Liu Chan stretched out his hand and wiped it on the wood on the ground, feeling that the wood was slightly sticky, and then sniffed at the tip of his nose, and said with a sinking face: "This wood is smeared with fire oil!" ”

"Kerose?" Hearing this, the generals' faces changed, and they all squatted down to check.

After a while, Guan Yu stood up and said, "It is indeed smeared with fire oil, and the Wei army is very clever. He smeared oil on both ends of the light and short wood, but the long and heavy wood was smeared with oil in the middle, which was difficult to notice.

And the smell is already very faint, I think it's been wiped for two or three days. ”

If the Han army settles in the camp, they will definitely pack up the wood on the ground.

Generally light and short wood, a person can afford to hold, from a mechanical point of view, take the middle part is the most labor-saving, so the Wei army smeared fire oil on both ends of the light and short wood, and the Han army if you want to clean up this kind of wood, take the middle part, so you will not notice.

As for the long and heavy wood, one person can't hold it, but two people have to be together, so it is lifted, and if it is lifted, it is lifted at two ends, and the Wei army smeared fire oil in the middle of this long and heavy wood, so that the Han army still can't detect it.

The oil has been smeared for more than two days, and the smell has evaporated, but the oiliness is still on the wood, and the weather is dry, and if it catches fire, it will ignite the wood instantly.

And now it is the afternoon, if the Han army settles in the camp, there is not much time to clean up the camp, and these messy things on the ground cannot be cleaned up in a short time, so that at night, these woods have become the life talisman of the Han army.

Liu Chan nodded, and instructed the soldiers: "Find the location of the room!" ”

Liu Chan basically already knew the strategy of the Wei army, looking at this, the Wei army wanted to attack with fire, and the house controlled dry firewood and charcoal, if the Wei army attacked with fire, the room would definitely have a different arrangement.

"Your Majesty, the room is here!"

However, after a while, a Wei army found the location of the house in the camp.

The huts in the camp are built from several rows of thatched huts, because they have to store dry firewood, charcoal, and grain on weekdays, and it is difficult to prevent rain if tents are used, so the huts are built from thatched huts.

When Liu Chan came to the room, he saw that on the ground, there was a thick layer of charcoal and broken firewood, but the charcoal had all been broken, mixed with the soil, and could not be used.

This also makes sense, because charcoal is an important resource for the army, and the retreat of the Wei army destroyed the charcoal, which is very reasonable.

On the ground, there was a lot of broken oil poured in, charcoal, and broken wood were stained with oil.

Because the means of making fire in this era were still limited to flint and steel, it was very troublesome to make a fire, so in the army's room, some fire oil would be prepared, and some fire oil would be poured on the firewood, so that it was very easy to make a fire.

Zhuge Liang is eight feet tall, the thatched hut is not tall, as soon as Zhuge Liang stretched out his hand, he pulled down a handful of dry straw from the thatched hut, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it and said: "The Wei army also sprinkled fire oil on this roof, although the cover is very good, and it is quite reasonable, but it is basically certain that the Wei army is planning to use fire attack." ”

"I see!" Guan Yu suddenly realized: "The Wei army's grain and grass are indeed running out, but they have only delayed for a few more days in order to arrange these. There should be a part of the Wei army hidden in this mountain forest, and when our army enters these camps, the Wei army will come out and set fire! ”

Pang Tong nodded and said: "Yes, now the southeast wind is strong, if our army is stationed in the camp today, when the Wei army is killed at night, take advantage of the wind to set fire, tens of thousands of soldiers of our army have to die without a place to be buried, not only that, the Wei army can also take advantage of the situation to seize our army camp, so they don't have to worry about grain and grass, this Cao Zhen, but there is some ability." ”

Now on the side of the Han army, the defense line opposite the Wei army is guarded by several generals such as Zhao Yun, Lin Xiao, and Wei Yan, with a total of 20,000 troops.

If the Han army advanced forward and directly entered the two lines of defense of the Wei army, then 20,000 people would be buried in the fire, and Liu Chan's main army was far behind Longde, and it was difficult to support at night.

Liu Chan smiled and said: "This trick is good to retreat as a play, but it's a pity that Cao Zhen doesn't know how to count." ”

When everyone heard Liu Chan's words, they all held back their laughter, isn't this Cao Zhen illiterate, forgetting the most fatal time difference, obviously running out of grain and grass but not retreating, isn't it clear and conspiring?

Zhuge Liang groaned: "Since this is the case, this camp cannot be entered." ”

Liu Chan nodded, all the things in this camp are fire-starters, and the time is not enough to clean up these things, if you continue to settle in the camp, it is tantamount to self-destruction.

Zhang Fei said: "Now that you know the Wei army's treacherous schemes, you should find a way to deal with them." ”

Liu Chan smiled and said: "The Wei army has used this strategy, its food and grass have been exhausted, and it can only succeed and not fail, we don't fall for it, isn't it the best way to deal with them?" ”

Liu Chan ordered: "Pass the order, our sergeants are not allowed to enter the Wei army camp, immediately return to the camp, reorganize the cavalry, and prepare to pursue the Wei army!" ”

Liu Chan didn't plan either, because the Wei army was lurking in the nearby mountains and forests, and if it was to make any arrangements, the Wei army would definitely know, and it would be unwise to send troops up the mountain to attack.

The best way is to go back and prepare the cavalry, anyway, the Wei army's grain and grass will be eaten up, and if the Han army is not hit, they will definitely escape, and then the Han army will send cavalry to pursue.

This is the simplest way to minimize casualties and maximize the results of the battle.

The generals gave their hands to the order: "No! ”

Liu Chan then led the generals back to the rear of Longde to reorganize the cavalry.

Now Liu Chan has 90,000 soldiers and horses, in addition to the 5,000 cavalry brought by Ma Chao, there are also thousands of cavalry, and Liu Chan is now gathering them.

In a mountain forest in Longshan, Cao Zhen led hundreds of soldiers to hide here.

"General, the scout is back!"

A general led a scout to Cao Zhen's side.

Cao Zhen hurriedly dropped the water bag in his hand, stood up from the ground with a rub, and asked the scout, "How is it?" Did the Shu soldiers settle in our camp? ”

"Nope!" The scout shook his head and said, "I have observed several camps, and none of them have been set foot by the Shu army. ”

Hearing the scout's words, Cao Zhen's face changed suddenly, and he sat on the ground: "How can this be?" I've seen the layout of the lead, and ordinary people can't see the clues, why didn't the Shu army settle in the camp? ”

The first general asked Cao Zhen, "General, what should we do now?" Tomorrow we will run out of dry food at noon. ”

"It's over, it's all over!" Cao Zhen sat on the ground, muttering to himself with empty eyes, his strategy was to break the cauldron and sink the boat, to fight against the water, to win is to live, to lose is to die, there is no room for turning back at all.