"It's also a good thing that the weather was fine that night...... It was sunny, and the ministers went to watch the sky together...... Celestial phenomena, in the final analysis, are still the mandate of His Majesty...... Where, luck is this...... That's so good. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info" Liu Ji stroked his beard and sighed with a smile.

Chang Yuchun next to him saw Liu Ji's skills for the first time, and couldn't help but exclaim: "I didn't expect Mr. Berwyn to have such a magical ability, and he could predict that there would be a southwest wind tonight, Mr. is really a god." ”

"Then you're just rare and weird." Wei Chigong "cut" and counted all of Liu Ji's previous series of great achievements.

Chang Yuchun heard the words again and again, and couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that there would be such strange people under Your Majesty's command, it was really an eye-opener for the ministers, no wonder Your Majesty can be invincible and invincible." ”

A little proud smile also appeared on the potter's face, but the eagle eyes shot in the direction of due south, and the horsewhip pointed at it from afar, and sneered: "The sentence of invincibility, wait until we defeat Yang Xiuqing's sneak attack, if this thief does not dare to come, then we will lose a hundred warships in vain tonight." ”

Count as you go!

This is the potter's strategy to break the thief.

At the military meeting five days ago, the pottery merchant learned that the Taiping army had mobilized a large number of simple bamboo rafts and put on a posture that they were going to fight a decisive battle against themselves on the Xiangjiang River.

The potters were suspicious at that time that there were wise generals like Yang Xiuqing in the Taiping Army, famous generals like Shi Dakai, and top strategists like Sima Hui and Xu Shu.

According to common sense, the Taiping army should have blocked the waterway with the iron lock of the sunken ship, gave up the competition on the water, and retreated on land to seek fighters.

The abnormal behavior of the Taiping army naturally aroused the suspicion of the potters.

At this time, Liu Ji happened to observe the sky at night, speculated that there was a southwest wind today, and calculated that Yang Xiuqing must want to use fire to attack the plan, and with the help of the trend of the downstream, he burned down the water camp of his army in one fell swoop.

Then, Yang Xiuqing could take advantage of the panic of his army to take the opportunity to attack at night and break his army with a surprise attack on land.

Liu Ji's judgment is also in the hands of the potter.

The potter then accepted his suggestion, and transferred a large amount of grain and grass in the camp quietly, and a large number of soldiers were also transferred out at night, leaving only some of the soldiers to pretend to be on the shore, and once they encountered a fire, they immediately withdrew.

And the warships on the riverside are nothing more than empty boats, but they are bait for potters to sacrifice themselves to lure the enemy into taking the bait.

More than 100 warships, although precious to the Taiping army, but to the Great Wei, which has thousands of warships, is a drop in the bucket.

Sacrificing a hundred ships in exchange for a big victory, it's worth it!

Now that the enemy has launched a fire attack, Liu Ji's speculation is half successful, and all he has to do now is wait for the Taiping army on the landing to come and take the bait.

The flames were blazing, illuminating half of the sky, and they were clearly visible for dozens of miles.

Seven or eight miles away, Shi Dakai and Yang Xiuqing, who were galloping wildly, also saw clearly and knew that Li Xiucheng's fire attack plan had been successful.

"The East King is really a clever plan, I didn't expect the North King to succeed so quickly!" Shi Dakai's face swelled with excitement and admiration, and he immediately ordered the whole army to speed up the march.

He estimated that the fire had probably spread from the water camp to the dry camp at this moment, and the Wei army would definitely choose to abandon the camp and flee in panic.

What they had to do was to kill the Wei army as soon as possible before they fled, so as to inflict maximum damage on the Wei army and expand the results of the battle.

Shi Dakai was excited, and Yang Xiuqing, who was dozens of steps away, looked at the raging fire in the northern sky, but the corners of his mouth raised a trace of pride.

It was a kind of pride in being determined to win, and extremely conceited about one's own resourcefulness.

"The king of the east is really unparalleled in resourcefulness, the pottery demon was invincible in Jingxiang back then, and today he is in Jingxiang, but he doesn't want to lose to the king of the east in the first battle, and the king of the east is really a bad breath for the general." Feng Xi, who was beside him, also praised excitedly and gratefully.

Feng Xi was originally a member of the Feng family of Jingxiang clan, and he also served under Liu Biao that year, guarding Guiyang County in Jingnan, Liu Biao was killed, and after the pottery merchants swept away the Chu State, Feng Xi was unwilling to surrender to the Great Wei, so he moved his family south to Jiaozhou for refuge, and then after Jiaozhou was also conquered by the Great Wei, Feng Xi fled to the mountains and did not dare to show his face.

Later, when Hong Xiuquan was called the king, when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom attacked Jiaozhou, Feng Xi, like many Jingxiang clans who moved to Jiaozhou, thought that he saw an opportunity to return to his hometown to take revenge, so he also joined the Taiping Dao and became a member of the Taiping Army.

Yang Xiuqing knew that Feng Xi was a Jingxiang clan, and saw that he had some military talent, so he promoted him to be a general and served himself.

Feng Xi hated the pottery merchants for destroying the Chu State, and even more hated the pottery merchants for implementing the Shang Martingale reform to break the foundation of their family, and now Yang Xiuqing defeated the pottery merchants with a clever plan, Feng Xiyan could not be excited to shoot Yang Xiuqing's ass.

The arrogance on Yang Xiuqing's face was even stronger, and he laughed wildly: "The fire attack is the beginning, and the land surprise attack is the key to breaking the pottery thief tonight, Feng Xi, this king will soon be able to make you kill happily and take revenge on that pottery demon." ”

Feng Xi's blood boiled when he heard this, and the fire of revenge gushed out in his eyes, and he whipped his crotch and the war horse, eager to fly to Wei Ying immediately, and personally cut off the head of the pottery merchant to take revenge.

