Chapter 581 The camp is burned at night, and Xiaoxi divides the grain
Looking at those raging flames, Liu Bei and the trial suddenly felt that their eyes suddenly brightened.
"If the military advisor does this, our army will be able to rest well, right?"
Liu Bei looked at the bonfires lit around the camp, and said to the judge beside him with a smile.
"Don't worry, my lord, there are so many bonfires, those enemies can detect it early even if they come to our army."
The judge touched his beard and said confidently.
"In that case, I'll go to bed first, and I'll leave the rest to you."
After Liu Bei finished speaking, he walked quickly towards the camp.
Soon, Xu Chu lit a roaring bonfire around the entire camp.
Looking at the bright scene around him, Xu Chu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"There shouldn't be a problem now, right?"
Xu Chu muttered to himself
"Everyone go back to the army to rest, and leave some soldiers to patrol and add bonfires!"
With Xu Chu's words, the soldiers who had been tired for most of the night stabbed towards the camp one after another.
Not long after, the familiar snoring sound slowly sounded in Liu Bei's camp again.
Just when Liu Bei's camp was quiet for a long time, a cavalry of thousands appeared outside Liu Bei's camp again.
Only this time they stood at a great distance, and if they went any further, they would probably be revealed by the fierce firelight.
"Damn! These thieves actually use fire to defend our army! Hum! ”
Tai Shi Ci looked at the roaring bonfire in the distance, and couldn't help but snort coldly and said viciously.
The horses under his seat were also pacing back and forth restlessly, snorting from time to time, and seemed to be very angry.
However, the blazing bonfire completely illuminated this side of the world, like a moat.
Even if a mosquito flies over, it will be able to see it clearly, not to mention the thousands of cavalry of his own...
"Everyone obeys my orders and retreats in the direction of Jiyin!"
After a long time, Tai Shici could only say slowly to the soldiers around him helplessly.
There is no way, and he simply does not have the ability to attack and disturb Liu Bei.
For a while, all the cavalry quickly retreated in the direction of Jiyin.
I'm afraid that Liu Bei, who is sleeping, would not have thought that just this circle of bonfires would break another attack by Tai Shici....
Soon, Tai Shici led the army behind him to Jiyin City.
Xu Shu at the head of the city looked at Tai Shici below and shook his head slowly.
Just when Tai Shi Ci was about to shout loudly, the gate of Jiyin City slowly opened.
"General Taishi, the military advisor asked me to tell you that if the other party uses a fire, you will use torches to set the enemy's camp on fire..."
Just when Tai Shi Ci was surprised, a young general suddenly came out from behind the city gate and said respectfully to Tai Shi Ci.
"Set the camp on fire with a campfire?"
Tai Shi Ci listened to the young general's words, and Tai Shi Ci's eyes couldn't help but flash a trace of surprise.
But when he thought about it carefully, he found that it was very feasible.
There was a camp that was already hot and dry because of the campfires around it.
If fire is used at this time, I am afraid that the camp will burn very quickly.
As soon as he was here, Tai Shi Ci looked at Xu Shu at the head of the city with an excited face.
Xu Shu also seemed to know Tai Shi Ci's movements, and when Tai Shi Ci looked at it, he nodded slightly and smiled without saying a word.
"Everyone is ready to ignite the fire, and follow me to attack the enemy camp!"
Tai Shi Ci
happily shouted to the soldiers beside him.
Suddenly, torches appeared in everyone's hands.
For a while, Ji was gloomy and burned like a sea of fire, constantly emitting light and heat.
Looking at the bright torches beside him, Tai Shici hurriedly turned his horse's head and ran in the direction of Liu Bei's camp.
After all, now that the location of himself and the others has been exposed, if he doesn't act quickly, I'm afraid that it won't be long before he will be discovered by Liu Bei's army.
As Tai Shi Ci and the cavalry rushed in quickly, the torch was like a fire dragon, roaring and rushing to the side of Liu Bei's camp.
The cavalry crossed the campfires one by one, and the torches in their hands became even hotter and brighter.
"Enemy attack, someone attacked!"
Soon, the soldiers of Liu Bei's army discovered Tai Shici's traces and shouted loudly.
However, Tai Shi Ci did not mean to spend a long time attacking the camp.
"Everybody throw torches into the camp!"
Looking at the crowded and noisy Liu Bei's camp, Tai Shi Ci shouted in a lofty manner...
One by one, the torches were like fire meteors, cutting a graceful arc in the sky, and then fell into Liu Bei's camp accurately.
For a while, several large and small fire regiments appeared in Liu Bei's camp.
A breeze blew, and the fire that was already burning spread even more rapidly.
In less than a moment, the camp on this side had been devoured.
"Everyone, retreat!"
Tai Shici looked at the scene in front of him, and a sneer couldn't help but appear on the corner of his mouth, and then he quickly evacuated this place of right and wrong with the army.
