Chapter 201 Midfield

When Li Kanzheng was feeling that today's battle was finally coming to an end, a soldier suddenly came to report, "General, the enemy army is piling up firewood and grass in front of the camp wall!" ”

"What?" Li Kan said in surprise: "Could it be that you want to set fire to it?" ”

As soon as the words fell, a fire rose into the sky on the edge of the camp fifty paces away. The fire oil produced near Gaonu can be said to have disadvantages when used as lamp oil, but when used for arson, it is invincible. The Han army first covered with bows and crossbows, and then the infantry took the opportunity to rush forward and pile bundles of firewood and grass on the side of the camp wall and at the gate of the camp. Then the oil in the barrel is poured out, and the fire is thrown on it, and the flame is out of control.

Li Kan saw the fire in front of him and shouted, "What are you still doing in a daze? Extinguish the fire with a bucket! ”

There was a lot of water in the camp that could be used for emergency relief. In addition to the non-commissioned officers who were trapped in the camp, there were idle people on the side who were carrying wooden basins and buckets to fetch water. But after a while, someone ran over with burnt hair and eyebrows, and shouted: "The enemy has used demon magic, and it is useless to pour water, and the fire has become bigger!" ”

Li Kan said angrily: "Nonsense! How could such a thing be? ”

The face of the person who came was smoky and cried: "Yes or no, the general will know when he goes up and looks at it!" ”

Li Kan snatched a bucket of water, rushed to the camp wall, endured the scorching flames, and poured water down. The water splashed, and the flames did not go out, but rushed upward. Li Kan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized that he shouted: "This is fire oil!" ”

Just standing on the camp wall for a short while, he felt that the iron armor on his body was starting to get hot, and hurriedly ran down, and said in a loud voice: "Mingjin, let the people on the camp wall take down!" ”

There is no need for him to say that the people in front of him were so burned by the fire that they couldn't stand it and had withdrawn in embarrassment. No matter how good the equipment is, no matter how elite the soldiers, in the face of the raging fire, there is only one choice to retreat. It's not that their will is not strong enough, but it is ........ Well, just if their will is not strong enough.

The flames first dried the wood on the side, and then when the spark burned, the wood became a new source of fire. Looking at the camp wall that began to collapse in the flames, Li Kan's face became very ugly. He knew that the production of fire oil was not much, and it was impossible to use it as a conventional weapon, but it did not need to be used often, and he couldn't stand it once.

He participated in the civil war of the Western Liang princes, participated in the war with the Huns, and fought against the Han army. But those opponents were not as good as the enemies encountered today, the soldiers were brave and the officers were cunning, and Li Kan even admired the enemy a little. The Trap Camp and the Flying Bear Hussars will only be more brave and good at fighting than the enemy, but the number is too small!

"Boom!"

In the firelight, the enemy tower that had been erected high collapsed, and hundreds of catties of wood smashed on the ground, splashing out large sparks. Such a view is beautiful and charming, but it only makes Li Kan feel dangerous. He said half admiration, half hatred: "Huangfu Song....... What a terrible enemy! ”

If he hadn't led the trapping camp to suppress the formation, the soldiers and horses in the battalion would have collapsed because they couldn't bear such large casualties.

After the sound of gold sounded, the people in the camp put down their futile firefighting operations, and the wounded soldiers in the tents and barracks also came out, and together with the people outside, they silently watched Zhu Rong wantonly show his existence.

The people inside were in a daze, and the Han army outside was also stunned. They didn't expect the effect of the fire oil to be so good, and they originally wanted to kill it while the fire was rising, but together with the fire, the jade and stone were burned, whether it was the Han army or the Liangzhou army, they were all treated equally. Those who dare to approach are all roasted skin and flesh that are hot.

The effect of arson was so good that the Han army did not dare to step forward, but was forced to retreat dozens of steps. The flames were blazing and crackling, and from time to time thick logs were burned and fell from the camp walls. The rammed earth inside was roasted and dry, shattered into pieces, and smashed into the fire.

The strange smell of flesh emanated from the entrance of the camp, but it made both sides facing each other across the wall of fire feel sick and sick. In the dull sound, shadows swayed on the burning corpses from time to time, as if someone had sat up in the flames.

When Chen Cheng arrived near the edge of the Liuchuan Plateau with more than 700 horses, he saw that his own camp was also burned red, and the aroma of barbecue came from afar. This made him think of the situation he had seen on the wall of Nangong at that time, when the infantry battalion of the Northern Army was attacking the Imperial Road, and he set a fire and burned hundreds of people to death.

At that time, there were also many corpses stacked on top of each other and turned into torches. But the taste at that time was not so strong, how many people were burned?

Hearing the sound of gold in the camp, the Qiang cavalry and the Hun cavalry who had gone to Beibei also withdrew and gathered around Chen Cheng. When these people saw the fire outside the camp, they were all a little uneasy.

In the camp, Li Kan said helplessly: "Okay, now you can send a signal to Yang Shangshu's cavalry." ”

The dull sound of the horn sounded in the rear, and the cavalry, who had been waiting for a long time, turned out from behind the long slope and launched a surprise attack on the Han army chariot array in front of the plateau. There were only six or seven hundred Han troops in front of the plateau, and many people were divided to operate the bed crossbow, or climb up, and there was no one to guard against the cavalry assault, and Yang Qiu led the cavalry to attack back and forth, and soon suffered heavy casualties. The rest threw down the wounded and chariots, seized the horses and fled backwards.

