Chapter 17: The Burning of the County
"Yes, Shu County doesn't accept it, how to solve the siege of Chen You" Li Xiao said solemnly, Runfeng listened to Li Xiao's words and said: "Does the general have a good strategy?" Changzhi also said: "Xiao'er, don't be rash" Li Xiao smiled: "Although there is no good strategy, but it is not a willful matter" Then Li Xiao changed his face and said: "Senior brother, how about you order 5,000 men and horses to stay in Dongning?" Po Jun nodded and said: "Since Xiao Er wants to break Shu County, then Dongning will be handed over to me" Li Xiao nodded and said to King Kong: "Fourth Senior Brother, how about you be a pioneer?" King Kong said after listening"Xiao Er, senior brother, I can't ask for it" Li Xiao said: "Fourth senior brother, you choose two thousand capable men, if the enemy army goes out of the city to fight, do whatever it takes to seize the city gate" King Kong nodded and took the order, Li Xiao continued: "Brother Ke, you take your people, feint to attack the east gate of Shu County, Brother Wan, you take your people to feint to attack the west gate, mainly to contain, there is no need to fight to the death" The two nodded, Li Xiao said to the broken soul again: "Second senior brother, you take four thousand men and horses, feint to attack the north gate and set up an ambush to prevent the north from supporting" Broken Soul received the order, Li Xiao looked at Changzhi and said:" Third Senior Brother, you pick a few people who understand the flag language and coordinate the battlefield" Changzhi nodded, Li Xiao said to Runfeng: "Runfeng, you are with me, the main attack on the south gate" Li Xiao arranged everyone without Guo Rengui, Guo Rengui said to Li Xiao: "Li Xiao, what do you mean, treat me Guo Rengui as a waste, what should I do?" Li Xiao smiled: "Brother Rengui, you have important things to do, this victory or defeat is all pointed to you" Guo Rengui raised his eyebrows after hearing it and said: "That's about the same, important people should do important things" Li Xiao glanced at everyone and said: "After dark, gather the army, rest during the day, march at night, and launch an attack tomorrow night, prepare" After speaking, Li Xiao walked in front of Run Feng and whispered something to Run Feng.
Li Xiao arranged all the people properly, returned to the room by himself, opened a jar of wine, drank it all while holding the jar, and fell on the bed, anxious in his heart, thinking of Ying'er, and thinking of Han Ping's expectations of himself, thinking of Li Min's life, the stamina of a jar of liquor made Li Xiao sleep, and when Li Xiao opened his eyes again, the sky was already dark, Li Xiao quickly got up, put on armor and boots, and came to the military field, at this time Runfeng had already assembled the army, and when he saw Li Xiao coming, he said to Li Xiao: "General, the team headquarters has been assembled, waiting for your order" Li Xiao saw that the sergeants were high-spirited, so he said: "Go on the expedition", and 25,000 men and horses left Dongning and sent troops to Shu County.
"Li Xiao, you don't mean it enough, drink secretly, don't call me" Guo Rengui stirred his eyebrows and said, Li Xiao heard Guo Rengui's question and said: "In the barracks, where did the wine come from" Guo Rengui glanced at him and said: "Whether there is wine, you know and I know, but Li Xiao, you are ruthless enough" Li Xiao glanced at Guo Rengui after listening: "Brother Rengui, what are you saying inexplicably? Why am I ruthless?" Guo Rengui smiled: "Can't you see through this thing?" You bit your ears with Runfeng to let Runfeng prepare a few big truckloads of oil, in front of everyone, you said that you arranged my important things, but in fact, you want to burn Shujun, right?" Li Xiao said softly after listening: "Don't make a noise, it's true, if I let my senior brothers know, it won't be easy" Guo Rengui smiled: "Understand, how do you arrange, let's listen to it", Li Xiao also smiled: "I have selected a few good players with your 'Jingchuang Kite', and when the time comes, you will pour oil in the air, and then set fire to force them out of the city" Guo Rengui thought for a while and said: "It seems good, you can try it," said and pointed to the sky, and then said: "What if it rains? You see that the sky is cloudy, and you can't see your five fingers", Li Xiao said: "I have also taken into account the weather, so I marched at night, so it will not be exposed, if it rains tomorrow night, we will find a place to hide, it will not rain every day", Guo Rengui nodded and said: "It's autumn, and the rain is getting less and less."
The sergeants drove all night, and when the sky was bright, Li Xiao ordered everyone to rest, and Li Xiao asked Runfeng, "How long will it take for us to get to Shujun?"
Runfeng replied: "Two hours at most", Li Xiao nodded and said to Runfeng: "Tell the soldiers, eat the dry food you carry, don't make a fire, and continue to march after dark", Runfeng nodded and retreated.
The sky gradually darkened, although it was already autumn, but there was no trace of coolness, the dark clouds squeezed the sky, covering the red of the mountains and rivers, heavy as if it would fall, the soldiers were extremely restless, the indifferent wind was sharp shuttle between the soldiers, leaving the soldiers' breath behind, the weak flowers and plants had already trembled and surrendered to the ground, which was the premonition of the rainstorm.
Li Xiao looked at the sky full of dark clouds, and his heart was bottomless, and said to Runfeng beside him: "Do you say there will be rain tonight?" Runfeng shook his head and said: "This is not easy to say, the general thinks it", Li Xiao said: "Bet", Runfeng shook his head again, then Guo Rengui came over and said: "I bet with you, I bet on rain, bet on a good wine, how about it?" Li Xiao said: "Okay, a word, if there is no rain tonight, you will invite me to drink in Shucheng" After speaking, Li Xiao said to Runfeng: "Pass my order, and break the city when the time comes" After that, Li Xiao kicked the stirrup and ran wildly all the way.
"General, Master Changzhi waved the flag, saying that Boss Ke, Wan Fang and Master Broken Soul at the east, west, and north gates were all in place, and asked when to attack?"
Guo Rengui and seven other people, riding the "Jingchuang Kite" with fire oil in the east, west, north gate of Shu County soaring, the barrel full of fire oil pierced, the oil poured to the ground, at this time the dark clouds are thick, reach out and do not see the five fingers, Guo Rengui and others flew in the air, the oil is almost drenched, then I heard the three spirit people on the ground said: "Dongyuan Zhou This place is good, it rains this season" Another person said: "Yes, this place is beautiful, for the human race to live, it's a pity" Guo Rengui heard the conversation of the three spirits in the air, very angry, poured all the remaining fire oil, just poured it on the torch, only to hear a three spirit people shouting: "It's not rain, it's oil" There was a commotion on the ground, Guo Rengui smiled when he saw this: "I found out that it was oil, it's too late" Guo Rengui put his index finger and thumb in his mouth, whistled, and then took out a fire fold, lit a crockpot and said: "Let you brutes taste Lao Tzu's 'crockpot falling into the dung pit' haha" said and threw it down,' There was a loud bang, the clay pot exploded, the sparks gradually rose, the ground burned rapidly, and the other seven people did the same action, and in an instant, half of the Shujun City was on fire, and the firelight illuminated the dark night.
Li Xiao saw that the county town was on fire, and knew that Guo Rengui had already succeeded, so he said to Runfeng: "Tell the third senior brother that the three gates will start attacking."