Chapter 286: Set fire to the mountain
Mo Chen led the soldiers all the way to the form of a violent wind sweeping the leaves, constantly chasing the Zhao army to rout and kill, but just chasing to the bottom of the mountain, he asked the soldiers to stop the pursuit.
The others really didn't understand that according to their combat strength, only half the distance from the jungle could be completely annihilated by this group of enemies.
However, if they don't understand, they resolutely implement it.
After Mo Chen collected his troops, he quickly found Xie Chen, who had already tied bundles of bamboo strips more than one meter long and was about to send them to Mo Chen.
Mo Chen found Xie Chen, didn't look at those bamboo sticks, and said directly: "Xie Chen, immediately gather your subordinates, immediately join the team, and we will break through and leave immediately." ”
"Yes, General."
Xie Chen hesitated a little, pointed to the bundles of bamboo, and said, "General, are these things going to be distributed?" ”
Mo Chen glanced at these bamboos, a little depressed, he originally wanted to use these bamboos to dive, directly from the river under the mountain, in the Zhao army unconsciously sneaked out of the Zhao army's encirclement, but now many soldiers are injured, this day is cold, if you dive, the wound is afraid that it will be infected, in the current era when there are no anti-inflammatory drugs, there is only a dead end, this Mo Chen does not dare to bet, and does not want the soldiers to sacrifice in vain.
Mo Chen sighed and said: "If you lose it, you don't want it, now we don't need it, time is pressing, hurry up and go to the bottom of the mountain to meet, we will punish it immediately." ”
"Yes, General." Although Xie Chen didn't know what these bamboos were originally used for, and he didn't know why they were suddenly not used, it didn't prevent him from obeying orders.
Soon, the army was assembled, fortunately, there were no casualties in this battle, it was basically a massacre, and the wounded were only injured during the initial blockade war, but they could not die.
Under the order of Mo Chen, more than 2,000 horses quietly disappeared into the dark night, in order to avoid making a sound, Xie Chen's war horse hooves were wrapped in strips of cloth, and the horse's mouth was also sealed.
Zhang Jun, under the escort of Chen Sihai, fled all the way out of the jungle, and Zhao Jun, who was still alive on the road, approached Zhang Jun, and all of them involuntarily leaned closer together, and soon gathered more than a thousand soldiers, but they didn't think about turning around and fighting back, but they all fled out with their heads bored.
When they escaped from the jungle in embarrassment, they only escaped 2,000 people, far more than Chen Sihai thought, there were only 2,000 people and horses who could really escape from the jungle, of course, some may have hidden in the jungle.
He was setting up a tent and burying a pot to make food, when he saw a group of routs running out of the jungle in a panic.
Wang Youcai and Yang took the troops to check what was happening, and when they were about to deal with these routs, they found that it was Zhang Jun who took the lead.
"General Zhang, what's wrong? What happened? Are my soldiers fighting the rebels in the jungle? Yang Yi glanced around, and found that these routs did not have their own soldiers, so he hurriedly asked.
Zhang Jun looked ashamed, and cried sadly: "Dead, all dead, 30,000 troops!" We're the ones who survived. ”
"What? How is it possible, the rebel army has only 2,000 men and horses, how can it be the opponent of 30,000 troops, let alone annihilate so many soldiers? Yang Yiyi couldn't believe it, the difference in the number of enemies between the two sides was so obvious, he originally thought that even if he couldn't annihilate the other party, he could chase the rebels and flee in embarrassment! Who would have thought that the result would be the opposite of what they thought.
"I am a sinner! I'm sorry brothers. Regarding Yang Yi's questioning, Zhang Jun seemed to be crazy, kept saying that he was a sinner, and completely ignored Yang Yi's questioning.
"General Zhang, what's going on, what are you talking about!" Wang Youcai on the side also asked hurriedly, he really wanted to know the situation of the rebels immediately.
"The rebels are really insidious and vicious, not only have they laid countless traps in the jungle, they have even used boulders as weapons, and many of our soldiers have been crushed into pulp...... "Zhang Jun calmed down, and then told what had happened with an angry face.
Wang Youcai was also angry when he heard this, and said: "Damn rebels, it's so sinister, then don't blame me for being rude." ”
In addition to the casualties of his own 10,000 soldiers, Yang Yi didn't feel anything about Mo Chen's use of trap boulders as weapons, the two armies were fighting, and what weapons could not be used, but hearing Wang Youcai's cruel words, Yang Yi suddenly felt a sense of unease.
Wang Youcai said with a vicious face: "Now that I know the situation in the jungle, then I'm not welcome, don't they use the jungle as a trap?" Didn't they use boulders as weapons? Today, Ben will attack with fire, burning the entire jungle and roasting all the rebels into roast suckling pigs. ”
Yang was shocked, although it was cold now, and there was still snow on the ground, but the jungle was densely packed, and the snow was blocked by big trees, and there was not much snow in the jungle at all, and the weather was cold, and the dense grass had all turned into dead grass, as long as there was a little fire, this snow could not stop the spread of the fire, and he thought that there were still his own soldiers in the jungle, so he hurriedly persuaded: "No, General Wang, although it is true that the rebels have laid countless traps in the jungle, but General Wang, have you thought about it?" It is impossible for all of our tens of thousands of troops to be killed in battle, and many of them should still be in the jungle. ”
"There's a soldier in there? Then why haven't they come out yet, since they haven't come out, they must have been wiped out by the rebels, what we have to do now is to avenge the soldiers, General Yang, from the very beginning, you have intentionally or unintentionally prevented the general from dealing with the deserters and exterminating the rebels, could it be that General Yang wants to release these rebels? Wang Youcai said coldly.
Yang Yi didn't expect this Wang Youcai to frame himself as soon as he opened his mouth, and hurriedly said angrily: "You don't want to spew blood, this will be a good man, and there will be more soldiers killed in the battle than you, how can you shield the rebels." ”
Wang Youcai was angry at Yang Yi, but snorted coldly and said: "Since you don't harbor the rebels, then don't stop the general from setting fire to the mountain, and then stop the general from destroying the rebels. ”
In the face of Wang Youcai's aggressiveness, Yang Yi was full of anger, but he couldn't attack, because he knew that this Wang Youcai had this ability, who let this Wang Youcai be the commander of the palace guards in Handan, as long as this king's cronies fanned the flames from the king, he was afraid that he would frame himself for what he had not done, and then he and even the entire family would suffer.
Seeing that although Yang Yi looked angry but did not refute it out loud, Wang Youcai snorted coldly, turned around and ordered the soldiers: "Pass the order, and all the armies will send people to collect firewood and grass and set fire to the mountain." ”
"Whoa"
Wang Youcai's personal soldiers led the order to leave and instructed the army Wang Youcai's military order, as for why he wanted to collect firewood and grass, this is because this is full of snowdrifts, although the grass in the jungle is not covered by snow, but it is also wet after all, and even some grass has some ice, it is not easy to catch fire at first, and only when the fire starts can these withered grass with ice burn quickly.