Although Chen Cheng was a little sentimental, after the horn sounded, he still took Liang Xing to humble the generals and launched a charge against the Han army in front of the camp. After resisting a little, the Han army, which was in a broken formation, gave up the struggle and turned around and ran towards the two infantry phalanxes that were still fully formed.

At this time, the sky was about to be dark, Chen Cheng looked at the slowly retreating enemy phalanx, sighed, and said, "Gou can control the invasion of the mausoleum........"

He didn't want to fight this battle, and the subordinates who had worked so hard to train him were originally used as seeds, and he didn't know how many casualties he would have to die or injure after a battle. But when the enemy army comes to the door, you can't lead the neck and wait to be killed, right? He sighed again, shook his head, and said to himself, "I don't know if Gou or is out of the mountain now." ”

The Xun family is a giant eunuch in Yingchuan, the Xun family is famous in the world, and the generation of the Xun family is also full of talents. Xun Yu, Xun Wenruo, is the leader of the new generation of the Xun family, known as "Wang Zuozhicai". Because of the name, it was once pronounced as "Gou or" by people who could only read half of the words. Chen Cheng is in a bad mood now, so it's just a matter of telling some cold jokes and chatting about **.

He was just in a bad mood, but Huangfu Song felt that his heart was about to bleed. Huangfu Yizhen has dealt with the Xiliang Army and knows the combat effectiveness and habits of the Xiliang Army very well. This morning, he thought that the army would be victorious. Even if there are some casualties, it can be accepted. But who knew that the fight was not like that at all, Chen Cheng's soldiers and horses were completely different from those of Han Sui, Ma Teng and others!

Good Xiliang thief, just play with your cavalry, why do you build the camp so strong?

When a large army is dispatched, it has always been easy to advance and difficult to retreat. Since the troops have been deployed, even if they find that the enemy in front of them is difficult to deal with, they can only continue to fight to see if they can kill a single day. Desperate fighting could result in heavy casualties, and withdrawing troops would result in a demoralization slump, and a rout would only result in even greater losses.

Besides, Huang Fu Song had other considerations, so even if the fight ahead was very difficult, he still strengthened his determination and kept fighting. But after listening to the long list of generals and colonels who had been killed, and hearing that four or five thousand people had been lost, he still felt his heart ache.

These soldiers are all elites who have been trained for a long time, and it is not easy to replenish them. Coupled with the lack of money in the imperial court now, and the military salary comes and goes, it is not easy to maintain this army, let alone train the new army.

By the time the enemy camp had finally been burned out of a gap, the sun had already set. The Xiliang army was not only not defeated, but killed from both wings. Huangfu Song knew that if he withdrew now, it would give the enemy a chance to breathe, but ........... He looked at Ding Yuanbu in the distance on the left, sighed secretly in his heart, and then said to the soldiers on the side; "Order, Mingjin withdraws the troops!"

The gong sounded from the middle army, and the cavalry stepped forward, covering the infantry's slow retreat.

Chen Cheng shot more than 20 retreating Han soldiers in a row with a strong bow in front of the battle, and was also hit by two more arrows. Seeing the armored cavalry of the Han army rushing over, he had no intention of continuing to consume each other, so he restrained his horse and watched the Han army first slow and then leave quickly. His side stopped the pursuit, and the Han cavalry did not step forward to challenge, but withdrew with the infantry.

Because the Han army took the initiative to retreat, this time the situation was just the opposite of yesterday, it was the Xiliang army that controlled the battlefield, so it was able to calmly treat its own wounded, and also carried the wounded of the Han army back to the camp by the way.

The right army Mingjin withdrew its troops, and the left army could not fight anymore. The 700 heavy infantry of the Gao Shun Division were indeed well-trained and superior in combat power, but after breaking through four camps in succession, killing thousands of cavalry, and turning everything they passed into a sea of fire, they were also a little unable to fight. Fierce battles are a matter of physical strength and will, and wearing heavy armor and constantly moving around the chaotic battlefield is even more physically demanding.

After the Qiang cavalry was driven out of the camp, their combat effectiveness became stronger. Ding Yuanjun and Han Suijun had fought several times and knew each other very well, and when they started fighting this time, they were surprised by the progress of each other's combat effectiveness. Han Sui used longer cavalry weapons on his side, and the armor rate increased a little, and there were also a lot more equipment such as the ring head sword. The horses of Ding Yuan's army have also been updated, and the power of the cavalry is even stronger than before.

The two sides fought, first Han Sui's army gained the upper hand, and then Ding Yuan's army in turn burned Han Sui's army's camp. As a result, more Qiang cavalry rushed out, and the two sides fought for a whole day, and they were extremely tired.

Huangfu Song led his troops to retreat to the vicinity of Shanliang, and Ding Yuan had already led people to build several temporary camps. The army entered to rest, and Huangfu Song said to Ding Yuan: "I'm ashamed, but today I was defeated for a while." ”

Ding Yuan said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's nothing to win or lose for a while, and those thieves will panic tomorrow." Besides, we have broken through so many camps today, and we can only say that we have not done our best, and we cannot say that we have lost. ”