When Murong Chui in the mountains and forests saw this scene, his face couldn't help but change, and with his wisdom, he naturally immediately thought of the usefulness of this thing. When even said: "It's not good, this is the Tang Army's signal for help, the matter is revealed, I'm afraid the Tang Army's reinforcements will be killed soon." ”

"There are still a lot of Tang troops at the bottom, if it is really the other party's reinforcements that are killed, we may be difficult to resist, what should we do?" When the general next to him heard this, he immediately asked.

"We must get rid of them before the Tang army reinforcements arrive. Otherwise, we will be attacked on the back, and this operation will inevitably fail. Tell the order to go down, immediately throw dead branches and leaves underneath, and then release rockets! Murong lowered his face, and after thinking for a while, he said in a deep voice.

"Yes!" Hearing this, the general next to him hurriedly responded.

Soon, the Yan army, which had been ordered, began to change its methods, no longer putting arrows at the bottom, but just holding the two ends. The others went to cut down the dead wood and threw it down into the valley.

In this dense forested place, there are many dead branches and leaves, and if the weather is hot at this time, it can be found everywhere. After a while, on the mountain valley road below, a lot of dry leaves and dry firewood were already paved.

After that, a branch of rockets shot towards the valley, and the mountain road was soon burned to pieces. The blazing~hot heat forced the Yan soldiers on the top of the mountain to retreat temporarily. If it weren't for the special terrain, I'm afraid they wouldn't have dared to set fire here.

As soon as the fire broke out, there were bursts of heart-rending screams from below, and the surrounding Yan soldiers turned pale when they heard the sound. There are many people who can't help but cover their ears because they really can't stand it.

Murong Chui stood motionless on the top of the mountain, watching the fire below rise into the sky, with a complicated expression on his face. After a long time, he sighed, turned and went down the mountain without saying anything.

When the letter smoke was ignited, in Guangchang County, which was dozens of miles away, and on Changshan Pass, which was more than 20 miles away, they all quickly saw this pillar of smoke.

Because whether it is peacetime or wartime, wherever there is a garrison, there will inevitably be someone who is responsible for watching, and always pay attention to the abnormal movements around him.

"Report, General Qiyu, yellow letter smoke has been lit dozens of miles to the south, and our soldiers and horses have been ambushed!" Shao Zisong, who was arranging the war in Guangchang County, soon got a report.

"It's not good, this must be the soldiers and horses sent to rescue Changshan Pass. Since they were ambushed, it must have been after the Yan army reached Changshan Pass. However, the Changshan Pass side should not be lost so quickly, presumably there must be a Yan army bypassing the Changshan Pass. In this way, this time the enemy army did not attack on the spur of the moment, but premeditated! Hearing this, Shao Zi stood up suddenly, ran to the door and looked at it from afar, and after pondering for a while, he said to himself.

"General, what should I do now?" The person next to him said urgently.

"If someone bypassed Changshan Pass, then did someone also bypass Wuruan Pass? If this is the case, is it still safe for the soldiers and horses to go to the rescue of Wuruan Pass? And how many enemies have made a detour? Shao Zisong didn't answer, and said to himself.

He didn't know that only Murong Chui had led a thousand men and horses around, after all, the danger of Taihang Mountain was not in vain. If it were so easy to find other paths, there would be no Eight Paths.

However, as a landlord general, there is no problem in considering this matter from the perspective of the overall situation. After all, he couldn't ignore other places for the sake of a Changshan Pass.

After thinking about it for a while, he immediately ordered: "Immediately send an order to go down, close the city gate and guard it tightly, and order Lingqiu Pass, Lingqiu County, Feihukou and Bottle-shaped Village and other places to be blocked immediately, and no one is allowed to enter or leave." In addition, he sent men and horses to rush to the military capital to report the battle to General Liao. There is also the party General Liu's office, which must also be informed quickly. ”

"Also, send someone to the direction of Wuruan Pass to inspect the details, see how the situation is there, and report back in time. Raise an army of 1,500 and immediately rush with me to rescue the southbound soldiers! ”

"Yes, my subordinates will give the order immediately!" The official next to him hurriedly replied.

Soon, the sound of the alarm horn sounded, and the four gates of Guangchang County were closed immediately, unless there was an order from Shao Zisong, it would not be opened for a while. Soon after the gates were closed, a dozen cavalry men rushed out of the city, and after leaving the city, they went in all directions.

Shao Zisong followed them and led 1,500 people in the direction of Changshan Pass. However, due to the example of the former army in ambush, his troops and horses traveled relatively slowly after entering the mountain.

