As the war between the imperial court, Yanzhou and the Song Kingdom came to an end temporarily, the army of the Patriotic State also stopped advancing, and instead built a large number of camps along the route, as if to fight a protracted battle with the soldiers of the Song State.

"I don't know how long this war will last, I just picked up a life from the Yanzhou army, and now I am being pulled to the battlefield with the country. I don't know when I'll be able to go home. ”

"Home? What are you dreaming about, you see that this guard has built so many strongholds, and if we fight them one by one, it may take months to break them all. ”

Many soldiers from the western battlefield were pulled back to the battlefield on the eastern front, and these soldiers who had been defeated couldn't help but sigh as they looked at the heavily guarded barracks in the distance.

Ji Qingquan, the chief general of the Song army, was not as pessimistic about the battle situation as the soldiers under his command, and the general of the guard, Kong Xiangyu, spent so much manpower and material resources to build a lot of fortifications, which seemed to have built a solid defensive line, but scattered his troops among these camps.

The Wei army, which was originally equivalent to the Song army, was invisibly dispersed, which can be regarded as Kong Xiangyu's mistake.

"What do you think of Kong Xiangyu's company camp strategy, no matter which one of the rest of the camps we attack, we will quickly reinforce them, unless we have enough troops to attack most of the camps at the same time." Ji Qingquan deliberately asked all the generals present at the military meeting.

"However, with the current strength of troops, we simply cannot support such an offensive, and if further mobilization can be carried out in the country, it is conservatively estimated that we can launch an offensive before the summer comes."

"Thousands of households are wrong to say this, and it is urgent to regain the lost ground, and by the time summer the guard is ready to go further. If you want me to say, it is better to prohibit the troops to take a part of the camp with all their might, and then advance steadily and steadily. ”

"I think it's better to bypass the joint camp set up by the Patriotic Nation, and let's go directly by waterway to cut off the food and grass supply of these guards."

The Senators and generals expressed their opinions, but in the end, these people all looked at the confident general Ji Qingquan. It seems that General Ji already has a strategy to break the enemy.

After seeing everyone's eyes, "The previous method of gathering troops to break through a little is also my plan, but I plan to change it, I hope everyone can launch an attack without stopping, and at least eight large battalions will be defeated overnight." ”

"What? Overnight"

"Eight camps?"

"General, isn't this going to be too difficult?"

Ji Qingquan also knew that the intensity required by his plan was too great, and he had to break through a large battalion almost in an hour, and he had to fight for a night in a row, and the physical strength of the soldiers could not keep up.

"Everyone, be quiet, I'm not just talking about taking a fort with soldiers. What I want is a fire joint venture. ”

After a spring rain, the weather gradually became dry from humid, this is the opportunity that Ji Qingquan has been waiting for, to find a windy night to take advantage of the fire to burn down the enemy's camp.

Although the fortifications were strong, they were mostly civil structures, and once the fire spread, it was not controllable.

"But aren't there no materials stored in those camps, our army has lost a large amount of grain and grass on the Western Front, not to mention the materials stored in the eastern part of the country occupied by the Patriotic Empire, and what our army urgently needs now is all kinds of material reserves."

Ji Qingquan's face suddenly darkened, "Human lives are still important, materials are important, materials are easy to obtain, but once experienced soldiers make up for their losses, it will take many years to replenish." ”

Besides, if you hide in the rich east, this Song Guoke will really be greatly injured. After regaining lost territory, supplies can be replenished slowly.

One night, a westerly wind gradually began to get stronger, and this was the time that Ji Qingquan had been waiting for.

The hay that had been stored long ago was carried on the backs of the pioneer soldiers, and by the darkness of the night, they marched with resolute steps towards the first company camp. The scouts patrolling the periphery were dealt with by the mercenaries under Ji Qingquan's command, and these people were not only responsible for assault, but also to attack and kill scouts.

At present, most of the elite forces are folded in the west, and these mercenaries can only be used as spearheads. Otherwise, there really is no one under his account who can clear the eyes of these enemies.

After arriving near the gate of the Weiguo camp, the soldiers of the Song State picked up the fire fold and lit the hay in their hands, and threw the burning hay into it, and then the entire Weiguo camp suddenly became agitated.

When the soldiers guarding the wall saw that the flames of the sparks began to burn, they immediately woke up their sleeping comrades. But when these people got up, they found that the fire was uncontrollable, and although there were water tanks in the camp, the flames told the soldiers that it was all in vain.

"General, we can't hold it, let's retreat quickly, retreat to other battalions and join up with friendly forces."

General Wei sighed after looking at the large camp that was engulfed by tongues of fire, and when he ordered the soldiers to retreat through the back door, he saw the flames that were also illuminating a small part of the sky not far away, and muttered to himself: "Is there something wrong with the other camps?"

Ji Qingquan's plan was to launch a fire attack on the company camp at the same time, and the fallen leaves during the winter were an excellent accelerant at the moment, and the originally stretched patriotic camp was like a red fire snake sweeping through the mountains and forests.

The fire burned down the company camp and also cut off the footsteps of the Song State's advance, and the Song soldiers who watched the fire from the other side could only watch the patriotic soldiers flee, and if a large-scale pursuit at this time would definitely be able to severely defeat the guards.

"General Ji, I'm afraid this fire won't be extinguished for a few days." Ji Qingquan's adjutant looked at the spreading fire, and suddenly remembered that the old man in the family had said that the fire attack was a tactic that would harm the heavens and the peace, and the user's yang longevity would definitely be greatly attenuated.

"Pass the order, and prepare to take a boat along the Ling River to the east tomorrow." Ji Qingquan turned around and gave an order to the adjutant beside him.

"But the ships are not enough to transport a large number of soldiers, and they can only transport about 5,000 people at a time." Some generals have made this suggestion before, but the number of ships in the Central Plains is still too small, and it is not as good as the almost endless naval army in the land of Chu or Wu Yue.

"As soon as we make a move to regain the lost territory, some families in the east who were loyal to us will raise the banner in response. At this time, we will not be worried about the lack of troops, and wait until the fire is extinguished before the main force advances through the ruins. ”。

"Which unit should be sent by the vanguard army on the boat, and who should lead the army?"

"The mercenaries are naturally not suitable, so I will personally take the Dingnan Army forward."