Chapter 642: Lu Boyan burned the company camp
The sky soon darkened, and Chen Shi and Jiang Qin quietly led the soldiers out of Huaixian with firewood, grass, fire oil and other flammable materials. After dedication, Zhou Tai and Huang Zhong also led their troops and left Huaixian. As for Gao Shun on the front line, more than 30,000 troops had dinner as soon as night, and then left the necessary defenders behind, and all of them went to rest in their tents.
As soon as Chen Shi and Jiang Qin left the city for a while, they felt a strong wind blowing from behind them, causing the surrounding trees to rattle. At the same time, the strong wind blew, which blew away a lot of the heat during the day, so that the soldiers added a little coolness.
The soldiers were blown by this cool breeze, and their spirits were immediately lifted. But Chen Shi and Jiang Qin glanced at each other, and at the same time saw the joy in each other's eyes. I only heard Chen Shi say: "Gongyi, the southwest wind is rising, it is the best opportunity to burn Xiahou Yuan's company camp, we have to hurry up!" ”
Jiang Qin heard this, nodded and smiled: "Don't worry, I know." After that, the two did not say much, but told the soldiers to speed up their march. After passing through the Gaoshun camp, the two made the soldiers speed up a little faster, and entered the mountain road directly.
Far away, I saw a little light in front of me, and I didn't have to think much about the two of them to know that this was one of the big camps of Xiahou Yuan's troops. Chen Shi and Jiang Qin nodded to each other, and Jiang Qin immediately led his troops to rush towards the large camp in front, while Chen Shi bypassed the large camp from the side and headed towards the large camp behind.
It was only said that Jiang Qin led the army to the front of Xiahou Yuan's camp, and shouted lightly with a knife: "When we rush to the front of the camp, the front army is responsible for resisting, and the rear army will immediately set fire!" After saying that, he rushed out first.
The night was thick, and Cao Jun did not notice that Jiang Qin's army was quietly approaching, because Lu Xun's army was defending it for days. Not only did the main general Xiahou Yuan feel that Lu Xun was an incompetent scholar, but even Sergeant Cao's vigilance was much lowered. Just look at these night watchmen, who are constantly napping.
Jiang Qin led his soldiers to the front of the camp, but before the Cao army found out, Jiang Qin was naturally surprised. But he quickly shook his head, swept all this out of his mind, and immediately commanded, "Quick! Ignition! ”
After listening to the order, the soldiers immediately went into action. The soldier holding the firewood and grass didn't say a word, and immediately piled the firewood and grass in front of the Cao army's camp. The soldiers behind immediately slapped the sealing mud of the oil urn away, and threw the fire oil urn with both hands and poured it at the firewood and grass and the wooden camp wall.
Before the soldiers could bring out the sulfur, some of the soldiers had already lit the fire and threw it directly on the pile of firewood and grass sprinkled with fire oil.
"Whirring ......"
With a light sound, the flames immediately ignited, especially with the help of fire oil and firewood. In just a few moments, all the firewood and grass were set on fire, and spread along the place where the oil had been poured towards the camp wall. At the same time, due to the lush vegetation in the vicinity, the fire also began to burn to the nearby vegetation.
After Jiang Qin saw it, he knew that the fire had already burned, and immediately shouted: "Hurry up!" With that, he led the soldiers to leave immediately, and at last he threw the brimstone into the fire, causing the flames to rise several feet out of thin air.
Jiang Qin's side set fire, but not just one fire, five thousand soldiers Jiang Qin divided them into ten squads, ten squads set fire to all parts of the Cao army's camp, except for one team was discovered by Cao Jun and hurriedly retreated, the remaining nine squads were all successful. In just one stick of incense, the entire Cao army camp was surrounded by flames, and the Cao soldiers in the camp couldn't stop letting out a terrible howl.
In addition, the southwest wind was blowing at this time, and the narrow mountain road made the wind even stronger. Blown by the strong wind, the flames immediately spread to the northeast, coupled with the lush vegetation nearby, the fire was out of control after it was ignited, and soon spread towards the Cao army camp behind.
"Huhuhu......"
At this moment, Jiang Qin had already seen the rising point of Mars in front of him, and he didn't need to think about it to know that it was Chen Shi's success. It was only at this time that the rapid sound of war drums and loud horns was heard in Cao's military camp.
There was a fire at the bottom of the mountain, and something was wrong on the hills on both sides. Under the sound of drums and trumpets, a warning was issued to the major camps at the foot of the mountain.
It's just that at this time, Jiang Qin and Chen Shi had already led the soldiers, holding the remaining firewood, grass, fire oil and other things, and went to the Cao army camp further back to set fire. The two of them listened to what Lu Xun said this time, if Cao Jun didn't come to fight, just set fire to it and leave after it was over.
