Chapter 390: Burning Xingshi Mountain (Part II)
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Since Cao Liang is going to set fire, he has to prepare some things to start a fire, the mountains and fields are all evergreen vegetation, if you want to set fire, you have to light a fire first, at least you have to light a fire.
So Cao Liang arranged for the soldiers to chop firewood, cut down the dead trees, and pile the cut firewood at the foot of Xingshi Mountain.
It's not that Cao Liang doesn't want to hide his whereabouts, it's just that thousands of soldiers went out to chop firewood and gathered like a mountain, even if Cao Liang wanted to hide, there was nowhere to hide.
But after thinking about it, Cao Liang also felt that it didn't matter, the so-called water and fire were ruthless, even if they were seen by the Shu army on the mountain, they were helpless, this fire all over the mountains and fields burned, but it could cover everything, even if the Shu army wanted to put out the fire, it couldn't be saved at all.
The Shu army naturally saw the actions of the Wei army and hurriedly reported to the protector Liu Min.
When Liu Min heard this, he was completely confused, what was the Shu army preparing for Chai He? Do they prepare for the fire, it seems that it is not, after all, it is already early spring, the spring is beautiful, the climate is warm, there is no need to rely on the fire to keep warm.
Could it be that Wei Jun is used to bury pots and make rice? But it doesn't look like ah, there is chopped firewood and heaped in front of the army.
Ruling out all other possibilities, there is only one explanation, and that is that the Wei army tried to set fire to the mountain.
Liu Min couldn't help but scoff, Xingshi Mountain is so big, the Wei army wants to set fire to the mountain, but the firewood they cut is far from enough, not even a single hair of Jiuniu, with such a little chopped firewood, it is simply wishful thinking.
Therefore, Liu Min simply ignored it, and he strictly ordered the Shu army to hold its position and never give the Wei army any chance to sneak attack.
Among the Wei army, Cao Liang's actions were also puzzled, but Cao Liang did not explain to anyone, but just ordered the soldiers to chop wood and pile it up in the forest under Xingshi Mountain.
The sergeants were confused, but no one dared to disobey Cao Liang's orders, they could only act according to the orders and carry them out to the letter.
Guo Huai naturally understood Cao Liang's intentions, but he also wondered incomparably, how could this mountain full of green and vibrant mountains light a fire, could it be that Cao Liang was crazy and couldn't do it, and really thought that he could light a fire by chopping some firewood at the foot of the mountain?
Guo Huai couldn't help but laugh secretly, he thought that Cao Liang was a character, but he didn't expect that he was a rebellious person who didn't know the height of the sky, Guo Huai unconsciously despised him.
Cao Liang's misunderstanding of everyone was ignored, and after cutting dry firewood for three days in a row, Cao Liang said to Yanghu: "Enough, no need to cut it anymore." ”
Yanghu looked at the pile of firewood that looked like a hill, if you lit a fire, it was indeed enough, but if you wanted to burn the mountain, it was obviously far from enough.
So Yang Hu said suspiciously: "Brother-in-law, can you burn mountains with this bit of firewood?" Why don't we try to cut some more? ”
Cao Liang smiled and said: "No need, there are enough firewood, you can find some grease, tung oil is fine, meat oil is fine, the more the better." ”
Grease can help combustion, which Yanghu knows, but the problem is that it is impossible to smear grease all over the mountains, if it is added to the firewood, it will not play a big role, at best it can only burn this fire more vigorously.
"Brother-in-law, is it okay or not, many people are waiting to see the joke?"
Cao Liang smiled and said, "When did my errands go wrong?" Explain your business, hurry up and do it, and if you catch it, maybe tomorrow it will be ignited. ”
When Yang Hu heard it, it was the same, Cao Liang's previous actions really didn't disappoint him, maybe this time Cao Liang could really surprise them.
Yang Hu was gone, busy looking for grease and ointment.
However, Cao Liang lost his words, not only was he not able to light the fire the next day, but also for three consecutive days, there was no movement, so Yanghu was also puzzled, didn't Cao Liang expect things like a god, why was there an unreliable time this time?
Xiahou Ba waited for several days, and he was in a hurry, so he sent someone over to ask, Cao Liang just responded lightly, asking them to wait a few more days, and when the time came, he would naturally send someone to inform them.
Cao Liang is also helpless, this has been a few days, there has been no east wind, it seems that God is joking with him, the east wind has been blowing continuously in the past few days, but it has been blowing the west wind for the past few days.
The west wind is not successful, but he did not burn Xingshi Mountain, but burned himself, Cao Liang did not have Zhuge Liang's ability to know astronomy and geography, so he naturally couldn't calculate when the east wind would blow.
But Cao Liang is not in a hurry, if you don't come to the east wind today, then wait for tomorrow, if you don't come tomorrow, then wait for the day after tomorrow, and so on, Cao Liang doesn't believe that if you wait for more than ten days in a row, you can't wait for the east wind?
After preparing all the materials, on the fourth day, he finally saw a flag standing there blowing to the west, and today's wind was very strong, Cao Liang immediately ordered Yanghu to send someone to spread the word to Xiahou Ba, and he walked quickly to the forest where the firewood was stacked.
The wind was blowing tightly, but this did not affect Cao Liang to light the fire, and used the fire knife flint to knock out a little spark, and set the thatch on fire, Cao Liang instructed several soldiers to hold a prepared torch each, and lit the torches one by one.
Cao Liang personally took a torch, came to the firewood pile, and inserted the torch into the wooden pile.
Several other soldiers threw torches into the fire from different directions.
The greased firewood was easily ignited, and a puff of clear smoke rose from it, followed by tongues of flame, several feet high.
The whole pile of firewood soon ignited a raging fire, and the flames rose to the sky.
All the sergeants were watching from afar, and no one knew what would happen after Cao Lit's fire.
When Cao Liang placed the firewood pile, he placed it in the middle of several trees, and these trees were all the kind of whitebark pine, including the entire forest, and the whitebark pine occupied a large proportion, and spread along the ups and downs of the mountain, all the way to the top of the mountain.
The pine trees were flammable, and after the firewood pile was lit, the pine trees were quickly engulfed in flames, from the treetops to the trunks, and they became fire trees.
People were amazed that a green tree could actually be lit by fire.
This is just the prologue, under the strong east wind, the wind helps the fire, the fire borrows the wind might, the whole forest at the foot of the mountain is ignited, and the fire is getting more and more vigorous, more and more violent, just a momentary scene, the whole Xingshi Mountain has been reduced to a sea of fire, all over the mountain, burned a piece of red, billowing smoke, but also straight into the sky, the scene is extremely spectacular.