On the Wei side, Xiahou Ba received Cao Liang's notice that he had already assembled an army and was ready to attack the Wei army's position.

Xiahou Ba has always been skeptical of Cao Liang's words, so he is still ready to fight with the Shu army.

When the fire burned all over the mountain, Xiahou Ba knew that he was wrong, it turned out that the young branches and green leaves in spring can be ignited the same, when it really burns, once the fire is not weaker than those dry firewood, it seems that all his books have been read in vain for so many years, the so-called dry firewood fire is not the standard, wet firewood is on fire, it is terrible, and it has the ability to destroy the world.

Forest fires have a characteristic, that is, they are extremely ferocious, at the head of the fire, it has the ability to devour everything, but after the fire, the power is sharply reduced, even if those big trees are still burning fiercely, but once it is disconnected from the surrounding vegetation, it is only a lone flame, burning and burning will be weak.

Therefore, Xiahou Ba only waited for half an hour before leading his troops into the fire.

These roads are the roads that Xiahouba led his troops to attack a few days ago, and it can be said that this road was once full of the corpses of Wei soldiers, and every time the Wei army took a step forward, it would pay a rather heavy price.

But at this moment, Xiahou Ba was strolling leisurely, easily moving forward, the fire passed, almost no grass was left, the vibrant green was gone, the entire mountain road was covered with ashes, smoke was everywhere, and the embers had not been extinguished.

The Wei army went all the way forward, and no longer encountered any form of resistance, they easily controlled the stronghold controlled by the Shu army before, wanting to see if there were any remnants of the Shu army on this road, and they also cut off a few heads, so that they could ask for credit when they returned to Luoyang in the future.

But the reality was very disappointing for them, along the way, except for the corpses that had been burned beyond recognition, and there was not even a single one who could breathe.

Although it is said that a charred human head is also a human head, no one knows that these are Cao Liang's merits, and they have nothing to do with half the money.

If it must be said that it has something to do with them, then it is Cao Liang's fire that has saved countless lives, if it were not for this fire, the Wei army would have to storm Xingshi Mountain, according to the previous way of attacking, the Wei army could not estimate how many people would die here.

Now that Xiahou Ba has taken Xingshi Mountain almost effortlessly, all he needs to do is to follow behind the fire, and when the fire burns there, he will occupy it, and carefully defend it to guard against the counterattack of the Shu army.

But now Xiahou Ba's worries are purely superfluous, not to mention that the Shu army is counterattacking, even retreating has to be faster, and now it is time to burn their eyebrows, and they have the idea of counterattacking.

Wang Ping divided the 15,000 men into two groups, with Liu Min leading 7,000 men stationed in the front mountain, and himself leading 8,000 elite soldiers to be stationed in the back mountain.

The 8,000 people led by Wang Ping are not just reserves, but a mobile force hidden behind, or Liu Min can't keep an eye on the front, or the Wei army turns to attack gold, then Wang Ping needs to come to the rescue, Wang Ping arranged this elite army here, it is of deep use.

The distance between the front and rear armies of the Shu army is not too far, that is, it is separated by more than ten miles, the distance between the front mountain and the back mountain, when the current mountain fire started, Wang Ping had already seen it early in the morning, because no one could turn a blind eye to the thick smoke in the sky overhead.

Wang Ping began to think that it was an accidental fire, but the area burned by the fire was too large, so much smoke, it was not just an accident, could it be that the Wei army launched a fire attack?

But the season is not right, the grass withers in autumn and winter, dry and windy, it is the most ideal time for fire attack, it is now spring, the tender grass and green leaves, where to find the things that cause the fire?

He immediately sent scouts to investigate at the first time, and soon got a reward, it turned out that it was really the Wei army Wei army was setting fire to the mountain, and Liu Min had already led the army to retreat.

The generals were panicked for a while, and they all advised Wang Ping to retreat quickly, the front and back mountains are all one, since the fire can burn the front mountain, it will definitely be able to burn the back mountain, retreat at this time, you can be unscathed, you really want to be burned by the fire, you can't go if you want to.

Wang Ping's eyes were calm, it was extremely easy to give up, but giving up Xingshi Mountain was equivalent to giving up the danger of Hanzhong to the Wei army, and the Wei army could easily enter the Hanzhong Plain, before the reinforcements arrived, how could Wang Ping's 30,000 horses in his hands be able to defeat the 150,000 troops of the Wei army?

If you don't give up, what should you do with the fire in front of you, the water and fire are ruthless, just with this ferocious fire, it is impossible for the Shu army to extinguish it.

Wang Ping's eyes rolled, and he immediately thought about it, and he ordered his soldiers and horses to immediately cut down some dry firewood and pile it in the woods behind him, and ordered his own soldiers to light a few torches, and he personally took one to light the pile of dry firewood.

The generals were so frightened that their souls were scattered, thinking that Wang Ping had lost his mind, some people hugged their waists, some people hugged their legs, and they grabbed Wang Ping to death, and begged bitterly: "The general can't be short-sighted, although Xingshi Mountain can't be defended, but we can still go to defend the two cities of Hanle, as long as we insist on the arrival of reinforcements from Fucheng, we can also repel the enemy, why should the general be so?" ”

Wang Ping couldn't laugh or cry, obviously he came up with a brilliant plan, but these subordinates mistakenly thought that they were going to kill themselves, and the time was pressing, so he didn't have time to explain, so he ordered his own soldiers to pull these people away, and set the pile of firewood on fire by himself.

This pile of firewood happened to be piled under a few of the most fire-prone tung trees, and it didn't take long for the tung trees to be blazing and burning.

When the generals saw the fire, they all collapsed to the ground in despair, yes, this time it's really over, the fire in front is about to burn over, Wang Ping personally lit another fire in the back, isn't this digging a self-digging grave?

Liu Min had climbed to the top of the mountain in front of Xingshi Mountain at this moment, thinking that they could take a breath, and soon they would be able to enter the Hanzhong Plain and escape from this Ananda Hell, but when his eyes fell on the back mountain, he was instantly stunned, just like 10,000 grass and mud horses galloping in his heart, what is despair, when you see hope, only to find that there is still a dead end ahead, that is the real despair!