Gongchuan Mountain.

The clouds have cleared and the sun is shining.

The rainy weather for nearly a month has finally come to an end, and the sky has cleared up in the entire Gongchuan Mountain area. But it became scorching, and after only two days, the huge sun swept away the cold and humid atmosphere of the previous rainy days, and baked the area around Gongchuan Mountain to dry and hot, as if all the water vapor on the mountain had been evaporated!

At this time, in the camp of thieves on Gongchuan Mountain, 170,000 thieves and soldiers were listless, and all the posts were useless.

Although Ye Zongliu has been rectified, the morale of the 170,000 thieves is still low, and they are even hovering on the verge of collapse.

Under the scorching sun, Gongchuan Mountain is like a steamer, making people feel hot and dry, and those infected thieves who have been isolated are all lying in all directions, almost all of them are already waiting for death, and they have no illusions about survival.

Ye Zongliu was sweating profusely and inspected the camp, and when he saw the scene in the camp, he was even more pessimistic in his heart.

Under the hot weather, the cold and fever in the camp spread faster, and now the number of infected thieves and soldiers in one day has soared from two or three hundred to four or five hundred, Ye Zongliu is so anxious that he almost cries bitterly, and the hundreds of thousands of thieves and soldiers in the camp are even more frightened, and everyone's nerves are about to break.

At this time, Ye Zong believed in his heart that the 170,000 army in the camp was like a volcano about to erupt, which would completely erupt at any time, and under the shadow of death, a civil strife of more than 100,000 people was inevitable, and the army of thieves was about to collapse, and what was missing now was just a fuse!

After Ye Zongliu inspected for a while, he returned to the Chinese army's tent in despair, thinking about it, Ye Zongliu finally decided to fight, and began to secretly mobilize his henchmen and horses, and transferred 5,000 elites from the 30,000 Chinese army soldiers and horses, ready to kill them, and give up all the remaining 100,000 troops.

"Life or death, it's all about it!"

Subsequently, the remaining hundreds of thousands of thieves and soldiers in the thief camp were greatly moved, and even rumors spread among the thieves and bandits, everyone was suspicious of which part of Ye Zongliu would take to break through, and the various departments became conflicting again, and the camp began to become chaotic!

At the same time that Ye Zong left his mind, the general Dai Jingkui also received an urgent report that he had only heard when he risked his life to go up the mountain at night: The army of thieves and bandits has been rampant, and hundreds of thousands of thieves and soldiers are about to collapse!

As a result, General Dai Jingkui began to mobilize the army of the Beijing camp, preparing to lead the army to attack the mountain again two days later, this time the general Dai Jingkui was ready to take Gongchuan Mountain in one fell swoop, ending the war against bandits.

In addition, Dai Jingkui, a staff general, hurriedly sent someone to inform Liu Juntao, ordering Liu Juntao to immediately reorganize his troops and horses, and prepare to attack Gongchuan Mountain together with the soldiers of the Beijing camp.

Liu Juntao was taken aback when he received the news, and after settling down the affairs in the camp, he hurried to the Jingying camp north of Gongchuan Mountain.

"General!"

Seeing that Liu Juntao was coming quickly, General Dai Jingkui said happily: "Haha, Liu Guerrilla is here." This plan set by Liu Guerrilla is too good, the army of thieves is really plagued, and now it is already a collapsed army, we must also gather troops and horses as soon as possible, and this time we must defeat Gongchuan Mountain. ”

When Liu Juntao heard this, he said in a deep voice: "General, it's better to be cautious in this matter!" ”

"Oh? Why is that? ”

Staff General Dai Jingkui motioned for Liu Juntao to sit down first, and then asked: "This is the time when the army of thieves is weak, and we must not delay time to give the thieves a chance to tide over the difficulties!" As the saying goes: take advantage of his illness and kill him! ”

"General, at this time, the plague is rampant in the army of thieves, it is an extremely dangerous time, if our army attacks the mountain at this time, it is very likely that the soldiers of each battalion will also be infected with cold fever, and even if we defeat Gongchuan Mountain and exterminate the army of thieves, it will be a defeat for both sides, and we will lose more than we lose!"

Hearing this, General Dai Jingkui couldn't help frowning and said, "In this way, wouldn't it be difficult for our army to move an inch?" Won't Gongchuan Mountain become a forbidden place? Is our army going to wait for the thieves on the mountain to die by themselves? ”

Liu Juntao smiled and said, "That's not it, I already have a way, but it depends on whether God appreciates his face!" ”

"What's the solution? Guerrilla Liu, come and listen! ”

Liu Juntao said neatly: "General, now that the continuous drizzle has stopped, after the weather clears, Gongchuan Mountain is already like a steamer, as long as God appreciates the face, let the weather continue to be clear, it will not take a few days, the entire Gongchuan Mountain will become very dry, and when the weather is dry, it is the most suitable for fire attack!" ”

"What!"

