Chapter 257: Fire Attack



Ji Wei saw some people around the wheat field, busy harvesting wheat at the bend of the bend, not many people, but hundreds, scattered around the wheat field.

Now that the wheat is ripe, there is nothing strange about the people harvesting it. The strange thing is that the people who had been scattered and fled in shock when they saw their soldiers were unmoved this time, and they were still busy with their own affairs.

The tens of thousands of troops of Jiwei were clearly visible from more than ten miles away, and now they were only a few miles away from the people, and the people didn't even seem to see their own people.

With a "whoosh", the black crossbow bolt flew close to Jiwei's cheek, and the cold feeling from the crossbow arrow made the anger in his heart successfully break through his reason. Isn't it just hundreds of people, what can I do with his hundreds of officers and soldiers, and fight against the cavalry, even if there are 30,000 officers and soldiers here, he is not afraid of the slightest fear.

No matter what the identities of these hundreds of people were, Ji Wei had already made up his mind to kill all the officers and soldiers in front of him, and avenge his brother and the thousands of soldiers.

What Jiwei didn't expect was that Tai Shici, who had just run out of the hundred-acre wheat field, suddenly stopped his horse, then turned over and dismounted, and felt the fire fold from his arms.

looked at the swaying flames on the fire fold that were blown by the breeze, and then saw the gloomy smile on Tai Shici's face, and the dry wheat field under the war horse. Ji Wei's eyes lit up and he instantly thought of something, "Not good! Come on! He hurriedly greeted his soldiers.

But Jiwei's reaction speed was still a little slower, Tai Shi Ci had already pressed the fire fold into the wheat field, and as soon as the dry wheat straw came into contact with the flame, it turned into a monstrous fire in the blink of an eye under the blowing of the wind. Although wheat straw is flammable, and it has not burned for a long time, under the dense wheat field, there are branches and thatch secretly placed by Zhao Yi's soldiers.

When turning the horse's head and preparing to rush out of the fire from other directions, the hundreds of people who didn't pay attention to Jiwei made a very simple move.

But it was this simple action that made Ji Wei's heart continue to sink, and their movements were exactly the same as Tai Shici's, and they felt the fire fold in their arms and pressed it in the wheat field, and all sides were instantly surrounded by this sky-high fire.

The waves of fire carried the power of destroying the world and surging towards themselves, and the war horses under the crotch were intimidated by this might, and desperately ran to the place where there was no fire, and many soldiers fell off their horses before they could stand up and were trampled into meat sauce by the crazy war horses behind them.

Zhao Yi, who was watching from the Zhuojun city wall, saw the fire of the 100 acres of wheat field, and gave the order to attack with a wave of his hand: "Attack!" ”

With the opening of the north gate of Zhuo County, Zhang Fei took the lead and led his troops to rush out, followed by the Wuhuan cavalry and Youzhou officers and soldiers like a black wave, and the soldiers who had been suppressed for a long time now seemed to have inexhaustible strength to rush towards the Jiwei in the fire.

The fighting spirit is like the river that can't be contained, this kind of howling soldiers are the army that can win the battle, and Zhao Yi, who walked down the city wall, also took Dian Wei and more than a thousand personal guards out of Zhuo County on horseback.

At this time, Qiu Liju, who was in the camp of the coalition army, was looking through Sun Wu's "The Art of War" written by Sun Wu in the military tent, and secretly said that the Central Plains was really outstanding, and someone actually explained the art of war so clearly. Qiu Liju has been fascinated by watching it these days.

"A good soldier is impermanent, and water is impermanent." Qiu Liju praised it, and the simple eight words illustrated the ever-changing formation of the march. Then he twitched his nose, and the wind blowing from the south was mixed with the smell of burnt. And it was also mixed with the rich fragrance of wheat, as if someone had burned wheat, he raised his eyebrows slightly, and put the art of war on the table.

Turning and walking out of the tent, he saw that the southern sky was full of smoke and clouds, as if there had been a fire, and he immediately asked the soldiers: "What happened?" ”

"Chief, my subordinates don't know." The soldier said honestly, "Half an hour ago, the fire broke out in the south, and the scouts have already gone to investigate, and it is expected that in a quarter of an hour there will be a return. ”

"Is there any news from General Jiwei?" Looking at the rising smoke clouds in the south, Qiu Liju, who didn't know why, always felt a little flustered, as if something bad had happened.

Just when Qiu Liju was strange about the fire in the south, he saw a soldier come to him quickly, and this person was the soldier sent by Qiu Liju to observe the movement of the Jiwei army.

The soldier turned over and dismounted, his face panicked, his chest rising and falling violently, and he opened his mouth to say a few words, but they were interrupted by a heavy exhalation. The soldier next to him saw the opportunity, untied the water bladder and poured two mouthfuls of water into the soldier, and the soldier's breathing stabilized a little.

Seeing the soldier's panicked expression, Qiu Liju had already guessed that something must have happened in the Jiwei Division, and hurriedly asked, "What happened?" ”

The soldier swallowed: "Ahem, chief, General Ji Wei and his soldiers and horses were trapped in the fire by the officers and soldiers!" ”

"What?!" Qiu Liju was startled, he guessed that something had happened to Ji Wei but he didn't expect it to be this kind of thing, after the panic, Qiu Liju immediately came to his senses, "Order the soldiers to assemble immediately!" ”

Fortunately, Qiu Liju had already prepared, and in less than a quarter of an hour, 15,000 Wuhuan soldiers had already been assembled, and Qiu Liju personally led the Wuhuan soldiers to rush towards Zhuojun.

