If it is placed on weekdays, it will fall under the snow, and Guan Yu has nothing to complain about.

After all, it is a good year for Ruixue to be a good year, and a heavy snowfall in winter will also be very beneficial to the crops of the next year.

But today is different!

Tonight was an important time for them to carry out the fire attack, and it was snowing heavily, how did this make people ignite?

When a heavy snowfall falls, not only will it be more difficult to light a fire, but even the wooden fence will become wet and damp.

Trying to set wood on fire in such weather is a dream.

Even if the fence is barely lit, it will be extinguished by the falling snowflakes.

So after thinking about it a few times, although he felt very sorry, for the sake of the overall situation, Guan Yu still stopped the fire attack that night.

……

As the protector of the Youzhou Army, the silver in the army is managed by Zhao Hujun.

Last night, before Lao Huang went to purchase firewood and oil, he had gone to Zhao Hujun to withdraw silver taels, and Zhao Hujun guessed that Guan Yu was going to use the fire attack strategy at that time.

At first, he thought that Guan Yu had come up with this plan himself.

But later, after he met Lao Zhou in the stable, he realized that Zhang Fei had also come to the stable that day. And when Lao Zhou was chatting with him, he also told the other party about the fire attack.

What happened after that, Zhao Hujun didn't know, but with his understanding of Zhang Fei, he was sure that after learning about this, Zhang Fei would definitely run to inform Guan Yu as soon as possible.

In addition, Lao Huang also went to find the silver taels received by Zhao Hujun within an hour after Zhang Fei left the stable.

So after putting these clues together, Zhao Hujun quickly sorted out the truth: the source of this fire attack plan was not Guan Yu, but he Zhao Hujun himself.

It's just that he didn't tell Guan Yu about this plan personally, but Lao Zhou first passed it to Zhang Fei, and then Zhang Fei told Guan Yu, there were just two more "passing" links.

The plan he came up with had to rely on the mouths of others to reach the ears of the main general, and Zhao Hujun's heart was a little uncomfortable.

But after thinking about it, although the "merit" was gone, his strategy was adopted by the other party, and maybe he could help the troops to achieve victory, which could be regarded as a contribution to the army. Thinking about it like this, his heart felt a little better.

But it's not enough to just give advice, he wants to be a part of the operation.

So from that night on, Zhao Hujun has been waiting in the camp for the general's summons.

He believed that for such an important military event, the two generals would definitely call him along.

What's more, the fire attack plan was originally his idea, so he had to be involved in the execution, right?

But as a result, until noon the next day, Guan Yu returned to the camp to rest after ordering the elite soldiers, and he couldn't hear his name.

Faced with such an ending, Zhao Hujun's heart instantly swelled up with an inexplicable sense of loss.

After many blows, he didn't even have the idea of going to the general to fight for it at this moment, and immediately turned around and left the place, with a look of despair, and walked slowly towards the stable.

……

Heavy snow is three days at a time.

In the early morning of the fourth day, seeing that the snow had finally stopped, Guan Yu immediately called Zhang Fei into the military tent, and the two discussed the fire attack again.

Although the snow has stopped, the snow on the ground is still more than a fist high.

In addition, after three days, the wooden fence was already soaked, and if you want to carry out a fire attack in this situation, the success rate is definitely not high.

Guan and Zhang are also well aware of this situation.

But on the one hand, after careful calculation, they have been stationed outside the village for half a month.

The one-month time limit is getting closer and closer, and if you don't hurry up, you are likely to be defeated because of food and grass.

On the other hand, judging from the current outdoor temperature, even if you wait for another 10 days and 8 days, the snow may not melt. And maybe it will snow in two days, so it will be troublesome.

Therefore, due to the above two considerations, Guan Yu knew that the conditions for fire attack were not ripe, but in order to take Luyuan Village as soon as possible and rush back to Youzhou as soon as possible to help Gongsun Zhan, he finally issued a military order:

Launch a fire attack tonight and launch a surprise attack on the enemy camp!

After holding back for so many days, now I can finally go to Huaxing to settle accounts, and after hearing Guan Yu's decision, Zhang Fei showed an excited smile for the first time.

But excitement is excitement, as soon as he thought of the harsh conditions outside, Zhang Fei unconsciously frowned, and said with a look of remorse:

"Alas! It's all my fault, because I caused us to miss the opportunity to attack. ”

"Why did the third brother say this?" Hearing this, Guan Yu said puzzled: "The snow is not under your control, what does this have to do with you?" ”

"It's snowing, I can't control it. But at the beginning, Zhao Hujun obviously wanted to talk about it, but he was counted down by me, and he was driven to the stable, missing the best opportunity. It's not bad for me...... And by whom? ”

A few days before the Youzhou army arrived in Luyuan Village, the sky was always clear.

If the fire attack is carried out at that time, it will definitely be several times better than the current situation.

However, due to the fact that Guan and Zhang repeatedly rejected Zhao Hujun's request to speak, they missed the best opportunity for a fire attack.

Hearing Zhang Fei say this, Guan Yu quickly understood what the other party meant, and while sighing, there was also a faint remorse in his eyes.

……

That night, in order to take the village in one fell swoop, the Youzhou army launched the most ferocious attack in more than ten days.

The whole army of 3,000 soldiers was divided into four large groups by Guan Yu and poured out, attacking the east, south, west and north four city gates respectively.

The momentum looks unusually ferocious, but in fact, among the four groups of people, only the east and west teams carry fire attack materials, and there are more people, and they are the main force of their attack tonight.

As for the north and south groups, they were mainly designed to distract the enemy, and at most they were two groups of feints.

Although it was a night attack, due to the large number of people dispatched, and many soldiers were carrying torches. So not long after leaving the camp, he was discovered by the soldiers on duty at the lookout.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Liao, who yawned all night, immediately came to his senses.

On the one hand, Wei Kuo hurriedly went to wake up Hua Xinghe who was resting the soldiers, and on the other hand, he issued two military orders on the spot:

Half of the soldiers remained under the city, guarding the gates and fences, and never allowing the other to break in;

The other half of the soldiers went up to the lookout and returned fire with stones and bows and arrows, trying to destroy a few more enemies.

Due to the many drills before, in just two minutes, the soldiers were all in place, and according to Zhang Liao's requirements, they defended and shot, and started this defensive battle.

After being woken up by Wei Kuo, Huaxing didn't even wear armor, and quickly ran to the lookout.

Seeing that Zhang Liao had deployed an effective defense, Hua Xing did not give any more orders, but spent more than ten minutes carefully observing all the enemy forces in the east, south, west, and north.