Huoquanling is famous for the living spring, the living spring is warm, the flowing water is murmuring, and it is endless all year round. The terrain of Huoquanling is steep, birds and birds are difficult to cross, apes are difficult to climb, only one place of Huoquanguan can pass north and south.

Qi Zi was in a bad mood, everything was under his control, but who would have expected a sudden change. Huoquan Pass has the advantage of terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the numerical advantage can not be played, all rely on the consumption of bows and arrows, but the consumption of arrows is far greater than the supplement, although the division of men and horses to cut down wooden arrows, still can not be satisfied. Now that there are reinforcements in Huoquan Pass, it will be difficult to explain if it cannot be broken in five days.

"Baggage supplies haven't arrived yet?" Qi Zi asked Ba Chuang, "Let people urge it." ”

"It has been urged, the heavy rain a few days ago washed down the pontoon bridge, the Qidi is mountainous, the mountain road is rugged, and the supply is afraid that it will not be able to reach in the short term." Ba Chuang pursed his lips and said that it was a war, and he didn't even touch the enemy's hair for ten days, how could there be such a way of fighting.

"You can't be idle, just like your father," Qi Zi shook his head and said with a smile, "I have a plan to break through, and then you can kill hard." ”

Ba Chuang was skeptical and asked, "Taibao, seriously?"

Huoquan Pass, today's Fang army really did not attack the city, and the soldiers were overjoyed.

"Ugh." In the midst of great joy, someone was out of place and sighed.

"Doctor Hao, why are you sighing? Qizi's old puppet was fooled by the straw farmer and didn't dare to tackle the problem, and Dr. Hao was young and promising, and he should be the great Qi pillar minister. ”

"Tens of thousands of soldiers, half of them are straw men, and when the weather is clear, the fang army will find out sooner or later; The sound of drill is only a peasant rebel army, and it cannot be on the battlefield; In the final analysis, the Fang army has 80,000 people, and it cannot be underestimated. Hao Meng said.

"The Western State of Shu sensed the transfer of troops from the State of Zong, and it was bound to attack. If it drags on for a few more days, the fang army will retreat. Just how to delay? Miao Kuo asked.

"General, the enemy is currently in the world, the soldiers are not drilling, they are all cutting grass and cutting trees in Huoquanling, are they preparing to be defeated without a fight?" The old department of Wucheng Zheng Xiu asked dissatisfiedly.

"I ordered, General Wang should not panic, and wait quietly for tomorrow." Hao Meng replied.

"If you can't retreat from the enemy tomorrow......"

"If I can't retreat from the enemy tomorrow, I will be martyred, what does General Wang think? Just ask General Wang to go to Huoquanling to mow the grass as well. Before General Wang could finish speaking, Hao Meng interrupted.

"Hmph, as you wish." General Wang snorted coldly, just waiting for tomorrow.

In the north of Huoquan Ridge, the Qi army and the sergeants and farmers led a total of 15,000 soldiers, all of whom were cutting trees and mowing grass. The army passed everywhere, and there was no grass. In the south of Huoquan Lingnan, the Fang army is also cutting grass and logging, and the number of people is twice that of Qi State.

In a big war, the two countries actually died down, and they were both cutting wood and cutting grass.

Ba Chuang scolded and scolded, Qi Zi's so-called clever plan is to cut wood. Is this what a dear dear man should do? Ba Chuang pursed his lips, simply threw away the broad-bladed knife, and sat on the ground sulking.

"Breaking, making it uncomfortable?" Qi Zi asked with a smile.

"Taibao, my broad-bladed knife is good at killing, and this mowing is too child's play." Ba Chuang said with a sad face.

"Chuang, you'll find out tomorrow." Qi Zi said with a smile, if you are not in control, then you will master it again. Just wait for tomorrow, send a big gift to the living spring.

The living spring is warm, and there are mountains in the north, and the living spring ridge is lush with grass and trees, and the soldiers of both countries are cutting grass and cutting trees. At sunset, it is bounded by Huoquan Ridge, both sides are bare, only the dry grass is left in the south of the mountain, and there is not even a single dry grass left in the north of the ridge.

