Chapter 124: Resurgence
The reeds stretch for dozens of miles, now that winter goes to spring, the reeds are dry and flammable, Li Hun ordered people to light fires in many places on the edge of the reeds, and with the spring breeze blowing from the southeast, the fire gradually became. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The fire licked and ate the reeds on the north side and burned violently, and the smoke billowed with a "crackling" sound.
The fire took advantage of the wind, and several ignition points began to spread into patches, and the line of fire gradually moved northward, and many birds were startled in the reeds, and many hares and other wild animals fled in panic.
"Envoy, I'm afraid this fire will burn for most of the day, and if there is someone hiding inside, I will never be able to escape."
"Lead your soldiers to copy them from both sides, and when you see any movement inside, let go of your arrows!"
The state soldiers hesitated a little when they looked at the growing fire, the line of fire had spread to nearly a mile wide, and it was still getting longer, after this fire passed, the reeds were afraid that they would turn into ashes, and how many soldiers hidden in it would die.
There were more than ten horsemen galloping on the south bank of Weishui, which were sent by the Huazhou reinforcements who reinforced Guangtongcang.
Looking at the back of the other party leaving, Li Hun was a little gloomy, the Guangtong warehouse was finished, the army outside Chang'an City could not receive food and grass, and sooner or later there would be a big problem, if the Zhou army gained a firm foothold in Chang'an, then the situation would be irreparable.
Six years ago, Wei Chi Hui raised troops against Yang and sent envoys to Bingzhou to persuade Li Mu, who was then the governor of Bingzhou, to raise troops together, and Li Hun, who was his son, strongly advocated standing on Yang Jian's side.
The Yuwen clan lost the hearts of the people and was not worthy of loyalty, and the messenger sent by Yu Chi Hui was sent to Chang'an and handed over to Yang Jian, so until now, the Yuwen clan and the Yu Chi clan will not let go of their family.
His father's gambling brought wealth to the Li family, but the world has changed, and now it seems that he has lost.
If the Sui State is finished, others can surrender, but their Li family has only one way to die, and the men who lived in Chang'an City a few years ago were killed by the Zhou army, and the other party has already expressed this attitude.
Once Yang Guang, the king of Jin, defeated Chang'an, his only way out was to defect to the Southern Dynasty.
Entering Yizhou, and then taking a big boat down the river to enter the territory of Chenguo, you can probably keep the family safe, and you don't have to think about what is prosperous and rich, and it is God blessed to be able to live in Jiangzuo for the rest of your life.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but be worried, and the only hope was that the king of Jin could fight a quick battle and defeat the Zhou army to take Chang'an before the food ran out.
"Envoy, there doesn't seem to be anything unusual in the reeds."
"Don't take it lightly, continue to light the fire and burn this place clean! You're all keeping an eye on each other, and if there's any movement, you will release the arrows! ”
The fire grew stronger and stronger, and the smoke occupied almost half of the sky, and from time to time there were rangers galloping from the south bank of Weishui, and when they were asked to find out that they were searching for Zhou Kou, they left one after another.
The fire burned for most of the day before it stopped, and Li Hun ordered his soldiers to search among the ashes, but found no human remains other than burned wild animals.
"Envoy, they have all been searched, and there should be no Tibetans in this reed."
"Have you seen it all carefully?"
"I've seen them all, but I really haven't seen anyone's remains."
Li Hun looked at the wilderness where the smoke had not dispersed, and most of the reeds in front of him had been reduced, since no human remains were found, it seemed that the Zhou army that attacked Guangtongcang had fled elsewhere.
"Strange, where else can they flee?"
It was getting late, Li Hun led the state soldiers back to Zhoucheng, and Zhiwu Township in Tongzhou Prefecture was more than 20 miles away from here, and if he didn't go back, he was afraid that he would miss the hour.
The state soldiers and cavalry were mainly foot soldiers, and the march speed could not be fast, and the large group of men and horses bypassed the reeds that were burned for most of the time, and advanced along the road to the north of the state city, still passing a large reed field halfway.
There are many reeds in the area of Weiqu Shayuan, eighty miles from east to west, thirty miles from north to south, and only some of them were burned, which is the closest to Guangtongcang, so it is the focus of suspicion.
Other areas also sent people to search, but no suspicious traces were found, and since there was no gain, then the Zhou army was probably not here.
After walking for several miles, everything was as usual, and everyone was much less vigilant, after all, they didn't meet when they came, and they shouldn't have it on the way back, so they can't come back from the ashes...
The sound of bowstrings, the arrows rained down, the soldiers of Tongzhou were caught off guard and were shot out of formation, and the soldiers rushed out of the reeds on both sides of the road, howling and killing them, Li Hun sighed in his heart when he saw this:
Hunting all day long, but I was blinded by the rabbit!
When the brave wins on the narrow road, Li Hun will not be frightened by the ambush after a long time on the battlefield, he will not be chaotic and command his subordinates to meet the battle, and the accompanying troops will soon be put into white-edged combat.
The Li family's troops have gone through three generations of ancestors and grandchildren, all of whom are loyal and reliable soldiers, and with the Lang lord going through a hundred battles, one is prosperous and the other is lost, and without the order of the Lang master, even if he fights to the last person, he will never retreat.
The forces of the two sides seem to be evenly matched, and their own side is only suddenly defeated, as long as they can break through the corner of the opponent, they can tear a crack and finally turn the tide of the battle.
Li Hun thought so, and his parts planned to do the same, but it was themselves who were torn apart.
Despicable and shameless, he even pasted his face with lime!
Zhou Jun, who rushed forward, threw out the lime powder first, and Li Jiabu was caught off guard by the eye, but in an instant, he was hit by the other party taking the opportunity, and blood splashed everywhere, and he was defeated.
The elite soldiers of a hundred battles were so broken and sunk in the sand, Li Hun was grief-stricken, and rode his horse to lead the troops who also rode horses to attack the Zhou army, such a move made him the focus of the battlefield.
On the periphery of the ambush circle, more than 20 archers bent their bows and arrows, and fired arrows at Li Hun and others who were riding horses and assaulting, shooting not people but horses, and arrows like small shovels roared towards them.
No matter how painful the war horse is, its muscles can't stand the cutting of the horse arrow, the crotch mount fell to the ground one after another, and the subordinates struggled to block the arrow for Li Hun, the lord of the fallen horse, many of them were hit by several arrows, even if they were wearing armor, they were still dripping with blood.
Horse arrows can't break armor, but they are enough to choke on the body, and among the arrows that the Zhou army fired later, there were also ordinary feather arrows, and the tribes used flesh and blood to form a human wall to protect Lord Lang in the middle.
Li Hun looked at the battlefield, in a short period of time the state soldiers had collapsed, and those fierce Zhou soldiers beat them to the ground like chopping melons and vegetables, seeing that the battle situation was determined and there was no escape, he drew his sword and threw himself into battle.
None of the children of the Li family are of a bad breed, even if they die, they must die with dignity.
Brother, when you were killed in Chang'an, you would never kneel down and beg for mercy, right?
Li Hun thought so, leading the remnants of the tribal moths to the fire, in the reeds, Yu Wenwen, who commanded the ambush, saw that this group of people was charging to the death, and gently raised his right hand, and the archers squatting in the reeds beside him stood up, there were as many as sixty people in three rows.
Bent the bow and arrows, using long cone armor-piercing arrows, specifically shooting at the dead soldiers with heavy armor pigs.
"Three-stage shooting, preparation, arrow!" (To be continued.) )