Qiu Liju had just made a move here, and the officers and soldiers who reacted quickly had already taken advantage of this time to rush to the fire. After a quarter of an hour of burning, a hundred acres of wheat fields were turned into ashes, but nearly half of the soldiers and horses of the Jiwei Department also fell in this wheat field, and the soldiers who were burned to death were only a few, and most of the soldiers were trampled to death because they were thrown off their horses by the war horses, and then trampled to death by the war horses that followed.

The war horse under Ji Wei's crotch also trampled on many soldiers, but Ji Wei, as the owner of the war horse, could not do anything, he could only hold on to the reins tightly and watch the war horse trample on the lives of the soldiers.

Before the flames dissipated, the cavalry of the Zhuojun official army had already arrived, and when the soldiers of the Jiwei army reacted from the shock, the Zhuojun army was less than five miles away from them.

The Jiwei Department now suffered heavy casualties, and the morale was even lower after the fire just now, and it was obviously irrational to fight with the officers and soldiers who were far more numerous than themselves at this moment. So Jiwei gave the order to retreat in time.

This order is correct, but the war horse under Ji Wei's crotch has been running for a hundred miles, and the panic speed just now is not as fast as before. The 10,000 cavalry in the vanguard of the official army, all the Hun war horses under the crotch were Shenjun, and the speed was much faster than that of the Jiwei Division.

Ji Wei ran for less than three miles and was intercepted by the vanguard of the official army, seeing this situation, the hidden survival ** in the heart of the Goguryeo soldiers was stimulated, pulled out the scimitar at his waist, and slashed at the official army in reverse.

There was a scuffle between the two soldiers, one side had a high fighting spirit, and the other side had a survival **, and the two troops fought at the beginning of the year, which made the battle enter the white heat.

In this kind of melee, resourcefulness does not play any role, and the soldiers still rely on their own martial arts. Seeing the soldiers on both sides fall one by one, Zhao Yi's face was as usual, but he sighed in his heart, casualties cannot be avoided in battle, all Zhao Yi can do is to teach the soldiers as many life-saving skills as possible during training. If you want to build a strong Youzhou army, you must not only have advanced training methods, but more importantly, actual combat experience, only in the war, soldiers can really and quickly grow up. There is no way, the Youzhou army has to be honed like this to become a tool.

The Wuhuan soldiers relied on the advantage of their horses and cut down the Jiwei troops one by one. Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, the two tigers of the world, were like tigers entering the flock, killing the Goguryeo soldiers without the strength to fight back.

When Qiu Liju and his troops arrived, the two soldiers had already been mixed together, and from the periphery, the official army was squeezing the soldiers of the Jiwei tribe towards the center.

Seeing this situation, Qiu Liju issued an order without the slightest hesitation: "The left and right deputy generals will lead the army to tear a hole and plan for General Jiwei to break through!" Qiu Liju's soldiers and horses instantly changed into three strands, rushing towards the official army.

The new force of the Qiu Li Residence Department joined, and the pressure on the Jiwei Department was greatly reduced, but it was extremely difficult for the Wuhuan tribe to tear the hole under the siege of the officials and troops.

Qiu Liju slashed the officers and soldiers who were blocking in front of him one by one, and suddenly a pillar of blood sprayed into his face, and when he turned his head, he saw that one of his subordinates had blood spurting from his chest and fell to the ground. When he looked up, he saw a black-faced man with a leopard's head and ringed eyes, armed with a spear, and assassinated many of his own people in a row.

Qiu Liju's face showed anger, brandished the long knife and slashed at Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei gently blocked the spear in his hand, pushed the long knife to the side, the spear in his hand was not exhausted, and stabbed at Qiu Liju's chest at a strange angle. Fortunately, at this time, Ji Wei made a timely move to pick up Zhang Fei's spear, so that Qiu Liju was saved from being pierced through the chest with a spear.

When Zhang Fei saw Jiwei pick up his spear, his eyes lit up and his fighting spirit was even stronger, and he rushed towards Jiwei, but was blocked by the Goguryeo soldiers.

Qiu Liju and Ji Wei took the opportunity to step aside, Qiu Liju's hand holding the knife was still a little trembling now, and he looked at Zhang Fei who was rushing left and right among the Goguryeo soldiers with some fear, and secretly said that this person is really a fierce general! There are such figures in the official army, which is simply like a tiger with wings.

After being shocked, Qiu Liju hurriedly greeted Ji Wei: "General, rush out with me!" ”

Qiu Liju led troops to rescue Ji Wei's confidence, and he hurriedly gathered his troops and broke through the hole torn in Qiu Li's residence.

Although they highlighted the encirclement of the officers and troops, they did not get rid of the entanglement of the officers and troops, and the cavalry of the officers and troops still followed them closely, and the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer.

"The victory of the officers and soldiers will not spare people, if this continues, our soldiers may be eaten by the officers and soldiers." A lieutenant general of Goguryeo analyzed the current situation while running, "It is better for the last general to lead the soldiers to desperately block the officers and troops and buy time for the two generals to break through." ”

"No!" Ji Wei hurriedly stopped drinking, blocking the Youzhou Iron Horse with his flesh and blood, which is no different from suicide.

Qiu Liju saw the resolute intention from the general's eyes, this scene is so familiar, Fu Yin and Zhan Huan fought desperately for Qiu Liju to block the cavalry rush and kill it is so similar to today's scene. "General, let him go." This trick is called a strong man's broken wrist, and it is a helpless move.

With the general's resistance, Qiu Liju and Jiwei were able to return to the camp safely, and before they could exhale their breath, when they entered the military tent, Qiu Liju saw a Wuhuan soldier walking back and forth eagerly in the military tent.

Without waiting for Qiu Liju to ask, the soldier knelt down in front of Qiu Liju: "Chief, the big thing is not good! ”