In less than half an hour, dozens of large battalions of the Cao army had been engulfed in flames, and the fire kept burning towards the other Cao army camps behind. Under the strong southwest wind, all the large battalions under Xiahou Yuan were all deployed on the way forward of the fire. Many Sergeants Cao went to the stream to get water to put out the fire, but unfortunately the fire was too fierce, so it was a drop in the bucket to save the fire. In the end, some clever soldiers of Cao stopped fighting the fire, jumped directly into the stream, and fled along the waterway.
At this time, Lou Gui had already rushed to Xiahou Yuan's main camp, and without reporting much, he directly broke into Xiahou Yuan's big tent. Xiahou Yuan heard that someone rushed in without authorization, and he was quite annoyed in his heart, and when he saw that it was Lou Gui, he said dissatisfiedly: "I don't know what Mr. is looking for Ben Jiang late at night?" ”
Lou Gui heard this, and said hurriedly: "General, Tian Junshi let me spread the rumors, be careful of the enemy's fire attack!" ”
Hearing the word fire attack, Xiahou Yuan's face immediately changed. At this moment, the sound of war drums and trumpets was heard simultaneously in front and on the mountains on both sides. When Xiahou Yuan heard this, the whole person suddenly got up, and hurriedly rushed out of the big tent, and when he saw the red light in front of him, Xiahou Yuan's face suddenly turned pale.
Lou Gui also rushed out at this time, and when he saw the red light in front of him, his face was like Xiahou Yuan, and he became extremely ugly. However, the next moment, Lou Gui immediately reacted and said hurriedly: "General, the enemy has launched a fire attack. Now the battalions of our army are connected together, and soon the fire will burn, general! ”
When Xiahou Yuan heard this, he hurriedly said, "What about the 200,000 army?" ”
Lou Gui said: "The general is the soul of our army, and we must not lose it. Guiliu commanded here and led the rest of his men to retreat, and the general immediately went to the rear to prepare, believing that the enemy was about to attack. ”
As if confirming what Lou Gui said, the sound of war drums and horns suddenly sounded in front of him, which was completely different from the rhythm of Cao Jun. After fighting Zhang Xiujun for such a long time, Xiahou Yuan and Lou Gui were naturally extremely familiar with Zhang Xiujun's war drums and horns. After Lou Gui heard this, he hurriedly said: "The general leaves quickly!" The military division has already led the army to respond! ”
Xiahou Yuan heard this, knew that the situation was critical, and it was not the time to hesitate, so he hurriedly said, "Sir, be careful." Immediately after that, he jumped on the horse led by the guard, looked behind and fled.
After the fire broke out, the armies of Gao Shun, Zhou Tai, and Huang Zhong had launched a counteroffensive. The first to go all the way was naturally Gao Shun's army, but because the fire was too fierce, Gao Shun's army could only attack from the side and try to stay away from the fire. But this alone is enough, those Cao Jun who had just escaped from the fire, before they knew what was happening, they encountered the army led by Gao Shun, and unfortunately fell under the butcher's knife of Gao Shun's army before they knew what happened. Some smart people saw that the situation was wrong, and immediately knelt on the ground and asked to surrender. Therefore, Gao Shun's army was progressing smoothly, marching all the way forward without encountering any resistance at all. All you need to pay attention to is a raging fire.
Under the burning of the company camp, I don't know how many Cao soldiers were buried in the fire. Those who were lucky enough to escape also had to face the butcher's knife of Zhang Xiu's army, and after the fire started, Cao's army fled directly. Lou Gui in the back wanted to organize the soldiers, but he was also powerless, and in the end he could only retreat with the defeated army.
The situation at the bottom of the mountain is like this, and the mountains on both sides are not having a good time. As soon as the fire broke out, Huang Zhong and Zhou Tai led their troops to attack two mountains at the same time.
Let's say that on Zhou Tai's side, the one guarding the mountain on the left is Cao Xiu, the general of the Cao army. When the fire rose at the foot of the mountain, the Cao army on the mountain immediately became chaotic, and at this moment, Zhou Tai brazenly launched an attack.
Zhou Tai, who was born in Jiang Bandits, is like Gan Ning, and he is all good at horse and water battles. It's just that Zhou Tai's strength in foot combat and water combat is much stronger than that of horse warfare.
I saw Zhou Tai rushing towards the mountain with a ring-headed knife in one hand and a leather shield in the other. Zhou Taiding was at the front, leading the rear team of soldiers to charge, and those Cao troops became extremely flustered due to the impact of the fire under the mountain. Some of Cao's soldiers rushed down the mountain to fight, and some of them fired arrows on the mountain, which could not form a cooperative attack at all.
In this way, Zhou Tai was naturally given the opportunity to attack. I saw Zhou Tai kill into the Cao army that rushed down the mountain to fight, and slashed left and right with a big sword, and those ordinary Cao soldiers, where was Zhou Tai's opponent, fell to the ground one after another. And the Cao soldier on the mountain also put an arrow at the beginning, but when he found that the robe under the mountain increased, he had scruples about making a move, and then he stopped.
