Chapter 50: Burn
Xu ordered the surrendered Yellow Turban sergeants to accompany them. They put away their swords and lit their torches. With Xu Yan's order, the soldiers behind him threw the torches in their hands into the granary.
The fire immediately rose to the sky, and Xu Yang led his subordinates to set fire everywhere in the place where the grain and grass were stored, and he was very busy. At this time, the Yellow Turban soldiers in other directions saw that this place was on fire, and they surrounded them, and many Yellow Turban soldiers saw Xu Yan and set fire again, but unfortunately, because of Yu Guoguo's death, they had no unified command, and many Yellow Turban soldiers could only watch where Xu Yang set the fire, but they didn't know what to do.
At this time, Xu Yang saw the Yellow Turban sergeants coming around, so he repeated what he had just said to the Yellow Turban sergeants.
But it's a pity that there are still smart people in the Yellow Turban Army, and I don't know who is in the crowd. Fool whom? As this man finished speaking, the Yellow Turban sergeants around him glanced at each other, took a step forward, and surrounded Xu Yang and them in the middle.
When Xu Yan heard this, he was also shocked, and he didn't expect that the lie would be exposed at this critical time. Xu Yang looked at the crowd angrily and said: Who? Who is talking where? Do you have the courage to stand up and say that the decision of the imperial court is also something you can figure out? General Huangfu Song asked to burn the grain and grass, only his reasoning, who dares to talk nonsense?
The voice in the crowd that had just spoken sounded again, saying: No matter what the decision is, we can't burn the grain and grass, which is the foundation of all of our lives.
At this time, Xu Yang finally found the person who spoke in the crowd, and seeing where this person was and was about to continue, the axe in Xu Zhen's hand flew directly towards the person. The axe accurately hit the head of the person who spoke, looking at the person who was still talking impassionedly just now, and in a blink of an eye, he was killed by the big axe in Xu Zhen's hand.
Xu Zhen looked at the Yellow Turban soldiers around him, and directly ordered the Han soldiers behind him and the Yellow Turban soldiers who had just surrendered: Continue to burn, the most important thing is to complete the general's order, but anyone who dares to stop will be killed directly.
The Han soldiers behind Xu Zhen were originally specially selected from the army, what kind of scene has not been seen, and now when they hear Xu Zhen's order, they all promise loudly. The Yellow Turban sergeants who surrendered behind Xu Zhen were also impressed by Xu Zhen's courage, and when they heard Xu Zhen's order, they promised loudly.
For a while, the momentum of the hundreds of people behind Xu Yan directly overwhelmed the momentum of more than 2,000 people of the Yellow Turban Army opposite.
The Yellow Turban sergeant on the opposite side was taken by the momentum of the Han sergeant behind Xu Zhen, and they were silent for a while, and a group of people only surrounded Xu Zhen and did not carry out further action.
Xu Yang looked at the Yellow Turban sergeant on the opposite side, looking at the time, now Lu Bu's army is still fighting with Zhang Liang's army outside the city, every minute of time delayed, Lu Bu's command does not know how many people will be killed in more battles, thinking of this, Xu Xu's heart is anxious.
He looked at the Yellow Turban sergeant on the opposite side seriously, gritted his teeth and finally ordered the sergeant behind him: Continue to burn, dare to block those who will be killed.
After speaking, he held an axe in one hand and a torch in the other, and walked towards the gap that the Yellow Turban sergeant had just let go. The Han soldiers behind Xu Zhen, as soon as they heard Xu Zhen's order, they all followed Xu Zhen's appearance, holding a knife in one hand and a torch in the other, and walked towards the gap that the Yellow Turban sergeant had just let go.
It's closer, it's getting closer, three meters, two meters, one meter, slowly, as the distance with the Yellow Turban sergeant gets closer and closer, Xu Zhen's heart is getting higher and higher. When he walked up to the Yellow Turban sergeant, Xu Yan held the big hand of the axe, and the sweat in the palm of his hand had already come out. At this time, the slightest movement will trigger a big battle.
However, until the soldiers behind Xu Zhen also passed through the gap given by the Yellow Turban Sergeant, the Yellow Turban Sergeant did not move.
Xu Zhen watched all the soldiers behind him pass through the gap, turned his head, and said in a hurried tone: Quick.
The soldiers behind Xu Zhen, when they heard the order, also put the steel knife raised high, picked up the torch, and set fire everywhere.
The Yellow Turban sergeants in the back glanced at each other, and they didn't know who was the first to put down the weapons in their hands, and then ran away, and the Yellow Turban sergeants who were still around just now dispersed in a hurry. All the soldiers fled in different directions. Only the weapons left on the ground bear witness to everything just now.
When Xu Yan heard the voice, he glanced back, the corners of his mouth showed a trace of disdain, he didn't pay attention to these people, and continued to be busy with what he should be busy with.
After a while, a raging fire broke out in the place where Zhang Liang stored the grain and grass. Xu Yan waited until there was no room for saving these grains and grass before retreating with his men.
Just as Xu Yang was retreating, Zhang Liang, who was commanding the army outside the city, also saw the fire in Xingyang City behind him. When he thought carefully about the location of the fire observed, Zhang Liang was shocked.
Originally, he was going to besiege and kill all the troops led by Lu Bu here, but now there was a situation in the city, and Zhang Liang couldn't care about Lu Bu in front of him now, he just wanted to return to the city as soon as possible to check the loss of grain and grass.
Zhang Liang thought of it, and immediately called the newly promoted deputy general Zhang Rongfa around him, and ordered: Mingjin to withdraw his troops.
Where is Zhang Liang's deputy general, Zhang Rongfa, still calculating how long it will take to completely annihilate Lu Bu's army, but when he suddenly heard Zhang Liang's order, he didn't come back to his senses for a while.
Zhang Liang saw that the deputy general had no reaction when he heard his order, so he said very anxiously: What are you doing here, hurry up, Mingjin withdraws his troops.
This time, the deputy general Zhang Rongfa finally heard Zhang Liang's order clearly, although he didn't understand Zhang Liang's order very much, he still faithfully carried out Zhang Liang's order.
The sound of the Yellow Turbans soon rang out on the battlefield. Hearing the sound of Mingjin, although the soldiers on both sides did not understand very well, they faithfully carried out the order, and the soldiers on both sides slowly disengaged from contact.
And Zhang Liang didn't care about waiting for the army, and ordered the deputy general around him, and Zhang Liang took the guards around him to return to Xingyang City first.
The armies of the two sides finally disengaged from contact, Lu Bu looked at the soldiers who could still stand behind him, and found that only less than a thousand soldiers could still stand, and Lu Bu, who originally planned to pursue, now has no intention of pursuing.
Lu Bu took the army behind him, and after seeing the Yellow Turban Army soldiers retreat into the city, Lu Bu glanced at Gao Shun, said something, and collected the troops and returned to the camp.
After that, he rode on his horse and staggered towards the camp.
Gao Shun was behind, looking at Lu Bu's back, silently saluting a military salute, and then led the army to follow Lu Bu and walked towards the camp. Just now, if it weren't for Lu Bu relying on his bravery, he fought bravely to kill the enemy. Their army has been completely wiped out by the enemy, and there are more than 1,000 people still alive now. Therefore, the current Gao Shun is very grateful to Lu Bu.