General Dai Jingkui was taken aback when he heard this, and said secretly in his heart: "This Liu Juntao is really ruthless!" First, the plague was released to make the army of hundreds of thousands of thieves lose their combat power, and then they took the opportunity to prepare for a fire attack to set fire to the mountain, which was really a lore! ”

Thinking of this, General Dai Jingkui also thought for a while, and then said: "Liu Guerrilla, this method is indeed good!" Not only can it gather and annihilate an army of hundreds of thousands of thieves, but it can also prevent our soldiers from being infected with the plague and reduce the casualties of the army! Just ......"

Liu Juntao smiled and asked, "Just what?" Please also make it clear to the general. ”

Staff General Dai Jingkui said with some worry: "Liu Guerrilla, if this fire is released, it will be a sky-high fire, Gongchuan Mountain covers a wide area, the vegetation on the mountain is dense, if the fire is not controlled, it is estimated that the entire Gongchuan Mountain will be reduced to a sea of fire, and even the surrounding villages and towns and state capitals will be endangered, how can this be good?" ”

Liu Juntao said: "The general can rest assured, I already have a plan for these problems." ”

"Good! I knew that Liu Guerrilla must be confident, fast! Let's take it into detail! ”

"General, our army can send troops and horses in advance to move all the villages and towns around Gongchuan Mountain, and at the same time issue a warning to the surrounding state capitals, so that the people nearby must not approach the area around Gongchuan Mountain."

Liu Juntao paused, then continued with a smile: "Hehe, now that the mountain roads down Gongchuan Mountain have been completely blocked by our army, the thieves can't go down the mountain, and the preparations of our army are naturally unknown, so our army can arrange them calmly!" ”

When General Dai Jingkui heard this, he waved his hand and said: "This plan is very important, Liu Guerrilla allows me to think about it, think about it!" ”

Liu Juntao didn't urge, after all, this plan was too ruthless, and it was not easy to control, although he could gather and annihilate the 170,000 plague-infected thieves in one fell swoop, but as the main general, it was normal for General Dai Jingkui to not make a decision for a while!

So, Liu Juntao sat on the side and drank tea, slowly waiting for the general Dai Jingkui to make a decision, and was not in a hurry to urge the general Dai Jingkui to make a decision.

After a long while, General Dai Jingkui sighed and said: "What Liu Guerrilla said is indeed true, at this time, the thief camp on Gongchuan Mountain is too dangerous, and we can't let our soldiers go to the adventure, so let's set fire to the mountain!" ”

When Liu Juntao heard this, he got up and clasped his fists and said, "Then please ask the general to give an order!" There are many firearms in our army, and the last general will immediately mobilize gunpowder and other fire-causing materials from the army, and within two days he can send a batch to the soldiers of the Beijing camp! ”

"Good!"

Staff General Dai Jingkui immediately said: "Then there is Lao Liu's guerrilla to quickly return to the camp and transfer it, and send a batch of fire-starting materials over." I also wrote an official document and sent people to the surrounding state capitals, so that the local authorities could transfer the people from all over the country as soon as possible! ”

After the two finished discussing, Liu Juntao hurried back to the headquarters camp on the east side of Gongchuan Mountain, and ordered Bai Yuxing, the commander of the Qibing Camp in Yanzhou Prefecture, to immediately allocate a batch of gunpowder, saltpeter and other ignition materials, and prepare them within two days, and immediately send them to the Beijing camp without delay.

At this time, Liu Juntao had already set up a plan to set fire to the mountain, and what he grabbed was time, in case the officers and soldiers were not ready to burn the mountain, the weather would suddenly turn sunny to cloudy, and it would rain heavily again, then this plan would be yellow!

Bai Yuxing immediately received the order and began to mobilize people to prepare.

At this time, Zhang Xiaojun, Yan Hu, Sun Xu, Zhou Zongsheng, and Liu Zi'an rushed to the big tent of the Chinese army, and everyone asked Liu Juntao if the general was ready to order the attack on the mountain.

Liu Juntao said that he was going to set fire to the mountain, and then said: "This time, the soldiers of each battalion must guard the way down the mountain everywhere to prevent Ye Zongliu and other thieves from escaping!" I will definitely kill all the thieves in Ye Zong's Liusuo Department! ”

When everyone heard that Liu Juntao had set fire to the mountain, they were also secretly surprised, and at the same time they understood that Liu Juntao was concerned about the disaster situation in Xuzhou Mansion and Yanzhou Mansion, and at this time, the rear area really urgently needed Liu Juntao to lead the army back to preside over the overall situation.

As a result, Zhang Xiaojun, Yan Hu, Sun Xu, Zhou Zongsheng, and Liu Zi'an received orders one after another, and the commanders of each battalion went to deploy men and horses and allocate materials; And Liu Zian also summoned people to continue to inquire about the news.