Chaisang.

Liu Xuan reined in his mount, stared at the sporadic lights of the camp in the distance, took a deep breath, and gave the order to attack.

Because it was a night attack, there were no earth-shattering war drums, no banners, dark clouds, dim stars, and everything was shrouded in the deep night. The herald conveyed Liu Xuan's order to the ears of the generals one by one, and with a low shout, countless faint figures squirmed in the darkness, mixing together, like monsters lurking in the abyss, full of danger. The sound of chaotic footsteps sounded, and was quickly dispersed by the night wind.

Today is Chinese New Year's Eve. Liu Miao has not fought back, and has waited patiently for more than half a month, just to wait for today's opportunity. He took all the factors into account. Not only is there no moonlight in the sky today, but the wind is very strong, and it is blowing from the north again. Windy and dark nights, suitable for raids. The north wind is blowing, Zhou Yu is upwind, he is downwind, the sound in Zhou Yu's camp can blow to his ears, but he can't hear the sound made by his subordinates when they move.

What's more important is that the water on the river is very fast, the waves are very high, even if Zhou Yu wants to retreat, it is not so easy. There are many unknowable dangers in boating at night, and sailing against the wind is even more dangerous, fear is always the most powerful weapon, panic and fall overboard to death will lead to immeasurable losses.

Liu Miao raised his hand to block the north wind that was blowing tighter and tighter, and stared at the big camp in the distance, for fear of missing a little detail.

After a long while, a fierce gong suddenly sounded in the large camp in the distance, which was an attack alarm, indicating that the large camp had been attacked. Immediately after, a fire broke out in the northwest direction of the camp, spreading rapidly, illuminating the sky, and even from such a distance, Liu Miao could see a faint figure.

Liu Miao smiled, kicked the war horse lightly, and galloped forward.

Xu Shao followed closely behind, lying on the horse's back, hugging the horse's neck tightly, for fear of falling. Although this posture is not very elegant, it does not fit his status as a celebrity. But my life is at stake, so I can't care so much. It was so dark that few people could see it.

The attack began, and Liu Miao arranged an ambush in the northwest direction of Zhou Yu's camp to attack Zhou Yu's camp with rockets. The weather is dry and dry, and the wind is so strong, it is difficult to extinguish the fire once it starts, and it will burn the whole camp with the wind. And while Zhou Yu was busy fighting the fire, the real main force would launch an attack on the south side and enter Zhou Yu's baggage camp.

One fiction and one reality are enough to make Zhou Yu anxious and lose sight of one or the other. Whether he chooses to fight the fire or choose to defend the camp, he will be defeated in the end. Even if Zhou Yu chose to withdraw from the camp and his baggage was burned to replenish, Zhou Yu could only choose to withdraw the army.

Liu Miao was very satisfied with his plan, and even a little proud. Even after Xu Shao heard about his plan, he agreed and felt that the hope of success was very great.

Liu Miao rushed to the front of the camp. Under the light of the fire, he saw more vividly, Zhou Yu's camp was chaotic, and countless soldiers rushed out of the tent, some rushed to the direction of the fire, and some stood in place.

The fire in the northwest is getting bigger and bigger, and the sound of the gong for the alarm is like a burst. At the same time, the war drums that ordered the battalions to be on guard also sounded, swaying in the night wind. Liu Miao secretly sneered and gave the order to attack.

The prepared soldiers shouted in unison and rushed to the large camp not far away. As they ran, they lit torches in each other's hands, and the number of torches increased rapidly from one to two, from two to four, and expanded into a sea of fire. The soldiers of Zhou Yu in the camp panicked, many people rushed to the camp fence to set up defenses, some put their spears out of the camp fence, ready to stab, and more drew their bows and arrows, ready to shoot arrows. Liu Xuan's subordinates rushed to the front of the camp, braving the scattered rain of arrows shot from the camp, and threw out the torches in their hands. Some of them rushed to the camp gate, grabbed the big axes in their hands and slashed them.

The torches crossed the barracks and landed in the barracks, illuminating the panicked faces of the soldiers beside the barracks, who hurriedly put out the fire, but to no avail, and more torches fell into the barracks, causing even greater panic.

There was a cheer in the distance, the camp gate was split, and Liu Xuan's subordinates swarmed in, rushed into the camp, and set fire everywhere.

Liu Miao breathed a sigh of relief. By this point, he had already succeeded most of the time. Even if Zhou Yu has the talent of heaven, he has no power to return to the sky.

The situation was as Liu Miao predicted in advance, when the camp gate was breached, the storage warehouse of grain and grass was ignited, Zhou Yu's subordinates were already in chaos, some wanted to put out the fire, some wanted to block the attack, but they could not take care of both, neither to block the attack of Liu Xuan's subordinates, nor to control the fire. After holding out for some time, they retreated, leaving behind the burning battalion.

Smelling the smell of burnt grain, Liu Xuan's heart was indescribably happy. He looked at the camp that was gradually turning into a sea of fire, and said to Xu Shao: "General, you have a merit in attacking the camp successfully this time." ”

Xu Shao stroked his beard and sighed softly. "It's a pity that so much food has been burned, and it would be nice if it could be transported back to the city."

Liu Miao laughed. "The son will be benevolent, but Zhou Yu is afraid that he will not agree, so he has to burn it. Zhou Yu is short of food, so he can only retreat, and we can take advantage of the victory to take the Lujiang River, and we can still catch up with the spring ploughing. The land in Lujiang is fertile, suitable for growing rice, and the grain harvested in autumn is more than these burned grains. If Sun Ce can be eliminated one day earlier and Yangzhou recovered, it may not be far from the peace of the world. ”

"yes." Xu Shao echoed: "If Sun Ce doesn't die, the world will be uneasy." ”

Xu Shao raised his hand and covered his fire nose. The wind grew stronger, the fire became more intense, and ashes flew all over the sky and fell on their heads and bodies. Liu Miao was prepared, took out a silk handkerchief and covered his face, covered his mouth and nose, and took out another piece and handed it to Xu Shao. Xu Shao took Meng Hao, and then he felt that his breathing was a little easier.

After a while, the fire grew smaller, and the illuminated sky darkened. Liu Miao sighed, frowned, and glanced back at Xu Shao, his eyes flashing with doubt. Xu Shao was puzzled. "What's wrong?"

"General, don't you think this is hot...... Isn't something quite right? ”

Xu Shao didn't feel this way. What's wrong with this fire?

Liu Miao didn't care to explain to Xu Shao, he rode his horse into the camp and asked people to use his spear to pick up a fire that was about to be extinguished. As soon as the spear was stretched in, Liu Xuan's face changed. This is a haystack, not a grain pile, and there is no grain under the ashes.

"Another." Liu Miao shouted, snatched a spear, rode his horse to the next fire, and used the spear in his hand to sweep away the ashes.

Several of them were haystacks, mainly reeds cut by the river, and there was not a single grain of grain.

Liu Xuan's eyes became flustered, and a layer of fine cold sweat appeared on his forehead. Xu Shao saw it in his eyes, and his heart was flustered. At this time, Liu Miao suddenly reined in his mount and turned to look in the direction of Chaisang County. Xu Shao subconsciously turned his head and was taken aback.

In the distance, the city of Chaisang was brightly lit, like a brilliant lotus flower in the night, which was completely different from the scene when they set off.

In an instant, Xu Shao's cold sweat came out of his body, and the north wind blew, making his body cold.

Chaisan was lost.