The battlefield was filled with the smell of smoke and dust, Cui Qianyou unnaturally shook his nose, no longer paid attention to Li Wanzhong who was crawling on the ground, and turned his gaze to the mountains and dense forests in the east, but when he saw the clouds and black smoke billowing, he couldn't help but be frightened, and he couldn't imagine that a fire would ignite the dense forest of Da Xian Mountain, and he didn't know how long it would take to extinguish this momentum.

The rebels besieging the city of Yuzhou would each carry three days' rations with them, and if they saved some and tightened their belts, it would not be a problem to have three or five more armies. Therefore, Cui Qianyou, who has a bottom in his heart, is not very anxious, as long as it takes one day to set foot in Yuzhou, and then three or two days to move to Shaanzhou, even if the grain and grass are burned, what can he do?

Now that the two roads in Hongnong County are in one place, seeing that the city of Yuzhou, which is like a defeat in the wind, is about to be destroyed and changed hands, Cui Qianyou has begun to plan for the next step, how to minimize the harm of burning grain and grass in Da Xian Mountain, so as to ensure that the Tang army that is cowering in Shaanzhou and does not dare to move lightly can be defeated.

In front of him was a map of different lines and thicknesses, Cui Qianyou's face could not see joy and anger, if it was unrealistic to say that his mood was not affected for half a minute, the little vertical man surnamed Qin took advantage of his appreciation and value, and stabbed him in the heart fiercely, it really hurt to the bone. When this person is captured one day, Cui Qianyou will ask this son, and he will not regret living up to his heart of Xiang Mingyue.

After careful study for a while, Cui Qianyou made a decision, divided his troops into three routes, and sent thousands of partial divisions all the way west to Dagu Pass to make a feint, so as to prevent the Tang army from leaving Tongguan to threaten his rear route.

Tongguan is not as dangerous as the Qinhangu Pass, but along the dry Tongshui River valley in the north along the Yellow River, extending several gates of different sizes to the southeast Qinling Mountains, forming a seemingly tight defensive belt. But in fact, it affects the whole body. Dagu Pass is located in the southeast of the entire defense belt, as long as the attack on this pass, the defenders of Tongguan will not dare to sit idly by, so as to contain the Tang army in the west pass, so as not to make the main force of the army attacking Shaanzhou City face the danger of attacking from both sides.

The second route still sent thousands of detached divisions to advance southeast along the valley between the Kushan Mountains and the Bear's Ears Mountains. One was used to confuse the Tang army, so that they did not know the intention of the Yan soldiers. Second, you can easily take the Lu family and Zhuyang Pass, which are holding the source of the Luoshui River Valley.

The Qinling Mountains extend from Guanzhong to Henan from east to west and are divided into three branches, the northern branch is Kunshan Mountain, the middle branch is Bear's Ear Mountain, and the southern branch is Funiu Mountain. There is a large river called Luoshui between the Kunshan Mountain and the Bear's Ear Mountain, which flows through Fuchang, Shou'an and Luoyang, the eastern capital, until it reaches the Yellow River in Tangtang. Cui Qianyou made full use of the terrain that stretched over the mountains, turning the disadvantage of the army's advance into an advantage that could be relied on by trickery.

The third way was led by Cui Qianyou himself, with tens of thousands of main forces attacking Taolin first, and then raiding Shaanzhou. At the same time, he sent messengers to sneak back to Mianchi, east of Shaanzhou, and transferred the local defenders to the west, so as to form a two-sided attack on Shaanxi County, making it difficult for them to take care of each other.

Although this plan seems to be easy, there is another key point, that is, due to the restrictions after the grain and grass in Da Hyeonshan are burned, all the intentions of using troops must be achieved within seven days, otherwise there is a danger of running out of food.

The Yan soldiers have been gaining momentum since they went south, and there is almost nothing that can stop its progress, Cui Qianyou is very confident that he can take Shaanzhou, and no matter how bad it is, Gao Xianzhi will be forced to lead his troops to retreat. As long as the Tang soldiers of Shaanxi County retreated, the Yan army could point directly at Tongguan, and at that time, wouldn't the thousands of miles of fertile fields in the eastern part of the country be left to the Yan army to take what they wanted?

However, things have changed dramatically, and the seemingly defeated Yuzhou City can't be attacked three times a day. Cui Qianyou had to delay for an extra night under the city of Yuzhou, but only the two partial divisions still sent troops in the afternoon as planned, and they had to take Yuzhou no matter what they wanted before sunset tomorrow.

In the distance, a faint red fire lit up the sky, it was a mountain fire that had been burning for a whole day. Every time he saw this flickering firelight, Cui Qianyou's brows couldn't help but jump suddenly, and even he himself didn't know why he was so uneasy.

Just after the first moment of Zizheng, the general woke Cui Qianyou from a light sleep.

"General, go and see what's going on outside. ”

At the time of the battle, Cui Qianyou was lying in his clothes, and when he opened his eyes, his eyes became sharp and sharp after a short trance.

"What's so beautiful about the fire? If you don't recuperate, you will dare to fight to the death tomorrow!"

The general's voice trembled a little, "It's not that I can't sleep under my humility, the fire is about to burn to the water." ”

"What, how is this possible?"

At sunset, the flickering fire in the east was at least dozens of miles away from Honglu Water, how could it be possible to burn to Honglu Water under the city of Yuzhou in three or two hours?

