Chapter 963: Night Fire
Fo Guang Shan is located in the upper reaches of the Mohanandi River, with green mountains such as daisies, clear streams such as belts, and lush greenery.
It is said that there is often a Buddha light on the mountain in the morning and evening, hence the name.
To the west of the hill is a relatively spacious flat area, where there used to be many residents, but now all of them are gone, and only a few simple thatched houses remain.
A small river two feet wide was crossed, and then the road began to slope up, becoming steep and narrow. The jungle is dense on both sides, and it is born between the roads.
To the top of the mountain and suddenly opened, a Garan temple was built on the top of the mountain, Tallinn, monk's house, hidden among the flowers and trees, like a paradise.
More than 100 monks were driven to the back garden, and the front hall was requisitioned by Hai Rufeng as a temporary combat headquarters.
Although he only has two hundred and 6 clans, he is the commander-in-chief of the Five Nations Alliance, which is the authority given to him by the kings of Otessa, Chetisgar, Calkend, and Simen.
Otesa Brunan, Chetisgar Rash, Calkender Dubai, and Simen Hut all need to listen to the sea like the wind.
The total strength of the five-nation coalition army is 9,800 men. Among them, Otesa has the largest number of troops, accounting for half of the total force.
At this moment, Hai Rufeng took the telescope, on the steps in front of the Garambo Temple, looking at the plains to the west, tens of thousands of Mughal troops, like a torrent gushing out of the mountains, quickly covered the plains under the mountain, the banners were long, the swords and guns were like forests, and a huge war elephant was particularly conspicuous, and the sea Rufeng clearly saw that there were several war elephants with cannons behind them.
The Mughal Empire was currently in its heyday, with tens of thousands of troops well-groomed and seemingly well-trained.
On the mountain road, the five-nation coalition army laid five fortifications, due to the rush of time, the five fortifications were temporarily built with stones, which were not strong, but held the narrow mountain road. It's a danger of its own.
The commander of the Mughal army, Aurang Sideb, also hurried to the river to observe the fortifications on the hill.
His general Dini looked at the shape of Fo Guang Mountain, secretly complained in his heart, and said: "Your Royal Highness, this mountain road is steep and narrow, and the artillery angle is not enough, if we attack strongly, I am afraid we will have to pay a lot of casualties." ”
When the mountain wind blew, the long white feather on Aurangzeb's turban swayed gently, and he saw a big flag with the word "Qin" on the mountain. His eyes were cold, and he couldn't help but let out a cold snort.
Diney thought that Aurangzeb was dissatisfied with his words, and was so frightened that he hurriedly pleaded guilty.
Aurangzeb, who has always been cold and arrogant, did not explain, and turned to ask Huck, the strategist beside him: "What can you do to attack the mountain?" ”
Huck hurriedly replied: "Your Royal Highness, General Deeney is right, this mountain road is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there is a river under the mountain, our army must cross the river first." In order to attack the mountain, in case the attack on the mountain is unfavorable, the enemy counterattacks down, although this small river is not wide. But it can be a terrible obstacle and kill many soldiers of our army, so the humble people also think that it is not suitable for a strong attack.
Your Royal Highness the Prince, please take a look, there are two mountain roads opposite. The woods are lush and the mountains are all over the place, so why don't we wait for the evening. Then they sent people to cross the river and set fire to it from the foot of the mountain, but once the fire burned, it was difficult to extinguish, and the enemy had to abandon this dangerous pass. ”
Aurangzeb listened to Huck's words, his face relaxed, nodded and said, "Then let's do it this way." When it gets dark, Deeney sends someone over and sets it on fire. ”
"Yes, Your Highness."
After nightfall, Centurion Kahani was sent to cross the river with a hundred soldiers, and touched the foot of the mountain west of Foguang Mountain, where the moon was cold and the stars were dim.
As the night breeze gradually crept and the grass rustled, Kahani and his 100 men were very nervous, vigilantly touching the foot of the mountain.
Suddenly, a large fire lit up at the foot of the mountain, and thousands of Otesa soldiers with bows and arrows came out of the grass, and the bowstrings rang out in one piece, and the head was shot in a rain of arrows.