Zhou Tai would not let go of this opportunity, leading a large group of soldiers, and Lian Po Cao's army arranged several dangerous places on the mountain. This overwhelming attack was only stopped when Cao Xiu led the army to support. As soon as Cao Xiu arrived, he immediately took over the command and ordered loudly: "The sword and shield men and pikemen are all back and retreat!" Archer...... Shoot the arrows! ”
As soon as Cao Xiu took over the command, Cao Jun began to reappear. The shieldmen and spearmen listened to the order and retreated. As soon as the two armies separated, the archers of the Cao army immediately exerted their might, and the sharp arrows kept flying out, and by virtue of the condescending momentum, they gave Zhou Tai's army a head-on blow at once.
Seeing this, Zhou Tai's face changed, and he immediately shouted: "Sword and shield hand, on top!" ”
"Woo Woo ......"
"Tuk Tuk Tuk...... Puff ......"
The leather shield of the sword and shield hand blocked a lot of arrow rain, but the arrow rain was dense, and there were still many sharp arrows that pierced through the shield wall and shot into the soldiers of Zhou Tai's army. Many soldiers were hit by arrows, and in an instant, the casualties of Zhou Tai's troops increased.
Seeing this, Zhou Tai shouted violently, and rushed forward with a knife and a shield. The soldiers in the back were stimulated by Zhou Tai, and their morale increased greatly, and they also followed Zhou Tai to rush forward in the rain of arrows.
Seeing this, Cao Xiu on the other side stared, and snorted coldly: "Archer, aim at the enemy general, release the arrow!" ”
"Woo Woo ......"
"Tuk Tuk Tuk...... Puff ......"
All of a sudden, all the sharp arrows shot out towards Zhou Tai. Seeing this, Zhou Tai's pupils shrank, and he immediately raised the leather shield to block most of the sharp arrows. It's just that because there are too many sharp arrows, there are still a lot of sharp arrows into Zhou Tai's body. The intense pain made Zhou Tai couldn't help but let out a muffled snort.
However, Zhou Tai is worthy of being a tough guy, and under the arrows in many places on his arms, thighs, and shoulders, his face still does not change, and he continues to stride up the mountain with a knife and a shield.
Seeing this, Cao Xiu's face changed, and he lost his voice: "Who is this?" ”
At this moment, only the shouts of killing were heard from the camp on the mountain. And the originally neat sound of war drums and horns became extremely chaotic for some reason, and Cao Xiu's face changed when he heard it. At this time, a junior colonel had already come to Cao Xiu quickly and reported: "General, it's not good. An enemy army came up the hill from behind and set fire to the camp, and now the camp is in chaos. ”
Cao Xiu was secretly shocked when he heard this, and said in a lost voice: "How can someone kill from the back mountain?" ”
But the next moment, Cao Xiu heard a burst of shouting: "Enemy general, look at the knife!" Cao Xiu looked back, but saw that Zhou Tai had already killed him while he was panicking.
Hearing a strong gust of wind behind his head, Cao Xiu couldn't care much about it, and immediately picked up the big knife and greeted it.
"When ......"
As soon as the sound of gold and iron resonating sounded, Cao Xiu narrowly blocked Zhou Tai's slash. At this time, Cao Xiu saw that there were no less than ten sharp arrows inserted in Zhou Tai's shoulders, arms, and thighs, and there was a long knife mark on his chest and abdomen. Looking at Zhou Tai's fierce appearance, Cao Xiu really couldn't understand why he could continue to fight.
However, Zhou Tai would not give Cao Xiu too much time to think, grinned, and brought up a burst of murderous aura with the big sword, and immediately slashed over!
When Cao Xiu saw it, his face changed suddenly, and he resisted vigorously with a knife. only heard a loud "dang" sound, Cao Xiu felt a burst of his irresistible force coming from the opposite side, and he couldn't help but take five steps backwards under his feet. At the same time, the force that came shook Cao Xiu's arms numb.
Before Cao Xiu could react, Zhou Tai over there sneered, and the knife had already pounced! Cao Xiu's pupils shrank, and he struggled to resist with a knife.
"Dangdangdang......"
After resisting a few blows, Cao Xiu could no longer keep up with Zhou Tai's rhythm.
"Hoo ......"
Zhou Tai's eyes froze, and the ring head big knife suddenly slashed out, and the big knife flashed under the moonlight. The next moment, Cao Xiu only felt a pain in his neck, and then heard a soft "poof", and then Cao Xiu lost consciousness.
When he died, Cao Xiu still couldn't understand why the big man on the opposite side, who had already suffered a lot of injuries, still had such terrifying combat power.
Cao Xiu's head flew high into the air before falling. Zhou Tai grabbed it with one hand, and shouted loudly: "The enemy will be dead, and those who surrender will not be killed!" ”
As soon as Cao Xiu died, and the camp on the mountain was attacked by the enemy again, all the Cao troops had no heart to fight. "Whoa", I don't know who is taking the lead,