Honglu Water originates in the Kunshan Mountains, flows from south to north through the east of the city of Yuzhou, and finally flows into the Yellow River. Cui Qianyou set up camp and placed two battalions on the east and west banks of Honglu Water, the west bank was the men and horses who had originally attacked Yuzhou, and the east bank was the men and horses who ambushed Li Chengguang's troops. Cui Qianyou lived in the barracks in Honglu Shuidong.

Without waiting for the general to be verbose, Cui Qianyou hurriedly walked out of the military tent, and suddenly felt that his eyes suddenly lit up, and it was as bright as day.

Two or three miles to the east of Honglu Water is the Shanban woodland, the fire has penetrated through Xiaohan, and Cui Qianyou can even feel the scorching temperature of the fierce flames at a distance of such a close distance.

The generals in the barracks had long been gathered in one place, watching the whirring fire and strong wind, and the restlessness and restlessness were faintly fermenting, almost making people forget that this was the battlefield of the siege battle.

Cui Qianyou was shocked, he had never seen such a big mountain fire in his life, and he didn't even know that the spread of the mountain fire could be so tragic. I don't know how many pedestrians, birds and animals will die in the mountains and forests after a fire. After this absurd thought was opened, his state of mind immediately returned to normal, and the left and right battalions of the army were camped on both sides of the frozen riverbank, both of which were open fields, and the fire could not burn into the barracks no matter how fierce it was.

"Order, go back to sleep, recuperate, dare to be a private onlooker!"

At the same time, he also instructed the generals to take strict precautions, not only to prevent the Tang army from stealing the camp, but also to prevent the panic caused by the fire or the camp roar. After explaining everything and inspecting the situation in the army, an hour or two has passed.

Cui Qianyou, who was tired and tired, returned to the military tent, fell asleep, and in a trance, he felt that someone was pushing and pulling him again, and when he opened his eyes, he was a general with a face full of embarrassment.

Suddenly, he sat up and asked sharply: "This general led you to Bears Ears Mountain with 5,000 foot soldiers, how dare you come back without permission?"

The general's eyes were full of terror, as if he had thought of something at the moment, and his heart still palpitated.

"It's a mountain fire! After the humble man turned into the mountain pass, it was already dark, so he ordered to rest on the spot, and in the middle of the night, the fire suddenly burned, and the foot soldiers fled for their lives, and the flames and the wind chased all the way, but where could the two legs run through the mountain fire? The foot soldiers who successfully escaped from the sea of fire have already left, and there is no ...... in ten."

The southbound division was wiped out overnight, no, it was wiped out. Cui Qianyou was shocked, and finally began to face up to this sudden mountain fire.

The south bank of the Yellow River from Tongguan to Luoyang is the Qinling Sankun Mountain that stretches for thousands of miles, and the mountain fire has spread from Da Xian Mountain, and now it has spread to Kunshan Mountain. And between Yuzhou and Shaanzhou City, there are dense mountains and forests, either green forests or artemisia grass and shrubs all over the field.

At this moment, a terrible thought jumped into him, if the post road that crossed it was blocked by the spread of the fire, would his seven-day march plan be in vain?

As soon as he thought of this, Cui Qianyou could no longer sit still, and resolutely ordered to ride out in all directions to explore the terrain and whether the post road had been blocked by the fire.

This night, Cui Qianyou had no sleepiness, and even if he was sleepy, it was difficult to sleep, and the air on both sides of the Honglu River was filled with thick choking smoke and dust. Seeing that this was the case, he was already in a state of disarray, and he was afraid that the siege plan after dawn would be shelved.

Cui Qianyou began to regret that he failed to deal with the wildfire as soon as he discovered it, which was indeed a mistake. At this time, it was too late to deal with it, tens of thousands of horses were already shrouded in billowing smoke, and it was difficult to guarantee that there would be no chaos after a long time. And the initiators of all this are all small shafts surnamed Qin. With the ups and downs of his emotions, he suddenly thought of the young man surnamed Qin, and when he clenched his teeth, he secretly laughed to himself, when this person burned the grain and grass in Da Xian Mountain, he was afraid that it would lead to today's mountain fire, and it would bring endless trouble to him and his subordinates.

"Pull out the camp and retreat west!"

Just now, hundreds of people have died from inhaling large amounts of smoke. Unable to wait for the return of the rangers, Cui Qianyou ordered the army to move west at dawn to avoid the billowing smoke from the wildfires.

North, east, and south along the Honglu River are likely to be spread by the fire, so only by going west will you avoid the billowing smoke generated by the wildfires.

Cui Qianyou tried to set his eyes on the city of Yuzhou, which had been besieged for several days, but in addition to the thick smoke, there was still thick smoke in the air. Suddenly, he felt like his lungs were on fire, and he couldn't help coughing violently.

An unprecedented fear hit his heart, this place should not stay for a long time, he retracted his gaze, the Tang Dynasty defenders in the city of Yuzhou were afraid that it would not be easy either, maybe they would not be able to wait for sunset, they would be smoked to death by the billowing smoke.

Cui Qianyou led his men and horses to gallop westward for about twenty miles before he stopped. There was no smoke in sight, but the air was still thick with smoke and dust.

"Gather the people and check the people!"

Due to the suddenness of the order to withdraw the troops, the actions of the various units were not consistent, some of them were pulled out early, and some were blocked in the barracks and could not get out, and after half a day's rapid march, the original structure was basically scattered, and the generals could not be found, and the soldiers could not find the generals, and tens of thousands of horses and horses were all over the 20-mile-long post road.

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