The three of Xue's father and son wanted to leave, but the Taiping soldiers couldn't stop them.

During the implementation of the tactical retreat, the Xue family and his son were the rear of the Han army, so although the Taiping army wanted to rely on numbers to retain the Han army, it could not do so.

The Han army was still safely encamped in a place one house away from the county seat of Yexian County. After most of the day's thrilling fighting, the Han army suffered more than 20,000 casualties, and the Taiping army suffered more than 50,000 casualties.

Taking advantage of the rare truce, the two sides collected the bodies of the fallen soldiers to avoid the outbreak of the epidemic.

At this time, the main camp of the Han army.

"Rengui, you said that you have your own clever plan, but I don't know if the plan will come out?"

"Father, I see that the fierce generals of the Taiping Thieves Army have been killed and wounded, and their soldiers have been exhausted after most of the day's fighting, and their fighting spirit has been greatly reduced. After all, the elite level of the thief army is very different from our army. ”

"I am accustomed to astronomy, and tonight the northwest wind will rise, and this is the perfect opportunity to burn the city. Those who achieve great things must not be informal, and for the sake of victory, fame and morality, benevolence has long been put aside. ”

The author declares here that the historical Xue Rengui is by no means the benevolent gentleman in everyone's impression. As the old saying goes, mercy is not in charge of soldiers.

If you don't believe it, you can flip through the old and new Tang books, and everyone can understand that it is true that Xue Rengui is a famous general, but his ruthlessness is not false, everyone should not be confused by film and television dramas.

"Now that Rengui has a bamboo in his chest, let's tell me the detailed plan."

"At dinnertime, I sent Shi Wengong, Su Ding, Luan Tingyu, and General Li Zhu to pretend to be a chaifu, a fisherman, a juggler and a fortune teller, and sneaked into Yecheng with ignition equipment.

"Great goodness! It is worthy of being my son of Xue Ju! Generals, just do what Rengui says. ”

Promise!

Yexian County, the main camp of the Taiping Army.

"Yucheng, Yunshan, Chaogui, Xiuqing, Hongmei, you died so miserably." Hong Xiuquan wept bitterly, and he lost the majesty of General Tiangong.

On Hong Xiuquan's desk, there is an open bag, which was written by Li Xiucheng after all the high-level generals of the Taiping Army discussed together.

The civil official leader on the right is a slender and gentle son. At this time, the original vigor of this son was gone, replaced by a dead man's eyes.

"Lady, I know you haven't gone far yet, don't worry, husband, I'm going to be reunited with you soon. I don't know if you can find it and pick me up. ”

This son is the loyal king Li Xiucheng, the first think tank of the Taiping Army.

Li Xiucheng was born in a small aristocracy, so he was fortunate to have studied for a few years, and Li Xiucheng was talented, so he practiced a good strategy.

Li Xiucheng's background can be said to be the best among all the people in the Taiping Army.

Li Xiucheng wiped away his tears, and then said: "Heavenly King, I watched the thief army retreat at this time, it seems that the timing is a little wrong, I'm afraid there is something in the middle." ”

"I also think it's a little weird. Originally, the puppet Han army had no disadvantage against us, but it was a little inappropriate to retreat in such a hurry. But now the only way we can do it is to tighten martial law. ”

"The order goes down, the guards at the gate must investigate the people entering the city in detail, do not let suspicious people enter the city, and in addition, from now on, everyone is not allowed to enter or leave without my handwriting."

No, the king of heaven.

In the evening, outside Yexian County.

"Stop, you four are so face-to-face, what are you!"

The guards saw that Shi Wengong and his party were very angry, so they stopped the four for interrogation.

"Master Guan, the four of us brothers are farmers who go out to work, and now it's dinner time, we are all in a hurry to go home and cook for the old lady, you see, so our identity certificate."

After speaking, Li Zhu handed the guard a forged identity document and a few taels of broken silver.

"A little gift is not a tribute, and I ask the official to let us in."

When the guards saw the scattered copper plates, their eyes lit up. Then he looked at the paperwork handed over by Li Zhu again, and there was indeed no major problem, so he let it go.

After the four of them entered the city, they walked around the city and soon found a remote corner that no one noticed.

"Hey, I said fortune teller, are we ready for ignition? Don't be dragged back by the time. Su Ding was very grinning and said nonchalantly.

Li Zhu gave Su Ding a violent shudder with his backhand, and said, "You think everyone is like you, babbling and not in shape." Don't worry, it's all ready, after a while, let's eat, just wait for the fuck to be burned. ”

After wandering around the city for a while, the four of them found a humble tavern, and the four of them ordered a table full of wine and food, and ate a hearty meal.

The sound of sticks, sticks, sticks, beatings fills the streets. After the second watch, it was completely dark, and people came and went on the road, and pedestrians went back to their homes.

"We've got to find a place to set the fire." Shi Wengong said, "I found that there is an outlet at the gate of the city, which is also a dead end, when the time comes, let's put down the dry firewood there, and then light the damn one, and when the fire starts, we will fight a bloody way." ”

Agree! The remaining three said in unison, Brother Wen Gong, just do as you say.

Club! The sound of the third watch came from the street. At this time, Shi Wengong and his party of four had already lurked at that tuyere location.

"Brothers, get ready to do it." Sven Gong said.

Good. Everyone answered together.

Su Ding is an acute child. Su Ding took out the dry firewood and put it on the dead tree in front of him. Su Ding then lit several torches and threw them all on the dry wood.

For Shi Wengong and the four of them, it is also a beautiful thing. Coincidentally, a northwest wind blew at this time. Originally, it was a dry firewood fire, which had to be burned, but now with the help of the wind, it is difficult to think about the fire without prosperity.

Seeing that the fire was getting stronger and stronger, Shi Wengong and the four of them took out short knives, turned out Yexian County according to a low part of the city wall, and fled to the Han army camp at night.

Due to the very stealthy movements of the four people, no soldiers noticed the anomaly at the city wall. However, less than a pillar of incense passed, driven by the northwest wind, the raging fire spread throughout Yexian County, and the entire Yexian County fell into a sea of fire.

At this time, in the camp of the Han army.

"Great, Shi Wengong and they did a really beautiful job!" The Xue father and son shouted happily.

"Pass my general's order, the three armies will assemble, and after the fire is a little smaller in half an hour, attack Yexian County and capture Hong Xiuquan alive!"

"Capture Hong Xiuquan alive, capture Hong Xiuquan alive, capture Hong Xiuquan alive!" The Han soldiers shouted excitedly. In less than a pillar of incense, 70,000 battleable soldiers were quickly assembled, ready to attack Yexian at any time.