Kahani and a hundred of his men turned around in fright and ran, screaming in their mouths, arrows whizzing through them, popping into the flesh, and soldiers around Kahani were constantly falling to the ground with arrows, and the terrible screams pierced the night sky.
Kahani ran desperately, and suddenly his butt hurt, and he subconsciously reached out and touched the shaft of an arrow.
Seeing that the soldiers around him were still struggling to the ground, he could only grit his teeth with an arrow and continue to run.
Aurangzeb, who was on the west bank, turned a blind eye to what happened to Kahani, and he had long expected that things would not be so simple and that the enemy would not be defenseless.
Kahani's 100 men were actually only used to attract the attention of the enemy, and there were others who were really responsible for setting the fire.
Sure enough, just when thousands of enemies on the east bank were desperately pursuing and killing Kahani, one mile north and south from Kahani crossing the river, a raging fire broke out, and quickly ignited the mountains and forests, it was the season of high autumn weather, the grass and trees were very flammable, and the night wind rolled up, the flames rose higher and higher, and soon black smoke billowed and the flames burned into the sky.
Seeing this scene, a rare smile appeared on Aurangzeb's hard face.
Huck, the strategist next to him, lost no time in making a slap on the back: "His Royal Highness the prince is really clever, as soon as the enemy's attention is attracted by Kahani, other places are full of loopholes. ”
Diney and other generals also praised one after another, and the horse's fart was beating loudly, and just when Aurangzeb was a little fluttering, a fire also ignited on the top of Foguang Mountain, and it was even more intense, and the blazing fire lit up the night sky, which was extremely violent.
"Huh, what's going on?"
"yes, why is there a fire on the mountain?"
No one can answer this question, it is true that the fire at the foot of the mountain is spreading towards the mountain, but it will take some time to burn to the top of the mountain, which is a little strange, could it be that the enemy at the top of the mountain accidentally caught fire himself?
Still no one can answer, this night, Fo Guang Shan is really Buddha light, bright through the sky, the raging fire with billowing smoke with the wind, the Mughal army under the mountain coughed non-stop, forced to retreat several miles, only a little better.
The fire burned all night, every two days, the entire Fo Guang Shan was burned bare, and the Jialan Temple on the mountain was also burned, and the fire finally stopped, leaving only the remaining smoke.
The sky lit up with a fish's belly white, and then the brilliant morning glow quickly dyed the eastern sky red, like a Buddha's light, tens of thousands of Mughal troops, many people were scented to the red and swollen eyes, but it was worth it.
After all, now everyone is just swollen eyes, if there is no fire and a strong attack on Fo Guang Mountain, I don't know how many people will die.
"Quick, go up, occupy Fo Guang Shan first"
The general Dini stopped abruptly halfway through his shouting, because in the curling smoke, he suddenly saw a black flag fluttering on the top of Foguang Mountain, just yesterday's position, as if the fire had not burned it this night.
Of course it was impossible, but it was still there, and Deeney couldn't help but wipe his eyes, and look again, yes, a black flag, with a golden Chinese character in the middle, reflecting the morning glow, reflecting the glittering golden light.
Aurangzeb, who thought he had a plan, suddenly felt that he had been tricked by someone when he saw this flag, and he was very angry.
Can you not be annoyed? The trees on the mountain were burned, but the mountain was still there, and the enemy was still there, as if they had never left.
And he came from afar, tens of thousands of troops, wasted a day in vain, how much grain and grass to eat in a day;
What's more, this is always a big blow to the morale of the tens of thousands of troops under his command.
On the top of the mountain, the wind blew the sharman gauze dress and the white silk scarf, making her graceful figure even more seductive. She looked at the sea like the wind under the mountain with a telescope, and sighed heartily: "Admiral Hai is really amazing, how did you calculate that Aurangzeb would definitely attack with fire?" ”
Because you made Ben Du very angry, Hai Rufeng smiled faintly, as the commander of the army, of course he would not answer such rash words, but it did not prevent him from thinking about it in his heart.
"Your Royal Highness the Princess, obedient Aurangzeb once said that he wanted to arrest the princess and go back to be a concubine, but is there such a thing?"
Samansha's face couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, but fortunately there was a light veil in the way, and others couldn't see the change in her face clearly.
She quickly led the question away, "Admiral Hai, what do you think Aurangzeb will do next?" ”
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