Just when Yang Xiuqing and the others were proud, the Taiping army rushing in front suddenly stopped advancing.

As soon as the front team stopped, the rear team didn't have time to stop, and immediately crashed into it, and in the blink of an eye, the 40,000 Taiping army fell into a crowded state where you pushed me and squeezed me.

"What's going on, why did you suddenly stop moving forward?" Yang Xiuqing frowned, beat his horse and whipped to separate a road, and went straight to the front army.

Before the people arrived, Yang Xiuqing shouted: "King Xi, why do you dare to stop advancing without the order of this king?" ”

At this time, Shi Dakai was reining in with a sword, his face was gloomy and solemn, and he looked ahead with a surprised gaze.

Seeing Yang Xiuqing coming angrily, Shi Dakai didn't have time to explain, he only pointed his sword forward, and said in a deep voice: "King Dong, please look ahead." ”

Yang Xiuqing suppressed his anger, raised his eyes and swept forward, his expression changed immediately, his body was shocked, and he gasped.

Wei Ying was in front of him, and it had turned into a raging sea of fire at this moment.

Under the reflection of the firelight, on the avenue due south, tens of thousands of Wei troops were already waiting in formation, like a copper wall and iron wall, blocking their way.

In the field of vision, the Wei army was in orderly formation, with high morale, the battle flags were flying in the wind, and the ironclad blades reflected the terrifying cold light.

In the center, the imperial flag with the word "Wei" flew high in the sky above the military array.

Where the imperial flag is, where the Son of Heaven is.

It is the emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty!

Instead of fleeing in panic as expected, the Wei army, under the leadership of the potters, lined up on the avenue, looking at this formation, it was clear that they would attack the camp from land.

"What's the matter, that Tao Demon didn't escape, and he was still lining up here to block my way, could it be that my clever plan has been ...... by him?"

Yang Xiuqing's expression was stunned, and a truth suddenly burst out in his mind that he was extremely unwilling to accept:

His strategy has been seen through by the potter!

Yang Xiuqing's body and mind were shaken, and the tens of thousands of Taiping Army holy soldiers on the left and right were also panicked, not knowing whether to advance or retreat.

At this time, Shi Dakai was the first to calm down, and said in a deep voice: "King Dong, looking at the enemy's position, the Tao Demon must have seen through our strategy, since the enemy army has been prepared for a long time, it is best for us to retreat quickly." ”

"What, the East King's clever plan was actually seen through by the Tao Demon?" Feng Xi exclaimed in disbelief, and there was a little more disappointment in his disbelieving eyes, the previous worship of Yang Xiuqing's wisdom and resourcefulness was gone at this moment.

Yang Xiuqing felt a tingling in his heart, and even felt that his dignity had been greatly humiliated, and his prestige had also been hit hard by the potter.

"I, Yang Xiuqing, have had no last resort since the incident, and I have won every battle, how can the prestige of the British name that I have painstakingly established be broken by that Tao demon like this, and I must not—"

Yang Xiuqing was annoyed and ashamed, and suddenly shouted angrily: "The king of the west listens to the order, this king orders you to immediately lead my holy soldiers to attack, break through the enemy formation for this king, and kill the pottery demon!" ”

Shi Dakai was taken aback, obviously he didn't expect that Yang Xiuqing not only did not retreat, but also ordered a forcible attack.

He frowned, and hurriedly persuaded: "King Dong, since the enemy army has been prepared for a long time, if our army still forcibly charges, I am afraid that it will ......."

"So what!" Yang Xiuqing shouted loudly, interrupted Shi Dakai's exhortation, and said proudly: "My Taiping Holy Soldiers, all of them are iron-blooded soldiers who are not afraid of death, and all of them are ten with one, even if the Tao Demon has already prepared, the holy soldiers of this king will be able to break through the enemy formation with their flesh and blood." ”

"But the king of the east ......"

When Shi Dakai was still waiting to be persuaded again, Yang Xiuqing was already furious, the sword at his waist was pulled out angrily, and he shouted: "Shi Dakai, this king has the right to act on behalf of the king, and you can behead any disobedient people below this king, if you dare to disobey this king's order!" ”

Yang Xiuqing sacrificed the authority of the East King, Shi Dakai's body was shocked, his eyes suddenly showed a little fear, and the advice to his mouth had to be swallowed back silently.

He turned around and faced north, stared at the imperial flag with the word "Wei", took a deep breath, drew his sword in his hand, and shouted: "The king of the east has a life, the whole army will attack, crush the Wei demon, fight for the kingdom of heaven, fight for the king of heaven-"

"Fight for the Kingdom of Heaven—"

"Fight for the Heavenly King—"

These two slogans were sacrificed, and the 40,000 Taiping troops who were originally panicked suddenly seemed to have been poured with ecstasy soup, and they were instantly excited like wild beasts, roaring hoarsely and loudly, and the frenzied cry shook the ground under their feet.

Woo woo woo -

The horn of the attack sounded, and as Shi Da opened his sword and slashed down, thousands of holy soldiers of the Taiping Army, whether male or female, surged out like a group of beasts out of the cage and pounced on the Wei army that was blocking the way.

Looking at the surging out of his own army, the corners of Yang Xiuqing's mouth raised a hideous sneer, and he hummed proudly: "Tao Demon, my Taiping Holy Soldiers are all war puppets that exterminate human nature, today I will let you see the true horror of my Taiping Holy Soldiers, I want the world to know that I, Yang Xiuqing, am the real god of war who wins all battles!" ”