The night became thicker and thicker, and a cavalry of more than 1,000 Qin troops, led by a dragoon guard, set off from Shouchun and galloped towards the top of Rushan Mountain.

On the top of Rushan Mountain, Deng Zhan and Huang Sheng stood side by side, still waiting for Chen Gong's reply.

Seeing a team coming in the distance, Huang Sheng raised his hand and pointed at the cavalry that was riding towards them, and said to Deng Zhan: "General, it seems that a cavalry is coming." ”

Before Huang Sheng pointed to the cavalry team, Deng Zhan had already seen them.

Nodding, Deng Zhan said to Huang Sheng beside him: "I think Mr. Chen has made a decision, and people come to help." ”

The cavalry team got closer and closer, and when they reached a place only twenty or thirty paces away from the camp of the dragoon guards, the leading dragoon guards turned over and jumped off their horses, and ran quickly towards Deng Zhan on the hillside.

"General Qiqi!" When Deng Zhan approached, the dragoon guards clenched their fists and bowed to him and said, "Your Highness has already led Lu Wenhou to inspect the surrounding villages, and there are only General Taishi and Mr. Chen in the army. ”

"What did the gentleman say?" Knowing that Liu Wei had gone with Lu Bu to inspect the surrounding villages, Deng Zhan asked the dragoon guards who reported the news.

"Mr. Chen expected that there was a Huainan army in the ravine, so he ordered the former main cavalry to come to cut down wood and set fire to the ravine, while the general led us to block the gentle slope." Maintaining a fist-hugging and bowing posture, the dragoon guard responded.

Hearing the words of the dragoon guard, Deng Zhan was stunned for a moment, and then he understood randomly, turned his head and said to Huang Sheng on the side: "Mr. Chen is really good!" Arson is to drive the Huainan army out of the ravine, we hold the gentle slope, the gentle slope is narrow, even if the Huainan army is numerous, it will not be able to be used! ”

"General, without further ado!" After listening to Deng Zhan's explanation, Huang Sheng also felt that this plan could be used to deal with the Huainan army in the ditch, and hurriedly said: "Although the secret passage leads to Shouchun, this fire can't burn much of the Huainan army, but it can force them back into the dark passage!" ”

"Do it!" Deng Zhan nodded, gave an order to the dragoon guards who were standing in front of him with his fists in his fists, and then said to Huang Sheng: "Wake up the soldiers, I will hold the gentle slope!" ”

"No!" Huang Sheng and the dragoon guard answered at the same time, and the dragoon guard beckoned the thousand main cavalry who had come with him to cut down wood nearby, while Huang Sheng called up all the rest of the dragoons who were still asleep.

Five hundred dragoons lined up at the top of the gentle slope, and a thousand main soldiers were busy cutting down nearby trees.

One by one, the trees fell and fell to the ground, making a muffled sound of the trees hitting the ground.

The sound of earth and stone is much better than that of air and water, and the sound above the ravine is transmitted to the bottom of the ravine.

Standing at the exit of the dark passage, looking up at the top of the ravine, the Huainan general who led the army to lie dormant in the dark passage frowned tightly.

The ravine was still dark, and his face was still very hazy, and it was impossible to see his face clearly, but from the way he listened quietly, he could feel that his mood was extremely nervous at the moment.

A voice came from the top of the ravine, indicating that the Qin army had already made a move, but the leader was in the ravine, he couldn't see the situation above at all, and all he could do was wait silently.

The night was thick, and the sound from the top of the ditch became more and more dense, but the Qin army never made too obvious moves, which made the Huainan army generals under the ditch feel a little more uneasy.

At the top of the ravine, Deng Zhan, who led five hundred dragoon guards in a neat formation as if they were arraying to kill the enemy on the battlefield, was standing straight in front of the dragoon guard array at this time.

He pressed the hilt of his sword with one hand, frowned slightly, and waited quietly for the main soldier to accumulate enough firewood.

The darkest hour of the night had gradually passed, and the sound of logging was heard all night, but Deng Zhan never waited for the main soldiers to report to him that the firewood was enough.

The eastern sky was white, and the sound of logging continued to reach my ears.

Turning his head to look to the side, Deng Zhan found that not far from them, piles of wood had already been neatly placed by the main soldiers who came to help.

The red sun finally poked its head out of the horizon, and the golden dawn broke through the night, illuminating the earth.

A main officer who came to the aid quickly ran in front of Deng Zhan, clenched his fists and bowed to him and said, "General Deng, the firewood has been prepared and can be lit at any time." ”

The officer said that the firewood had been prepared, Deng Zhan nodded, and said to the officer, "Ignite!" ”

With a fist in response, the officer quickly ran to the place where the firewood was piled up, and shouted to more than 1,000 main officers and soldiers: "General Deng has an order, light the fire!" ”

As soon as the officer gave the order, more than a dozen soldiers immediately ran to the horses, took out the tung oil they brought, and poured the tung oil on the firewood.