Only the fire was left to plunder wantonly in Liu Bei's camp.
Among them, there were many terrible cries, and it seemed that the air was filled with a smell of meat.
Almost all of Liu Bei's army began to act, but the heavens were not beautiful.
A gust of wind blew suddenly, and the fire, which was about to be extinguished, burned again.
Although Tai Shici did not fall into the well, it was this fire that was enough to make Liu Bei's army suffer enough.
After a long time, Liu Bei and the trial matched them and fled outside the camp.
Looking at the camp like a huge bonfire, Liu Bei gritted his teeth, his face full of anger.
The judge on the side looked at the tragedy in front of him tremblingly, and his face was pale.
I just made such a suggestion, but I didn't expect to be slapped in the face so soon.
It's okay if it's just a simple slap in the face, but a slap in the face with heavy losses like this really makes the judge feel that he has no face.
Fear for your life, perhaps
"Strategist, is that what you mean by no problem?"
In the anxious mood of the trial, Liu Bei still asked that sentence.
Listening to Liu Bei's words, the judge couldn't help but shudder, and said with a somewhat ugly face.
"The lord didn't expect the other party to use this trick, those bonfires burned all the items outside the camp very dry, that's why this happened..."
Although the judge was very scared in his heart, this was what he needed to face sooner or later.
So after thinking for a while, the judge became honest and replied to Liu Bei.
Listening to the words of the trial, Liu Bei's face turned red for a while, like a marquee.
But Liu Bei still didn't say that the preliminary trial was not matched.
He was trying his best to suppress this outburst of emotion.
lest you make mistakes yourself, and do not act calmly out.
After a long time, Liu Bei just patted the shoulder of the judge and said with a relaxed face.
"Strategist, this time we burned down just a battalion, we can build again, but what if this is our home? It's the people behind us..."
After Liu Bei finished speaking, he slowly walked towards another place where the fire was smaller.
Only one person was left to stand in place, thinking about the words left by Liu Bei.
When the sun rose again, the fire in Liu Bei's camp finally stopped.
Dense green smoke was constantly flying towards the sky, forming clouds of dark clouds slowly moving away.
"Zhongkang, how many supplies and soldiers have we lost?"
Looking at the grizzled Xu Chu, Liu Bei asked suspiciously.
"Lord, 1/3 of our grain and grass have been burned, but fortunately, the casualties among the soldiers are not very heavy, so that about hundreds of people have died, and the wounded are only nearly a thousand."
Xu Chu said respectfully to Liu Bei.
In the eyes of tens of thousands of people, such a figure is indeed a small casualty.
Liu Bei also thought so in his heart, but the loss of grain and grass was undoubtedly much greater.
The loss of 1/3 is just a small loss if it is seen as three, but when this base is infinitely magnified, you will find how terrifying the amount brought by this 1/3 is.
"Can Xuzhou still send grain and grass?"
After Liu Bei was silent for a long time, he asked Xu Chu seriously.
"My subordinates have already sent someone to Xuzhou to inform Mi Beijia, but we have to wait for a reply, I'm afraid it will be a few days later, and then we will know if this grain and grass can be delivered..."
Xu Chu said with some trembling.
This is not good news, it is undoubtedly uncertain news.
If you still have food and grass, then it is feasible to retreat or attack at this time.
But if there is no grain and grass waiting for him and others at that time, and the grain and grass in his army are exhausted, I am afraid that Liu Bei will not even be able to bring his own army back to Xuzhou completely....
"Tell the soldiers that our army only has so much food and grass, and we have to reduce the amount of food in the past few days, so let's start with me, and wait for the military division to send us food and grass."
Liu Bei looked at Jiyin City in the distance, and couldn't help but flash a trace of ruthlessness.
If it weren't for the existence of that city, I wouldn't have to live in such a mess at all.
"My lord, you are the lord of the people, how can you eat the same food as the soldiers?"
After Xu Chu heard Liu Bei's words, he hurriedly waved his hand and refused.
"What else will not be a general now? Now all we have to do is live and die with these soldiers, so that I will be their real general! ”
Liu Bei shouted loudly.
The soldiers around who didn't know the truth also paid all their attention to Liu Bei, who was shouting.
After learning about the conversation between Liu Bei and Xu Chu, all the soldiers couldn't help but feel a trace of gratitude in their hearts.
Who among the other princes can do Liu Bei like this?
No matter how bad the situation in the army is, the food of the general and the lord must be guaranteed.
As for the soldiers and civilians, who cares if they live or die? Anyway, it's just some tool people.
It is rare for himself and others to meet a benevolent and righteous lord like Liu Bei....
When they thought of this, all the soldiers were more loyal to Liu Bei in their hearts, and at the same time, they made up their minds that they must save food and not add trouble to Liu Bei.
In this way, Liu Bei perfectly solved the crisis of lack of food in the army, but made all the soldiers very grateful and admired him...