Because he was going to send scouts to check on both sides, in case he also encountered an ambush by the enemy.

On the other side, Yao Chang, who was leading the defenders to resist the attack of the Yan army on Changshan Pass, saw the yellow smoke more than 20 miles to the north, and was a little distracted for a while, and was almost shot by the enemy arrows outside the city.

"Reinforcements in ambush?" Yao Chang secretly said in his heart, and then a thought flashed, and he immediately shouted to the herald beside him: "Immediately block the city gate, no one is allowed to enter or exit!" Divide some soldiers and horses, responsible for guarding the north gate, and strictly prevent the Yan army from making a detour to attack! ”

At this time, he already understood his situation. Although I don't know how the other party bypassed Changshan Pass to get behind him, it is obvious that Changshan Pass has become a lonely city at this time.

In the case of insufficient troops in his hands, he still has to resist the attack from the north and south, and he can only hope that the reinforcements from Guangchang County will arrive soon.

Fortunately, he was very quick to adapt, and after having the reminder of the letter smoke, it bought him a lot of time to adjust the deployment of troops. Therefore, when Murong Chui led the army to kill again an hour later, he had already missed the meaning of the raid.

There was no way, since he saw that cigarette, Murong Chui knew that this would be the result. Therefore, there was nothing to be disappointed, and he directly ordered the army to attack, wanting to at least take Changshan Pass before the second reinforcements on Shao Zisong's side arrived.

The reason why he still has this hope is actually because of the fire. After all, the fire in the valley could not be extinguished for a while, and it became a difficulty to hinder the southward movement of the Tang army's reinforcements.

And everything was just as he expected, the valley where the embers were not extinguished blocked Shao Zisong and the army in the mountains more than thirty miles away from Changshan Pass.

"General, I can't get by, the front is blazing~ the heat is unstoppable, and the valley is full of ashes and embers, only when it completely cools down! And ...... "The spies who went to investigate first came back and reported!"

However, when he said that, he couldn't help crying, and while crying, he reached out to wipe his tears, and soon his face became a big flower!

Shao Zisong was worried when he came, but after hearing this again, he felt as if there was a flame in his heart that was about to come out all at once. But he was accustomed to seeing life and death, so he naturally wouldn't cry easily, and was silent for a long time before asking, "Are the brothers among them?" ”

"I can't see it clearly, and it must have been turned to ashes. But at the edges, there were some brothers whose corpses were still partially left, and they were hit by many arrows, presumably shot by the enemy during the breakout. No one escaped from the valley, not a single one! The scout cried.

The soldiers around also understood what was happening at this time. A sense of sadness and sorrow spread through the procession, and it was extremely sad to be accompanied by the mountain wind whistling through the valley.

"Two hundred men were left to wait there, and when the ashes were cold, they gathered them away. These are our brothers, even if they turn to ashes, we will send them home! And the rest of you, come with me over this mountain and avenge them!" Shao Zi loosened his horse's head, looked at the people behind him, and said in a hoarse voice.

"Revenge, revenge!" Hearing this, the soldiers shouted one by one, and soon converged into a torrent, which contained ~ everyone's infinite anger and pain.

When soldiers fight, life and death are commonplace. Death on the battlefield is actually nothing to everyone, because in a big war, if you don't kill someone, others will kill you. Therefore, since the time of the army, everyone has been mentally prepared for death.

But the scene in front of us is different, everyone is not afraid of death, and they do not resent those enemies. After all, as soon as they go to the battlefield, they are each their own master, and each is working hard for his own survival.

What everyone doesn't want is to die like this, to die so miserably, that there is not even a single body left, as if they have never come to this world.

In the past, the Tang Army was still the Huashan Army, and it also used fire to attack when fighting against the Xiongnu. But those enemies were different, because when they went south, they plundered the people, killed the innocent, in other words, the innocent.

But later, Li Xin and the others rarely used this fire attack strategy anymore, and even if they could use it sometimes, they would try not to use it. First, it is because the opponents at that time were basically recruited by ordinary people, and there was nothing wrong with them themselves, and many times, they would eventually become their own people.

Second, whether it is the Yan army or the Liang soldiers, compared to the Xiongnu Hu people who went south to plunder, it is much better after all. Everyone is the same person, so why be so cruel.

Of course, war itself is a cruel thing. As someone once said, it is good that war is cruel, otherwise there would be many people who would like it. If you like it, don't you do it often?

It can be said that Murong Chui's actions this time completely angered Shao Zisong and the others. It is conceivable that when the two armies meet in the future, the Tang Army will definitely not let them go easily.