Chapter 389: Burning Xingshi Mountain (I)
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Xiahou Ba was overjoyed and said: "Cao Changshi has a clever plan, you might as well speak up, and listen to it." ”
Cao Liang said solemnly: "Set fire to the mountain!" ”
"Set fire to the mountain?" Xiahou Ba said suspiciously, he could understand the fire, but Xiahou Ba was deeply stunned when he burned the mountain, this mountain is so big, how much dry firewood does it have to prepare to set the mountain on fire?
Cao Liang explained: "Yes, in the area of Xingshi Mountain, the vegetation is luxuriant, and there are many mountains and shrubs. ”
Before entering the Xiahou Ba military camp, Cao Liang had already taken a look at Xingshi Mountain from a distance, Xingshi Mountain is located at the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains, where the climate is warm and moist, and the rain is abundant, so whether it is trees or shrubs, they are extremely luxuriant, and the mountains are full of greenery, so you can only see many banners of the Shu army under the mountain, but you can rarely see people.
Seeing this scene, Cao Liang smiled, Zhuge Liang is not fun to play with the empty city plan, and he continues to play in Wang Ping's hands, do you really treat the Wei people as fools?
Naturally, this little trick of theirs can't hide from Cao Liang, but Xingshi Mountain is indeed very dangerous, even if the Shu army is not large, it is not too difficult to defend Xingshi Mountain.
Although the Wei army claimed to be 150,000 horses, but due to the narrow mountain roads, so many soldiers and horses could not be used at all, and the Shu army could completely wait for work, defend with danger, and block the Wei army in front of Xingshi Mountain.
How can we break through the defense of the Shu army and break through the defense line of Xingshi Mountain?
Cao Liang was already thinking about this problem when he entered the Xiahou Ba camp, although Xingshi Mountain was not as majestic as the Sword Pavilion, but it was not easy for the Wei army to easily break through it.
If Cao Liang is not mistaken, in history, Cao Shuang attacked Shu, that is, he was blocked in front of Xingshi Mountain and could not advance, and finally had to retreat, and on the way to retreat, he encountered the resistance of the Shu army and suffered heavy losses.
Could it be that the fate of the Wei army this time will be repeated in history?
Cao Liang secretly thought that this kind of mountain attack operation was originally the most difficult tactic, and some conventional weapons and tactics were useless, and if the Wei army wanted to break through Xingshi Mountain, it must use unconventional means.
Unconventional means are things such as water and fire, using water as a weapon of attack, flooding Xingshi Mountain, that is almost impossible, they are now at the bottom of Xingshi Mountain, it is the most valley position, if you want water to flood Xingshi Mountain, that is just a mythical story,
As for the fire?
Cao Liang's eyes suddenly lit up, if the fire attacked Xingshi Mountain, it would definitely be a brilliant and good strategy.
Of course, there are many conditions for fire attack, first of all, it is the thing that ignites the fire, which is not to worry, the vegetation all over the mountains can be used as a match.
Some people will say that the vegetation on this mountain is all evergreen and wet, so how can it be used as firewood?
This is a completely unintelligible statement, otherwise how did the forest fire burn, could it be that the forest fire only burned the dry trees? In fact, forest fires are more interested in evergreen vegetation, and wildfires can rage as long as the weather conditions are suitable, dry and windy.
Along the way, Cao Liang has a general understanding of the vegetation of the Qinling Mountains, which is worthy of the landmark of the junction between the north and the south, the northern slope of the Qinling Mountains is dominated by deciduous broad-leaved forests, and the southern slopes of the Qinling Mountains are dominated by evergreen broad-leaved forests.
The mountains and forests on the southern slope of the Qinling Mountains are mainly bamboo, whitebark pine, cedar, tung oil, ash wood, these trees are oily and flammable, and they are the most ideal things to cause fire, and the vegetation of Xingshi Mountain is roughly similar to that of the southern slope of Qinling Mountains, so Cao Liang does not worry about the things that cause fire.
Of course, if you want to set fire to the mountain, the more important factor is the climate, the first condition is the rain, and the more important thing is the wind, and it must be the east wind, so as to ensure that the fire goes with the wind and burns to the west, otherwise, it will burn itself.
Zhuge Liang of Shu is a master of playing with fire, fire poured Bowangpo, burned Xinye, burned Chibi, burned the upper valley, whether these fires are real or fictional, it is enough to prove that Zhuge Liang is a character who is good at fire attack.
Today, Cao Liang has the intention to get an axe and put a fire on Xingshi Mountain, and he doesn't know what kind of expression Zhuge Liang is lying in Dingjun Mountain, if he knows under the spring, what kind of expression should he have?
Xiahou Ba didn't seem to believe that this fire could burn: "This mountain is full of greenery, can it really light a fire?" ”
Cao Liang saw that he didn't believe it, so he smiled and said: "It's definitely not going to work today, so let's go back, I'm going to prepare, and the Xiahou Protector will rest assured that the soldiers and horses will be ordered, and when the fire starts, kill him in the dark." ”
Although Xiahou Ba is suspicious, but now he has no better way, the road of forcible attack will not work at all, if Cao Liang can really put a fire, it will not be a good way, so he nodded and promised.
Cao Liang immediately surrendered his hand, and Yanghu retreated and returned to the Chinese army.
At this time, Xiahou Xuan also arrived, and when he saw that Fugu was congested, he asked Cao Liang what was going on.
According to Cao Liang's original plan, Xiahou Xuan was also a big head when he heard it, originally according to Cao Shuang's original plan, this operation was a sneak attack, taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the Shu army, he slaughtered the Hanzhong Plain in one fell swoop, and then relied on superior forces to destroy the city and set up the village, sweeping all the way through the cities of Hanzhong, pacifying the land of Hanzhong, even if the original plan was completed.
Cao Shuang's plan this time is aimed at Hanzhong, and he does not expect to be able to swallow the entire Shu Kingdom, so as long as Hanzhong is captured, it will be regarded as having completed the established task.
But now the Wei army has just come out of the mouth of Fugu, it was blocked by the Shu army in Xingshi, from the current situation, the Shu army is completely prepared, Cao Shuang's sneak attack plan is completely bankrupt, if the Wei army is blocked under the Xingshi Mountain, the situation is not so optimistic.
First of all, there is a lack of water sources in Fu Luo Road, there are no big rivers, only some small streams and mountain springs, which supply more than 100,000 troops and tens of thousands of mules, horses and livestock, which is quite tight.
If there is no food and grass, it may be able to hold out for a few more days, but if there is no water to drink, it will not be able to hold on at all, and the Wei army can only truly solve the water problem by breaking through the Xingshi Mountain and reaching the north bank of the Han River.
"Does Ziming have a good plan?" Xiahou Xuan also had nothing to do at this time, so he had to come and ask Cao Liang.
Cao Liang said confidently: "Brother Taichu rest assured, within three or five days, he will definitely be able to capture Xingshi Mountain, and Brother Taichu will wait for good news." ”