On the eleventh day of the half-moon period, the clouds opened and the fog dispersed, and the sky was clear, but the west wind was stronger.

"The child lied to me." Qi Zi finally saw that half of the guards of Huoquan Pass were straw men, and he almost got angry with a mouthful of old blood.

"Old horseman, I advise you to withdraw from the army, otherwise I will send you to see your only son." Miao Kuo was in a good mood and stood on the city tower and shouted.

"With you thousands of straw men? With you, a reckless general? With your thousands of routs? "In the end, it is a national Taibao, Qi Zi quickly relieved himself and sneered.

"Shoot the arrows." Qizi beckoned.

5,000 archers bent their bows and fired a salvo, and yesterday they rushed to produce 100,000 arrow clusters, although there was less arrow rain, but 100,000 arrows, not to mention a small living spring pass, only a few thousand people, even this living spring ridge, can also shoot through.

After a rain of arrows, thousands of soldiers from Huoquanling stood up from behind the straw man, cheering and shouting in unison.

"I'm angry," Qi Zi ordered again, "release the arrow." ”

Five thousand archers fired another volley, and after two rounds, 10,000 arrows had been consumed.

"Dr. Hao's plan is acceptable." General Wang was a little surprised, relying on these thousands of straw men, he actually blocked the Qi army's thousands of arrows.

"Build a ladder." Qi Zi no longer wasted arrows and ordered again. With those thousands of straw men, if you can block arrows, can you still be tens of thousands of soldiers?

Dozens of ladders are built on the city wall of Huoquanguan, and the soldiers of the Mandarin State are constantly climbing ladders.

"Rolling wood." Hao Meng ordered.

After that, the Qi army of four people threw down the rolling logs one after another, and the wailing of the fang army was endless.

The guards of Huoquan Pass shouted, let you have 80,000 heroes, let you take dozens of cloud ladders, it will not help.

"This plan is clever, and Dr. Hao is like a god," General Wang apologized, "It's unreasonable." ”

"General Wang, you and I are both for the country and the people, so there is no need to be formal." Hao Meng helped him up.

The cheers of Huoquanguan continued, but the momentum of the fang army was low. First, thousands of straw men actually stopped 80,000 fang troops for a whole day; and then the rain of arrows, preparing 100,000 arrows and being cracked by thousands of strawmen; And dozens of ladders were prepared in one go, which had no effect in front of the rolling log.

"Taibao, how can this be broken?" Ba Chuang carried the broad-bladed knife, looking annoyed. In order to break through the pass, the trees of Huoquanling were cut down, and the damage of the Qi army was almost negligible, while the Fang army had tens of thousands of dead and wounded.

"Arrows, arrows, arrows." Qi Zi snorted coldly, ignored Ba Chuang, and ordered the arrow to be released. He was already angry, and the only way to do it now was to shoot through the Living Spring Pass with an arrow.

However, Huoquan Pass has the advantage of the terrain, and the fang army is in the downwind direction, and the arrows are not three out of ten, even those three, and they are all straw man.

"Crash." Qi Zi ordered.

Dozens of people covered the crash and crashed into the city gates, which was the most clumsy method, and the losses were quite large, but at the moment it seemed to be the most effective method.

"Grass thrower." Hao Meng ordered.

When the living spring was closed, thousands of soldiers and the peasant rebels all threw down the withered grass that had been cut down yesterday into a clump, and they all fell into the formation of the fang army.

"Shoot the arrows." Hao Meng ordered.

There were originally only 800 archers in Huoquanguan, but yesterday they rushed to make more than 1,000 palm bows. The bow is very rough, and the archer is not skilled, it doesn't matter, as long as you can put arrows into the Zongjiang array, you are a good bow, and you are a good archer.

Two thousand archers bent their bows and pulled arrows, and the arrows fell in the formation of the fang army, and the casualties were not large.

After two rounds, Hao Meng was overjoyed and ordered to throw the torch.