When the soldiers poured tung oil on the firewood, the two main soldiers took out the flint and lit the torches.

The torch was poured on the firewood doused with tung oil, and the tung oil was stained with the torch and instantly burned.

As soon as the flames were burning, the officer commanding the group immediately shouted: "Push the wood down the ditch!" ”

When more than 1,000 soldiers heard the shouts of the officers, they immediately moved and pushed the timber down the ravine.

The flaming timber tumbled and fell into the ditch, piling up in pieces, and soon flames were burning in the ravine.

It wasn't until the burning wood fell into the ditch that the general who led the Huainan army to lurk in the dark tunnel knew what the Qin army had been doing all night.

Seeing the flames falling from the sky, he raised his arm and shouted, "Everyone, return to the dark passage!" ”

At this time, the sun had already shone on his face, and it was none other than Ji Ling, who was almost cut off by Yuan Shu, who was leading this Huainan army to hibernate.

Seeing the flames, Ji Ling immediately gave an order.

The Huainan army, which was dormant in the dark passage, heard Ji Ling's shout and immediately retreated.

But the soldiers of the Huainan Army deployed in the ravine, but they didn't have such good luck, many of them, hearing Ji Ling's shout, just about to stand up and run to the dark passage, were smashed to the ground by the wood falling from the sky.

If you are knocked to the ground by the wood, if you don't hit the vital point, you may be able to save and survive, but the fallen wood is not just simple wood, and the whole body is still burning with raging flames.

The Huainan Army, which was directly smashed to the point of bursting its brains, was still lucky, and those Huainan Army, who were not stoned to death and wanted to break free under the wood, suffered another layer of fire.

One by one, the soldiers of the Huainan Army who fell under the wood howled miserably, calling for help to those Tongze who were hiding in the dark passage.

But under the raging fire, who would dare to rush out of the city to rescue them?

More and more wood fell from the top of the ditch, and the flames became more and more intense, and even the Huainan army hiding in the dark passage could feel a wave of heat coming towards them.

Retreating into the dark passage, looking at the raging flames outside, Ji Ling swallowed a mouthful of saliva, waved his hand at the Huainan army behind him and shouted, "Return to the city!" ”

The Huainan Army, which had already felt the scorching heat, got Ji Ling's order, where would there be a little delay, and they retreated one after another.

The farther away from the fiery ravine, the temperature in the tunnel was much lower.

On the way to Shouchun City, not a single soldier of the Huainan Army turned back.

Although there were still some of their peers in the fiery ravines, they knew that those who did not follow would probably not survive.

Ji Ling led the Huainan army in the secret path to retreat to Shouchun, at the top of the ravine, Deng Zhan pressed the hilt of his sword, looked down at the raging fire below, and frowned tightly.

The flames were beeping and burning, and in the sound of the flames burning, Deng Zhan could vaguely hear the wails of people below.

Needless to say, he already knew that the wailing sound coming from below was from the Huainan army that had not had time to withdraw and was crushed under the wood.

The raging flames jumped very high, and standing on the top of the ravine, Deng Zhan could feel that the flames brought him a strong burning sensation.

He could feel the temperature of the fire so clearly, not to mention the Huainan army that was suffering from the burning fire below.

"General, what are you thinking?" Finding Deng Zhan staring at the bottom of the ravine, Huang Sheng leaned behind him and asked in a low voice.

Looking at the fire burning in the ravine, Deng Zhan pulled a smile at the corner of his mouth, and said to Huang Sheng: "General Ben was thinking just now, those Huainan troops below also have parents, wives and children......

"The general can't bear it?" Without waiting for Deng Zhan to finish speaking, Huang Sheng smiled slightly and took the conversation.

Turning his head to look at Huang Sheng, Deng Zhan showed a look of astonishment on his face, and asked him, "How do you know what General Ben is thinking?" ”

"The general and His Highness are becoming more and more similar!" Turning his head to look at the burning ravine, Huang Sheng said to Deng Zhan: "Your Highness will always say such things, but once you conquer the battlefield, when will you see Your Highness showing mercy to the enemy's subordinates?" ”

Deng Zhan didn't expect that such a thing would come out of Huang Sheng's mouth, he frowned slightly, although he didn't ask, his eyes showed a look of doubt.

Seeing Deng Zhan's eyes full of doubts, Huang Sheng cupped his fists and bowed to him and said, "General, although His Highness has compassion for the world, he never spares the enemy, unless the enemy has surrendered!" For His Highness knows that as long as he holds a sword, he is an enemy. If they live, we will die......"

Huang Sheng was only halfway through his words before Deng Zhan raised his arm to stop him from talking.

The words that followed were about to come to his lips, Deng Zhan suddenly raised his arm, Huang Sheng couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly stopped talking.

"General Ben is just sighing!" Turning his head and smiling at Huang Sheng, Deng Zhan said to him: "If you encounter the enemy army, for the sake of your own soldiers' lives, who cares about their life and death?" ”