Chapter 110: Burning Pingshan
Early in the morning, the fiery red sun rises.
Lu Bu, Li Yuanba, Chen Gong, Xiang Yu, and Zhang Feng all stood outside the camp tent, looking anxious.
are waiting, that so-called southeast wind!
"Newspaper... The meal was ready. β
"Newspaper... The battalions have packed their bags. β
...............
In the blink of an eye, an hour passed, and the southeast wind had not yet come.
Chen Gong sighed: "It's really better to be a human being than a heavenly one." β
"Wait, there will be a southeast wind!"
Lu Bu didn't know the bottom of his heart, he was worried, and said in his heart: "It can't be that Liu Bowen miscalculated, right?" β
Just when everyone was anxious, Liu Bowen walked out of the camp next to him and stretched.
Chen Gong said angrily: "Berwyn, you are so blessed, you haven't gotten up until now." Where's your southeast wind? β
"My lord." Liu Bowen walked over and saluted Lu Bu.
"When is it, why hasn't the southeast wind come yet?"
"Don't worry, my lord, the southeast wind will arrive soon." Liu Bowen is still so confident.
Whew...
Suddenly, the flags in the camp swayed, and the wind and dust rose from the southeast to the northwest.
Liu Bowen smiled and said, "Lord, please look, isn't this coming?" β
"Southeasterly, really southeast!" Chen Gong and Xiang Yu shouted excitedly.
The surrounding soldiers were also elated.
Lu Bu praised: "Sir is really a man of God! β
"The lord praises it. Please hurry up and use your troops. β
"Hmm."
Lu Bu called the generals in the army and ordered the camp to be pulled.
Xiang Yu led the way to break through the barracks, and the Long Wei army pushed a wooden cart filled with oil and coke, and followed closely.
At noon, the armies arrived at the foot of Pingshan.
"Zhang Feng."
"The end will be."
Lu Bu said: "Before the enemy comes, hurry up and pour the oil and coke on the front mountain, at least a distance of fifty zhang." β
"No."
Zhang Feng was ordered to leave.
Xiang Yu summoned two rows of archers and stood facing Pingshan, and in front of them, there was a two-inch-deep ditch, which was filled with fire oil.
Half an hour later, Zhang Feng led the army back and reported: "My lord, everything is ready. β
"Okay, ignition!"
Xiang Yu gave an order, and the fire oil in the ditch was ignited. The soldiers grabbed their bows and arrows, lowered their feathers into the ditch, and when the cotton cloth on the arrows was ignited, they shot out towards Pingshan.
Boom boom...
In the expectant eyes of everyone, strings of flames emerged from the woods, like an oil pot exploding, making a roaring sound.
In the area of 50 zhang in front of the mountain, a fire was ignited one after another.
The fire, the dry firewood in the forest, was immediately ignited, followed by flowers, plants, trees, and under the intense heat, everything was not spared.
In just half an hour, the front mountain was completely boiled, and the southeast wind blew and spread rapidly in the northwest direction. This speed is like the rising tide of the sea and the bursting of the levees, and it is out of control at the beginning.
"Hahaha.... Okay, what a southeast gale! Lu Brown laughed.
"Congratulations, my lord..." Chen Gong and Xiang Yu were also excited and excited.
The rest of the soldiers couldn't close their mouths with joy when they saw the raging fire spreading towards the depths of Pingshan.
"Mr. is clever and clever, and the work of building the sky is gratifying!" Lu Bu looked at Liu Bowen. Liu Bowen smiled and said: "The Pingshan fire is just paving the way for General Xiang, and if you want to capture the Cao army camp, you have to rely on General Xiang's broken military camp." β
"Hahaha... I love to hear that, sir. Xiang Yu said.
"Well, strategize Liu Bowen and win the battle against General Qianlixiang. With you here, why can't you make contributions? Lu Bu said, glanced at the puffed Li Yuanba, and added: "Of course, there is also Yuanba." β
"Hey, hey..." Li Yuanba also laughed.
At this time, on Pingshan, the soldiers of the Cao Army, who were burying pots and cooking, were terrified when they saw the fire coming.
After Xu Huang received the report, he rushed to the scene.
"It's not good, Lu Bu wants to attack with fire." Looking at the fire burning in front of him, blown by the southeast wind, Xu Huang finally understood why Lu Bu dared to bring a few thousand people here to make trouble.
"Come on, come on, put out the fire..." Xu Huang screamed in horror.
Hundreds of soldiers ran over to extinguish the fire.
As everyone knows, just like a moth to a fire, all of them were buried in the fire cave.
"Stupid, go fetch water." Xu Huang yelled anxiously.
The soldiers reacted that the fire was most afraid of water, and as long as there was water, wouldn't it be possible to extinguish the fire.
As a result, more than 20,000 elite Cao troops stationed on the mountain lined up to go down the mountain and take the water of the Huai River to extinguish the fire.
But Pingshan is too big, and it is far away from the Huai River, so it takes too long to come and go.
Besides, if a fire ignites, even trees the size of a bucket can be burned, let alone a little water?
The 20,000 troops, busy for half a day, tired like dogs, not only did not extinguish the fire in Pingshan, but it grew bigger and bigger, and the fire spread, burning the whole mountain.
Xu Huang led his army back to the camp and discussed with Cao Ren.
"Zixiao, Pingshan was burned, and the natural danger was lost, we have to quickly think of a way." Xu Huang said anxiously.
"Well, fortunately, it was discovered early, and the sergeants suffered few casualties."
"But when the fire is extinguished, Lu Bu will definitely rush in. With our strength, I'm afraid it will be difficult to resist. β
Cao Ren sighed: "Yes, one Lu Bu is already good, plus Xiang Yu and Li Yuanba, they are simply three devils." β
After thinking about it, Xu Huang said: "Why don't we retreat and go to Yuzhang County." β
"Good idea. Pingshan is lost, it is impossible to defend it anymore, and the code will be defeated. The battalions were ordered to withdraw to Yuzhang County overnight. Cao Ren made a direct decision.
That night, while the fire in Pingshan had not been extinguished, the two led their troops to evacuate. But there were too many baggage, grain and grass, and a large number of siege equipment, which was extremely inconvenient to walk, and at this speed, it was a maximum of fifty miles a day.
At noon the next day, LΓΌ Bu led his army across Pingshan and came to the west bank of the Huai River.
Looking at the stove pits and curtains all over the ground, Lu Bu sighed: "It's a pity that Cao Ren and Xu Huang escaped..." β
"Lord, the enemy has not gone far, if you send a broken military camp to chase and kill, you will definitely be able to catch up." Liu Bowen said.
Lu Bu thought about it, Cao Cao was stationed in Pingshan, did he want to sit and watch the success or failure, and capture Yangzhou, then there must be a large number of siege equipment, grain and grass? How can you run fast with so many things?
"Thank you, sir, for reminding me."
Lu Bu called Xiang Yu and instructed: "Please lead the general to break the military camp and chase and kill Cao Jun." β
"No."
"Wait." Lu Bu suddenly thought that Cao Ren didn't seem to have been provoked yet, and if he could catch up with Cao Ren and earn some anger points, it would seem good.
"I'll go with you."
"I'm going too." Li Yuan was domineering.
"Okay, let's go together." Lu Bu agreed.
Immediately, Chen Gong, Zhang Feng, and Liu Bowen led the Dragon Guards to stay behind. The rest of the generals followed Lu Bu and hurried in the direction of Yuzhang County.