flag, Yuan Shaoguan was overjoyed, out of fear of Liu Yi's martial arts, he also specially sent backups to rush up, and the soldiers in front heard the war drums and everyone rushed to the Beiping battalion soldiers in the distance, and the firewood and grass under their feet did not attract too much attention from the Jizhou soldiers, after all, they knew very little about the power of the Suzaku battalion.
Seeing that most of the enemy army rushed into the position of the Youzhou army, Xi Zhicai decisively played the yellow flag, and the soldiers of the Suzaku battalion hidden behind the Beiping battalion immediately began to launch the thunderbolt canister, and the Yuan soldiers and soldiers attacked one by one in a circle, just in the midst of the surprise, those wine cans actually burned when they landed, and the firewood and grass on the ground were poured with fire oil, and the position immediately became a sea of fire, and the thunderbolt tank was filled with fire oil, and it was splashed in all directions when it landed, and the Vermilion Bird Battalion had proofread the head before, and the position was already wide, The formation of the Yuan soldiers at this time was dense, and for a time I don't know how many soldiers were burned into burning people by the fire, and their wild shouts and screams changed color when they heard it, although the Jizhou army that rushed to the front escaped the nightmare of burning themselves, but they couldn't turn back. The soldiers of the Beiping battalion, who were waiting for the battle, waited for this opportunity and quickly killed them.
Originally, the Yuan army was really burned by the fire of only more than 2,000 people, and the remaining soldiers were enough to fight, but the ears were full of the screams of their comrades, and the retreat was blocked by the fire, and the combat power was discounted in panic.