Liu Min's face was full of smoke and fire, most of his beard and eyebrows were burned, only a few sparse ones remained, and the cloak behind him was only half scorched, hanging on his back, and the whole thing looked embarrassed.

However, Liu Min can't take care of any image now, and it is a blessing for him to be able to escape death, the kind of raging fire that destroys the world makes him feel like he has fallen into the eighteenth layer of hell, that kind of despair and helplessness, Liu Min really experienced.

Climbing to the top of Xingshi Mountain, Liu Min finally had a feeling of seeing the light of day again, and it was indeed not easy to escape from this sea of fire.

But when he opened his eyes to look west, it was like a plate of cold water, and the scene in front of him made him completely stunned, the same raging flames, the same black smoke, but it was strangely burning in the rear position of the Wei army.

Liu Min's head suddenly became bigger, he really couldn't figure out what was going on in the rear, why was it on fire, could it be that the Wei army could still fly over Xingshi Mountain with wings and put a fire in the back?

Now that there is a fire in front of and behind him, it is strange that Liu Min is not desperate, he slumped to the ground, his heart was scattered, and the whole person was exhausted, and he almost had no strength to stand up.

An officer dressed in armor hurriedly came to the front of Liu Min and arched his hand: "Liu Hujun, the royal capital governor has ordered the lowly to wait here to greet Liu Hujun, and ask Liu Hujun to join the army quickly." ”

Liu Min said anxiously: "Where is the governor of the king?" ”

The officer pointed to the place where the fire started in the back mountain and said, "Wang Dudu is waiting there for Liu Hujun." ”

Liu Min was taken aback and said, "Since Wang Dudu is there, why is the back mountain still set on fire by the Wei people?" ”

The officer said with some embarrassment, "This ...... Liu Hujun, the fire in the back mountain was not set by the Wei people, but lit by Wang Dudu himself. ”

"......" Liu Min was speechless in surprise, he obviously felt that his brain was not enough, and the enemy set fire to it, how could Wang Ping burn himself and burn the back mountain, it was equivalent to Wang Ping cutting off his retreat, this was a fire before and after, it was purely a dead end!

"Why is the governor like this?"

The officer smiled bitterly and said, "We don't know, Wang Dudu has been cold-faced and silent, and then suddenly set fire to the back mountain." ”

"Why don't you stop it?"

"Stopped—but not stopped, and you know, with the temper of the king's governor, who can stop what he aptitudes." The officer said helplessly.

"Let's go, let's go to the king!" Liu Min hurriedly walked towards the back mountain, he had to see Wang Ping and ask what was going on.

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Cao Liang, Yang Hu, Du Yu also followed Xiahou Ba's army to climb Xingshi Mountain, which was burned by the fire at this moment like a furnace, although it was only early spring, but the feeling of moxibustion heat in the air was as hot as dog days, and the heat wave was rolling, making people sweat like rain.

"Haha, we've crossed the Flaming Mountain." Cao Liang smiled and said to Yang Hudu.

"Flaming Mountain?" Yanghu and Du Yu obviously haven't heard the allusion of the Flame Mountain, but Cao Liang compares this place to the Flame Mountain, which is also quite appropriate, the mountains are full of fires that have not been extinguished, the stars are dotted, the smoke is curling, some of the big trees have not been completely burned out, the flames are still several feet high, people are unapproachable, even the earth is hot, people walk on it, and even the soles of their shoes are about to burn.

"Cao Changshi's analogy is really apt, this place is really like a mountain of flames." Du Yu nodded again and again, and said thoughtfully.

Cao Liang smiled slightly, the Flame Mountain in his mind was completely different from the Flame Mountain that Du Pre Yanghu and they understood, but this was not the point, relying on such a fire, the Wei army could easily take Xingshi Mountain, thus opening the way into the Hanzhong Plain.

In history, Cao Shuang's attack on Shu was because he failed to cross Xingshi Mountain and finally returned in vain, and was sniped by the Shu army when he retreated, and suffered heavy losses.

This time to cut down Shu, because of Cao Liang's advice, the Wei army can easily wade through the Xingshi Mountain, as for the direction of the war after entering the Hanzhong Plain, Cao Liang did not dare to speculate easily, it is true that the Wei army has many generals, but after these years of recuperation, the Shu army is also a soldier with enough food, in fact, in terms of strength, the two sides are five or five open, and the Wei army may not be able to occupy much advantage.

In addition, the Shu army is fighting at home, all the cities and passes in Hanzhong are controlled in their hands, and the Wei army turned over and came over the mountains, lacking large-scale siege equipment, which will inevitably affect the efficiency of the siege, and can not take these cities, the Wei army's conquest of Shu this time has no results.

In addition, the Shu army will definitely adopt the tactics of clearing the wilderness, and all the grain and grass transportation of the Wei army must rely on Fu Luo Dao, and the inability to eat the enemy is probably the biggest difficulty faced by the Shu State this time.

Previously, when he was in Guanzhong, Cao Liang had already raised 500,000 Hu of military rations, which was enough for the Wei army to use in the early stage, and the subsequent Wei army would requisition more military food from Luoyang and the Guandong region to Guanzhong, which could ensure that at least 1.5 million Hu of grain and grass would be transported to Guanzhong every year, which was enough to meet the needs of the army.

But can all the grain and grass delivered to Guanzhong be guaranteed to reach the front line in Hanzhong?

This is obviously unlikely, due to the influence of geographical conditions, it is difficult to transport grain and grass from Fu Luo Road to Hanzhong, even if it is a day and a whole night, it is difficult to transport 1.5 million Hu military grain to Hanzhong within a year.

It seems that whether the supply of grain and grass can be solved will be the key to whether the Wei army can gain a foothold in Hanzhong, just like Zhuge Liang back then, the six northern expeditions have been in vain, and the biggest enemy is not Sima Yi, but Shu Dao, which is difficult to get to the blue sky.

Just when Cao Liang was deep in thought, an exclamation suddenly erupted in front of him, and Cao Liang immediately looked over and saw Xiahou Ba, who had reached the top of the mountain, pointing at the position of the back mountain.

It seemed that they had discovered something, and Cao Liang and the others quickened their pace and headed towards the top of the mountain.

"Cao Changshi, you guys came just in time, come up and take a look." Xiahou Ba saw Cao Liang from a distance and greeted him enthusiastically.

"What's going on, the Xiahou Protector is so elated?" Cao Liang asked when he saw Xiahou Ba, who was full of affection.

Xiahou Ba said with a smile: "It's still Cao Changshi who is resourceful, put a fire on the back of the Shu army, and this time they will be unable to escape." ”

Set fire in the back? Cao Liang was stunned, how could he do such a difficult operation.