Dozens of wrestlers threw torches into the formation of the Mandarin Army, igniting the strips of oil-soaked cloth tied to the arrow clusters. The spark quickly spread, and the fang army array became a sea of fire.

"Dr. Hao's plan is impeccable, and he can be called a god." General Wang's eyes were full of joy and admiration.

"It's late autumn now, and for this battle, the sergeants donated their winter clothes, and the rebels cut down their mountains and forests. In this battle, the merits of all the soldiers and the merits of the righteous army, Hao Meng thanked him. Hao Meng bent down deeply.

On the other hand, the orange army, the autumn grass is yellow, which has become an excellent introduction, the rocket falls near the root of the city wall, and spreads all the way along the autumn grass, and the 80,000 orange army is trapped in the sea of fire.

The fire burned for nearly half a day, and the Huoquanling, where there was only dry grass left, was completely bare, and the 80,000 Fang army was defeated all the way and fled to Chaiyi.

Of the 80,000 citrus troops, there were only one or two thousand casualties among the arrows, and more than 10,000 were burned and trampled.

"Taibao, this is your clever plan." Ba Chuang said with distress. The 80,000 fang army, all of which were his old troops in the west, lost more than 10,000 in this battle.

"Intrigue and trickery, not worth mentioning, fight again tomorrow." Qi Zi didn't care, there were nearly 70,000 people and horses, how could he not even beat a small living spring pass. This kind of fire plan is just the right time and place, and now even if the weather is sunny and the west wind is strong, there is no autumn grass for him to light it.

"Is it possible to be attacked by fire again?" Ba Chuang asked with a glare.

"The day before yesterday, a soldier detected the beast path, and he could cross the Living Spring Pass and reach Qidu. After the Living Spring Pass, a large area of fertile soil belongs to me. "Qi Zi originally wanted to break through the barrier and enter it should be easy, he didn't care about this beast path, but at the moment, this beast path can be a Buqi soldier.

"Taibao, the Western Shu Kingdom is eyeing the tiger, the half-moon period is approaching, even if you have passed the Living Spring Pass, what can you do?" Ba Chuang asked.

"Wherever the army goes, all the land belongs to me." Qi Zi looked at the Living Spring Ridge in the north, and the haze in his heart was swept away, as long as he crossed the Living Spring Ridge, Qi Guo was in the bag.

"Taibao, how can the western frontier resist? As long as the Shu army attacks in half, it is also 100,000, and Jianghou and his generals are only 30,000, how to resist? Ba Chuang asked worriedly.

"Qi Guo's living spring Guan pawn Miao Kuo is less than 10,000 people, and he can resist my 80,000 people, Jiang Hou is not as good as Miao Kuo? Jigui doesn't have to worry. Qi Zi reassured.

"Tonight, thousands of people will cross the Living Spring Ridge, respond inside and outside, and the Living Spring Pass will be broken," Qi Zi paused and continued, "I just don't know which general will lead the team well." ”

"Taibao, Ba Chuang asks to fight." Ba Chuang's heart is itching, who else can do such a beautiful thing?

"That's very good." Qi Zi nodded, after dragging on for so long, this Living Spring Pass should also be broken.

When the moon is in the sky, the living spring ridge is lonely. The soldiers of the two countries cut down trees and cut grass, and the roe deer and apes had nowhere to live, and they had already fled to other places, and the vibrant Huoquanling was dead and silent.

Under the moon, Ba Chuang led the army along the beast path to cross the Huoquan Ridge, and in front of the team, there were scouts to explore the way.

"Zhigui, there is movement on the ridge." There are scouts coming to report.

"Damn, how many are there?" When Ba Chuang heard this, he knew that someone from the Qi army was stationed on the ridge, and he couldn't help but have a headache.

"The number is unknown, and I don't dare to move forward, for fear of being detected." The scout continued.

"Back to camp." Ba Chuang ordered.

Qi Zi saw Ba Chuang retreating, and his face was ugly. The Qi army is a famous general, only there are barely three or two in the west, and this living spring guard will Miao Kuo Unheard of before, he actually fought against 80,000 heroes with less than 10,000 soldiers and did not fall behind, this person is not simple.